Officers at all levels from Wei County, Yecheng, and the Hebei camp, as well as officials from Jizhou came to congratulate him. The entire command headquarters was filled with joy and cheers.
After the people of Jizhou learned about the victory in the Central Plains War, they also joined in the celebration. Their good life came from Dagan. Now that Dagan is getting stronger and stronger, they feel safe.
Yanzhou, Changyi!
Xu Wei now also faces a big problem waiting for him to solve. In this Central Plains War, the Daqian army annihilated nearly 300,000 Han coalition forces, and more than 250,000 soldiers were captured. Among these prisoners were Yanzhou local soldiers, which was easy to solve. , According to Daqian’s original process, soldiers who have no evil deeds will directly dismiss them, pay them travel expenses, and let them return their own prices. Now Yanzhou is Daqian’s territory, and these soldiers have become Daqian’s subjects. When the next call comes, they will become soldiers of the Daqian Army. Xu Wei would like to thank Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and Cao Cao for helping him train his troops!
The most troublesome thing among them is the nearly 170,000 soldiers in Jingzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou. These three places have not been captured by Dagan. If these soldiers are released like this now, these soldiers will definitely be captured by Liu Bei, Yuan Tan and Cao Cao. After reorganizing, although according to Xu Wei's memory, the fighting will of the soldiers released in this way will plummet, and they may even become the leading party.
However, Wang Yong, Li Gang and other generals did not agree with this. Although this may reduce the fighting will of the Han army, the Han Allied Forces now do not fight with them in the field at all. In the battle to defend the city, the decline in the fighting will of the soldiers will not have much impact. With so much fighting power, releasing these soldiers like this will breed tigers among them!
So in order to solve the problem of these prisoners of war, Xu Wei held a military meeting in Changyi to summarize the merits and demerits of the war, and at the same time, everyone discussed how to solve the problem of these prisoners of war!
During the meeting, Jia Yu, as a staff officer, said to the generals present: "This war in the Central Plains has lasted more than three months, and we have exceeded our original goals. During this three-month war, I have made great contributions to the army. 500,000 troops were invested successively, including 300,000 troops from Jizhou, 50,000 from Bingzhou, 50,000 from Youzhou, and 100,000 cavalry were mobilized on the grassland to participate in the battle!
As of today, our army has suffered more than 30,000 casualties. This number is far less than we expected. Moreover, most of the wounded can still survive. We have wiped out about 300,000 enemies, including 250,000 prisoners.
For this war, the imperial court recruited about 800,000 civilians, more than 50,000 four-wheelers, 100,000 wheelbarrows, and tens of thousands of transport ships."
Speaking of this, Jia Xu sighed and said in an accentuated tone: "At this time, the army was nearly twice as large as we expected, but the number of civilians was more than twice as small. The numerous generals of the navy were indispensable. They passed through Yanzhou The waterway transports grain and grass to the battlefields in all four directions of Yanzhou, which relieves huge pressure on our army's grain and grass logistics. Otherwise, I would have a large army of 500,000. Even if 200,000 are not dispatched in Jizhou, there are still two million civilians. It’s impossible to support it, the consumption of our army’s four battlefields!”
Xu Wei also gave a thumbs up to Fan Xian who was fighting in a remote place and said: "Fan Xian fired the first shot in this Central Plains war. From then on, whether it was transporting grain and artillery, or cutting off Jingzhou Navy's support to Dingtaochangyi, They all played an important role. Without the help of the navy, it would be difficult for us to celebrate in Changyi now, so Fan Xian should be the number one contributor to the Central Plains War!"
Although the other generals were a little unconvinced, as Xu Wei said, just reducing the number of civilians by more than a million in the Central Plains war was enough for Fan Xian to become the number one hero, not to mention that the artillery they used was all transported by Fan Xian. Now that Fan Xian has been offended, what should he do if he asks the Navy to help transport troops and artillery later?
Jia Xu continued: "Now that all the fronts in the Central Plains have been stabilized, and the cavalry of the Han Dynasty has been eliminated by us, the demand for cavalry in the subsequent battles has been greatly reduced. Our army also needs to reduce some cavalry in the Central Plains. After all, raising cavalry in the desert and raising cavalry in the desert The cost of raising cavalry in the Central Plains is several times higher! Raising these 100,000 cavalry is more expensive than raising 500,000 infantry!"
Xu Wei nodded and said: "The battlefields of Yuzhou and Xuzhou are indispensable for the cavalry, so let's reduce the cavalry by half and return to the grassland!"
The cavalry was also indispensable in this battle. The presence of 100,000 cavalry in the Daqian Army, and the initiative of the Daqian Army to occupy the battlefield, not only annihilated the 100,000 Yanzhou army in advance, but also suppressed the Han coalition forces who did not dare to fight in the field. He dared to hide in Dingtao Changyi and wait for reinforcements, but was bombarded by thousands of artillery pieces led by Xu Wei! If it weren't for the excessive consumption of cavalry, Xu Wei would have wanted to retain these 100,000 cavalry to deal with the troops in the directions of Xuzhou and Yuzhou respectively. enemy!
Jia Xu nodded, and then continued: "Now General Yang Feng and General Huang Long are leading an army of 80,000 to attack Henan Yin, and they have reached Xingyang. However, the Han army is also resisting very fiercely. I am afraid that Xingyang will be difficult for a while. capture!"
Wang Yong said excitedly: "Now that Changyi has been captured, the artillery here can be transported to Xingyang. With the support of artillery, the Rongyang defenders will definitely not be able to hold it!"
After capturing Rongyang City, they marched to Luoyang City. This had a completely different meaning to native Han people like Wang Yong. For them, Luoyang City was the capital of the country. Only when they captured Luoyang City did they attack Luoyang City. It destroyed the Han Dynasty and destroyed the national destiny of the Han Dynasty! Although this may not be true, this is what Wang Yong and others think.
But Xu Wei smiled bitterly and said: "This battle has exhausted our three-year supply of gunpowder. Although the Jizhou Gunpowder Factory is still producing gunpowder, this amount of gunpowder is not enough to maintain an offensive with thousands of artillery. If the artillery is Without a large enough number, it is difficult to threaten the soldiers guarding the city!"
The degree of industrialization is still not high enough, and the quantity of gunpowder produced is too small. After less than three months of fighting, the artillery of the Daqian Army has almost become a fire stick, and among them, the flying thunder cannon consumes the most gunpowder. The cannon uses nearly twice as much gunpowder as the artillery, but it is the thunder cannon that has the most damage to the soldiers on the city wall. On the contrary, although the artillery can hit the distance, the damage against the brick wall is only that much.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xu Wei continued: "And the autumn harvest has arrived, and the whole country will be busy with the autumn harvest. In this year's Central Plains War, we have consumed a lot of energy. If there is no truce for this year's autumn harvest, it will inevitably affect the autumn harvest. I'm afraid our granary will be low again. There have been severe droughts in recent years. It is extremely dangerous for us to have no food reserves. We don't want to have any more food. Use food stamps throughout Hebei!"
When Wang Yong, Li Gang and others heard this, their faces became ugly. They had not had enough to eat for four or five years in a row. Originally, this was nothing to them. After all, to Wang Yong and others, Generally speaking, most of the time in one's life is spent without having enough to eat.
But after they went to Mayi, hunger began to leave them. Wang Yong and others who were used to eating a full meal found that when they experienced hunger again, they found it more unbearable than when they were children! They even formed a conditioned reflex.
That is to say, after the joint conquest of Youzhou and Jizhou in the past two years, and the large-scale development of Liaodong, Daqian continued to have abundant grain harvests even in the drought season, Daqian was able to lift the grain quota system, and they could finally have enough to eat.
But now that they heard that they were going to return to the era of food quotas, they all felt that the war had to be fought step by step! If Luoyang City cannot be taken this time, it will be the same next time!
When Jia Xu saw Xu Wei convincing Wang Yong and others, he continued to report: "Because Cao Cao was not expected to send a large army to support Xuzhou at this time, Duan Yun's attack on Peixian and Peng Zeguo was blocked on the Xuzhou battlefield. Duan Yun is still thinking of a way. Attacking the city has little effect!"
Xu Weidao: "Let Duan Yun come back. Our logistics can no longer sustain his 40,000 cavalry to continue fighting!"
Jia Xu said, "Now Guo Tu, Xinpi and the others are leading Yuan Shao's remnants to stand in Henan, Yuan Tan is standing in Yuzhou, and Cao Cao is standing in Xuzhou. After retreating thousands of miles, the three princes of the Han Dynasty once again established a line of defense to resist our army. attack!
Xu Wei looked at this thousands-mile defense line on the sand table and said helplessly: "The defense line of this war stops here. All armies are ordered to reduce their numbers. Yanzhou leaves 100,000 standing troops and 30,000 cavalry, and the other soldiers are disbanded. , now the whole Daqian has to prepare for the autumn harvest!"
Then Xu Wei said: "There is one more thing I want to discuss with you, that is, we still have 170,000 soldiers from Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou. Originally, according to our policy of large-scale army, these soldiers have to pay travel expenses. We asked them to leave, but Wang Yong and Li Gang disagreed, saying that this was to support the enemy. We all need to think about it, how to arrange these soldiers?"
Everyone also felt a little embarrassed. This was the first time they had encountered such a thing. In the past, even if they captured soldiers, they would connect their territories and occupy them with the tribe. In this way, if these soldiers were allowed to leave, they would soon become The people of Daqian Army contribute to Daqian Army! Just like they conquered the territory of the Huns and the desert of the Xianbei people.
But the scope of this war is too wide. There are not only soldiers from the Central Plains, but also soldiers from Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Qingzhou. They have not yet occupied these places. Letting these powerful veterans of hundreds of battles leave like this is simply to find trouble for themselves. Trouble, Liu Bei, Yuan Tan and Cao Cao will quickly regain their strength! So the generals present think they should not be let go!
Wang Yong said: "The soldiers must not be released. We can let them settle in Yanzhou. This will not only resettle them, but also solve the problem of food and grass for the next war. There are wastelands everywhere in Yanzhou now, so there is no need to worry about the land problem!
But at this time Guan Hai said: "These soldiers have not committed any crime, why should we detain them? If we did such a thing, we would not be like the big men, how could we say we were doing justice for heaven! And if the soldiers came from Yanzhou
What should we do if they escape? Should we pursue them? Should we kill them if we catch them?
Li Gang said: "Now is a time when the world is in chaos. We cannot be benevolent as women. We can make it clear to these soldiers that they can go home after farming for three or four years at most. By then, we are afraid that we will have occupied the entire company."
Li, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other places, the Han Dynasty can't hold on for a few years!"
Guan Hai sneered and said: "The generals of the Han Dynasty are not kind to women. Their solution to the problem is simple. Just kill the person and the problem will disappear. Shouldn't we also learn what Huangfu Song did in Jizhou?"
Li Gang immediately retorted: "Don't be so extreme. We don't want to kill these people, we just want them to stay in Yanzhou for farming!"
Guan Hai continued: "Cao Cao in Qingzhou did the same thing. He even gave someone's wife to a stranger regardless of whether they were separated from each other. It would be even more miserable if the soldier died in battle, and his wife, children, and property
Everything will be divided, and a good family will be cut off from its incense!"
Song Yi also said at this time: "We are not beasts like Cao Cao, we will not do such a thing!"
"Then you are not even as good as Cao Cao. After all, Cao Cao gave wives and children to the living, but you plan to let these soldiers die alone. It took us 10 years to fight from Mayi to where we are now, and now most of the Han people
It is really in the hands of Liu Bei and others. Liu Bei and Cao Cao are all heroes in troubled times. How dare you say that you can capture the entire Han Dynasty in four years? This is not just a dream. It is still possible for Xuzhou and Qingzhou to be captured, but what about the soldiers in Jingzhou and Yangzhou?
, but most of the prisoners this time were soldiers from these two places!
If we want to conquer Jingzhou and Yanzhou, we won't be able to do it in less than 10 years! Isn't this just letting the soldiers of Jingzhou and Yangzhou die alone?" Faced with Guan Hai's aggressive posture, everyone could not go against their will and said that they could win on March 4th.
They conquered the entire Han Dynasty in 10 years. Judging from this battle of Yanzhou, they conquered the entire Han Dynasty in 10 years because of their strength.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wang Yong said helplessly: "Then what method do you have? It is impossible to really release these 170,000 troops. If we do this, Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Yuan Tan will all
Call us fools. You can't do anything about the benevolence of Song Xianggong's women. Let these soldiers leave now. When we attack Jingzhou, I'm afraid there will be tens of thousands more dead souls of the army. Do you want to see yourself?
My brother died in battle!"
Li Gang also advised: "Now that the Han coalition forces have been severely damaged by us, if you let these 170,000 troops go back, our time to unify the world will be delayed for several years. How many people will die among them? These prisoners will not be able to survive for a few years at most."
It's better to meet their families than to let the world be in chaos for a few more years. Let them make a little sacrifice for the people of the world. At the worst, we can help them find their families after we join the army!"
Guan Hai also looked troubled. He knew that Wang Yong and Li Gang didn't do much, but he couldn't find a better way to handle this matter!
Xu Wei thought for a long time and came up with a solution based on the redemption system in the Middle Ages!
He said: "Unfortunately, this time we not only captured Yuan Shao, big Han leaders like Guan Yu, but also hundreds of generals above the rank of captain. You said we are now exchanging these soldiers with generals and leaders such as Guan Yu, Xiahou Dun, and Yuan Shao."
Families, everyone is asking if Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Yuan Tan are willing to exchange the families of these soldiers with us!"
But at this time, Jia Xu said: "It is absolutely impossible to govern, and forget about others. Yuan Shao is the leader of the Yuan Clan. Without Yuan Shao, it will be difficult for the Yuan Clan to unite the forces of Yuzhou and Sili, so that we can attack Sili in the next step.
Li He Yuzhou, but if we let Yuan Shao go back, I'm afraid that Yuan Shao's power will soon be integrated by Yuan Shao, and then Yuan Shao will cause us huge trouble!"