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To the east of Luoyang, Baili, under Sishui Pass.
Sishui Pass, also known as Hulao Pass, was named after King Mu of Zhou Dynasty kept tigers in captivity here. This place is connected to Songyue Mountain in the south and the Yellow River in the north. The mountains are intertwined, making it a natural danger. If one man is in charge of the pass, ten thousand people will not be able to open it.
, is a battleground for military strategists of all ages. During the Warring States Period, the six eastern countries stationed troops in Sishui to confront the Qin State; during the Chu and Han Dynasties, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought fierce battles here; Emperor Taizong of this dynasty also fought against Dou Jiande here to determine the general trend of the world.
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In May of the first year of Tianyou's reign, Sishui Pass once again ushered in a huge army. The surrounding area was dozens of miles away, filled with continuous tents and forests of banners.
In the name of "honoring the king and repelling the barbarians", the King of Liang summoned all the princes from all over the world to prepare for the expedition against the "fake king of Yan" Li Chengzhong and the "fake king of Jin" Li Cunxu. The reason why they were called "fake kings" was because Liang Wang wanted to
The emperor obtained the edict, deprived Li Chengzhong and Li Cunxu of their royal titles, and announced ten major crimes against them. Two of the most important crimes were "kidnapping the prince" and "inciting barbarians to visit the south."
The emperor added King Liang as the "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses", which officially confirmed his status as the overlord of the princes. So in this name, King Liang gathered the soldiers and horses of the world and prepared to launch a large-scale offensive to Hedong and Hebei. According to Jingxiang and Li
According to Zhenzhen's strategy, the army's attack direction was locked in the Shangdang area; the original Jinzhou battlefield was completely handed over to the "Three Kings" of Hedong, and the Qingqing battlefield was dominated by Ge Congzhou, with Wang Shifan's army as the supplement; in the main attack on Shangdang
In the area, King Liang prepared to directly crush it with a huge force. After occupying Shangdang, he would forcefully cross Taihang from three places including Fukouxing, Jingxing, and Feihuxing, and start a decisive battle with the Lulong Army on the Hebei Plain.
Once the threat of enemies on all sides is eliminated, the troops that King Liang can mobilize will be considerable. Zhu Youning's Jianwu Army has more than 50,000 people, Shi Shucong's Baoda Army has more than 60,000 people, and Kang Huaiying has more than 40,000 Baoyi Army.
There were more than 30,000 Wuning troops under Yang Shihou's command, more than 30,000 soldiers under Zhang Guihou's command, and more than 20,000 Youlonghu troops under Zhu Yougong's command. The above-mentioned main troops of King Liang all gathered in Sishui.
In addition, the King of Liang also transferred Zhang Cunjing and Li Sian back from Qinzhou, using the Qinzhou cavalry they had trained for nearly half a year as the main force. He also gathered all the cavalry that could be mobilized in the army under their command, and formed a cavalry force.
The cavalry group of more than 8,000 cavalry, with Zhang Cunjing as the military envoy to protect the country, and Li Sian as the deputy military envoy to protect the country, were specially designed to fight against the Hebei cavalry.
Together with the two tooth soldiers from Liang Wang Tingzidu and Yuan Cong's army, the main force of Liang's army concentrated at Sishui Pass has reached 260,000!
This is not all the military strength prepared by King Liang. In Shangdang, He Delun's 50,000 men are confronting the Lulong Army; auxiliary forces from Songzhou, Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Yuzhou, Yingzhou, Caozhou, Huazhou and other places
A steady stream of people are gathering in Sishui. By the end of May, the total number of Liang Jun soldiers and auxiliary troops expected to enter Shangdang will reach more than 400,000!
In addition to Liang Jun, there were more than 70,000 troops from various princes.
The Jing army under the command of Ma Yin was 30,000.
There are 20,000 Shu troops under the command of Wang Zongji.
The Chu army commanded by Zhao Kuangming was 20,000.
The Qi army commanded by Guo Qiqi was three thousand.
The Wu army commanded by Li Shenfu was five thousand.
There were two thousand Qi troops under the command of Wang Shike.
In order to mobilize the troops of the princes, King Liang secretly sacrificed a lot of territory. Of course, the prerequisite was to pacify Hedong and Hebei. Compared with the territory he paid. Once the Northern Expedition succeeds, King Liang will gain far more than he paid, and the most important thing is that
, Liang Jun will get the racecourse he dreams of!
However, despite the great promise made by King Liang, the troop dispatching situation of various princes was not very ideal. Although Shu, Chu, Jing, Wu, Qi, Qi and other princes directly sent troops to participate in the war, they could not.
There were not many troops, most of them were soldiers and horses brought with them when they went to the Eastern Metropolis League, and they stayed behind under the strong request of King Liang.
The main force among them is Ma Yin, the die-hard younger brother of King Liang who is seriously lacking in strength. In addition, the Zhao brothers who originally opposed King Liang unexpectedly strongly supported the slogan of "respecting the king and rejecting the foreigners", which many people did not expect. As for the Qi Kingdom, Wu
The states of Yue and Qi sent a few symbolic troops and horses, purely for soy sauce. The distant states of Yue, Han, and Fujian used the long distance as an excuse to send civilian men to escort a large amount of grain and baggage.
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However, King Liang was not too demanding. Regardless of the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces of the various vassal states, whether they could be commanded was also a big problem. King Liang was satisfied with being able to retain most of the vassal armies participating in the Eastern Metropolis Alliance. He
He also did not consider asking the princes of various towns to continue to mobilize their troops - there was not enough time, and his original intention was not to expect the coalition forces of the princes to fight effectively. His purpose was still to show off his strength.
So far, on the main battlefield, the coalition forces have reached nearly 500,000, and together with the civilians, they are known as millions. There are also many troops in the two auxiliary battlefields. On the Jinzhou battlefield, the Three Kings of Hedong have more than 40,000 troops of the Hedong Army.
, forming an overwhelming advantage over Li Cunxu's more than 10,000 men in Jinyang; on the Qingqing battlefield, Ge Congzhou's Taining army and Wang Shifan's Qi army combined exceeded 100,000, and they had gradually moved from the east, south and west.
Squeeze the Lulong army stationed in Bochang.
No matter how you look at it, it is extremely difficult for the Lulong Army to fight alone against the coalition of princes from all over the world.
Of course, hundreds of thousands of troops are concentrated in Sishui. They look magnificent, but they are temporarily unable to move. The main problem comes from the supply of food and fodder.
With an army of hundreds of thousands, people eat horses, and their monthly food consumption is around four to five million shi. This figure is quite astonishing. With the power of Pei Di, the great internal affairs talent of King Liang, he could only consume three months of food.
Only 4 million shi of grain were collected and transported to Sishui for storage. Only 2 million shi were enough to feed the army until the end of autumn. It seemed enough because there would be a new harvest at the end of autumn. But in fact, the autumn grain was
After it is captured, it must be collected and transported to the battlefield. There will be a gap period of one to two months. During this gap period, the army will be in a situation where there is no food to eat. This is absolutely unacceptable.
The food supplied by the southern princes is about to arrive in Sishui, but because of the long distance and huge consumption on the way, it may only be able to sustain the battle for a month after it arrives. It is still quite dangerous for an army of hundreds of thousands. According to Jingxiang
According to Li Zhen's judgment, the army still had insufficient food, and the food shortage was between 500,000 and 1 million dan.
Li Zhen had two suggestions. One was to continue to urge the southern princes to send the second batch of grain. If the southern princes were allowed to start preparing and distributing grain now, it could be delivered before September; the second was to collect the surplus grain from major households in Henan, because
Being close, these grains can be transported before July, provided that the wealthy families are willing to provide grains.
There is no problem with the first opinion. King Liang issued a grain requisition order to the southern princes in the name of the general of the world's soldiers and horses, but the second opinion... King Liang needs to think about it carefully.
Henan is rich. Many wealthy families have grain stores, but all wealthy families are all powerful people under the king of Liang. For example, Li Zhen himself, his family purchased 30,000 acres of land in Huazhou, with a grain store of no less than 50,000 shi; another example is Jing Jing
Xiang, Jingxiang can be regarded as "loyal to the king". He rarely cares about his own property, but even so, the Jing family has unknowingly accumulated more than 5,000 acres of fertile land in Chenzhou; the real wealth is the original
The Yuan family, who belong to the local wealthy family, and the military generals who love money, such as the Jiang family, among them, the Yuan family's acres of land are incalculable...
The reason why Jingxiang and Li Zhen came up with this "self-mutilation" strategy is actually easy to understand. Jingxiang sincerely helped King Liang achieve hegemony. For him, fame was the first priority. What's more, he was about to become Chen Guo's
King. As for Li Zhen, all his thoughts are on Weizhou. Being able to establish Weiguo in Weizhou as early as possible is better than any family property and land!
This strategy made King Liang think hard for three days. He talked to his important ministers and generals one by one, and finally successfully obtained the consent of the civil and military ministers. Seeing that the world was about to be settled, each family was about to grant states and territories.
In the face of such huge profits, what does a little grain mean?
Successfully obtained the consent of his ministers. King Liang breathed a sigh of relief. According to the statistics when he talked one by one, the military rations that each family was willing to hand over were more than one million dan. With these millions of dans of food, they could survive the most difficult nine years.
It’s October to October!
So the King of Liang asked his officials to write family letters to urge the clan to distribute grain. He also told Pei Di the amount of grain that each family was willing to hand over, and asked him to prepare transportation capacity and strive to deliver it to the army before September. Pei Di took
The list of grains subscribed by each family rushed back to Bianzhou with a smile on their face. King Liang had promised Pei Di that he would officially send troops at the end of May to strive to completely solve the problems in Hedong and Hebei by the end of the year. As long as Pei Di could guarantee the supply of military grain and baggage.
If everything goes smoothly, I can go to the country of Xuzhou by the beginning of next year at the latest.
In addition to the food problem, there are still many problems that need to be solved, such as the military tents where soldiers sleep in the open, the large number of bows and arrows that are expected to be replenished, the stocks of swords and guns, indispensable ropes, etc., and of course the most important thing is the command of the various coalition forces.
and coordination.
This is the first time that King Liang has commanded such a large number of troops in combat, and he is also commanding an allied army. It is absolutely impossible to do it like an arm and a finger. King Liang has never had such extravagant hopes. Even if various parties
The princes all obeyed his orders, but it was impossible for him to command them.
The command of King Liang can only be a directional command. For example, when the army is marching out, it is necessary to negotiate with various princes to decide who will go first and who will go last... For example, during the march, you need to find several water sources that you can rely on.
Who goes along this water source, who goes along that water source... Another example is the destination of Zezhou. It is impossible for all the troops to pour into Zezhou City, so it is necessary to arrange their stations one by one...
When it's time to fight, it's also impossible to line up an army of 400,000 to 500,000 people to fight, so we have to coordinate, who forms, who attacks, who ambush, who supports...
The above-mentioned problems not only caused a few strands of white hair to grow on King Liang's forehead, but also the civil servants such as Jing Xiang and Li Zhen were so tired that they almost couldn't stand up straight. Fortunately, Liang Jun was experienced after all, and this former Xuanwu Army
There was an experience of an army of 200,000 divided into six groups to attack Hedong, so after half a month of intense work, we finally decided on a strategy for the march.
The army was divided into two routes, east and west, and set off one after another in early June. On the east route, Zhu Youning's Jianwu Army led the way, followed by Zhang Guihou's Zhenjun, Zhu Yougong's Youlonghu Army, and then Liang Wang's Yabing and other groups.
The princes entered Hedong from Baixing; on the west route, Yang Shihou's Wuning army led the way, followed by Shi Shucong's protecting army, Zhang Cunjing and Li Sian's protecting army, and entered Hedong from Taihangxing. Kang Huaiying's protecting army
The rebel army came to the rear, led the civilians and the remaining baggage, and finally entered Zezhou.
The army must arrive in Zezhou in mid-June and be stationed in the camps assigned by each army without delay. Fortunately, Sishui is not far from Zezhou, otherwise hundreds of thousands of troops will be marching and it will be impossible to arrive in about ten days.
The remaining hundreds of thousands of auxiliary soldiers and civilians established more than ten camps between Sishui and Zezhou to ensure the smooth transportation of baggage and the smooth passage.
In the battlefield of Jinzhou, the King of Liang asked 30,000 people from Hedong to capture Jinyang by July at the latest and threaten the Lulong Army from the flanks of the Shangdang Basin; in the battlefield of Qingqing, the King of Liang asked Ge Congzhou and Wang Shifan to also capture it before July.
Bo Chang destroyed the Lu Long Army south of the Yellow River. In addition, the King of Liang also ordered Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui to stick to the prime minister and guard, and it was best to contain part of the Lu Long Army. If they were unable to contain it, he also allowed them to withdraw to Huazhou.
But we must ensure the safety of the Yellow River and not let Lu Longjun cross the river to threaten Henan. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to