Chapter 1043 The gap before the final battle - the ratio of troops
"What a blessing! Xu Huizu led his troops and rushed to the Yiwu inner city before it was breached, forcing Timur to retreat." Yunxi looked at the document in front of him and said excitedly.
In the past few days, he had been on tenterhooks in Ganzhou City, even after learning that Xu Huizu was leading troops to go on an expedition. The emergency report coming back from Xingxingxia was not optimistic. The outer city was lost on June 11, and he had to stay.
After the attack, tens of thousands of soldiers were killed by the Xilu soldiers. Starting from June 12th, the Xilu attacked the inner city. The inner city was likely to be captured almost every moment, which made him restless. Now he can finally relax.
coming.
"Brother Emperor, let me tell you that King Qin has his own destiny and everything will be fine." Yun Zhi, who had also arrived at Ganzhou City, immediately said with a smile.
Yunxi glanced at her: "You were just comforting me at that time. In fact, you were very upset in your heart. You acted as if you could predict the future."
Yunzhi stuck out her tongue and stopped talking. Zhu Zhen said hurriedly: "Nephew Shang Bing was able to defend Yiwu City, but he has done a great service. The officials should reward him. And Song Sheng, command the soldiers.
Defending Yiwu City to the death requires a reward."
"Shang Bing, just give him some grain. It's useless to reward him with anything else. Song Sheng, follow Shang Bing's wishes and make him a marquis. I think he will be made a marquis of Xining, hereditary, with a salary of two thousand
Five hundred dan. The second son, Song Hu, the guest of honor of Princess Chang'an, will receive an additional salary of 500 dan. Wuji, please call Chen Ji to draw up the decree." Zhang Wuji accepted the order and went down.
Taking advantage of Chen Ji's free time, Yunxi looked through the next memorial. He opened it and took a look, his face became solemn, and he murmured softly: "Timur has transferred another 100,000 soldiers from the country? Although
They are all auxiliary soldiers, but they must be taken seriously."
"At first, he brought 500,000 troops from Samarkand and attacked Alashankou, Urumqi, Turpan and other places without losing any soldiers. He also surrendered about 40,000 to 50,000 Semu, Mongolian or Xifan people.
We have about 550,000 people on hand."
"Nearly 100,000 troops were lost in the attack on Yiwu City, and there were still 450,000 left. However, about 50,000 Mongolians defected to Timur. Adding these 100,000 troops, he had a full army of 600,000.
It is the same as the Ming Dynasty sending troops. This is not possible."
Just as he was thinking about it, Chen Ji had already arrived in this room, and Yunxi immediately ordered him to draw up a decree: "Combine Song Sheng as the Marquis of Xining, hereditary, and receive a salary of 2,500 dan. His second son, Song Hu, is the guest of honor of Princess Chang'an.
, an additional salary of five hundred stones."
Chen Ji quickly drafted the decree, and Yunxi read it before stamping it and sending it to Yiwu.
After Yunxi stamped his seal, he asked him again: "You have counted the soldiers passing by these days. How many soldiers will eventually participate in this battle?" In the past few days, he was worried about Shang Bing and had not looked at the statistics. The reason why he did not know
There are still statistics on how many troops were dispatched in total. This is mainly because the number of people in many barbarian guard posts is completely unclear. Although the Ming Dynasty distributed ordnance and food subsidies based on the standard number of barbarian guard posts, how many people really were there?
No one knows except the commander of the guard post. In addition, he also ordered the Han guard post on the edge of the Great Wall to lure small Mongolian tribes to come to help the Ming Dynasty fight the war. It is not known how many people came. They can only wait for them when they pass by Ganzhou.
When entering the city, statistics were calculated based on the grain distributed.
"Your Majesty, based on the amount of food distributed to passing soldiers during this period, there are approximately 700,000 soldiers in total," Chen Ji said.
"Seven hundred thousand, how come there are so many people?" Yunxi was surprised.
"Your Majesty, I heard that there was a disaster in Qinghai this year, and the Xifan people had almost no food harvest. Many people heard that they came to fight for the Ming Dynasty and had enough to eat, so they defected to the guard posts of the Xifan people we recruited. These guards
I also wanted to have more soldiers under my command, so I brought them all."
"In addition, there are more small tribes on the Mongolian grassland who have taken refuge with the Ming Dynasty than previously estimated. Especially after the news that the Ming Dynasty rewarded them with some armor spread, more Mongolians are willing to follow the Ming Dynasty in the war."
"The third one is the soldiers originally belonging to the Three Guards of Wuliangha sent by His Royal Highnesses King Ning, King Liao and King Ying in the Northeast. In recent years, the Three Guards of Wuliangha have developed rapidly under the protection of the Ming Dynasty, and they have surrendered.
They killed many Mongolians on the grasslands and became more powerful, which aroused the suspicion of the three highnesses. The three highnesses then ordered the three guards of Wuliangha to send thousands of soldiers to participate in the Western Expedition. The three highnesses also planned to request your majesty to cooperate with Qin and Jin.
Your Highnesses have discussed that after the war, the soldiers of the Three Guards of Uliangha should voluntarily stay in the northwest and not return to the northeast."
"Fourth, Fusang unexpectedly sent many soldiers to fight in the northwest."
"So a total of more than 700,000 troops were sent to this battle," Chen Ji said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Zhen asked again: "Chen Zhongshu, does your number include the 70,000 soldiers sent to Yiwu before?"
"It is not included." Chen Ji replied.
'Not included in the 70,000 soldiers sent to Yiwu before? That includes the 30,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry in Shang Bing's hands, the 30,000 cavalry of Shami Chagan, and the soldiers of Shazhou and other barbarian guards.
, the total number of troops sent by the Ming Dynasty in this battle must be 800,000. 800,000.'
Yunxi was shocked by the number he calculated. Eight hundred thousand people, a full two hundred thousand more than previously expected.
"Is there enough food for so many people?" Yunxi said to himself.
"Your Majesty, by transporting grain from the Central Plains to the northwest by railcars, the line from Jiayuguan to Yiwu City has enough food for 500,000 soldiers for a year. Moreover, Yiwu City has also received many cattle and sheep from Yilibaoli.
Horses and food can last for seven or eight months without any problem." Zhu Zhen said. After all, he is the vassal king here. Although the general affairs are handed over to the people below, he still knows the approximate figures.
"That's good." Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief and thought about it again: "Eight hundred thousand versus six hundred thousand, damn, the comparison between these numbers is so unlucky. Well, I'm not a logistics person, so it doesn't matter."