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They think it's just right that they don't have enough troops.
The war to destroy the country is no different than other wars. While destroying the enemy's troops, it is also necessary to maintain the stability of the place.
If the troops dispatched are not enough, after the enemy's troops are eliminated, how to maintain stability in the place will become an insurmountable problem.
Zhiyao saw the doubts of the ministers and said: "In this battle, if we conquer 'Xinzheng', we will destroy the country."
The main battlefield will be in "Xinzheng" and its surrounding areas. Zheng Guo will definitely mobilize its troops to participate in the war again and again, which means that local troops will be drained.
In this way, the original army will wipe out the Zheng army participating in the war. Even if it cannot spread the message to all parts of Zheng, a small amount of the original army will be able to sweep across the entire territory of Zheng.
The first batch of troops from the original country to go south were the four legions. As field troops, they would also be responsible for confronting the enemy's main force.
With the first batch, how could the second batch be missing?
Zhiyao has arranged 200,000 as a garrison. If the war goes smoothly, the original garrison troops located around Zheng will be able to be used first. They will be mobilized to various locations in Zheng to clean up the remnants of Zheng while controlling and maintaining stability.
Form effective occupation in various places.
After the spring sowing, the two legions of the Yuan Kingdom that had been assembled in advance in "Puyang" were the first to take the oath to fight.
The person in charge of these two legions was Hu Jie, the general of the Yuan Kingdom, with Situ Han Geng as his deputy.
They took the route that passed through the old territory of Cao State. On the way, they cleared various villages that already belonged to Song State, and captured the cities that could be easily captured one by one.
Last year, the Yuan Kingdom also had troops passing through the old territory of Cao State. The reason why no military operations were carried out was that the Song State did not participate in the war.
Now that the Song Kingdom has joined the war, it still chooses to stand on the opposite side of the Yuan Kingdom. It is deserved to be beaten by the Yuan Army.
"After seizing Cao's land, will your Majesty restore the country for Cao Jun and his family?" Han Geng asked.
How long has it been since the fall of Cao State? About thirty years ago.
After the Song State annexed the Cao State, no direct bloodline of Cao Jun was left, and no sacrifices were arranged for Cao Jun's line, which meant that the Cao State had no sacrifices.
"Eternal God Emperor"
If the Yuan Kingdom wanted to reestablish the Cao Kingdom, they would have no choice but to find a person with Cao Jun's lineage and support him to become the king of the Cao Kingdom.
Hu Jie said with a speechless expression: "Dayuan seeks to wipe out the princes, how can he make Cao restore his country?"
Zhiyao's ambition was a secret in the past, and now there is no big fanfare about it. It's just that as an important minister of the original country, he didn't notice it. He was either stupid or pretending.
Han Geng laughed a few times.
Their military operations in the old territory of Cao State were also to clear threats on the supply line. The reason was of course that they could also obtain supplies from the Wei territory during the battle in "Xinzheng".
However, for the original army located on the "Xinzheng" battlefield, their best supply line is through the "Hulao" side.
The distance between "Xinzheng" and Weidi is much further than that of "Hulao", and behind "Hulao" there are two old grain-producing areas, "Wen" and "Yuan", not to mention the Han family and the Hu family.
Most of the fiefdoms of the Zhong family and other families were in the west of the original country.
Of course, the largest grain-producing area in the original country is currently in the central and eastern parts of the country, but that area belongs entirely to the Zhi family, the Han family, the Hu family, the Zhong family and other families. The thinking is still in the past, and there is no extravagant hope that their family can obtain from it.
The public’s thoughts on providing material support.
The two legions led by Hu Jie spent nearly two months in Cao's old territory, and once even reached the Nanshan area, which really shocked the Song Dynasty.
When the old territory of Cao State was attacked by the original army, the Song army originally stationed in "Changge" withdrew its troops to the east, and then moved to "Chuqiu" to station.
The frightened Song State mobilized again on one side and frequently asked for help from its allies on the other. They thought that the Yuan State was going to attack the Song State first, but they were not afraid of losing Guo Zuo and thought that the Yuan State wanted to force the Song State to sue for peace.
It is not that the monarchs and ministers of the original country have never thought about defeating the Song State to seek peace first. After repeated discussions, they believed that they were capable of winning the new "Xinzheng" battle. Rather than defeating the Song State and seeking peace, it was more urgent to eliminate more troops from the princes and give up.
He came up with this battle plan to use force to urge the Song Dynasty to seek peace.
Because of the delay of two months, when Hu Jie led his army to the vicinity of "Xinzheng", Zhi Yao, who led the army from behind, arrived first.
Before Hu Jie and Han Geng arrived, the Yuan army had already fought with the Chu army or the Zheng army. The fighting mainly took place around "Xin Zheng".
That was when the original army repeatedly attacked the enemy troops who came to support "Xinzheng". The scale of each battle was not large, but the number of them was too many, and the accumulated casualties on both sides were not small.
Of course, the losses of the coalition forces were relatively large, and because the troops supporting "Xinzheng" were repeatedly attacked, several supporting troops were wiped out without even seeing the shadow of the "Xinzheng" city wall, which severely damaged the morale of the coalition forces.
"Sure enough, Chu and Zheng mobilized reinforcements in a big way. According to detailed reports from various places, based on the scale, Zheng Guo mobilized 100,000 troops. The Chu army that went north this year may be 80,000?" Sima Ranju was transferred from Qi to serve as
Chief of Staff of this battle.
The original country did not have the official position of "chief of staff". Sima Ranju's official position was lieutenant, but he performed the duties of chief of staff.
As for the guesses about how many troops Zheng and Chu would have to participate in the war, the original monarchs and ministers had already made predictions before the war.
Sima Ranju added: "No trace of the Vietnamese army has been seen yet."
The original state had detailed works in the Yue state, but Gou Jian's long-term absence from the capital "Kuiji" increased the difficulty for the original state to learn the detailed developments of the Yue state.
At present, Gou Jian is still leading his army in the northern part of Yue State, stationed in a place called "Zhongcheng".
At the same time, more than 80,000 Vietnamese troops who had served for three years have not been disbanded. Some are stationed in "Langxie" and the other part are stationed in "Zhongcheng".
When Sima Ranju said that no trace of the Vietnamese army was detected, he meant that there was no Vietnamese army moving towards "Xinzheng".
"How many enemy troops are there in Xinzheng City?" Hu Jie asked.
Sima Ranju replied: "There are about 80,000 people."
Hu Jie nodded and said, "There are still 70,000 Chu troops and 30,000 Zheng troops outside the city?"
Last year, the total number of Chu troops heading north was close to 300,000 to 400,000. The original army was wiped out at around 130,000, and around 200,000 Chu troops fled back or disappeared.
In the new round of Chu troops heading north, there must be many Chu people who fled back last year?
This year, only 80,000 Chu troops from Chu State went north again. The reason is worth pondering.
Han Geng seemed to have discovered something, and said with a relaxed expression: "So, the current enemy army is about 300,000, and most of them are defeated troops one after another?"
Zhi Yao, who was sitting in the main seat, could see everyone's expressions and found that besides Han Geng, many people seemed to be a little distracted.
It seems that we can’t blame them? Last year, 70,000 original troops fought against nearly 400,000 enemy troops. Judging from the outcome of the battle, it was undoubtedly a great victory.
Can 70,000 people beat 400,000 people to win? This year, the Yuan Kingdom suddenly dispatched four full-strength legions of 150,000 troops. Many people seemed to have a sure chance of victory.
Sima Ranju glanced at Zhiyao, who was silent, and felt the need to remind everyone, saying: "Now 'Xinzheng' is a trapped beast, and the same goes for Zheng State. Chu State will definitely save its monarchs and ministers; in addition, Song State may send troops
One hundred thousand people participated in the war, came to 'Xinzheng', and went to Cao Di, but it is still unknown."
Therefore, the size of the enemy army this year is also more than 400,000!
Judging from the scale of military use, it has indeed entered the Warring States Period.
In the past, only Jin and Chu often mobilized around 100,000 troops. Other countries, including Wu, Zheng, and Song, did not mobilize more than 100,000 troops.
What now? The Zheng State, with a population of about 1.2 million, mobilized 100,000 people to actually participate in the war; the Song State, with a population of about 1.3 million, did not face the danger of being invaded.
Eighty thousand soldiers were mobilized.
Then again, not counting Zhi's model of mobilizing 500,000 people, that is, just mobilizing so many people, most of the mobilized people did not leave their homeland. Last year, Chu State mobilized more than 300,000 soldiers to go north, and again
An "achievement" was obtained for Chu State.
Zhiyao finally spoke and invited: "Please follow me to visit Xinzheng."
They have been near "Xinzheng" more than once, and this time they should have a new understanding of "Xinzheng", just because this time they want to launch an siege operation against "Xinzheng".
After repeated expansion of "Xinzheng", its area has been increasing.
In the early days of "Xinzheng", the city was first built to expand outwards. At that time, an incident occurred where a certain Zheng Jun shot an arrow at the Emperor of Zhou. Of course, Zheng did not need to care about the restrictions of Zhou's rites.
City walls were built again and again, and each time "Xinzheng" expanded outward. After decades of expansion, "Xinzheng" became the most extensive city in the land of Zhuxia.
"The Chu army is all at the south gate, and the Zheng army is stationed at the west gate. There are no troops stationed outside the city at the north gate or the east gate?" Han Geng felt that there must be a large number of garrison troops stationed in the east of the city of 'Xinzheng'.
Nowadays, on the city walls of "Xinzheng", flags are fluttering in the wind, and the figures of the defenders can be seen all over the city walls.
Hu Jie pointed to something and asked, "What is this for?"
There were a lot of auxiliary soldiers there, and they collected sand, gravel and soil from other places, as if they were building a platform.
Sima Ranju replied: "Build the earth into a mountain so that you can peek into the city."
In fact, there are mountains around "Xinzheng", but they are too far away. Even if the original country already has telescopes, if the distance is too far, it is still impossible to clearly see the situation in "Xinzheng" by climbing.
If necessary, Zhiyao ordered an artificial high ground to be built to facilitate a peek into the city of "Xinzheng". In fact, there would also be remote equipment such as trebuchets and crossbows built up behind it.
Hu You asked curiously: "The enemy army sat back and watched without any interference?"
The earthen hill is already over ten meters high. It is obvious that work has been done for a long time. Even if the enemy army does not understand what the original army is doing at first, in line with the principle that the original army should destroy them if they want to complete it, they should not do nothing.
That's right?
However, Huyou saw no traces of the battle from the surrounding area.
Sima Ranju laughed a few times before saying, "How could this be? It's just that the enemy suffered heavy losses during the attack and did not dare to come again."
Currently, only the eastern part of the city of "Xinzheng" is piled up into mountains. Next, it is very likely that there will be one, or more than one, in the west, south, and north directions?
They came down to the top of Tushan Mountain under the leadership of Zhiyao. Without anyone's instruction, they took out their binoculars and began to peer into the city.
"There really are nine city walls!" Hu You had only heard about it before, but today he witnessed it with his own eyes.
Speaking of "Xinzheng", who doesn't know that it was the hardest turtle shell in the Spring and Autumn Period?
Facing such a fortified city, especially seeing the fortifications with their own eyes, except for Zhi Yao, whose expression was still normal, the others' expressions gradually became serious.
"For such a strong city, it is a good strategy to combine the inside and the outside." Sima Rangju expressed his inner thoughts.
Han Geng stole a glance at Zhi Yao and responded: "I guess your Majesty has already made arrangements?"
For example, send people into the city in disguise early.
Or, they bribed the nobles of Zheng or Chu to serve as internal agents.
Historically, Han Wenhou spent a lot of effort to deal with Zheng Guo, including inviting Zheng Kanggong when the three Jin Dynasties held a conference, and using the method of continuously contributing trophies to Zheng Guo in advance, the Korean soldiers who transported the trophies disguised themselves as civilians and hid in the "Xinzheng" city.
Later, Han Wenhou tricked Duke Zheng Kang into leading his elite troops to leave the "Xin Zheng" gap, dispatched 150,000 elite troops to successfully attack "Xin Zheng", and also captured Duke Zheng Kang and imprisoned him.
Even though it was just two sentences, South Korea's plan to sneak attack "Xinzheng" took two generations of Han Liehou and Han Wenhou, and the methods used in the process were not too many.
Zhiyao knew what Han Geng was afraid of.
What Han Geng was afraid of was that Han's troops would be the main force in attacking "Xinzheng". If he refused, he would not end well. If he agreed, even if he conquered "Xinzheng", he would get a heavy loss.
"I have been prepared for this battle. In this battle, I will use 'Xinzheng' as bait to lure the Chu army and Zheng army and annihilate them all. I have other concerns about whether to attack 'Xinzheng' or not," Zhiyao said.
A fight is definitely necessary!
The ministers found that "Xinzheng" was difficult to fight, so they did not need to put too much pressure on it for the time being.
In addition, with such an obvious target as "Xinzheng", it is indeed a good time to induce the Chu army or the Zheng army to come to the rescue. It can eliminate more enemy troops in the wild, which is better than those enemy troops stationed in the city, and the original army will need a lot of time later.
It was difficult to pass through one city after another.
"Your Majesty, Lord Chu, Lord Zheng and all the ministers are standing on the city wall."
Zhiyao was reminded and quickly found the figures of the monarchs and ministers of the two countries.
The mound is about 180 meters away from "Xinzheng" and is not on the edge of a city gate.
If "Xinzheng" wanted to send troops, they would have to run about 400 meters after coming out of the city gate to get close.
The monarchs and ministers of the two countries appeared on the city wall, but they were not located on the outermost city wall of "Xinzheng". They stayed at the highest point of the second city wall and looked around.
It should be that they received a report and learned that the original king and ministers were on the mound, which led to such an incident?
The leaders of the two camps looked at each other through the air.
There are telescopes here in the Yuan Kingdom, which can help the kings and ministers of Chu and Zheng to see more carefully.
When the monarchs and ministers of the two countries looked at the monarch and ministers of the original country on the mound, they should only be able to see the outline of a figure?
At this time, the east gate of "Xinzheng" opened, and a chariot quickly drove out, followed by groups of infantry.
"Your Majesty, the enemy troops in the south and north of the city are also moving."
So, did the monarchs and ministers of the two countries think this was a good opportunity to catch the monarchs and ministers of the original country, or did they show their determination to resist to the end?