Chapter 1237: A battle to bet on the fortune of the country
Chapter 1237: A battle that stakes the fate of the country
Temujin was very confident about taking down the three counties of Hetao. After all, he had defeated Zhenbeiguan, which was more difficult to fight. In his opinion, the three counties of Hetao, which were only flat and flat, were simply vulnerable.
Temujin appointed Yang Silang as the vanguard to attack Yinshan County. Firstly, he wanted to see a good show of brothers killing each other; secondly, he wanted to undermine the morale of the Jin army; thirdly, he was confident in his own huge military power.
But in the end, even though Temujin saw the good show of brothers fighting each other, he couldn't laugh at all.
Among the ten counties of Yinshan, except for two counties that surrendered voluntarily, the remaining seven counties were all forcibly captured, and the resistance became stronger one by one. In the end, Yuan Meng also hit a big nail under the city of Yinshan.
All the people in the cities in the Hetao were all soldiers, and men, women, old and young participated in the defense of the city. This also meant that every time the Yuan and Meng armies captured a city, thousands of elite soldiers died.
If Yuan Meng follows this trend and attacks one city after another, even if he can finally capture the three counties of Hetao, he will probably have to pay a loss of one to two hundred thousand troops. This is no longer worth the loss for Temujin.
Naturally, Temujin would not be frightened by the Jin army's all-people strategy. In order to frighten the Han people in the city, so as to reduce the resistance of the Han people and surrender the city without a fight, Temujin ordered a massacre of the city.
To intimidate the Han people.
Temujin's order was deeply rooted in the hearts of the entire army, and this also caused the Yuanmeng army to massacre three cities and kill nearly 100,000 innocent people when they attacked Yinshan County.
Faced with the massacre by the alien army, the people of Yinshan were crying and howling. But what Temujin did not expect was that the iron-blooded threat did not scare the Han people, but instead aroused the people of Hetao to become more resistant.
All the people in Hetao hated Yuan Meng, and a large number of young and strong people took the initiative to join the Qin army's militia.
When did the sheep-like Han people become so courageous?
Temujin is also puzzled by this, but in the end it can only be attributed to the fact that the Jin army has repeatedly won battles against foreigners over the years, which has caused the national self-confidence of the Han people to greatly increase, so these lower-class people
That’s why I wasn’t afraid of Yuan Meng.
Driven by hatred, the people in Hetao were extremely enthusiastic about joining the army, and the Jin army's militia also continued to grow. Finally, when it reached the level of 200,000 people, King Qin Wen suddenly stopped it.
There are still many people who want to join the army to fight against the Yuan Dynasty, but the Jin army can no longer afford it. After all, the militiamen are also soldiers. Once they die in battle, they also need to pay pensions. Although the pensions of the militiamen are much less than those of the regular army,
But this is still a huge burden for the Jin army, and 200,000 militiamen are already enough, so the Jin army's militia team will only be maintained at 200,000.
With the joint efforts of the Jin army's regular army, militiamen, and civilians, Yuanmeng only captured 14 ordinary county towns. Before even a single county town was captured, 60,000 elite troops were lost.
Although the casualties of the Jin army were greater, with the militiamen alone dying for 120,000 years, the militiamen had everything they needed for the Jin army, and they were quickly recruited again and recovered.
The Jin army relied on the militia to consume the elites of Yuan and Meng, but the elites of the Jin army preserved their vitality.
Under this situation, even if Yuan Meng had 400,000 cavalry, they would be used up less and less. In the end, the Jin army overtook them and lost the battle.
After realizing this, Temujin ordered to stop the massacre after massacring three cities. The resistance of the Han people was too strong. Stopping the massacre at this time would not resolve the hatred, but at least it would not continue to increase the hatred.
In this way, in the first wave of battle with the Jin army, although Yuan and Meng took away the land of thirteen cities, they lost 60,000 elite troops.
With the arrival of 150,000 Qin troops in Yinchuan, the number of Han troops increased instead of decreasing, and now reached an astonishing 580,000, which also made Temujin feel great pressure.
Ever since he lost to Qin Hao at Yanmen Pass, Temujin had never lost a single battle in his various expeditions. However, the huge pressure now not only did not frustrate Temujin, but also made him excited.
We must win this battle to wash away the shame of losing to Qin Hao. Temujin secretly swore in his heart.
The total number of Qin and Jin coalition forces was as high as 580,000. Although 200,000 of them were militiamen and only 380,000 regular troops, their strength still exceeded that of Yuan and Meng.
Even Temujin had to admit that although on the surface Ka Yuan Meng was on the offensive and the Qin-Jin coalition could only be beaten passively, in fact Yuan Meng was already struggling in Hetao.
The 580,000 Qin and Jin coalition forces defended Hetao like an iron wall. Even an ordinary county seat was difficult to defeat, let alone a heavily guarded county seat.
Continuing to attack the city will only consume its own troops. If it does not attack the city, it will waste food and grass. Yuanmeng has been trapped in a dilemma.
Who was Temujin? He was Genghis Khan. With 340,000 elite cavalry in hand, how could he be stumped by such a small problem?
The main problem that Yuan and Meng are facing now is the lack of troops. As long as they can continue to increase their troops and gain superior strength, they may not be able to overwhelm the Qin and Jin coalition forces.
However, there are only 200,000 troops left in the Yuan and Meng Dynasties, and they still need to guard against Nurhaci from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in the east. If they continue to recruit troops, the rear may become unstable.
After weighing the pros and cons, Temujin finally decided to continue to mobilize troops from home. After all, both Qin Wen and Qin Hao had mobilized all the forces under their command. If he did not go all out, how could he stop the Qin-Jin coalition from taking over?
An all-out counterattack?
Temujin lacked both courage and courage, so he was ready to have a battle with Qin Hao: a battle in which the fate of the country would be staked, and all the achievements would be accomplished in one battle.
If you win, you will naturally get everything from the opponent, step on the enemy's corpse, sweep through the Central Plains, and become invincible in the world;
If defeated, Yuanmeng's national foundation will be shaken, and the country may even be destroyed.
"I'm sending an order to recruit 100,000 veterans from the country to go south, and another 200,000 new troops."
As soon as Temujin said this, the entire Yuanmeng high-level officials were shocked. Tuo Lei was the first to stand up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you must not do this. If we are deploying troops, the domestic military strength will be reduced to ten."
All in all, if the Qing Dynasty attacks, what can we do to resist it? With those 100,000 veterans and 200,000 new troops, we cannot stop the Qing Dynasty."
A hint of determination flashed in Temujin's eyes, and he said solemnly: "The Battle of Hetao is a battle where both the enemy and us are betting on the fate of the country. Now that Qin and Jin are in ruins, we, Yuanmeng, will naturally have to risk our lives to win this battle."
The possibility of a war.
Now I have ordered that before the Battle of Hetao is over, all the people of the Yuan Dynasty must also join forces and fight against the national calamity together."
Tuo Lei opened his mouth when he heard the words, but in the end he was speechless. He knew that what Temujin said was right, that is, gambling the country's destiny on a war was too hasty for a country.