It has to be said that Nurhachi still had some courage. In the end, the 10,000 Qing troops in the sixth battalion were abandoned as soon as they were told to give up.
Qin Hao has a huge appetite, so this small portion does not pique his interest at all, but mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are, so if you don't eat what is delivered to your door, you will not eat it for free.
The fate of these six battalions of 10,000 Qing troops has been clearly arranged by Zhuge Liang, that is, they will continue to besiege them until they run out of food and surrender. If they refuse to surrender, they will starve to death.
Nowadays, all the major roads in Yanshan are under the control of the Qin army, so it does not require many troops to besiege these 10,000 Qing troops. At most, 20,000 can completely block it, and there is still no way to go from heaven to earth.
That kind of.
"Twenty thousand?"
After Qin Hao pondered for a while, he smiled and said: "It's not too much. It's best if you can defeat the enemy without fighting. Just do what you said, Kong Ming."
The decisive battle with the Qing army is imminent. According to Qin Hao's character, he will not leave 10,000 Qing troops in the rear. However, if these 10,000 troops no longer pose a threat, it will not have much impact if he separates 20,000 troops from his own side.
, then it is naturally better to defeat the enemy without fighting.
"My Lord cherishes his soldiers, which is really a blessing to our army." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.
"How come you, Kong Ming, have learned such flattery?" Qin Hao joked with a smile.
"Liang is just telling the truth."
"You."
Qin Hao laughed dumbly, and after rectifying his expression, he said to the generals below: "In order to expel the Qing army from Youzhou, our army has dispatched a total of 380,000 troops (including Xuanyuan's 10,000 troops and Zhou Yu's 30,000 naval troops).
, one hundred thousand reorganized troops), and now the pre-war strategic deployment has finally been completed.
Xuanyuan Ling's former residence raided Lulongsai, which cut off Nurhachi's retreat. At the same time, he divided the 300,000 Qing troops into two groups, with 200,000 in Beiping on the right and 100,000 in Liaoxi.
The 350,000 main force staying in the west of Youbeiping successively captured the 44th Yanshan Battalion and opened the Yanshan Mountain Road, but they also paid a heavy price.
According to post-war statistics, in order to break the Yanshan Pass, our army suffered a total of 70,000 casualties (60,000 reorganized troops and 10,000 main troops), 50,000 direct combat casualties, and 20,000 injured, of which 7,000 were disabled and another 13,000.
You can return to the army after recovering from your injuries.
In addition, eight generals including Li Gan and Han Zeng were killed in the battle, and more than 20 generals including Xue Rengui, Xue Dingshan, Jin Tai and Tian Yu were injured.
Cumulatively, we killed 40,000 Qing troops and captured 10,000 prisoners. We killed more than 20 generals including Duduo, Nian Deli, Tuoba Gui, Tuoba Shi, and Xing Luan;"
At this point, Qin Hao's face was full of sadness, and he said in a deep voice: "For just half of Beiping, our army has suffered more casualties than taking down the entire Yan Kingdom."
All the civil and military officials below couldn't help but fell silent upon hearing this. That's true, but that's not how the account was calculated.
Among the 70,000 sacrificed troops, 60,000 were reorganized troops from the surrendered army. The main force of the Qin army only accounted for 10,000. Overall, the price paid by the Qin army was not high, but it was no greater than taking down the entire Yan army.
There are many countries with many capitals, that’s for sure.
In addition, considering the complicated situation in the imperial capital, even if the 200,000 Qing troops were finally annihilated, the Qin army would not be able to continue to invade western Liaoning and expand its results, so the Qin army would only gain two counties in the end.
Just for two counties, nearly 400,000 troops were mobilized, a huge amount of food, grass and materials were consumed, and a war of nearly 700,000 people was fought. Is this really worth it?
Qin Hao thought it was worth it, because after winning this battle, if everything went well, the Manchu Qing Dynasty would definitely fall into civil strife.
Under the internal and external troubles of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and with the Qin army instigating it, in the next ten or even twenty years, I am afraid that they will not be able to go south to prevent the unification of China.
So this battle is worth it, even if it costs twice as many casualties.
"It's time to end this."
Qin Hao said categorically, and then continued: "Our army has a total of 340,000 troops on the Western Front, with 70,000 lost and 270,000 left.
The already exhausted 20,000-strong reorganized army is in urgent need of rest and reorganization, but it will not participate in the upcoming decisive battle. In addition, another 20,000-strong army is needed to blockade the Sixth Battalion of the Qing Army, which is stubbornly resisting in Yanshan.
Therefore, next, I will personally lead an army of 240,000 to fight to the death with Nurhaci’s Qing army.”
After saying this, Qin Hao looked at Liu Bowen and asked: "How many troops does Nurhaci have left?"
"My Lord, Nurhaci had an army of 200,000 before the counterattack. After the war, Huang Taiji sent 30,000 troops to attack Lulong, and Tuoba Gui led 70,000 troops to guard Yanshan.
Now that Yanshan has been broken, the Qing army has lost 50,000 troops, and there are still 10,000 troops trapped by our army, which is equivalent to a loss of 60,000 troops.
Huang Taiji's fierce attack on Lulong failed for more than half a month, and now I am afraid that more than half of it has been lost. When the decisive battle comes, Huang Taiji will definitely be transferred back by Nurhaci.
Counting Huang Taiji, Nurhaci's available troops should be between 120,000 and 130,000, including 70,000 cavalry."
Before the war started, 100,000 of the 300,000 Qing troops were cavalry. This was the real confidence that Nurhachi and Qin Hao had to compete with each other. However, Qin Hao had always avoided fighting and did not give him a chance to take advantage of the cavalry.
When Qin Hao went out to fight Nurhachi, he switched from offense to defense, so that the 100,000 cavalry never played much role.
Now that the war has been going on for so long, excluding the damaged cavalry and the cavalry divided in western Liaoning, the Qing army only has 70,000 cavalry left in Youbeiping. This is the only force of the Manchu Qing that can pose a threat to the Qin army.
"Nurhaci has 70,000 cavalry, how many are the total number of cavalry in our army?" Qin Hao looked at Huo Qubing and asked.
"The total number of our cavalry is 80,000. If we fight the Qing army, we will definitely defeat them in one battle." Huo Qubing said confidently.
Although in addition to the 40,000 elite cavalry, the riding skills of the other 40,000 Qin army cavalry are still far behind the Qing army's Eight Banners cavalry. However, the Qin army's equipment is several grades higher than that of the Qing army, which can completely shorten this part of the combat power gap.
"Okay, 240,000 versus 120,000, our army's strength is twice that of the Qing Dynasty. If we can't win a big victory, I will have no shame in returning to Luoyang.
According to my military order, in addition to the 20,000 reorganized troops and the 20,000 troops blockading Yanshan, the remaining 240,000 troops must cross Yanshan on the 5th and engage in a decisive battle with the Qing army."
After Qin Hao finished speaking, Huo Qubing asked: "My lord, now that the Qing army can transport grain from the sea, the grain and grass crisis has been resolved, and our army's strength is twice that of the Qing army, and its equipment and morale are far superior to those of the Qing army."
Army, what if Nurhachi cowers and doesn't dare to fight? Do we still want to continue to attack?"
As soon as these words came out, some generals frowned. After all, the Qing army still had 120,000 troops. If they continued to attack by force, the casualties would be too great, and the gains would not be worth the losses.
"No."
Qin Hao smiled confidently: "Nurhachi is not someone who can be easily captured. He will definitely go out of the city to fight our army instead of passively defending."