Chapter 2646: The wind rises from Yingzhou, the three armies defeat Ming
Chapter 2646: The wind rises in Yingzhou, and the three armies attack the Ming Dynasty
For the Qin Dynasty, the easiest country to destroy among the three kingdoms of the Central Plains was actually Wei, while the hardest nut to crack was the Ming Kingdom.
After all, the Wei State has a vast plain, and except for a few fortified cities, there is almost no danger to defend. The Qin cavalry can gallop at will, and many people in the Wei State have their hearts set on the Great Qin.
Although Cao Cao had strong ability to govern the country, his methods were not very clean and too unscrupulous, so not all people in Wei State supported Cao Cao.
But the Ming Dynasty was different. Zhu Di implemented Zhu Yuanzhang's policies. Even if he had to compromise with the Qi faction, he did not harm the interests of Baixin at the bottom.
The people of the Ming Dynasty loved Zhu Di very much. They could be said to be a family of soldiers and civilians, and they were extremely united internally, so they were able to defeat the three Wei and Song coalition armies.
Therefore, for Great Qin, if the Ming Dynasty was destroyed first, even if all three armies were to come out together, it would definitely take a long time.
But destroying Wei first is different. As long as a few important strongholds of the Wei State are broken, the Qin cavalry can gallop freely in the Wei State, divide the Wei State into several pieces, separate them, and quickly destroy them.
country.
Therefore, the best route for the destruction of the Three Kingdoms in the Central Plains is actually to destroy Wei first, then Song, and finally Ming.
Da Qin sent out armies of land and water to attack the Ming Dynasty, but it was just a bait. The real purpose was to force Wei and Song to betray their alliance, and then openly declare war on Zeng Jin's allies.
Once Cao Wei and Zhao Song participate in the war, Great Qin will also dispatch four armies from four directions: Hulao Pass, Weijun, Nanyang, and Zhangling to attack Wei and Song. Three of these armies are targeting Cao Wei, striving to win the battle in the shortest possible time.
Destroy Cao Wei first.
As long as they can destroy or force Cao Wei to surrender first, and as long as the Qin army does not make any big mistakes, this battle can basically be declared a victory. It is only a matter of time before the Song and Ming countries are destroyed.
Of course, although the plan to destroy the Sui Dynasty was included in this battle plan, it had little connection with the battle on the Eastern Front. It mainly depended on the reaction of the Sui State, and then the Qin Dynasty struck later.
However, no matter what kind of reaction the Sui State made, it would not affect Qin's plan to destroy the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains.
"Your Majesty, the Black Ice Platform Yingzhou branch has recently obtained some important information. The forces of the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties in Yingzhou have been in frequent contact with Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Wei Chen speculates that if a war breaks out against any of the three Central Plains countries, our territory in Yingzhou is likely to be besieged by many parties." Guo Jiahui reported.
"We want to use Yingzhou as a breakthrough point for the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains."
Ying Hao showed a different look. He had already guessed that Cao Cao, Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhu Di would not be captured without hesitation, but he did not expect that they would use Yingzhou as a breakthrough.
Even if Da Qin loses all its territory in Yingzhou, it will not have much impact on its overall strength.
On the contrary, even if the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains get Yingzhou, they will not get much improvement in the short term unless Yingzhou is squeezed out, but this will obviously be unanimously opposed by the local forces in Yingzhou.
Cao Cao, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhu Di are obviously ruthless people. They know very well that if the territory of the Central Plains cannot be defended, then there is no point in defending the territory of Yingzhou. For example, if the territory of Yingzhou is completely sacrificed,
Millions of barbarians were exchanged for resources in order to protect the country under the iron heel of Qin.
"How many troops does Great Qin have in Yingzhou now? If the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming unite with the local forces of Yingzhou to invade, will they be able to defend Yingzhou's territory?" Ying Hao said.
"Your Majesty, our Great Qin currently has a total of 70,000 troops stationed in Yingzhou, including 50,000 infantry and 20,000 navy.
In addition, Uesugi, Tachibana and other new Qin forces in Yingzhou who are attached to our Great Qin also have 100,000 Qin allies available, and they can continue to expand their army at any time.
Once the allied forces of Wei, Song and Ming invade, this 170,000-strong army may not be enough to make progress, but it will be enough to protect ourselves." Wang Menghui reported.
Among the 70,000 garrison troops in Yingzhou, except for the 20,000 naval troops, the 50,000 infantry troops were not included in the Qin Dynasty's total strength of 1.55 million.
After all, these 50,000 troops will be stationed in Yingzhou for a long time. They have either married wives and children there, or even moved their families there. They will not move until they are completely assimilated to Yingzhou, so they are not counted as one hundred in the mainland of Great Qin.
Among the 550,000 troops.
If you include the 50,000 garrison in Yingzhou and the 10,000 garrison in Luzon, the total strength of Qin is actually 1.61 million, and this does not include the 100,000 Qin Alliance troops in Yingzhou.
Wang Meng said that self-protection was enough, and Ying Hao naturally did not need to worry too much. However, Liu Bowen said at this time: "Your Majesty, in the plan of the three armies of water and land to attack Ming Dynasty, the navy will be led by Commander Zhou Yu.
Commander-in-Chief Zhou Yu led the four-nation coalition to destroy the Japanese state, and his prestige in Yingzhou was extremely high. If he led the third route army to attack Ming Dynasty, he would inevitably leave Yingzhou temporarily.
Once Governor Zhou Yu leaves, relying solely on the Qin Zheng governor may not be able to suppress the local forces in Yingzhou, and there is no guarantee that they will not have other thoughts.
Therefore, Bowen believes that the candidate for the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army should be replaced by someone else, and that it would be safer to leave Governor Zhou Yu to continue to be in charge of Yingzhou."
Liu Bowen's words are to the point, but after all, the 150,000-thousand-thousand-thousand Qin navy was just established and had little combat experience. Except for Zhou Yu, the navy commander, there was no other naval general who was qualified to directly lead the 80,000-thousand-thousand navy.
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So, should Zhou Yu be replaced?
Ying Hao couldn't help but feel a bit in a dilemma.
Don't let Zhou Yu lead the 80,000-strong navy in the third route. We can't find any other qualified navy commander.
But let Zhou Yu lead the army to defeat Ming Dynasty, Yingzhou will be unstable again.
Although Qin Zheng, the governor of Yingzhou, has a high status, he is still a civil servant. Without Zhou Yu, he may not be able to control the local forces in Yingzhou alone.
But Ying Hao thought about it and decided not to replace Zhou Yu. After all, Zhou Yu's position in the Navy cannot be replaced, but his position in Yingzhou can be replaced.
"I have decided that Zhou Yu will still lead the Third Route Army to defeat the Ming Dynasty, but the position of Governor of Yingzhou will be changed to Lieutenant General Wang Jian of the Yongliang Army."
Wang Jian was able to be promoted to lieutenant general so quickly mainly because of his contribution to destroying the Japanese. He made great contributions in the battle to destroy the Japanese. He was victorious in every battle and frightened the local forces in Yingzhou. He was also the only one who could succeed Zhou Yu as the Yingzhou commander.
The governor of the state and the people who guard Yingzhou.
As for the other person, it is naturally Wu Qi.
Wu Qi is actually more suitable than Wang Jian. He married Tachibana Daoxue's daughter, so the local forces in Yingzhou will naturally be closer to him. However, Wu Qi will still be useful in the next war, so naturally he cannot be allowed to go to Yingzhou.
"In addition to Wang Jian, the three generals Di Qing, Zhang Han, Zhou Yafu, and Gan Mao were also transferred to Yingzhou to ensure nothing goes wrong."
Although Wang Jian is a famous general who commands 102, he is still one person after all, and the opponents he will face this time will be the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming, as well as local forces in Yingzhou such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
At the same time, with such an opponent, with Wang Jian's ability, it may not be difficult to defend Yingzhou, but if he wants to counterattack, he will inevitably be unable to do so.
That's why Ying Hao sent three generals, Di Qing, Zhang Han, and Zhou Yafu, to help Wang Jian. After all, what he wanted was never to defend Yingzhou, but to unify Yingzhou.
Commander Di Qing has 96, Commander Zhang Han has 97, and Commander Zhou Yafu has 96. These three generals can serve as Wang Jian's right-hand man, while Commander Gan Mao has 96 intelligence and 97, and can serve as Wang Jian's think tank.
In addition to the commander-in-chief 96 Qin Zheng, the two war gods Susanoo and Oyama Tsumi, as well as Uesugi Kenshin, Tachibana Michyuki and other famous local Yingzhou generals.
With Wang Jian's ability, he might be able to unify Yingzhou.
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Great Qin was mobilizing its troops and dispatching generals, and the various actions of the army and horses were frightening the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming, and Sui. After all, they all knew that Great Qin's next target must be among the four of them, but they did not expect it.
Da Qin's appetite will be so great that it can swallow up all four of them at once.
The Wei and Song Dynasties sent envoys to Qin one after another to inquire about Qin's intention to mobilize troops, but all they received was a normal defense change, which was a response that fooled fools.
The relationship between the Ming and Sui dynasties and the Qin Dynasty was not good, and they did not dare to send envoys to the Qin Dynasty, so they both sent additional garrison troops to the border.
At the same time, the Ming State sent envoys to contact Wei and Song, while the Sui State contacted Tibet. Once they found out that the Qin army was targeting them, they immediately united to fight against the Qin army.
In the fourth year of Shenwu, it was April 15th.
Da Qinyou, together with the 200,000 troops from the three states of Hebei, successfully arrived in the two states of Hebei and Qing.
Three days later, the Qin Dynasty listed five major crimes against the Ming king Zhu Di, used this as a reason to formally declare war on the Zhu Ming Kingdom, and launched three waterway armies to attack the Ming Dynasty.
The first route, an army of 150,000, led by the Commander-in-Chief of Qingzhou, Su Dingfang.
Duo Er Road, an army of 100,000, led by Zhuge Liang, the governor of Jizhou.
The third route, 80,000 naval troops, will be led by: Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Zhou Yu.
The Qin Dynasty dispatched a total of 330,000 troops this time, divided into three groups to attack the Ming Dynasty, and claimed to the outside world that it had an army of 500,000.
For a time, the whole world exploded, and countless people turned their attention to the Central Plains.
After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Da Qin sent troops this time not for the Ming Kingdom, but for the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains.
Before the Qin Dynasty sent troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, three wars had broken out in the Central Plains, and all three wars ended with Zhu Ming repelling the Wei and Song coalition forces.
But this time, the opponent Zhu Ming faced was no longer the allied forces of Wei and Song, who were at odds with each other, but the overlord of the princes, the Qin Empire, who had suppressed all the powers in the world.
After Zhu Ming expanded his army to the extreme, the total military strength in the country was only 400,000, but he still had to divide his troops to garrison various cities in various places. However, Da Qin was able to mobilize an army of 330,000 to defeat the Ming by just dispatching the troops of Hebei and Qingzhou.
Obviously this is a war of unequal strength.
Da Qin is much stronger than Zhu Ming. If Zhu Ming doesn't have helpers, it will only be a matter of time before he is destroyed by Da Qin. And will Wei and Song watch as Zhu Ming is destroyed? It is obviously impossible.
The Wei and Song Dynasties were also shocked after receiving the news that Qin had dispatched 330,000 troops to attack Ming Dynasty. After all, based on the intelligence they collected, it was estimated that the total strength of Qin's army after its expansion should be more than one million.
The maximum will not exceed 1.2 million.
Therefore, if Great Qin attacks the Central Plains first, then the first round of attacks will definitely be based on probing, and the number of troops dispatched should be around 200,000.
The think tanks of Wei and Song were indeed powerful, and both countries guessed correctly that Qin's first round of offensive was indeed based on testing.
After all, if the Qin Dynasty were serious about it, the commander-in-chief of the second Qin army would not be Zhuge Liang, but Bai Qi, the undefeated Commander-in-Chief of Jizhou.
However, they sent out 330,000 troops just for a test. The offensive was so fierce that it can no longer be described as a test. This was obviously beyond the expectations of the Wei, Song, and even the Ming Dynasty.
After learning the news, King Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty also knew that the garrison in the south of Qingzhou alone could not stop the attack of the 330,000 Qin army, so he immediately ordered the Ming Governor Xu Da to lead an army of 100,000 troops and Niu Mowang.
, Niu Ruyi, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou and other generals went north to support Wang Yanzhang, Xia Luqi and other generals guarding the northern line, and took over all military power in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to sending Xu Da north to take charge of the overall situation, Zhu Di himself also dispatched troops in the rear, raised food and grass, and sent envoys to Xuchang and Shouchun to seek help from the Wei and Song Dynasties.
Wei State, Xuchang.
"My lord, the Qin Dynasty will directly dispatch an army of 330,000 to attack the Ming Dynasty. There are only two possibilities."
Fan Li, the military commander of Cao Wei, had a solemn look on his face, and said in a deep voice: "First, Da Qin is not ready to test it, but will directly fight to the death with our Three Kingdoms.
The second is that we miscalculated the size of Da Qin’s military expansion. The total strength of Da Qin after this expansion is far more than one million, and may really reach 1.2 million, or even 1.3 million.”
Hearing this, Cao Cao's face suddenly froze, because no matter which one it was, it was not good news for the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains.
Of course, the exception was the Sui Dynasty.
After learning about the news that Qin had declared war on the Ming Dynasty, the entire Sui Kingdom breathed a sigh of relief. Apparently they didn't think that Qin would go to war against the Wei, Song, Ming, and Sui kingdoms at the same time, but Qin did the opposite.