Chapter 2659: Ying Hao personally conquered the Central Plains
Chapter 2659: Ying Hao personally conquered the Central Plains, and the Eighth Route Army of Qin came out together
In the fourth year of Shenwu, April 25th.
Only ten days have passed since the Qin Dynasty sent troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, and within these ten days, major and minor events have occurred in the world.
Small things include: the people of the Qin Dynasty paraded in the streets to denounce the Wei and Song Dynasties, the candidates for the second imperial examination deceived the people, etc.
Major events include: the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming formally formed an anti-Qin alliance, Sun Ce launched the Jianye coup, Sun Quan fled and the state of Wu split, Liu Xiu sent all his troops to attack Wu, and the four kingdoms of Yingzhou fought in a melee, etc.
"Your Majesty, after the war between Wu and Chu, Sun Wu personally took charge of Chibi, while Wu Zixu took charge of Lujiang.
Although they blocked Liu Xiu and Guo Ziyi from the south and the north, the fall of Nancheng, the southwestern gate of Wu State, caused a large hole in Wu State's overall defense line to be torn open by the Chu army.
Now Han Qinhu led his army to retreat to Gan County, while Cao Shen sent troops to attack the remaining cities in Poyang. Once all Poyang counties are captured by the Chu army, Gan County will also become an isolated city and will be defeated by the Chu army sooner or later.
Once Gan County falls, Cao Shen will be able to penetrate directly into Sun Wu's rear, and even gods will be unable to save him. Therefore, the key to the next battle between Wu and Chu lies in Poyang County.
At present, Sun Ce has appointed Sun Bin as military advisor and personally led the army to Poyang to take charge. It is not known whether Poyang County can be saved, and Jianye has been handed over to Lu Su for guarding.
After Sun Quan learned that Sun Ce had left Jianye, perhaps he didn't want to be outdone by Sun Ce, so he personally led an army of 30,000 people south to guard Kuaiji County to resist the southern Chu army led by Ma Yuan."
After listening to Guo Jia's report, although Ying Hao had long expected that the Wu State would be at a disadvantage, he obviously did not expect that the situation would deteriorate so quickly. Although part of the reason for this was that Da Qin was behind it, there were internal conflicts within the Wu State.
That's the main reason.
Judging from the current situation, in the battle between Wu and Chu, although the state of Wu was in a passive state of being beaten, with many famous generals such as Sun Ce, Sun Wu, Sun Bin, and Wu Zixu, as well as an army of more than 200,000, there was still no problem in holding the state of Chu back for a year or two.
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After a year or two, Great Qin will probably have already occupied the Central Plains. By then, regardless of whether Wu is destroyed or not, it will be of no use to Great Qin.
But there is still a big variable in this, and that is Sun Quan.
After the fall of Nancheng, although Sun Quan did not continue to be a monster, he even went to Kuaiji to sit in charge, as if he wanted to perform well, but precisely because of this, it was easier for him to do bad things. After all, the opponent he faced was Fu.
General Bo Ma Yuan.
After the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ma Yuan conquered the Longqiang in the west, conquered Jiaozhi in the south, and Wuhuan in the north. He became one of the "Sixty-four Generals of the Wumiao Temple" during the reign of Dezong of the Tang Dynasty, one of the "Seventy-two Generals of the Wumiao Temple" during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, and one of the "Seventy-two Generals of the Wumiao Temple" during the reign of Emperor Shengzu of the Qing Dynasty.
The temple has been dedicated to the emperors of all dynasties, and both its achievements and reputation are extremely prominent.
Looking back at Sun Quan, his ability as a commander is really hard to describe.
The effect of Sun Quan's 100,000 troops stationed in Kuaiji was not even as good as the results of Xie An, Xie Xuan, or even Zhu Ran's 40,000 to 50,000 troops stationed in Kuaiji.
"Sun Quan is by no means Ma Yuan's opponent, and the situation in Wu State may further deteriorate, but if we can support it for a year and a half, there should be no problem.
What I, the Qin Dynasty, need to do now is, firstly, to make the Wu-Chu War last as long as possible, and secondly, before the Wu-Chu War ends, destroy the Wei, Song, and Ming Dynasties and completely occupy the Central Plains region."
After Ying Hao took a deep breath, he immediately asked: "By the way, how is the situation over there in Yingzhou?"
Although Da Qin's strength in Yingzhou was the strongest, even if the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming combined were not as strong, after all, there were enemies on all sides, so they were still at a disadvantage geographically.
"Your Majesty, after the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming, together with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and other Japanese local forces, declared war on our army, the three prefectures of Kanto and Echigo were attacked by five enemy armies from three directions, south, south and west.
attack.
The two prefectures in western Honshu and Kyushu were also attacked by multiple groups of enemy troops. Although a lot of territory was lost, the losses were not huge.
On the Kyushu side, because Lü Meng is on our army's side, it is the war zone with the least pressure."
Ying Hao couldn't help but feel shocked when he heard this. After all, there are only four Qin, Wei, Song, and Wu families on Kyushu Island. If the Qin, Wei, Song, and Wu families join forces, their strength will be slightly stronger than that of the Wei and Song families.
If Zhang Han and Lu Meng join forces to defeat the Wei and Song coalition forces in Kyushu and unify Kyushu Island, they can go west to support Di Qing in the far west of the state.
Once the western part of Honshu is stabilized, Daqin, which owns Kyushu and western Honshu, can counter-encircle the four-nation coalition forces in the Mino Plain as long as it blocks the enemy forces in Hokkaido and eastern Honshu, thus regaining its strategic advantage.
However, the most difficult part of this plan is not whether Zhang Han and Lu Meng can defeat the Wei and Song coalition forces, but whether Di Qing can defend the eight counties of Xihai in the west of the state.
"Send an order to Di Qing to hold Xihai County until Zhang Han's reinforcements arrive." Ying Hao said in a deep voice.
Di Qing is far away in Yingzhou, and Ying Hao can't give him much help. He can only give him some verbal encouragement.
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The next day, in Luoyang, inside Ziwei Palace and Fengtian Palace.
The civil and military officials of Qin Dynasty gathered together and were having an important meeting, that is, how to deal with the two countries of Wei and Song.
Regarding the Wei and Song Dynasties, not only the people, but also the Qin court had a very consistent attitude, that is, the Wei and Song Dynasties must be made to pay the price for their rebellion.
Seeing the support of hundreds of officials and the crowds of people, Ying Hao said decisively:
"Since the alliance between Qin, Wei, and Qin and Song, we, the Great Qin, have provided a lot of assistance to the Wei and Song countries. The Song Dynasty can prosper business, and the Wei can stabilize the country, and they mostly rely on me, the Great Qin.
I ask myself that I have never treated the Wei and Song Dynasties badly, but the Wei and Song Dynasties helped the Ming thieves and repaid kindness with hatred.
The two countries of Wei and Song ate and drank from me, Da Qin, but now they want to throw the blame on me, Da Qin. This is simply too much bullying. Even if I can endure it, the 40 million people of Da Qin cannot.
I have decided to send troops to attack Wei and Song, and let Wei and Song know the consequences of opposing our great Qin."
As soon as these words came out, all the officials immediately shouted in unison: "My emperor is wise, my emperor is wise..."
Next, Wang Meng, the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, wrote in his own handwriting, listing the ten major crimes of the Wei and Song Dynasties, and formally declared war on the Wei and Song Dynasties. Then Ying Hao, as the emperor, personally ordered the dispatch of troops.
This time, the Qin Dynasty dispatched a total of 570,000 troops, divided into five groups, to attack the Wei and Song Dynasties.
In addition to the thirty-three armies of the Three Routes that had gone to conquer the Ming Dynasty, the total number of troops dispatched by the Qin Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains had reached an astonishing 900,000, and the troops were divided into eight routes to attack the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains.
The specific distribution of troops sent by Da Qin to the Central Plains is as follows:
The first route, the main general: Su Dingfang, the governor of Qingzhou, led an army of 150,000 people out of Beihai to attack Qingnan;
The second route, the main general: Zhuge Liang, the governor of Jizhou, led an army of 100,000 to leave the Bohai Sea and attack Qingnan;
The third route, the commander-in-chief: Zhou Yu, the commander-in-chief of the navy, led 80,000 navy troops out of the East China Sea to attack Xuzhou;
The fourth route, the main general: General Bai Qi, led an army of 120,000, left Yecheng and attacked Baima;
The fifth route, led by the emperor, Ying Hao, led an army of 150,000 troops out of Hulao Pass to attack Suanzao;
The sixth route, the main general: Zhang Liao, the governor of Bingzhou, led an army of 80,000, left Guangcheng Pass and attacked Yingchuan;
The seventh route, led by the deputy governor of Jingzhou, Han Xin, led an army of 70,000 to leave Ye County and attack Kunyang;
On the eighth route, the main general, the Governor of Jingzhou, Xue Rengui, led an army of 150,000, and left Zhangling to attack Runan;
The commander-in-chief of the fifth Qin army was none other than Ying Hao himself.
Ying Hao had actually considered for a long time whether to lead the army, but after all, this war involved millions of troops. Even as the founding emperor, he still needed to destroy the Three Kingdoms to further his prestige and power, so he wanted to fight in this war.
You don't have to go to the battlefield, but you must lead the army in person.
The 900,000 Qin army was divided into eight groups to jointly attack the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, including: 670,000 light and heavy infantry, 150,000 light and heavy cavalry, and 80,000 naval troops.
Su Dingfang, Zhuge Liang, and Zhou Yu attacked the Ming Dynasty with a total of 330,000 troops.
Ying Hao, Bai Qi, Zhang Liao, and Han Xin, with a total of 420,000 troops, attacked Wei.
Xue Rengui alone led a total of 150,000 troops to attack the Song Dynasty.
Four of the Eight Route Qin armies were attacking Wei. Among them were the victorious Bai Qi and the emperor Ying Hao.
It can be seen from this that although the Qin Dynasty declared war on the Ming Kingdom first, the Wei Kingdom among the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains was the Qin Dynasty's primary target.
After Wei's extreme military expansion, the country's total military strength was only a little over 300,000. However, Da Qin directly used 420,000 troops to attack Wei. The purpose was to use decisive force to completely defeat Wei in the shortest possible time.
Give Wei any chance to fight back.
As for the Song Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty, in the early stages of the war, although they only sent out Xue Rengui's 150,000 troops, there were 50,000 cavalry among them, accounting for one-third of the total cavalry.
The land of Yuzhou to which the Song State belonged was, like the Wei State, located in a plain area with flat rivers.
One hundred thousand infantry, fifty thousand cavalry, plus Xue Rengui, the god of war who commanded over a hundred soldiers, were enough to fight against the three hundred thousand Song army.
As long as Wei is captured first, Great Qin will be able to dedicate a large number of troops and go south to support Xue Rengui. But once Wei and Song dynasty are destroyed, Ming will be unable to support it alone, and sooner or later it will be defeated by Great Qin one by one.
The total military strength of the Qin Dynasty was 1.55 million, and 900,000 were dispatched to fight against the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming, leaving 650,000 troops in the country.
Among the 650,000 troops, 300,000 were used to destroy the Sui Dynasty and deal with Tibet.
The remaining 350,000 troops were mainly stationed in You, Bing, Jingzhou, and Hanzhong to prevent countries such as Shu, Chu, Yuan, Qing, Jin, and Chao from suddenly intervening during the Qin's conquest of the Central Plains.
At present, the Chu State is overwhelming its troops to attack Wu, the civil war in the Qing Dynasty and Jin Dynasty is still ongoing, and the Yuan State was violently beaten by Qin two years ago. Logically speaking, it is unlikely that they will intervene during Qin's crusade against the Central Plains.
However, those who do not plan for the overall situation are not enough to plan for a region; those who do not plan for the eternity are not enough to plan for a temporary period.
No matter how low the possibility was, Ying Hao would still take precautions.
Da Qin sent an army of 1.2 million to fight abroad and left an army of 350,000 to guard various places, which was enough to deal with all changes.
On the night when Qin Dynasty announced that it would send troops to Wei and Song Dynasties, Ying Hao stayed in Cao Jie's palace.
Cao Wei is the force that has the most alliances with Da Qin. The four concubines Xiahou Qingyi, Su Daji, Cao Xian, and Cao Jie are all from Wei.
This time Da Qin wanted to destroy someone's natal family, so Ying Hao had to coax her. And these four concubines also understood the righteousness very well, so there was no need for Ying Hao to waste words.
"Your Majesty, I have written to my father many times to advise him not to act against heaven, but..."
Cao Xian didn't say what he said later. He was obviously scolded by Cao Cao, which made Cao Xian even more aggrieved.
She had good intentions in persuading Cao Cao to surrender. After all, Qin's unification was complete, Cao Wei's strength was too weak, and the strength gap between the two countries was too big. Only by surrendering now can we gain more rights. What would happen if we surrendered after the war was defeated?
All gone.
As the daughter of Cao Cao, Cao Jie is naturally not a white lotus flower. Even she can see that Wei and Da Qin are enemies, which is like a mantis trying to block the car. However, Cao Cao is not as clear-eyed as his daughter, so he responded to that
The sentence "Those who are in authority are confused by those who watch clearly."
Ying Hao embraced Cao Jie in his arms: "I have wronged my beloved concubine. She is caught between Qin and Wei. She is in a dilemma. She is not a human being inside and outside."
When Cao Jie heard this, he couldn't help biting his lip. His face was full of grievances, after all, the four sisters had indeed suffered a lot of grievances during this period.
Just when Ying Hao was about to take a rest, he found that Xiahou Qingyi, Su Daji, and Cao Xian all appeared in the palace wearing gauze, and they all looked shy.
What's going on?
Ying Hao couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this, but he immediately reacted and felt a little hot in his heart. After all, it was normal for him to draw inferences from one dragon and two phoenixes, but this was the first time for him to be ambushed on all sides.