Some ministers believed that they should add more troops to the Shu region to suppress possible rebellions, and continue to resist after the Tang Empire troops entered Shu.
Other ministers believed that if they continued to be distracted by Shu, they would continue to be passive on the frontal battlefield. Therefore, they should save their troops and even withdraw Zhang Xuan's cluster from Chu.
The two factions quarreled endlessly in the court, and Emperor Qin Yingduo couldn't make up his mind for a while. In fact, he was unwilling to give up Shu, nor was he willing to give up the control area of Chu.
Because it is a natural barrier, Zhang Xuan can barely block the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty there. If Zhang Xuan retreats, and the Tang army crosses the mountainous area of Chu and enters Shu to fight, what can Zhang Xuan do to stop the Tang army's attack?
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Giving up the mountainous areas of Chu is equivalent to giving up a large part of Shu, and Shu is the granary and treasury of Qin. If this place is lost, wouldn't Qin be completely finished?
It is simply impossible for the Qin State to return to the bitter cold land of the northwest, manage those desolate lands, and compete with the orcs for the barren areas filled with yellow sand.
What's more... if the Dahua region, Chu and Shu were lost, then why would the Tang Empire allow Qin to continue to exist?
Therefore, in Ying Duo's view, Shu cannot be surrendered, and Chu must also hold on. So the question is, does he need to continue to send more troops to Shu?
In just six months, the Qin State had mobilized more than 6 million troops. Including the army that had been fighting in the early stage, almost 8 million people "left production and went to the front line."
As the war continued, out of these 8 million people, nearly 2.5 million were actually no longer able to continue fighting for Qin.
Most of the Qin troops were annihilated by the Tang army, including more than 1 million prisoners. The vast majority of these annihilated troops were the main force of the Qin army, elites trained through hundreds of battles.
After losing these backbones, although on the surface, the Qin army still has 5.5 million soldiers, its combat effectiveness is actually not as good as before.
Now, these more than 5 million Qin troops are scattered across a vast front: there are about 1.7 million on the northern front, about 500,000 on the central front, and more than 800,000 in Zhang Xuan's hands. The remaining 2 million are scattered in the Qin State
within the control area.
Most of the two million miles were deployed along the coast of Shu to defend against possible landings by the Tang army and maintain the stability of Shu, and some were stationed in the Qin mainland.
Judging from the paper data, Qin's strength is still strong. However, Qin's senior officials know that they need to continue mobilizing and recruiting more troops to barely maintain the situation.
As for how many people need to be recruited? The Qin State itself estimates that it still needs about 2 million. And this data is based on the current battlefield situation. If the situation worsens, the number of 2 million will continue to increase!
To put it more bluntly, if Qin loses its territory and enters Shu, then it will need at least 1.5 million troops to reinforce Shu to barely guarantee the defense of Shu. If you want to be more secure, then this number needs to be increased to 2 million to 300.
Ten thousand.
Therefore, the accurate statement is that if the Qin Army still has 2 million troops, it will still have time to stabilize the situation. But now, the Qin Army does not have that many troops.
In desperation, Yingduo could only acquiesce that the city of Shu had been lost, and the Qin army needed to continue to reinforce Shu with 2 million troops.
Coupled with the reinforcements on the frontal battlefield, Qin still needs to expand its army by more than 3 million people... But troop training and expansion cannot be completed overnight. Qin needs time and enough commanders and non-commissioned officers.
"Your Majesty, recruiting new soldiers will further shrink domestic production... If production capacity is reduced, there will be problems with the materials and ammunition needed by the army." A minister couldn't help but persuaded again.
Modern warfare is not all about the number of troops on the front line. If the production capacity of tanks, aircraft, cannons, ammunition, and oil cannot keep up, it will eventually fall into passivity or even defeat.
At present, the Qin State has just lost Dahua's Blackwater Oilfield, and also lost Jutian and other granaries. The production capacity that was originally planned to be replenished next year has come to nothing. Further expansion of the army is simply a cocoon.
"If we don't increase the number of troops, how can the long defense line be stable?" A general stood up and refuted the minister's point of view: "2 million is the lowest number. If it is any less, the Tang army will break through the defense line and the situation will collapse even more.
Damn, how can we be worthy of the ancestors of Great Qin?"
"Can you win the battle if I give you two million more troops? Can you defend it? Since the war started, apart from forcing His Majesty to increase troops and expand the army... what other strategies have you come up with?" The minister retorted, and suddenly
The general was choked and speechless.
"We fought to the death on the front line, how many soldiers shed blood on the battlefield? You just used your words in the rear and wiped out everything the soldiers worked hard for?" Another general stood up, pointed at the other person and yelled: "You have the ability, go ahead.
Fighting on the front line! Why are you showing off your prestige here?"
"Shut up!" Ying Ke saw Ying Duo's ugly face from the corner of his eye, and scolded everyone. The hall immediately fell into silence, and those who had just argued retreated.
"Let's discuss it again!" Ying Duo waved his hand without any emotion, signaling everyone to leave. Everyone left the hall in twos and threes, leaving only Ying Ke by Ying Duo's side.
Outside the main hall, people who came out were chatting with people who shared the same position about the content of the meeting. Construction scaffolding was set up outside the building in the distance. It was hit by a ballistic missile from the Tang Dynasty and was still being repaired.
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A Longqi sedan slowly parked in the parking lot of the Forbidden City. The door was opened by the guards, and Chu Muzhou was helped out of the car by his secretary.
He had just heard the news that the Tang Empire had taken full control of the old capital, and that it had been officially renamed Yongping. This news touched him greatly, because it was a place he was familiar with and couldn't be more familiar with.
As a Chinese, he started working in the old capital when he was about forty years old. Later he became the Prime Minister of the Great China Empire and never left there again.
If he hadn't been "invited" to Chang'an by Tang Mo, he might have died there. Even though he was thousands of miles away, he was still touched by the news that the Tang Empire had conquered there.
Emperor Tang Mo of the Tang Dynasty still trusted Chu Muzhou, the deputy prime minister of the empire, favorably. Because Chu Muzhou was old, he even gave Chu Muzhou a Dragon Flag car.
In fact, among the imperial ministers, there were not many who were qualified to ride in Longqi sedans. Chu Muzhou was very grateful for this, so he worked even harder to repay His Majesty the Emperor for his kindness.
