Just when Wen Yuan was meditating alone, Shi Shiran walked in from outside the hall. Wen Yuan turned around and saw that it was Guo Jia.
"Feng Xiao, come and sit down." Wen Yuan put away his thoughts and waved his hands. He and Guo Jia had a very good personal relationship. Although their status was getting higher and higher, they were not far apart.
"Okay!" Guo Jia was not polite, smiled and sat across from Wen Yuan, looking at the worry that had not dissipated from Wen Yuan's eyebrows, and said: "Why, my lord, are you still worried about sending troops to Hanzhong?
My lord has fought hundreds of battles in his life, and every time he has been so high-spirited and treated his enemies as if they were nothing. Why are you so cautious this time?"
Wen Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "It's not the terrain of Hanzhong! The terrain there is dangerous and the roads are narrow, which is not conducive to the movement of large armies. Moreover, when I go to Hanzhong, I fight in front of Liu Bei's house. How can this make me feel relaxed?"
Guo Jia laughed and said: "Haha, my lord really does not regard Zhang Lu as his opponent!"
A trace of disdain flashed in Wen Yuan's eyes and he said: "Zhang Lu is nothing more than an incompetent person. I have sent an envoy to persuade Zhang Lu to surrender, and also ordered Yan Liang to be the vanguard to force Hanzhong. With such a two-pronged approach, Zhang Lu may not be able to succeed.
If you dare to resist, even if you do, don't even think about blocking my army from the Great Jin Dynasty!"
Wenyuan didn't pay attention to Zhang Lu from the beginning. Dongchuan only had a population of hundreds of thousands, and Zhang Lu only had 30,000 to 50,000 people under his command. Why should he fight against Wenyuan? What really attracted Wen Yuan's attention was Liu Bei.
Before entering Sichuan, there were more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. Yizhou was rich and prosperous, so he was able to get Liu Zhang to surrender nearly 100,000 troops without much internal friction. Wen Yuan could not handle the expansion of strength carelessly.
"That's true!" Guo Jia smiled and nodded.
Wen Yuan thought for a while and said: "To be honest, if Liu Bei hadn't won Xichuan, I wouldn't have wanted to take this Hanzhong Mountain Road. But with Liu Bei's reputation now, I can't do it without giving him a lesson! Fengxiao, come and think about it for me.
, how many troops should we send this time so that we can steadily suppress Liu Bei without placing too heavy a burden on logistical supplies?"
This is Wenyuan's difficulty. The advantage of the Jin army lies in plain combat. It has the advantage of both the number of troops and the cavalry that Liu Bei and Sun Quan are far inferior to. However, mountain warfare undoubtedly limits these advantages of Wenyuan. If you can choose,
Wenyuan was even willing to attack Liu Bei from Jingzhou. But at this time, the navy had not yet completed its training, and the situation forced him to take action immediately, so he had no choice but to take the Hanzhong route.
In fact, Liu Bei is not like this. Now that he has gained the limelight in Yizhou, he knows that he will inevitably be suppressed by Wen Yuan, so he must withstand Wen Yuan's pressure in order to completely stabilize Xichuan. Instead of waiting for Wen Yuan to come, he
It would be better to take the initiative and bring the war to Dongchuan. This is a battle of momentum, and naturally no one wants to lose. Therefore, Hanzhong is almost certain to become the battlefield for the two families.
"My lord, you are asking me to analyze the strength of the enemy and ourselves!" Guo Jia smiled slightly, and then said with a solemn face: "According to the news from Jingzhou, Liu Bei entered Sichuan and took away 50,000 troops. Later, Zhuge Kongming used two
With tens of thousands of troops, even if Liu Zhang fails, he can still consume Liu Bei's 10,000 or 20,000 troops. So I estimate that Liu Bei's Jingzhou troops left in Xichuan now should be between 50,000 and 60,000 troops! Including the troops surrendered by Xichuan, the total number of troops should be around 10,000.
About fifty thousand."
150,000, just by acquiring Xichuan, Liu Bei's military strength has increased by more than half! This is only in terms of military strength. With the wealth of Xichuan, as long as Liu Bei's foundation here is completely solid in time, Liu Bei's overall strength will even increase.
Even if it’s doubled, it’s still a big deal!
Guo Jia continued: "With 150,000 troops, if Liu Bei wants to fight his lord in Hanzhong, he must leave at least 50,000 troops in Xichuan to maintain stability. After all, Liu Bei has just captured Xichuan, and people's hearts are not yet stable. In other words, Liu Bei must
To go to Dongchuan, we can only use 100,000 soldiers at most, and at least 60,000 to 70,000 of them are soldiers surrendered from Xichuan!"
Guo Jia's words, although he did not advise Wen Yuan on how many troops to use, his analysis of Liu Bei's military strength was clear at a glance. He also believed that with Wen Yuan's familiarity with military affairs, he knew how much combat power to use to completely suppress Liu Bei.
Sure enough, Wen Yuan's expression became much more relaxed, and he murmured happily: "More than half of the one hundred thousand soldiers and horses are newly surrendered troops. There is no need to worry about such a combination. One hundred thousand... at most one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers and horses, three to
Five elite warrior legions are enough!" Fifteen thousand people. Even taking into account the inconvenience of Hanzhong's terrain, at most another 300,000 people are needed to transport supplies and baggage. This is much less than what Wen Yuan worried about. If we just launch this
A war of this scale would not put much pressure on Wenyuan.
Having made this clear, the next thing Wen Yuan has to consider is which legion to recruit for the expedition. The two guards of Pojun and Zhongba must go. Yan Liang's Chinese army has also rushed to Hanzhong, and the front lines of Yuzhou and Sili,
Because Xuzhou had to guard against the disturbance on the southern front, Sun Quan could not move without authorization, and the quota could only be selected from the remaining several other legions.
Seeing that Wen Yuan was considering the candidates to send troops, Guo Jiadao said: "My lord, I have a suggestion. Since this time the troops are more valuable than more troops, it is better to mobilize some manpower from several legions so that as many as possible can be obtained.
Selecting some elites will prevent defensive loopholes in various places. Anyway, there are still a few months until the autumn harvest, and there will be plenty of time for troops to mobilize to Yongzhou."
Wen Yuan's eyes lit up and he said: "What a great idea! This suggestion is quite feasible!" Wen Yuan originally planned to take the route of elite troops in this battle, and Guo Jia's proposal hit Wen Yuan's thoughts perfectly!
Moreover, Guo Jia's words opened up a new way of thinking for Wen Yuan. He pondered for a while and said: "In this case, let's be more thorough! This time, except for the naval army, every local army will allocate 10,000 soldiers.
soldiers to participate in this expedition! Each legion will also send some auxiliary troops to accompany the army as appropriate to escort the food and baggage. As for the bulk of the logistics supply, Yongzhou and Sili will fully cooperate, and this matter will be left to Zhong Yao to complete!"
"Uh!" This time it was Guo Jia's turn to stare. The lord played a big game this time. He mobilized 100,000 elite soldiers from ten local legions, plus the central army, Xiaoqi, Pojun, and the middle base tens of thousands of elite soldiers directly under the lord.
, these hundreds of thousands of people are undoubtedly the elite among the millions of elites of the Jin army! And even if not all the generals of the ten legions will be here, at least about half will be here. Such a powerful lineup can be said to be a gathering of stars, and the stars will shine.
It’s not an exaggeration! My lord really took Liu Bei’s shoe-buying guy as a thorn!
Guo Jia had already begun to mourn for Liu Bei at this time, and Wen Yuan did not hesitate to pass this order to the military generals in various states. Suddenly, the entire Jin Dynasty became busy, and large numbers of people could be seen everywhere in the Central Plains.
Soldiers and horses began to gather and mobilize. Such a huge movement obviously made Wenyuan's opponents sleepless at night and trembled with fear!