Zhong Shidao wants to mobilize an army of 200,000, which will immediately shock the entire northwest!
In all these years, even when dealing with the Xixia people, so many troops have never been mobilized! Even when Tong Guan later fought against Fang La, he had never mobilized so many troops!
There are many factions in the northwest, but the largest factions are the Zhong Family Army and the Zhe Family Army. This time, Zhong Shidao mobilized an army of 100,000 people, while Zhe Keqiu mobilized an army of 50,000 people, plus an army of 50,000 people.
Some garrisons in various places totaled 200,000 people.
Many of this army are famous generals in later generations. Needless to say, Qu Duan has been following Zhong Shidao. There is also a man named Liu Guangshi, who is the son of Liu Yanqing, the boss of the Northwest Army.
The famous Liu Yanei, one of the four famous ZTE generals in the early Southern Song Dynasty, was named after Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and others.
In addition to the 200,000 troops in the northwest, Taiyuan's famous generals Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Zhen also mobilized 50,000 troops, preparing to attack the Hedong Theater in Liangshan together. They wanted to eliminate the Hedong Theater in one battle and completely eliminate this hidden danger.
All the soldiers of the Song Army who participated in this war were very excited. They knew that they were only dealing with "grass bandits". With so many troops dispatched together, couldn't they still wipe out a group of grass bandits?
At this moment, on a mountain peak in the northwest, Liu Guangshi stood on the top of the mountain, watching the mobilization of the army below, feeling satisfied. But standing next to him was Qu Duan, a close confidant of Zhong Shidao. The relationship between the two was private.
Very good, they are both good at strategy, and we often chatted with each other before, so we are considered a pair of good friends.
"It's great to be able to encounter such a big battle! After this time, we can all build great achievements and achieve great things!" Liu Guangshi laughed.
"According to Lord Zhong, the Liangshan bandits are probably not that easy to deal with." Qu Duan frowned.
"Why are they so difficult to deal with? The group of bandits in Liangshan have only occupied Hedong for two years, and they don't have much of a foundation at all! I heard that they only had more than 10,000 people when they came here, and they probably don't have much troops now.
It is easy for us to eliminate them." Liu Guangshi said.
"You still have to be more careful!" Qu Duan said.
"It's a pity that Han Shizhong is not here. If Han Shizhong was here, his talent is better than the two of me, and he will definitely shine this time." Liu Guangshi said.
The news that Han Shizhong went to Goryeo has not yet spread back to China, so they have no idea that Han Shizhong is already from Liangshan.
"Han Shizhong may have died... What a pity!" Qu Duan sighed.
At this moment, a few soldiers suddenly ran up and knelt down in front of Qu Duan and Liu Guangshi. One soldier said: "Two generals, the commander-in-chief has appointed the forward. I am here to inform the two generals."
"Oh, I don't know who it is?" Qu Duan asked hurriedly.
"It's General Fengmei who serves under Master Tong Guan!" Xiao Bing reported.
"What? It's actually Feng Mei? This person has no virtue and incompetence, so what qualifications do he have to be a pioneer?" Liu Guangshi said with a look of displeasure on his face.
For those of them who are truly capable, the most despised people are those who are in high positions but have no morals and incompetence. Liu Guangshi has always looked down on several generals under Tong Guan. He thought that this war had nothing to do with Tong Guan, who
Knowing that Tong Guan still stuffed his generals in.
"Who said he is Lord Tong's confidant? It is said that Lord Tong is also going to join the war this time!" Qu Duan shook his head.
"This damn eunuch!" Liu Guangshi snorted coldly.
"That's all, no matter what, we have many generals and 200,000 elite soldiers. We won't have many problems if we want to conquer Hedong." Qu Duan said.
"Did the commander-in-chief tell you how to attack Hedong? From which direction should we start the attack?" Liu Guangshi said.
"Invade from the direction of Puzhou," Qu Duan said.
"Puzhou? Why attack from there?" Liu Guangshi couldn't help but be stunned. Puzhou is in the southernmost part of Shanxi, far from the northwest. It will take some time for the northwest army to get there.
"The Yellow River blocks us, so we can only attack from Taiyuan or Puzhou! But there are already Zhang Xiaochun and others in the direction of Taiyuan. If we attack from the south, we can achieve the effect of a flanking attack between the two families. When the time comes to conquer Hedong, the bandits will be even more powerful.
Easy." Qu Duan said.
"Zhang Xiaochun is just a Taiyuan governor. I wonder how good his troops are?" Liu Guangshi said.
"I'm not very sure about this, it shouldn't be very strong?" Qu Duan said.
The generals of the Western Army have always looked down upon the generals of the Forbidden Army, and even more looked down upon the generals in the rest of the north. However, in fact, Zhang Xiaochun was also a very important figure, and the Taiyuan army and horses were also extremely powerful.
In later history, Taiyuan City was the most famous city in the late Northern Song Dynasty. When nv was conquering the world, almost all the cities of the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty were defeated in one battle, and the Liao Kingdom went to Beijing.
, one of the ten most powerful cities in the world, Lian Nv is really
No one could be blocked for a day, and Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty, did not block the nv real people for long, but Taiyuan City was an exception. Under the attack of the nv real army, Taiyuan City miraculously withstood the attack for 260 days.
time, and there is no external soldier
The reinforcements did not have much food and grass inside. The two people who defended the city at that time were Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Zhen. They led 50,000 Taiyuan soldiers under their own command. Moreover, the reason why Taiyuan City finally fell was mainly due to hunger. At that time, Taiyuan City had already
There's no food left
, the city has developed to the point of cannibalism, and a large number of soldiers starve to death. Under this situation, Taiyuan City can no longer resist. If there is food and grass, or reinforcements from outside, Taiyuan City will definitely still stand there, allowing
nv Zhenren’s West Route Army was unable to go south.
After Zhang Xiaochun, even Zhong Shidao was vulnerable in front of Nv Zhenren. The Zhong family army was defeated in a single battle in front of Nv Zhenren. It can be said that during the transition between the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Xiaochun's performance was much better than that of the Western Army.
.But he is not well-known now, and no one in the Western Army cares about him. The reason why Zhong Shidao let him go to battle is just for strategic coordination.
"A mere grass bandit dares to establish himself as a king overseas. He is really looking for death!" The two talked for a while, and Liu Guangshi laughed.
"It's normal for grass bandits to overestimate their own capabilities. Come on, let's go down the mountain. We'll probably leave for Puzhou today," Qu Duan said.
At this moment, there is a tense atmosphere in Fenyang, Hedong.
Of course, Liangshan had already received information about such a large-scale mobilization of soldiers and horses from the northwest. Everyone knew that the imperial court was dealing with them, and they were all nervously thinking about how to deal with the imperial court's massive attack.
Lin Chong has been staying at the Hedong Military Headquarters in Fenyang these days, and Zhu Wu is also staying there. Both of them are full of sorrow. Especially Lin Chong, who is very worried in his heart.
The current Hedong War Zone is probably no match for the imperial court.
It's not that there is a shortage of troops, there are currently 200,000 troops in the Hedong War Zone, which is roughly the same as the imperial court's troops.
It’s not that the quality of the soldiers is not as good as that of the Northwest troops. In fact, the quality of the troops in the Hedong theater is much better than that of the Northwest troops. All the troops in Liangshan train from morning to night every day. They do nothing every day, just train.
, prepare for war! After months and years of training, the quality of the soldiers is much better than that of the imperial troops.
The main reason is that there are not many leading generals in the Hedong War Zone! In order to support Goryeo in the past two years, many leading generals have gone to Goryeo! Yang Xiong was originally very talented and went to Goryeo. Intelligence elites like Shi Xiu also went to Goryeo.
, and some newly grown generals also went to Goryeo.
Now only Lin Chong, Zhu Wu, Hu Yanzhuo and others are left in the Hedong War Zone. Although Lin Chong was once the chief instructor of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army, he was good at training troops, not leading troops. As for Zhu Wu, he was a strategist and counselor.
It’s okay for him to make plans, but it’s also okay for him to lead troops.
No. Not to mention Hu Yanzhuo. What he is good at is the chain horse. He has been trying to rebuild the chain horse in the past two years, but he has not succeeded yet. It took him more than ten years to train the chain horse before he succeeded, and now he has only succeeded.
Two years later, there is still no sign of it.
"Mr. Zhu, what do you think we should do now?" Standing in the military room, looking at the huge map hanging on the wall, Lin Chong asked with a frown.
"It is obviously impossible to lead troops to fight with them in the field. We have too few generals! If the famous generals of Goryeo, such as Hua Rong, Yang Zhi, Han Shizhong and others were here, we could fight with them in field battles and try to eliminate them.
Now we can only defend with all our strength! We don’t seek merit, but we seek no faults,” Zhu Wudao said.
"Can we defend them?" Lin Chong asked worriedly.
"It shouldn't be a problem, we have the advantage in military strength." Zhu Wudao said.
"Military advantage?" Lin Chong couldn't help but be stunned. They only had 200,000 troops, which was about the same number as the imperial army. Why did Zhu Wu say it was a military advantage?
"Don't we still have reserves? We still have 300,000 reserves, which can all be converted into active service. With an army of 500,000, can't we still stop the imperial court's 200,000 troops?" Zhu Wudao said.
"Uh..." Lin Chong was stunned. He had forgotten about the reserve service.
At this time, Shanxi's population was extremely large, much larger than that of other northern provinces, and almost comparable to the populous provinces of Jiangnan. After the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, because Shanxi had a large population, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and others came from Shanxi
Immigrated to all parts of the country, so that later generations had the story of big locust trees -
- "Ask me where my ancestors are, the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi." Because the terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the more war broke out, the more people from all over the country ran here. During the two Song Dynasties, the population here increased
The advantage has been demonstrated, so the number of soldiers and horses that can be mobilized here is much larger.
In just two years, due to the unique land policy, anyone who joins the army can immediately obtain land and receive tax benefits. Therefore, many people in the Hedong War Zone want to join the army! Therefore, there are 200,000 active and 300,000 reserve troops.
!The reserve force here is the same as the reserve force in Korea. They also train every five days. If necessary, there is no problem in switching them all to active duty.
"Then let's do it! Try to defend against the imperial court's attack!" Lin Chong nodded.
Soon, soldiers and horses in the Hedong War Zone began to mobilize and headed towards various state capitals. The focus was on defending the Puzhou area. According to the intelligence obtained by Lin Chong, the northwest army was mobilizing in this direction!
In addition, Lin Chong has begun to mobilize reserves to rush to the front line.