Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1237 Meat Grinder

Chapter 1235: Meat Grinder

Although Qin Hao expelled the Yuanmeng army from Yinchuan County, he paid a considerable price.

There were not many Yuanmeng cavalry who invaded Yinchuan, only a quarter of the total Yuanmeng army, that is, [-] cavalry, but the leading general was Murong Chui, so Yuanmeng had almost no flaws in cavalry command.

Qin Hao has an army of 15 and 20 militiamen, a total of [-] troops.

In terms of numbers, the Qin army was twice as large as that of Yuanmeng, but its cavalry was only [-], which was only half of the number of Yuanmeng cavalry, and its mobility was far inferior to that of other races.

If you want to completely drive the Yuanmeng iron cavalry out of Yinchuan County, you have to go out of the city to fight the Yuanmeng iron cavalry, but it is undoubtedly a thankless thing to use infantry to fight against aliens on the plain.

Relying on Bai Qi, Jiang Song and many other famous generals, Qin Hao planned several counterattacks. In the end, although Murong Chui was driven out of Yinchuan, after statistics, he found that he paid a considerable price.

The militia alone killed nearly [-] soldiers, and the regular army also suffered thousands of casualties, but only killed nearly [-] Mongolian cavalry.

In the history of the Qin army's conquests, it is rare for the casualties to be higher than that of the opponent, but this time it is unavoidable anyway.

The combat quality of the militiamen is too poor. Even after military training, they can only be used to defend the city. Going out of the city is simply looking for death.

But even if they were defending the city, the casualty rate of the militiamen was still so high that it lowered the overall casualty rate of the Qin army.

With the combat power of the 15 army in Qin Hao's hands, coupled with the cooperation of many fierce generals, he can definitely defeat Murongchui's [-] cavalry head-on.

Murong Chui was also aware of this, so he took the initiative to lead the army out of Yinchuan County while Bai Qi's encirclement was not yet complete, otherwise Yuan Meng would not have only suffered such a small number of casualties.

Murong Chui's cunning was beyond Qin Hao's and Bai Qi's expectations, and although the siege failed to hit Yuanmeng hard, it took back Yinchuan County, which greatly reduced the scope of Yuanmeng's activities in Hetao.

After Yinchuan County was stabilized, Qin Hao was finally able to turn around and pay attention to the entire Hetao, only to find that Yinchuan County's Anti-Yuan War was just a microcosm.

Now Hetao has become a mess, all cities and counties are fighting, and both Jin and Yuan suffered heavy casualties, but the most casualties were returned to the militia.

In Yinchuan County in the south where Qin Hao was in charge of guarding, the casualties of the militiamen were relatively small, only nearly [-] militiamen died, while in Ningxia County in the middle, [-] militiamen had died, and in the northernmost Yinshan County, the fighting situation was the most intense. A full [-] militiamen have already died.

In less than two months since Yuanmeng broke through Zhenbei Pass, 20 of the 12 militia recruited by the Jin army had died.

The Jin army did not use the militiamen as cannon fodder, but only used them to defend the city, but they still paid such a large number of casualties, and the 12 militiamen probably only wiped out the [-] Yuanmeng army. This shows that the Yuanmeng iron cavalry The strength of the battle, and the tragic degree of the Jinyuan Hetao War.

With all the people in Hetao being soldiers, even if 12 militiamen have been lost, the Jin army can quickly be replenished, so there are still nearly 20 militiamen in Hetao today.

Now the style of Hetao is too complicated, so after Qin Hao came to Hetao, he did not take over the position of Wang Meng as the commander-in-chief, but chose to obey Wang Meng's orders. After all, Wang Meng is the one who knows the situation in Hetao best, and Wang Meng has already He came up with a strategy to repel Yuan Meng.

After discussing with Wang Meng, Xi Zhicai, and Zhuge Liang, they finally came up with a three-step strategy to defeat Yuan Meng, and the first step was to defend to consume Yuan Meng's strength and vigor.

Wang Meng's first step plan has been carried out so far, and the distribution of troops in Hetao has become:
Qin Hao, Bai Qi, Xue Rengui, and Huo Qubing led 15 Qin-Ming coalition forces and [-] militiamen to guard the seven cities of Yinchuan.

Wang Meng, Zhuge Liang, Xi Zhicai, and Luo Yi led 12 elite Jin troops and [-] militiamen to guard the five cities of Ningxia.

Li Jing, Yang Liulang, and Yang Wulang led [-] Jin troops and [-] militiamen to guard the city of Yinshan, which is the city of Yinshan.

Qin Liangyu, Meng Tian, ​​Meng Wu, and She Saihua led an army of [-] troops and guarded the border between the three counties in the north and the middle of the country to prevent Yuanmeng cavalry from entering Bingzhou.

The two armies of the Qin and Jin Dynasties, together with the people recruited temporarily, totaled 58 horses. The troops were divided into three groups and scattered in Qianli Hetao, defending the only thirteen remaining cities in the three counties of Yinchuan, Ningxia and Yinshan.

As for the other cities in Hetao, they have naturally been captured by Yuanmeng, nine counties in Yinshan, five counties in Ningxia, and the only intact one is Yinchuan County where Qin Hao is located.

In just two months, the Han army suffered casualties of 12 militiamen and 14 regular troops, a total of [-] casualties, and Yuan Meng naturally felt uncomfortable.

In the process of capturing the nine counties of Yinshan, the five counties of Ningxia, and the three counties of Yinchuan, Yuanmeng had very few cases of voluntary surrender. Most of the cities were captured by Yuanmeng one by one.

Now Yuanmeng has lost no less than 40 troops, and the 34 main cavalry has dropped to [-], but the number of Han troops facing it has not decreased but increased.

Now the strength of the Han army has reached 58, which fully exceeds Yuanmeng's 24 troops. Although it can only be on the defensive in general, this also makes it difficult for Yuanmeng's next offensive in Hetao.

Until now, Wang Meng's strategy for fighting Yuanmeng has been very clear, that is, to fight a people's war in Hetao and Yuanmeng, and use the vast ocean of the people to completely crush the invading Yuanmeng alien race.

Temujin's 40 yuan Mongolian cavalry can cause too much harm. Since the tragic sacrifice is doomed to be unavoidable, we can only try to minimize the loss, and the best way is undoubtedly to destroy the battlefield. Restricted to the Loop.

No matter how large the scale of the Jin-Yuan War eventually develops, the battlefield can only be fought on the land of [-] cities in the Qianlihetao area, so that the damage to Bingzhou from this battle is also minimized.

In order to prevent Yuanmeng from harming the state and even the world, both Qin Hao and Qin Wen have made up their minds, even if the Thirty Cities of Hetao are destroyed, they must fight Temujin to the death, even if more than 140 million people All of them were sacrificed, and the 40 yuan Mongolian cavalry was completely left in Hetao.

Now both Qin, Jin and Yuan and Meng have their eyes red, and the battle of Hetao has also developed into a war of attrition. Whoever can grit their teeth and persist until the end will be the winner.

Of course, fighting for consumption is also Wang Meng's helpless move when the second strategy fails, and now Wang Meng's second plan has not even been implemented, so no one knows what the final result will be.

However, Yuanmeng is still at a disadvantage at present. Although Qin Jin's side has more deaths, the main force and the elite will eventually compete between the two sides.

Now Yuanmeng's main force has dropped to 34, but after Qin and Jin removed the soldiers and civilians, they had a full 38 main force, including more than [-] cavalry.

The balance of victory has gradually tilted towards Qin Jin.

(End of this chapter)