Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1531 50 Qin-Ming Allied Army
Chapter 1529: 50 Qin-Ming Allied Army
On the surface, the Ming army in Jizhou seems to have a bright future. Once they came out of Taiping, they took away the land of the three counties of Jizhou, and they did not fall behind against Zhao and Han with their strength. .

Of course, Qin Hao also knew about this point. It was only after he was in charge of the Ming army that he realized how difficult it was for Zhang Liang and Emperor Ming to maintain Remnant Ming in such a situation.

On the surface, the Ming court occupied the three counties of Julu, Qinghe, and Changshan in Jizhou, but in fact they only occupied part of them. No county was completely occupied. The county government and the richest cities were still in Han Xin and Yuan Shao. under control.

Remnant also occupies 65 counties of these three counties, with a total population of 60. Including the nearly 130 people hidden in Taihang, the total population is nearly 15 million, but it supports nearly [-] people. Wan Dajun, the military-to-civilian ratio even exceeded ten to one.

You know, an army of 15 is not a small number, it is already equivalent to a quarter of the Qin army, but the resources possessed by Remnant are less than one-fortieth of the Qin army.

It can be seen from this that the military burden of the Jizhou Ming Army is definitely the heaviest of all forces.

In addition, although Qin Hao provided Canming with high-yield grain seeds early on, the land that can be planted in the Taihang Mountains is limited after all.

The Taihang Mountains are boundless, and the Remnant Ming Dynasty has not yet completed the development, but most of them are mountainous areas that cannot be cultivated. In fact, there is very little land available for the Ming army to plant, so naturally there is not much food grown.

If it weren't for Qin Hao's high-yielding crops, it would be impossible for Remnant to raise both soldiers and people without going out to plunder.

Therefore, the burden of grain and grass for the Ming army has always been heavy. It was not until two years ago that the Ming army sent troops to Jizhou and seized the land of eighteen counties that the Ming army bid farewell to the grain and grass crisis. Restless conquest.

The Ming army that has not yet walked out of the Taihang Mountain, because of the limitation of food and grass, barely raised a hundred thousand troops. If they go out of the Taihang Mountain, it is very likely that the two countries of Korea and Zhao will invade at the same time. Naturally, only one hundred thousand troops are not enough to deal with it. of.

Therefore, after occupying the three counties and eighteen counties, the Ming army expanded its army many times in order to defend the captured territory.

After that, in the process of resisting Han and Zhao, although the Ming army suffered a lot of casualties, the whole army still maintained a scale of 15.

Let's put it this way, although the Ming army gained land by fighting out of Taihang, although the pressure on food and grass was greatly reduced, the two items of military expansion and war also accelerated the consumption of food and grass.

Therefore, although the food and grass pressure of the Ming army is better than before leaving Taihang, it is only a little bit. It is okay to hold the existing territory, but it does not have the strength to expand the territory and cannot withstand large-scale battles at all consumption.

The Ming army didn't have enough food and grass, but Qin Hao did. He ordered two years to live, so that after the merger of Qin and Ming, hundreds of thousands of Qin-Ming coalition forces would sweep Hebei with the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves.

Originally, if Qin Hao wanted to unify Hebei, he needed to pry Jizhou to open the door first, and then he had to gain a firm foothold, and then he could completely let go of his hands and feet.

However, Huguan, as a gateway, is now in the hands of the Ming army, and the eighteen counties in western Hebei are also completely in the hands of the Ming army, which can serve as the most solid bridgehead for the Qin army.

Therefore, as long as the Qin army sends troops to Jizhou, there is no need to consider other issues at all. The only thing that needs to be considered is grain and transportation.

"Originally, this king planned to use 40 troops to fight Hebei, but now it seems that since the Shunming Army has 15 troops, then..."

After thinking for a while, Qin Hao smiled and said, "It only takes 35 troops, plus 15 Ming troops, for a total of 50 troops, more than enough to sweep Jizhou."

Qin Hao also has his own considerations. Although the Qin army has a large army of 60, it is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and there are also many places that need to be defended.

If during Qin Hao's battle in Hebei, if only a few princes came to attack, 20 defenders would naturally be able to deal with it, but if the four princes sent troops to attack at the same time, 20 defenses would not be enough.

But at this critical moment, with an extra [-] troops to defend, the situation is completely different.

Hearing what Qin Hao said, Zhang Liang said: "The food and grass needed by a 50-strong army are not insignificant."

"This king has been prepared for a long time. As early as half a year ago, the king ordered to transport the grain king's Jinyang warehouse from Ningxia warehouse, Yinchuan warehouse and Yinshan warehouse. Now Jinyang warehouse has 500 million shi of grain stored, which is enough to support An army of 50 will be used to fight for two years."

Hetao’s grain production accounted for three-quarters of Qin’s army, so regarding the Hebei battle, Qin Hao didn’t need to transfer grain from other places at all. He only needed to move Hetao’s grain and grass to Jinyang, and then transport it from Jinyang to Jizhou. enough.

Hearing this, Zhang Liang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Thinking back when the Yellow Turbans marched into Luoyang, they wiped out most of the families in the Central Plains and got countless notorieties, so they collected 2000 million stones, grain and grass.

And after Qin Hao announced the high-yield grain, it has only been more than three years. Hetao and Bingzhou alone can easily mobilize 500 million shi of grain and grass. The first and the last are like two eras.

"In this case, there should be no problem with food and grass, but the king still needs to return to Jinyang as soon as possible to spread the news that all 15 Ming troops will be paid. It is destined to not be hidden for long."

"The king knows."

Qin Hao nodded and said, of course he also knows this, and there is not much time for him to operate, so he must return to Jinyang as soon as possible to make arrangements, and then the Qin and Ming armies will join forces to launch a sudden attack, and do as much as possible in the next few days. Take the lead in battle.

"Next, the king will return to Jinyang with the concubine, Guo Jia and others. During the absence of the king, all here will be handed over to you, Zhang Liang."

"Liangding lived up to the king's entrustment."

On the same day, Qin Hao took Ren Hongchang, Guo Jia Fuxi and others back to Jinyang under the escort of Dugu Qiubai, leaving only Qin Yijue, Ah Qing and a few others.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang's factory guards were crippled by the First World War, there were still a few spies hidden in the Ming army, so Qin Yijue and Ah Qing were left to take charge of completely clearing them out.

On the way back, Qin Hao said to Emperor Ming: "Hong'er, what identity will you change to appear in the future? Is it Zhang Sheng? Or Dongfang Sheng? Or return to your real name, Ren Hongchang?"

After thinking about it, Emperor Ming said forcefully, "Although Zhang Sheng, Dongfang Sheng, or the empress are all me, I want to return to my original self, so I will use the name Ren Hongchang from now on."

As soon as Ren Hongchang finished speaking, Qin Hao hadn't said anything yet, but Fuxi beside him said excitedly: "Great, sister, you finally figured it out. For my brother, you should have restored your original name a long time ago."

"Brother, when will you restore your original surname? You are the only male left in our Ren family." Ren Hongchang laughed.

"Uh, this..."

Fuxi couldn't help showing distress, but quickly said: "When my brother has a child, he must be named Ren."

Qin Hao and Ren Hongchang looked at each other when they heard the words, and they both laughed in unison.

(End of this chapter)