Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2306 Liu Yu's Yang Conspiracy, Yang Guang's Expedition to the Western Regions

Chapter 2302: Liu Yu's conspiracy, Yang Guang's conquest of the Western Regions

Cao Cao actually wanted to disarm more than Ying Hao, but he couldn't find a suitable opportunity, and now this opportunity finally came.

The total population of the Wei State is only 300 million, but it has expanded its military to the limit and armed an army of 30. What a waste of money and people.

Cao Cao wants to do this?Of course he didn't want to, but he had no choice. In order to protect himself, he had to expand his army to the limit.

This also made Wei's finances very tight, and if there was a slight mistake, it might go bankrupt directly.

Under Cao Cao's high-pressure policy, even if the people of Wei State were allocated land after the land reform, their lives were still very hard. After all, the tax was high, and most of the labor income was collected by the government.

No matter how hard the people are working, they can still only survive the starvation. After a long time, the people will naturally suffer unspeakably.

The current state of Wei is like a taut string, and it has been taut for a long time. As long as there is a little force, it may be broken.

Cao Cao knows that even people cannot be tense all the time, let alone a country?And what he has to do now is to loosen this string, so that not only can the pressure on the whole country be relieved, but also financial resources can be liberated from the military.

Cao Cao dared to do this, so he naturally had something to rely on.

The situation in Wei State was too bad before, once he implements disarmament, if he does not have enough troops to defend, the neighbors on all sides will surely rush up like hungry wolves and eat up Wei Gong.

But now it is different, Wei Guo has married Da Qin, the international environment will be relatively stable in the next few years, and there will be no more large-scale wars.

This is the best time for Wei State to develop its internal affairs and strengthen its national power. Cao Cao can't miss it anyway.

For Wei Guo, the benefit of disarmament is not much smaller than that of Da Qin, and even more urgent.

After the disarmament, Wei Guo will not only get valuable development funds, but also the overall quality of the army will be greatly improved.

Wei State is too poor, so poor that all the money and food are used to support the army, and there is no development funds for development at all, so there is no chance of development without disarmament.

In addition, despite the large number of troops in the Wei State, there are 30 of them, but in fact, except for a small number of elites, most of the Wei Army's combat strength is actually not strong, or even very weak.

It can be seen from Cao Cao's repeated attacks on the Ming Dynasty, exhausting all means, but only grabbing one county, it can be seen that the Wei army's combat power is not strong, and the main reason is that the quality of the soldiers varies.

Disarmament, cutting off the old and the weak, and retaining the elite is the fastest and most obvious way to improve the overall quality and combat effectiveness of the army.

In addition, there are many industries in Wei State, which are still controlled by Daqin. If we don't develop our internal affairs and strengthen our national power, we will never be able to get rid of Daqin's control.

To sum up the above three points, if the Wei State does not disarm, it will surely die. Only disarmament can find a way out.

Cao Cao's determination to disarm this time surprised Zhao Kuangyin, Liu Xiu and other princes, but they did not follow suit. After all, their country's financial situation is far from being as bad as Wei's, and it will not be reduced to half of the disarmament to liberate financial resources. the point.

The five princes Zhu Di, Zhao Kuangyin, Sun Jian, Liu Xiu, and Liu Yu, as many as Liu Yu directly cut [-] troops, and as few as Zhu Di cut [-] troops, they all joined the ranks of disarmament one after another.

Zhu Di, Liu Xiu and the other four disarmed were all to liberate financial resources, develop their own internal affairs, and accumulate national power, while Liu Yu's disarmament was to suppress dissidents, and the target of suppression was naturally the Shu Wang Party headed by Chen Ping.

The domestic struggle in Shu has reached an extremely fierce level. Liu Yu has been looking for various opportunities to continuously weaken the power and influence of the Shu King's Party, thereby strengthening the status of the Chengdu King's faction in the court, so naturally he will not let go of the good news of disarmament Chance.

After all, all countries are now disarming in order to develop. It is impossible for our country to fall behind, right?
The Kingdom of Shu had just repelled Chiyou's invasion from the southern barbarians, and Chiyou was unable to invade after a few years.

As for the threat of Great Qin, with Tang as a barrier in the north and Chu as a barrier in the east, it is impossible for Qin's army to attack the mainland of Shu, not to mention that Great Qin also disarmed.

In other words, apart from internal conflicts, Shu is the most stable country among the countries, so naturally there is no need to keep so many troops.

In addition, the disarmament has many benefits for the Shu Kingdom. It can not only speed up the recovery from the trauma of the tragic defeat in Jingbei, but also improve the combat effectiveness of the army...it can be said to serve multiple purposes.

To sum up, the Kingdom of Shu also wants to disarm, and must disarm.

Liu Yu's high-sounding words seem to be for the good of Shu, but in fact they are for himself. After all, since he proposed disarmament, it will definitely not be detrimental to him.

Although the disarmament is nationwide, whether it is the Shu Royal Party or the Chengdu Royal Party, all must carry out disarmament, but the Chengdu Royal Party has initially taken control of the political power, and is gradually controlling the economic lifeline of the Shu Kingdom.

Before the disarmament, those troops obeyed the orders of the Shu Royal Party, and after they were recruited again, they might not necessarily obey the orders of the Shu Royal Party.

For the King of Shu Party headed by Chen Ping, Liu Yu's move was like a drastic blow to everyone, but he couldn't fight back. It was miserable.

This is Liu Yu's blatant conspiracy. Even if Chen Ping knew it was a trap, he could only take the initiative to jump into it.

One is that disarmament is indeed of great benefit to Shu.

The second is that the Chengdu Royal Party has taken the lead in disarming. If your Shu Royal Party does not disarm, it will be in vain for the interests of the country. Do you still want to take advantage of this to seize power?Destroy the peace of Shu?

If there is no disarmament, the Shu civil war will break out immediately, and the Shu King Party, as the instigating party, will completely lose the support of the people of Shu, and Liu Yu will be labeled as a traitor. Naturally, there is no chance of winning.

If the army is disarmed, the power of the Shu King Party will be further weakened, and it will be even more powerless to resist Liu Yu, and it will be gradually eroded sooner or later.

It can also be seen from this that the form of Shu has been reversed.

It was Liu Ji who wanted to force Liu Yu to rebel before, but now it is Liu Yu who wants to force Liu Yu to rebel against the Shu Royal Party.

Once one side takes the lead and provokes the civil war in Shu, that side will be defeated, while the other side will completely control Shu.

Naturally, Chen Ping would not make Liu Yu wishful. Compared to instigating a civil war, he would rather be eaten away by Liu Yu than to start a civil war. After all, there is still a process. Perhaps in this process, he can think of other ways Maybe it can be cracked?
Chen Ping also took a lot of effort to appease the excited generals of the Shu King Party and let them focus on the overall situation and carry out disarmament in accordance with the policy.

In fact, Liu Yu hoped that the Shu Royal Party would resist the disarmament, so that he could control the Kingdom of Shu openly and aboveboard, but there was nothing he could do if Chen Ping was not fooled.

However, Liu Yu didn't suffer a loss, instead, he took advantage of it. It's just that the time to control the Kingdom of Shu will be postponed.

Liu Yu is not in a hurry, he can afford to wait.

The seven countries of Qin, Wei, Song, Ming, Wu, Chu, and Shu were all prepared to disarm, but only the Sui and Tang Dynasties dared not do so.

The reason why the Tang State did not dare to disarm the army was because the Qin army was stationed in Guanzhong. The Tang State had no sense of security, and the existing troops felt that it was not enough. If it still disarmed, it would be courting death.

It was not because of the threat of the Qin army that the Sui State did not disarm. After all, the Sui army was the real overlord in Liangzhou, and even the Qin army in Liangzhou could only protect itself.

The reason why the Sui Kingdom did not disarm was because the Sui army had a new direction of expansion, and Yang Guang was going to send troops to attack the countries in the Western Regions. After all, expanding the territory is the fastest way to develop.

Among the countries, only the Sui Kingdom can expand abroad, and the strength of the countries in the Western Regions is not strong, so Yang Guang has no reason not to eat the fat on his lips.

Sui Capital, Daxing City, inside the Sui Palace.

Sui King Yang Guangzheng and his subordinates, civil and military, are discussing the matter of sending troops to the Western Regions.

Yang Guang established the capital of the Sui Kingdom in Jincheng County, and renamed Yunwu County, where the original government was located, Daxing City, which meant that the Sui Kingdom would surely prosper, which is enough to see Yang Guang's ambition.

The civil and military forces of the Sui Dynasty are also divided into two columns. On the left is the camp of generals headed by Yang Su, including Wu Yunzhao, Shi Wansui, Li Huanzhang, Gao Huan, Gao Ang, Gao Changgong, Dou Tai, He Ruobi, Jin She, Sima Xin, Dong Yi and many others. general.

On the right is the civil servant camp headed by Gao Jiong, with Cheng Gongying, Dugu Xin, Dugu Ce, Zu Ting, Ximen Bao, Fei Zhong, You Hun and many other ministers.

Ximen Leopard is a hidden figure randomly summoned, and implanted as a commoner student from Liangzhou, the first liberal arts champion in the Sui Kingdom.

Cheng Gongying was the first to stand up and said: "My lord, the spies sent to the Western Regions have ascertained the information of the 36 countries in the Western Regions.

The 36 Western Regions are: Pishan, Xiye, Puli, Yinai, Shache, Shule, Weitou, Wensu, Yuli, Gumo, Beilu, Wutanzi, Beilu Houguo, Shanhuan, Pulei .

The strength of the countries in the Western Regions is not considered strong. Even the strongest country has only [-] soldiers, and the weak country or even the whole country only has [-] soldiers, and the overall combat power is much lower than that of the Central Plains.

With the combat power of our Great Sui Xiliang Iron Cavalry, it will definitely not be a problem to conquer the Western Regions. "

"it is good."

Yang Guang was overjoyed when he heard the words, looked at the ministers below, and said in a deep voice: "I have decided my loneliness, and send troops to the Western Regions."

"The last general, Yang Su, asked for orders to fight."

"The last general, Gao Huan, asked for orders to fight."

"The last general, Sima Xin, asks for orders to fight."

……

All the generals of the Sui Kingdom asked for orders one after another, wanting to be the main general in this battle.

In fact, Yang Guang also wanted to lead the army himself, but he also knew that he should sit in Liangzhou to consolidate the rear. After thinking about it again and again, his eyes still fell on Yang Su, and he ordered: "Yang Su, I ordered you to be the general of Zhengxi. Thirty thousand iron cavalry from Xiliang, attacking the Western Regions."

"Thank you, my lord, for your trust. Yang Su will definitely return victorious." Yang Su cupped his fists and said in a deep voice.

"Remember, the key to sending troops to the Western Regions at this time is to divide and divide the countries and not give them a chance to join forces."

"promise."

Yang Guang didn't expect Yang Su to conquer the Western Regions in one battle. His goal of sending troops this time was to destroy a few small countries and regain a lot of wealth. It was just to ease the financial crisis of the Sui Kingdom. After all, with the current national strength and military strength of the Sui Kingdom , It is simply impossible to occupy the Western Regions.

What Yang Guang didn't know was that his plan to send troops to the Western Regions had been known by the spies from the Black Ice Terrace and passed on to the countries in the Western Regions, and Daqin also helped the countries in the Western Regions to unite against the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Guang wanted to catch the countries of the Western Regions by surprise and easily conquer the Western Regions plan, which is doomed to be impossible.

At the same time that Sui State sent troops to the Western Regions, Qin State also officially launched a disarmament plan.

According to the statistics of General Bai Qi, Qin State now has a regular army + new army + reorganized army + surrendered army, with a total of 110 million troops in the country.

Wang Meng's disarmament plan is to cut down to 80 troops (not including the navy), that is to say, the Qin army will lay off 30 troops at one time, which is equivalent to directly laying off a Wei State.

Don't look at the huge number of 30, but in fact there are 10,000+ surrendered troops in Guanzhong alone.

They were all recruited temporarily by Li Shimin, and then surrendered to Daqin with the crowd.

Before this kind of surrender, they were only peasants. After only simple training, they were forcibly conscripted into the army. They could only be used to defend the city, and they had almost no field combat ability. It's a waste of military spending.

In Yongzhou, Jingbei, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Liangzhou, there were many such surrendered troops, and the total number even accounted for almost two-thirds of the total number of disarmed troops.

When Ying Hao learned about it, he directly ordered to repatriate these 20 people and let them continue to work as farmers to resume local production.

After cutting the 20 troops in a big way, the next disarmament plan will be much simpler.

It is enough to formulate the standards according to the training of the regular army. Those who do not meet the standards will be kicked out of the establishment and transferred to the county soldiers or reserve.

After a half-month-long full-army contest, among the 10 people who were finally laid off, [-] came from the reorganized and surrendered troops, while the other [-] came from the regular army of the Qin Army.

Even in the regular army of the Qin army, there are also many moths, which cannot be avoided.

What Ying Hao has to do is to regularly remove the worms to ensure that Qin Jun is in a healthy state, instead of being hollowed out by moths.

Since then, Daqin's disarmament plan has come to an end. Except for the Qingzhou navy, basically all the troops of Daqin have participated.

The reason why the Qingzhou navy did not participate in the disarmament was because the navy was the only branch of the Qin Dynasty that was expanding its army, so naturally it did not need to participate in the disarmament.

After the end of the disarmament, the distribution of troops in the Kyushu of the Great Qin Dynasty is as follows:
Sizhou, 15 troops stationed, including [-] cavalry
Yongzhou, garrisoned by [-] troops, including [-] cavalry

Liangzhou, [-] troops stationed, including [-] cavalry

Jingbei, garrisoned by [-] troops, including [-] cavalry

Youzhou, garrisoned by [-] troops, including [-] cavalry

Bingzhou, garrisoned by [-] troops, including [-] cavalry

Jizhou, garrisoned by [-] troops, including [-] cavalry

Qingbei, garrisoned by [-] troops, including [-] navy troops (not reached yet)

Hetao, garrisoned by [-] troops, including [-] cavalry

According to statistics, the regular army in the Daqin establishment has a total of 63 light and heavy infantry, 17 light and heavy cavalry, and 85 naval troops, a total of [-] troops.

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