Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

The overall terrain of Hanzhong is dominated by mountains, which account for 75.2% of the total land area.Among them, low mountains accounted for 18.2%, and high and high mountains accounted for 57.0%.

Shangyong and Xicheng in the east are blocked by Qinling Mountains, Bashan Mountains, Wudang Mountains, and Wushan Mountains. The Han River runs through the territory, and the Nanhe River, Duhe River, and Qianqian River connect to the Han River. They radiate in a network shape. It is a standard four-block land. .

It is precisely because of this that Mengda in the Three Kingdoms period was able to maintain a long-term separatist rule in this area.

Shangyong and Xicheng are both located in dangerous places and built on the hillside, which means that the two places are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The generals Liu Che arranged to be stationed here are not mediocre, but people are dead compared to others, and goods are thrown away when compared with goods.Although these generals are not mediocre, but compared to the father-son combination of Wang Jian and Wang Ben, they are actually not much different from mediocre people.

Moreover, in advance, the floating house had already collected as much road information as possible about the land of Bashu, and made full intelligence preparations for this battle.

Wang Jian lured Shangyong guards out of the city with greed in advance, and successfully ambushed him outside the city.

Afterwards, Wang Jian sent out [-] elite officers led by generals Wang Zhongsi and Zhao Yun, who pretended to be Shangyong guards and their entourage, and tricked them into opening the city gate.

The city gate was opened, and Wang Jian's army hidden in the dark was killed in one fell swoop, completely taking Shangyong into his pocket, and achieved the first good start after entering Shu.

If it is said that Wang Jian used deceit and attack to attack Shangyong, then what he will do in Xicheng after that is an out-and-out strong attack.

The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. These few words have never been as simple as just talking.

It's not easy for people outside to get in, but likewise, isn't it easy for people inside to get out?

Hanzhong is mostly mountain roads, even if there are reinforcements in Yizhou, when they rush over, the daylily will be cold.Unless it is in some counties nearer, otherwise, it is too late to support.Moreover, with the strength in their hands, some of them have the guts to support them.

Wang Jian's subordinates include Li Guang, Gao Changgong, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Chen Qi, Zheng Lun, Fan Kuai and other powerful generals, and there are also Shi Gandang, Xiong Wei, and Zhao Yun among the god-level fierce generals.

Although some of the generals who conquered Japan were transferred to other places, most of them were still with Wang Jian.

In order to capture the west city as soon as possible, Wang Jian not only personally commanded the army to attack the city, but also ordered Shi Gandang, Xiong Wei, Zheng Lun and others to lead the attack in turn.

Although the terrain in the west city was dangerous, it couldn't hold back Wang Jian's overwhelming and overwhelming posture as before. He defended for ten days in a row, but in the end he was still weak, which added another stroke to Wang Jian's merits.

In fact, it is already a rare thing for this general to be able to guard here for more than ten days.It is not an easy task to support Wang Jian for so long.

And when Liu Che heard the news that Shangyong and Xicheng had fallen, he was shocked.But it is also clear that since the Jin army has already started, it will definitely not just satisfy such a pitiful place.Next, the battle between Yizhou and the Jin army will really begin.

Perhaps, to put it more intuitively, the battle between the two most powerful princes in the world is about to begin.

As a result, Liu Che Xingye sent general Zhou Yafu to lead 15 soldiers and horses to help Xingye. In Wang Jian's hands alone, there were actually less than 15 soldiers and horses. enough.

However, Liu Che sent 15 soldiers and horses. Of course, what he did was not just Wang Jian's [-] soldiers and horses.

Liu Che could see very clearly that Wang Jian's 3 soldiers were just appetizers after all, they were just the vanguard of the Jin army to explore the way.In the direction of Hanzhong, the next thing to face is definitely far more than these [-] people.

The Jin army in the direction of Nanyang began to attack Hanzhong, let alone the Han army in the direction of Yongzhou.

At this time, not only did Liu Che not think that he sent 15 troops at once was too much, he was even worried about whether the troops would be enough.

Sure enough, not long after, the news that the Jin army sent millions of troops to conquer Shu spread all over the world.

The 20 troops from Sizhou came to Jingzhou in a mighty manner. From Nanyang, [-] soldiers and horses were led by Chang Yuchun to join Wang Jian. The remaining [-] soldiers and horses were led by Wu Qi to join Qi Jiguang of the Yangtze River Navy. .

In the north, 30 troops led by Li Jing, 45 Yongzhou soldiers and [-] soldiers from Lantian, and [-] soldiers from Lantian Camp continued to gather in Guanzhong and Liangzhou.

"My lord, the Jin army's million-strong army is coming, and it is not my family's strength to resist it! My lord, I need to contact the princes of the world as soon as possible to resist the Jin army together!" Huo Guang worried.

In ancient times, although it was often called a million-strong army, it was actually just an imaginary number.

A team of millions is not impossible, but time must be sufficient.

The situation on the battlefield changes instantly, and time is extremely precious, and mobilization for combat also depends on time. From mobilization to assembly, from preparation of materials to delivery of materials, it takes time here.In ancient times, transportation was underdeveloped. It was impossible for the emperor to mobilize the whole country, and the soldiers would be able to assemble and appear in front of them the next day.

Just like Li Xiang, after Wang Jian's good start, although there was a lot of news about the dispatch of millions of troops, most of them were actually on the way and had not yet reached the designated location.

The Battle of Pengcheng claimed to have 56 soldiers, but when Liu Bang set off, there were "5 infantry and [-] cavalry". This figure comes from "Historical Records. Tattoo Biography".

"Your Majesty led troops to attack Pengcheng. Before the king of Chu went to Qiye, His Majesty sent 5 infantry and [-] riders. Can you take Huainan?" - "Historical Records. Tattoo Biography".

Liu Bang only mobilized for one month at that time, and it is destined that not many people can be assembled in one month. The soldiers who can be assembled can only be those who are relatively close to him, so the soldiers around him at the time of departure did not add up to 5000 people. The 56th Army only claims that this is just a psychological tactic to increase morale and put psychological pressure on the enemy.

In the battle of Kunyang between Liu Xiu and Wang Mang in 23 A.D., according to historical records, Wang Mang had 42 troops, but in fact it may be less than 10.

《汉书》与《后汉书》记载23年4月王莽动员全国州郡，计划100万人，但最后决定42万人，23年5月王莽开始从洛阳出发。

As mentioned above, there were no means of transportation such as cars and trains in ancient times, and it was a luxury for ordinary soldiers to even ride horses. However, it would take at least a year to mobilize 42 people across the country.As a result, Wang Mang mobilized in April and sent troops to Luoyang in May.

One thing to understand here is that Wang Mang mobilized the whole country, that is to say, when he sent troops, he had already set off while soldiers from other states and counties were still gathering.Therefore, it is impossible for Wang Mang under the city of Kunyang to have an army of 42 people. Therefore, in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", it is simply written that "the number of Mang's troops to the city is 10", which means that the soldiers who are still on the way out will go to Kunyang to become Wang Mang. There are at most [-] soldiers, maybe not so many.

Because, "East View of Han Ji" records that Wang Mang's army reached the city of Kunyang only "[-] to [-]", and the data here are very different.Therefore, the scene of the battle of millions of troops in ancient times is theoretically feasible, but it is a bit difficult in practice.

Therefore, in ancient times, the so-called army of one million was actually an imaginary number. Soldiers plus a series of non-combat units such as civilian husbands may have reached this number.

But although Li Xiang didn't have a million-strong army here, it was already as high as 75, not to mention the million farmers.