Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2154 Wei Qing went to Xiliang, but did not dispatch his generals

"My lord, General Wei Qing has basically wiped out the enemy general Tian Dan's main force!"

"In this way, the pressure on the battlefield in the Central Plains will be greatly reduced. Our army may not be able to send out one of its troops to help Liang." After Liu Bowen heard the news, he said equally excitedly.

Two of Zhao Kuangyin's three main forces have been disabled. In this case, even if a force is mobilized back, it will not affect the progress of the Central Plains War.

It will also not affect Zhu Yuanzhang's encirclement in the south after the war in the Central Plains is over!

Although Bai Qi and Wang Jian had restrained Zhu Yuanzhang's main force from moving, Wu Qi then won a crucial battle, thus opening a huge gap in the southern battlefield.

However, if the battlefield in the Central Plains ends, another line of troops will move south from Xuzhou, forming another battlefield in the Jianghuai area. In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang will completely lose his ability to resist.

Once the war situation develops to that extent, Zhu Yuanzhang's power will be exposed on all sides. If he can block the east, he can't block the west, he can block the south, but he can't block the north, how can he survive?

The Jin army has always planned the Central Plains battlefield and the southern battlefield in the same way. Uncharacteristically, they attacked Zhao Kuangyin first, and then launched the Southern War. In addition to catching the Central Plains off guard, it was also to implement such a strategy.

If several directions are taken together, Zhu Yuanzhang's military strength will not only be stretched thin, but also the role of the Yangtze River's natural barriers will be minimized. If there are not enough soldiers and horses, no matter how natural the danger is, it will be of no use in the end!

This is why the side with superior military strength always likes to attack in multiple directions. As the dominant side, they are qualified to divide their troops, but the disadvantaged side may not have this qualification.

"Your Majesty, General Wei Qing has taken 80,000 Xuzhou Army prisoners!" Jia Xu said slyly.

When the report of the Liangzhou battle came, Jia Xu, an old poisoner, rarely calmed down.

He never expected that his son would fall into the hands of the enemy as soon as the war started. He still doesn't know what happened!

After hearing the detailed situation, Jia Xu felt somewhat helpless. His son had not inherited his excellent qualities at all. Such a risky thing, he actually ran into it without looking back, and he didn't even know what to say.

And this time, because it involved matters related to his son, Jia Xu also rarely started to pay attention to this matter.

With the whole nation of Yuanmeng coming, this battle is destined to be a difficult battle, and it is also destined to be a battle with countless casualties. Even considering that the Central Plains battlefield and the southern battlefield were unable to go all out, no one present was sure that victory was possible.

In this war, in terms of military strength, the more the better.

Eighty thousand Xuzhou Army prisoners were definitely not a small number. Even if it is purely used as cannon fodder, it is still an important cannon fodder on the battlefield.

As for these prisoners with low morale, even if they are organized into an army and thrown onto the battlefield, how much combat effectiveness can they exert? How heavy the casualties will be in the end! What does this have to do with Jia Wenhe?

"The prisoners of the Xuzhou Army are mixed, good and bad. 80,000 is a bit more, let's say 50,000! Let Wei Qing screen these 80,000 people and only 50,000 will come out. The rest should be sent back to their hometowns at an appropriate time. Just for the people!" Li Xiang thought for a moment.

Screen out the old, weak, sick and disabled, especially those who have just come off the battlefield. There will definitely be no shortage of disabled people among these prisoners.

After screening out 50,000 relatively reliable people, even if they are used as cannon fodder, only such cannon fodder can be qualified to be used as cannon fodder in this war if they are placed on the battlefield with Yuan Meng.

In the battle with Yuan Meng, there is absolutely no room for them to be careless. Moreover, in recent years, the Central Plains has been severely damaged, with a large number of casualties. In the Central Plains, the forces of Zhao Kuangyin, Dou Jiande, and Liu Bei have strengthened, and the ratio of military strength to civilians in the Central Plains is also relatively unbalanced.

Therefore, if we want to consider the issue of post-war recovery, these prisoners on the Central Plains battlefield will naturally have to be returned to the common people in large numbers after the war.

This is because the 80,000 prisoners captured by Wei Qing this time were all from the regular army of the Xuzhou Army, so 50,000 were selected on the basis of merit for use in the battlefield against Yuanmeng.

Just like in the previous battle of Chenliu, Zhao Pu came out at the end to mobilize all the people. Those prisoners, after the execution of eleven killings, the remaining ones that should be released have been released.

After all, if they are not released, a large county like Chenliu cannot be left empty. In a farming society, a large number of people are always needed to cultivate the land.

Li Xiang was also in the same situation along the way. The regular soldiers and horses would still watch the captives they captured first, while those who were temporarily pulled up were originally strong men of the common people. After being captured, they would simply release them when it was time to release them. They let go.

Everyone is locked up here. With a population of tens of thousands, do you think there is no need to consume food and grass?

"Wei Qing's troops, including generals and assistants, will return to the battlefield in the Central Plains! One hundred thousand of his troops and horses will follow Wei Qing into Liang, and the remaining troops will strengthen Yongliang." Li Xiang gave instructions.

Temujin had already entered Liangzhou, which was not far from the Siyong area. However, whether it was Bingzhou or Hezhou, traveling to and from the Siyong area was not as convenient as Liangzhou.

Therefore, it is always necessary to make extra preparations just in case.

There is no reason why Li Xiang is not cautious, because the Si Yong area is too important to him!

But it happened that at this time, the Siyong area, especially the Yongzhou area, which was located in its hinterland, had too little troop mobilization due to the Central Plains War and the Southern War.

Whenever a Yuanmeng iron cavalry takes advantage of the situation and enters Yongzhou, it will be a devastating disaster for Yongzhou now.

Therefore, while supporting Liangzhou, Li Xiang also wanted to enrich the Siyong area more or less. Although after excluding these 100,000 troops, there are not many left, but at least, even if something happens, they will not be without the power to counterattack. At least, there is a chance to hold on until reinforcements arrive.

As for the question of whether to mobilize troops or not, especially because what is lacking on the battlefield with Yuanmeng today is not actually generals, but only soldiers and horses.

The total number of generals from the four places in Binghe and Liangxi will definitely not be worse than the lineup of generals dispatched by Yuanmeng.

On the contrary, it was not Liangzhou that lacked generals, but the Central Plains battlefield.

It is precisely because of this that even if it was decided to send Wei Qing's troops to Liangzhou, it would only be to mobilize troops but not generals.

(End of this chapter)