The rise of the prince

Chapter 831 The Joy of Victory

Chapter 831 The Joy of Victory

Outside the city of Jinzhou, soldiers receive the money at the battalion level. This is to prevent people from claiming repeatedly under false names, and rewards will be given to those who have made meritorious service.

It is true that Li Xingzhou has a large army of 6, but they are scattered around and left behind. In addition, the troops near Yanshan Mansion to prevent Jin people from going south from Juyongguan were removed. In fact, only more than [-] people went north through Shanhaiguan. Only around eighty thousand.

Don't underestimate the [-] army. Now in the north, no force dares to collide with such a military group. The [-] army is like a magic needle.What's more, at this time, the two main armies of the Jin Kingdom, the former overlord of the north, have been beaten and disabled.

Regarding military strength, many novels and operas are unreliable. Official historical records need to be considered, but most of them are more reliable.

For example, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" said that Yuan Shao had 70 soldiers in the Battle of Guandu, and Cao Cao had 10 soldiers. Many people took the novel as history, and they really believed it, thinking that there were tens of thousands of soldiers in ancient battles.

If you understand the concept of thousands and tens of thousands of people, or personally organize the collective dispatch of queues with thousands of people or tens of thousands of people; such as military training instructors or military officers, it is easy to understand that even under modern communication conditions, It is very difficult to gather tens of thousands of people and ensure that the command and dispatch are stable, let alone ancient times.

According to the official history "Three Kingdoms", even in a strategic decisive battle like the Battle of Guandu, the most powerful Yuan Shao only had an army of over [-], while Cao Cao was even worse at the beginning, mobilizing less than [-] troops. He added as he fought, and finally reached his peak During the period, there were only about [-] to [-].

More accurate records, such as the household registration and army registers handed in when the Kingdom of Shu surrendered.

At that time, the entire Shu Kingdom was already militaristically aggressive, and nine people had to support one soldier. If calculated according to the proportion of China's 15 billion population in later generations, it would be equivalent to China's need to support 1.7 million troops!In fact, there are only about 200 million in China.

Even with such a terrifying conscription ratio, the army of Shu is only one hundred and two thousand.

What is the concept of a hundred thousand troops?It can be clearly said that in the era before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the [-] troops were already a force that no country dared to underestimate, and could even change the destiny of the country and fight a strategic decisive battle.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, due to the high emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of commerce, coupled with the population explosion caused by the introduction of various American crops, the number of troops gradually increased with the population growth.

It’s just that novels, romances, and operas began to flourish in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The creators at that time “reviewed the past with the present” and liked to exaggerate the number of ancient armies, creating a kind of ancient war for future generations. If there are less than a million people, it is not called a big war. illusion.

In fact, this is not the case at all. The records of the number of troops in many historical materials are relatively reliable.

For example, the number of Genghis Khan's army in the Western Expedition was more than one hundred thousand. It is not a recorded number, but calculated based on Genghis Khan's recruitment system and military organization system recorded in detail in historical materials. It can even be specific to single digits, and the number of troops under her command at that time can be accurately calculated. .

Therefore, Xizheng is not more than 70 as many people boast.And after Temujin's 10 people fought, he would divide his troops several times.

The Kingdom of Jin raised troops from Liaodong with only more than 3000 people at first.

The several large armies of the Northern Song Dynasty that conquered Liao were also between 20 and 10,000. These [-]+ had to be divided into several battles to be able to command them, so as not to cause chaos.

There were more than 6 Jin soldiers who went all the way south to surround Kaifeng, which is not at all like the hundreds of thousands in the romance novels.

The so-called 80 forbidden troops and millions of forbidden troops in the Song Dynasty were firstly to scare people, and secondly, there were a lot of corruption among the top officials of the forbidden army at that time.

To put it bluntly, the high-level officials of the Forbidden Army will report a large number of non-existent people to the top, and the salaries they send will fill their own pockets.That's why there is the saying of 80 forbidden troops. There is a lot of water in it, and the real serving troops can get a lot of discounts.

So it's not that historians like to exaggerate and exclude a few. Most historians are serious about their textual research, and others remember it seriously.

The problem lies in treating novels, stories, and unreliable unofficial histories as history books, and even bragging to the historian, the historian is also very wronged.

Now the army of [-] has deterred the north, making the remaining forces of the Jin Kingdom dare not act rashly.

But after the withdrawal of the troops, it may not be possible, so some soldiers need to stay in the local garrison. Li Xingzhou estimates that he needs 2 battalions, [-] people.

Take Zhongxing Mansion as the camp in the west, and garrison Huizhou in the north.

In the east, use Liaoyang Mansion as the camp, and defend the remnants of Yan Zongbi in the north.

Afterwards, the defense is changed once a year to let the border troops go home, and the new troops go north to take over.At the same time, they slowly recruited soldiers locally, trained the Xiang army, and reduced the number of forbidden troops and new troops stationed year by year.

In the long run, it is not advisable to send troops to maintain it. A [-] army is not a small number.
In principle, it is voluntary, and those who are willing to leave more money will be used as annual fees.

Many people signed up one after another and were willing to stay. After discussing with Yang Hongzhao, Li Xingzhou and Yang Hongzhao decided to let the older ones stay.

Later, I met Di Zhi and Shen Lin who came from Liaodong, and heard them tell the whole process of the Liaodong War, and handed in a handwritten report by Shen Lin.

The other generals were very envious of the two of them. Although everyone had made a lot of contributions, it was nothing compared to the two of them.

In this battle, the Eastern Route Army led by Di Zhi and Shen Lin occupied almost the same territory as their Central Army, and there were also important coastal towns, and even Liaoyang Mansion, an important mansion of great strategic significance.

It can be said that if Shanhaiguan is removed, the records of the Central Route Army and the East Route Army are basically the same.

However, the Central Route Army has a large army of [-], countless generals, sufficient logistical supplies, a large number of auxiliary soldiers, and corvee support from Yanshan Mansion.

The East Route Army has only one division of about 1 people, with its own supplies, no logistics troops, and no corvee support. Even if it takes advantage of the victory and enters, it still lays down so much land.The key is to use a small number of elites to pretend to retreat in a wave, and then set up an ambush to counterattack, defeating the main force of Jin Guo's counterattack.

Such a record, apart from the coach Li Xingzhou, the biggest credit must be Di Zhi and Shen Lin.

It can be said that in the first battle of the new army navy, they produced a record that attracted the attention of the world, made surprise attacks across the sea, and used ship firepower to strike ground targets.

Moreover, many coastal countries were scared out of their wits, especially Koryo, and sent envoys to Jingguo one after another.

It is true that land and water advances are very difficult to defend against. At the beginning, Su Liepping Baekje adopted the method of advancing land and water together. Of course they were afraid.

But apart from everyone's excitement, there is also a different look, which is Wei Yubai's resentment.

Li Xingzhou also knew why she was complaining, because of Pu Chaling, he had to avoid Wei Yubai's eyes as much as possible.

I haven't come home yet, I have already complained, what should I do when I go home.
At the beginning of October, Di Zhi and Shen Lin hurried back to Liaodong, where they would lead the fleet back home from the sea.

The remaining [-] battalions were divided into two groups, one led by Yang Hongzhao to garrison Zhongxing Mansion, and the other to the east to garrison Liaoyang Mansion.

Yang Hongzhao also bid farewell to everyone, and then Li Xingzhou led the army back south.

Gu Lichuan will return to Beijing to face the saint, and after receiving the reward, he will go north to help Yang Hongzhao garrison Liaoyang Mansion.

As the army embarked on the road to the south, the war between Jin and Jing, which lasted for nearly two years, finally came to an end, ending with Jing's overall victory.

The three-way army, the West Route Army led by Yang Wenguang and Zhe Weizhong, the main force was the Yang Family Army from Taiyuan Mansion and the Zhe Family Army from the Northwest. With the cooperation of the Rebel Army, they captured Datong Mansion.

The Central Route Army was led by the emperor's grandson and Privy Envoy Li Xingzhou himself, assisted by Wei Chaoren, Yang Hongzhao, Liu Ji, Wei Yubai, Yan Shen, Gu Lichuan and others.

After more than half a year, captured Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, Jinzhou, Zhongxingfu, Laizhou, Sichou, Qianzhou, Douzhou, Yizhou, Qianzhou, Yuzhou, Jianzhou, Lizhou, Huizhou, Zezhou, Baozhou and other places, occupying western Liaoning in one fell swoop, and approaching the Kingdom of Jin to go to Beijing.

The Eastern Route Army, with Di Zhi as the commander and Shen Lin as the deputy, commanded a division of the New Army Navy, a large number of ships and warships, and made a surprise attack on Liaodong. Within three months, they captured Liaoyang Mansion, Suzhou, Fuzhou, Chenzhou, and Tiezhou. , Haizhou, Kaizhou, Jizhou, Panzhou, Liaozhou and other places occupied most of Liaodong in one fell swoop.

The battle report has already flown to the capital with the army, but I don't know when it will arrive.

The profit from this dispatch of troops is very large, and it is not a problem to open three roads in the captured land.

Li Xingzhou also "kindly" returned some lands in the Kingdom of Jin, such as Panzhou in the north of Liaoyang, Baozhou in the east of Liaoyang and other places.

Returning the land in the north is too barren and difficult to manage. At the same time, it gives Wanyan Zongbi time to breathe, while Baozhou in the east allows Jin Guo and Koryo to continue to border.

There is always no good intention.

On the eighth day of October, the army rested in Yanshan Mansion, and the people of the city lined the road to welcome it. Wei Chaoren went out of the city fifty miles to welcome the army's triumphant return.

In the north, the various victories of the army have long been known. Every time the army wins, the people's sense of identity and pride will increase, especially in areas like Yanshan Mansion that have not been recovered for a few years.

After a day's rest, on the ninth day of October, the army continued to march south, and Wei Chaoren also returned to Beijing with him. He also contributed to this battle, and he happened to go to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit during the Chinese New Year.

On the way, Pu Chaling was not in a good mood. After all, after passing through Yanshan Mansion, he had really left his hometown.

In order to distract her from being overly sad, Li Xingzhou had no choice but to sacrifice himself to help others, and communicated with her in depth in the huge tent carriage in the camp of the Chinese Army to increase her excitement.

When I went there at the beginning of the year, I was uneasy and cautious, but now I am triumphant, full of enthusiasm, and enjoying the joy of victory, which is really fascinating.

(End of this chapter)

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