Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 860
"I intend to let you return to the command of the Central Plains camp, and continue to command the three troops in Henan, Shandong, and Huainan." Luo Cheng said unexpectedly.

"The Central Plains camp is in charge? What am I going to do in the Central Plains? My brother in battle, I'm going to save my inheritance."

Luo Cheng shook his head.

"I will personally conquer the north, so I will let the crown prince come to Luoyang to supervise the country, and let the emperor stay in Fanyang to sit in the town, and then you will sit in Licheng, Xinglong Mansion."

"What do you mean?"

"Didn't you say that you are my brother who fights the tiger? I handed over the Central Plains to you because I trust you. I will go to the north to meet Jieli and others. How about you? Send troops from Shandong to attack Hebei for me to contain some of Dou Jiande's soldiers. Ma. I will issue an edict to Shixin of Liaodong City of Shenglong Mansion to send troops to attack Dou Jiande with you."

The fourth child was surprised, "You want to fight on two fronts? Why don't you go north first, do your best and get down on Xieli before you talk."

"Of course it's an all-out Northern Expedition. I will lead the main force to a decisive battle with Jieli. You are just a part of the army here."

This time, Luo Cheng was going to fight a big battle. Since all parties wanted to unite and kill him first, he would take them all together. "I will only leave two troops for the Central Plains camp, and I will mobilize the rest to go north. Your task is not light. You have to prevent Li Yuan from going out of Tongguan in Guanzhong, and Xiao Xian from going north, as well as Shen Faxing and Shen Faxing from the east and west of the south of the Yangtze River. Lin Shihong, of course, focuses on defending Hebei Dou Jiande."

"Fourth, 5 people are given to you, how do you plan to arrange it?" The emperor thought about the brothers.

Luo Cunxiao thought for a while, "Wuguan is stationed at [-], Shan County is stationed at [-], then Hulao is stationed at [-], Jiangdu is stationed at [-], and I will lead [-] cavalry to station in Licheng of Xinglong Mansion."

This arrangement is a bit too scattered, but if it's just defense, it's all right.

"Hulao and Licheng have a total of [-]. With this strength to attack Hebei, I'm afraid it's a bit weak?"

The fourth child chuckled, "It depends on how to fight. I have the initiative to attack, and I want to be flexible, so I don't have many soldiers. I mainly focus on raids and looting. It's enough for Dou Jiande to drink a pot. I don't need to fight with him." Recklessly."

Luo Cheng nodded in satisfaction, "I'm relieved if you can say that. Although only 5 people are given to you, the township militia in Sandao of the Central Plains are developing well. This is a large reserve force. You If it can be used well, it can be of great help.”

"I know."

Luo Cheng patted Cunxiao on the shoulder, "Okay, then I'll go back to the palace and perform well, if you do well in the Central Plains, when I grant you a fief, I can choose a good one for you. "

"Then I'll make a note of it. When the time comes, I will keep my word." The fourth child laughed.

Luo Cheng only left two soldiers and horses for Cun Xiao, and the rest of the Central Plains soldiers and horses, including those from Hedong, will go north with him. The number will reach 20 people, as many as eight armies.

This is the newly reorganized full-scale army.

In addition, Feng Xiaoci from Hebei, Zhao Gui from Beijing, and Luo Shixin from Liaodong will also be ordered to mobilize heavy troops to join them. Therefore, the final decisive battle in the northern part of the Great Wall will take place.

Luo Cheng will mobilize up to 40 troops. This is going to fight with all his strength. In addition to Xu Shao from the four counties of Yiling, Yang Shilin from the four counties of Eastern Han, and Tuman from the two counties of Hanzhong and other newly attached and unreorganized troops, there are still far away troops. Li Jing and Luo Yi's soldiers and horses in the south of Lingnan, and Xu Shiji's troops as far away as Seoul on the Korean peninsula.

This is already an overwhelming move.

"Your Majesty, the art of war says, Fan Xingshi has a hundred thousand troops, and it costs a thousand dollars a day to go out for thousands of miles."

Wei Zheng remonstrated.

He was very worried about the emperor's plan for the Northern Expedition.

To dispatch 40 troops at a time, even if troops from all walks of life converge, it is too huge.

During the Warring States period, eight families were neighbors, and one member from one family would serve in the army, and seven families needed to worship. Therefore, it is said that 70 divisions were raised, and [-] families were affected and delayed in farming.

Production efficiency was low during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Today's production level has improved, but people eat horses and chew less. On the contrary, the Qin Army's army is highly mobile and has a large number of war horses and pack horses, resulting in higher consumption of food and grass.

Now Daqin controls the entire territory of Liaoning, Andong, Hedong, Shandong, Henan, and Huainan, plus half of Hebei, and half of Dingxiang, not counting half of Shannan and half of Lingnan and Annan, only those six In the middle of the road, the population is about 300 million households, and the total population is only about 500 million people. With 40 soldiers and horses, plus Xu Shiji and Luo Cunxiao and other partial divisions, it is equivalent to 50 people, and the conscription rate is quite high. at three percent.

A three percent conscription rate may not sound like much, but it is actually almost at the limit.

This reminded Wei Zheng of Yang Guang's first expedition to the East, where he conscripted an army of 110 million and [-] troops. As a result, he was defeated this time, which triggered the collapse of the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Although the current Great Qin is the strongest among all the heroes in the world, it has the best chance of unifying the world.But if this battle is not fought well, the consequences will be very dire.

"You don't have to worry, old man. I'm not Yang Guang, and I don't know how to make any ostentation. The 40 soldiers and horses didn't all start from Luoyang. Some were transferred from Huainan, some were transferred from Shandong, Henan, and some were from Hedong. Yes, there are those who set off from Hebei, in addition to those from Siye, Simo, Liu Hongji and other troops who are already on the battlefield, and there are also Xi Qi and other vassal troops outside the Great Wall."

These 40 troops rushed to Daibei from all directions, and not all of them rushed to the same place, but formed several battlefields.

"Zhao Gui led the army to attack Shanggu, Feng Xiaoci led the army to attack Zhaojun, Shixin led the army to attack Hejian, Xiqi army attacked Huaihuang, and Cunxiao attacked Pingyuan and Jijun."

"Siye attacked Chai Shao, and I led the main force out of Taiyuan to attack Yanmen!"

"Liu Hongji guards the cloud, and Luo Simo guards Dingxiang!"

It looks like it will be a big fight, but multiple battlefields are going on at the same time, which is a test of command ability.

"Five households raise one soldier. Now I have more than three million households in the places I have directly grasped. The total population, including slaves, has actually reached more than 60 million. Our Great Qin has the potential to send troops to 40. Now only The [-] Northern Expedition is barely okay, but it is very risky and must be linked together, if one link is wrong, the whole line may collapse, Your Majesty should think about it."

"Besides, it is the end of May, the midsummer season, and the weather is hot. It is not a good time to send troops to fight at this time."

Luo Chengdao, "Don't you know that the weather is extremely hot now, but the enemy came to attack me first, so we can only fight. The weather is not good for me, it is even more bad for the Turkic people, and it is also bad for the Tang army and Xia army who came from afar."

"This battle is of great importance, Your Majesty, be careful."

"Yeah, this battle is very important. If you win, the world is basically settled. If you lose, there will be no peace in the world." Luo Cheng also sighed. Others have already launched an attack, and he, Luo Cheng, has no choice but to fight the enemy with his sword.

(End of this chapter)