Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 1239 A battle that stakes the fate of the country

Chapter 1237: A battle that stakes the fate of the country

Temujin was very confident about taking over the three counties of Hetao. After all, he had defeated Zhenbeiguan, which was more difficult to fight. In his opinion, the three counties of Hetao, which were only flat and flat, were simply vulnerable.

Temujin appointed Yang Silang as the vanguard to attack Yinshan County. Firstly, he wanted to see a good show of brothers fighting each other; secondly, he wanted to undermine the morale of the Jin army; thirdly, he was confident in his own huge military power.

 But in the end, although Temujin saw the good show of brothers killing each other, he couldn't laugh at all.

Among the ten counties of Yinshan, except for two counties that surrendered voluntarily, the remaining seven counties were forcibly captured, and the resistance became stronger one by one. In the end, Yuanmeng also hit a big nail under the city of Yinshan.

All the people in each city in the Hetao were soldiers, and men, women, old and young participated in the defense of the city. This also meant that every time the Yuan and Meng armies captured a city, thousands of elite soldiers died.

If Yuan Meng follows this trend and attacks one city after another, even if he can eventually capture the three counties of Hetao, he will probably have to pay a loss of one to two hundred thousand troops. This is no longer worth the loss for Temujin.

Naturally, Temujin would not be frightened by the Jin army's all-people strategy. In order to frighten the Han people in the city, so as to reduce the resistance of the Han people and surrender the city without a fight, Temujin ordered a massacre of the city. To intimidate the Han people.

Temujin's order was deeply rooted in the hearts of the entire army, and this also caused the Yuan-Meng army to massacre three cities and kill nearly 100,000 innocent people when they attacked Yinshan County.

Facing the massacre by the foreign army, the people of Yinshan were crying and howling. But what Temujin did not expect was that the iron-blooded threat did not scare the Han people, but instead aroused the people of Hetao to become more resistant.

 All the people in Hetao hated Yuan Meng, and a large number of young and strong people took the initiative to join the Qin army's militia.

 Since when did the sheep-like Han people become so courageous?

Temujin is also puzzled by this, but in the end it can only be attributed to the fact that the Jin army has repeatedly won battles against foreigners over the years, which has caused a surge in the national self-confidence of the Han people, so these lower-class people Only then was he not afraid of Yuan Meng.

Spurred by hatred, the people in Hetao were extremely enthusiastic about joining the army, and the Jin army's militia also continued to grow. Finally, when it reached the level of 200,000 people, it was stopped by King Qin Wen.

There are still many people who want to join the army to fight against the Yuan Dynasty, but the Jin army can no longer afford it. After all, militiamen are also soldiers. Once they die in battle, they also need to receive pensions. Although the militia's pension is much less than that of the regular army, it is still a huge burden for the Jin army, and the 200,000 militiamen are already enough, so the Jin army's militia team will only maintain At the level of two hundred thousand.

With the joint efforts of the regular army, militia, and civilians of the Jin army, Yuan and Meng only captured 14 ordinary county towns. Even before they captured a single county town, they had already lost 60,000 elite troops.

Although the casualties of the Jin army were greater, the militiamen alone had sacrificed for 120,000 years, but the militiamen had everything they needed for the Jin army, and they were quickly recruited again and recovered.

The Jin army relied on militia to consume the elites of Yuan and Meng, while the elites of the Jin army retained their effective strength.

Under the circumstances, even if Yuanmeng had 400,000 cavalry, they would be used up less and less. In the end, the Jin army overtook them and lost the battle.

After realizing this, Temujin ordered a stop to the massacre after massacring three cities. The resistance of the Han people was too great. Stopping the massacre at this time would not resolve the hatred, but at least it would not continue to increase the hatred.

In this way, in the first wave of battle with the Jin army, although Yuan and Meng captured the land of thirteen cities, they lost 60,000 elite troops. With the arrival of 150,000 Qin troops in Yinchuan, the number of Han troops increased instead of decreasing, and now reached an astonishing 580,000, which also put Temujin under great pressure.

Since losing to Qin Hao at Yanmen Pass, Temujin has never lost a battle in his expeditions. However, the huge pressure now not only did not frustrate Temujin, but also made him excited.

We must win this battle to wash away the shame of losing to Qin Hao. Temujin swore secretly in his heart.

The total number of Qin and Jin coalition forces is as high as 580,000. Although 200,000 of them are militiamen and only 380,000 regular troops, their strength still exceeds that of Yuan and Meng.

Even Temujin had to admit that although Ka Yuan and Meng were on the offensive, the Qin and Jin coalition forces could only be passively beaten, but in fact Yuan and Meng were already struggling in the Hetao.

 580,000 Qin and Jin coalition forces defended Hetao like an iron wall. Even ordinary county towns were difficult to defeat, let alone heavily guarded county towns.

Continuing to attack the city will only consume its own troops. If it does not attack the city, it will waste food and grass. Yuanmeng has been trapped in a dilemma.

Who is Temujin? He is Genghis Khan. With 340,000 elite cavalry in hand, how can he be stumped by such a small problem?

The main problem facing Yuan and Meng today is still insufficient military strength. As long as they can continue to increase their troops and occupy superior strength, they may not be able to overwhelm the Qin-Jin coalition forces.

But there are only 200,000 troops left in Yuan and Mongolia, and they still need to guard against Nurhachi from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in the east. If they continue to recruit troops, the rear may become unstable.

After weighing the pros and cons, Temujin finally decided to continue to mobilize troops from home. After all, both Qin Wen and Qin Hao had mobilized all the forces under their command. If he did not go all out, how could he stop the Qin-Jin coalition from taking over? An all-out counterattack?

Temujin lacked both courage and courage, so he was ready to have a battle with Qin Hao: a battle in which the fate of the country would be staked, and all his achievements would be accomplished in one battle.

 If you win, you will naturally get everything the opponent has, step on the enemy's corpses, sweep across the Central Plains, and become invincible in the world;

　　If defeated, Yuan and Meng's national foundation will be shaken, and the country may even be destroyed.

"I'm sending an order to recruit 100,000 veterans from the country to go south, and another 200,000 new troops."

As soon as Temujin said this, the entire Yuanmeng high-level officials were shocked. Tuo Lei was the first to stand up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you must not do this. If we are deploying troops, the domestic military strength will be reduced to ten." Forget it, if the Qing Dynasty comes, what can we do to resist it? With those 100,000 veterans and 200,000 new troops, we can’t stop the Qing Dynasty.”

A trace of determination flashed in Temujin's eyes, and he said solemnly: "The Battle of the Hetao is a battle where both the enemy and us are betting on the fate of the country. Now that Qin and Jin are in ruins, we, Yuanmeng, will naturally have to risk our lives to win this battle." The possibility of a war.

Now I order that before the Battle of Hetao is over, all the people of Dayuan Kingdom must also join forces and fight the national disaster together. "

Tuo Lei opened his mouth when he heard the words, but in the end he was speechless. He knew that what Temujin said was right, that is, gambling the country's destiny on a war was too hasty for a country. .

 (End of this chapter)