Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 1843 The total military strength exceeded 900,000

Chapter 1841: The total military strength exceeds 900,000

At the beginning of the first year of Xingping (AD 194), Qin Hao went to Taihang to propose marriage to the empress of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang's Taihang coup failed, and the two countries of Qin and Ming merged into one.

Subsequently, 500,000 Qin and Ming coalition forces crossed Taihang and invaded Hebei, kicking off the Hebei War.

During the eight-month war, the Qin army experienced hundreds of battles, large and small. Although it failed to completely unify Hebei, it also captured Jizhou and Qingbei, establishing its dominance in Hebei.

 In these successive battles, although the Qin army won consecutive battles, its casualties were also high.

The Qin army suffered 90,000 casualties in the Jizhou battle.

The battle of Julu to destroy Zhao resulted in 52,000 casualties.

Since the Qin army in Jizhou did not intervene in the Qingzhou battlefield, not counting the casualties in the Beihai battle, the Qin army suffered casualties of 150,000 in the battle in Hebei alone.

The Qin and Ming coalition forces numbered 500,000 before the war. After Jizhou was completely occupied, only 350,000 were left.

Although the Qin army suffered heavy casualties, it wiped out a greater number of enemies and also captured a large number of prisoners of war.

Li Jing won a great victory in Beihai and captured 62,000 Han, Zhao and Chenliang coalition forces.

Su Dingfang captured 33,000 Zhao troops after the Julu Battle. After breaking through the Bohai Sea and destroying Zhao, he captured another 130,000 Zhao troops, of which 30,000 were surrendered.

 Bai Qi ambushed from all sides and captured 80,000 Korean and Zhao coalition troops in the first battle, and later forced Zhang He's 30,000 Korean troops to surrender.

Excluding the ascending and descending armies, the Qin army captured nearly 300,000 prisoners of war on the three main battlefields alone.

Li Jing led 30,000 elite troops to support the Jizhou battlefield, while Qingbei, which was extremely short of troops, collected all the prisoners to maintain the Qin army's rule in Qingbei.

Except for the prisoners of war in Qingbei who were integrated, the other prisoners were dispersed and imprisoned in dozens of prisoner of war camps in Yecheng and Bohai to prevent the prisoners from rioting.

Of the 500,000 Qin troops who invaded Jizhou, only 350,000 were left. In addition to Zhang He's 30,000 Korean surrender troops, Xiao Yan's 30,000 Zhao surrender troops, and Li Jing's 30,000 elite Qingbei troops, the Qin army There are still 440,000 troops in Jizhou.

Including the 60,000 prisoners of war in Qingbei and the reorganized army, the Qin army still has an army of 500,000 in Hebei.

After fighting for eight consecutive months and killing nearly 150,000 troops, the Qin army still maintained a strength of 500,000 by recruiting prisoners of war and enemy troops.

Of course, among the 500,000 troops, Qingbei's 60,000 integrated troops have varying overall qualities and their combat effectiveness is too weak, so it is naturally impossible for them to participate in the Youzhou War.

The troops that can participate in the Youzhou War can only be 350,000 Qin troops, Li Jing's 30,000 Beihai Qin troops, and Zhang He and Xiao Yan's 60,000 Han and Zhao surrender troops, for a total of 440,000 troops.

To deal with the mere Northern Han Dynasty, there is no need for 440,000 troops. Even 200,000 troops are enough to capture Youzhou.

 But as the 200,000 Manchu and Qing troops move south, and even more Qing troops may enter Youzhou at any time, everything is uncertain again.

The 500,000-strong Qin, Jin and Ming armies lost a full 150,000 this time, with the Ming army suffering the greatest loss.

The 150,000 Ming army that had just returned to Qin now only has nearly 80,000 troops left, with a reduction of nearly 70,000 soldiers, and nearly half of the soldiers died on the battlefield in Jizhou.

The reason why the casualties of the Ming army were so high was mainly because they wanted to perform well in front of their new master. The generals of each army fought extremely **** the battlefield, so the casualty rate was so astonishing. Nearly half of the 150,000-strong army suffered casualties, and the generals of the Ming Dynasty were naturally anxious. The military prince asked for the captain, the captain asked for the partial general, the partial general asked for the general, the general asked for Long Qie, and Long Qie asked for Qin Hao, hoping to obtain Qin Hao from the prisoners of war. to replenish troops.

The Ming family's request was not excessive. After all, their casualties were the highest in the entire army. Qin Hao thought about it briefly and was ready to agree. This was also to balance the strength of the three families and prevent any one family from becoming dominant.

Qin Hao's arrangement was naturally correct, but after the generals of the Qin and Jin Dynasties learned about it, they all came to Qin Hao, hoping to supplement it from prisoners of war.

Except for the prisoners of war who have been incorporated in Qingbei and the 100,000 strong prisoners of war in Bohai, the other prisoners of war are the main force of Han and Zhao. After being added to the army, they can go to the battlefield immediately after a little training. They are the best source of troops, but this The number of prisoners of war is obviously not large.

The total number of prisoners of war of the main forces in Wei County and Bohai was only 120,000. Even if they were all absorbed by the Qin army, it would not be enough to fill the 150,000 holes of the Qin, Jin, and Ming dynasties.

In order to compete for these high-quality troops, the generals of the Qin, Jin, and Ming dynasties were quarreling fiercely every day, and even started fighting directly, and Qin Hao was bothered by them endlessly.

Originally, Qin Hao wanted to organize these prisoners of war into an army separately, and then hand them over to Han Xin to lead, but he did not expect that his family was eyeing these prisoners of war, and they all wanted to absorb the blood of Hebei prisoners of war.

After careful consideration, Qin Hao decided to collect all the 120,000 prisoners of war, and then brought all 40,000 prisoners of war in Bohai to Yecheng. The 120,000 prisoners of war were handed over to Li Jing and Han Xin for centralized training.

As for the other 100,000 strong prisoners of war in Bohai, Qin Hao ordered all of them to be sent home. This order also made the people of Bohai quickly return to their hearts.

 After a month-long training by Li Jing and Han Xin, the 120,000 Korean and Zhao prisoners of war have completely returned to their original mission and can be absorbed into the army.

In the end, Qin Hao divided the 120,000 prisoners of war into four parts, 40,000 belonging to Han Xin's subordinates, 40,000 belonging to the Ming Dynasty, 20,000 belonging to the Qin Dynasty, and 20,000 belonging to the Jin Dynasty.

Since then, in addition to the Qin, Jin and Ming factions, there has been a new faction in the Qin army, the Ji faction.

 At present, among the major factions of the Qin Army, the Qin Faction is the strongest, the Jin Faction is the second, the Ming Faction is the third, and the Hebei Faction is the weakest.

 At present, the Hebei faction's forces are only Han Xin's 40,000 prisoner reorganized army, Zhang He's 30,000 Korean surrender army, and Xiao Yan's 30,000 Zhao surrender army, a total of 100,000 troops.

After Qin Hao reorganized the two states of Hebei and Qing Dynasty and collected 120,000 Korean and Zhao prisoners of war, the Qin army's strength in Jizhou reached 560,000. Adding in the 60,000 troops from Qingbei, the total strength of the Qin army in Hebei reached An astonishing 620,000 people were gathered.

 Coupling the troops in Jingzhou, Sizhou, Bingzhou, and Hetao, the total strength of the Qin army has steadily exceeded 900,000.

 900,000 troops, this is definitely a terrifying number.

You must know that even the Han Dynasty before the Yellow Turban Uprising still did not and could not support such a large army.

But now that new grain varieties have been thoroughly promoted, Qin Hao can feed an army of 900,000 by just relying on the six states of Sijing and Qinghetao in Hebei Province.

After Qin Hao captures Youzhou, the total strength of the Qin army will definitely exceed one million. Even if all the princes join forces, they will still not be able to stop Qin Hao's unification.

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 (End of this chapter)