Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2116 Black and white robbery fights with vigor and victories

  The moment he walked out of the palace, the sun poured down and fell on Xun Yu.

  Xun Yu narrowed his eyes, raised his head slightly, glanced at the hard-to-see Guanghua in the sky, then lowered his head, hiding his face under the shadow again.

   Before the joy of the son of the emperor Liu Xiexin dissipated, the sad news of Yangcheng came.

   Liu Xie hurriedly summoned Xun Yu in the middle of the night to ask about the security situation. Although Liu Xie felt that something was wrong, after all, he lacked practical experience in military operations, so he couldn't find any problems. Even though Liu Xie still had doubts in his heart, he could only reluctantly accept Xun Yu's proposal. Saying the words, let Xun Yu go out of the palace...

  Are there any soldiers around Xu County?

Have.

   There are quite a few soldiers in the field, a full 50,000. It's just that Xun Yu didn't say that these garrison soldiers were basically the 300,000 farmers in Qingzhou who had transferred jobs, nor did he say that the old and the weak were counted among these numbers. The soldiers who stayed in the field around Xu County were either old or weak, and the better ones had already been screened out. The rest had to take care of the fields and maintain law and order. Are they really going to go into battle? Not necessarily better than the Yellow Turban Thieves back then...

   Is there a better military force?

   also have.

   Taishan soldiers.

   Or Taishan thief.

Zang Ba is not a little white rabbit, he can listen to Xun Yu's words obediently, **** up his ears when he says it, turn his **** when he says it, and the ones who stand behind Zang Ba and go in and out are the ones who stay invisible most of the time Qingxu Haoqiang Group. To put it simply, they are Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li, Chang Xi and others.

In many games of later generations, these four guys always look like yellow scarf thieves, or they don't even have decent attire, and they don't even have decent armor, but in fact these four guys are not only famous, but also famous. In the era of Cao Wei who admired the "nine ranks", if these people were simply born as ordinary people, a pariah, and a bandit road tyrant, then it can only be hehe Already...

   If you only pay attention to the military and ignore politics, it may be difficult to understand Zang Ba's position and fate in Cao Wei. Just like what Mr. Luo wrote, or the description in some games, Zang Ba looks like an ordinary surrendered general, even far worse than the five good generals, but in fact, Cao Pi succeeded Queen Wei, Zang Ba served as "General Zhendong" and "supervisor of all military forces in Qingzhou".

In the early and middle period of the Cao Wei Dynasty, it was Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun and the like. Only the cronies of these clans were qualified. Most of the five good generals were still commanders of the army, and they were not qualified to sit in such a position. Zang Ba was in a game. With the face of the masses who command only 70 or 80 armed forces, how can He Dehe be the "Commander-in-Chief of the Qingzhou Front Army"?

  So the relationship between Zang Ba and Cao Cao is more like a relationship of mutual cooperation, rather than subordinates. This relationship even lasted until Cao Pi's period.

This time, Xun Yu used the name of Cao Cao to transfer Zang Ba's soldiers early on. Although he said that he was sure, he didn't have much confidence in his heart. If Zang Ba didn't want to come, or he came late Already...

  Xun Yu's face was calm, his demeanor remained the same, he walked forward, and from time to time he nodded in return to the colleagues he met.

  In Xu County, inside and outside the imperial palace, because of the celebration of the new heir of the emperor, some arrangements were also made.

  At this moment, the gorgeous decorations in front of him seem like Luoyang in the past.

   At a cursory glance, the big man seems to be still as prosperous as brocade.

  But who can know that under these beautiful decorations, there is actually a piece of dead wood?

  …~(=_=)…

  On the outskirts of Chang'an, Sima Manor.

  The classics in the study are high and low, showing the depth of Sima Mendi's knowledge reserves.

  These books are not used as decorations in the later generations. In the Han Dynasty, such a collection of books was enough to awe ordinary people and envy ordinary gentry children. In the daily gentry gatherings, whoever can shake his inner beauty and tell some remote allusions is more admired and admired than shaking a watch and a dog chain.

   It's just that right now, neither Sima Hui, Mr. Shui Jing, nor Sima Yi, the little fox, have much interest in reading.

  A few thin birdsong came from outside the window, sandwiched in the green smoke lingering in the study.

Sima Manor, the halls and courtyards for receiving outsiders, is magnificent and prosperous, but the study and other places used by my family do not have any gorgeous eaves carvings, nor rich gold and silverware. thoughts. The shade outside the study is like a canopy, and the light coming in is comfortable and not harmful to the eyes. There are windows on both sides, which can be used for ventilation and viewing.

  Listen to the rain in spring, watch lotus in summer, fall leaves in autumn, and enjoy snow in winter.

  Look at the scenery outside the window and see the general trend of the world.

As far as Xijing is concerned, the situation of the entire Jingzhou battle did not attract much attention among ordinary people, and even caused little waves. Large-scale requisition of grain and grass, collection of materials, but relying on the storage of several warehouses built in Chang'an before, supported this small battle...

  On the table, there is a huge map, and on the map are large and small landmarks. For the two of Sima, the war in Jingzhou is obviously the focus of attention. After all, this battle also means some future trends...

  Although Mr. Shui Jing seems to be aloof on the surface, in fact, he has collected a lot of information secretly, and pays close attention to the changes in the world.

"What makes hussars different from the rest of the world is that Tibetan soldiers are better than the people..." Sima Yi picked up two white stones from the lacquer plate on the side and put them in the Guanzhong area of ​​the map. After thinking for a while, he took another one, Put it together, "Since the hussars raised troops in the north, they have been scattered in various cities to patrol and inspect. There may be nearly ten thousand local village soldiers..."

  Sima Hui and Sima Yi still follow the habits left over from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, using "ten thousand formations" as the unit for calculation, but this "ten thousand formations" does not mean an array of ten thousand people, but only about 3,000 regular soldiers. In fact, in many cases, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others called the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but in fact it did not seem to be the so-called "thousands" of soldiers, but the "thousands" of formations.

  Three white stones represent three "ten thousand", about ten thousand people. Of course, in fact, Fei Qianruo said that the number of soldiers retired from the army as a whole is of course more than this number, but the number in Guanzhong is indeed similar to Sima Yi's calculation.

  『Soldiers like these, as patrol inspectors, calm down bandits, frighten the place, and have the convenience of recommending soldiers, in fact, they can accomplish multiple things at one stroke...' Sima Yi shook his head and said, and couldn't help but click his tongue twice.

The Shandong gentry has been drawing from the top of the people, and has never thought of making up for the place. As a result, all the places with good combat effectiveness were transferred away, and the rest were selected from the poor until there were no bad ones. Catching death row thieves as a source of soldiers is naturally impossible to have a virtuous circle.

And like Fei Qian at present, even though most of the troops in Guanzhong have arrived in Heluo Jingzhou, the gentry children in Guanzhong dare not say that Fei Qian can take the opportunity to rebel because of the emptiness in Guanzhong, because even if it is not counted in Bingbei The support soldiers in Yinshan, Longyou Racecourse, and Hanzhong Basin, even in Guanzhong, although there are not many patrolling soldiers scattered to each town, but once something happens, they are a force that cannot be underestimated.

  Sima Hui nodded, nodded on Bai Zi, and said: "Correcting its origin is the benefit of the armor... People in Shandong used to laugh at the waste of their horses..."

  Sima Yi added, "In addition, Jinchuangke..."

  Sima Hui nodded again.

In war, battle damage is inevitable, but since the hussars ruled the army, they have attached great importance to the lives of soldiers, sophisticated weapons and good logistical support, so that in several battles, the death rate is not very high, especially It is especially important that those injured soldiers can also recover in the follow-up repairs.

In serious battles, the number of direct deaths due to fighting does not actually account for the majority of deaths in the entire battle. On the contrary, the subsequent wounded soldiers cannot survive tetanus, inflammation, etc., and the number of damage is even greater. Those who directly kill the opponent's prisoners are the biggest loss of soldiers in war.

  In the final decisive battle between Huangfusong and Huangjin, more than 30,000 people were defeated and killed head-on, and there were more than 150,000 people who were either driven into the river or directly killed to become Jingguan...

   Immediately in the second year of Zhongping, spring, the first month, a great epidemic.

  The dead don't count.

  Thus calculated, in the final battle of the three Zhangjiao brothers, at most 50,000 people were directly killed in battle, and at least 200,000, or even 300,000 people died directly or indirectly after the war...

Therefore, no matter whether it is Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, there are a lot of soldiers in hand, but they are not like Fei Qian, who can control them. After the post-war death rate is reduced and controlled, the number of veterans in Fei Qian is of course more than that of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. , There are other places where the princes are much better.

Sima Hui took a few more white pieces and put them in the Yinshan Mountain, "At first glance, this place looks flat and barren, and there are barbarian neighbors, and is despised by scholars, but if you don't pay attention, who will know, this place is very important." ! Raising horses and training horses, training soldiers and horses, complement each other, can not only suppress the northern border, but also be a prolific source of troops... What a plan of hussars...』

  Sima Yi said: "General Pingbei plundered the royal court in the north, and most of the livestock and horses he got were transported here... and some of them went to Longxi... Not many people know about this..."

Sima Hui's gray eyebrows twitched, ""Leave the chariot to Pengpeng, the city is farther than Shuofang". Jue Ziling, Liang Beihe, begging for Puni, breaking Fuli, beheading the light and sharp soldiers, arresting and ambush listeners of three thousand and seventy-one levels, getting ugly in the interrogation, driving more than a million horses, cattle and sheep... But what, hey ...'

Sima Yi smiled, and said with emotion: "This is the ability of hussars... Liehou fought against the Xiongnu, the big man was poorer than horses, and now hussars have defeated Xianbei, hehe... Uncle knows that Wenhou Chitu has three generations , A few days ago, Hushi sent someone to send a horse to General Pingbei...』

"Oh? 』Although Sima Hui is old, he is from the Han Dynasty after all, and he is even more interested in war horses than in beautiful women. When Sima Yi said this, he suddenly became interested, "The horse is also red?" Like a rabbit head? 』

  Si Mayi shook his head, and said: "There are a few scarlet horses, but there are also variegated ones, and the rabbit head is the same, but they are powerful, tough, competitive, and they are all excellent horses..."

During the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and others beat the Xiongnu until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen, but the harvested horses, cattle and sheep did not survive much, and they were soon either eaten up or died on the battlefield again. In the later stage, he was still struggling with war horses. The reasons for this were very complicated, and there might also be equipment and technology reasons.

Among them, although the conditions for raising horses in Dahan were not as good as that of Damo at that time, it did not mean that it was not suitable for raising horses at all. In the end, everyone was eager to eat, and after eating, they pouted their buttocks and didn't think about sustainable development at all.

But now, after Lu Bu had been decadent for a while, Fei Qian took the opportunity to breed some red rabbits. Later, the second-generation red rabbits given to Lu Bu were one of them, and now there is the third generation. The appearance and face shape are a bit mixed, but there are still some excellent genes, and it is also a top horse among ordinary war horses, so it is used to distribute to senior generals in various theaters.

  It is said that the fourth generation of horses with more diluted bloodlines will join the ranks of high-end horses for sale, and ordinary people can also buy them with coins, but they need to make an appointment in advance...

  Well, if Sima Yi stayed in later generations, he must be familiar with this set of procedures.

  If Cao Cao found out that Fei Qian sent troops to attack Jingzhou, it was because there were a lot of war horses at a time, and it was difficult to feed some of them. When he had to digest some, I don’t know how he would feel?

  『In this way, the hussars used less than 100,000 horses... 』Sima Hui gestured at the map, 『The place was stabilized...even...』

  Sima Hui swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and did not say the rest of the sentence.

If he didn't do the math, Sima Hui even thought that there should be at least 100,000 hussars, not to mention 150,000 troops, in order to achieve almost oppressive victories from south to north, and from east to west. After checking with Sima Yi, who was more familiar with the specific situation, he realized that, in fact, there were not many soldiers and horses under the hussars, and those retired soldiers were counted. At most, it is in the early 70,000s and less than 80,000.

  Among the 70,000 to 80,000, not all cavalry are cavalry. The cavalry and infantry are divided into six or four. There are more cavalry in the open and vast terrain in the northern part of Guanzhong, and the places in Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu are dominated by infantry.

  Of course, the calculation method of Fei Qian's soldiers is different from that of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others. Most of the soldiers under Feiqian can be regarded as elite soldiers, such as soldiers in the fields, Feiqian basically does not have, and will not be counted, but among the armies of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, there are many soldiers similar to The number of low-level arms such as Tuntian soldiers naturally seems to be very large.

In most wars, it is unlikely that all the troops will be dispatched. Although the refueling tactic has been criticized by military strategists, in reality, there is a time difference between the defenders from all over the country arriving at the place where the war takes place, so it has become a common form instead. .

Just like the battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao back then, Yuan Shao mobilized more than 100,000 manpower. If the recruited civilians were added, the number would be close to 150,000, and Cao Cao's side also mobilized about 20,000 soldiers. Confronted head-on, and then added soldiers again. In the end, the Cao army's strength reached more than 30,000. In the end, judging from the results of the entire battle situation, in fact, the two sides have always maintained a battle area of ​​about 10,000...

In other words, although Yuan Shao has many troops, his efficiency is low, just like the CPU of later generations. If he runs some poorly optimized programs, it does not matter whether it is equipped with eight cores or twelve cores. All beings are equal and there is only one core. Working hard, the rest of the core stood behind and watched the show.

Now Cao Cao is also caught in this kind of "all beings are equal". Cao Cao's total force far exceeds that of Fei Qian. Even if those soldiers who can only be used to fill the fields are removed, Cao's army still has 30,000 to 40,000 troops in Jizhou. Among the key points and counties in Jizhou, there are still about 10,000 soldiers in Yijing and Yuyang in Youzhou. …

   Theoretically, if Cao Cao squeezed harder, he could still gather a hundred thousand elite soldiers.

  Is it just the difference between theory and practice? It’s like a silly number of kilometers. It looks beautiful, but it’s absolutely impossible to drive on the real road.

  Cao Cao’s 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers in Jizhou are still elite soldiers. These soldiers have experienced the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, and they also have certain combat experience. They can indeed be used directly, but the question is whether to defend Taihang Mountain? Even if you don't defend Shangdang Taiyuan, should you be wary of the local gentry in Jizhou colluding with these former soldiers of the Yuan family to engage in petty tricks, or even rebellion?

   You must know that Yanzhou has learned from the past!

  How long has it been since the Qinghe county magistrate incident?

   Similarly, it is basically difficult for Cao Cao to mobilize the Taishan army and Xuzhou soldiers.

  After all the whites and blacks were arranged, Sima Hui looked at the map of Jingzhou where there were obviously more blacks. Sima Hui nodded, shook his head again, and sighed, "The people of Jingzhou have suffered so much after this long battle..."

  Sima Yi held a different opinion, "My nephew thinks that this battle won't last long..."

  『Why? ’ asked Sima Hui.

"Although Cao Jun has a large number of soldiers, it consumes a lot..." Sima Yi smiled, and clicked on the map, "If my nephew is not bad, now Cao Jun...hehe, I am afraid that his savings are exhausted...Cao Jun can't take Wancheng Yep, it's just missing...the hussars marched out, and they were stuck on the main point...this time in the black and white competition, although there were many blacks, they turned into fools, and although there were few whites, they were agile, and in the end, white won with long breath! 』

  (end of this chapter)