Chapter 1108: If you go outside, you must first settle inside

When Qin Wen captured the Hetao and formed the Union Army, although Wang Kuang had the courage to join the coalition army, it was because Qin Wen took the lead, so Wang Kuang dared to follow behind and wave the flag to cheer.

Now that the 70,000 iron cavalry of Yuanmeng is roaring, regardless of whether the Southern Coalition Army has a request for Yuanmeng, with the little strength in the hands of Wang Kuang, how can he dare to stop the 70,000 Mongolian iron cavalry!

70,000 yuan Meng Tie rode to Shuofang with a roar, not only was he not hindered by anything, but even the guards obeyed Wang Kuang's orders and sent wine and meat to send Murong Ke and his army away.

The Jin army had garrisons to defend the Liang army in the west, but only set up sentry posts for the princes in the south.

The difference in strength between the two sides is too great, and it would be good if the Jin army did not fight the southern princes, and it was impossible for the southern princes to take the initiative to attack the Jin army.

This was a matter of course, but now he didn't want to be exploited by Murong Ke, and 70,000 iron cavalry came straight to Yinchuan County, which was empty in the south of Hetao.

Three days ago, after Qin Hao's flying pigeon biography reached Jinyang, it immediately attracted Qin Wen's great attention, and then it also caused an uproar in the Jin army.

Of the 150,000 Jin troops, 120,000 are now concentrated in Yanmen Pass and Zhenbei Pass, but Yuanmeng has already colluded with Yang Jian, and the 70,000 Yuan Meng Iron Cavalry is about to attack the Hetao from Liangzhou.

The Hetao is now in danger, but the Jin army does not know the true purpose of the Yuan army.

Does Yuanmeng want to take the Hetao to break through the Zhenbei Pass, and let the Yuanmeng Iron Rider outside the pass come in?

Or did the iron cavalry drive straight in, go straight to Taiyuan, and attack Jinyang, the capital of the Jin army?

The Jin army didn't know anything about this, but after discussion, it still believed that it was more likely that the Yuan and Mongolian armies would go north to Zhenbeiguan and meet Temujin's army, so they quickly discussed and prepared for war.

"My lord, if you go outside, you must first settle inside."

Xi Zhicai stood up and said with a serious face: "The matter is urgent, we must first concentrate the superior forces and completely annihilate the 70,000 Mongolian iron cavalry that is about to enter the Hetao.

Otherwise, once these 70,000 iron cavalry rage in the Hetao, so many years of governance by our army will be in vain. ”

"Seventy thousand iron horsemen, and they are iron horsemen equipped with stirrups and horseshoes, if you want to completely annihilate them, you must at least send twice as many troops as the enemy."

Qin Wen had long realized the seriousness of the problem, and saw that his face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Our army now has a total of only 150,000 troops, and there are still 200,000 yuan outside the outer pass, and the two northern passes also have to be defended.

In order to survive this crisis, Ben Hou decided to land the Hetao and all the people were soldiers to resist the invasion of Yuan and Mongolia.

In addition, 100,000 reservists were immediately called up, and all cities and counties were ordered to guard the gates of the city and never go to war. ”

The Jin army sat on the north of the five counties, Hetao three counties, a total of eight counties, after these years of cultivation and vigorous development, with a population of more than 3 million, but only 200,000 standing troops were recruited.

In a place like Bingzhou, which has been at war with foreign races for many years, even if the ratio of soldiers to civilians reaches ten to one, it is not considered a poor army, so Qin Wen is completely within the scope of conscription of 100,000 reserve soldiers.

In comparison, the four counties of Jingbei that Qin Hao sat on only had a total population of nearly three million, but they recruited an army of 240,000.

The ratio of soldiers and civilians under Qin Hao's command is not only close to ten to one, but also in the densely populated Central Plains, which shows that compared with Qin Wen, Qin Hao is the real poor soldier.

However, Qin Hao also has no choice, Nanyang is a place of four wars, if he does not recruit so many troops, he will not have the strength to expand much.

Fa Zhi stood up at this time and said in a deep voice: "My lord, conscription and all the people are soldiers, they are all strategies to annihilate the enemy, and the top priority is to resist the enemy, if even the 70,000 yuan Mengtie cavalry can't stop it, let alone annihilate the 70,000 army." ”

"That's right."

Sima Fang took over the conversation and said in a deep voice: "Our army's ordnance reserves are extremely sufficient, not to mention the recruitment of 100,000 reserve troops, even 200,000, but we don't have so much time to prepare. ”

The reservists recruited by the Jin army are all veterans and people who have received military training, as long as they distribute weapons and simple training, they will quickly form an army, although their combat power is not as good as that of the regular army, but it is more than enough to defend the city or coerce the battle.

"We must dispatch the army as soon as possible to block the Yuanmeng army in Yinchuan County, so that our army will have enough world to prepare for the next action."

Xi Zhicai took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Lord, Yanmen Pass and Zhenbei Pass are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and leaving 20,000 defenders each is enough to support two months."

With these two months, it must be enough for our army to make all preparations, and then wipe out the first offender in the future. ”

"What the military advisor said is even."

Qin Wen nodded, and Zhengse ordered: "Order Yang Ye, the governor of Yinshan, select another general to guard the north pass of the town, and then lead an army of 40,000 to sit in Yinchuan County."

Li Dingguo, the guard of Yanmen Pass, was ordered to immediately divide an army of 40,000 and let Wang Meng, the governor of Hetao, lead him and go to Yinchuan to help. ”

"My lord, Wang Meng has both men and arms, and it is not a problem to lead an army of 40,000.

General Li Dingguo has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he led an army of 20,000 to guard Yanmen Pass, which is also foolproof.

But if Governor Yang Ye leaves Zhenbei Pass, there may be no one under his command who will be able to take up the important task of guarding the pass. Sima Fang said worriedly.

"Don't worry, General Yang's sons are all difficult generals, and it is not a problem to choose one person to live in and defend the checkpoint."

Qin Wen's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he said with a smile: "We always have to give the young eagle a chance to soar into the sky, the future of the world is theirs!" ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, the appointment of their own lords and generals has always been extremely bold, the young master Qin Hao led the army to fight when he was only 14 years old, Li Dingguo is a yellow turban general, but now he is going to guard Yanmen Pass, and such an example is still in the Jin army.

"Jinyang is the hinterland of our army, if the Yuanmeng Iron Cavalry can't completely solve the supply problem, it is definitely not so simple to attack it, so only 10,000 of the 30,000 defenders of Jinyang are enough, and the remaining 20,000 troops ......."

Saying that, Qin Wen looked around, and finally his eyes stayed on Xi Zhicai, and said in a deep voice: "Military advisor, it's up to you to take me to Yinchuan." ”

"No."

"If I can still ride a horse-drawn bow, I will definitely lead the army in person and go to fight with Yuanmeng, but ......"

Saying that, Qin Wen sighed lonely, and then smiled helplessly: "There is a labor division to run for me." ”

"It is my duty to share the sorrows of the Lord."

Xi Zhicai is right, but he can't help but feel sad about the twilight of the hero's lord, when did he have the high-spirited Qin Wen who crisscrossed the northern frontier, but now he can't even pull the bow.