Chapter 1001: The Four Great Princes of the South are coming

"Report ...... Qi Yu lord, the big thing is not good, the party is too guarded by Wang Shichong, dispatched 20,000 troops to the south, and has now occupied the land of the two counties of Hanoi and the land of the three counties of Hedong. ”

As soon as this news came out, the generals of the Qin army were in a collective uproar, and they all scolded angrily.

"Wang Shichong is a dog thief, so bold enough, dare to come and grab the ready-made at this time, it's shameless."

"That is, lord, please give the last general 8,000 soldiers and horses, and the last general will guarantee to defeat Wang Shichong's department."

"My lord, the last general only needs 7,000 soldiers and horses......"

"Then I'm 5,000 ......"

Since its formation, the Qin army has relied on many advantages such as equipment, training, and generals, and has hardly suffered any major losses in frontal combat, and this has also developed the personality of the generals who are empty-eyed.

Senior generals such as Li Cunxiao and Ran Min hardly took small princes like Wang Shichong seriously, and even called out to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to defeat the 20,000 troops of the Shangdang.

The generals shouted one after another to sanction Wang Shichong, and Qin Hao was so loud that he immediately shouted: "Shut up for me." ”

As soon as the generals heard this, they immediately stopped making noise, while Qin Hao continued to reprimand: "Look, look at it, what are they all crazy about?" 3,000 soldiers and horses dare to fight against an army of 20,000, which is simply like child's play...... Do you think you're me? ”

Under Qin Hao's reprimand, all the generals also realized that they were too proud, and they even dared to say such crazy words as 3,000 against 20,000.

But Qin Hao's words later made the veterans laugh, Pei Ju and the others were a little unclear when they saw this, and Liu Bowen and the others shook their heads helplessly.

At the beginning of the rebellion of the Yanmen royal family, Qin Hao was forced to lead 3,000 elites to quell the rebellion, and faced Wang Shichong's 20,000 rebels in time.

It was Qin Hao's first battle after joining the army, and it was extremely difficult, but in the end, he still played the momentum of Yanmen, and Qin Hao defeated 20,000 rebels head-on with 3,000 elites and became famous in the first battle.

There were many people present who had also participated in the original battle, and when they heard Qin Hao say this, they couldn't help but look nostalgic, seeing that the former young master had become the current lord, and that high-spirited young man had really grown up.

After Qin Hao knocked the generals on his own, he immediately asked the strategists: "Military advisor, Wang Shichong only has 35,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but this time he dares to transfer 20,000 troops to the south to grab territory, is he crazy?" ”

Since the seizure of the Hetao, the development of the north has simply increased every year, and the four counties of the south have also been radiated by its development, and the economy, politics and population have been greatly improved.

Now the four counties of Bingnan also have a population of nearly 1.23 million, and Shangdang is the richest county among the four counties of Bingnan, but even so, Wang Shichong can only raise 35,000 soldiers, no matter how much it is, it is not that Wang Shichong can't afford to raise it, but Shangdang can no longer provide more soldiers.

Not all Taishou can be like Qin Hao, a county has a population of more than two million, so they almost don't worry about the source of soldiers, of course, the current Nanyang has been split into a county by Qin Hao.

Due to the population limitation of the four counties in the south, they are destined to not be able to raise too many soldiers and horses, and Wang Shichong has the largest number of troops among the four princes of the south, but he can only barely protect himself, and the excess troops are simply expanded to the outside world.

Shangdang is next to Taiyuan County, and if Wang Shichong wants to expand externally, he must dispatch enough troops, but in this way, the rear will become empty, so that the Jin army in Taiyuan will take advantage of the weakness.

It stands to reason that unless the Jin army is completely contained, Wang Shichong has absolutely no possibility of sending troops, but this time he took such a big risk to send troops, which made Qin Hao have to wonder if there was any conspiracy.

After Liu Bowen pondered for a while, he said: "This matter is indeed very strange, Wang Shichong must have a backhand, otherwise he will definitely not dare to take the food from the tiger's mouth, I guess that the other three princes in the south may have been moved by Wang Shichong to send troops together." ”

Qin Hao showed a surprised look and sneered: "Zhang Yang, Wang Chao, Wang Kuang, also have the guts to compete with Benhou for Sizhou?" It's unlikely! ”

It's not that Qin Hao looks down on these three local princes, but these three people are obviously princes of one side, but they are extremely humble in front of Qin Wen and Qin Hao, which makes Qin Hao not regard them as opponents.

Seeing this, Liu Bowen showed a serious look on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Lord, don't underestimate anyone, they are princes after all, and rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry......"

Before Liu Bowen's words were finished, there was another important military situation.

"Report ...... Shangjun was too guarded and flamboyant, and sent 15,000 troops to the south, occupying the land of the two counties in Hedong. ”

"Report ...... Xihe guarded Zhang Chao too much, dispatched 15,000 troops to the south, and occupied the land of the three counties of Hanoi. ”

"Report ...... Shuo Fang guarded Wang Kuang too much, dispatched 10,000 troops to the south, and occupied the land of two counties in Hanoi. ”

Qin Hao's face also became a little unpleasant, he just said that the princes of the south did not dare to compete with him for Sizhou, but he immediately got the news that the other party had sent troops, which was simply a slap in the face.

"It's good to come, just clean them all up at once, and save yourself from finding an excuse to attack them in the future."

Qin Hao said angrily, and what he said was also full of confidence.

The total strength of the four major princes of the south was only 60,000, while the total strength of the Qin army in Sizhou was as high as 130,000, so even if the four princes of the south were united, Qin Hao would definitely not feel too threatened.

Qin Hao was just about to give an order, but Liu Bowen said again: "Lord, the situation is not clear now, whether the four princes of the south have united, or have spontaneously come to grab territory, or have colluded with the Liang army, we don't know anything about this, and it would be too child's play to go to war directly."

In my opinion, our army can not start a war for the time being, and will first seize the counties of Hedong and Hanoi, and after finding out the way to do so, it will not be too late to start a war. ”

Qin Hao pondered for a while and felt that it was very reasonable, and immediately said: "Just do what the military advisor said, and immediately order Xue Rengui to try not to conflict with the army of the southern princes, and grab more territory as quickly as possible." ”

"No."

"Report ...... After chasing to Yewang City, the Liang army was divided into two routes, Yuwen Chengdu and Li Yuanba led the army to defend Yewang, while Yang Jian led most of the Liang army to Hangu Pass and withdrew.

Yewang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Liang army in the city has sufficient troops, Bai Qi was blocked by the strong city, and he could not continue to pursue, so he sent his subordinates to ask, whether to storm Yewang City? ”

After Qin Hao took a deep breath, although he knew that Bai Qi might not be able to catch up, he would inevitably be disappointed in his heart, and then said in a deep voice: "The high wall in front of Yewang City is thick, and the strong attack will definitely cause heavy casualties, so immediately order Bai Qi to suspend the pursuit, and the army will immediately go north to seize the counties of Hanoi. ”

"No."