737. Comparison of the military strength of the two sides
Zhu Wei got the news that Yuan Shao's army was heading south, but he was still a little happy in his heart.
It was a loss that Yuan Shao delayed for some time before, so that the battles in Guanzhong and Yizhou on Zhu Wei's side ended smoothly, otherwise Zhu Wei's side would be even more overstretched to meet Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's soldiers and horses.
However, the current situation is still a little troublesome, Cao Cao has gathered nearly 50,000 elite soldiers outside the Tiger Prison Pass, plus 20,000 or 30,000 civilian service auxiliaries.
However, Yuan Shao's gathering of more than 100,000 troops to the south to attack the Mengjin crossing of the Yellow River was also a big problem.
Although it is protected by the Yellow River, the Yellow River is a big river after all, but it is not a chasm that cannot be crossed, and ferries such as Mengjin and Xiaopingjin are only relatively easy to cross the Yellow River, but if Yuan Shaozhen has the heart to cross the river, he can still find a way after all.
The ability that tens of thousands of troops can exert is not something to be said casually, it is not a problem to fill a section of the Yellow River, and it is even possible to divert the Yellow River, so Zhu Wei must pay attention to the arrival of Yuan Shaojun.
It can be said that the current battle situation is indeed a bit like Yuan Shao said, Zhu Wei had to divide his troops to meet Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, but neither side was weak, and Zhu Wei had to face his weakness with one enemy and two enemies.
Fortunately, on the side of Tiger Prison Pass, Zhu Wei has the main force of the Xionglu camp plus a young Zhuge Liang, even if he can't fight back against Cao Cao, it shouldn't be a big problem to resist Cao Cao's offensive.
On the contrary, in the face of Yuan Shao's army, now there are only Jia Xu and Liu Ye around Zhu Wei who can be strategists, and there are few generals who can take out their hands, except for Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, who were originally placed on the bank of the Yellow River, there are only Mu Lan, Lu Lingqi and Pan Zhang around Zhu Wei, as for Sun Shangxiang, Zhu Wei has been sent by Zhu Wei to guard Dagu Pass and Dacheng Pass.
Although Zhang Ren, Huang Quan, Lei Tong, and Wu Lan were able to bring 30,000 Dongzhou troops from Yizhou to support them soon, they were new generals after all, and even if Zhu Wei knew their loyalty, it was still a little difficult to use them after all.
It is estimated that by the time they arrived, Yuan Shao's army had already arrived, to be honest, how such a newly descended army could be directly used on the battlefield was also a problem, and now Zhu Wei had no time to reorganize the 30,000-strong Dongzhou army.
Therefore, the total strength of Zhu Wei's side is basically the nearly 30,000 Chinese troops still left in Luoyang, plus the 15,000 Xionglu camp troops of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin and the 30,000 newly surrendered Dongzhou army, but Zhu Wei has to face the offensive of Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of northern troops.
From the current information known to Zhu Wei, Yuan Shao originally had Yan Liang's 20,000 forward battalion on the north bank of the Yellow River, in addition to Yan Liang's main general, there should also be infantry captain Ma Yan and Yue cavalry other department Sima Han Ding, and then the 20,000 Yuan army cavalry forward army originally on the side of the Tiger Prison Pass will also be transferred to the north bank of the Yellow River.
Yuan Shao's army from the north was divided into four divisions: left, center, right, and rear.
Among them, the left army is called the Zuowu Wei Battalion, which is led by the general Chun Yuqiong of the supervising army, and is equipped with the infantry captain Wei Yuanjin, the tun cavalry captain Han Ju, and the Yue cavalry Sima Zhao Rui, commanding nearly 14,500 Yuan Shao's army.
The right army is called the Right Guard Battalion, which is temporarily the main general of the infantry captain Gao Lan, and is assigned to supervise the army Governor Guo Tu, the infantry captain Jiang Qi, and the Changshui captain Xun Xuan, commanding nearly 10,000 Yuan Shaojun.
Then there is the Chinese military camp led by Yuan Shao, below which there are shogunate chiefs Shi Tianfeng and Xu You, the chief bookkeeper Chen Lin, the new army Sima Xian, Tun cavalry Sima He Mao, Yue cavalry captain Han Xun, Yue cavalry Sima Han Meng, shooting sound captain Lu Kuang, etc., this Yuan Shao's Chinese army has at least more than 50,000 northern elite regular troops.
Finally, there is Yuan Shao's rear army and transport troops, with the general in charge Jiang Yiqu as the main general, with the shooting voice Sima Lu Xiang, the infantry captain Zhang Jie, and the regular army of Yuan Shao here plus the auxiliary service of the recruited people add up to 50,000 or 60,000 people.
In addition, Yuan Shao appointed Sima and the Protector Governor Feng Ji to supervise the Captain Meng Dai, who was responsible for supervising the logistics of the rear army and dealing with problems that might occur in logistics.
Of course, Zhu Wei's ability to have such a detailed Yuan Shao's military situation was not entirely obtained by the Three Kingdoms game system, but more by the school affairs sent to the north before.
Although these military information are relatively confidential, they are not too secret after all, so they can still be obtained by taking a little care into the school affairs.
It can be said that Yuan Shao's southward army now has at least 12 or 30,000 regular troops, and 40,000 or 50,000 auxiliary soldiers, which is basically a copy of the battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in the original history.
In this way, Zhu Wei used the Yellow River to fight against Yuan Shao's army, which was also not much better than the situation when Cao Cao fought against Yuan Shao's army in Guandu.
The only thing is that Zhu Wei is still in control of the Yellow River, and he can retreat to Luoyang City if he can't do it, with the help of the craftsmen that Zhu Wei brought to Luoyang to use simple cement technology, and now the city defense of Luoyang City has been repaired, and the scale of the imperial capital city has been restored again, which is enough for an offensive and defensive war.
Of course, if Yuan Shao's army really broke through the defense line of Mengjin and Xiaopingjin on the Yellow River, then Zhu Wei could simply withdraw the troops that Ling Cao and Sun Shangxiang had assigned to garrison from Yuyuan Pass, Dagu Pass, and Guangcheng Pass.
As for the Tiger Prison Pass, it can also continue to retain troops to garrison, so as not to let Cao Cao also take advantage of the situation to break through and follow him to the outside of Luoyang City.
It's just that in this case, Tiger Prison Pass may encounter Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's left and right attacks, the specific situation is difficult to analyze, and Zhu Wei can't make up his mind at present, and when the time comes, let Pang Yan and Zhuge Liang on the side of Tiger Prison Pass withdraw or not.
Of course, this is the worst plan, and it is based on the premise that Yuan Shaojun broke through the Yellow River, otherwise as long as Zhu Wei can still hold the Yellow River, then Yuan Shao's army can still be blocked on the north bank of the Yellow River.
At that time, it can be considered to let Wei Yan, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao, and Pang De use cavalry to do something on the north bank of the Yellow River, so it can be said that as long as the war can still stop Yuan Shao's army on the north bank of the Yellow River, then Zhu Wei can come up with more plans to deal with it.
It's just that compared to the threat of Yuan Shao's army, Zhu Wei was a little uneasy at this time, and Zhu Wei even thought about transferring Wang Yuyan from Xiangyang, after all, Wang Yuyan has more than a hundred intelligence, and he may be able to give Zhu Wei more help in making suggestions.
Now Jia Xu and Liu Ye around Zhu Wei are still lacking in intellectual attributes, especially in the face of Yuan Shao's Fu Zhu and Tian Feng, and Cao Cao's Guo Jia and Xun Yu, the two of them are not superior in intelligence.
Or Zhu Wei rewarded Jia Xu with the "Art of War" he is using now, so Jia Xu's intelligence can also be improved to more than 100......