Chapter 2076: The Battle of Beiping between Qin and Qing Dynasties (2)
After Wanyan Honglie hesitated for a moment, he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, most of the 100,000 troops led by Xue Rengui and Wei Qing should have been reorganized from the surrendered troops of the Northern Han Dynasty."
"Relegated soldiers and reorganized?"
Nurhachi's pupils shrank, and then he smiled bitterly and said: "How did Qin Hao get those soldiers to return home in such a short period of time? Isn't he afraid that the soldiers will mutiny before the battle?"
"The leader of the Qin Army's fifth route army is Wei Qing. Presumably, it is the soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty who Wei Qing helped Qin Hao conquer.
As for whether there will be a mutiny? If the battle situation is unfavorable, these surrendered soldiers will naturally be the most unstable factor for the Qin army. But now that the Qin army is invincible on the frontal battlefield, there is naturally no risk of mutiny if the surrendered troops are used to fight a smooth battle. "
After hearing Wanyan Honglie's words, Nurhaci suddenly fell silent.
Who had sworn to him before that Wei Qing was Liu Che's brother-in-law, loyal to Liu Xie, and would not surrender to his enemy Qin Hao even if he died? Nurhachi just wanted to chop off this man's tongue and feed it to the dogs.
If he had known that Wei Qing would surrender and help the Qin army conquer 100,000 surrendered troops in advance, so that the total strength of the Qin army would reach 350,000, Nurhachi would definitely not hold on in Youbeiping and not retreat.
It's okay now, Lu Longsai is right, the retreat is blocked, and he can't escape even if he wants to.
Suddenly, Nurhachi realized that he seemed to have fallen into Qin Hao's trap from the beginning.
Qin Hao has been keeping the news of Wei Qing's surrender under seal. Except for some senior officials of the Qin Army, the outside world did not know that Wei Qing had surrendered.
The reason why Qin Hao blocked the news was to catch the Qing Dynasty by surprise, and the facts proved that this trick was used correctly. The sudden participation of Wei Qing and 100,000 surrendered troops really caught Nurhachi by surprise, and the situation of the Qing army took a turn for the worse. More difficult.
"Is the gap in national power between our Qing Dynasty and Qin really that big?" Nurhaci said with a wry smile. Only at this moment did he truly realize the gap in national power between Qing and Qin.
With the Qin State going to war everywhere, it had already dispatched forty to fifty troops, and could still supply an army of three hundred and fifty thousand to fight the Manchus.
Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty had an army of 550,000, even if the treasury was emptied, it could only supply 300,000 troops to fight the Qin army.
This is the gap between national powers!
As a semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic country, the Manchu Qing Dynasty would naturally not let go of such a killer weapon as new grain varieties. However, even with the new grain varieties, the domestic grain reserves were still insufficient despite the large increase in grain production. To the point where you can spend as much as you want.
Raising an army, fighting at home, and fighting abroad all consume different amounts of food and grass.
Cao Cao, the Duke of Wei in Yanzhou, frantically expanded his army in order to protect himself. A small Yanzhou actually had an army of 300,000, but the actual number of troops dispatched in each campaign never exceeded 150,000.
Why is this? No food.
For another example, the princes of the three states of Hebei, Youqing and Qing had a total military strength of nearly 600,000 to 700,000, but they could only dispatch an army of 500,000 to fight the Qin army.
Why didn't they just send 700,000 troops to fight? Just because they can raise an army of six to seven million people, they cannot provide the food and grass for an army of six to seven million people to fight.
This is still a local battle, and there is no need to consider logistics, otherwise the princes of Hebei will be able to dispatch fewer troops.
As for the fact that Yuan and Meng had a national army of 600,000, but they were able to dispatch forty troops to fight the Hetao, this was not because Yuan and Meng's national power was stronger than that of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, but because Yuan and Meng not only mobilized the power of the whole country, but also invaded Hetao, the granary of the Qin army, can only be supplied by supporting war.
Although today's Manchu Qing Dynasty has also increased its grain production, due to annual battles, nearly half of the family's wealth has been consumed before it can be accumulated. In addition, it only defeated the army but did not destroy the country, so that the national power not only did not increase, but also became worse. The weaker the fight.
This was the main reason why the Manchu Qing Dynasty could only dispatch 300,000 troops to fight the Qin army.
The situation of the Qin army was completely different from that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In the four major battles of Youzhou, Hetao, Sizhou and Jingbei, one external attack and three internal defenses were used, with a full force of 600,000 to 700,000 troops. However, However, the Qin army had no pressure on food and grass at all.
This is the gap in national power!
Nurhachi secretly made up his mind that if he could return to Shengjing smoothly this time, he would concentrate on governing the country and consider going south after the Manchu Qing Dynasty became stronger.
What Nurhachi didn't know was that the Qin army's food pressure was actually much greater than that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but Qin Hao cleverly resolved it.
Youzhou is a new place, there is not much food, and transportation is inconvenient, so Qin Hao built a new Tianjin Port to transport Hebei Qing's food by sea.
Hetao, Sizhou, and Jingbei are all major grain-producing states, and they all fight on their own. In addition, the war in Hetao has ended, and Sizhou has turned from defense to offense, leaving only Jingbei still in a state of anxiety. state, so the pressure on food and grass will naturally not be too great.
If the Qin army's total food consumption is compared to ten, the army in Youzhou alone consumes 60%, while the total consumption in the other three places is only 40%.
The next three days were extremely painful for Nurhachi. Every day he waited for the battle report, hoping for good news, but all he received was bad news.
"Report... Your Majesty, General Fu Jian was blocked by Qin General Zhang Han on the Jieshi Road on his way to march to Lulong.
Relying on the favorable geographical location, Zhang Han built a fortified stronghold in the remaining three days. General Fu Jian has ordered a fierce attack, but it may be difficult to defeat the enemy in the short term. "
"What? Jieshi Dao? General Qin's eyes are really vicious."
Nurhaci couldn't help showing a solemn look, Jieshi said that he had walked through it himself and knew where a dangerous place was, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
When occupying the Liao Kingdom, Yinzhen once persuaded Nurhaci to build a new pass on Jieshi Road and name it Shanhaiguan. With the Lulong and Shanhai Passes in hand, the Qing Dynasty's defense in Youzhou could be completely perfected and would enter the country. Can attack, retreat or defend.
At that time, Nurhaci thought that after seizing Youzhou, the role of Lulongsai would be greatly reduced. Building a new Shanhaiguan would be purely unnecessary and a waste of money and food, so he did not agree.
But now it seems that Yinzhen's proposal is right. If Nurhachi agrees to build a new Shanhaiguan, there will be no possibility of the grain road being cut off.
It's too late to regret!
"Fu Jian was blocked by Zhang Han and could not arrive at Lulong on time, so he could not cooperate with Huang Taiji to attack from both sides. It will be difficult to retake Lulong Sai now."
At this thought, Nurhachi's face instantly turned extremely ugly, but the worse news was yet to come.
"Report...to report to your majesty, the eldest brother has arrived at Lulongsai and immediately launched an attack on the city without stopping. However, General Qin has changed the defense of Lulongsai. The eldest brother attacked fiercely for a day and suffered more than 2,000 casualties. People still haven’t been able to shake Lu Longsai.”
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