Chapter 2122: Pre-war meeting
I have to say that Nurhachi still had some courage. In the end, the 10,000 Qing troops in the sixth battalion were abandoned.
Qin Hao has a huge appetite, and this small amount of food doesn't pique his interest at all. But mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are. If you don't eat what's delivered to your door, you won't eat it for free.
The fate of the six battalions of 10,000 Qing troops has been clearly arranged by Zhuge Liang, that is, they will continue to besieged until they run out of food and surrender. If they refuse to surrender, they will starve to death.
Nowadays, all the major roads in Yanshan are under the control of the Qin army, so it does not require many troops to besiege these 10,000 Qing troops. At most, 20,000 can completely block it, and there is still no way to go from heaven to earth. kind of.
"Twenty thousand?"
After Qin Hao pondered for a while, he smiled and said: "It's not too much. It's best to be able to defeat the enemy without fighting. Just do what you said, Kong Ming."
The decisive battle with the Qing army is imminent. According to Qin Hao's character, he will not leave 10,000 Qing troops in the rear. However, if these 10,000 troops no longer pose a threat, and if he separates 20,000 troops from his side, it will not have much impact. , that is naturally the best way to defeat others without fighting.
"My lord cares about the soldiers, which is really a blessing to our army." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.
"How come you, Kong Ming, have learned such flattery?" Qin Hao joked with a smile.
"Ryo is just telling the truth."
"You."
Qin Hao laughed dumbly, and after correcting himself, he said to the generals below: "In order to expel the Qing army from Youzhou, our army has dispatched a total of 380,000 troops (including Xuanyuan's 10,000 troops and Zhou Yu's 30,000 naval troops). , 100,000 reorganized troops), and now the pre-war strategic deployment has finally been completed.
Xuanyuan Ling's former residence raided Lulongsai, which cut off Nurhachi's retreat. At the same time, he divided the 300,000 Qing troops into two parts, with 200,000 in Beiping on the right and 100,000 in Liaoxi.
The 350,000 main force staying in the west of Youbeiping successively captured the 44th Battalion of Yanshan and opened the Yanshan Mountain Road, but they also paid a heavy price.
According to post-war statistics, in order to break the Yanshan Pass, our army suffered a total of 70,000 casualties (60,000 reorganized troops and 10,000 main troops), 50,000 direct combat casualties, and 20,000 injured, of which 7,000 were disabled and another 13,000. Qian can return to the army after recovering from his injuries.
In addition, eight generals including Li Gan and Han Zeng were killed in the battle, and more than 20 generals including Xue Rengui, Xue Dingshan, Jin Tai and Tian Yu were injured.
Cumulatively killed 40,000 Qing troops, captured 10,000, and killed more than 20 generals such as Duduo, Nian Deli, Tuoba Gui, Tuoba Shi, and Xingluan;"
At this point, Qin Hao's face was full of sadness, and he said in a deep voice: "For just half of Beiping, our army has suffered more casualties than taking down the entire Yan Kingdom."
All the civil and military officials below couldn't help but fell silent after hearing this. That's true, but that's not how the accounts were settled.
Among the 70,000 sacrificed troops, 60,000 were reorganized troops from the surrendered army. The main force of the Qin army only accounted for 10,000. Overall, the price paid by the Qin army was not high, but it was not as high as taking down the entire Yan army. There are many countries with many capitals, that’s for sure.
In addition, considering the complicated situation in the imperial capital, even if the 200,000 Qing troops were finally annihilated, the Qin army would not be able to continue to invade western Liaoning and expand its results, so the Qin army would only gain two counties in the end.
Just for two counties, nearly 400,000 troops were mobilized, a huge amount of food, grass and materials were consumed, and a war of nearly 700,000 people was fought. Is this really worth it?
Qin Hao thinks it is worth it, because after winning this battle, if everything goes well, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will definitely fall into civil strife.
Under the internal and external troubles of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, coupled with the Qin army's instigation, in the next ten or even twenty years, I am afraid that they will not be able to go south to prevent China from completing the unification.
So this battle is worth it, even if it costs twice as many casualties.
"It's time to end this."
Qin Hao said categorically, and then continued: "Our army has a total of 340,000 troops on the Western Front, with a loss of 70,000, and 270,000 left.
The already exhausted 20,000-strong reorganized army was in urgent need of rest and reorganization, but they would not participate in the upcoming decisive battle. In addition, another 20,000-strong army was needed to blockade the Sixth Battalion of the Qing Army, which was stubbornly resisting in Yanshan.
Therefore, next, I will personally lead an army of 240,000 to fight to the death with Nurhachi's Qing army. "
After saying this, Qin Hao looked at Liu Bowen and asked, "How many troops does Nurhaci have left?"
"My lord, Nurhaci had an army of 200,000 before the counterattack. After the war, he sent Huang Taiji to lead 30,000 to attack Lulong, and Tuoba Gui to lead 70,000 to guard Yanshan.
Now that Yanshan has been broken, the Qing army has lost 50,000 troops, and 10,000 others are trapped by our army, which is equivalent to losing 60,000 troops.
Huang Taiji failed to successfully attack Lulong for more than half a month. Now I am afraid that more than half of his troops have been lost. When the decisive battle comes, Huang Taiji will definitely be transferred back by Nurhachi.
Counting Huang Taiji, Nurhaci's available troops should be between 120,000 and 130,000, including 70,000 cavalry. "
Before the war started, 100,000 of the 300,000 Qing troops were cavalry. This was the real confidence that Nurhachi and Qin Hao had in fighting. However, Qin Hao had been avoiding fighting and did not give him a chance to take advantage of the cavalry. When Qin Hao went to fight Nurhaci, he turned from offense to defense, so that the 100,000 cavalry never played a big role.
Now that the war has been going on for so long, excluding the damaged cavalry and the cavalry divided in western Liaoning, the Qing army has only 70,000 cavalry left in Youbeiping. This is the only force of the Manchu Qing that can pose a threat to the Qin army.
"Nurhachi has 70,000 cavalry. How many cavalry does our army have?" Qin Hao looked at Huo Qubing and asked.
"The total number of our cavalry is 80,000. If we fight the Qing army, we will definitely defeat them in one battle." Huo Qubing said confidently.
Although in addition to the 40,000 elite cavalry, the riding skills of the other 40,000 Qin army cavalry are still far behind the Qing army's Eight Banners cavalry. However, the Qin army's equipment is several grades higher than that of the Qing army, which can completely shorten this part of the combat power gap.
"Okay, 240,000 versus 120,000, our army's strength is fully twice that of the Manchus. If we can't win a big victory, I will have no shame in returning to Luoyang.
According to the king's military order, in addition to the 20,000 reorganized troops and the 20,000 troops blockading Yanshan, the remaining 240,000 troops must cross Yanshan on the 5th and engage in a decisive battle with the Qing army. "
After Qin Hao finished speaking, Huo Qubing asked: "My lord, now that the Qing army can transport grain from the sea, the grain and grass crisis has been resolved, and our army's strength is twice that of the Qing army, and its equipment and morale are far superior to those of the Qing army." Army, what if Nurhachi cowers and doesn't dare to fight? Do we still want to continue to attack?"
As soon as these words came out, some generals frowned. After all, the Qing army still had 120,000 troops. If they continued to attack by force, the casualties would be too great, and the gains would not be worth the losses.
"Will not."
Qin Hao smiled confidently: "Nurhachi is not someone who can be easily captured. He will definitely go out of the city to fight our army instead of passively defending."
(End of chapter)
