Chapter 2805: Countries shaken, chess pieces and chess players
How many troops did Da Qin have after it expanded its army?
This question has been plaguing all countries, and although they have inquired many times, they still do not have a definite answer.
First of all, Great Qin's military expansion this time did not announce the specific number of military expansion as it did in the past.
Secondly, there are a large number of recruit training camps after the expansion of the army, and not only are they spread across the country, but they are also hidden in deep mountains and old forests, making it too difficult to detect.
Finally, Da Qin strengthened the arrest of domestic practitioners, causing heavy losses to practitioners in various countries.
Although various countries do not know the specific military strength of the Qin Dynasty, they guess that the Qin Dynasty has at least one million troops. After all, one million is an astronomical number, and it was not even thought of in the past.
But this answer was completely overturned as the Qin army divided into eight groups and dispatched 900,000 troops to attack the Central Plains.
After all, Da Qin must have enough garrison troops. If it dispatches 900,000 troops to the Central Plains alone, then the total military strength of the country must exceed one million, at least 1.2 million, otherwise it will not be able to defend the vast local area.
The figure of 1.2 million is not a random guess by various countries, but a conclusion reached after layer-by-layer analysis of Qin's population, taxation, grain production and other information.
Times have changed, and the cost of supporting the army is much higher than before.
Although the Qin Dynasty was the overlord of the princes and had great wealth, the expenses were also greater. Especially the three major projects, although they benefited the country and the people, they were also gold-swallowing monsters and undoubtedly consumed a large amount of financial, material, and manpower of the Qin Dynasty.
In addition to the three major projects, Da Qin also had other large internal expenditures. Therefore, various countries thought that Da Qin's ability to support an army of 1.2 million was the limit. However, they missed one point, and that was sea trade. It brought huge benefits to Da Qin.
It was precisely by relying on sea trade that Qin was able to take care of its own internal affairs and develop its own internal affairs, while also expanding and raising its army unscrupulously, but other countries knew nothing about it.
It wasn't until the Sui State provoked a war in the Western Regions, and Da Qin sent troops to attack the Sui State while conquering the Central Plains, that the other countries realized that the Great Qin still had something to hide, but it certainly wasn't much, and at most it could only be used to teach the Sui State a lesson. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be better to use it directly on the Central Plains battlefield?
However, when they received intelligence from Liangzhou and learned that Da Qin's troops were sent all the way, but in fact three armies attacked at the same time, even if they still didn't know the specific strength of Da Qin's army to attack Sui, the countries were still affected by Da Qin's operation. Shocked.
After all, if the Qin army used to defeat the Sui Dynasty was only 100,000, there would be no need to divide the troops into three groups. Instead, dividing the troops would give the Sui State the opportunity to defeat them one by one.
Therefore, since the Qin Dynasty divided its forces into three groups to attack the Sui Dynasty, its total military strength must be more than 100,000, at least 200,000, and possibly even 300,000.
If the Sui army really had 300,000 soldiers, then the total army of Qin Dynasty would have been at least 1.5 million.
One and a half million, such an exaggerated number, just thinking about it will make people feel scared, and even make them unable to resist.
After deducing the specific military strength of the Qin Dynasty, the senior officials of the various countries realized that perhaps this was a trap from the beginning, a trap carefully crafted by the Qin Dynasty for the Sui Kingdom.
The Qin Dynasty first deliberately concealed its military strength and vigorously prevented other countries from knowing the specific military strength. Then, through layers of misinformation, it made the countries think that the Qin's military strength was used to conquer the Central Plains, so that the Sui State would let down its guard and catch the Sui State off guard.
The fact was that the Sui Kingdom was indeed caught off guard as planned by the Qin Dynasty.
When all the countries in the world received the news, the Qin army had already arrived at Daxing City and cut off Daxing's connection with the outside world. The Sui State also fell into the crisis of national subjugation one step ahead of Cao Wei.
This operation of Great Qin shocked everyone in the world. After all, most people in the world thought that Great Qin would occupy the Central Plains first and then attack Liangzhou. However, Great Qin did the opposite and staged a tragedy. Out: attack the Central Plains in the open and cross Liangzhou secretly.
As for why the Qin Dynasty didn't devote its troops to conquer the Sui Dynasty to attack the Central Plains first?
Many people are puzzled by this. After all, after destroying the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, it was easy for the Qin Dynasty to destroy the Sui Kingdom.
Even some wise men could not figure out the key, but through 'reverse reasoning', those top wise men finally analyzed the reason why Da Qin did this.
Fan Li stared at the map, and after pondering for a long time, he showed a sudden look, and said with a wry smile: "My lord, Li has thought of the reason why the Qin army destroyed the Sui Kingdom first, instead of sending these hundreds of thousands of troops to the Central Plains."
Upon hearing this, Cao Cao hurriedly said: "The military advisor is coming quickly."
"Li's analysis shows that there are probably three reasons for Ying Hao's arrangement:
First, Great Qin's conquest of the Central Plains was mainly offensive, and the role of the 900,000 troops was not much different from that of 1.2 million. "
After hearing Fan Li's words, Cao Cao, Cao Ang, Cheng Yu and others reacted, and then they all frowned.
Although he is unwilling to admit it, it is an indisputable fact that the 900,000 Qin army almost overwhelmed the one million troops of the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains.
In addition, the Qin army's attack speed is not slow. Even if it adds 300,000 troops, it will still have to break through the major defense lines in the Central Plains one by one. This will not increase the speed of the advance, but will increase the logistical pressure.
Therefore, if the 900,000 Qin army cannot take the Central Plains, then the 1.2 million will naturally not be able to take it. If the 900,000 Qin army can take it, there will naturally be no need to send out an additional 300,000 troops.
"What about the second point?" Cao Cao asked.
“Secondly, for Da Qin, there is a fundamental difference between first east and then west and first west and then east.
If we move east first and then west, once the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains cannot hold back, the Sui Kingdom in the west will definitely join the war in order to protect themselves even if they know they are losing. Therefore, Da Qin must leave a certain amount of troops to defend the Sui Kingdom. "
"But wouldn't it be the same the other way around? We, the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, will not just sit back and watch the Sui Kingdom be destroyed." Cao Ang asked in confusion.
"It looks the same on the surface, but the force used to defend against the Sui Kingdom is not the same concept as defending against the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains. Relatively speaking, it is better to maximize the interests of the Qin Dynasty by going east first and then later."
"What about the third point?" Cao Cao asked impatiently.
"The third point is that we didn't expect that the Qin Dynasty hid so many troops, and Yang Guang certainly didn't expect it. The difficulty of the Sui State being attacked and destroyed by the Qin army due to neglect of defense was much smaller than the destruction of any of the three kingdoms of the Central Plains. ." Fan Li said with a sigh.
Although it is said that a wise man will always make mistakes, Fan Li could have guessed these things earlier, but the information gap between the two sides was too big. Although Cao Cao knew the basics of Da Qin, Cao Wei knew nothing about Da Qin, so he was allowed to continue. I couldn't guess the information I should have guessed.
Cao Cao's face instantly became extremely ugly when he thought that Li Jing had already arrived at Daxing City and that the situation of trapping Daxing had been formed.
After all, the Sui State under the Trapped Dragon situation will most likely be destroyed by the Qin Army led by Li Jing before the Wei State. By then, the Qin Army will have no hostile forces on the western front and will be able to mobilize more troops. The Eastern Front.
Although Fan Li said before that for the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, the difference between the Qin Army's 900,000 and 1.2 million is not big, but that only refers to the soldiers at the bottom. If the Qin Army's powerful generals and commanders on the western front come, Obviously it will also pose a great threat to the three countries of the Central Plains.
"This Yang Guang is too incompetent. It hasn't even been half a month since the war started. The Sui State was beaten to the bottom of the capital by the Qin army, and reinforcements were blocked. What a slap in the face."
Cao Hong couldn't help but sarcastically said that he thought that if a country was destroyed by Qin first, his own Wei Dynasty would definitely be the first. But according to this trend, the Sui State will most likely be destroyed before the Wei State.
"Military advisor, is there any way to make the Sui Kingdom hold on for a few more months?"
Cao Cao asked with a serious face. He also knew that the possibility was very low. After all, Daxing was now in a trap. Unless the Qin army's blockade on Daxing was broken, the possibility of success was also very low.
Fan Li frowned and thought deeply after hearing this, but finally shook his head and said: "My lord, the Sui State is not our Wei Dynasty, and Yang Guang is not you, my lord. For the methods that are applicable to us, Yang Guang may not have the courage to risk his life." Fight.
Besides, Daxing is too far away from Chenliu, and the news we received was all from five days ago. When the news is sent back, the day lilies may be cold. "
Upon hearing this, Cao Cao clenched his fists unwillingly.
Because of Xiahou Dun's death, he now has great hatred for Da Qin, and naturally he does not want to see Da Qin's hostile forces disappear.
However, Da Qin was so powerful that it had almost no flaws in terms of national and military strength, or in terms of personnel and strategies.
Such an opponent is really disappointing.
When he thought that the Sui Kingdom was about to perish, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel extremely anxious. At the same time, he decided to speed up the opportunity to lure the Demon Sect into water. After all, with the current situation in the Central Plains, only by bringing down third-party forces could he share the pressure for the Three Kingdoms Alliance.
After the meeting, Cao Cao met a man in black alone, and he was the only great master of Cao Wei, the pre-Qin swordsman, Cao Qiudao.
"Uncle, go to Dongjun in person and tell Le Yi and Xun You to speed up their plan to seize the Demon Sect, at any cost if necessary." Cao Cao said with a sinister look on his face.
"promise."
Cao Qiudao nodded, then jumped onto the roof and quickly disappeared from Cao Cao's sight.
Cao Cao looked at Cao Qiudao's leaving figure, and his eyes became colder. He naturally knew that this move was extremely risky. If he was discovered, the people of the Demon Sect would not follow the same rules as Baijia, and the three deities of the Demon Sect All the old monsters can take his life.
But even so, so what?
Cao Cao is a prince of one party and is protected by the Baijia Agreement. The old monsters from the Demon Sect will definitely have some scruples. Even if he really ignores the Baijia Agreement and forcibly attacks him, the Baijia old monsters will probably resist him. Bar?
In short, although the plan to seize the Demon Sect is risky, the benefits are also great, and it is worth stopping Cao Cao from doing so.
Cao Cao looked at the broken flag that Fan Li had not yet finished lowering, and said to himself: "No matter how extraordinary you are, you may become a saint, and your skills may be monstrous, but as long as you still have concerns in your heart, you will eventually be tied down by the secular world, wrapped up in interests, and fall into the clouds." Enter this world of mortals, become a pawn in this chess game, and be used by me, Cao Cao."
Although Cao Cao is not very powerful or powerful, he is one of the chess players in this big game called "World".
Although Ming He and the other three profound masters of the Demon Sect are strong, they are still just one of the chess pieces on the chessboard, just like Taiqing Zhulong.
If a chess piece cannot jump out of the chess game and become a chess player, no matter whether it is willing or not, it can only become a chess piece in the hands of the chess player and be used by the chess player.
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One day later, another piece of news from Liangzhou spread back to the Central Plains, and aroused the indignation of a large number of people in the Central Plains: Yang Guang issued an order to understand the Qiang;
This news is naturally bad news for ordinary people. After all, the Han Dynasty was brought down by the Qiang people. After more than a hundred years of war, the Qiang people were finally pacified. However, Yang Guang issued an order to understand the Qiang people. This is for It will definitely be a huge hidden danger for the future unified dynasty.
Therefore, a large number of knowledgeable people scolded Yang Guang in the streets for not being a human being, for having no limits, fornicating with a foreign race, and for being akin to a traitor...
But for the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, this is great news. After all, once the Qiang Order is issued and the Qiang people can be liberated, the Sui State will be able to add 100,000 Qiang troops as reinforcements in a short period of time. Facing the Qin Dynasty The army will naturally be able to persist longer.
(End of chapter)
