Three Kingdoms

The moment he walked out of the palace, the sun poured down and fell on Xun Yu.

Xun Yu squinted his eyes, raised his head slightly, glanced at the brilliance in the sky that was difficult to see directly, and then lowered his head, hiding his face in the shadows again.

Before the joy of Emperor Liu Xie's new heir dissipated, the sad news of Yangcheng was delivered.

Liu Xie urgently summoned Xun Yu in the middle of the night to report and asked about the security situation. Xun Yu spoke eloquently, as if Xu County was impregnable. Although Liu Xie felt that something was wrong, after all, he had extremely little practical military experience, so he could not find any problems. Even though Liu Xie still had some doubts in his heart, he could only reluctantly accept Xun Yu's proposal. He said something and let Xun Yu out of the palace...

Are there any soldiers around Xu County?

have.

The number of soldiers stationed in the field is quite large, a full 50,000. It's just that Xun Yu didn't say that these field soldiers were basically the 300,000 farmers in Qingzhou who had transferred jobs, nor did he say that among these numbers were the old and the weak, including their families. These field soldiers who stayed around Xu County are either old or weak. The better ones have been screened out early. The remaining ones have to take care of the fields and maintain public order. Do they really want to go into battle? They may not be any better than the Yellow Turban Thieves of the past...

Is there any better military power?

There are also.

Taishan soldiers.

Or a Taishan thief.

Zang Ba is not a little white rabbit. He can listen to Xun Yu's words if he is obedient. He will prick his ears when he is told to do so, and turn his butt when he is told to turn his butt. He stands behind Zang Ba and goes in and out. He is invisible most of the time. Qingxu Haoqiang Group. To put it simply, they are Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li, Chang Xi and others.

In many later games, these four guys always look like yellow turban thieves, or they are dressed in shabby clothes and don't even have any decent armor. However, in fact, these four guys are not only famous, but also have " "", and also became a local prefect. In the Cao Wei era when "Nine Grades" were respected, if these people were just ordinary people, untouchables, mountain bandits and road tyrants, then it can only be said that hehe Already...

If you only focus on military affairs and ignore politics, it may be difficult to understand Zang Ba's status and fate in Cao Wei. As written by Mr. Luo, or described in some games, Zang Ba seems to be an ordinary surrendered general, and he seems to be far worse than the Five Sons of Good Generals, but in fact, Cao Pi succeeded Queen Wei, Zang Ba served as "General Zhendong" and "Commander of all military forces in Qingzhou".

The commander-in-chief was the military commander. In the early and middle periods of Cao Wei, this was Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun and the like. Only close relatives of these clans were qualified. Most of the five good generals were still commanders of partial armies, and they were not qualified to sit in such a position. Zang Ba was in a game. How could He De, a man with only seventy or eighty years of military prowess in command, be able to serve as the "Commander-in-Chief of the Qingzhou Front Army"?

Therefore, the relationship between Zang Ba and Cao Cao was more like a mutual cooperation rather than a subordinate relationship. This relationship even lasted until the Cao Pi period.

This time, Xun Yu borrowed Cao Cao's name early to mobilize Zang Ba's troops. Although he said he was sure, he didn't have much confidence in his heart. If Zang Ba didn't want to come, or he came too late, Already...

Xun Yu's face was calm and his demeanor remained the same as he walked forward, nodding in return from time to time to colleagues he met.

In Xu County, both inside and outside the palace, there were more or less arrangements for the celebration of the emperor's new heir.

At this moment, the gorgeous decoration in front of me seems like Luoyang in the past.

At a glance, the big man seems to be as prosperous as ever.

But who could know that underneath these beautiful decorations, there is actually a section of rotten wood?

…?~（=_=）……

On the outskirts of Chang'an, Sima Manor.

The books in the study are high and low, showing the richness of Sima Mendi's knowledge reserve.

These books are not just for show and used as decorations like those of later generations. In the Han Dynasty, such a collection of books was enough to awe ordinary people and make ordinary gentry children envious. In the daily gatherings of nobles, if someone can shake off the beauty in his belly and tell some remote allusions, that will be more admired and admired than someone who shakes his watch and dog leash.

But now, neither Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui nor the little fox Sima Yi have any intention of reading.

There were a few faint chirpings of birds coming from the window, caught in the green smoke that was lingering in the study.

Sima Manor, the hall and courtyard used to receive outsiders, is rich and prosperous, but the study room and other places used by the family do not have any gorgeous eaves carvings or gorgeous gold and silverware. They only spend a lot of money on the layout and furnishings. thoughts. Outside the study, the trees are like a canopy, and the light coming through is comfortable and not harmful to the eyes. There are windows on both sides, allowing for ventilation and viewing.

Listen to the rain in spring, watch the lotuses in summer, fall leaves in autumn, and enjoy the snow in winter.

Look at the scenery outside the window and get a glimpse of the general trend of the world.

For Xijing, the entire situation of the Battle of Jingzhou did not attract much attention among the ordinary people, and even the waves it caused were not big. The main reason was that Fei Qian did not make a big splash like others. A large-scale requisition of grain and grass, gathering materials, and relying on the storage of several warehouses built before in Chang'an supported this small and medium-sized battle...

Placed on the table is a huge map, and on top of the map are landmarks of various sizes. For the two Sima people, the war in Jingzhou is obviously the focus of attention. After all, this battle also means some future directions...

Although Mr. Shui Jing seems to be aloof from the outside, in fact he has collected a lot of information secretly and paid close attention to the changes in the world.

"What makes the hussar different from the rest of the world is that it hides troops from the people..." Sima Yi pulled two white stones from the lacquer plate on the side and placed them in the Guanzhong area of ​​​​the map. After thinking about it, he took another one. , put it in one place, "Since the Hussars raised their troops in the north, they have been scattered throughout the city to patrol. There are probably nearly ten thousand local village soldiers..."

Sima Hui and Sima Yi still followed the custom left over from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, using "ten thousand formations" as the unit for calculation. However, this "ten thousand formations" does not mean an formation of ten thousand people, but only about 3,000 regular soldiers. In fact, many times, when Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others called tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it was not actually the so-called "ten thousand" people, but this "ten thousand" formation.

Three white stones represent three "ten thousand", which is about ten thousand people. Of course, in fact, Fei Qianruo said that the number of soldiers who retired from the army was certainly more than this number, but the number in Guanzhong was indeed similar to Sima Yi's calculation.

"Soldiers like these serve as patrol officers, suppress bandits, intimidate the local area, and have the convenience of recommending soldiers. In fact, they accomplish multiple things with one stone..." Sima Yi said with a shake of his head, and couldn't help but click his tongue twice.

The Shandong gentry have always been recruited from among the people, and have never thought of replenishing the local area. As a result, all the local combatants with good combat effectiveness have been transferred away, and the remaining ones are selected from the poor, until there are no even poor ones, and they can only Catching death row thieves to serve as a source of soldiers is naturally impossible to create a virtuous cycle.

And like Fei Qian's current situation, even though most of Guanzhong's troops have arrived in Heluo Jingzhou, the gentry disciples in Guanzhong dare not say that Fei Qian can take the opportunity to rebel because Guanzhong is empty, because even if they don't count the troops in Bingbei The support soldiers from Yinshan, Longyou Racecourse, and Hanzhong Basin, even in Guanzhong, although there are not many patrol soldiers scattered to each township, if they are gathered together once something happens, they are a force that cannot be underestimated.

Sima Hui nodded, nodded on Bai Zi, and said: "Correcting the root cause is the benefit of armor... People in Shandong used to spend a lot of money on laughing hussars..."

Sima Yi added, "In addition, Jin Chuangke..."

Sima Hui nodded again.

In wars, battle losses are unavoidable, but since the Hussars took over the army, they have attached great importance to the lives of soldiers, sophisticated weapons and good logistical support, so that in several battles, the battle fatality rate was not very high, especially It is particularly important that those injured soldiers can recover during subsequent repairs.

In serious battles, the number of direct deaths due to fighting does not actually account for the majority of deaths in the entire battle. On the contrary, the subsequent wounded soldiers cannot survive tetanus, inflammation, etc., and the number of casualties is even greater. Of course, there are also Those who directly trap and kill the other party's prisoners will suffer the greatest loss of soldiers in war.

In the final decisive battle between Huangfu Song and the Yellow Turbans, more than 30,000 people were defeated and killed head-on, and more than 150,000 people were either driven into the river or directly trapped and killed to become a Jingguan...

Immediately in the second year of Zhongping, in the spring and first month, there was a great epidemic.

The dead are not counted.

Therefore, at most 50,000 people died directly in the final battle between the three Zhang Jiao brothers, and at least 200,000, or even 300,000 people died directly or indirectly after the war...

Therefore, whether it is Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, they have a lot of soldiers, but they are not like Fei Qian, who can control it. After reducing the post-war mortality rate, Fei Qian's number of veterans is certainly lower than that of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. , there are other places where the princes are much better.

Sima Hui took a few more white stones and placed them on the Yinshan Mountain. "This place seems ordinary at first. It is deserted and has barbarians as neighbors. It is despised by scholars. But if you don't pay attention, who can know that this place is very important." ! Raising and training horses, training soldiers and horses, complementing each other, can not only control the northern frontier, but also be a productive source of troops... The strategy of the hussar..."

Sima Yi said: "General Pingbei raided the royal court in the north, and most of the livestock and horses he captured were shipped here... and some of them went to Longxi... not many people know about this..."

Sima Hui's gray eyebrows moved, "Get out of Pengpeng, the other side of the city is Shuofang." In the past, Liehou crossed the Xihe River to Gaoque, and captured 2,300 first-level prisoners. Then he settled in Henan to the west, and based on the old fort of Yuxi River, Juezi led the army in Liangbei River, conquered Pu Ni, defeated Fuli, killed the weak and sharp soldiers, ambushed the listeners for three thousand and seventy-one levels, captured the ugly ones on trial, drove more than a hundred horses, cattle and sheep... But what? Why……"

Sima Yi smiled and said with emotion: "This is what the hussar is capable of... Liehou fought against the Xiongnu, the big man was poor with horses, and now the hussar defeated Xianbei, haha... Does your uncle know that the red rabbit of Marquis Wen is born?" There are three generations. Some time ago, the Hussar sent a horse to General Pingbei..."

"oh? "Although Sima Hui is older, he is from the Han Dynasty after all, and he is even more interested in war horses than in beautiful women. When Sima Yi said this, he suddenly became more interested, "The body of the horse is also red? Like a rabbit head? 』

Sima Yi shook his head and said: "There are also a few red horses, but they are also mixed colors, and the same is true for rabbit heads, but they are powerful horses, strong personalities, and competitive, so they are all good horses..."

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and others beat the Xiongnu until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen, but they could not save much of the horses, cattle and sheep they harvested. They either ate them up or died on the battlefield again, causing Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to In the later period, I was still stuck with the war horse. The reasons were very complicated and may also be due to equipment and technology.

Among them, although the conditions for raising horses in Dahan were not as good as those in the desert at that time, it does not mean that it is not suitable for raising horses at all. It is just that the fat is too big, and there are too many people who are eyeing them, and they can't tell them apart, and they are holding each other back. In the end, everyone is in a hurry to eat, sticking their butts out after eating, and not thinking about any sustainable development.

And now, Lu Bu had been decadent for a while, so Fei Qian took the opportunity to breed some red rabbits. The second-generation red rabbit that was later given to Lu Bu was one of them. Now there is a third generation. Although The appearance and face shape were a bit mixed, but it still had some excellent genes, and it would be a top horse among ordinary war horses, so it was used to deliver to senior generals in various war zones.

It is said that the fourth generation with a more diluted bloodline will join the ranks of high-end horses for sale. Ordinary people can also buy them with coins, but they need to make a reservation in advance...

Well, if Sima Yi had stayed in later generations, he would definitely be familiar with this set of procedures.

If Cao Cao knew that Fei Qian sent troops to attack Jingzhou because there were so many more war horses at one time, some of which were difficult to raise and had to digest some, I wonder what he would think.

"So, the Hussars used less than 100,000 horses..." Sima Hui gestured at the map, "It stabilized the place...even..."

Sima Hui swallowed his saliva and did not say the rest of the words.

If he hadn't calculated carefully, Sima Hui even thought that there should be at least 100,000, not to say 150,000 troops under the Qiushui cavalry, so that they could almost achieve a suppressive victory from south to north, and from east to west. However, in After checking with Sima Yi, who knew the specific situation better, he discovered that in fact, there were not many soldiers and horses under the hussars, and this still counted the retired soldiers. If the retired inspection veterans were removed, then the number of soldiers would be very high. More than 70,000 and less than 80,000.

Among the 70,000 to 80,000, not all are cavalry. The cavalry and infantry are about 60 to 40 divided. The open and vast terrain in the north of Guanzhong has more cavalry, while the areas in Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu are dominated by infantry.

Of course, the way Fei Qian calculates the number of soldiers is different from that of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others. Most of the soldiers under Fei Qian can be considered elite soldiers, such as field soldiers. Fei Qian basically does not have them and will not be counted. However, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's armies have many similar soldiers. The number of low-level arms such as field soldiers naturally seems to be very large.

Most wars are unlikely to involve an overwhelming force. Although the refueling tactic has been criticized by military strategists, in practice, there is a time lag between the defenders from various places arriving at the location of the war, so it has become a common form. .

Just like the battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Yuan Shao mobilized more than 100,000 manpower. If the civilians recruited were included, the number would be close to 150,000. Cao Cao also mobilized about 20,000 soldiers. After confronting each other head-on, Cao's troops were added again, and Cao's army finally reached more than 30,000 troops. In the end, judging from the results of the entire battle, the actual fighting area between the two sides remained at about 10,000...

In other words, although Yuan Shao has many troops, his efficiency is low, just like the CPU of later generations. If he runs some poorly optimized programs, regardless of whether it is equipped with eight cores or twelve cores, all living beings are equal and there is only one core. Working hard, the rest of the core stood back and watched the show.

Now Cao Cao has also fallen into this kind of "all beings are equal". Cao Cao's total military strength far exceeds that of Fei Qian. Even if we exclude those soldiers who can only be used to make up the numbers, Cao Cao still has 30,000 to 40,000 troops in Jizhou, distributed Among the key points and townships in Jizhou, there are still about 10,000 soldiers in the Yijing and Yuyang areas of Youzhou. If we add the Taishan soldiers under Zang Ba in Qingzhou, and the Xuzhou soldiers controlled by the Chen family in Xuzhou, …

Theoretically, if Cao Cao squeezes hard enough, he can still get a hundred thousand elite soldiers.

Is it just a difference between theory and practice? It's like the ridiculous mileage. It looks beautiful, but in fact it's absolutely impossible to drive on real roads.

Cao Cao's 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers in Jizhou are all elite soldiers. These soldiers have experienced the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan and have some combat experience. They can indeed be used directly. But the question is, should Taihang Mountain be defended? Even if we don't defend Shangdang Taiyuan, should we be wary of the local gentry in Jizhou and these original soldiers of the Yuan family colluding with each other to engage in small tricks, or even rebellion?

You know, Yanzhou has learned from past mistakes!

How long has it been since the Qinghe County magistrate incident?

Similarly, it is basically difficult for Cao Cao to mobilize the Taishan Army and Xuzhou Army.

After all the white and black stones were laid out, Sima Hui nodded and looked at the map of Jingzhou where there were obviously more black stones, then shook his head and sighed, "This long battle has made the people of Jingzhou suffer a lot..."

Sima Yi held a different opinion, "My nephew thinks that this battle will not last long..."

"Why?" ” asked Sima Hui.

"Although Cao's army has many soldiers, it also consumes a lot of money..." Sima Yi smiled and clicked on the map, "If my nephew's prediction is correct, now Cao's army... Haha, I'm afraid I don't have much savings... Cao's army takes Wan." If the city cannot be captured, it means that it is missing... The hussars are marching out, but they are stuck on the key points... This time the black and white tribulations, although there are many blacks, are in a stupid shape, while the whites are few, but their shapes are smart, and in the end they are white. Be strong and win! 』