Chapter Seventy-Three: Post-War Calculations
Lu Bu's solo ride was let go, and Yuan Yu also successfully obtained Gao Shun and the remaining three hundred and fifty-eight soldiers under his command!
Everyone sat in the Yangping Guancheng Guard's Mansion, Yuan Yugao sat on the main seat, looked at everyone and said: "Rengui, Tianqi, how is the battle damage and harvest of our army?" ”
Xue Zhan stepped forward and said: "Before the war, our army had a total of 5,000 light cavalry, 3,000 heavy armored iron cavalry, 16,000 infantry, and more than 7,000 young and strong, and now there are more than 3,000 light cavalry, and the loss of heavy armored iron cavalry is only more than 300 people, and there are more than 9,000 infantry capable fighters, and only more than 4,000 young and strong people left, and less than 20,000 soldiers who can fight!" ”
Then Xue Rengui continued: "In this battle, our army wiped out more than 28,000 enemy troops, captured about 30,000 enemy troops, and used more than 27,000 war horses!" Kill the enemy generals Hou Cheng, Cheng Lian, Cao Xing, Hao Meng, Guo Wen, our army general Yang Ren, Yang Bo was killed by Xin Wenli and Shi Bao, and Li Gon was killed by the rebels! ”
Yuan Yu sighed and said, "Hey! The brothers of the Yang family have been with the general to this day, and they have not been sacrificed before they have been crowned marquis, and Yang Ren, Yang Bo, Yuan Yi, and Yan Qing have been posthumously crowned as generals, and they are buried with the gifts of generals! ”
Xue Zhan hurriedly responded: "No! ”
Yuan Yu said lightly: "Now that all the battles in Sword Pavilion, Shangyong, and Yangping Pass can be said to be over, and we have captured more than 100,000 enemy soldiers before and after, how should we arrange these people?" I don't know what you think! ”
At this time, Li Zhu stepped forward and said: "Lord, the subordinates mean chaos, rearrange!" ”
When Yuan Yu heard this, he immediately became interested and said, "Mr. Li will talk about it carefully!" ”
Li Zhu continued: "There are about 70,000 prisoners in the Yizhou army, and there are about 30,000 prisoners in the Xiliang army, we can integrate the more than 30,000 people in the Xiliang army into an army and attack Yizhou, and the more than 70,000 people in the Yizhou army will choose their elite to let them defend Yangping Pass and Shangyong and other places, of course, the lord needs to take out some veterans of our army to serve as generals in these two armies, so that it is good to control these soldiers and horses!" ”
Yuan Yu looked at everyone and said, "I don't know if the generals have other opinions!" ”
Everyone hurriedly clasped their fists and said, "Mr. Li's method is really the best!" ”
Yuan Yu nodded and said: "Hanzhong has experienced more than half a year of war, and now that winter is coming, it is not suitable to continue to wage war, so just take this time to digest it!" ”
Then Yuan Yu stood up and said, "Order! Lu Xiang was promoted to the guard general of Yangping Pass, Yuan Lang was the deputy general, and after Lu Junyi arrived, let him also be the deputy general, extract 18,000 Yizhou army prisoners in the selection of 2,000 veterans, leave the 20,000 people brought by Lu Junyi, and leave 5,000 war horses, Lu Xiangsheng, do you have the confidence to guard Yangping Pass for the general? ”
Lu Xiangsheng stepped forward and clenched his fists and said: "Don't worry, my lord, if Zhang Ji's 70,000 horses dare to come, the general will definitely let them come and go!" ”
Yuan Yu said with a smile: "Hehe, Lu Bu's 100,000 army has been lost, I estimate that Zhang Ji will not dare to attack my Yangping Pass, and this general will not leave Yangping Pass for a while and a half, this general means that this will attack Yizhou in the coming year, can General Lu be sure to hold this Yangping Pass!" ”
Lu Xiangsheng swore and said: "If there are 100,000 troops to attack, the last general is willing to swallow it for the Lord, and if there is an army of 500,000 to attack, the last general is willing to block it for the Lord!" ”
Yuan Yu was overjoyed and said, "Okay! With the general's words, the general would have handed over Yangping Pass to the general with confidence! ”
Then Yuan Yu continued: "Accept Xue Rengui as the Taishou of Shangyong, and then take over everything in Shangyong County, transfer 30,000 Yizhou prisoners, 10,000 veterans, take over the remaining 10,000 soldiers of Shangyong, recruit 5,000 men and horses in Shangyong, dispatch 5,000 Xiliang prisoners, and complete 10,000 war horses, Rengui, my request is that Shangyong has 10,000 defenders, and 50,000 soldiers and horses can be mobilized, including 10,000 cavalry!" Then I will let Du Yan, Wu Tianxi, Qin Yong, and Li Wenzhong be your lieutenants, your soldiers and horses are the main force that will attack Jingzhou in the future, I don't know if Rengui has the confidence to do a good job? ”
Xue Rengui clenched his fists and said: "Don't worry, the lord will definitely train an elite division for the lord!" ”
Yuan Yu nodded and continued: "Appoint Gao Chong as the commander of the heavy armored iron cavalry, Cheng Yanjin as the deputy general, expand the army to 5,000, Gao Shun as the commander of the trap camp, Fan Rui, Xiang Chong as the deputy general, expand the trap camp to 5,000 people, and this 10,000 people will be the general of the guard!" ”
Gao Zhong and Gao Shun are both people who don't talk much, and they stepped forward together to make a promise!
Then Yuan Yu thought about it and said: "The secret guard ordered General Di Qing to grant him the right to make decisions on the spot, but he must not expose himself for the time being!" ”
Then Yuan Yu continued: "Appoint Yuan Xin, Yuan Yong will continue to garrison the Sword Pavilion, the defenders are still 5,000, so that Su Dingfang commanded 15,000 Xiliang prisoners, 15,000 Yizhou army prisoners, 30,000 soldiers and horses from the original Jiameng Pass and 30,000 soldiers and horses in the Sword Pavilion, equipped with 10,000 war horses, a total of 60,000 people are stationed in Jiameng Pass for training, waiting for the general's order!" Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Di Lei, Qin Qiong, Wu Lan, Lei Tong, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, as deputy generals! ”
In the end, Yuan Yu commanded again: "Ling Huarong is stationed in Nanzheng, and the garrison is five thousand!" Xue Zhan was ordered to be the general of the Nanzheng battalion, Zhao Yun, Mu Guiying, Zhang Liao, and Wu Yunzhao were transferred as deputy generals, and 15,000 prisoners of the Xiliang Army, 5,000 prisoners of the Yizhou Army, and 10,000 veterans, a total of 30,000 people, stepped up training, and equipped with 20,000 war horses! ”
Yuan Yu concluded: "Convey all the orders of the general, all the troops must be in place in a month, take advantage of this winter, all the departments will pay close attention to training, and let Su Dingfang distribute the grain and grass stored by the original Yizhou army in Jiameng Pass to all departments!" Mr. Li Zhu, these things are arranged by you! ”
Everyone got up together and made a promise!
After this battle, the soldiers under Yuan Yu's command not only did not decrease, but doubled, but some of the gold, silver, jewelry, and a large amount of grain and grass that Dong Zhuo intercepted from Jia Mengguan were enough for Yuan Yu's 200,000 troops for about a year!
Otherwise, with a population of more than 1 million in Hanzhong and Shangyong to feed an army of 200,000, it is tantamount to a fantasy!
Therefore, Yuan Yu is also very anxious about the current situation, so he is ready to let Xue Rengui train soldiers and horses, and prepare to take Nanyang, you must know that Nanyang is the largest county in the world, with a population of nearly two thousands, and one Nanyang can feed hundreds of thousands of horses, Nanyang is still in the hands of Yuan Shu, Yuan Yu believes that with Xue Rengui's ability, it should not be a big problem to win Nanyang in the hands of Yuan Shu!
Yuan Yu's ambition is very big, he wants to take Yizhou and Nanyang directly next year, and then with the wealth of Nanyang, Yizhou and Hanzhong, he can recruit more than 500,000 soldiers in two years, and after taking Yongzhou and Liangzhou, and even Jingzhou, Yuan Yu will have half of the world at that time, and he will be one step closer to the road to dominating the world!