Chapter 404: Gathering an army of 800,000

The prestige of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is well known to the world, and if these 200,000 Liangzhou troops join the battle, they can already change the overall situation.

"Qin Wen has 230,000 troops in his hands, plus Dong Zhuo's 200,000 Liangzhou troops, a total of 430,000. And as Xiang Yu led 200,000 elites south, the more than 400,000 troops here in Sizhou would not be enough. ”

Zhang Jiao analyzed it to himself, but this analysis found that it was originally insufficient in terms of troops, and the form was not optimistic.

Zhang Jiao had an army of 500,000 in his hands, and he lost a lot of losses in the outer city of Luoyang, and now there is still an inner city to continue to attack, and he doesn't know if there are 400,000 after the battle.

Since the Yellow Turban started its army, except for Xiang Yu's battle in the Yellow River, other victories have basically been based on numerical superiority.

If even the numerical advantage is lost, the 400,000 Yellow Turban Army will definitely not be enough in the face of the Han army, which is stronger than its own in equipment training.

"Only troops can be transferred from other states."

Zhang Liang said helplessly, at this time, there is no good way to let him be resourceful.

"Still transferring troops?"

A trace of embarrassment flashed on Zhang Jiao's face, and he asked worriedly: "All states except Yanzhou are unstable, if you transfer troops at this time, what if the remnants of the Han Dynasty resist?" ”

"This is simple, you can send a capable Qu Shuai to sit in various places, and let them recruit recruits to suppress it on their own."

"Can you rely on the recruits to suppress it?"

Zhang Jiao didn't believe in the ability of his subordinates, and the key Han generals were also not weak, and before the recruits grew up, they would definitely be beaten passively.

"It doesn't matter if you can't stop it, as long as you can hold out until our army breaks through Chang'an, it doesn't matter if you lose the city and lose your land. Moreover, the concentration of forces could also weaken local forces to prevent the governor from breeding ambitions to divide one side. Zhang Liang said calmly.

If the Yellow Turban can still break through Chang'an, then this battle will basically be won, even if there is still sporadic resistance, it will not affect the overall situation, of course, the premise is that Zhang Jiao can live until that time.

The Han family has drawn the bowstring to the Yellow Turban, and if the Yellow Turban does not go all out, how can it win the final victory?

Therefore, in addition to continuing to increase troops, the second way for the Yellow Turbans to deal with it is to switch from offensive to defensive, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for the Yellow Turbans.

"That's all there is to it. In terms of troop deployment, do you have any views on the third brother? Zhang Jiao asked subconsciously.

Unconsciously, Zhang Jiao has become more and more dependent on Zhang Liang, and Zhang Liang has completely replaced Guo Jia as the first strategist of the Yellow Turban.

In the face of Zhang Jiao's inquiry, Zhang Liang did not answer immediately this time, and after pondering for a while, he said:

"Yuzhou's troops are going to be used to deal with Zhu Jun, and Jizhou's troops are going to suppress Huangfu Song, so the troops of these two states still don't move."

"Only transfer troops from Qingyan and Xu Yang Prefectures?" Zhang Jiao asked.

"That's right, you can transfer 100,000 troops from each of the four prefectures of Qingyan and Xuyang, so that Sizhou will have 800,000 troops, which is enough to deal with the forty-three armies of the Han Dynasty."

Although the Yellow Turbans had concentrated a million troops in Yanzhou before, it did not mean that there were no garrisons in other states of the Yellow Turbans.

There are still many garrisons in the six states occupied by the Yellow Turbans, after all, the remnants of the Han and the family are still very strong, and if the troops are not enough, they will not be able to resist the counterattack.

The Yellow Turban is different from the Han Army, the Yellow Turban soldiers do not need to be paid, and the poor people in the world are basically Yellow Turban believers, so it is not too simple for the Yellow Turban to expand the army.

If Zhang Jiao is willing, it is not difficult for the Yellow Turban to recruit another million troops, but the burden of food for so many troops is too great, and the Yellow Turban cannot afford to raise it at all.

At present, in addition to Jizhou, there are more than 100,000 garrisons in other states in the Yellow Turban jurisdiction, after all, if there is no garrison of this number, it is impossible to ensure the stability of a state, and it must be known that the remnants of the Han Dynasty are active all the time.

"We can transfer troops after the implementation of the "Heavenly Country System of Fields and Mu", and we can also take this opportunity to destroy a group of families to supplement the consumption of our army."

A trace of murderous aura flashed in Zhang Liang's eyes, as if he was about to take the family under his collar to open the knife.

Since the start of the war, the Yellow Turban's million-strong army has also lost nearly 400,000 in battle, and the consumption of materials is even greater, and with the consistent style of the Yellow Turban, it is natural that they will fight the local tyrants again.

To say that the Kanto family is really unlucky, under the rule of the Han Dynasty, it is majestic, but when it comes to the Yellow Turban, it has become a pig and sheep that has been raised in captivity, as long as the Yellow Turban pocket is deflated, it will fight the local tyrant at any time, and there is basically no human rights at all.

"Big brother, it's time to decide on the candidate for the governor of the five states." Zhang Liang reminded.

Zhang Jiao nodded and asked, "Tell me about the most suitable candidate for the governor of each state in your heart." ”

Zhang Liang didn't think about it, and opened his mouth and said: "Yangzhou belongs to the Jiangbei region of our army, which was jointly fought by Hong Xiuquan and Xiang Yu, and now Xiang Yu has been designated as the governor of Jingzhou, so the governor of Yangzhou should be handed over to Hong Xiuquan."

Xuzhou is surrounded by the three states of Qingyan and Yang, and the geographical environment is the safest, so it needs a governor who is good at governance, and Fang La is very good at this.

Yuzhou is a place of four wars, and it is necessary to have a governor who is both civil and military, and Li Mi can use both civil and military forces, and should be able to defend Yuzhou.

Jizhou was caught between the two states, and there was a need for a governor who could fight a tough battle, Dou Jiande was brave and benevolent, and he was also from Jizhou, so he was the best candidate for the governor.

As for Yanzhou, this place is the grain depot of our army, which is related to the life and death of a million troops, so it is better to give up the governor for the time being. ”

Zhang Jiao nodded with satisfaction, Zhang Liang's arrangement was almost perfect, but he still had some doubts.

"Why is it that the most suitable governor of Jizhou is Dou Jiande, not Zhang Xianzhong? Zhang Xianzhong has been fighting in Jizhou, and his credit is not small. ”

Zhang Liang smiled and said: "Zhang Xianzhong always reveals a trace of ruthlessness between his eyebrows, and he is also cautious, which shows that he is a person who is good at disguise, so I don't like it." ”

In this way, between the questions and answers of the two, the other four governors of the Yellow Turbans were also decided, but this also laid the foundation for the division of the Yellow Turbans.

Li Zicheng, Chen Youliang and others were not selected, but the credit was also not small, and they were naturally very dissatisfied with this.

If the Yellow Turbans have been victorious, they will naturally not move, but once the situation is reversed, they will not have any rebellion in their hearts.

In the following days, the Yellow Turban stormed the inner city of Luoyang while pacifying the people of Luoyang, and was still preparing to implement the "Heavenly Country Farmland System".

Five days later, the Yellow Turban finally captured the inner city of Luoyang, but at the cost of tens of thousands of lives.

Since then, the Battle of Luoyang has officially ended, the Yellow Turban has killed nearly 100,000 soldiers in Luoyang, and the Han army has killed 30,000 troops, but the people of Luoyang have suffered more than 100,000 casualties.

Luoyang, which once had a population of one million, now has only a population of more than 700,000 left, and the prosperity of the past has also disappeared due to the war.