Chapter 496: Comparison of Strength

The beacon fire shines on Xijing, and I feel uneven in my heart. Yazhang resigned from the phoenix, and rode around the dragon city. The snow is carved with flags, and the wind is mixed with the sound of drums. Rather be a centurion than a scholar. --------Tang Dynasty. Yang Jiong's "From the Army"

It is said that at the first military meeting after the Chang'an crisis, Chen Long issued the overall strategic plan of the Qinglong Army in the form of a military order, and designated relevant personnel to be responsible. The reasons for this, firstly, are because Chen Long is anxious to personally participate in the operation to find and rescue Diao Chan, and secondly, because it has been proven in the official history that the personnel designated by him are capable of relevant military tasks, such as letting Lu Su and Zhuge Liang be in charge of the work of concluding an alliance with Jiangdong Sun Ce, it can be said that there is no more suitable one.

At the same time, Chen Long gave Zhuge Liang and Lu Su the identity of special envoys, authorized them to mobilize the three armies of Xiangyang Ganning and Jiangxia Huangzhong, and even allowed Zhuge Liang to mobilize the soldiers and horses of Zhao Yun in Wancheng, not only to cooperate with Zhou Yu to solve the problem of Huang Zu, but also to arrange for Zhao Yun's army to go out of Runan to harass Cao's army to the south to command the important town of Shouchun.

In addition, Xun Yu was given the identity of Chang'an Ling, and he was authorized to solve the problem of Cao Cao welcoming Emperor Xian of Han in Mount Tai. He also gave Ma Chao the authorization to return to Hanzhong to solve the problem of Li Hu, a Bayi man in Hanzhong, plotting rebellion. Huang Gai, Pan Jun, and Gui Ni were given the authorization to receive the Xiongnu cavalry, solve the strategic problem of Liu Bao's surrender, and make the Xiongnu cavalry the northern barrier of Chang'an. It can be said that there is basically no last resort. However, the complexity of the situation is still unprecedented, although the Qinglong Army occupied Chang'an, Cao Cao's Qingzhou soldiers began to move south, although the Qingzhou soldiers and the Qinglong Army are still separated by Yuan Shu and Sun Ce, but each force has already felt the crisis coming.

Now, Sun Ce has been forced to seek an alliance, and Yuan Shu has also expressed his intention to cooperate in taking Tongguan. The Han court fell apart and had become a puppet regime under the rivalry between Cao Cao and Chen Long. The so-called hundred officials have become actors in the Chang'an court and the Taishan court, just to show the orthodoxy of the Han family.

Chen Long is familiar with history, so he naturally knows how powerful Cao Cao is. At present, the Qinglong Army occupies most of Jingzhou, Jiaozhou, Bingzhou, Hanzhong, and Chang'an, and occupies several important cities on both sides of the Yellow River in Jizhou and Qingzhou, with a total population of nearly 5 million, eight integrated field regiments, five local guard regiments, and three special operations divisions, with a total strength of 500,000 troops, dozens of military generals, and more than a dozen strategists.

Among them, the field corps includes the first army Huang Gai, which sits in Chang'an, with a total strength of 50,000 troops; Zhao Yun of the Second Legion, sitting in Wancheng, with a total strength of 50,000 troops; Huang Zhong of the Third Army, sitting in Jiangxia, with a total strength of 50,000 troops; Ma Chao and Ma Dai of the Fourth Army were located in Hanzhong, with a total strength of 40,000 troops; Wei Yan of the Fifth Army, west of Chang'an, with a total strength of 30,000 troops; Zhang Xiu of the Sixth Army, sitting east of Chang'an, with a total strength of 30,000 troops; Zhang He of the Seventh Army, sitting east of Chang'an, with a total strength of 30,000 troops; Ganning, the Eighth Army Corps, located in Xiangyang, with a total of 60,000 water divisions; A total of 340,000 field soldiers.

The five local guard corps included the Zhang Yan Corps in Bingzhou, with a total strength of 30,000 troops; The Tai Shi Ci and Yan Liang armies in Yecheng and Puyang had a total strength of 30,000 troops; The Guan Yu Army in Juancheng had a total strength of 20,000 troops; Jiaozhou's Shixie Regiment, with a total strength of 20,000 troops; Lingling's Shamoko Legion, with a total strength of 30,000; A total of 130,000 defenders in Qinglong.

The three special operations divisions include 10,000 members of the Lu Chang Special Operations Division, 10,000 members of the Zhang Ning Espionage Corps, and 3,000 members of the Nanlin Sword Faction and the Xiaoxiang Gang, totaling 23,000 people. Excluding logistics troops, reserve forces, and local armed associations, the total number of troops is 500,000 elite soldiers.

Cao Mengde's Qingzhou soldiers, including Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Jizhou, Yangzhou and other places after reorganization, were no less than one million male soldiers. Among them, the ten field corps, including Cao Ren and Cao Zixiao's corps, have a strength of 100,000 troops; Xiahou Yuan gave up the corps, with a strength of 100,000 troops; Xiahou Yuan Xiahou Miaocai Corps, with a strength of 100,000 troops; Cao Hong, Cao Zilian's corps, with a strength of 100,000 troops; Xu Huang Xu Gongming's corps, with a strength of 50,000 troops; Yu Ban Yu Wen Ze Corps, with a strength of 50,000 troops; Lejin Lewenqian Corps, with a strength of 50,000 troops; Li Dian Li Man became a corps with 50,000 soldiers; Xu Chu and Xu Zhongkang's corps, with a strength of 50,000 troops; Lü Qian and Lu Zike's corps, with a strength of 50,000 troops. The strength of the field force amounted to 700,000 men.

The local guard corps includes the Jizhou Koji Volunteer Corps, with a strength of about 50,000 troops; Qingzhou Wangshuang Corps, with a strength of 50,000 troops; Yanzhou Zangba Corps, with 50,000 troops; Xuzhou Caobao Corps, with a strength of 50,000; A total of 200,000 people.

The special division of the Qingzhou Army includes Cao Chun, a tiger and leopard rider beside Cao Cao, with a strength of 20,000 troops; black-armored cavalry Cao Zhang, with 20,000 troops; Guarding the Chinese army Dian Wei, with a strength of 20,000 troops. Counting the logistics soldiers, there are no less than one million soldiers in Qingzhou. Most of the Central Plains, including Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Yangzhou, and Xuzhou, are in the hands of Cao Mengde, which can be described as powerful.

At present, between the two super forces of Qingzhou Bing and Qinglong Army, there are still several forces, the big ones are Yuan Shu and Sun Ce, the small ones are Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, and the Qinglong Army is surrounded by Xiliang Han Sui and Yizhou Liu Zhang, and there are Youzhou Gongsun Zan and Liaodong Gongsun Yuan around the Qingzhou soldiers, so between the two super forces, after the battle for Juancheng that occurred when Chen Long first entered the Central Plains, Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry failed to assassinate the Dragon Ball, and Chen Long and Cao Cao have always carefully maintained each other's non-interference, expanding their respective territories and reaching a delicate and weak balance.

The balance will eventually be broken, but before the balance can be broken, both forces must make all the preparations. Today's Sun Long Alliance, and Yuan Shu's closeness show that these forces are swaying left and right, once the territory of the two major forces is fully contacted, it will be the day when the unification war breaks out.

The meeting ended, and after Chen Long announced the end of the meeting, Xun You came over and asked, "Lord, what should Wang Yun do?" When Chen Long heard this, he suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and instantly understood why Diao Chan came here privately overnight. Since his beloved wife has the intention of interceding, in order to love his wife, he also wants to make her satisfied, nodded and said: "Gongda, although Wang Yun is ambitious, he can be regarded as his master. You do a public trial process in the name of Chang'an Order, and demean him to take his family to the border of Juancheng. Xun You nodded slightly and said, "The subordinates obey the order." No advice was made. Since then, the Wang family has been relegated to Juancheng, and later returned to Langya, achieving the Langya Wang family. Later, the four major families of "King and Horse, the World" and "Wang Xie Yuan Xiao", the story of the Wang family will continue, and there are 92 prime ministers and more than 600 literati and celebrities represented by Wang Ji, Wang Dao, Wang Xizhi, Wang Yuanji and other romantic figures.

Chen Long changed into a strong suit, brought a portable bow and crossbow weapon, picked a war horse, and prepared to leave the city. Zhuge Liang accompanied him until he reached the city gate, on the way Chen Long instructed a few words, and suddenly saw the young man in a strong suit, standing by the city gate on a horse and waiting, with a strong bow faintly exposed behind his back, it was Zhong Hui, Zhong Shiji, the son of Zhong Xuan. Zhong met Chen Long and approached, and said with a mention of the war horse: "Lord, why do they all have tasks, but they underestimate me." I am willing to follow the lord to go deep into the Qinling Mountains of Shangshan Mountain, look for the traces of robbers, and follow the fatigue of dogs and horses! Chen Long was overjoyed when he heard this, and laughed at the mention of the war horse: "It's okay! Come with me! The two horses ran out of the city and westward like a splash of wind. Zhuge Liang behind him looked at the backs of the two and smiled slightly, and the jealousy in his eyes flashed.

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