Chapter 131: Expedition 1
Ren Huan received Mei Juan's letter saying that Li Tangshan had officially married her to the Qin and Jin Empires, and the Yangyue Tribal Alliance had officially agreed to join the territory of the Great Qin Empire. Ren Huan and Zhao Tuo were very happy to receive Mei Juan's letter, and they wrote back to Li Tangshan to return to the team as soon as possible and participate in the final battle with Minyue. "Now, let's talk about the adjustment of the army." After everyone discussed the strategy of attacking Minyue, Ren Huan immediately brought the topic to military construction: "When the Great Qin soldiers marched south to Baiyue, there were nearly 500,000 people. Now that Poyang County and Fu County have been conquered, Tu Sui will take away 200,000 elite troops, and the number of troops in our hands is only 100,000, but fortunately, due to Mei Juan and Blue Wolf joining Yang Yue, our troops are maintained at a certain number. However, due to the chaotic formation, it was not yet possible to form a strong combat force. Therefore, it was decided to disrupt all the establishments and reorganize them. ”
"The unit was tentatively named the Dingmin Army. It consisted of ten corps, each with 25,000 men. The first is the Golden Eagle Army, all of which are light cavalry, led by Zhao Tuo; the second was the Tiger Roaring Army, equipped with 10,000 heavy infantry, 10,000 light cavalry and 5,000 heavy cavalry, led by Li Tangshan; the third is the Blue Wolf Army, equipped with 10,000 light infantry and 10,000 light cavalry, led by the Blue Tiger; The fourth is the Fengwu Army, with 10,000 light cavalry and 10,000 heavy cavalry. Well, that's up to ......"
Before Ren Huan's words were finished, Mei Juan interjected and said, "General Ren, this army will be led by the last future." ”
Everyone was stunned for a while, and Li Tangshan was even surprised that he even opened his mouth, but Ren Huan still nodded very happily: "Okay, Mei Juan, let you lead if you want to." It's just that this daily exercise is too tiring, don't be tired, I'm afraid that your husband Li Tangshan will be in a hurry with me. ”
Mei Juan nodded: "The last general understands, thank you General Ren for your concern, Li Tangshan listens to me." ”
"I wonder if you have any suggestions?" Ren Huan looked around and said with a laugh.
"General Ren is thoughtful, his subordinates have no opinions, and I also listen to Madame." Li Tangshan and the others hurriedly said.
"General Ren, the last general has one more thing to add." Mei Juan interjected again. In this case, she was the only one who dared to interrupt Ren Huan's words.
Ren Huan was a little surprised, but he didn't get angry: "Okay, you say." ”
Mei Juan didn't care about everyone's surprised eyes, she just curled her hair and said, "General Ren's purpose in establishing the Dingmin Army is naturally for the needs of foreign wars. That is, it will be a field army. However, at present, our internal situation is not very stable, and our current control over the border of Wu and Vietnam is only a formality. The last general is worried that if our main force goes to Minyue, will there be people with ulterior motives who take advantage of the emptiness in our rear to take advantage of the fire to rob? ”
Ren Huan understood what Mei Juan meant, but he didn't say it, just smiled and nodded, motioning for Mei Juan to continue.
"Therefore, the last general believes that in addition to the Dingmin army, we should also form a certain number of city defense troops. The main duty of this unit is not to go into battle to kill the enemy, but to maintain normal law and order in the local area and to suppress the conspiracy of people with ulterior motives. However, if necessary, this force can also be quickly converted into a support force. ”
Ren Huan asked with interest, "Then how many troops do you think we should keep?" ”
"Poyang County is located in the hinterland of the Great Qin soldiers, and it is the safest now, so the last general thinks that it is enough to maintain only five thousand city defense troops. Jiaxian is the capital of Wuyang, located in the center of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, so there must be at least 10,000 city defense troops. Poyang is our base camp, and almost all of our logistics materials are in Fuzhou, so we must pay more attention to it. The last general thinks ......," Mei Juan said carefully. When it came to Poyang, several people in the hall, except for Lan Hu, who had a bad brain, understood what she meant. Especially Zhao Tuo and Ren Huan admired Mei Juan even more, thinking that Li Tangshan would marry a good wife.
Mei Juan saw that everyone understood what she meant, so she smiled and stopped talking. All of you here are smart people, and they naturally figured out the key to it.
The king of Minyue in Fuzhou was heavily guarded, but the Xu Li family who had hoarded heavy troops in the rear of Changle Meihua Xiongguan and Yongtai Chibi. The old nobles who had just recovered the Six Kingdoms had long been disobedient, and since they were able to design and use the direct army of the old forces, it was difficult to say whether they would fall into a surprise attack on the rear of the Qin army. And Fuzhou just curbed the throat of Jianmen Pass and Yinfeng Castle to the north, if the two families wanted to send troops to the east and south, they must first occupy Wuyi, so Shaozhu's troops in Wuyi were as many as 100,000. Mei Juan's 20,000 people faced the elite troops of the two great families such as He Shaozhu, although they were still a little thin, but they could at least delay for a while, so that Zhao Tuo and Li Tangshan could quickly return to help.
Ren Huan's brows furrowed, and he turned to Li Tangshan and Wu Rui and asked, "I don't know what the two of you think?" ”
Wu Rui nodded: "There is a way to be prepared for danger in times of peace, and my subordinates agree with Madame's point of view." ”
Li Tangshan also continued: "The four counties of (Pucheng), Nanping, Jian'an (Jian'ou), and Jianping (Jianyang) are the key points in the north and south, and they are the places where soldiers must fight. It's just that the troops of the Shaozhu families in the south are not less than 50,000, if they are really desperate, even if the walls of Fuzhou City are thick, but our 100,000 soldiers may not be opponents. It's better to do this, we will directly press him 50,000 soldiers here, half cavalry and half infantry. The people of Minyue have always been strong, but 50,000 troops are not a problem. Although these people have never been on the battlefield, they are still more than enough to defend the city. When the Great Qin sergeants expand again, they can also be used as reserves, I don't know what General Ren wants? ”
Ren Huan nodded approvingly, but a touch of worry appeared on his face: "What Tang San said is extremely true. I just don't know if we can support so many troops? ”
Li Tangshan smiled slightly: "After the Great Qin soldiers conquered the capital of Minyue, all the people's fat and ointment they worked so hard to loot fell into our hands, I can use this money to build bridges and roads for the local people, General Ren, if no one expected, after we recover Minyue, the imperial court will inevitably let General Ren continue to go south, and when the time comes, we will all the way to publicize our politics with Ji Baiyue, and we will not be afraid that they will not surrender." ”
"Tangshan is a good idea." Ren Huan smiled dumbly, he couldn't imagine that Li Tangshan still had such a cunning side.
And Wu Rui's face was gloomy: "It's not just Minyue, it's the Ganyue tribe, we also have to educate it well." The rout of the Southern Expeditionary Army this time, although the Ganyue tribe did it quietly, but in the eyes of those who care, it was not seamless. We only need to get in touch with them at that time, and then we are not afraid that they will not contribute money or effort. ”
General Ren Huan smiled: "It seems that in the future, this joint matter will be none other than Mr." ”
Wu Rui smiled sinisterly: "General Ren rest assured, his subordinates will inevitably let them suffer losses and can't say anything." The subordinates have quarreled with Zhao Tuo these days, and now it has finally come in handy. ”
"That's the end of it. Now, let's talk about the next battle. Ren Huan waved his hand, and said with a solemn face: "If the Great Qin soldiers occupy Minyue, the enemy army will inevitably be shaken. Therefore, we must take the entire Minyue before the Minyue tribe organizes a coalition army again, and then confront the other party with the help of the Minjiang River. Therefore we must complete all preparations for the offensive in three days, and as for the reorganization of the army, it must be completed in two days. Do you have faith? ”