Chapter 947: Conquest of Goryeo
"King Wu's generals are not only Zhou Yu and Xie Xuan, he has attracted many famous generals over the years. After many lords of Jiangdong were eliminated by him, the generals were also owned by him, and even Xiang Yan was also in his army. ”
"In accordance with the requirements of King Wu, Sun Jian set up six legions, Sun Jian, Sun Ce, Huang Gai, and Cheng Pu, each leading one legion, and two Liangshan legions."
In the past year, Chu Tian has spent a year recuperating and preparing troops for expansion.
There are a lot of lords in the south, and in the first year of the lord calendar, a large number of player lords got recruitment orders, so the number of Wenchen generals born in the south is definitely quite a lot. When Tongque annexed these lords, he took Xiang Yan and others under his command.
It's just that, from the perspective of Chu Tian, the northern lord, he is not familiar with the specific generals of the southern lord.
Fortunately, Chutian sent scouts to inquire, and basically figured out the number of generals of the southern lord.
There are many famous generals in the south, such as Han Shizhong, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Zhou Yu, Lu Meng, Gan Ning, Xie Xuan, Xiang Yan, Liu Renzhan, Meng Hui, and Wei Rui, the Southern Liang military general recruited by Tongque a year ago.
These are all military generals worthy of Chu Tian's attention.
In the battle of the plains, Chutian can crush this group of generals, but combined with the Yangtze River moat, as well as the hilly and water network terrain in the south that are not suitable for large cavalry operations, it is difficult to say.
The most troublesome is naturally the Koto Marine.
Chu Tian didn't know at this time that Sun Jian thought he had betrayed the agreement.
Chu Tian was most concerned about the upcoming Goryeo crusade.
After Myeongguan destroyed the Goryeo Kingdom for the first time, Chutian planned to destroy the Goryeo Kingdom for the second time and completely let the Goryeo Kingdom fall to the ground.
This was also the first time that Chu Tian launched an expedition to destroy other civilizations.
The wars with Xianbei and Mongolia can be regarded as internal wars within the Han Empire.
In this Goryeo crusade, the main force used was still the Liaodong Army.
Not only that, Chutian mobilized the Fubo Army and cooperated with the Liaodong Army to flank the Goryeo Kingdom.
There were 300,000 Liaodong troops and 300,000 Fubo troops, with a total strength of 600,000.
The Jiangdong Naval Division has been developed for a long time and has rich experience in water warfare.
Before the Fubo army fought with the Jiangdong naval division, Chu Tian thought it necessary to let the Fubo army go to Goryeo to brush up on their experience.
"The Liaodong Army took the lead in attacking Goryeo, and if the Liaodong Army attacked unfavorably, it would mobilize the Youzhou Army and the Hebei Army to crusade against Goryeo."
The Fubo Army cooperated with the Liaodong Army, and the main force attacking Goryeo was the 300,000 soldiers and horses of the Liaodong Army.
In addition, the advantage of a huge territory is that Chutian can continuously send troops to attack the Goryeo Kingdom.
The Youzhou Army and the Hebei Army together have 500,000 soldiers and horses available.
Can't defeat Goryeo with a large army all the way?
Then two, three, until it is laid.
The surrounding civilizations were relatively easy to conquer in Goryeo, but it was more difficult to conquer the Wa Kingdom and the Daegyeong Kingdom because of the terrain.
Therefore, Chutian regarded Goryeo as the first object to test the knife.
Liaodong City, Le Yi served as the commander of the Liaodong Army for one year, reorganized the cities in Liaodong, recruited soldiers and horses, built weapons, and purchased grain.
The four corps of the Liaodong Army, the First Yanjia Legion, the Second Assault Cavalry Legion, the Third Guanning Legion, and the Fourth Wuhuan Legion, totaled 300,000 soldiers and horses.
Taking advantage of the remnants left by the Mingguan forces, the Liaodong Army was quickly fully established, and a number of extra low-level troops were disbanded to save military salaries.
Cao Cao helped the Fourth Wuhuan Legion of the Liaodong Army to select 10,000 elites from the Wuhuan tribe of the three counties, trained them to become the world's famous cavalry - the Wuhuan cavalry of the three counties, and handed them over to Gongsun Kang to command.
Le Yi received an order from the Xia Palace, and the Liaodong Army to which he belonged was the vanguard of the attack on Goryeo.
The 300,000 Liaodong army assembled in Liaodong City, and the number of crossbow arrows prepared in advance reached 10 million, and the grain and grass could be used for three months by a million army.
During this year, the entire North became a war machine, providing all kinds of supplies for the Great Conquest.
Unifying the Han Empire and conquering Goryeo by the way was just a small test.
Le Yi's First Yanjia Legion, in addition to Le Yi's 10,000 Yanjia, there are also Ju Yi's 800 first-class dead soldiers, in addition, Zang Ba and Sun Guan, two veterans, were also transferred to Le Yi's Yanjia Legion.
Le Yi himself is a veteran of the Chutian forces, Yan Jia has existed for a long time, has experienced a hundred battles, plus Le Yi's commander, the experience provided by the training is expensive, so the average level of 10,000 Yan Jia is very high, and the average level has reached an astonishing level 90.
Among the 150,000 infantry of the First Yanjia Legion, 10,000 Yanjia, 40,000 Liaodong heavy infantry, 100,000 light infantry and crossbowmen. Le Yi's commander value is more than enough to provide a bonus for an army of 150,000.
Le Yi himself was a famous siege general, using a large number of infantry and crossbowmen to siege the city.
The Second Assault Cavalry Regiment, Geng Yi and Zhu Neng, had 11,000 Youzhou Cavalry, and recruited 19,000 low-level heavy cavalry and 70,000 low-level light cavalry, with cavalry assault as the main means of combat.
The third Guanning Legion was temporarily handed over to Commander Zu Dashou, and the core army was 1,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry, followed by a mixed corps of 40,000 low-level infantry, cavalry, and crossbowmen.
The Fourth Wuhuan Legion, temporarily handed over to the commander of Gongsun Kang, the Wuhuan King was guilty of meritorious service, and the core army was 10,000 famous cavalry in the world, and 40,000 low-level light cavalry from the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes.
The four legions are the main force used to attack the Goryeo Kingdom!
"The lord ordered me to invade Goryeo after the beginning of spring, and occupy at least half of Goryeo before the cold winter comes."
Le Yi summoned the generals of the four legions, and he already felt the high fighting spirit of everyone.
"Zhu Neng, Zu Dashou, and Gongsun Kang all have experience in attacking Goryeo, so it should not be difficult to attack Goryeo this time."
Le Yi's expression was quite relaxed.
The troops and materials that have been accumulated for a year are just a blockbuster.
Because the population of the Chutian forces is large, delaying time is more beneficial to the Chutian forces.
It's just that Chu Tian didn't want to wait any longer.
Historically, Cao Cao went south to attack Jingzhou and Jiangdong, which was very urgent, not that Cao Cao did not know that it would be more advantageous for him to delay it, but Cao Cao wanted to achieve reunification in his lifetime.
Chu Tian also had a similar idea and wanted to unify as soon as possible.
When the Liaodong Army gathered its troops and horses, in Donglai County, Qingzhou, thousands of warships of the Fubo Army were assembled.
Zheng He, Yu Yunwen, Zheng Zhilong, Li Sunsin, Xu Sheng and other naval giants led the vast naval division of the Fubo Army to the expedition.
"Last time, I never had a chance to go ashore to defeat the king of Goryeo, Lee Sung-gye, but this time, our Fubo army can finally come in handy."
Zheng Zhilong wiped his saber.
This time, the number of sailors and soldiers of the Fubo Army reached 300,000, and even if they went ashore to fight, they could defeat the 100,000 Goryeo army.
Yu Yunwen said: "Our most formidable opponent is the Jiangdong Naval Division, which rules the Yangtze River valley, and it is said that there is an even more powerful fleet in the far west. ”