Chapter 526: Elite Troops Explained
In general, the six compensation given by the system this time have greatly improved the overall strength of Li Qing's command to a certain extent, especially in the foundation and the top level, which makes Li Qing can't help but be happy.
Fourteen God-tier Hero Boosters!
100 million elite army comparable to the army of tigers and wolves of the Qin State!
It is undoubtedly the aspect that Li Qing lacks the most at this stage, especially the 100 million elite army, which is even more timely and rainy.
In the battle between empires and empires, it is the heritage of both sides that is tested. These include political strength, military strength, logistical supply, and other aspects, among which the decisive force is still military force.
Among the military forces, they are divided into upper, middle and lower classes.
It is conceivable that if the commander or strategist of one side has the advantage, then there is a great chance of taking the initiative in the overall scene.
For example, in the famous Battle of Changping in history, hundreds of thousands of troops from the Qin Empire and the Zhao Empire gathered here, and the commanders of the two sides were Bai Qi and Lian Po respectively. Bai Qi and Lian Po are super commanders who are tied for the four famous generals of the Warring States, although they are not as good as Bai Qi in terms of combat performance, but they can be tied with Bai Qi, which is enough to witness his excellent command art.
In the Battle of Changping, the gap between the Qin Empire and the Zhao Empire was small, and they were evenly matched. Perhaps because of the beginning of fate, King Zhao believed the rumors, removed Lian Po from the position of handsome, and pushed Zhao Kuo, who was talking on paper, to the position of commander, which laid the pattern of the failure of the Zhao Empire.
In this war, the military strength of the two empires was equal and evenly divided, but it was because of Lian Po's departure, and Zhao Kuo, who then replaced the commander, was not Bai Qi's opponent at all, which led to the complete collapse of the Zhao Empire, and 300,000 soldiers were killed.
This is the best proof of the disparity in competence between commanders.
Then there is the strategist aspect, in many battles in history where more wins than few, it is because of the difference in wisdom that the balance of victory is tilted. For example, battles such as the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Huangshui.
That's the difference between superior power!
Among this military force, the middle force is the military generals from top to bottom!
For example, in the Battle of Julu, the peerless Xiang Yu led the Jiangdong soldiers to destroy the Qin army, which was several times the number of his own;
That's the difference between medium strength!
As for the inferior forces, they are the constituents of the army, the cornerstone of the army—the troops!
Among them, the troops are also divided into ace troops, elite troops and ordinary troops, and the gap in combat power is extremely obvious. The reason why the ace can be named the ace is naturally known for its strong combat effectiveness. It's just that the number of this ace army is very small, and it can only play the role of a fatal blow on the battlefield. From beginning to end, the biggest bearer of war is the elite troops.
This elite unit is a "butcher" and "warrior" who have experienced the tempering of blood and fire and have grown up step by step from the war, compared with the ordinary troops with low combat effectiveness and compared with the small number of ace troops, the elite troops can be called the sharpest blade on the battlefield after the generals.
Historically, most of the peasant uprisings that ended in inevitability were due to the lack of elite troops in the army, which led to failure.
From the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings in the late Qin and early Han dynasties, the two Green Forest Uprisings in the Western Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Uprising in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and then to the climax stage of the peasant uprisings in the Two Jin Dynasty and the Sui and Tang dynasties, all ended in failure.
In the late Qin and early Han dynasties, it was Liu Bang and Xiang Yu who succeeded. Xiang Yuzu is Xiang Liang, the general of Chu State, after the nobles of the general. Although Liu Bang is a pavilion chief, he is only a farmer, but Liu Bang is a real emperor and has gathered a large number of talents, including Xiao He, Zhou Bo, Fan Xu, Cao Shen and other top talents to follow him.
It's just limited to Liu Bang's source of strength, Liu Bang bumped and bumped in the early stage, and even the base camp Pei County was breached, like a stray dog and stealing his life, if it weren't for Liu Bang's strength, I'm afraid this rebel army would not have later achievements.
In the successive peasant uprisings and the change of dynasty, there were few peasants who unified the troubled times. For example, in the two Green Forest Uprisings in the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu sat on the throne! For example, in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei were divided into three parts of the world! For example, in the Sui and Tang peasant uprisings, it was the Li Yuan family of the Li family in Guanlong who sat on the throne.
In history, there are 42 peasant uprisings recorded in history, among which the Zhang Chu regime that was able to make a fortune with the peasant uprising and achieved the throne was Chen Sheng, Li Zicheng's Dashun regime, Fang La's Yongle regime, Huangchao's Daqi regime, Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi regime, Liu Bang's Han Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Dynasty.
And in this peasant uprising that was able to establish power, there were many elite troops who supported their respective regimes, either allowing them to exist for a short time or letting them last for a long time.
This is the role of the elite units of the inferior forces.
On the Yanhuang Continent, there are the strongest elite troops, and the Tiger and Wolf Division of the Qin Empire naturally tops the list, there is no doubt about it. Whether it is the crossbow array, cavalry or the rest of the troops of the Qin Empire, they are all known for their strength and bravery.
Moreover, the elite troops of the Qin Empire accounted for 80 percent of the imperial army, the ace troops accounted for 5 percent, and the ordinary troops accounted for 15 percent. In terms of the Qin Empire's permanent army of 1.5 billion, this elite army has reached 1.2 billion!
Compared with the Yan Empire's less than 500 million elite troops, the Qin Empire's military strength absolutely crushed the Yan Empire.
This is also the reason why the strength of the wolf barbarian tribe is weaker than that of the lion barbarian tribe, the Yan Empire is trembling under the iron hooves of the wolf barbarian army, and the Qin Empire can still kill the top and bottom by charging head-on.
In the military operation of the wolf barbarian invasion of the Yan Empire, the loss of the elite troops of the Yan Empire reached fifty percent, plus Zhu Yuanzhang in the east did not listen to the dispatch, the south was pinned down by the Shang Empire, and the elite troops in the west lost most of the previous war.
In this way, the Yan Empire's royal family has less than 200 million elite troops, and they are distributed in the west, north and south.
This couldn't be better for Li Qing. Coupled with the 100 million elite troops compensated by the system, with the commanding ability of Han Xin, Bai Qi and others, the resourcefulness of Zhang Liang, Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia and others, and the force of Li Yuanba, Zhao Yun, Xiang Yu and others, it is no longer a dream to take most of the Yan Empire in a short time.
The reason why Li Qing was restrained before was because he was worried about the affairs of the elite troops, so he slowed down the pace of the great cause of unification. If you follow the normal progress, with the land of Li Qing and the two states, if you want to cultivate a large number of elite troops, you will definitely not be able to grow into a force that can resist the Yan Empire without three or five years.
Originally, when Li Qing bought the maid, he wanted to buy elite troops directly from the system, but it was an astronomical amount to buy 10,000 elite troops, let alone 100 million troops, so Li Qing foolishly let go of this idea.
Now the 100 million elite troops compensated by the system have given Li Qing great confidence that he will be able to take all the states in the southwest region of the Yan Empire in a few months.
Including the Green Sparrow, the Flame Sparrow, the Purple Sparrow, the Wind Sparrow, the Thunder Sparrow, and even the Heavenly Sparrow Prefecture, they can all enter Li Qing's domain, and at that time, nearly half of the Yan Empire will fall into Li Qing's hands.
The troops of the Yan Empire in the south were cut off by Li Qing and there were only three ways to fight, surrender or treason; the troops in the west could not make any big waves under the leadership of Emperor Luo Long, especially when Li Qing had exhausted most of his strength, there was no obstacle for the western border to be taken by Li Qing.
In this way, the Yan Empire will divide the world into three parts, the Li Qing forces in the southwest, the Yan royal family in the middle, and the Zhu Yuanzhang forces in the east!
"After using these fourteen Hero Cultivation Enhancement Talismans, this king will immediately launch an offensive!"
Li Qing could no longer suppress the ecstasy on his face, and used all the fourteen hero cultivation enhancement talismans.
"Ding! Congratulations to Yue Fei, Li Jing, Li Mu, Jiang Ziya, Wei Qing, Wu Qi, Zhang Liao, Shi Wansui, Xue Rengui, and Wang Xu for passing the Tianzun cultivation as an ascension talisman and will be promoted to the Tianzun realm within one day!"
"Ding! Congratulations to Wang Meng, Li Cunxiao, and Ran Min for passing the Divine Venerable Cultivation and Ascending Talisman, and will be promoted to the Divine Venerable Realm within one day!"
"Ding! Congratulations to Zhuge for passing the Juggernaut cultivation as an ascension talisman and will ascend to the Juggernaut Realm within one day!