Chapter 172: Spring Offensive
Jiang Wei clearly explained to the generals the military goals for this year, which can be regarded as a unity of thought.
Just thinking about the capital of Chang'an, everyone felt their blood boiling.
Since the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty, it has been questioned by Wei and Wu and other countries about the legitimacy of the Shu Han Dynasty, but if the Shu Han can move the capital back to Chang'an and take the former capital of the Han Dynasty as the national capital, then the doubts about the legitimacy of the Shu Han can be greatly weakened.
After all, Shu Han has already recovered Chang'an, and there is no point in questioning the legitimacy of Shu Han.
After unifying his thoughts, Jiang Wei began to assign military tasks.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this time, our army's all-out northern expedition needs to mobilize the elite of the whole country, so all our Yongliang armies must attack, and the soldiers and horses of Hanzhong must also attack. The whole country of Eastern Wu sent troops with 130,000 soldiers and horses, so our Han army will have to come with an army of 150,000. ”
Wu Yi, the assassin of Yongzhou, was a little surprised: "But general, where did we get the 150,000 army?" ”
Hearing Wu Yi's question, the generals of the Liangzhou Thorn Mansion all laughed.
At the end of last year, Jiang Wei once gave them an inventory of the troops that could be mobilized by the Liangzhou Assassin Mansion.
Aside from the Hun soldiers and Qiang soldiers as reserves, as well as the troops in Tuntian in the Western Regions.
However, the main elite force that the Liangzhou Thorn Mansion can mobilize has more than 60,000 troops.
Seeing the proud look on the face of the Liangzhou Thorn Mansion, Wu Yi was even more puzzled. Jiang Wei said to Wu Yi:
"Don't worry, Ziyuan, my Liangzhou Assassin Mansion can send 60,000 elite soldiers, and Hanzhong also has 80,000 elite soldiers, plus the 8,000 soldiers and horses from Nanzhong brought by Zhang Xue and Liang Qian, isn't there an army of 150,000?"
Wu Yi immediately gasped when he heard that the Liangzhou Assassin Mansion could send 60,000 elite soldiers.
"I can't imagine that in a short period of time, Dahan Liangzhou already has such strength, and the general is really a god!"
Jiang Wei patted Wu Yi on the shoulder with a smile and said to him: "It's not like this, I can still mobilize another forty or fifty thousand second-line reserve troops under the limit state." ”
"What? And forty or fifty thousand reserve troops? This...... Isn't this just a Liangzhou Assassin Mansion that can mobilize more than 100,000 troops? ”
Wu Yi was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped.
And the generals of the Liangzhou Assassin Mansion were very proud and felt very proud.
Wu Yi thought about it again, and finally caught a small loophole in Jiang Wei, so he said:
"General, you just said that there are 150,000 troops, 60,000 in Liangzhou, 80,000 in Hanzhong, and 8,000 in Nanzhong, which seems to be 2,000 short!"
Jiang Wei never expected that Wu Yi, the old general, was still a little obsessive-compulsive, and he actually wanted to find a little bit of a field from here.
So Jiang Wei smiled and said to Wu Yi:
"Before I have time to tell General Ziyuan, I am going to build a heavy cavalry in Liangzhou, with a number of 2,000 soldiers, selected from the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry, and the vacancy will be filled by Ma Dai from the reserves. The newly formed heavy cavalry will all use Dawan horses, and each cavalry will be equipped with full body armor, the armor weighs 30 catties, half of which is lighter than the armor of the Qilin Army, and the war horse armor is 30 catties, covering the whole body. ”
Ma Dai heard that the men and horses were armoured, and that this army used Dawan horses, and he was suddenly greedy, so he asked:
"General, I wonder who is in command of this newly built hoplite?"
Jiang Wei looked around at everyone, and finally fell on Liang Qian.
Liang Qian looked at Jiang Wei in disbelief, and said suspiciously: "Could it be that General Fei wants me to be the commander of the newly formed heavy cavalry?" He thinks this is unlikely, although he was born in Tianshui and has been learning horses since he was a child, but there are many generals in Liangzhou Thorn Mansion who are good at horse warfare, such as Ma Dai, Liu Bao, Oh He Yaoge, etc., but he has no cavalry record, why shouldn't he choose himself?
Liang Qian was suspicious, Jiang Wei nodded to Liang Qian with a smile, and then announced loudly:
"This newly formed heavy cavalry, this general named it Tiefutu, dedicated to breaking the formation, the number of troops is tentatively set at two thousand, and the main general will be Liang Qian!"
Liang Qian raised his head reluctantly, but he didn't expect Jiang Wei to really order him to be the chief general of the Tiefu Tu, so that the most elite Qilin Army and the Tiefu Tu under Jiang Wei would be the main generals of his two brothers.
Liang Qian was so excited that he fell to his knees with a bang, and bowed: "The last general will live up to the trust of the general and build Tiefutu into the first cavalry of the Han Dynasty." ”
Everyone congratulated Liang Qian, although Ma Dai also had the heart to become the chief general of the Iron Floating Tu, but he is now the chief general of the 20,000 Liangzhou Iron Cavalry, and the burden on his body is heavier, so Jiang Wei arranged it like this, and he had no complaints.
"Old General Ziyuan, in this way, our army will have a sufficient amount of 150,000 troops, does the old general have any other questions?"
Wu Yi said with a smile: "General Boyo is really powerful, so the last general admires, please continue to arrange it, the last general will be sent at will." ”
So Jiang Wei said: "Next, General Ben is going to issue a combat order." The congregation will obey the order! ”
When everyone heard this, they straightened their chests.
Jiang Wei said loudly: "This time, our army will link the Hanzhong soldiers and horses to attack, divided into three roads, the east road is mainly responsible for Wang Ping, the governor of Hanzhong, the general has sent a letter to General Wang Ping, and he will lead the Hanzhong army to go north out of Hanzhong and attack Chang'an. ”
Everyone was a little surprised when they heard this, and they didn't expect that the 80,000 army in Hanzhong turned out to be a sheep attack force, so it seems that the main force of this battle is the army of Liangzhou Thorn Shifu.
"The middle route army is commanded by Wu Yi, the assassin of Yongzhou, the main force of 20,000 Qiang cavalry led by He Yaoge and Liao Hua, 2,000 Baier troops under Fu Yan, 5,000 Wudang Fei army under Zhang Xu, and 3,000 Jiangdong elite soldiers of Pan Ping are classified as this road, with a total of 30,000 troops on this road, and the goal is to recover Wudu and then force Tianshui."
Wu Yi, Zhang Xu, Oh He Yaoge, Liao Hua, Fu Yan, and Pan Ping suddenly received the order.
"The Western Route Army is personally led by General Ben, and will lead Ma Dai 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, Liu Bao under the command of 10,000 Xiongnu Archers elite, Zhuge Zhan under the command of 3,000 Imperial Forest Army and 3,000 Southern Barbarian Elite, Liang Xu under 2,000 Qilin Army, Liang Qian under 2,000 Tiefutu attack. This route soldiers and horses are the main force of this battle against Wei, a total of 40,000 troops, the route is to take Nan'an, which is guarded by Deng Ai, and then attack Tianshui with the middle route army. ”
Ma Dai, Liu Bao, Zhuge Zhan, Liang Xu, and Liang Qian proudly came out to receive the order.
Jiang Wei continued: "After the army set out, the remaining soldiers and horses in Lanzhou were led by my wife Guan Yinping and Hua Fei, who were responsible for guarding the Lanzhou base camp. The reserve troops in Liangzhou and Yongzhou were transferred to a wartime state and were responsible for patrolling and defending the key points of Yongliang cities. ”
Immediately, Jiang Wei said to Yang Yi: "The chief quartermaster of this operation is Yang Yi, Yang Changshi is responsible for the baggage arrangements of each army, and Yinchuan Taishou Xu Miao assists, and Yang Changshi must ensure that the grain and grass of each army are sufficient." ”
Yang Yi and Xu Miao hurriedly stepped out of the queue and replied, "The subordinate officer respectfully obeys the general's military orders." ”
Jiang Wei said to Cheng Yi again: "Cheng Changshi, in this operation, you need to strengthen surveillance on the side of the countries in the Western Regions, if necessary, this general may invite the countries of the Western Regions to form an alliance to participate in the war, and after Cheng Changshi returns to the Western Regions, he can discuss with Huang Fulong and make arrangements as soon as possible." This time, there is no need for the Western Regions to send troops, but there will be rounds of big battles in the Central Plains in the future, and there will always be a chance for you to go into battle. ”
Cheng Yi said excitedly: "The lower official receives the order." ”
In the end, Jiang Wei slapped the table and said to everyone: "This military operation began in the early spring of March, so General Ben named this battle the Spring Offensive, everyone, the curtain has been opened, you must do your best to fight the enemy for the smooth progress of the Spring Offensive!" Long live the Great Han! ”
Jiang Wei raised his arms and shouted.
"Long live the Great Han!"
Everyone followed Jiang Wei and raised his arms and shouted, and the mountain cry was deafening and resounding throughout Lanzhou.