Chapter 394 Counting the Gains and Losses, the Expansion of the Great Army
After the end of the war, the former enemy command post issued the last order for the armies to go to the designated place to rest and recuperate, completed the historical mission and announced the disbandment.
After verifying all kinds of data of each army after the war, they were summarized and reported to the Zhenbei General's Mansion step by step, and the specific data are as follows:
In the first stage of the Great War of Bingzhou, the Zhenbei Army invested a total of 100,000 regular troops and eight armies, namely the Crouching Tiger Army, the Vanguard Army, the Flying Tiger Army, the Blue Wolf Army, the Xiong Zhen Army, the Dragoon Army, the Xiongwu Army, and the Dingyuan Army. Among them, the vanguard army and the dragoon army were 20,000 people, and the rest of the armies were 10,000 people.
At the end of the battle, it was the vanguard army and the Xiongwu army that suffered heavier casualties. Because the 20,000 men of the vanguard army were divided into two parts, shouldering the heavy responsibility of garrisoning Huguan and Lishi, a total of 6,000 soldiers were killed and wounded. The 10,000 Xiongwu army fought against Huangfu Song's 50,000 army and lost 4,000 soldiers. The casualties of the other armies were 2,000 for the Crouching Tiger Army, 1,500 for the Flying Tiger Army, 1,500 for the Blue Wolf Army, 1,000 for the Xiong Zhen Army, 2,000 for the Dragoon Army, and 2,000 for the Dingyuan Army. The total casualties of the eight regular armies were 20,000, and the battle loss ratio was 20%.
In the second stage of the war of Bingzhou, Xianbei and Budugen in the north led 120,000 people to the south and west, and Zhang Yan of Montenegro led 50,000 bandits out of the mountains to harass the northeast of Bingzhou. At this time, due to the shortage of troops, Zhao Xing temporarily converted all the 50,000 reserve troops into regular troops and scattered them in the northern counties of Bingzhou as defensive forces. Hu Che'er led 20,000 Huang Xuan's army to the south to support the war on the Western Front, Wu Anguo led 13,000 Qingxu volunteers to the north to assist in the defense, Hu Chuquan requisitioned 20,000 cavalry in the Southern Xiongnu, and Xu Huang urgently mobilized 20,000 Xianbei mercenaries. In this way, the total number of men and horses from all walks of life that is not organized by the Zhenbei Army is 110,000.
At the end of the battle, the 110,000 troops temporarily recruited by the Han people, Huang Xuan, Southern Xiongnu, and Xianbei tribes suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, mainly when they were attacked by Zhang Yan of Montenegro, and some when they defended Xianbei to the south.
In the third stage of the war of the state, all the men and horses began to withdraw and re-arm, and the leader finally apologized for his crimes, and the state won the final victory. At this stage, Bingzhou did not increase its troops, and after the siege of Wuyuan, the various armies fought in turns, with the help of a large number of large weapons, and basically did not cause too many casualties.
210,000 troops were invested before and after the annexation of the state, and the siege of more than 650,000 troops totaled from all directions, and in the end only 30,000 troops were lost, which cannot but be said to be a great victory. So how many of the allied forces were killed, wounded, and captured by the Zhenbei Army?
The biggest loss was Dong Zhuo, when he sent out 80,000 cavalry, only 20,000 of them finally fled back to Qi County, and also lost four generals, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Li Su and Ye Xiong, which is really miserable; Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song's central army of the three routes of the imperial court sent a total of 170,000 troops, but eventually returned to the Sili area with no more than 120,000 and lost 50,000; Yuan Shu came with 40,000 Danyang soldiers and only 30,000 were left when he returned; Yuan Shao sent 50,000 troops and lost 10,000; Gongsun Zan sent 10,000 troops and brought back less than 5,000 to Youzhou; Yan Yan led 10,000 troops and brought back 4,000 Shu soldiers; Pang De led 10,000 troops and brought back 7,000 soldiers; Cao Cao sent 30,000 troops and lost 5,000; Sun Jian sent 20,000 troops and lost 3,000. Liu Biao and Liu Yan each sent 20,000 troops, with almost no losses. Kong Rong and Tao Qian's 20,000 Qingxu soldiers almost had no casualties, but all of them were abducted and taken to Bingzhou.
Kuitou led 80,000 Xianbei soldiers to the south, and finally the whole army was annihilated; Bu Dugen led 40,000 Xianbei soldiers from Liaoxi to attack Khan Mountain, and there were no casualties so far; Zhang Yan led 50,000 black mountain thieves out of the mountain to fight the autumn wind, encountered Zhang Liao's siege, and finally fled back to 30,000.
That is to say, the 650,000 allied troops who besieged the state successively lost a total of 280,000, and the battle loss ratio reached 40%. Of course, the vast majority of the troops lost in this area did not die on the battlefield in the end, but became prisoners of the state.
After statistics, Bingzhou successively captured 2,000 Yuan Shaojun, 4,500 Yuan Shujun, 5,000 Shu troops, 2,000 Cao troops, 30,000 Dong Zhuo troops, 60,000 Xianbei Qingzhuang, 10,000 Montenegrin thieves, and 20,000 Qingxu troops who were safe and sound, totaling about 134,000.
The allied forces of Bingzhou slaughtered Guo Yan, Li Dao, Chen Lan, Bai Bo, Sun Qing, and Kuitou before and after, and Li Su was also killed by Dong Zhuo because of Lu Bu's trick to surrender. Bingzhou successively captured seven generals, including Zhang Nan, Zhang Xu, Cao Hong, Zu Mao, Zhang Yi, Lei Tong and Ye Xiong. Liu He, the general of the state, unfortunately died of a heavy arrow.
Zhao Xing considered some plans for the next step, and made a small adjustment and supplement to the army under his control. First of all, the 50,000 original reserves, which were urgently converted into regular troops during the war, were all retained after the war and enriched into the Crouching Tiger Army, the Vanguard Army, and the Xiongwu Army respectively. After adjustment and supplementation, the Crouching Tiger Army, the first strongest army in Bingzhou, was expanded to 20,000 people, the Vanguard Army was expanded to 30,000 people, and the Xiongwu Army was expanded to 20,000 people.
Second, 13,000 people were selected from the 20,000 temporarily recruited Huangxuan soldiers and 20,000 Southern Xiongnu soldiers to supplement the two armies of Flying Tiger and Blue Wolf, which not only made up for the total battle losses of the two armies of 3,000 people, but also expanded the two armies to 15,000 people. The Flying Tiger Army and the Blue Wolf Army each expanded to 5,000 people, and both added a heavy cavalry division to ensure that the two armies would be the absolute main force in the future cavalry decisive battle.
Third, the remaining 8,000 people of the Dingyuan Army were transferred to the Xiong Zhen Army, and another 3,000 people were selected from the 20,000 Xianbei warriors to be incorporated into the Xiong Zhen Army, making the strength of the Xiong Zhen Army also reach 20,000. Xiong Zhen's army fought many beautiful battles in this war of merging states, and the battle loss ratio was the smallest, only 1,000 soldiers were lost, so they naturally received double the treatment of expansion.
Fourth, 12,000 soldiers were selected from the 50,000 remaining troops of the original reserve forces, the Huangxuan tribe, the Southern Xiongnu tribe, and the Xianbei people, and added them to the dragoon army, expanding the dragoon army to 30,000.
Fifth, retain the number of the Dingyuan Army, and transfer the remaining 30,000 people from the original reserve to regular troops, the Huangxuan tribe, the Southern Xiongnu tribe, and the Xianbei people, all of whom were assigned to the Dingyuan Army.
After such an adjustment, the Zhenbei Army still maintained eight corps level troops, but the strength reached 180,000. This figure coincides with the figure of 210,000 men in the war, 30,000 losses, and 180,000 remaining. In other words, Zhao Xing basically kept all these soldiers who participated in the war in his army, and several troops were obviously composed of multiple nationalities and arms, such as the Xiong Zhen Army and the Dingyuan Army.
As for the more than 10,000 Qingxu volunteers led by Wu Anguo, Zhao Xing planned to wait for the states to calm down, and then let Sun Guan, Cao Bao and Chen Deng take them back and hand them over to Kong Rong and Tao Qian. For these more than 10,000 troops who are not thinking about merging states, Zhao Xing thinks that they may be able to play a more important role after returning to their respective states and counties.
Qingzhou and Xuzhou, which are the weakest in power, are now short of soldiers and more wealth, and they happen to be the objects of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and others.
After the strength of the various armies of the Zhenbei Army has been adjusted and replenished, the next step is to reward meritorious deeds and adjust the personnel of each army. How will Zhao Xing lay out and arrange such a critical matter?