Comparing Zhang Chong's military strength of the Han Court with the strength of all parties in Taiping Dao that he knew, as long as he was not stupid, he knew that Taiping Dao had no chance at all.

Looking at the Han court first, we only count the divisions of the economic system on the books, and the first major head is the national soldiers of each county. Here, because of the difference in military pressure between the inner county and the outer county, generally speaking, there are 1,000 soldiers in the inner county, which is probably a school captain's department, 500 armor soldiers, 50 cavalry, and the rest of the long soldiers accumulate 450. Then there were 2,000 soldiers in a foreign county, and then about a certain number of cantonment soldiers composed of prisoners on death row, which was almost 4,000 soldiers.

And how many counties does Hanting have?

Thirty-six in the border counties and seventy in the inner counties. Then there are 150,000 border troops and 70,000 inner county soldiers, a total of 220,000.

In addition to the permanent troops of the county, the Han court also had garrisons in various places, such as 616 dock walls in Changshan Zhongshan of Zhao State, which were built when defending against the Qiang people. There are also 300 Longdao beacons in Hanyang. According to the establishment of one wall and one song of the Han Court, there are nearly 200,000 soldiers here. However, these are generally cantonment soldiers, half peasants and half soldiers.

Then there are battalions in the four major areas of the borderlands. Among them, there are 1,000 captains and soldiers of Wuji Colonel in the Western Regions, and 1,000 cavalry of the Duliao Battalion in Yunzhong County. The Chang'an battalion and Yongying under the command of the Huya lieutenant in Guanzhong are 2,000 each. The Liyang battalion in Hebei, the Yuyang battalion in Youzhou, and the Fuli battalion each had 1,000 soldiers. plus the captains of the Wuhuan guard, the Qiang guard, and the Hun guard, each with a thousand battalions. Then here on the border, there are 12,000 battalion soldiers in Hanting, and these are generally elite. In particular, the three guards can also recruit thousands of Hu soldiers such as Qiang, Wuhuan, and Xiongnu in wartime. These special ones don't count.

Finally, there is the two armies of the north and south in Kyoto and the standing armaments of each government. Kyoto has the right to war, probably the following systems:

The first is the general's guard system, with about four thousand and five soldiers. There are 200 horsemen and 520 halberds, a total of less than 1,000 people, who are in charge of fire and water outside the palace. Then there are the 1,000 people of Guangluxun's halberd Lang and the 1,500 Lang officials of the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General, all of whom are the sons of the ministers of the court and the two thousand stone guards of the county. There are also 2,000 Yulin cavalry of General Yulin Zhonglang, who are in charge of the guards. These are the elite of the Han Court, and they are supplemented by good families in six counties, including Hanyang, Longxi, Anding, Beidi, Shangjun, and Xihe.

The second is the five-battalion system of the Northern Army of the Che Cavalry General, with a number of 4,000 soldiers. These five battalions are the Tun Cavalry Captain, the Yue Cavalry Captain, the Infantry Captain, the Changshui Captain, and the Shooting Sound Captain, each with 800 non-commissioned officers.

The third is the palace ban system of the hussar general, and the number of soldiers is also 4,000. The palace gate guard has 3,000 soldiers. There are 200 bus Sima and soldiers, and 800 soldiers from the Seven Palace Gate.

The fourth is General Wei's Gyeonggi system, that is, the Southern Army, with 4,000 soldiers. Among them, there are 1,200 officers and apprentices in the middle capital, and 300 soldiers in each of the eight customs captains in Gyeonggi.

Therefore, the total number of central soldiers in Kyoto was about 170,000. In this way, the entire Han court has 250,000 standing reserves and 200,000 garrison soldiers, so it is 450,000.

And if the Han court doesn't plan to live, as long as the military power is delegated to the counties and counties, and let them bring their own tribes to level the thieves, then at the limit, the Han court can still break out another 200,000 troops, of course, this is also theoretical. Because it really reached that point, the place was difficult to govern, and the Han Court was almost over. ….

But Zhang Chong estimated that these were the total strength of the Han Court, but in fact, those who could participate in the conquest of Taiping Dao were more than 100,000 soldiers, which was already the limit of the mobile strength of the Han Court. The Qiang people rebelled on a large scale, and at that time, they mobilized the left and right Yulin, the five school scholars and the soldiers of the nearby prefectures and counties, about 100,000 people.

But when it comes to the more than 100,000 conquest army, Zhang Chong knows that Taiping Road can't be moved. Because in history, when Han Tingping was in the Yellow Turban Army, there were 40,000 soldiers for Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, and the five schools of the Northern Army, the knights of the Three Rivers and the elite of each county were transferred. And to the north of Lu Zhi soldiers 25,000, including 5,000 Wuhuan cavalry. Coupled with some Cao Cao, Sun Jian and other departments, the total number of troops is probably about 100,000. What is the end result? From the incident to the pacification, Taiping Road did not stand up for ten months or a year.

The above is the situation of the Han Court, but what about Taiping Dao?

Taiping Road is 36 squares in the world, but in fact, the main ones are Jizhou Main Road, Qingyan Taiping Road, Nanyang Taiping Road and Ruying Taiping Road. Zhang Chong himself is a member of Qingyan, and he is more familiar with this, with his understanding, Qingzhou Dao can fight

Soldiers, fifteen thousand soldiers were killed in six counties, and an average of less than 3,000 soldiers in one county were able to fight, and the rest were just flag-waving and shouting and believers in the Taiping Dao. Then if you extrapolate to this, there are millions of Taiping Daoists in the world, and the extreme soldiers are probably about 100,000.

But it's a pity that Taiping Dao doesn't practice the five soldiers, the military formation is not strict, and they still fight separately. When the Han court conquered the Taiping Dao, the strategy was very clear, that is, to cut off the Taiping Dao troops from all sides. Therefore, the first thing to fight is Yingru's Taiping Road, which is in the middle of all parties in Taiping Road. Then it is to concentrate on Hebei Taiping Road and behead it. Therefore, eight months put down the great uprising that had been developing for 20 years in Taiping Dao.

And now that Zhang Chong has come to this world, the situation has naturally changed. First of all, he commanded 5,000 Taishan soldiers, and he was confident that he could defeat the most elite northern and southern armies of the Han court. Therefore, as long as Zhang Chong makes good use of his tactics, he can maneuver to support the Taiping Dao in various places, which is not available in the original world. Then there is Zhang Chong's insight, the main reason for the failure of the Taiping Dao Uprising was that he was betrayed by Tang Zhou and leaked the beheading operation in Kyoto. And now, if Tang Zhou can be eradicated and the Taiping Dao Success Center can blossom, then there is probably a better chance.

But Zhang Chong knew rationally that this strategy would basically not succeed.

First of all, Kyoto's North and South Shrines are not just palace complexes, they are actually military fortresses. This is a tradition that has been passed down from the Han Dynasty since the past. At that time, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, moved the capital to Guanzhong and built Chang'an, he began to build the North Palace as a military fortress. There was no city wall in Chang'an, and it was only repaired when his son Liu Ying ascended the throne. And the same is true of this dynasty, Emperor Guangwu built Luoyang from the ruins, first built the South Palace, and then built the North Palace, the two palaces are connected by the air Yongdao, and the others are majestic palace walls, so to speak, it is to double the strength of Taiping Road, they don't want to break through the palace gate.

Secondly, there is no such successful uprising in the capital in history. Because there are many people you go to, and there are many people with many mouths, you will not be able to keep secrets. There are few people there, and that is in the heart of the people, it is completely useless.

It is also for this reason that Zhang Chong is not optimistic about the central flowering strategy of Taiping Road. But he Zhang Chong is not the decision-making level of Taiping Dao, in the final analysis, he has only been in it for four years, no matter how much credit he has, he is still short of seniority. ….

Therefore, in the face of an uprising with a high probability of failure, Rao is Zhang Chong is also a little confused, and he is also taking one step at a time.

But the Mr. Tao Dark Tao he met in Bo County directly planned a big strategy for him, that is, to change the base area, and this base area is the area with the highest probability of winning the world in the past dynasties, Guanzhong.

Don't say it, when Tao Yin said this, it really broadened Zhang Chong's horizons. As a person of later generations, of course, he knew that it was indeed feasible to use Guanzhong as a base.

If the inertia of history is strong enough, Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing will still happen. Because the entire people of Liangzhou are detached from the Han Court, they have no moral burden for breaking the order of the Han Court. More importantly, the Liangzhou horses, which became strong in the Pingqiang Battle, were fierce enough and powerful enough to lift the table. So even if Dong Zhuo didn't enter Beijing, it was another military leader entering Beijing.

If Dong Zhuo enters Beijing, then it will be inevitable that the princes of the Kwantung Prefecture will discuss Dong. At that time, Dong Zhuo would still move west to Guanzhong and relocate millions of people from Gyeonggi to fill in Guanzhong, although the chaos in Guanzhong later led to the displacement of the victims. But if Zhang Chong can defeat the Liangzhou Legion in the customs at that time, he will be able to directly occupy a good foundation.

At that time, he was deeply rooted in Guanzhong, collected Liangzhou Dama, and then took Hedong, out of Taihang Mountain and into Hebei, as long as he defeated Yuan Shao, the whole situation would be very different.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chong was really a little excited. He immediately planned to darken:

"Tao Jun's words are very good, if you want to take Guanzhong, what is Qing's plan."

Tao was calm and calm, painting with clay, and offered advice to Zhang Chong:

"The land of Guanzhong was called the Land of Four Stops in ancient times, which refers to the four roads into Guanzhong. Among them, the closest to us are Cuihan Road and Wuguan Road. However, the 200-mile valley of Cuihan connects the two capitals, and it is the strongest area of the Han court. Therefore, it is left to enter Nanyang from the Jianghan Plain and go directly to Chang'an through Wuguan. The First Emperor went east to the six countries of the Kanto region three times and walked this way. Later, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bangneng entered the customs before Xiang Yu, which was also a shortcut. Later, Zhou Yafu quelled the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, and traveled to Luoyang from this road

。 It can be said that this is the best route to enter the customs."

Zhang Chong pondered, if this is the case, he needs to go west across Yuzhou, all the way through Lu, Liang, Chen, Yingchuan, and finally to Nanyang, this route seems to be not easy to walk, this is the core area of the Han family, strong everywhere, dock forts are dense, really want him to fight one by one, his soldiers have not yet arrived in Nanyang, they will be beaten.

He thought here, and Tao Yan continued to introduce:

"But this martial pass is so important, so the Han Court is heavily guarded. In addition, Wuguan was built in the middle of Wuguan Road. There are thousands of walls on both sides, and as long as our army cannot defeat the military pass, there is a worry that the whole army will be annihilated. So now we still need to accumulate strength in Qilu Yangwei."

Zhang Chong understood what Tao secretly said, usually the pass is cultivated at the beginning or end of the mountain road, but the Wuguan road is cultivated in the middle. This means that once the enemy army penetrates deep and cannot quickly overcome the Wuguan Pass, the enemy army will be blocked at the mountain pass, and once the rear is blocked, the whole army will be in vain.

It seems that this matter has to be considered in the long run, but in any case, there is something in this Tao Di. Zhang Chong left him in the shogunate, and often consulted him about things, and he got along for a while.

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