Li Xingzhou had his own plans in his heart, and he could not sit still and watch the spring of next year. In fact, he knew that his position was different from that of the emperor. The emperor wanted to have a quiet place, and he wanted to protect the safety of the people of Jiangzhou and the many surrounding villages.

Once the army is delayed until next year, Jiangzhou and Youyun cannot take care of both. The emperor will definitely not care about the life and death of this generation of people. This is what he said.

I believe that tens of thousands of people suffer nothing.

The emperor would not care, and the civil and military officials in the court would not care. They had higher ideals. He foresaw this situation. So after hearing that the Black Mountain Bandits united, Li Xingzhou became alert as soon as he heard that the Black Mountain Bandits were united, and began to train the army and buy mules. He decided to deal with the Black Mountain Bandits in winter.

But he never thought that the emperor would come to Jiangzhou if he had some idea of ​​something wrong.

The emperor stopped him, but he was the envoy of Beijing and North. He had the right to send troops. The emperor could stop him, but he needed an imperial edict. He said it in name, and it was also acceptable, because the imperial edict needed to be written by the Hanlin of the Central Secretariat, the emperor outlined it, and the seal of the subordinates took effect. This was not a stipulation, but he could argue with reason as long as it made sense.

As for the consequences, it is offending the emperor...

If it were not forbidden to do so, Li Xingzhou would not want to offend the emperor. He would still want to keep going here. Besides, the empress and the emperor were not good to him, but he could not watch the tens of thousands of people die tragically in the butcher's knife for the emperor's great ambition.

The emperor may demote him to his post, and in serious cases, he may be dismissed from office, but no matter what, the other end of the balance is the lives of tens of thousands of people...

If he doesn't do some things, everyone will do them. Li Xingzhou feels unlucky, but he cannot refuse them. Perhaps it is because of his conscience, or perhaps it is because he will become more civilized in a thousand years? But no matter which one, he will send troops.

The only thing that can be relied on is his knowledge, "Knowledge is power." Li Xingzhou whispered to remind himself.

Yes, knowledge is power, his most powerful force!

He only had a thousand people, of which the five hundred wings of the Ganlin Army were well-trained. Although he had never fought a big battle, he was at least reliable.

The new army had 200 musketeers, each of the musketeers brought three grenades, six artillery squads, and six artillery pieces, which were his main force.

The other 300 people were auxiliary soldiers, who were responsible for feeding horses, unloading armor, escorting food and supplies, raising fires and cooking, etc., and a total of about 1,050 people were gathered together.

In fact, the logistics auxiliary soldiers of 300 people are far from enough, and logistics supply is always the most important in the war.

.........

The more I thought about it, he felt that it was necessary to recruit some people and expand the auxiliary army.

He couldn't help but think of those war history in his mind, thinking that for reference, the actual historical records in Chinese history, rather than romantic operas, there were very few large-scale wars of millions of people.

When the Song Dynasty and Jin attacked Liao, the whole country's troops were combined twice, and there were only a total of more than 100,000 troops.

However, the famous Battle of Changping is a rare epic battle with a population of millions before and after, and the data is very reliable. The piles of wreckage and bones left behind have been discovered and verified by later generations.

The Zhao State sent 450,000 troops, of which about 150,000 were regular soldiers in armor, while the other more than 300,000 were responsible for logistics supplies and could temporarily go to the battlefield.

The Qin State sent more than 500,000 troops, which was one-tenth of the national population. In the later period, the Qin King had personally sent men over 15 to the battlefield.

In other words, according to this data, the population of Qin State is more than 5 million.

Among the people from Qin, there were more than 100,000 regular troops, and the rest were militias. They were usually only responsible for transporting military supplies and food, and they only joined the battlefield if they had no choice but to join the battlefield. Therefore, it shows how difficult and important the logistics is.

In the later period, when Bai Qi killed hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers in Zhao State, the regular army had basically been completely wiped out, and all the militias were killed.

Thinking of this battle, Li Xingzhou couldn't help but look at the foot of the towering Taihang Mountain in the north, and couldn't help but swear. It was there, a battle of one million people.

Changping is at the source of Danshui, north of Jiangzhou, at the foot of Taihang Mountain.

Unlike many people's impression, the battle between Qin and Zhao was actually equal in size at first, because Qin and Zhao were both the most powerful countries at that time.

The veteran Zhao State general Lian Po had a very brief vision. From the overall situation, he saw that the Qin army might walk along the Taihang Road, so he retreated while fighting, retreated to the east of Danshui, and gave the large area of ​​plains near Danshui to the Qin army.

The Qin army was completely stuck in the east-west plains of Danshui and could not make any progress. In addition, the Qin army consumed a lot of money during the expedition, and the logistics supply difficulty was several times that of Zhao, because the Zhao capital Handan was very close to the front line of Lianpo.

This stalemate for three months, and the logistics supply caused both countries to be ruined, but it was obvious that Qin State was even more overwhelming because they went deep into local territories and the supply line was too long.

At this time, the famous Zhao Kuo came. Because he had fallen into the Qin counter-espionage plan, the Zhao commander changed from Lian Po to Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo's first stop in his life and the last battle. After the young and energetic general, he led his army to rush through Danshui. You should know that Lian Po retreated to Dong'an of Danshui to prevent the Qin army from taking the Taihang Road to surround their retreat.

Now, Zhao Kuo cooperated and rushed over. The Qin army immediately took Taihang Road to cut off the Zhao army's retreat and surrounded more than 400,000 Zhao troops with better forces. In just two months, the Zhao army was wiped out.

The State of Zhao was originally the first dominant Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the division of Jin by the three families also means the end of the Spring and Autumn Period.

You should know that the Spring and Autumn Period and Jin State is definitely the number one hegemon. If you want to understand the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and feel that it is difficult to read, then just understand the history of the Jin State, because the history of the Jin State is 80% of the history of the Spring and Autumn Period, and everything is basically full of shadows of the Jin State.

Although there are three families who divide Jin into Han, Zhao and Wei, each country is one of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, which shows how powerful it is.

Therefore, the Zhao army was brave and good at fighting. In the early stage, the Qin army was in a hurry, but when Zhao Kuo came, he had more than 400,000 people and they were gone for two months...

I couldn't help but think of a famous saying, which is more than 50,000 pigs...and so on.

He took it and said that even more than 400,000 pigs were caught by the Qin army for two months, and the Zhao army was brave and good at fighting.

What's more, it's the era of cold weapons. The era of cold weapons is limited to communication and command, and cannot fight a large-scale annihilation war.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Duan Yang defeated the Eastern Qiang and Western Qiang. He fought for several years, with more than 180 battles of all sizes, and spent 4.4 billion yuan to kill more than 38,000 enemies and captured more than 50,000 prisoners.

But under the command of Zhao Kuo, for two months, 450,000 Zhao soldiers were gone! So the command of Zhao Kuo is simply...

Bai Qi is indeed amazing, but he also needs to rely on the cooperation of his peers.

A dishonor of talking about war on paper is actually not worthy of truth than the mistakes Zhao Kuo made.

Thinking of this, Li Xingzhou shook his head. This battle destroyed the fate of the powerful Zhao State at that time, and the demise of Zhao State was a certainty. In addition, a large private pit was unearthed in that area in later generations, with white bones piled up like mountains, which was shocking.

He also wanted to go to Changping for a while. As he thought about it, Li Xingzhou thought of the Taihang Road where Lian Po was concerned and Bai Qi sent troops to cut off the rear.

Suddenly, there was a flash of inspiration. No, he remembered that Bai Qi seemed to have come out to have two soldiers who broke the line... Where did he come from the next line?

He couldn't remember it at once, but the more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Yes, he went out to Yangtou Mountain and finally broke the back of the black bandits. The Heishan bandits went north from the Yangtou Mountain area. They couldn't walk on Taihang Road because there were many surrounding villages...

What about the other one? Is there another one possible? Where did Bai Qi go on the other way of attacking the surprise troops?

He hurried downstairs and walked towards the backyard...
Chapter completed!