Vol 2 Chapter 2306: Liu Yu's conspiracy, Yang Guang's expedition to the Western Regions
Chapter 2306 Liu Yu’s conspiracy, Yang Guang’s expedition to the Western Regions
Chapter 2302: Liu Yu’s conspiracy, Yang Guang’s expedition to the Western Regions
Cao Cao actually wanted to disarm more than Ying Hao, but he just couldn't find a suitable opportunity, and now this opportunity has finally come.
The total population of Wei State is only three million, but it has expanded its army to an extreme and armed an army of 300,000. This is such a waste of people and money.
Does Cao Cao want to do this? Of course he doesn't want to, but he has no choice. In order to protect himself, he must expand his army to the maximum extent.
This also made Wei's finances very tight, and it could go bankrupt if there was even the slightest mistake.
Under Cao Cao's high-pressure policy, even if the people of Wei were allocated land after the land reform, their lives were still very difficult. After all, taxes were high, and most of the labor income was levied by the government.
No matter how hard the people work, they can still only survive from starvation. As time goes by, the people will naturally become miserable.
The current state of Wei is like a tight string that has been tightened for a long time. As long as you exert a little force, it may be broken.
Cao Cao knew that even people can't keep tight, let alone a country? What he has to do now is to loosen the strings. This will not only relieve the pressure on the country, but also free up financial resources from the military.
Cao Cao dared to do this, so he naturally had something to rely on.
The situation of Wei State was too bad before. Once he implemented disarmament and did not have enough troops to defend, the neighbors on all sides would rush up like hungry wolves and carve up Wei Gong.
But things are different now. Wei has been married to Da Qin. The international environment will be relatively stable in the next few years and there will be no more large-scale wars.
This is the best opportunity for Wei to develop its internal affairs and strengthen its national power. Cao Cao cannot miss it no matter what.
For Wei State, the benefits of disarmament are not much smaller than those of Da Qin, and are even more urgent.
After disarmament, Wei State will not only be able to obtain valuable development funds, but the overall quality of the army will also be greatly improved.
The State of Wei was so poor that all its money and food were used to support the army, and it could not get any development funds for development. Therefore, there was no chance of development without disarmament.
In addition, despite the large number of troops in the Wei State, with a total of 300,000, in fact, except for a few elites, most of the Wei troops are not actually strong, or even very weak.
From the fact that Cao Cao attacked Ming Dynasty many times and used all means, but only managed to capture one county, it can be seen that the Wei army was not strong in combat, and the main reason was that the quality of the soldiers varied.
Disarmament, eliminating the old and weak, and retaining the elite, is the fastest and most obvious way to improve the overall quality and combat effectiveness of the military.
In addition, there are many industries in Wei State that are still controlled by Da Qin. Without developing internal affairs and strengthening national power, they will never be able to get rid of Da Qin's control.
To sum up the above three points, the Wei State will definitely die if it does not disarm. Only disarmament can find a way to survive.
Cao Cao's determination to disarm was extremely surprising to Zhao Kuangyin, Liu Xiu and other princes, but they did not follow suit. After all, their country's financial situation was far from as bad as that of Wei, and they would not be reduced to cutting down half of the army to free up financial resources. the point.
The five great princes, Zhu Di, Zhao Kuangyin, Sun Jian, Liu Xiu, and Liu Yu, some like Liu Yu directly reduced the number of troops by 100,000, while others like Zhu Di reduced 50,000, all joined the ranks of disarmament.
Zhu Di, Liu Xiu and other four people disarmed in order to free up financial resources, develop their own internal affairs, and accumulate national strength. However, Liu Yu's disarmament was to suppress dissidents, and the target of the suppression was naturally the Shu King Party headed by Chen Ping.
The internal struggle in Shu has reached an extremely fierce level. Liu Yu has been looking for various opportunities to continuously weaken the power and influence of the Shu King's Party, thereby strengthening the status of the Chengdu King's Party in the court, so naturally he will not let go of the good opportunity of disarmament. Chance.
After all, all countries are disarmament in order to develop, so it is impossible for our country, Shu, to fall behind, right?
The Kingdom of Shu had just repelled the invasion of the southern barbarian Chi You. After several years, Chi You was unable to invade again.
As for the threat from Great Qin, with Tang State as a barrier in the north and Chu State as a barrier in the east, it is impossible for the Qin army to attack the mainland of Shu, not to mention that Great Qin has also carried out disarmament.
In other words, apart from internal conflicts, Shu is the most stable country among all countries, so naturally there is no need to retain so many troops.
In addition, disarmament has many benefits for Shu. It can not only speed up the recovery from the tragic defeat in Jingbei, but also improve the combat effectiveness of the army...it can be said that it kills multiple birds with one stone.
To sum up, Shu State also needs to disarm, and it must be disarmed.
Liu Yu's high-sounding words seemed to be for the good of Shu, but in fact they were for himself. After all, since he proposed disarmament, it would definitely not be detrimental to himself.
Although the disarmament is nationwide, both the Shu and Chengdu royal parties must carry out disarmament, but the Chengdu royal party has initially taken control of the political power and is gradually taking control of the economic lifeline of Shu.
Before the disarmament, those troops obeyed the orders of the Shu King Party, but after they are recalled again, they may not still listen to the orders of the Shu King Party.
For the Shu King Party headed by Chen Ping, Liu Yu's move was simply a blow to the bottom of the pot. He shocked everyone, but was unable to fight back. It was simply miserable.
This is a naked conspiracy by Liu Yu. Even if Chen Ping and others knew it was a trap, they could only jump into it.
First, disarmament is indeed of great benefit to Shu.
Secondly, the Chengdu royal party has taken the lead in disarmament. If your Shu royal party does not disarmament, it will be in vain to consider the national interests. Do you still want to take advantage of this to seize power? Destroy the peace of Shu?
If there is no disarmament, the civil war in Shu will break out immediately, and the Shu royal party, as the instigator, will completely lose the support of the Shu people, and will be labeled as treason by Liu Yu, so naturally there will be no chance of winning.
With disarmament, the power of the Shu King Party will be further weakened, and it will be even less able to resist Liu Yu, and sooner or later it will be gradually eroded.
It can also be seen from this that the state of Shu has been reversed.
Before, it was Liu Ji who wanted to force Liu Yu to rebel, but now it is Liu Yu who wants to force the Shu King Party to rebel.
Once one side takes the initiative and provokes a civil war in Shu, that side will be completely defeated, while the other side will completely control Shu.
Chen Ping naturally would not let Liu Yu get his way. Rather than provoking a civil war and losing without any chance of winning, he would rather be cannibalized by Liu Yu. After all, there is still a process, and maybe in the process, he can think of other ways. Maybe it can be cracked?
Chen Ping also struggled with his words to appease the excited generals of the King of Shu Party, and asked them to focus on the overall situation and carry out disarmament in accordance with the policy.
Liu Yu actually hoped that the Shu King Party would resist disarmament, so that he could control Shu openly and openly, but there was nothing he could do if Chen Ping was not fooled. After all, he did not want to be accused of provoking internal strife.
However, Liu Yu did not suffer a loss, but took advantage of it. It was just that the time to control Shu had to be postponed again.
Liu Yu is not in a hurry, he can still afford to wait.
The seven kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song, Ming, Wu, Chu, and Shu were all preparing to disarm, but only the Sui and Tang Dynasties did not dare to disarm.
The reason why the Tang State did not dare to disarm was because the Qin army was stationed in Guanzhong. The Tang State had no sense of security, and the existing troops felt that it was not enough. If it still disarmed, it would not be a court of death.
It was not because of the threat from the Qin army that the Sui State did not disarm. After all, the Sui army was the real overlord in Liangzhou, and even the Qin army in Liangzhou could only protect itself.
The reason why the Sui State did not disarm was because the Sui army had a new direction of expansion. Yang Guang was preparing to send troops to attack countries in the Western Regions. After all, opening up territory and expanding territory was the fastest way to develop.
Among all the countries, only the Sui Kingdom was able to expand externally, and the countries in the Western Regions were not very strong. Yang Guang had no reason not to eat the fat on his lips. The capital of the Sui Dynasty, Daxing City, the palace of the Sui King.
Sui King Yang Guangzheng and his civil and military officials are discussing the matter of sending troops to the Western Regions.
Yang Guang set the capital of the Sui State in Jincheng County, and renamed Yunwu County, the original administrative seat, to Daxing City, which meant that the Sui State would prosper greatly. This is enough to show Yang Guang's ambition.
The civil and military figures of the Sui Dynasty are also divided into two columns. On the left is the military camp headed by Yang Su, including Wu Yunzhao, Shi Wansui, Li Huanzhang, Gao Huan, Gao Gao, Gao Changgong, Dou Tai, He Ruobi, Jin She, Sima Xin, Dong Yi and many others. general.
On the right is the civil servant camp headed by Gao Jiong, including Cheng Gongying, Dugu Xin, Dugu Ce, Zu Jue, Ximen Bao, Fei Zhong, You Hun and many other ministers.
Ximen Bao was a hidden figure randomly summoned, and was implanted into a civilian student in Liangzhou, the first liberal arts champion in the Sui Dynasty.
Cheng Gongying was the first to stand up and said: "My lord, the spies sent to the Western Regions have discovered the intelligence of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.
The thirty-six Western Regions are: Pishan, Xiye, Puli, Yinai, Shache, Shule, Weitou, Wensu, Weili, Gumo, Beilu, Wutanzi, Beilu Houguo, Shanhuan, Pulei, Puleihou Kingdom, Xiqiemi, Jie Kingdom, Huhu, Shan Kingdom, Cheshiqian Kingdom, Cheshihou Kingdom, Cheshiweitu Kingdom, Cheshihoucheng Kingdom, Beilu Hou Kingdom, Weitou Kingdom...
None of the countries in the Western Region are very strong. Even the strongest country only has 30,000 soldiers. Weak countries even have only 1,000 soldiers in the whole country, and their overall combat power is much inferior to that of the Central Plains.
With the combat power of our great Sui Xiliang cavalry, conquering the Western Regions will definitely not be a problem. "
"good."
Yang Guang was overjoyed when he heard this. He looked at the ministers below and said in a deep voice: "I have decided to send troops to the Western Regions."
“The last general Yang Su asked for orders to go to war.”
"The last general Gao Huan asked for orders to go out to fight."
“The last general, Sima Xin, asked for orders to go to war.”
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The generals of the Sui Kingdom requested orders one after another, all wanting to be the commander in chief of this battle.
Yang Guang actually wanted to lead the army himself, but he also knew that he should sit in Liangzhou and consolidate the rear. After thinking about it again and again, his eyes fell on Yang Su and ordered: "Yang Su, I will appoint you as the general to conquer the west. Thirty thousand Xiliang cavalry to attack the Western Regions."
“Thank you for your trust, my lord, Yang Su will definitely come back victorious.” Yang Su said solemnly, cupping his fists.
“Remember, the key to sending troops to the Western Regions at this time is to be quick and separate each country, without giving them a chance to join forces.”
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Yang Guang did not expect Yang Su to be able to conquer the Western Regions in one battle. His goal of sending troops this time was just to destroy a few small countries, regain a lot of wealth, and alleviate the Sui State's financial crisis. After all, with the Sui State's current national and military strength , it is simply impossible to occupy the Western Region.
What Yang Guang didn't know was that his plan to send troops to the Western Regions had been informed by Heibingtai's spies and passed on to the countries in the Western Regions. Moreover, Da Qin also worked hard to promote the various countries in the Western Regions to unite against the Sui Dynasty.
Yang Guang’s plan to catch the countries in the Western Regions off guard and easily conquer the Western Regions is doomed to be impossible.
At the same time that the Sui State sent troops to the Western Regions, the Qin State also officially launched a disarmament plan.
According to the statistics of General Bai Qi, Qin's current regular army + new army + reorganized army + surrendered army, the total strength of the country is 1.1 million.
Wang Meng's disarmament plan is to reduce the number of troops to 800,000 (excluding water troops). In other words, the Qin army will cut off 300,000 troops at one time, which is equivalent to directly cutting off a Wei state.
Even though the number of three hundred thousand is huge, in fact, there were more than hundreds of thousands of surrendered troops in Guanzhong alone.
They were all new troops who were temporarily forcibly recruited by Li Shimin, and then followed the trend and surrendered to Da Qin.
This type of soldiers were just farmers before they were demoted. After only simple training, they were forcibly recruited into the army. They could only be used to defend the city and had almost no field ability. Therefore, they must be laid off as soon as possible, because every day of delay is equivalent to It's a waste of military spending.
Yongzhou, Jingbei, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Liangzhou all have many such reductions, and the total number even accounts for almost two-thirds of the total number of disarmaments.
After learning about this, Ying Hao directly ordered that these 200,000 people be sent home so that they could continue to work as farmers to restore local production.
After these 200,000 troops were laid off in a big way, the next disarmament plan will be much simpler.
Just set the standards according to the training of the regular army. Those who do not meet the standards will be kicked out of the establishment and converted into county soldiers or reserve forces.
After half a month of army-wide competition, among the 100,000 people who were finally laid off, 60,000 came from the reorganized and surrendered armies, while the other 40,000 came from the regular army of the Qin Army.
Even the regular army of the Qin Army still has a lot of moths, which is unavoidable.
What Ying Hao has to do is to remove insects regularly to ensure that the Qin army is in a healthy state and not hollowed out by moths.
Since then, Great Qin’s disarmament plan has come to an end. Except for the Qingzhou Navy, basically all the armies of Great Qin have participated.
The reason why the Qingzhou Navy did not participate in the disarmament was because the Navy was the only branch of the Qin Dynasty that was expanding its military, so it naturally did not need to participate in the disarmament.
After the disarmament is completed, the military strength of Daqin's nine states will be distributed as follows:
Sizhou, garrisoned by 150,000 troops, including 20,000 cavalry
Yongzhou, garrisoned by 70,000 troops, including 20,000 cavalry
Liangzhou, 60,000 troops garrisoned, including 20,000 cavalry
Jingbei, 100,000 troops garrisoned, including 10,000 cavalry
Youzhou, garrisoned by 100,000 troops, including 30,000 cavalry
Bingzhou, garrisoned by 100,000 troops, including 30,000 cavalry
Jizhou, garrisoned by 100,000 troops, including 10,000 cavalry
Qingbei, garrisoned by 100,000 troops, including 50,000 naval troops (not yet reached)
Hetao, garrisoned by 70,000 troops, including 30,000 cavalry
According to statistics, Da Qin's regular army included 630,000 light and heavy infantry, 170,000 light and heavy cavalry, and 50,000 naval troops, totaling 850,000 troops.
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