Three Kingdoms: Kill Dong Zhuo, I went to Beijing to hold the emperor hostage

Chapter 149

After Su Qing successfully used the room, the Chen family father and son successfully entered Yuan Shao's power under his orders.

After Chen Deng was successfully favored by Yuan Shao, he did not forget his mission, and within a few months, secret letters about Yuan Shaojun reached Luoyang.

Su Qing and the advisers also had more knowledge of Yuan Shao's situation.

But at the moment, Chen Dengxin came back with a news, but it made Guo Jia frown a little.

In the letter, Chen Deng gave such a message.

Through his observations, the army under Yuan Shao's account now exceeded 600,000 people!

When he saw this number of troops, Guo Jia was somewhat numb.

After all, this force is too large.

Although Guo Jia understands that war does not necessarily depend on soldiers ~ numbers to win.

But in any case, this is the primary factor to measure the strength of a force.

What's more,

Now discerning people can see that today's northern pattern is a winner-take-all situation.

The decisive battle between his own lord and Yuan Shao is believed to come soon.

And Yuan Shao's strength is so outrageous, this is definitely not good news.

"I didn't expect that Yuan Shao's forces are so strong now." Guo Jia said positively: "Master, do we want to think of some way to cause his army to mutiny, and try to suppress it first?" "

Su Qing understood Guo Jia's concerns.

After all, in this era, the number of troops has an important impact on the morale of the army and even all aspects.

However, he has a different view on this matter.

First, he rejected Guo Jia's idea of using Yuan Shao's army.

"You don't have to think so."

"Although Yuan Benchu has many problems, he is still faint enough to be unfavorable to military discipline."

"Coupled with his sufficient food, no matter how good the method is, it is difficult to cause a mutiny."

"It is even more important not to affect the Chen family's father and son to continue to steal letters to Yuan Shao because of this matter."

Hearing the words of the lord, Guo Jia thought for a while and found that he was indeed a little anxious.

Generally, when it is not a war, it takes many conditions to cause the mutiny of the opposing army.

First, there are incidents that are unfavorable to the soldiers.

It is similar to the bullying and humiliation of most soldiers.

Second, the food and salary given by the superiors are insufficient, or they are withheld or backtracked.

In short, the use of schemes in advance is only when the enemy has a flaw in the calculation.

Combined with the recent content of Chen Deng's secret letter.

Although there are many factions within Yuan Shao, there is really no problem with the army.

If the plan is forcibly used at this time, it will also affect the Chen family father and son.

After realizing this, Guo Jia surrendered to Su Qing.

"What the Lord said is very much, just now the subordinates were a little anxious."

Su Qing took a sip of tea, bowed his head slightly, and did not feel anything, he knew that this was Guo Jia's responsible attitude.

Then he spoke.

"Yuan Shu has a large number of troops, this is indeed a problem."

"But there are great difficulties, so many troops, it is not an easy thing for Yuan Shao to command properly."

"Let's grab our own army first, and then look for flaws later."

"And more soldiers does not mean powerful."

Su Qing knew very well that it was Yuan Shao's heyday.

With the power of the rich population of the four states, the other party can indeed recruit so many soldiers.

The strength in this area is absolutely second in the world.

With so many conscriptions today, it must also be for the decisive battle in the future.

But this does not mean that Su Qing is afraid of the other party.

Because Su Qing could guess with his toes that there must be something wrong with Yuan Shao's composition of so many troops.

Then, Su Qing expressed his opinion.

"First of all, Yuan Shao has so many troops, many of them must have captured Zhuang Ding."

"I believe there are also a lot of recruits."

"In this way, the combat strength of his army must be uneven."

"That alone is our advantage."

This is not Su Qing's appeasement of Guo Jia.

In fact, Yuan Shao's operation was already overloaded for his territory and people.

This will undoubtedly lead to a downturn in all walks of life on Yuan Shao's territory.

The economy is also bound to suffer.

Take Su Qing himself.

In fact, with three states and one county, he wanted to launch a larger conscription, and he could also get 500,000 troops.

But he would never do it.

The reason is also very simple, after all, conquering the world is not something that can be successful overnight.

If you only believe in the strength of the army and do not care about the development of other aspects of your own territory, it is easy to have chain problems.

For example, because there is a shortage of people in the people, the economy that should be developed cannot be developed, and no one will do the agricultural work that should be done.

Finally, there is a situation where the land is deserted.

This is all a question that a monarch must pay attention to.

Otherwise, if there are various problems in the army, it will lead to a large-scale attrition.

That is the gain of a force outweighs the loss.

Therefore, after Su Qing learned at the beginning of the month that the size of his army had reached 350,000, he immediately stopped conscription.

It's not that he doesn't know the importance of troops, but he understands it better.

The balance and maintenance of the site, as well as the sustainable development, are the most important.

As long as you grasp the balance line, you will be invincible at any time.

Of course, this does not mean that Su Qing does not attach importance to the issue of civilian arming and defense.

Under his rule, many soldiers who did not meet his standards were reassigned to the local area as civilian training corps.

It is more than enough to garrison the city wall and patrol the border.

But it will not be the composition of his standing army.

Combined with such a situation, Yuan Shao's approach now is actually gambling!

He wants to use the general mobilization of the entire territory from the top to the old and down to the children to defeat himself in a future battle!

Then, go back and balance your turf.

But this practice is undoubtedly to drink and quench thirst.

There is not the slightest benefit to the development of his territory.

From here, it can also be seen how anxious Yuan Shao's heart is.

If he hadn't been sure, it is estimated that he would have wanted to come to Luoyang a long time ago.

So from this point of view, Yuan Shao did not hesitate to increase the size of the army, but it was a good thing.

And Su Qing's response method is very simple and effective.

It is still the same to respond to all changes.

Continue to control the number of troops and strengthen training.

Over the years, he has won successive battles, excluding those who died in battle or can no longer fight, the proportion of soldiers in his army, veterans can be maintained at 30%.

You know, the role of veterans in war is the most critical.

Leave aside the issue of commanding generals.

When it comes to blood and amputation in face-to-face, most of the time it is only the soldiers themselves.

Thirty percent of veterans are enough for them to drive well-trained recruits to adapt to the battlefield.

The importance of this is self-evident.

In short, Su Qing is very confident in his military structure. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）

When he fought a decisive battle with Yuan Shao, he had no fear, even if there were few soldiers.

What's more, to compare the advantages and disadvantages of military generals and strategists, Yuan Shao is not qualified to compare with himself.

What can Chun Yu Joan be appointed as a manager of one side?

What is this man's ability?

I don't know that level.

Therefore, in the face of the news of Yuan Shao's continuous recruitment, Su Qing did not panic at all.

After having an absolutely objective judgment in his heart, Su Qing told Guo Jia these thoughts of his own.

After the latter listened, he was also empowered, and his smile was dispersed.

The big stone in my heart gradually fell.

Then he said with a smile: "The world says that Cao Mengde uses troops like a god, Sun Ce's army is fierce, and Zhou Yu's army is excellent." "

"But in my opinion, the lord is the first soldier in the world!"

"Now that we and Yuan Shao have not even appeared to have the opportunity for a decisive battle, you have already estimated the strength of the other party."

"This is exactly the heart of the temple calculation as the saying of the art of war, if you calculate more, you will win, and if you calculate less, you will not win!"

"In this matter, the Lord has completely defeated Yuan Shao!"

Su Qing knew that Guo Jia was not a horse fart person, but he also waved his hand and said positively.

"Therefore, we don't need to be afraid of Yuan Shao's troop strength."

"Let Chen Deng continue to observe, and report other situations as soon as possible."

Guo Jia nodded, and Ying Sheng would continue to stare closely.

After that, Su Qing suddenly remembered something, so he asked.

"By the way, how is Cao Mengde's situation recently?"

"But what about him?"

Although he had crippled Cao Cao and driven the other party out of Yanzhou before, Su Qing knew that this person was a rare talent in the world.

Constant attention is necessary.

Hearing this, Guo Jiayi threw up his hand.

"Lord Chen, there is nothing special about Cao Mengde's situation."

"Now he is still fighting fiercely with the Yellow Turban remnants in Yuzhou, and he is raising obscurity in a corner of Runan."

For Cao Cao's current tragic situation, Su Qing smiled and suddenly felt funny.

The reason why he did not send troops to destroy Cao Cao was also in the hope that the other party could clear the intricate Yellow Turban remnants of Yuzhou for himself.

After all, most of Yuzhou is now a quagmire.

In order to single-mindedly fight Yuan Shao, he also did not plan to divide his troops to open up a second battlefield.

After he cleaned up Yuan Shao, he would send troops towards Yuzhou.

It's just that that's a matter for later.

At this time, Yuzhou, Runancheng.

Cao Cao, who had just finished fighting, was covered in blood and was returning to the hall of the office to rest.

"Hey, these yellow turban remnants are really difficult to deal with!"

"As soon as he hit him, he will run, and he can't hold it!"

"Fortunately, this battle is victorious, otherwise you will all be annoyed to death by them!"

Cao Ren grumbled, took off his helmet, and sat on the ground to rest.

Cao Cao, who was sitting in the main throne, was also annoyed by these yellow turban remnants.

Since coming to Runan, although he could avoid Su Qing's troops, he also knew that he was stuck in a big quagmire.

It's really annoying and boring to fight with guys who are as annoying as mosquitoes and have little strength.

But now there is no choice at all.

Ru Nan was already his only habitat, and he could only continue to toil so much in order to complete his absolute rule.

Sometimes thinking about the days when he was still a great prince in Yanzhou before, he also wanted to cry without tears in his heart.

But the current situation is good, and he believes that he will not be long before he can occupy most of Yuzhou.

When he has the capital, he will definitely go to Su Qing and be ashamed of it.

After that, Cao Cao took a group of Wen Wu to eat together.

During this time, he asked his chief adviser Cheng Yu.

"Zhongde, what has Yuan Shao been doing recently?"

Compared with the previous alliance, now in Cao Cao's eyes, Yuan Shao is his enemy.

After all, if the other party hadn't torn up the covenant and attacked the northern part of Xuzhou at that time, he wouldn't have run to Runan.

Cheng Yu knew that his own master had been paying close attention to the future decisive battle between Yuan Shao and Su Qing, and after wiping his mouth, he immediately said.

"It's been very peaceful recently, but I heard that Chen Deng, who took the southern part of Xuzhou to take refuge, is now very appreciated by Yuan Shao, and he takes it with him wherever he goes."

Hearing this, Cao Cao didn't feel anything at first.

After all, Yuan Shao's brother's style is a young age.

Wherever you go, you will take your entourage with you.

Chen Deng Chen Yuanlong has always been famous for eight linglong.

It is not surprising that he can be appreciated by Yuan Shao, who is very happy.

But after eating two more bites of food, Cao Cao pondered this matter a little, and felt that something was not right.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was something wrong with it.

Then, his eyes suddenly widened, and he immediately stood up, his eyes full of different colors.

He realized that Chen Deng's approach to Yuan Shao was by no means simple!

There must be something wrong inside!

And Wen Wu, who was around Cao Cao, was very surprised that his lord suddenly got up.

This meal is good, Lord, how are you doing this?