Total War (I)
When Zhuge Liang was preparing to send troops to Jingzhou, Liu Biao realized that he could not compete with Jin Xuan on his own. He first allied with Liu Bei and implemented a unified command in politics and military affairs. Liu Biao was in charge and Liu Bei was in charge of the army. With the merger of the two Liu's, they controlled eight counties and had a total of 600,000 soldiers. Under the training of Chen Gong and the others, their combat strength had also increased greatly.
In order to deal with Jin Xuan's attack, Liu Biao and Liu Bei invited Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to meet in Xinye to fight against the powerful Jin Xuan. The vassals 'annexation plan had already ended, and they understood that if they fought again, Jin Xuan would take advantage of the opportunity to annex them one by one. The only one who didn't participate in the alliance meeting was Ma Teng. Firstly, Ma Teng only occupied one county in Western Liang and was not as powerful as he should be. Secondly, Ma Teng and Cao Cao had been fighting for several months, and both sides had suffered casualties. Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang, had been killed by Ma Teng, and the two families had accumulated irreconcilable hatred.
Facing the alliance between Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and the two Liu's, Ma Teng chose to join Jin Xuan. Jin Xuan knew Ma Teng's strength. Ma Teng's sons Ma Chao, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, his younger brother Ma Wan, his nephew Ma Dai, and his general Pang De were all brave generals. Ma Teng's 150,000 cavalry shook the northwest, and Ma Teng relied on this to contend with Cao Cao.
Ma Teng led Ma Chao and Pang De with 500 soldiers from Xiabian to Xichuan, and then went to Wuling and Changsha. Jin Xuan heard the news, led Changsha civil and military officials to the city 50 miles to meet. Ma Teng was greatly moved by Jin Xuan's attention, while Ma Chao and Pang De were impressed by Guan Yu and the other generals.
After a few days of celebration, Jin Xuan, Zhuge Liang and others invited Ma Teng to watch the soldiers 'drills. Ma Teng and the others could not help but be dumbfounded. They had thought that the northern horses were the southern ones, but they did not know that Jin Xuan's cavalry was even more elite than the Western Liang cavalry. Jin Xuan brought the generals to view the newly developed weapons. Ma Teng and the others could not help but be shocked. The power of the weapons, the toughness of the armor, and the sharpness of the weapons were amazing.
Ma Teng and others have long heard of the name of Jin Xuan's new policy, looking for documents to read, did not finish reading, clap the table and exclaim. When he saw the books written by Jin Xuan, Ma Teng and others were very impressed. During the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Liu Qi and Sun Jian, who had joined Jin Xuan, were familiar with Ma Teng and praised Jin Xuan. Ten days later, Ma Teng led Ma Chao and Pang De to the Prince's mansion to pay their respects to Jin Xuan. He called himself his lord and was sincerely convinced.
Jin Xuan changed the Xiliang Army into the Eight Corps, with Ma Teng as the main general and Pang De, Han Sui, Yang Qiu, Cheng Yin, Zhang Heng, Ma Tie, Ma Wan, Ma Dai, and Ma Xiu as his subordinates. He transferred 50 political commissar from Changsha to Xiliang to train soldiers, and let Ma Teng's generals come to Changsha Military Academy for training in stages. As Xiliang's army lacked wise men, Jin Xuan ordered Zhuge Liang to temporarily replace him as the first legion and appointed Zhou Yu as the military adviser of the eighth legion. He also sent Li Hui as the prefect of Xiliang and Ma Teng's general Liang Xing as the garrison of Xiliang. Ma Chao was left in Changsha by Jin Xuan and led the pro-army with Zhao Yun and Dian Wei.
Western Liang was not yet bordered by Jin Xuan's sphere of influence, and Tianshui Prefecture was still in the middle. Jin Xuan asked Ma Teng to move the families of the main generals to Changsha to ensure the safety of their families and to help realize his future strategic intentions.
At that time, most of Jin Xuan's generals were not married, Jin Xuan ordered Zhuge Liang to choose a noble family to propose marriage for his generals. He also selected Madam Zhurong and Sun Shangxiang, a few female soldiers, to be paired with the generals. He planned to preside over their marriage after the Jingzhou Battle.
Jiang Wei surfaced at this time. Jin Xuan found this name in the list of graduates of Changsha Military Academy. Jin Xuan considered the fact that Jiang Wei was still young as recorded in the history books. Could it be that he had the same name as Jiang Wei? He ordered Jiang Wei to go to the Prince's Mansion for an interview. After verification, he was indeed a talent. He remembered that in this different time and space, perhaps everything had changed. Jin Xuan appointed Jiang Wei as Zhuge Liang's deputy general and instructed Jiang Wei to treat Zhuge Liang with the courtesy of a teacher. After Zhou Yu was transferred to the 8th Legion, the 1st Legion's Military Advisor position was vacant. Under Jin Xuan's instruction, Jiang Wei was appointed to take over his position.
At that time, the major forces compared, Jin Xuan occupied twenty-one counties, a total of 1.35 million troops. Cao Cao had 650,000 troops, Yuan Shao had 550,000 troops, and the two Liu armies had 600,000 troops. In total, they occupied 26 prefectures and a total of 1.8 million troops.
In the fifth month, Jin Xuan ordered the entire army to be under martial law. The eight legions on the front line were all in a state of preparation.
At this time, Zhuge Liang was adjusting his troops for the Jingxiang campaign. In Changsha, 200,000 troops were stationed under Guan Yu and Jiang Wei, 40,000 under Ma Su and Yang Yi, and 60,000 under Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and Ma Chao. A total of 300,000 troops were stationed in Changsha. Lu Bu and Pang Tong led 200,000 troops stationed in Wuling. Huang Zhong and Xu Shu led 200,000 troops stationed in Yong 'an. Sun Ce and Jia Xu led 100,000 troops stationed in Lujiang. Zhang Fei and Lu Xun led 100,000 troops stationed in Xiaben. Taishi Ci and Fa Zheng led 100,000 troops stationed in Jianye. Zhang Liao and Lu Meng led 100,000 troops stationed in Shouchun. Ma Teng and Zhou Yu led 150,000 troops stationed in Xiliang.
The alliance army also reacted at this time:
Xuzhou: Liu Bei is the main general, Mi Zhu and Jian Yong are the military advisors, and Mi Fang, Lei Bo, Guan Hai, Han Zhong, Liu Pi, Gong Du, Yan Gang and Gongsun Yuan are stationed with 200,000 troops.
Liu Dai, Gongsun Yue and Chen Deng led 20,000 troops to defend Puyang, while Kong Rong, Sun Qian and Gongsun Gong led 20,000 troops to defend Beihai.
Jiangxia: Cai Mao as the general, Chen Gong as the military adviser, led Huo Jun, Cai He, Cai Zhong Pan Jun, Liu Qi, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, Huang Zu led 200,000 troops stationed.
Jiangling: Wen hired as the general, Wang Fu as the military division, led Fu Ying, Chen Jiao, Zhang Da, Zhang Yun, Xiang Chong, Fan Jiang, Xiang Lang, Yi Ji led 120,000 troops to guard Jiangling. Yuan Shao's subordinates Yan Liang and Feng Ji led 80,000 troops to help.
Shangyong: Wen Chou as the general, Shen Pei as the military division, led Xin Ping, Xin Pi, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Tian Chou led 200,000 troops stationed. (Yuan Shao Department)
Liu Biao and Han Song led 20,000 troops to guard Xiangyang, while Liu Cong and Fu Xun led 20,000 troops to guard Xinye.
Xiapi: Zhang He as the general, Tian Feng as the military adviser, led Zhang Yan, Gao Gan, Chen Zhen, Ju Hu led 200,000 troops stationed.
The rest of the generals, Chen Lin, Guo Tu, Xu You, Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi, Yuan Tan and Wang Can, numbered 70,000. They were stationed in Dai County, Nanpi, Jinyang, Pingyuan, Yecheng, Peiping and Xiangping.
Runan: Xiahou Yuan as the main general, Cheng Yu as the military adviser, led Zhang Ji, Zhong Yao, Xue Zong, Jiang Yiqu, Jiang Gan, Yue Jin, Liu Ye, Liu Dai, Zang Ba led 180,000 troops stationed.
Chang 'an: Cao Ren as the main general, Yang Xiu as the military adviser, led Xiahou En, Hu Che' er, Li Dian, Lu Qian, Zhu Ling, Wang Shuang, Niu Jin, Mao Jie, Yu Jin and 200,000 troops stationed.
Tianshui: Xiahou Chun as the military counselor, Xu Zijiang as the military counselor, led Xu Chu, Xu Jing, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Zhang Xiu, Hao Zhao, Xu Huang led 180,000 troops stationed.
Cao Cao himself led Li Ru, Man Chong, Jia Kui, Dong Heng, Dong Zhao, Hua Xin, Fu Gan, Chen Qun, Sun Li, Xun Yu, Xun You, Hou Cheng, Cao Zhen, Cao Xi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, Cao Pi, etc., with 90,000 troops, stationed in Xuchang, Wancheng, Luoyang, Hongnong, Chenliu, Qiaocheng and Anding.
At that time, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong had Zhang Wei, Yang Song, Yan Pu, Xu Jing, Wang Xin, Zhu Ling, Xu Zhi, Wang Ji and other generals with a total of 100,000 troops. At that time, the vassals of the world were strong and weak, and ten percent of them had left. Zhang Lu was in between the two camps. He threatened that if anyone attacked Hanzhong first, he would join the other side. As a result, the two camps did not dare to raise an army easily, and Hanzhong was able to live a peaceful life. --
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