Chapter 258 All-out war

This is why it took more than half a year to conquer Guizhou.

Therefore, the Huaxia Department can actually speed up the pace of the attack, otherwise it will take a long time to unify the country.

But before Chen Gu set out, the imperial court began to mobilize troops on a large scale.

The General Staff inferred that the imperial court was preparing for a counterattack, and the main direction was Hubei.

Lao Piao, who originally wanted to follow Chen Gu to Guizhou, immediately became interested and found Chen Gu and said, "You just go to Guizhou. I will go to Hubei to support Yunhua right away!"

"The imperial court's counterattack this time cannot be a small matter. After all, the longer the war drags on, the tighter the imperial treasury will be. Therefore, the imperial court will probably put all its efforts into this counterattack. Although the main attack direction is Hubei, other directions cannot be relaxed either.

I mean, you should go back to Shaanxi!" Chen Gu said.

Lao Piao shook his head vigorously and said, "No, if you are worried, then you can go to Shaanxi by yourself. In Guangyuan, we can just arrange some people to guard the Shu Road. It is impossible for anyone to attack us.

Instead of thinking about Shaanxi, it is better to worry about Guizhou. Even the snowy plateau is more dangerous!"

This is not completely unreasonable, but after discussing with the General Staff, Chen Gu still added 5,000 troops to Guangyuan, and told Sanlang to try not to take the initiative to attack. As long as Guangyuan is well defended, it will be a great achievement.

In addition, Dajianlu added 10,000 troops.

Since Lao Piao was willing to go to Hubei in person, Chen Gu also gave him 10,000 soldiers and asked him to garrison Yichang first and be ready to support Yunhua at any time. If there is an opportunity, he can also choose to take the initiative to attack, but he must ensure that Yichang is not lost.

To avoid having their retreat route cut off, which would otherwise cause trouble for more than 20,000 troops trapped outside.

"Let Yunhua pay attention to the movements of the vassal army. The vassal army's roots are in Jingzhou. If necessary, it is best to migrate the people of Jingzhou upstream, whether it is to Yichang or directly back to Chongqing." Chen Gu reminded Lao Piao.

Large armies are usually stationed in different places. Although the local troops will try their best to defend the land, they will immediately turn against the enemy once it is lost. After all, once the families of the soldiers fall into the hands of the enemy, the army will have no choice.

This time the imperial army is coming with such force that it is not certain that Jingzhou can be defended.

Lao Piao raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "If you are really that worried, then send me more troops. Give me another 10,000 people, and I promise to defend Jingzhou for you!"

"Don't give me that. If I really give you another 10,000 people, I'm afraid you will directly attack Jingzhou. Chongqing will mobilize another 10,000 troops to garrison. When you ask for help, they will go to the front line. Don't worry, it will only take one day to get there by going down the river." Chen Gu said.

Lao Piao thought for a moment and asked, "What are you going to do in Guizhou?"

"I'll go there myself!" Chen Gu said with a smile.

"Are you also bringing 10,000 troops?" asked Lao Piao.

"That's about right. Although Guizhou itself doesn't need many troops, we have to be on guard against the imperial court dividing its troops into several routes to attack Guizhou!" said Chen Gu.

Guizhou borders Hunan and Guangxi. Although there are not many roads that can be used for marching due to the terrain, there are some roads, so it is not easy to defend.

Lao Piao thought for a moment and said, "In this way, Sichuan Fudi will be short of troops. Aren't you afraid that someone will cause chaos?"

"You are looking down on our joint defense team too much. Who would dare to rebel when the people support us?" Chen Gu sneered, "We are worried about the lack of manpower in the mining area." In fact, it can't be said that the troops are insufficient. Although Chen Gu has less than 100,000 troops at this time, it is not much different.

After Guangyuan increased its troops by 5,000, the total strength reached 10,000. After Dajianlu increased its troops, it reached 15,000. There were still 10,000 troops stationed in Chengdu. After Hubei increased its troops, it reached 20,000. After Guizhou increased its troops, it also reached 20,000.

Adding the scattered troops in Luzhou, Zizhou, Nanchong, Jiangjin County, and Fobao, there are almost 15,000 troops.

There are a total of 90,000 people, all of whom are regular soldiers.

As for Hubei's vassal army, there were more than 30,000 of them at this time, and the logistics troops transporting food and fodder from various places exceeded 100,000.

These are all the troops in Sichuan.

It may not seem like a lot on the surface, but the war potential of the Huaxia Department is very large, because the number of people in the joint defense team is more than one million, and these people undergo military training every month.

Although it is only training in military appearance, posture and cold weapons, they can quickly form combat effectiveness as long as they are sent to the battlefield.

Because their fighting will is very tenacious, they understand that only by repelling the enemy, everything they have now will be theirs. If Sichuan is recovered by the court, they will return to the days of hunger before.

This is actually Chen Gu's greatest confidence, and it is also the fundamental reason why Chen Gu slowed down the pace of attack and managed Sichuan for a period of time.

The people's will is something that cannot be seen or touched, but it does exist.

The court's main attack direction was indeed Jingzhou, but in just half a month, Hubei gathered an army of 100,000, and an endless stream of troops gathered in Hubei.

Jingzhou's vassal army had already withdrawn from the entire Hubei province back to Jingzhou, and Lao Piao also led an army of 10,000 down the river and stationed in Yichang.

Yunhua divided the army into two parts, one to defend the two cities of Jingzhou and the other one of Jingmen. With 5,000 regular soldiers from the Huaxia tribe and nearly 20,000 vassal troops in each city, it was enough to defend the city.

In addition, over the past year or so, the vassal army has almost confiscated all the supplies in the entire Hubei Province. As long as they can defend the city, there will be no problem in guarding it for ten or eight years.

According to the plan, Chen Gu led 10,000 troops to Guizhou.

The army set out at a very slow pace, covering only forty or fifty miles a day. Although food and fodder were prepared along the way, Chen Gu needed to escort a large amount of ammunition to Guizhou.

Not only do he need them for his own troops, but he also has to bring some for Scar and Roadblock.

Although the transportation is within the country and the safety is relatively guaranteed, we still cannot be careless when transporting these weapons. After all, they are all flammable and explosive items. If someone sabotages them, most of the weapons can be easily destroyed.

In the past, small amounts were transported to Guizhou in multiple batches. Chen Gu thought that he would be traveling with his large army, so he simply brought more at one time.

The roads before leaving Sichuan are relatively easy to travel on, and you can even use ships to transport supplies, which makes the journey much easier.

However, once entering Guizhou, the difficulty of transportation immediately increased several times. Not only were the roads slippery and difficult to travel on, but the military equipment also needed to be transported from time to time.

Because after the Chishui River enters Guizhou, it often encounters places where navigation is impossible.

(End of this chapter)