Looking at the map of Hanzhong in front of him, Li Qin wondered to himself, "Did Liu Sixiu blockade Bashu for the sake of Hanzhong?"
If it really is Hanzhong, I hope he can take it.
I'd better order Li Wenqi to protect Huguang first.
As long as I have an army, no matter what they do, I can strike back.
He then instructed his subordinates to focus their attention on matters in the southwest.
Report to him regularly.
After giving these orders, Li Qin looked at the supplies that the imperial court had prepared for the campaign against Jiangnan.
During this period, thanks to his intensified requisitioning efforts, the large amount of spoils captured during the conquest of Huguang, and the voluntary tribute from officials, the grain and provisions were almost ready.
The various supplies have been prepared to a near-complete schedule.
After a period of preparation, it should be enough. If it really doesn't meet the demand when we get to Lianghuai and Jiangnan, we can raise more funds locally.
I believe that the landlords and gentry of Jiangnan will be very generous at that time.
As for the troops that would march south to Jiangnan this time, he had already made plans.
However, as the situation continued to change, his plans also changed.
The force attacking the Jiangbei region consisted mainly of its own troops drawn from various places, plus troops from the capital, totaling approximately 150,000 men.
With the addition of 70,000 to 80,000 Tatar troops, the total force was 230,000 to 240,000.
Qin Chenyao from Shandong led troops to sweep through the Huai River region this time, and he will definitely follow Qin Chenyao in his personal campaign. He should be able to mobilize around 50,000 Shandong soldiers.
Next was Li Hongji from Henan, who had submitted to him. At present, only 60,000 troops under his command had any fighting power.
The other peasant armies were just there to make up the numbers; they were only useful when attacking cities.
Let's just count his 60,000 people.
As for Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi, he said he would send troops to assist, but it was impossible for him to bring out all of his more than 100,000 troops.
He will only take around 50,000 men with him at most, and the rest will definitely be left behind to guard Shaanxi, since there are covetous guys all around him.
As for Ningxia and Yulin Town, he had no intention of making any moves.
They don't even have tens of thousands of troops to begin with. What if something really happens if they draw more troops?
In the north, the only one left is Jiang Xiangyang of Datong, who should be able to lead about 40,000 men to fight alongside him.
In the north, these troops combined amounted to approximately 400,000 men.
Of these, the army he truly controlled was the 150,000 troops, plus the 70,000 to 80,000 Tatar soldiers.
With his 150,000 troops, twice the size of the Tatar army, he controlled the Tatars.
In this way, he would have approximately 200,000 troops under his command.
They accounted for more than half of the total number of the allied forces, and the feudal lords were not of one mind. Among them, Qin Chenyao and others were relatively obedient to him.
He could stay behind to assist him in overseeing the army, thus allowing him to control the allied forces with his superior numbers.
As for the Jiangnan region, his younger brother Li Wenqi is currently in charge, but if war breaks out, he still wants to transfer his nephew Li Xuanshang there.
After all, his nephew was much more reassuring than his younger brother.
As for troop strength, I have deployed 70,000 to 80,000 troops in Huguang, but many of them are not adapted to the local conditions.
Moreover, he planned to start the war in the early autumn, when the weather was already cool, firstly because the harvest would be complete.
Secondly, it was to prevent his troops from being unable to withstand the heat of the south.
So much so that he specially established the Huguang Green Standard Army to be in charge of the southern war.
During his time in Huguang, he gathered up the armed forces of various prefectures and counties in Huguang and formed a Green Standard Army of about 50,000 men.
Although they have some combat strength, they are not many.
Meanwhile, Zhang Bingwu's army was still stationed in Hankou. During this period, he had expanded his forces considerably, and now had about 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers who were ready to fight and could be commanded.
These troops total approximately 170,000.
These troops cannot all be deployed; they still need to be stationed locally.
We can mobilize around 120,000.
As for those in the south who offered to help in the war, there were only Liu Sixiu from Sichuan and Jin Hufu from Jiangxi.
Once I have hundreds of thousands of troops pressing in, that guy Jin Hufu in Jiangxi will probably side with me directly.
After all, that guy is quite cunning.
He should be able to produce forty or fifty thousand people.
The only one left is Liu Sixiu from Bashu, but if he really knows what's good for him, he should go with the flow.
After all, as long as he sends troops, most of the feudal lords in the land will follow him for various reasons.
You, the governor who submits to me, are the only one who won't send troops and is trying to get special treatment. Do you want to die?
According to the intelligence he received from the Embroidered Uniform Guard in Sichuan and Chongqing, his forces should number around 100,000.
Of these, 30,000 were recruited and trained after he started his uprising, so their combat strength should be relatively low.
He also held considerable prestige among the chieftains and should be able to recruit them to fight.
As for the specific combat effectiveness of his army, he still needs to observe it further.
If he really intends to use force against Hanzhong, then this could be an opportunity to observe.
If he were to send troops to accompany him, it would likely be around 40,000 to 50,000.
This means there are over 200,000 troops in the south, but compared to the north, it is indeed fewer.
Moreover, the Jinling imperial court was located in Jiangnan, and there must have been a large military presence there.
If they go, they're very likely to fail.
Looking at the layout on the map in front of him, Li Qin finally placed Li Hongji from Henan into the Southern Group.
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