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Qin Liangyu led the coalition forces with overwhelming force and recovered ten counties in ten days. If she had not read the emperor's handwritten letter and understood his strategic intentions, she would have really wanted to recover all of Sichuan in one fell swoop.

Zhang Xianzhong left soldiers to guard every county he captured. The number of troops was about 1,000 to 2,000. Just looking at the numbers is indeed shocking.

The small counties controlled by the imperial court only have about a hundred county soldiers, and the large counties with large populations only have three or four hundred county soldiers at most. The rebel forces have more than a thousand soldiers, and as many as two thousand people are really enough to scare people. of.

Qin Liangyu has been fighting with the rebels for many years, so he naturally knows the secrets inside. The rebels who stayed in the small county claimed to be a thousand people, but it was just an imaginary number. Even if there were really a thousand people, the real number of soldiers was two to three hundred. Others They are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and there may even be women and children to make up the number.

If you do some calculations for Zhang Xianzhong, it will be clear. Zhang Xianzhong is not as strong as Li Zicheng. He is known to the outside world as an army of 500,000 people, but the maximum number is only 300,000 when he is full. This still includes the old, weak, sick, disabled, women and children.

He captured more than half of Sichuan, and occupied at least 30 or more counties, if not a hundred. If each county was left with a thousand soldiers to guard, the thirty or so counties would have consumed nearly 40,000 soldiers. .

If Chengdu and other major capital cities are also included, each major capital city must retain at least 2,000 troops to defend the city. It is estimated that more than 60,000 troops have been consumed.

Does Zhang Xianzhong have so many troops?

Zhang Xianzhong did not have that many troops in his hands. The rebels who stayed in the small county were said to be a thousand people, but in fact they were only five or six hundred. The real soldiers were only a hundred or so. The others were all old, weak, sick, disabled, women and children. , Qin Liangyu still overestimated several times.

However, Qin Liangyu, who was in charge of the 30,000 elite coalition forces, did not despise the rebel army because of this. She knew that the rebel army's combat effectiveness and sophisticated weapons and equipment were not as good as those of the official army, but its victory was due to its tenacious will and everyone dared to fight. This is why although the official army has the strength, The weapons, equipment and logistical advantages were still beaten to a pulp by the rebels, and they fled in embarrassment.

When Qin Liangyu led his army to approach the city, the rebels defending the city had few troops and did not dare to go out to fight. They closed the city gate tightly and defended the county seat.

Qin Liangyu did not use cannons to bombard the city. Not to mention the low walls of the small county town, some places had even collapsed due to disrepair, exposing a large gap, so he could rush in easily.

Furthermore, there were not many rebels defending the city. A cannon blast would inevitably hurt innocent people, all of whom were common people in Sichuan. She couldn't bear it.

Of course, if it's a big city with high walls and thick walls, that's a different story. Those who should be bombarded must still be bombarded. In a war, how can anyone not die?

Most of the white-pole soldiers under her are from Shizhu. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are her soldiers, Qin Liangyu's soldiers. Rather than letting her soldiers pay unnecessary casualties, it is better for others to die.

Ci does not control troops. Qin Liangyu, who has led the army for many years, understands this very well.

Under Qin Liangyu's order, the white pole soldiers directly set up long ladders to attack the city, or directly entered the city from the collapsed gap, and captured the small county town in just a few minutes.

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties of the white-armed soldiers and to train the troops in actual combat, Lan Fang ordered each group of snipers to assist the white-armed soldiers in attacking the city. Any rebels who took the lead were shot in the head, reducing unnecessary casualties.

When Lan Fang led his army on an expedition, Zhu Youjian deployed ten groups of snipers for him to use. At the same time, he once again reminded him tirelessly that snipers are a special unit and can only be used specifically, otherwise get out.

Although Lan Fang was leading an army on an expedition for the first time, he had also visited the training process of the special forces. The almost perverted and cruel special training was indeed not something ordinary people could bear. Precisely because the training of special forces was not easy, it became more and more precious. The emperor regarded them as A sweetheart.

Furthermore, the brothers often exchanged letters with their eldest brother Xu Yu, who was commanding the battle on the front line. They also knew the important role of snipers and some special tactics, and they certainly did not dare to use them indiscriminately. On the contrary, they also transferred a platoon from their own security company. Responsible for protecting the sniper's safety.

Qin Liangyu carried out Zhu Youjian's strategic intention to the end and regained a county town in one day. The purpose was simple, to give Zhang Xianzhong enough reaction time. To put it bluntly, he was to take a long-term approach to catch the big fish.

If Zhang Xianzhong is not fooled, his strategic purpose can also be confirmed.