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Volume 2: Hu Riding on a Thin Willow Chapter 123: Henan (1)

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    ps: Sorry, there are really a lot of meetings during this period. I have to attend three consecutive meetings this week. The updates will be very unstable. Please bear with me.  On December 4, the second year of Tianyou (AD 905), starting from the Liangjun camp opposite Shihoubao, dozens of Liangjun camps, including Tumenling, Changping Village, Sizhuang, and Shijian, successively raised their flags to the Yan army.  , Yan Jun opened out of Shihou Fort, went south along the Changping Passage, and accepted the surrender of Liang Jun one by one.  Surrounded by dozens of generals, Li Chengzhong, wearing a large crimson mongrel, gold armor, and a gold helmet with curled ears, rode a snow-white Dawan horse and arrived at the gate of Gaoping City.  Li Zhen, He Delun, Yang Shihou and other more than a hundred civil and military officers of the Liang army knelt down under the north gate, holding official hats and helmets in their hands. In front of their knees, the flags of the King of Liang and the flying talisman and arrows of all the troops were piled on the ground. No one dared to raise his head for fear of offending Yan.  The king's face is taboo.  Li Chengzhong sat upright on the carved saddle and laughed loudly. When Li Zhen waited for Liang Jun to surrender, he shortened his body again and crouched lower.  Li Chengzhong stopped laughing for a long time, and he was so excited that he shouted loudly: "I, Hu Hansan, am back!" But no one answered. All the generals under his command looked at each other, not knowing why, and Liang Jun's surrendered generals all trembled.  Seeing the Liang Jun surrendered general kneeling in front of the horse, Li Chengzhong raised his hand and said: "Get up and speak." The surrendered generals raised their heads, but did not dare to get up. Only Li Zhenzhen took three steps and kowtowed again: "The guilty minister Li,  He, Yang, etc., and more than 237,400 sergeants, asked His Highness to accept it." Li Chengzhong nodded: "Yes!" Marquis Yu came forward and collected the large and small flags and banners piled on the ground.  The flying talisman ordered the arrows to be put away and counted.  Li Zhen kowtowed again: "The guilty ministers and others present to Your Highness the heads of the two thieves Wang, Li, and the soldiers of Shu and Wu, 10,000 and 835 more, and more than 21,900 surrendered soldiers, to congratulate the Yan army.  Your Highness Fuqi accepts it." Li Chengzhong nodded: "Accept it!" Another sergeant came forward and took the heads of Wang Zongji and Li Shenfu from the tray.  Li Zhen kowtowed three times: "The King of Liang, the Zhu family, and the bandits Jingxiang, Kang Huaiying, Shi Shucong, etc., entered Xishan seven days ago and left, but the guilty ministers and others did not have time to report. I beg Your Highness to punish the sin." Li Chengzhong smiled and said  : "It doesn't matter. I understand what you mean and I don't blame you. Li Zhen, I heard that your strategy is useful, and Han Yanhui also praised you a lot. You are now working in the General Administration of Military Staff, and Han Yanhui is under the United Front Work Department.  If I have some achievements in the future, I will be born with you again." Li Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.  Han Yanhui stepped forward to help him up and stood aside.  Li Chengzhong said again: "He Delun, you have been confronting Gu's army here for many years, and your results are pretty good. The generals under Gu's command also praised you for being good at managing troops; Yang Shihou, you did a pretty good job in the surprise attack on Xuanzhou, too.  I admire your talents very much. However, due to the military system, you cannot be awarded the rank of guerrilla generals without going through the military academy. They will be transferred to Fan Yang to study for one year, and they will be awarded military positions after they have completed their careers.  I was a little disappointed, but I didn't dare to express it in words.  Immediately kowtowed and thanked him.  Li Chengzhong then said to the demoted generals: "Since you surrendered today, you will be included in the lonely army. No matter civil or military, each will be demoted two ranks with his original rank and retained. The higher one will go to Fanyang, and the lower one will go to Bailangshang. One year's service  After you are successful, you will be awarded official positions based on your merits. Those who do not want to join the army but are committed to the people can also go to Youzhou Academy to study. Gu said something more clear. This arrangement is not to fear your surrender, but to be under Gu's command.  This is the order. You can come down and ask, you can inquire, which of the officers and civilians under Gu's command does not have school qualifications? As for the sergeants, it will be arranged by the General Administration of Military Staff, and the Training Department will open a training camp for Shangdang recruits.  Reorganize the sergeants. The sergeants don¡¯t need to worry about being away from home. The next step is to conquer Henan. It will be time for you to go home. " The training has been completed, Li Zhen, He Delun and Yang Shihou!  They all came together, respectfully took the reins of Li Chengzhong's horse, and marched towards Gaoping City.  Along the city wall to the streets, densely packed Liang Jun soldiers knelt down, and all kinds of weapons and equipment were piled up like mountains.  I don¡¯t know when, the officers and soldiers of the Yan army inside and outside the city suddenly cheered in unison, which shook the whole country.  "Ten thousand victories!" "Ten thousand victories!" "Ten thousand victories!"  After the war, all kinds of affairs were very complicated. All the departments of the General Administration of Military Staff were running continuously, which could barely maintain the smoothness of the war machine of the Yan Army.  operation.  The top priority is the reorganization of the surrendered sergeants. Including the prisoners of war captured in the Battle of Bohequan, the coalition forces of the princes who surrendered to the Yan army numbered 370,000. These sergeants can be roughly divided into four classes.  One type is young men who are both auxiliary soldiers and civilian men, numbering about 150,000; the second type is sergeants who can go into battle, including the soldiers from various states in Henan who were temporarily transferred to the party by King Liang for the Northern Expedition, as well as the subordinates of major military leaders.  of about 100,000.  There are still 60,000 to 70,000 people,They are the elites of the old Xuanwu Army who have survived numerous battles from east to west. Their military qualities and combat skills are not weak. One-on-one, they are even better than the main force of the Yan Army. For example, Yuan Cong captured in the Battle of Bohequan.  There are more than 4,000 people in the pro-army and hall, more than 7,000 people in Zhu Youning's Jianwu Army and more than 7,000 Yajun in Shishu Congbao's army, and more than 6,000 people in Zhang Guihou's town army.  In addition, the tooth army of He Delun, Kang Huaiying and Yang Shihou who surrendered in Gaoping is the most complete, with about 40,000 people.  The last one is to be joined by 40,000 troops from Shu, Wu, Jing, Chu and other countries.  At present, the Yan army gathered in the Shangdang area includes nine field armies, two security armies, 200 supplementary battalions, the newly formed Jinzhou Army and the vassal Hedong Army, with a total strength of 250,000.  Handan, separated by a mountain from Shangdang, also gathered more than 20 reserve brigades and 100 supplementary battalions, with a strength of 100,000.  In addition to the 370,000 surrendered troops and 370,000 prisoners of war from the coalition forces, Hebei had to deal with more than 600,000 people chewing horses and chewing people, and the monthly food consumption was at least 200,000 shi!  Solving the food problem has become a top priority!  Immediately, some radical staff officers from the Yuhousi Operations Division of the General Administration of Military Staff proposed a secret plan: to imitate the Changping Battle of the Warring States Period, trap and kill the coalition forces and surrender the soldiers!  The plan swore that the killing of nearly 400,000 coalition soldiers would not only relieve the worry of food, but also reduce the fetters of the Yan army and prevent these surrendered soldiers from changing in the future. Finally, this move could shock the world and bring prosperity to the princes of the world.  He could not afford to resist and cleared the way for the unification of the Tang Dynasty.  Li Chengzhong was shocked when he saw the plan and immediately had a headache.  After the Qin State killed the Zhao State and surrendered its soldiers, the Zhao State was left without a single member. From a strong country that could compete with Qin alone, it immediately became a weak country. This move was indeed extremely effective.  But entrapping and killing the coalition forces and surrendering the soldiers seems to be following the policy of the Qin State at that time. In fact, the difference between the two is thousands of miles away.  During the Warring States Period, countries had been hereditary for hundreds of years, and their languages ??and cultures were very different. Although they were all Chinese countries, it was an indisputable fact that they were one country on their own.  If Qin had not done this trick, it would have been impossible to conquer Zhao.  This moment is different from the Warring States Period. Although the policy of "imitating the Warring States Period" was adopted, the Tang Dynasty lasted for nearly three hundred years, and the country was at home in the hearts of the people, whether it was Henan Province or Hebei Province, even if Liang and Yan were now separated.  Almost no one in China would consider themselves not from the Tang Dynasty.  "If we really kill all the 370,000 coalition troops, God will be angry and people will complain!"  Furthermore, the coalition forces are different from the Zhao army during the Warring States period. The Qin army could not make Zhao surrender its soldiers and turn its guns. This does not mean that the Yan army could not.  In the past hundred years, the land of China has developed a group of professional warriors. Today they will help you fight, and tomorrow they will fight for others. This is a common occurrence. As long as these soldiers are allowed to live a happy life, they will not have any thoughts of loyalty.  ¡ª¡ªEven if they are loyal to the country, they are not loyal to the Liang Kingdom, which was only established for a year.  As the "emperor's uncle" of Yu Die, who entered the imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty, although Li Chengzhong was a little embarrassed, his qualifications made it easier to gain loyalty than the King of Liang.  Therefore, Li Chengzhong immediately summoned Zhang Xingzhong, Jiang Miao, Zhou Kan and others, and cursed them until the three of them blushed, and then gave up.  After burning this "strategy" in front of the three people, Li Chengzhong directly issued a plan to lower the pawns. ? Disbanded 150,000 Qingzhuang from Henan, who was temporarily recruited by the King of Liang to serve as an auxiliary soldier and civilian husband. He stripped off his armor, collected his weapons, paid his travel expenses, and sent him back to his country.  This group of young people has not received much military training. They are all farmers who work in the fields. They are different from the young people from Hebei who regularly participate in military training every year. They cannot be recruited and trained into an army, so it is no big deal to send them back.  .  Even if any enemy draws them here again to recruit troops, they will be defeated in one blow and will be of no great use other than a waste of food.  Now Li Chengzhong's eyes are not just on Hebei. He is about to start an expedition to Henan, so there is no need to move them to Hebei - it is much easier to directly bring Henan under his rule than to resettle them and organize them to carry out production.  .  For the second type of surrendered soldiers, they are already the standing troops under the military leaders of all parties in the Liang Army. Disband them and if they are gathered by others, they will become a large army in the blink of an eye.  Therefore, Li Chengzhong ordered them to stay in the Shangdang area for training, and after three months, these 100,000 people would be incorporated into the Yan army's combat establishment.  There are also 60,000 to 70,000 elite tooth soldiers. These people are the most typical professional warriors of this era. Apart from fighting in battle, they don't know much about making a living.  But it must be admitted that these tens of thousands of soldiers are really good soldiers, and they are also the foundation that King Liang relies on.  If Li Chengzhong hadn't been born, and if Hebei's military system hadn't been formed, King Liang would have ended the Tang Dynasty's 300-year-old foundation and created his own dynasty with the support of tens of thousands of professional warriors.  Therefore, what Li Chengzhong had to do was very simple. It took half a month to organize them into more than a hundred supplementary battalions, and conduct simple training to let them have a preliminary understanding of the composition system of the Yan Army.  After that, you can directly follow the army and replenish the losses in the conquest of Henan at any time.As for the surrender of prisoners from other countries in the coalition, Li Chengzhong has no good solution for the time being. He is neither willing to let these sergeants return to their original places to replenish the strength of each country, nor can he allow them to join the supplementary battalion and accept reorganization - the rural concept of this era  It was still very heavy. Li Chengzhong thought that he did not yet have the domineering spirit of being able to stand up and fight with all parties. When the restrictions were loosened, these surrendered soldiers would probably start to escape.  After much deliberation, he had no determination to "trap and kill" them. In the final analysis, this was against the moral bottom line of Li Chengzhong's time travellers. Therefore, he could only grit his teeth and escort them back to Hebei, where they would be used as weapons in major workshops and mines.  Coolies, so that they can use their remaining energy.
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