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Volume 2: Hu Riding on a Thin Willow Chapter 124: Henan (2)

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    PS: Thank you Brother Eagle Zhou for the reward, and thank you brothers for insisting on monthly votes for encouragement.  I have been busy with meetings during this period, and the interruptions are really not conducive to coding. Please forgive me.  During the Battle of Bohequan, Guo Qiqi's troops of the Qi army and Wang Shike's troops of the Qi army rebelled against the enemy and captured Lingchuan, which was regarded as a small contribution to the blockade of the coalition forces of the princes.  Therefore, Li Chengzhong did not hold them responsible for joining hands with the King of Liang in the Northern Expedition.  The Yan army won a complete victory in the decisive battle with the allied forces of the princes at Shangdang, wiping out hundreds of thousands of the main force of the Liang army in one fell swoop. This battle actually laid the foundation for Li Chengzhong to strive for hegemony in the world.  Since they have decided to fight for world hegemony, Qi and Qi cannot be allowed to exist. Therefore, Li Chengzhong will not allow Guo Qiqi and Wang Shike to lead their troops to attack Henan as a "coalition force" - after defeating Henan, they will immediately force the so-called  "Qi State" bowed its head, and as for Qi State, it was impossible to let it go.  Li Chengzhong simply summoned Guo Qiqi and Wang Shike and stated his intentions openly.  He said that the world has been divided for 150 years, with endless wars and devastation. This situation is absolutely unacceptable to him. The intention of the Yan army is to restore the unification of the Tang Dynasty and establish the authority of the central government.  He asked the two men to lead their troops back and told King Qi Li Maozhen and King Qi Wang Shifan that they could either prepare their own armies for war and prepare for the Yan army's crusade; or they could go to the country and obey the central dispatch, but they could keep Li Maozhen and Wang Shifan.  The king's title, in exchange for a family fortune for future generations.  Guo Qiqi and Wang Shike each led their troops to leave Shangdang, and the Yan army released Taihangxing and allowed them to go.  Wang Shike will go east along the Yellow River and return to Qingzhou.  Guo Qiqi went up the river to Fengxiang.  Both of them had mixed emotions when they left.  Looking at the strong and mighty Yan Jun, thinking about his family's future, his mind was filled with twists and turns, and he sighed all the way.  When the Qi and Qi armies left Taihangxing, the entire Shangdang area became a training camp for Yan army recruits.  Around key points such as Shihoubao, Tumenling, Changping Village, Sizhuang, Gaoping, Jiepailing, Huguan and other key points, both sides have established more than a hundred camps, fortresses and fortresses. With a little rectification of these military facilities, they can  Just take it and use it.  therefore.  Under Li Chengzhong's instructions, the General Administration of Military Staff brought all the above-mentioned facilities under the jurisdiction of the Combat Training Department, and established the sixth recruit training camp of the Combat Training Department, which was also the most comprehensive one and named it Shangdang Recruit Training Camp.  To this end, the Training Department recruited training instructors from the wounded soldiers in the Shangdang War, and urgently transferred a group of training instructors from the five major training camps in Hebei to Shangdang.  The capacity of Shangdang training camp can be as high as 500,000.  But if it is to be used for military training, it is only within 100,000, but even if it is 100,000, the Training Department cannot train them because there is a serious shortage of instructors.  Zhou Kan¡¯s plan is to first train the 60,000 to 70,000 elite tooth soldiers who surrendered.  The purpose of the training is mainly "reorganization" and "training" as a supplement. It only needs to be dispersed and organized into supplementary battalions, and then let them understand the military doctrine of the Yan Army - there is no need to recite it, just know it!  Yu Housi fully cooperated.  Soldiers who had made meritorious service were transferred over, and a large number of officers above the rank of captain were temporarily appointed.  Their task is not to lead the soldiers in battle, but to lead the surrendered army properly. When replenishing the troops, they are not organized into groups one by one like the regular supplementary battalions of the Yan Army. Instead, they are scattered and dispersed when there is a shortage of soldiers.  When the time comes, replenish it immediately. If one is missing, one will be replenished. If two are missing, two will be replenished.  This will undoubtedly reduce the combat effectiveness of these elite tooth soldiers, but it can ensure the smooth operation of the Yan Army's command system to the greatest extent, which can be considered a gain and a loss.  After the efforts of the Training Department, twenty days later, these tooth soldiers were reorganized into 137 supplementary battalions, ready to march into Henan at any time.  The Combat Training Department immediately started the second training. This time the training was more formal. It had the same system as the Hebei recruit training camp and the training period was three months.  One hundred thousand surrendered soldiers marched into various designated camps, were taken away by instructors one by one, and began their new military careers.  ¡°Contrary to the training department¡¯s centralized training of the army, Yuhousi began to repatriate sergeants on a large scale.  It's not that Li Chengzhong is ready to release Nanshan, but that maintaining the army consumes too much. After fighting for more than half a year, Hebei's production has been seriously affected.  The first thing Yu Housi repatriated was the two hundred supplementary battalions that had been hoarded in the Shangdang area. Some of these more than 100,000 soldiers had participated in the battle, and some had not been on the front line, but no matter what, they had always been on the battlefield.  They should be sent home.  More than 100,000 people returned to Hebei from Fukouxing in batches, and then each received a generous reward and returned home happily.  Although they returned home, the numbers of the supplementary battalions were not cancelled. Their names were still on the rosters of each supplementary battalion. If something happened, they would be able to gather again soon.  The second batch of repatriates was the reserve brigade stationed in Handan. In the establishment of the Yan Army, the reserve army was also a standing service, with one county as one battalion and one state as one brigade.  These 50,000 to 60,000 reserve troops have been stationed in Handan, guarding the direction of the enemy.When the crisis is fierce, it is an important force to ensure the safety of Hebei.  Now that the war is over, they have also received orders from Yuhou Si to return to their respective prefectures and counties.  When the army gathers together, it consumes three times as much food as if it is dispersed and used locally. Allowing them to return to the various states can greatly alleviate the food pressure in Handan.  The last batch to be repatriated were the hundreds of supplementary battalions still hoarded in Handan. They did not play any role in the entire war. They stayed on standby for more than half a year and then embarked on their way home.  However, although they have not experienced the baptism of war, the officers of the General Administration of Military Staff believe that their mobilization is still worthwhile. After all, more than half a year of military camp career will make many children of farmers reborn. If necessary in the future, this batch of  Replenishment troops are also a force that can be drawn out immediately. Therefore, their supplementary battalion designations have not been revoked.  Starting from the end of December in the second year of Tianyou's reign, the Yan army's disarmament continued for a month and did not end until the end of January in the third year of Tianyou's reign.  In this large-scale disarmament, the Yan army laid off a total of 200,000 Hebei soldiers and 150,000 Henan soldiers, which greatly eased the food pressure. At the same time, because the Hebei soldiers returned home, Hebei's productivity was greatly improved.  The recovery of the Yan army is still concentrated in the Shangdang area.  The level of support received was significantly higher.  Although the number of troops decreased by 350,000, the combat effectiveness of the Yan army was not greatly affected.  At present, the Yan Army in the Shangdang area is mainly composed of nine supplemented field armies, followed by the expanded Liaodong Security Army, Youyan Security Army and Jinzhou Army. The number of troops that can be directly drawn out for field operations reaches 150,000.  In addition, there are more than a hundred supplementary battalions reorganized by the descendants of Liang Jun's Yabing soldiers, as well as the 100,000 descended soldiers of Liang Jun who are still being reorganized in the Shangdang recruit training camp.  The large-scale battle with the world's top main force was an out-and-out baptism for the Yan army.  It further verified the scheduling and organizational capabilities of the Yan Army's command system in large corps and large battlefields, and straightened out and solved many command problems that had not been discovered before.  At the same time, it is also a rare opportunity for the main players of each team to get together.  According to the initial arrangements of the General Administration of Military Staff, the supplementary battalions recruited from the grasslands outside the customs, Bohai, Silla and other places were independently set up and prepared to form independent armies. The priority targets for supplementation were also armies with a majority of Hu people such as the Waiyo Allied Forces.  But as the war gradually intensified.  When the Shangdang battlefield was divided into two major battlefields, Gaoping and Xiangyuan, north and south, and large-scale external operations beyond Hedong emerged, no one mentioned this idea.  The situation at that time was that whatever troops were available were replenished, no matter whether you were a Hu or a Han, the order came down.  Pull it up and directly enrich the battlefield.  Especially as the battle for the defense line south of Gaoping and Jiepailing became increasingly fierce, many Yan army camps defending various hills suffered heavy losses, and a large number of Khitan, Bohai, Silla, Shiwei, Kumoxi, Zahu, etc.  Soldiers from all ethnic groups followed the principle of being nearby and filled in directly.  This experience made the Yan army an out-and-out coalition of all ethnic groups.  Although it is still dominated by Han people, there are many barbarians among them.  The Hu people and the Han people fought side by side.  Almost regardless of each other, they unknowingly solved the integration problem of Hu and Han sergeants that the General Administration of Military Staff had been thinking about.  In fact, as far as the current situation is concerned, after the Battle of Shangdang, the Waiyu Allied Forces are no longer essentially different from the other Eighth Army. The military system is completely similar. The only difference is the composition of the services-the left and right wings.  They are horse-stepping carriages, which are horse-stepping mixed army modes.  Among the officers and soldiers of the Wyoming Alliance, more and more voices have begun to appeal to the General Administration of Military Staff, requesting that the name be changed and that the name be given a military number similar to that of the other Eighth Army.  It is said that Li Chengzhong himself is considering it, but the matter involves Hebei's major policies towards foreign countries and needs careful consideration.  After a great battle, all the armies were exhausted, and the post-war finishing matters that needed to be dealt with were too complicated, so Li Chengzhong never issued an order to go south.  Officers at all levels in the General Administration of Military Staff are so busy all day long, engrossed in recruitment, reorganization, elimination, food and wages, supplies, planning and other matters; the main forces are also licking their wounds, holding military merit reviews at all levels and selecting meritorious officers.  Straighten out the disrupted superior and subordinate structures, select and replenish vacant soldiers.  For a time, I couldn't spare the time to seize Henan. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Really speaking, maybe this is one of the characteristics of Yan Jun.  Perhaps it was the army on the side that directly coerced the surrendered soldiers, assembled a large army, and went south in less than half a month.  But the Yan army was different. Starting from Li Chengzhong, all the way down to the lowest level Dutou, team officers, group leaders, etc., they felt uncomfortable unless they had a clear understanding of the affairs at hand and restored the army.  Therefore, from the first day of the third year of God's blessing until the Lantern Festival, Yan Jun spent all his time in Shangdang.  During this period, Li Chengzhong only issued two external military orders. One was to coordinate with the Hedong states to search for the traces of King Liang and his party, and to send thousands of cavalry out of Taihang County and spread large numbers on Duji Road.The net blocked the passage for King Liang to escape into Henan.  Another military order was to surrender to Li Siben of Jinyang and Li Cunjin of Yanmen, asking them to change their banners quickly.  The sign of surrender from Li Siben and Li Cunjin came quickly. Each of them sent their eldest son to Gaoping with their elite tooth soldiers. They said they were accompanying the army to contribute, but in fact they were taking hostage.  Li Chengzhong readily accepted this and asked them to serve in the Jinzhou Army. As for the second general himself, he was asked to garrison where he was.  At this point, the entire Hedong has fallen into the hands of the Yan army.  The results of the search for King Liang were not good. For more than a month, there was no trace of King Liang and others. This was not what Li Chengzhong expected. After all, in such an era, it was difficult to find the whereabouts of a group of hundreds of deserters.  Extremely difficult.  However, Li Chengzhong really did not dare to delay any longer. At the end of January, he finally issued an order for the army to leave Hedong and march into Henan.
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