In mid-September, Xu Huai served as Sikong, privy envoy, and Han Shiliang served as the pacification envoy of the Huainan East Road system and the commander-in-chief of the Longwu Army. At the same time, they petitioned to abolish the Huainan East Road, Shouhao camp, and juxtapose the Huainan Road.
Deng Gui was appointed as the Huainan Road System and Comfort Envoy and also deployed troops and horses, which immediately caused an uproar in Xiangyang.
In Xu Huai's memorial, new adjustments were also made to the deployment of soldiers and horses in the world.
First, adjust the naval force into two parts
The Jingzhou Navy and the Jianye Navy were merged into the Coastal Navy, which was mainly responsible for river and sea defense in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the coastal areas south of Zhejiang Road and Huainan Road. The Coastal Navy was under the jurisdiction of the Sidu Water Camp, with a naval force of 12,000.
They were stationed in Ezhou in northern Jingzhou, Yangzhou in Jiangdong, Jianye in Jiangdong and Chongzhou in Jiangdong (Yang, Tai and Chongzhou were demarcated from Huainan Road and merged into Jiangdong Road).
The Xinyang, Yingzhou, and Shouzhou naval divisions were merged into the Yanhuai Naval Division, which was under the jurisdiction of the Wudu Water Camp and consisted of 15,000 naval troops, stationed in Chenzhou, Xinyang, Shouzhou, Chuzhou, and Xuzhou respectively.
Both naval divisions have independent administrative offices. The naval office along the Yangtze River is stationed in Jianye, and the naval office along the Huaihe River is stationed in Shouzhou. Yu Gong and Xu Ling are the commanders respectively; the naval office is mainly responsible for the water supply.
Division military administration, training, warship repair and other affairs, and operational control power are controlled by the military commander at the naval station.
This was mainly the naval warfare of the time, which mainly assisted land infantry and cavalry in attack and defense, and had not been truly separated from land battles and sieges and other forms of warfare.
Shouhao and other places were merged into Huainan Road. After the camp was dismantled, Xuanwu Army No. 1 and No. 2 town councils were moderately downsized and accepted the control of the Huainan Road Military and Horse Deployment Department. They were mainly stationed in Shouzhou and Chuzhou and were responsible for communicating with those stationed in
The naval forces of Shouzhou and Chuzhou jointly established the second buffer line of defense in the middle and lower reaches of the Huaihe River, and were also responsible for supporting the war in the hinterland of the Huaihe River.
It is also to reduce military expenditures as much as possible and use money and grain to speed up the recovery of local agricultural production. After the states and counties south of the Huaihe River are relatively safe, the local garrison will be reduced to less than 20,000 troops in due course.
As for the garrison deployment in the Hehuai area, in addition to retaining the Heluo, Jingxi Xingying, Songsu and other prefectures where the original Shouhao Xingying was responsible for the garrison and merging it into the Jingnan Xingying, a new Xuzhou Xingying will be established, with Han Shiliang as the capital commander, leading
The Longwu Army was stationed and took charge of the defense of Xu, Hai, and Si prefectures north of the lower reaches of the Huaihe River. It was mainly responsible for fighting against enemy forces in Jiyi and other places in the north of Xuhai.
In addition to expanding the Xuzhou camp to 48,000 soldiers in four towns on the basis of Han Shiliang's old Longwu Army, the camp in Xuzhou will also move along the Fifth Capital Water Battalion of the Huaihe Navy to station in Xuzhou, recruiting an additional 20,000 garrison troops from local areas to supplement the city wall.
For basic defense, 20,000 garrison troops and horses from various provinces and prefectures will also be recruited, and they will also be subject to camp control.
After formally accepting the direct jurisdiction of Sikong Prefecture, the Xuzhou camp will maintain a scale of more than 90,000 garrison troops, surpassing the camps in the west and south of Beijing in one fell swoop.
In order to ensure a smooth transition, the Sikong Mansion not only transferred Zhang Xiongshan from Heluo to Xuzhou to serve as the military staff of the Xuzhou camp, established the military intelligence staff committee of the camp to assist in operations, and prepared a military command school, but also the Xuzhou camp commander Shi, Sima and other major officials as well as other officials
The general took control and continued to use Han Shiliang's old subordinates.
There are differences in other aspects, that is, the 20,000 newly added troops of the Longwu Army, including the newly added grassroots military officials, are all recruited from the supply troops under the jurisdiction of Sikong Mansion; the casualties caused by the subsequent Longwu Army operations are also
The Sikong Prefecture is responsible for uniformly filling the vacancies, and military merit rewards and punishments are also unified in accordance with the regulations of the Sikong Prefecture.
The Sikong Mansion didn't care how big a stir the two memorials caused in Xiangyang - the above list was just to fulfill the established procedures. With Han Shiliang leading the main force of the original Longwu Army and Yu Gong leading the fifth capital of the Huai Navy,
The battalion was stationed in Xuzhou, and new soldiers and a large number of soldiers, weapons, grain and other supplies were continuously transferred to Xuzhou.
During the two Huainan battles, although the Huainan East Road was not the key attack target of the Red Husbands on the eastern front, the harassment of Huainan over the years has never been interrupted.
Especially after Huaidong lost control of the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, the Chihu people's harassment of Huaidong was far greater than before, both in terms of duration and depth of penetration, and the agricultural production in Huaidong was greatly affected.
suffered great damage.
When the escape from Beijing incident occurred, Ge Yu led his troops to withdraw from Yangzhou without forgetting to plunder.
At this time, Huaidong was no longer a prosperous land of fish and rice, and Han Shiliang had been fighting in the south and north in recent years. He had a group of brave generals and soldiers under his command, but he lacked financial personnel. In the past, he mainly relied on Yang Maoyan, Wei Chujun and others.
Han Shiliang had no chance to intervene in raising food and grass and managing the local area.
Therefore, Long Wujun's life in Huaidong during the past two or three years was really embarrassing.
Although Chen Zixiao and Han Gui came to Chuzhou on behalf of the Sikong Mansion, it was agreed that after the Longwu Army moved to Xuzhou, the salaries of the generals, the construction of camps, fortifications, food supplies, and the armor and weapons and equipment would all be controlled by the Sikong Mansion.
Responsible for supply, the standard will be the same as that of Tianxiong, Jingsheng, Xuanwu and Xiaosheng armies, but the generals of Longwu army have doubts.
Of course, the generals of the Longwu Army are not worried about poor wages, food and accommodation. They have just been placed under the jurisdiction of the Sikong Mansion. Even if they want to win over people's hearts, I believe that the Sikong Mansion will not be in a hurry to exploit or exploit them in these aspects.
However, not only is the Longwu Army not a direct descendant of the Sikong Mansion, it has even been regarded as a direct lineage of Emperor Shaolong and the Qiandi clan. Will the Sikong Mansion really bring out the most sophisticated weapons and armor to strengthen the dragon army?
The generals of the Longwu Army are still generally doubtful about the combat effectiveness of the armed forces, rather than secretly weakening them.
However, as a shipload of soldiers, armor and war equipment arrived in Xuzhou, the doubts of the Longwu Army officers were quickly dispelled.
There are 20,000 sets of armor, 15,000 of which are high-quality armors selected from previous battles, and 5,000 are new crotch armors that have been mass-produced by the Sikong Mansion in recent years.
The shape of the new two-crotch armor is similar to the traditional two-crotch armor. The shoulders, arms and lower lapel are mainly made of traditional armor pieces. However, the chest and back are made of thin iron plates and are cold-forged as a whole. The protective performance is no longer as good as that of the traditional two-crotch armor.
The Xiaozijia, which was hard to find in the past, is slightly weaker.
The Sikong Mansion provided 5,000 new sets of crotch armor to the Longwu Army at once, which directly exceeded the imagination of the Longwu Army generals.
Moreover, this batch of armor, whether it is new crotch armor or armor captured from the enemy, was not equipped in advance with newly recruited soldiers from Yunyang, Biyang and other places. Instead, it was shipped to Xuzhou and was handled by the camp.
Distribution - especially the new two-crotch armor, Zhang Xiongshan also advocated giving priority to the veteran soldiers and grassroots military officials with rich combat experience in the Longwu Army.
After Sikong Mansion was able to mass-produce iron-spine crossbows, the army has gradually phased out traditional weapons such as cyclone cannons and catapults. This time, fifty iron-spine heavy crossbows and a hundred triple iron-spine crossbows were also directly allocated to Xuzhou.
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The triple iron-spine crossbow can shoot from a distance of 300 steps and penetrate double layers of armor or cold-forged armor. It may not be much more powerful than the traditional three-bow bed crossbow. The firing speed is also slow, but the triple iron-spine crossbow has
The weight has been controlled to less than 400 kilograms, and the size is only half of the traditional three-bow bed crossbow, which can flexibly enter and exit the battlefield.
At the same time, the iron spine crossbow uses a special spring iron as the crossbow and a thin iron wire rope as the string. It not only doubles the ability to withstand the enemy's immediate destruction, but is also suitable for combat in the wet rainy season, which is far beyond the reach of the traditional three-bow bed crossbow.
The effective range of the iron-spine heavy crossbow has not been improved much, but it can shoot heavy arrows, and its ability to damage city defense buildings is no longer inferior to that of small and medium-sized trebuchets. It can also be modified to fire stone projectiles and fire oil cans.
And because of the unparalleled portability of the iron-spine heavy crossbow, Sikong Mansion made a decisive decision to gradually replace traditional war weapons with the iron-spine heavy crossbow on the battlefield.
War horses are still the most scarce resource of the Sikong Mansion, but this time the Sikong Mansion will allocate 2,000 war horses to Xuzhou at a time, and allocate another 500 pairs of horse armors for the army to independently form a heavy armored cavalry battalion.
After Emperor Shaolong ascended the throne, although the court gave priority to supplying war horses to the Longwu Army, they were limited by the limited tea-horse trade with the Dali Kingdom and had to give some to the Suwei Forbidden Army and Ge Yusuo. Longwu
The army can receive a supplement of hundreds of war horses every year, which is not even enough to offset daily consumption.
For a long time, the Longwu Army only maintained a guard cavalry of four to five hundred people around Han Shiliang.
Sikong Mansion is now solely responsible for the tea and horse sales of Dali Kingdom. In addition to the increase in the import of war horses by the King of Xiyan County year by year, the group of pastoral supervisors has also gradually grown in size and can supply two to three thousand high-quality war horses every year. At this time, Ru Ying is about to
Racecourses were renovated in floodplain areas during the period and the introduction of fine stallions was greatly increased.
Therefore, no matter how scarce the Sikong Mansion's war horse resources are, it is still much more abundant than the Longwu Army.
Chen Zixiao and Han Gui went to Chuzhou and agreed to ensure that the Longwu Army would maintain the cavalry establishment in both capitals. In addition to the one-time allocation of 2,000 horses this time, they would also replenish three to five horses every year based on training and combat losses.
Hundreds of fine war horses.
The additions are all conventional weapons, bows and crossbows. However, after this addition, the Longwu Army has not only expanded in size, but also has a substantial increase in combat effectiveness. At least it is no longer afraid of the main troops of Ping Yanzong Palace, and in Xu Hai
There is a regional battle.
Nearly 30,000 generals of the original Longwu Army followed Han Shiliang to station in Xuzhou. According to the agreement, all the generals and their families should stay in Chuzhou.
The Sikong Mansion also directly recommended Jiang Xie to Chuzhou to take charge of the resettlement of the small farmland of the former Longwu Army generals.
In the years since the original Longwu Army fought in the south and north, it has experienced two arduous and arduous battles in Shouchun with heavy casualties, so it is fully qualified to directly grant farmland.
The 500,000 acres of cultivated land required for land granting were to be cleared in Chuzhou and confiscated to private owners; on the other hand, the Sikong Prefecture paid for the redemption in Chuzhou; or the confiscated official land from Shouhao Yanglu and other states was investigated.
Part of the cultivated land in the field was taken out for replacement.
Before the harvest is harvested from the fields, the Sikong Mansion will also allocate millions of stones of grain, hundreds of thousands of suits, quilts and other materials to provide relief to the generals and their families, ensuring that the generals and their families are initially freed from the plight of hunger and cold.
In short, we must fundamentally solve the worries of the Longwu Army generals.
In the early stage, the Sikong Mansion did not have high requirements for the Xuzhou camp. It completed the expansion and reorganization of the Longwu Army, step by step strengthened the competition and control of the peripheral areas of Xuhai, maintained military oppression against the enemy forces entrenched in Ji, Yi and other states, and waited patiently.
The arrival of a new battle opportunity...
Han Shiliang's two sons, Han Que, Han Ju, and Xu Huai, also directly recommended them to enter Biyang High Military Command School for one year of study.
As the pace of the war slows down, in addition to promoting the launch of many industrial and construction projects, strengthening the construction of the echelon of troops and troops, and strengthening the reclamation construction in Chenying, Heluo and other places, Sikong Mansion also has another important task, which is to use the senior military command of Biyang
Heading to the schools, we have strengthened the training of military officers and generals at all levels, especially the generals and officers of the garrison armies in various prefectures. Basically, half of the time they have to study in military command schools at all levels. Literacy classes are also generally offered in military camps.
, de-illiteracy class.
In the past, Jingxiang was able to bypass the gentry and rural tribes and better control the area. On the one hand, starting from the early years of Lifengtang, Xu Huai continued to train grassroots military officials for more than ten years. On the other hand, the area under direct control before was limited.
However, after the escape from Beijing incident, the Sikong Mansion wanted to truly control the core areas such as Jiangdong, Zhejiang, Jingbei, Jingnan, Jiangxi, etc. It did not mean to send Wang Fan, Liu Yan, Xu Xin'an, Guo Junpan and others to serve as security and appeasement
Once the envoys, soldiers and horses are all deployed and waiting for important positions, everything will be fine.
Not to mention controlling the local area, even if we can truly control the garrison troops and horses of the various prefectures and build them into a force that can fight tough battles, it is definitely not just a matter of sending generals to take charge of the deployment departments of all the troops and horses.
Thousands of mature military officials are needed who are committed to the Sikong Mansion.
The training of people is actually the most time-consuming. It will take at least one year for a smarter and studious person to become illiterate. Subsequently, various military and industrial knowledge must be instilled. A qualified grassroots military officer will quit.
Being able to participate in local governance after active duty requires at least two or three years of continuous training.
The training process, in addition to improving the personal abilities of grassroots generals and military officials, also consolidates and strengthens their centripetal force and cohesion towards the Sikong Mansion...
For the camp in Xuzhou, the Sikong Mansion will ensure that Han Shiliang and his direct line generals have the military and operational command of the camp, but it also requires the personnel of the Sikong Mansion to set up military command schools at all levels, and requires the mid-level and senior generals of the camp to participate in the high-level command of Biyang
Rotation training in school.
The Longwu Army has long been the direct lineage of Emperor Shaolong and the Qiandi clan. Although Han Shiliang made his choice, the thinking of so many generals and military officials could not be changed at once.
If the Sikong Mansion wants to fulfill its promise and set an example for the Longwu Army, it cannot rudely disperse and suppress the original officers and generals of the Longwu Army; at the same time, the Longwu Army cannot carry out subsequent operations against the Chi Hu people.
A necessary main force.
However, the Sikong Mansion must of course take some measures to at least avoid the Longwu Army from becoming an obstacle in the future...
Part of the farmland will be replaced.
Before the harvest is harvested from the fields, the Sikong Mansion will also allocate millions of stones of grain, hundreds of thousands of suits, quilts and other materials to provide relief to the generals and their families, ensuring that the generals and their families are initially freed from the plight of hunger and cold.
In short, we must fundamentally solve the worries of the Longwu Army generals.
In the early stage, the Sikong Mansion did not have high requirements for the Xuzhou camp. It completed the expansion and reorganization of the Longwu Army, step by step strengthened the competition and control of the peripheral areas of Xuhai, maintained military oppression against the enemy forces entrenched in Ji, Yi and other states, and waited patiently.
The arrival of a new battle opportunity...
Han Shiliang's two sons, Han Que, Han Ju, and Xu Huai, also directly recommended them to enter Biyang High Military Command School for one year of study.
As the pace of the war slows down, in addition to promoting the launch of many industrial and construction projects, strengthening the construction of the echelon of troops and troops, and strengthening the reclamation construction in Chenying, Heluo and other places, Sikong Mansion also has another important task, which is to use the senior military command of Biyang
Heading to the schools, we have strengthened the training of military officers and generals at all levels, especially the generals and officers of the garrison armies in various prefectures. Basically, half of the time they have to study in military command schools at all levels. Literacy classes are also generally offered in military camps.
, de-illiteracy class.
In the past, Jingxiang was able to bypass the gentry and rural tribes and better control the area. On the one hand, starting from the early years of Lifengtang, Xu Huai continued to train grassroots military officials for more than ten years. On the other hand, the area under direct control before was limited.
However, after the escape from Beijing incident, the Sikong Mansion wanted to truly control the core areas such as Jiangdong, Zhejiang, Jingbei, Jingnan, Jiangxi, etc. It did not mean to send Wang Fan, Liu Yan, Xu Xin'an, Guo Junpan and others to serve as security and appeasement
Once the envoys, soldiers and horses are all deployed and waiting for important positions, everything will be fine.
Not to mention controlling the local area, even if we can truly control the garrison troops and horses of the various prefectures and build them into a force that can fight tough battles, it is definitely not just a matter of sending generals to take charge of the deployment departments of all the troops and horses.
Thousands of mature military officials are needed who are committed to the Sikong Mansion.
The training of people is actually the most time-consuming. It will take at least one year for a smarter and studious person to become illiterate. Subsequently, various military and industrial knowledge must be instilled. A qualified grassroots military officer will quit.
Being able to participate in local governance after active duty requires at least two or three years of continuous training.
The training process, in addition to improving the personal abilities of grassroots generals and military officials, also consolidates and strengthens their centripetal force and cohesion towards the Sikong Mansion...
For the camp in Xuzhou, the Sikong Mansion will ensure that Han Shiliang and his direct line generals have the military and operational command of the camp, but it also requires the personnel of the Sikong Mansion to set up military command schools at all levels, and requires the mid-level and senior generals of the camp to participate in the high-level command of Biyang
Rotation training in school.
The Longwu Army has long been the direct lineage of Emperor Shaolong and the Qiandi clan. Although Han Shiliang made his choice, the thinking of so many generals and military officials could not be changed at once.
If the Sikong Mansion wants to fulfill its promise and set an example for the Longwu Army, it cannot rudely disperse and suppress the original officers and generals of the Longwu Army; at the same time, the Longwu Army cannot carry out subsequent operations against the Chi Hu people.
A necessary main force.
However, the Sikong Mansion must of course take some measures to at least avoid the Longwu Army from becoming an obstacle in the future...
