Although there were not many soldiers approaching the city directly, the black soldiers and horses on both sides of the Yiluochuan River were not far from the Gongxian city. You could see the soldiers and horses like a black tide when you looked up.
Qiao Jien, Gao Huihong and others are not as sure as Xu Huaineng that these soldiers will not come directly to kill them. How can they dare to stay here at this time?
As the commander-in-chief of the mausoleum-defending army, Chen Yougui was the legitimate commander-in-chief of the two thousand soldiers guarding the mausoleum.
Logically speaking, he should have the most violent reaction to the arrangement made by King Jing Zhao Tuan.
However, he turned his eyes left and right and saw that Qiao Jien, Gao Huihong and others were all obedient in front of King Jing Zhao Tuan. He knew that in front of the large and aggressive soldiers, Qiao Jien and Gao Huihong were not as good to him as to the existing people in Gongxian County.
The defenders didn't have much confidence, so they suppressed their unwillingness and agreed in a low voice.
The more Chen Yougui obeyed, the more King Jing Zhao Tuan felt that it was right to relieve him of his military command.
At such a critical juncture, the general is so obedient, how can he entrust him with such a big responsibility?
Although the county captain nominally controls the defense of the city, the county soldiers are mainly responsible for the security of the city. The county captain is in charge of the county soldiers and prison supervisors. The county captain Zhu Xun was born in the imperial examination. He never thought that one day he would have to face Chengdu.
Thousands of captive soldiers?
At this time, Zhu Xun stood at the top of the city and listened to the "bang bang bang bang" of arrows hitting the shield wall. His calves were trembling. He wished he could push the defender out. How could he not be willing to obey the order of King Jing Zhao Tuan and guard the city?
Are you going to hand over the imperial affairs to a person who sounds awesome and coaxing?
It is really uneasy to leave it to Chen Yougui, who has been eating, drinking and having fun in the city all day long, to resist so many soldiers, Qiao Jien, Gao Huihong and many officials such as the county lieutenant. It is a matter of life and property.
This matter was settled at the top of the city.
The subsequent development of the situation is the same as Xu Huai judged.
In addition to the county captain, who is the official official of the imperial court, the county military generals and military officials at the festival level who appeared on the city wall at this time were mainly recommended by the local government.
The status is not high either; this is similar to Huaiyuan and Tangzhou.
King Jing, Zhao Tuan and others did not rush to the city, and the county soldiers and soldiers did not panic uncontrollably. They quickly regained their composure, spread out their formations, and used the walls and wooden shields to block the prisoners.
It will be difficult for soldiers and archers to gain anything.
Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of the city, more than 300 captive cavalry stopped beside the woods 300 steps away and stood still. After the main force of the captive cavalry galloped far southwest along the banks of the Yiluo River, they also slowly galloped towards the southwest.
At this time, the sun had just tilted to the west. King Jing Zhao Tuan also breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Qiao Jien.
, Chen Yougui and others asked: "Is it possible to summon the county soldiers, all generals and military officials of the mausoleum guarding army to discuss the handover of defense?"
Defense and the transfer of command of many troops and horses cannot be explained clearly in just one or two sentences, but also involve many executable details.
The most critical point is to summon all the generals and military officials of the mausoleum guarding army and county soldiers to pass on this order; only if these generals and military officials obey the order can it be possible to redeploy defense.
To be honest, Zhang Xin is still quite skeptical about this.
At the beginning of the founding of the Dai Viet dynasty, great precautions were taken against generals and officers, and the garrison laws were strictly followed in the places where the forbidden troops were stationed.
At that time, the Forbidden Army was stationed in Gyeonggi Province, and every two to three years as a cycle, they took turns to garrison in border states and other places where needed. The battalion was commanded by the commander-in-chief and the generals at the level of Duyuhou, and the generals under their command.
Soldiers are replaced every two to three years.
This has caused a serious problem of "the generals do not know the soldiers, and the soldiers do not know the generals" and the combat effectiveness of the army decreases.
Later, it was gradually changed to the "General Art of War", which means that a part of the imperial army can be stationed in a relatively fixed place, and their family members can accompany the army and command envoys. The generals who command the army at the level of Du Yuhou remain relatively stable.
Now it is easy to remove Zhu Yougui and others from their commanding power, and it is also easy to summon the generals and military officials to convey this order. However, let alone directly command the troops at the squad level, the tomb-defending army has a total of twenty soldiers, including Xu Huaineng.
Ruzhizhizhi made twenty generals whom he didn't know before today listen to his orders well and lead his troops to fight bravely.
is it possible?
If it were really so easy to lead troops, the old and new factions in the DPRK would not have to beat their brains out over the reform.
Zhang Xin originally thought that the defenders would continue to be commanded by Chen Yougui and others. After all, Chen Yougui and the others were the only ones familiar with the generals and military officials below. Xu Huai would draw up a specific defense strategy and direct Chen Yougui and others to implement it.
As a mobile combat force, the department can make up for any problems in the defense line in time. When Caizhou reinforcements arrive, Gong County should be able to barely hold on.
After all, the Red Husbands invaded south with cavalry. Zhang Xin felt that as long as the defenders in the city could hold their ground, the city would not fall so easily.
But it was Xu Huai who insisted on a thorough rectification of Gong County's defense in front of King Jing Zhao Tuan.
The county soldiers have no commanders. The county captain has five generals who are responsible for the security, defense and prison guards of the four cities. The tomb guard army is under Chen Yougui, and there are eight chief and deputy battalion commanders and twenty generals.
There are about 200 middle and low-level military officials such as county soldiers and mausoleum guards, section-level, team leaders, and flag leaders.
After all, the city tower was not a palace and could not hold too many people. Many military officials were summoned and stood on the stone street below the city tower to wait for the announcement.
When King Jing took the military talisman from Qiao Jien and handed it over to Xu Huai, Zhang Xin noticed the expressions of hesitation, confusion, disdain, dissatisfaction, etc. on the faces of the generals and officials in front of the city tower.
He didn't even know what means Xu Huai could use to make these military generals and officials who had no sense of trust in their hearts obey orders and lead his soldiers to resist the wolf-like tigers of the Japanese soldiers in just two or three days?
Not to mention other things, just making more than 200 military generals and military officers familiar, it can't be done in a day or two, right?
After handing over the power to command the army, King Jing Zhao Tuan left with Qiao Jien, Chen Yougui, Gao Huihong and others, leaving the defense reorganization entirely to Xu Huai and Zhang Xin; Xu Huai would also have more knowledge about the security and defense affairs in the city.
The county captain Zhu Xun stayed and waited for his orders.
Just now in front of Jing Wang Zhao Tuan, Qiao Jien, Chen Yougui, Gao Huihong and others, Zhang Xin was full of doubts, but he would not dismantle Xu Huai, but now Jing Wang Zhao Tuan is accompanied by Qiao Jien and others to the palace, Zhang Xin
Wanting to know what to do next and what to do, he opened his mouth and asked:
"But I don't know how Xu Junhou will deal with this defense?"
Seeing Zhang Xin's sad face, Xu Huai frowned slightly. Seeing so many generals in front of the city tower, the military officers were more or less solemn just now. After King Jing Zhao Tuan and others left, they suddenly relaxed and smiled with Zhang Xin:
"In times of crisis, not to mention reorganizing the defense of a county, even if you want to tidy up your home, it is not easy - but using extraordinary methods in extraordinary times, all this will be easier than Zhang Junhou imagined.
It comes easy.”
During the period of governance, in order to prevent generals and ministers from taking over their power, local authorities were systematically divided accordingly.
At this time, if there are many people's calculations, entangled interests, and officials holding each other back, accomplishing anything will inevitably become extremely slow and inefficient.
Gongxian County was facing the pressure of a large number of Japanese troops. Due to the danger of their own lives, Qiao Jien, Chen Yougui, Gao Huihong and others did not dare to delay and handed over the power to command the army. In Xu Huai's view, whether they could hold Gongxian County and what they had to pay
What a tragic price it was. That's a story for another day, but when it comes to reorganizing Gongxian's defense, it's not that difficult.
The reason why Zhang Xin finds it difficult is that although he has experienced some dangers, his thinking mode is still stuck in the time of governance, and he has not fundamentally realized that the time of governance and the time of war are two completely different states.
Not to mention other things, in the past, could King Jing Zhao Tuan have ordered the local government to hand over the power of defense command and the power of commanding the county soldiers and the tomb-guarding army?
When they were in charge, could they easily kill people and establish their authority?
"Zhu County Lieutenant, do you know all the four commanders of the Tomb Guard Army?" Seeing Gong County County Lieutenant Zhu Xun nod, Xu Huai said, "Zhu County Lieutenant, I will invite them here, and I would like to trouble you to introduce them to me.
two……"
"Of course," Zhu Xun leaned slightly and asked hesitantly, "but if you just ask the commander of the mausoleum guarding army to come up, will they still be allowed to stand below?"
"Let them all stand down and wait. It's so crowded here. Why do we need so many people to come up and do this?" Xu Huai said with his hands behind his hands.
"..." Zhu Xun looked around and thought that although the space in front of the city tower was not very big, it could still be squeezed in if the county soldiers, the chief and deputy commanders of the tomb-guarding army, and the generals were all invited up.
However, Xu Huai insisted and only invited four commanders to go up to the tower. Even the deputy commanders were hanging out under the tower. At this moment, Zhu Xun couldn't figure out Xu Huai's temper or background. He had some thoughts in his mind, but he didn't know.
Disobeying him, he just watched Xu Huai send people down from the city tower and invite four commanders in armor to come up to the tower.
When the four commanders came up and Zhu Xun was thinking about how to introduce him appropriately, Xu Huai said directly and solemnly:
"I guess you don't know who I am, Xu Huai, and I don't know who you are. However, this is not important at all. The important thing is that you must know that when the enemy troops are pressing on the border, Xu Huai
I have been entrusted by Your Highness to command the entire city's troops. Anyone who dares to disobey our military orders will be killed first and then reported to Your Highness. The weather is much warmer than a year ago. Once the ice on the Yiluo River and the Yellow River is broken, even if there is still
It will be freezing, but it is difficult to make the galloping horses run away again. I don’t know why I didn’t do such a simple thing to prevent the invaders before, and I have no intention of holding anyone responsible, but Zhu County Lieutenant and the four of them have to personally take action at this time.
Lead a hundred men and horses out of the city, each of them needs to cut through two hundred paces of ice before dark. If you can't complete the task, you will have to work with Junjun Zhang to serve you with military law..."
