Although Chi Hu is in an absolutely strong position, they don't know how long they will have to stand on the front line of the Jianghuai River and how many corpses and flesh they will need to fill in before they can slightly stabilize their position.
Xu Huai was completely in no mood to fight for power at this time.
Back in Huaiyuan, he and everyone else were even worried that the defense line was too long and the defense area was too large, which would overly dilute Chushan's limited elite combat power, but they had to adopt a defensive strategy of virtual externality and internal realism.
And now, no matter how much money, food, and personnel Xiangyang gave him, Xu Huai would not want to expand the size of his army too much all at once.
Chushan currently only has 7,000 capable troops. In Xu Huai's view, it is more reasonable to expand to about 15,000 to 20,000 people; if the expansion is unlimited, it will only cause a serious decline in the army's combat effectiveness.
However, people like Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and Gu Fan, even though they all witnessed it with their own eyes and were clearly aware of how bad the current situation was, they still couldn't get rid of the deep-seated imprint of fighting for power with civility and military force.
Xu Huai could not change Zhou He, Gao Chunnian, Gu Fan and others, so he simply included the three counties and one pass in the east of Guangzhou, including Huaichuan, Guangshan, Huangchuan and Jiuli, which were originally planned to be included in the eastern part of the Chushan camp defense area.
This section was handed over to the Xuanwei Army for defense, so that the Xuanwei Army could maintain contact with the enemy, exercise its combat effectiveness, and jointly share the strong military pressure that the Chihu people were about to exert after they mobilized troops and horses from the Jinghu North Road soldiers.
Jinghu North Road merges with some prefectures and counties along Jinghu South Road, and governs more than 60 counties with more than 5 million households. From this perspective, in addition to paying for food along Jinghu North Road, it should also directly
Soldiers and horses were directly recruited from Jinghu North Road to participate in the resistance war against the Chihu people.
Although Duke Zhao Yi of Wuwei was still on his way to Qingzhou, considering the urgent threats and military pressure faced by King Lu and his family in Qingzhou and Qizhou, it would not be possible to persuade them to mobilize soldiers and horses south to set up defenses in Xu Si, Shouchu and other places.
Too big a problem.
At that time, Huainan East Road and Huainan West Road will be merged into Huainan Road, together with Xusi Qingyi and other places north of the Huaihe River, will be handed over to the King of Lu and his family to raise their own money and food.
The money and food supplies and expansion of the camps and troops under the direct jurisdiction of Xiangyang were also adjusted based on Pu Ban's policy.
The messengers sent by King Jing to Chuanxia Fourth Road before setting off from Puban are now arriving in Xiangyang one after another.
Although Chuanxia 4th Road is still under the absolute control of the Shichen Group, most officials are still clearly aware of the current situation. Supporting King Jing to ascend the throne in Xiangyang and organize troops to resist the Red Husbands is the wisest choice;
They also knew very well that only Gao Junyang and Zheng Huaizhong could guard the Shaanxi, Heluo and Chuanxia roads to avoid the spread of the war.
Therefore, the plan of the Shaanxi and Heluo camps to recruit money and food from the Chuanxia Fourth Road to support frontline operations remains unchanged, and they agreed to each send a troop of troops to the north and accept the control of the Shaanxi and Heluo camps.
The biggest adjustment to Puban's policy is that there will be no camp in Caizhou.
Zhang Xin, Deng Gui's troops, and the Taiyuan garrison merged with the Xiangyang Prefecture Army to form the left and right Xuanwu Army, and the left and right Xiaosheng Army, both of which were under the direct control of Xiangyang.
The Generalissimo's Mansion established the Duxingying Division, which served as the direct military command organization for the Xuanwu Army and the Xiaosheng Army.
Zhou He and Gu Fan had a long history and served as Zhonglang and also led the Duxingying envoy. The Duxingying deputies served as the chief and deputy chief officers, maintaining the tradition of ministers leading the army. General Wen Hengyue promoted military affairs and was responsible for the daily affairs of the Duxingying division.
Deng Gui, Zhang Xin, Liu Yan, and Yang Lin were appointed commanders of the four armies.
Hu Kai assisted King Jing as Sima of the Grand Marshal's Office and was responsible for military affairs and the recruitment of troops and horses.
Zhou He, Gao Chunnian, Gu Fan and others initially thought of appointing Xu Huai as the commander of the Tianxiong Army, which would be under the direct jurisdiction of the Capital Deployment Department, garrisoned at Tongbai Mountain and surrounding fortresses, and only in charge of military affairs, while local officials would still be directly appointed by Xiangyang.
In the end, King Jing, Hu Kai, Xu Wei, Qian Zerui, Zhu Hang, Wang Fan and others insisted on classifying Chu Mountain as a war zone and setting up camps.
Before the fall of Bianliang, the imperial army of various ministries controlled fifty battalions of soldiers in ten compartments, with a full strength of more than 25,000 soldiers.
At present, there are only a limited number of capable soldiers under the direct control of the Duxingying Division. The Xiangyang Prefecture Army seems to have 20,000 troops. However, under the insistence of King Jing and others, these troops have to eliminate the weak and retain the strong. The original troops of the Division were deployed on the southwestern road of Beijing.
The generals in charge who have not experienced the tempering of war must be reduced by one or two levels and retained.
In addition to limited money and food, Xiangyang generals also realized that soldiers are more valuable than more elites, so the Xuanwu Army on the left and the Xiaosheng Army on the left and right temporarily organized thirty battalions of soldiers in six compartments.
The Chushan camp uses Tianxiong's army as the main army, and is only allowed to form six compartments and thirty battalions of soldiers.
Although Xiangyang will not implement the recruitment system immediately, Xiangyang can try its best to ensure that 500,000 guan of money and food are sent to Chushan every year through various methods such as reward money.
Of course, in addition to the Tianxiong army as the main army, the Chushan camp can also train the Xiang army and the rural soldiers as supplements, but the food and pay for the soldiers need to be raised from the local area.
In addition to Xu Huai, who was also the general manager of the military and horse capital, and in charge of the military and political affairs of Chushan, the candidates for the army and camp recommended by Xu Huai were also approved by Xiangyang intact.
When Zhu Hang came this time, he also brought a batch of appointment certificates.
Shi Zhen and Su Laochang also served as the commanders of the left and right camps, and led the military officers to take charge of storage, workshops, farming, construction, official and animal husbandry and other matters.
Xu Wujiang and Chen Zixiao also led the left and right Sima, and led the military officers to take charge of training, military registration, merit rewards, spying and other matters.
Xu Wuqi also led the cavalry and infantry envoys, and was in charge of the director of the cavalry and infantry academy in conducting military prisons and punishments.
With Tang Pan, Xu Xin'an, Wang Xian, Han Qi, Tang Qing and Yin Peng as the capital Yuhou, they commanded the six main armies of the Tianxiong Army.
In addition to the six main armies of Tianxiong's army, there was another one of guards and soldiers, led by Wang Ju as the capital commander.
During the camp in Chushan, the policy of keeping the outside in and defending the inside was implemented. Cheng Yi went out to know Huaiyuan County and took charge of Huaiyuan's civil affairs, criminal and prison matters, etc. Shi Zhen also knew Xinyang County.
In addition to Huaiyuan and Xinyang counties, households in Queshan, Shangcai, Zhenyang, Luoshan and other places will be evacuated to the south, and counties will no longer be established.
Xu Huai planned to set up two metropolitan inspection departments in Qingyi Ridge and Luoshan to guard the generals and lead the metropolitan inspection envoys, and each had jurisdiction over two to four military villages (inspection departments) to build the Chushan defense line facing the Hehuai Plain.
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Xu Huai now plans to give away Huangchuan, Guangshan, Huaichuan and Jiuliguan east of Luoshan.
If he gets approval from Xiangyang, he will set up the headquarters of the general manager of the army and horses in Zhouqiao and stay in Zhouqiao himself to take charge.
In this way, not only can he take care of the defense of Qingyi Ridge and Xinyang (Luoshan), but if necessary, he can also directly lead the troops to cross the Huaihe River and fight against the captive soldiers entering Ru River and Ying River.
If the Xuanwei Army under the jurisdiction of Jinghu North Road (Hubei Road) dare not take over the defenses of Huangchuan, Guangshan, Huaichuan and Jiuli Pass, Xu Huai can only set up the headquarters in Xinyang City, so as to better
Also in charge of the defense on the eastern front.
Although after the fall of Bianliang years ago, people from the south of Gyeonggi Province fled south on a large scale. Currently, tens of thousands of new refugees are pouring into Tongbai Mountain. In the future, people from Queshan, Shangcai, Zhenyang, etc. will also be moved to the south.
There is no shortage of young men in the southern evacuation, and there is currently no shortage of young men in Chushan.
However, Xu Huai had no intention of using up the Tianxiong Army's six compartments and thirty battalions.
At present, he only plans to temporarily establish three battalions of regular soldiers in each compartment, plus the guards directly under the jurisdiction, so that the regular army will maintain a strength of 10,000 people.
Xu Huai was also in charge of the prefectural governor and the prefectural army and horse supervising department. He could also reorganize and command a certain size of Xiang army and rural soldiers.
Xu Huai planned to recruit ten battalions of young, strong, and sharp troops and six battalions of engineering and transport troops to be responsible for internal security, basic defense of Zhucheng Walled City, and large-scale road paving and walled city construction.
Pan Chenghu and Guo Junpian were appointed as the commanders of the left and right sides of the Xiang army, commanding the ten battalions of the Xiang army; Xu Wukun was appointed as the construction envoy, in charge of the six battalions of engineering and supply troops.
Before Zhu Hang left for Shouchun, Xu Huai urgently sent people to Xiangyang to report the Xuanwei army's situation of leaving Jiuli Pass and guarding Huangchuan, Guangshan and Huaichuan to engage the enemy.
Xiangyang finally decided to re-establish Shenzhou and merge Chushan, Xinyang and other places into Shenzhou.
Shenzhou, Yiyang, and Yiyang are all the old names of the counties in Huaishang. For more than a thousand years, the names have been changed, and counties, counties, and state capitals have been merged and split for countless reincarnations.
At this time, Xu Huai agreed to split the eastern part of the Chushan camp defense area to the Xuanwei Army, and establish a new Shenzhou to govern Chushan, Xinyang and other places. This was of course the most convenient way.
Xu Huai was the general manager of Chushan's army and horse capital and also knew Shenzhou.
After receiving the approval from Xiangyang, Xu Huai directly sent Tang Pan to lead a group of troops to Luoshan to take over the defense. Tang Pan also led the Luoshan Du inspection envoy to sit in Luoshan; at the same time, Xu Xin'an led a group of troops to stay in Qingyi Ridge.
, and also served as the inspection envoy of Qingyi Ridge.
Xu Huai officially set up the camp headquarters in Zhouqiao, and at the same time merged all state affairs into the camp chief Shisi...
