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In Shouguang, Li Chengzhong secretly met with Zuopushe Zhang Jun, who had become an official. Along with Li Chengzhong, he went to Shouguang to meet with Wang Shike, the younger brother of Pinglu Jiedushi Wang Shifan, and Pinglu Jiedushi deputy envoy Li Siye.
Zhang Jun was a senior prime minister in the center of the Tang Dynasty. After he became an official, he still cared about the affairs of the world. He had an incomprehensible relationship with the father and son of the Pinglu family. During the Huangchao war, the imperial court summoned King Qin of the world's vassals, and Wang Shifan's father, Wang Jingwu, Unwilling to raise an army, Zhang Jun traveled thousands of miles to Pinglu, and finally persuaded Wang Jingwu to respond to the imperial court. Last year, Zhu Quanzhong entered Chang'an, and the emperor once again issued an edict to the vassals all over the world to suppress King Qin. Zhang Jun once again traveled thousands of miles to Pinglu to show Wang Shifan the emperor's secret edict. An active instigator of the normal army's response.
Zhang Jun had a profound influence on the Pinglu Wang family. Brothers below Wang Shiyuan, including Wang Shiyue, Wang Shilu, Wang Shike, and Wang Shihui, all regarded Zhang Jun as their uncle and obeyed his advice. Zhang Jun lived in Changshui, Luoyang, but he was getting older. He is also a person who must be eliminated quickly by Xuanwu, so he has not returned to Luoyang for the time being. At this time, he is staying within Pinglu's sphere of influence and accepting the protection of Pinglu army.
Li Chengzhong stayed in Shouguang for three days and secretly discussed with Zhang Jun, Wang Shike, Li Siye and others. No one knows for the time being. After leaving Shouguang, Li Chengzhong went directly across Hebei. He did not return to Youzhou, but turned back after crossing the Yellow River. And heading west, passing through Dezhou and Bozhou to Weizhou, inspecting the river defense line along the north bank of the Yellow River.
After occupying the entire Hebei Province at the beginning of the year, the Lulong General Military Staff Administration formulated a set of overall defense strategies that combined "points and lines" and operated Hebei's defense based on this defense strategy.
For military deployment in any era, the use of terrain and terrain is a top priority. Even in the 21st century before Li Chengzhong traveled through, this was still the case. The terrain in Hebei is relatively simple, with a vertical mountain range in the west. Boundary. A horizontal river is the southern boundary. Lulong borders Hedong to the west, the two towns are separated by the steep Taihang Mountains, and Xuanwu is bordered to the south. The two towns are separated by the wide Yellow River.
If you look down from the sky, the vast plain west of the Taihang Mountains and north of the Yellow River is Li Chengzhong's territory. High-quality updates
The Hebei defense line formulated by the Lulong Military Staff General Administration was also deployed according to the geographical mountains and rivers.
On the Western Front, from north to south, control Junduxing, Puyinxing, Feihuxing, Jingxing, and Fukouxing respectively. As long as these five dangerous passes in the Taihang Mountains are controlled, the Western Front will be worry-free. Of course. , Lulong also has Guizhou outside the military capital. However, Guizhou is mountainous, and it is also a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are preparatory camps of the Lulong Army in each of these five places, which is safe.
On the southern line, defense is mainly achieved by garrisoning heavy troops in Weizhou and Dizhou. Weizhou is in the west and Dizhou is in the east. These two places are connected with Xuanwu and both have the Lulong Heavy Army Group stationed there. From Weizhou to Dizhou On the north bank of the Yellow River between the prefectures, beacon towers were built to serve as warnings. The General Administration of Military Staff built more than fifty beacon towers on the north bank of the Yellow River, one every ten or twenty miles. Looking at each other from a distance, once the Xuanwu Army had Crossing the river and heading north, the beacon tower immediately lit up with beacon smoke.
Li Chengzhong went west along the river and selected beacon towers on some key river sections to inspect. Afterwards, he arrived at Neihuang in Xiangzhou and inspected the Mozhou Army stationed here. Then he went to the Liyang front line and rewarded Li Xiaoxi, Zhao Zailiyouyan, and Liaodong security guards. After the inspection of the headquarters of the head office, Li Chengzhong, accompanied by Zhou Xiaolang, the commander of the Mozhou military capital, and Zhao Yuanping, the military commander of the capital, went north to Xiangzhou and watched the combined drill of the Yingzhou army in Anyang, Xiangzhou.
Li Chengzhong stayed in Anyang for three days and talked with senior generals of Mozhou Army, Yingzhou Army and Youyan and Liaodong security companies one by one. Then he went north along the foothills of Taihang Mountain and inspected Fukou, Jingxing, Feihu, Puyin and the military capital.
All passes, comfort the troops stationed at each pass.
After leaving Juyongguan, the military capital, Li Chengzhong arrived south to Fanyang. He inspected the newly established Dingzhou Army at Fanyang Camp, observed the drill of new recruits of the Dingzhou Army, and inspected the left and right camps of the Dingzhou Army. Wang Sitong, the commander of the Dingzhou Army, ordered Du Jihua
It made Li Dingnan accompany him throughout the whole process.
At the end of August, Li Chengzhong arrived at the Youzhou Recruit Training Camp. Accompanied by Zhou Kan, he inspected the third phase of recruit training in Tianfu Three Years of the Training Department and learned more about the recruit training plan and progress. During the inspection at the Youzhou Recruit Training Camp
, Lieutenant General Li Cheng waited for Zhang Xingzhong, Jiang Miao and other important generals who had returned from the Dizhou camp, and summoned officers of the rank of Zhaowu Colonel and above from the Fourth Department and Two Bureaus of the General Administration of Military Staff to inspect the recruit camp together and talk to each one.
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When inspecting the Youzhou recruit training camp, Li Chengzhong encouraged the newly recruited sergeants to strengthen their training in order to prepare for the upcoming Guizhou Army. The third phase of recruit training that was launched simultaneously in Youzhou, Liucheng, and Weizhou will end at the end of September.
Most of these new soldiers will join the newly established Guizhou Army. Officers at all levels of the Guizhou Army have already decided on their candidates. The commander is Gao Xingzhou, and the education envoy is Zhang Huijing.
Li Chengzhong noticed that Zhao Ba, who was accompanying the general, seemed unhappy and worried, so he called him to his side and said to him: "Old Zhao seems to be not in a high mood?"
Zhao Ba drooped his head and sighed twice without saying a word.
Li Chengzhong knew that the knot in his heart had not been completely eliminated, so he couldn't help laughing and said, "Old Zhao still has any objections to me?"
Zhao Ba said in a muffled voice: "It's not that Zhao has a problem with the commander-in-chief, it's that the commander-in-chief has a problem with Zhao."
Li Chengzhong laughed dumbly: "Old Zhao misunderstood me."
Zhao Ba hesitated for a moment and muttered: "If the commander-in-chief didn't have any objections to X, why didn't he let X lead the army so far? Zhao did feel sorry for the commander in the past, but Zhao has already realized his mistake..."
Li Chengzhong pulled Zhao Ba forward two steps, pointed at the new recruits in the training group and said: "Your soldiers are not here."
Zhao Ba was stunned for a moment and did not understand what Li Chengzhong meant. Li Chengzhong said slowly: "We in Lulong have no shortage of cavalry. Each army has two standard cavalry battalions. In addition, each army's old camp also has two scouts. After all,
Now there are nearly 7,000 cavalry. However, these cavalry are scattered among various battalions and cannot be assembled and used in a unified manner except for large-scale battles. The large-scale cavalry group we have formed is actually in the Wyoming coalition, although it is firmly controlled
In our hands, but the pure Hu cavalry outside the pass... some things are hard to say, you know and I know... I have been thinking that we need to establish a pure cavalry force of the Han people, so I thought about it for a long time and planned to position the Zhaozhou Army
For the cavalry army."
Speaking of this, Li Chengzhong paused and looked at Zhao Ba. Zhao Ba's eyes gradually regained their luster. Seeing that Li Chengzhong did not continue, he immediately became anxious: "Commander..."
Li Chengzhong pressed Zhao Ba's shoulder and smiled: "Don't worry, your Zhao family is good at riding and shooting. If you don't use such strengths, am I such a petty person?"
Zhao Ba felt ecstatic in his heart: "Commander... no, Prince..."
Li Chengzhong continued: "October is the time when the three major training camps recruit the fourth phase of recruits. I asked the Training Department to change the recruitment and training plan. This batch of soldiers is mainly cavalry. The newly established Zhaozhou Army will be formed. We
We plan to transfer Yuan Xingqin to join your team. You will be the commander of the capital, and he will be the envoy of education. The overall composition of the Zhaozhou Army remains unchanged, still more than 6,400 people, with light cavalry on the left and right, half combat troops and auxiliary troops, and half combat troops.
Everyone is equipped with a crossbow, light armor, saber, and carbine. The auxiliary soldiers are only equipped with sabers. They are specially designed to serve the soldiers and can also be used in battle when necessary. The old camp is equipped with 400 heavy cavalry, 400 auxiliary soldiers, and 200 scouts..."
Zhao Ba grinned his stupidest smile while listening. Hearing this, he couldn't help but interrupt: "Your Majesty, you mean... Heavy Cavalry?"
"That's right. The war horses are covered with leather armor, and the cavalry are covered with iron armor. They hold long axes, which can stab and cut...the war horses' leather armor is covered with fish scale armor. The cavalry's iron armor is made of bright light plate armor...The Logistics Department set up on the Xiaoling River in Yingzhou
Hydraulic hammer uses water power to directly hammer Mingguang plate armor. The specific method will not be explained to you. In short, it is very cheap and the cost is not high. It just requires a large amount of pig iron. However, the blast furnace of Dongshan Iron Mine has been put into use.
, the amount of iron produced has increased several times..."
Zhao Ba felt a little dizzy after hearing this, and ignored Li Chengzhong's last words. He just grasped the meaning of the previous words and thought about it. He couldn't help but interrupt again: "What the prince said, could it be an armored cavalry?"
Li Chengzhong nodded and said: "Yes, it is this thing. There are hooks on the saddle, which can be connected with iron ropes. When charging into the formation, it is like an iron wall. It is very powerful..." The armored cavalry he mentioned actually has many aspects.
The method of the "Iron Buddha Temple" of later generations was adopted, but Li Chengzhong had not studied the "Iron Buddha Temple" of the Jin Dynasty before traveling through time. He could only make up for it with imagination. He could not tell whether it looked like this specifically.
But Zhao Ba was already beaming with joy and feeling itchy.
Li Chengzhong continued: "Before recruiting the fourth phase of recruits, you should discuss it with the Training Department and put forward the conditions and requirements for recruitment. You should also make suggestions on training plans and procedures. You are good at commanding cavalry and have more experience in this area. I am
It is trustworthy. In addition, during the training of new recruits, you must follow up the whole process and point out the deficiencies, especially in terms of tactics. How to combine it with the military armor is the top priority. The Logistics Department will send someone to accompany you and have a good understanding of the military armor.
If you have any requirements, you can discuss them directly with the Logistics Department. You can also choose personnel among the various armies currently established. Each army will give you twenty places to build the officer skeleton of this cavalry army."
Zhao Ba kept nodding, Li Chengzhong kept introducing, and finally Li Chengzhong made a request: "In the first month of next year, I want to see the Zhaozhou Army take shape, and after the spring begins, it must have initial combat strength!"
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For more than a month, Li Chengzhong inspected Taihang from east to west, south to north, along the Yellow River. Such a high-density and high-intensity inspection was the first time since Li Chengzhong founded the army. Everything was for
Take control of the army and gather morale to prepare for the upcoming event.
On the third day of September, Li Chengzhong returned to Youzhou and spent a day with his wives and concubines such as Wanzhi, Wu Yunsu, and Salanna. He shared the happiness of his family with his son Li Chang, who had just turned two years old, and his daughter Li Min, who was less than three months old.
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The next day, Li Chengzhong began to attend to matters in the newly upgraded royal palace, and intensively met with important ministers and bureaucrats in the civil service system. First, there were the officials of the Judge Administrative Office headed by Feng Dao, the Jiedu Judge of the Judge Administrative Office, and then the Governor of Yingzhou, Zhou Zhiyu, and Youzhou Observer
The envoy and Youzhou bieji Guo Bingcheng, Pingzhou governor Zhang Zaiji, Cangzhou governor Liu Shenjiao and other local officials, then met with Gao Liu, Li Juncao, Wang Jingrou, Zhao Yuande, Han Mengyin, Yuan Congbo and other wealthy families in Youzhou.
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Li Chengzhong did not go to Xianzhongfang to visit Duan Wang Li Zhen and Tang Xing Princess Li Fu. Instead, he arranged a secret meeting with Han Quanhui, Zhang Juhan and Zhang Mao'an at the Yan Palace to inform them of the current world situation and politely explained that it was not an announcement at the moment.
The reason for the best time for King Duan and his party.
Han Quanhui, Zhang Juhan and Zhang Maoan accepted Li Chengzhong's explanation and said they would continue to wait at Xianzhongfang with peace of mind.
Li Chengzhong is also watching and waiting. (To be continued...)