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In fact, when King Liang issued the Eastern Metropolis Alliance initiative, the General Administration of Military Staff had already initially anticipated the severe military situation in the second year of Tianyou. Yuhou Si proposed a report on accelerating the adjustment of the military system, and Li Chengzhong gave it affirmation and
Agree. According to this military restructuring plan, the Training Department has increased the recruitment of new recruits. Huaiyuan Training Camp, Liucheng Training Camp, Youzhou Training Camp, Weizhou Training Camp and the newly built Hejian Training Camp are operating at overload and in full swing.
Carry out large-scale recruit training with momentum.
From the end of last year to April this year, the five major training camps trained two batches of new recruits, totaling 23,000 people, by expanding their capacity while training soldiers. As soon as these recruits left the military camps, they were immediately transferred to reserve brigades in various states and counties.
, battalions, and the original reserve brigades and battalions were dispersed and joined various field armies.
In November of the first year of Tianyou's reign, the reorganization of the Huaiyue Allied Forces was completed, and its experience was promoted to the entire army.
At the end of December of the first year of Tianyou's reign, the Youzhou Army completed its restructuring.
At the end of January of the second year of Tianyou, the Cangzhou Army and the Mozhou Army completed their restructuring.
At the end of April in the second year of Tianyou's reign, the Yingzhou Army, Zhaozhou Army, Guizhou Army, Weizhou Army, and Dingzhou Army were all restructured.
At this point, the expansion of the Ninth Army was completed, the new military system was officially implemented, and the field strength of the entire army reached 100,000.
In May of the second year of Tianyou's reign, the five major training camps recruited another batch of 20,000 recruits, and their training capabilities reached a historical peak.
Within half a year, the King of Yan who moved south to Handan temporarily became the military and political center of Hebei. Li Chengzhong issued military and government orders one after another here, and held meetings again and again here.
The main purpose of King Yan's temporary move south was to promptly respond to the Eastern Metropolis Alliance initiated by King Liang. With the intelligence fed back by Han Yanhui and Gao Mingbo in the dark, the temporary team was more and more aware of the current military situation.
Things are getting less and less optimistic, and everyone is feeling heavy pressure.
Especially in April, after the news came that the princes were making alliances and the emperor was enfeoffing, Li Chengzhong couldn't sleep all night. The subsequent changes in the situation were consistent with the predictions of Lulong's military and political leaders. King Liang organized a coalition of princes and launched a "respect the king"
Under the banner of "Reject the Barbarians", an army of 500,000 people was gathered to prepare to attack Shangdang. In response to this, the entire Handan army was in an uproar.
As the so-called bystander knows, Lu Long is the only prince from the big town who did not participate in the alliance, and there is a time traveler like Li Chengzhong. Therefore, the judgment of King Liang's intention is very clear.
Among the 500,000 coalition troops, more than 400,000 came from the command of King Liang, which was almost an overwhelming force. When King Liang attacked his enemy King Jin, he only dispatched 200,000 people at most. Now he is marching north with the strength of the entire country.
, can only be described as breathtaking.
Did King Liang really think that the oaths of the princes in various towns were so stable?
With such a large force marching north, could King Liang be so comfortable exposing his hinterland to others?
The only explanation is that King Liang is anxious. He has seen where the biggest threat to Xuanwu, no, the current Liang State comes from. King Liang is going to make a desperate move. Hebei will be determined in one battle!
Everyone at the top of Lulong's military and political circles had even judged that if King Liang pacified Hebei, he would immediately change direction, and the next step would be to conquer other countries in the south! Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the reason why he assembled an overwhelming army.
The temporary trip to Handan was extremely stressful. Faced with such a dangerous situation, various departments and departments of the General Administration of Military Staff put forward many response strategies, including some "wonderful ideas."
For example, a young officer from the Operations Department independently conceived the "Sea Advance Strategy". This young officer proposed that 50,000 troops should be transported on sea ships, go south along the coast, and go upstream from the mouth of the Yellow River to capture Liang Wang's territory first.
The old base is Bianzhou, and then continue westward to Sishui to outflank the retreat of the allied forces of the princes.
Li Chengzhong was very surprised after seeing it, but it was impossible for him to adopt this strategy, so he wrote down the person's name in his little notebook.
Another example is the plan jointly conceived by several soldiers from the military command department to march southward with heavy troops. They believed that the hinterland of King Liang was empty and this was an opportunity for war. They should quickly wipe out the defenders and then assemble three field armies to cross the river from Xinxiang and attack Bianzhou. This
This strategy is slightly more reliable than the "Sea Advance Strategy", but not much more reliable.
In this era, the ability to cross the Yellow River was already available, but it was almost impossible to transport three field armies to fight across the river. Yu Housi once made an assessment that with Lulong's strength, he could sustain at most 20,000 people to fight across the river.
There are too many, and the supplies cannot be transported at all. The Bochang camp, which has already had two years of experience in combat, can only maintain a military strength of 15,000 people at its peak, which requires the cooperation of Pinglu. In fact, this is what Lu Long alone
Some characteristics, after all, the equipment of the Lulong Army is too luxurious. The rations of a Lulong Army soldier are almost two to three times that of an ordinary sergeant in another town.
If we use 20,000 troops to cross the river in a surprise attack, we may be able to succeed in the early stage, but then it will be difficult to withdraw. The Yellow River is a huge chasm, and both Li Chengzhong and Zhu Quanzhong can only sigh helplessly.
More strategies do not have so many whimsical ideas, but reflect rigor. In fact, although these strategies are ordinary, they are truly feasible. Many strategies fall into two categories, one is to pay more attention to defense, and the other is to pay more attention to offense.
The strategy of focusing on defense is mainly reflected in the reduction of troops, that is, the Bochang camp and the Shangdang camp will be withdrawn to Hebei, and the enemy troops will be prevented from entering Hebei by patrolling the Yellow River and guarding the dangerous passes of Taihang. Of course, there are also some opinions that it is
It's time to take back the two states to defend each other. Only by keeping the north of the Yellow River intact can we be truly impregnable.
The strategy that focused on offense focused on placing the battlefield in Shangdang. It was recommended that the Lulong Army concentrate its forces to defend the east of the river, and at the same time use a cavalry army to launch a westward offensive from the direction of Qingqing to contain the Qi Army and Liang Army. If possible, try to capture Yan
, Xu Zhuzhou, striving to threaten Bianzhou, the hometown of King Liang.
The General Administration of Military Staff has been in controversy over which strategy to adopt. Even many senior civilian officials in the Judge Advocate's Office participated in the discussion. Throughout April, Li Chengzhong could not make up his mind.
When the intelligence on the troop mobilization of King Liang's armies was gathered in Handan, and then the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics analyzed and evaluated the total number of enemy troops. The entire temporary army was silent. The power between the enemy and ourselves was too disparate. Everyone was waiting for Li Chengzhong's decision.
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Li Chengzhong returned to Youzhou at this time and summoned Zhou Zhiyu, Zhang Zaiji and Guo Bingcheng. As the saying goes, an old man in the family is like a treasure. The young Yan Palace is basically composed of young civil and military officials, with no lack of passion, but in such a severe situation
In the military situation, it is inevitable to lose their composure. At this critical moment, no one can calm down. Everyone regards His Highness King Yan as the last support in their hearts, looking forward to getting spiritual support from him. They
What they need now is Li Chengzhong to make up his mind for them and His Highness the King of Hell's determination.
But Li Chengzhong is only less than thirty years old. Although he has the aura of a time traveler above his head, he is still a young man. To be honest, when he suddenly heard that 500,000 people were coming to attack him, Li Chengzhong was also a little panicked. How to choose to fight?
, it seemed like a very simple choice, but at this time it was like a heavy burden, making him hesitate.
Therefore, Li Chengzhong thought of three elders and hoped that they could give him some useful advice.
Unfortunately, Zhou Zhiyu, Zhang Zaiji and Guo Bingcheng were also undecided. None of them had experience in central decision-making. They did not dare to give advice to Li Chengzhong easily because everyone could feel that such a decision was too heavy.
However, Zhang Zaiji gave Li Chengzhong a suggestion. There were many elders in the Youzhou Honors Hall, and he could ask them what they thought. Li Chengzhong's eyes lit up, and he immediately decided to hold an honors meeting to ask for their opinions.
The newly built Honors Academy is located in the north of the city, right next to the East Palace. There are twenty-five honorees in Youzhou Honors Academy. They usually work in the office building they are assigned, and do nothing more than listen to workshop and shop representatives.
to express their opinions, understand the local situation as reported by officials in various states and counties, take a look at the system and policy documents proposed by the Magistrates’ Office, and then hold regular meetings in the council hall to draft the recommendations of the Honors Academy. This chapter will be fine.
Sometimes, the honorees also like to stay here, talk to each other, and get together to find some entertainment.
In order to show his respect for the honors, Li Chengzhong specially put on a full set of royal robes and a traveling crown, and went to the Honors Court in accordance with the etiquette. After arriving at the Honors Court, Li Chengzhong found that no one was greeting him, which made him sad.
Li Chengzhong was surprised and a little uncomfortable at the same time. To be honest, since becoming the leader of a party, Li Chengzhong has become accustomed to the life of being the "center point". This is the first time he has been treated so coldly.
After all, Li Chengzhong came from a later generation, so he suppressed the small anger in his heart, then got off the chariot and stepped in. As a result, what he saw and heard along the way made Li Chengzhong a little unbelievable.
Wang Chuzhi and Han Mengyin were fishing by the pond. When they saw Li Chengzhong and his party, they did not get up to greet him. They just said hello with a smile and said they would go to the meeting hall immediately, and then they packed up their fishing gear...
When passing by a pavilion, Li Chengzhong saw Li Juncao and Wang Jingrou. The two guys were talking in the pavilion, and two servants were fanning them to keep them away from the heat. Li Chengzhong greeted them outside the pavilion, but Li Juncao waved.
He waved his hand to indicate that the chess game was getting tight, so don’t disturb him! As for Wang Jingrou, she didn’t even raise her face, and her whole body almost sank to the chessboard.
Okay, I'll bear with it! Li Chengzhong endured his anger and continued to move forward. Then he saw several heroes enjoying the shade under a tree. He saw some people reciting poems while shaking their heads, and some even gathered around to fight cocks!
Li Chengzhong continued to endure and walked to the meeting hall. Suddenly he heard melodious music coming from inside, and there was vague singing and dancing!
It was Gao Liu who was listening to the music and enjoying the dance. When she saw Li Chengzhong arriving, she smiled and dismissed the musicians and dancers, and said to Li Chengzhong: "Your Highness is here? I just got a few new songs and is letting them rehearse. I can find some time for Your Highness."
Reward..."
There was a music and dance rehearsal in the council hall? Li Chengzhong choked and couldn't hold it back. He asked with a cold face: "When will Rongxun be called for discussion?"
Gao Liu didn't seem to notice His Highness Prince Yan's displeasure at all, and said with a smile: "I'll tell them to come now. By the way, Your Highness, Lao Zhao and Lao Yuan went to the racecourse to play Cuju, so they may have to come later."
Li Chengzhong clenched his fists. At this moment, he wanted to hit someone: "Hurry up! Time is very tight!"