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During the Battle of Bohequan, Guo Qiqi's troops of the Qi army and Wang Shike's troops of the Qi army rebelled against the enemy and captured Lingchuan, which could be regarded as a small contribution to blocking the coalition forces of the princes. Therefore, Li Chengzhong did not pursue their previous cooperation with the King of Liang in the Northern Expedition.
Guilt.
The Yan army won a decisive battle with the allied forces of the princes in the Shangdang decisive battle, wiping out hundreds of thousands of Liang's main forces in one fell swoop. This battle actually laid the foundation for Li Chengzhong's struggle for hegemony. Since they decided to fight for hegemony, Qi and Qi naturally
It cannot be allowed to exist, so Li Chengzhong will not allow Guo Qiqi and Wang Shike to lead their troops to attack Henan as a "coalition force" - after attacking Henan, they will immediately force the so-called "Qi State" to bow. As for Qi State,
It is impossible to let it go on.
Li Chengzhong simply summoned Guo Qiqi and Wang Shike, and stated his intentions openly and openly. He said that the world had been divided for a hundred and fifty years, with endless wars and devastation. This situation was something he could never allow. The intention of the Yan army was to restore the great empire.
Tang Shanhe was unified, and then the central authority was established. He asked the two men to lead their armies back and told King Qi Li Maozhen and King Qi Wang Shifan that they could either prepare their own armies for war and prepare for the Yan army's crusade; or they could go to the country and obey the central government.
They can be transferred, but they can retain the royal titles of Li Maozhen and Wang Shifan, in exchange for a family fortune for future generations.
Guo Qiqi and Wang Shike each led their troops to leave Shangdang. The Yan army released Taihangxing and allowed them to go. Wang Shike headed east along the Yellow River and returned to Qingzhou. Guo Qiqi went up the river to Fengxiang. The two of them walked
I have mixed emotions all the time. Looking at the strong and mighty Yan Jun, thinking about the future of my family, my mind is twisting and turning, and I am sighing all the way.
When the Qi army and the Qi army left Taihangxing, the entire Shangdang area became a training camp for Yan army recruits. Surrounding Shihoubao, Tumenling, Changping Village, Sizhuang, Gaoping, Jiepailing, and Huguan
At key points, both sides have established more than a hundred camps, fortresses and fortresses, large and small. These military facilities can be directly used with a little reorganization. Therefore, under the instruction of Li Chengzhong, the General Administration of Military Staff included all the above-mentioned facilities in training
Under the jurisdiction of the Division, the sixth recruit training camp of the Combat Training Department was established, which was also the most regulated one and was named Shangdang Recruit Training Camp.
To this end, the Training Department recruited training instructors from the wounded soldiers in the Shangdang War, and urgently transferred a group of training instructors from the five major training camps in Hebei to go to Shangdang.
The capacity of the Shangdang training camp can be as high as 500,000. But if it is used for military training, it can only be within 100,000. But even if it is 100,000, the training department cannot train them because the number of instructors is serious.
lack.
Zhou Kan's plan is to first reorganize and train the 60,000 to 70,000 elite Ya soldiers who surrendered. The purpose of the training is mainly "reorganization" and "training" as a supplement. As long as they are dispersed and organized into supplementary battalions, they will then be able to understand the Yan army.
Just read the army’s military regulations—you don’t need to recite them, just know them!
Yuhou Si cooperated fully. He transferred the soldiers who had made meritorious service and temporarily appointed a large number of officers above the rank of captain. Their task was not to lead the soldiers in battle, but to lead the surrendered army properly. When supplementing, they did not follow the rules of the Yan army.
Like the replenishment battalion, one team is organized to replenish the troops, but they are dispersed. When there is a shortage of soldiers, they will be replenished immediately. If one is missing, one will be replenished, and if two are missing, two will be replenished.
This will undoubtedly reduce the combat effectiveness of these elite tooth soldiers, but it can ensure the smooth operation of the Yan Army's command system to the greatest extent, which can be considered a gain and a loss.
After the efforts of the Training Department, twenty days later, these tooth soldiers were organized into 137 supplementary battalions, ready to march into Henan at any time.
The Training Department immediately started the second training. This time the training was more formal. It had the same system as the Hebei recruit training camp. The training period was three months. One hundred thousand reduced soldiers entered each designated camp and were recruited one by one.
The instructors took them away and started their new military career.
Contrary to the training department's concentrated training of the army, Yu Housi began to repatriate sergeants on a large scale. It was not that Li Chengzhong was preparing to release his troops to Nanshan, but that the consumption of maintaining the army was too great. After fighting for more than half a year, Hebei's production had been seriously affected.
The first thing Yu Housi repatriated was the two hundred supplementary battalions that had been hoarded in the Shangdang area. Some of these more than 100,000 soldiers had participated in the battle, and some had not been on the front line, but no matter what, they had always been on the battlefield.
They should be allowed to go home.
More than 100,000 people returned to Hebei from Fukouxing in batches, and then each received a generous reward and returned home happily. Although they returned home, the designation of the replenishment camp was not cancelled, and their names were still listed among them.
If something happens to the roster of the support camp, it can be quickly gathered together again.
The second batch of repatriates is the reserve brigade stationed in Handan. In the establishment of the Yan Army, the reserve army is also a standing service. One county is one battalion and one state is one brigade. These 50,000 to 60,000 reserve troops have been stationed in Handan to prevent
In the direction of Xiangwei, they were an important force in ensuring the security of Hebei when the Shangdang war was fierce. Now that the war is over, they have also received orders from Yuhou Si to return to their respective prefectures and counties. The army gathered together, and the wasted
The amount of grain is three times that of being dispersed back to the local area. Allowing them to return to various states can greatly alleviate the food pressure in Handan.
The last batch to be repatriated were the hundreds of supplementary battalions still hoarded in Handan. They did not play any role in the entire war. They stayed on standby for more than half a year and then set off on their way home. However, although they had not experienced
After the baptism of fire, the officers of the General Administration of Military Staff all believed that their mobilization was worthwhile. After all, half a year of military camp career would reshape many children of farmers. If necessary in the future, this batch of supplementary soldiers could also be used
The force was immediately drawn out, so their supplementary battalion designation was not revoked.
Starting from late December in the second year of Tianyou's reign, the Yan Army's large-scale disarmament continued for a month and did not end until the end of January in the third year of Tianyou's year. In this large-scale disarmament, the Yan Army disbanded a total of 200,000 Hebei troops.
The surrender of 150,000 soldiers from Henan greatly alleviated the food pressure. At the same time, because the Hebei soldiers returned home, Hebei's productivity was restored to a large extent. For the Yan army still gathered in the Shangdang area.
The support is significantly higher.
Although there were 350,000 fewer people, the combat effectiveness of the Yan Army was not greatly affected. At present, the Yan Army in the Shangdang area is mainly composed of nine supplemented field legions, followed by the expanded Liaodong Security Army.
The Youyan Security Army and the Jinzhou Army can directly pull out 150,000 troops for field battles. In addition, there are more than a hundred supplementary battalions reorganized by the reduced soldiers of Liang Junya, as well as those who are still in the Shangdang recruit training camp.
The 100,000 Liang troops who had been reorganized and trained in the camp were surrendered.
The large-scale battle with the world's top main force was an out-and-out baptism for the Yan Army. It further verified the Yan Army's command system's dispatching and organizational capabilities in large corps and large battlefields, and straightened out and solved the problem.
There are many command problems that have not been discovered before. At the same time, it is also a rare opportunity for the main front-line players to run in.
According to the initial arrangements of the General Administration of Military Staff, the supplementary battalions recruited from the grasslands outside the customs, Bohai, Silla and other places were set up independently and prepared to form independent armies. The priority targets for supplementation were also the Huaiyue Allied Forces, which were dominated by barbarians. However,
As the war gradually intensified, when the Shangdang battlefield was divided into two major battlefields: Gaoping and Xiangyuan, north and south, and large-scale external operations beyond Hedong emerged, no one thought about such an idea.
The situation at that time was to replenish whatever troops were available, regardless of whether you were a Hu or a Han, with one order. Pull them up and directly enrich the battlefield. Especially as the battle for the Jiepailing defense line south of Gaoping became increasingly fierce,
When many Yan army fortresses guarding the hills suffered heavy losses, a large number of soldiers from Khitan, Bohai, Silla, Shiwei, Kumoxi, Zahu and other ethnic groups followed the principle of being nearby and filled them directly.
This experience made the Yan army an out-and-out coalition of all ethnic groups. Although it was still dominated by Han people, it was filled with many Hu people. Hu people and Han people fought side by side. They almost couldn't tell each other apart.
Juejian solved the problem of the integration of Hu and Han sergeants that the General Administration of Military Staff had been thinking about. In fact, as far as the current situation is concerned, after the Battle of Shangdang, the Waiyu Allied Forces are no longer fundamentally different from the other eight armies. The military system has been
They are completely similar. The only difference is the composition of the military services - the left and right compartments are horse and step compartments respectively, which is a mixed horse and step regiment model.
Among the officers and soldiers of the Wyoming Allied Forces, more and more voices have begun to appeal to the General Administration of Military Staff, requesting that the name be changed and given a service number similar to that of other Eighth Army. It is said that Li Chengzhong himself is considering,
However, this matter involves Hebei's major policies towards foreign countries and requires careful consideration.
After a great battle, all the armies were exhausted, and the post-war finishing matters that needed to be dealt with were too complicated, so Li Chengzhong never issued an order for the military to go south. Officers at all levels in the General Administration of Military Staff were so busy all day long, immersed in recruitment, reorganization, and elimination.
, food, pay, baggage, planning and other related matters; the main armies are also licking their wounds, holding military merit reviews at all levels, selecting meritorious officers, straightening out the disrupted superior and subordinate organizations, selecting and replenishing vacancies. All of a sudden
, actually couldn’t find the time to seize Henan.
If you really want to say it, maybe this is one of the characteristics of the Yan army. Maybe the other armies directly coerced the surrendered soldiers, assembled a large army, and went south in less than half a month. But the Yan army did not
The difference is that starting from Li Chengzhong, all the way down to the lowest level Dutou, team officers, team leaders, etc., if they don't clearly understand the affairs at hand and restore the army, they will feel uncomfortable.
Therefore, from the first day of the third year of Tianyou to the Lantern Festival, the Yan army spent time in Shangdang. During this period, Li Chengzhong only issued two external military orders. One was to coordinate with the Hedong states to search for traces of King Liang and his party.
They also sent thousands of cavalry out of Taihang County and spread a large net on Duji Road to block the passage for the King of Liang to escape into Henan. Another military order was to recruit Li Siben of Jinyang and Li Cunjin of Yanmen to surrender, asking them to quickly change their banners.
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The surrender of Li Siben and Li Cunjin came quickly. Each of them sent their eldest sons to Gaoping with their elite tooth soldiers. They said they would accompany the army, but in fact they were just as hostages. Li Chengzhong readily accepted this and let them go to the Jinzhou army to obey orders. As for the second general
I was asked to garrison where I was. At this point, the entire Hedong was considered to have fallen into the hands of the Yan army.
The results of the search for King Liang were not good. For more than a month, there was no trace of King Liang and others. This was not what Li Chengzhong expected. After all, in such an era, it was difficult to find the whereabouts of a group of hundreds of deserters.
Extremely difficult.
However, Li Chengzhong really did not dare to delay any longer. At the end of January, he finally issued an order for the army to leave Hedong and march into Henan.