After the night meeting in the dormitory, Ye Jiluo Rong quickly returned to Luoyang to supervise the army. Tong Huacheng also returned to Dengzhou to join Nahe Xiongqi. Fan Wenlan stayed in Yanjing and served as the minister in charge; Wu Mancheng led people to review ancient classics.
, Trial preparation of Fuhuo Dan.":"Piaotian Literature Network"Net"
During this period, Henan and Shandong became increasingly turbulent.
In early December of the seventh year of Yongxing in the two towns of Zhengyang and Woyang, the Huai Army officially changed its banner to the Huai Army. In accordance with Lin Fu's previous troop reduction order, the weak were eliminated and the strong were eliminated, and the number of troops was reduced by 25%. The final approved troop quota was two towns.
The division is 30,000. It seems that the number of soldiers of the Changhuai Army has decreased, but the remaining soldiers have been organized into supply camps, military camps, government offices and other institutions. The actual total number of troops in Guoyang has not decreased, but is continuing to increase.
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The recruitment of more than 200 staff generals such as Hu Qiaokou quickly established the staff system of the Changhuai Army. The new military system experienced an initial period of harmony and began to be practiced frequently in February when the rivers and Huaihe Rivers were first integrated.
In addition to the replenishment of scorpion crossbows, bed crossbows, shield chariots and other war weapons, more importantly, after the Changhuai Army established the baggage camp, a large number of baggage carriages, small and medium-sized warships, transport ships and mules and horses were replenished.
The ability to conduct long-range attacks on the Hehuai Plain.
In the past, although the six towns in Henan were given money and food per head, the lack of decks for mules, horses, carriages, and ships meant that the six towns in Henan had more soldiers and horses to defend the ground, but not enough to attack. This was also one of Lin Fu's methods to restrict the six towns in Henan.
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Without strong enough logistical capabilities, how can we talk about offensive capabilities?
After the year, the military resources allocated to the Chang Huai Army by the Military Ministry did not increase. However, within three months, the Military Ministry supplied the Chang Huai Army with materials that were not included in the military resources: more than 5,000 mules and horses (head).
), 1,200 war horses, 1,000 light and heavy carriages, 1,000 war machines, more than 100 small and medium-sized river warships and transport ships, in addition to crossbows, swords, armor, etc.
There are nearly 20,000 pieces of high-quality armor and 1 million arrows of various types.
Yue Lengqiu stood on the top of Luyi Mountain, which was not too high, and looked at the troops and horses of the Shanxi Yima Corps and the convoys jointly practicing in front of the enemy. He was filled with emotions for a while...
Perhaps only by truly integrating into it can we truly understand how powerful Huaidong is under Lin Fu's control.
The soldiers of the Changhuai Army mainly come from the old Changhuai Army, Guoyang and Huizhou Army, and Chizhou Army. Most of them are elite veterans who have survived several years or even ten years of war on the battlefield.
From the perspective of the old army, the Changhuai Army could naturally be regarded as elite, but Yue Lengqiu asked himself, the Changhuai Army was still on par with the elite force of the newly attached Han Army Yuan Tingli's unit.
After the military department replenished the Changhuai Army's various combat weapons and other materials, and gradually established the staff system and new military system, in the past three months, Yue Lengqiu deeply felt that the Changhuai Army's combat capabilities had improved.
A qualitative leap - with such sufficient and excellent war equipment and powerful logistical supply capabilities, Yue Lengqiu even had the courage to lead two divisions of the Changhuai Army directly north along the Bian River to intervene with the Yanhu troops.
The heavily defended area between Jinan and Daliang held firm for ten days and a half.
Although the Changhuai Army is mainly composed of infantry, the military headquarters has transferred generals from the cavalry battalion and the Jingjiang Navy to assist the Changhuai Army in newly forming two battalions of horse soldiers and elite naval forces to enhance the joint combat capability in the Hehuai Plain area.
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In addition to the supply camp, there are also a new military medical camp and a craftsman camp.
An army is like a sword; soldiers are like a blade. Although it is extremely important, the strength of the blade does not only depend on its own tenacity and sharpness. It cannot be achieved without the joint support of the tip, head, back, guard, handle and other parts.
Call it a sharp blade.
If it can be said that when the Changhuai Army changed its banner, it was a dull knife pressed against Xuchang's waist, but now it turned into a sharp blade filled with cold light.
If this knife stabs Xuchang, even if it doesn't kill him on the spot, it can still make him collapse to the ground, so it's hard to do anything.
At this time, the Changhuai Army can truly be called an elite infantry brigade that is both offensive and defensive, and can advance and retreat with a degree of control. There are seventeen such elite infantry brigades in Huaidong, and there are nineteen if the Changhuai Army is included.
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Of course, the Changhuai Army lacked talents in the navy, military medicine, and engineering fields, and even the secretaries of the supply camp were seriously insufficient. Naturally, they were supplemented by personnel directly dispatched by the military headquarters. In fact, at this time, the Changhuai Army, except for Hu Qiaozhong,
He led more than 200 staff generals, and the logistics system mainly relied on nearly a thousand people directly transferred from the military department to support it.
The Changhuai Army integrated into Huaidong faster than Yue Lengqiu imagined. As the war approached, even if the military headquarters did not explicitly request it, the generals of the Changhuai Army gradually moved their families to the safer Shouzhou, Luzhou and even
Transferred to Jiangning.
Yue Lengqiu also knew that integrating into Huaidong actually meant integrating into the new learning and new political system created by Lin Fu. At the beginning of spring, Yue Duming's widow and her grandson moved to Jiangning and enrolled in Jiangning Junior Public School.
There are also the eldest grandson of veteran general Deng Yu and other generals’ children.
Yue Lengqiu stood on the top of Luyi Mountain and looked at the Hehuai Plain in early spring. He thought to himself: The military headquarters has strengthened the Changhuai Army's armaments so intensively in a short period of time, and the Changhuai Army has grown so rapidly.
Integrating into the Huaidong system, if I didn't know the details of the Fuhuo Crossbow and the new warship, I would also conclude that Lin Fu's Northern Expedition strategy should focus on sending troops from Xuzhou, heading north along the Bian River and Si River, and attacking the south bank of the Yellow River!
The troop reduction order signed by Lin Fu was strongly resisted by Xuchang, who refused to implement the troop reduction order until early February.
Lin Fu ignored it. As soon as the deadline for the troop reduction order came in early February, he directly ordered that all the food and wages allocated to Xuchang be withheld. At the same time, he ordered Ao Canghai to set up a town division of the Changshan Army and advance to Fangcheng and Wuyang.
From the west wing, it reached Xuchang's lower back, telling Dong Yuan not to move even a little bit in Xuchang.
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Although in February, Beiyan mobilized 20,000 horse infantry and entered the line of Sui County and Ningling. It was only more than 100 miles away from Luyi and Qiaocheng, the outer areas guarded by the Changhuai Army, and used a tough stance to suppress the Changhuai Army's northward march.
The west wing spread its wings and supported Dong Yuan's troops in Xuchang.
Suixian County is less than 200 miles away from Xuchang, and there are 20,000 horse infantry suppressing the Changhuai Army. Dong Yuan at least does not have to worry that Yue Lengqiu will attack his southeast flank.
And the Changshan Army led by Ao Canghai also needs to be prepared to be able to enter and exit Nanyang from Wuguan. Chen Zhihu of Xiangfan cannot let go and attack the southwest wing of Xuchang from Fangcheng...
In early February, Dong Yuan even transferred Xiao Kui'an's troops, who were closely related to Huaidong, to the north of Xuchang, and transferred Liang Chengdong, Luo Jian and other troops to between Xuchang, Woyang, and Nanyang to speed up the movement along the Shahe River and Yingshui River.
The defensive fortresses were built to respond tit-for-tat to the Changhuai Army and the Changshan Army's advance on Xuchang.
Although Lin Fu still did not expand his armaments on a large scale in the more than two months after the New Year's Day, the military staff's intensive replenishment of the Huai Army could not be concealed from the reconnaissance of Yan Hu's informants lurking on both sides of the Huai River.
Six to seven thousand mules and horses, two to three thousand vehicles, hundreds of warships and transport ships, hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass, and millions of arrows were all replenished in just two to three months.
Huai Jun——This action is impossible to hide from anyone.
The improvement in the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Changhuai Army is second to the rapid improvement in their logistics and supply capabilities. They are particularly sharp and even have the ability to break through the peripheral defense lines and attack core cities such as Daliang and Jining.
Who knows, instead of expanding the number of troops, it would be far less effective than strengthening the old and powerful forces such as the Changhuai Army.
It doesn’t matter that Huaidong’s direct troops have not expanded. Even the Huaiyang Army and Fengli Army on the eastern front have not had major changes in their deployment. The northern Eastern Front Army, which is dominated by Fengli Army, Jinghai Division, and Denghaizhen Division,
It doesn't matter that he has been stationed in the Yihai area with Haizhou as the core since the new year.
Years later, Chidao, which runs through Yizhou and connects Haizhou and Xuzhou, was officially built.
The completion of the Xuhaichi Road shortened the land transportation between Haizhou and Xuzhou to less than 400 miles.
Xuhaichi Road is as wide as six horses abreast. The large rivers such as Mushui, Yishui, Guanhe, and Sishui that pass along the way are all connected by two-way pontoon bridges with iron cables; dozens of small rivers are directly spanned by bridges cast from iron wood and stone slurry.
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As long as a military order is given, the tens of thousands of elite infantry brigades gathered in the Yihai area can move to Xuzhou in just five or six days, or directly march north from the east wing of Xuzhou to attack Jining... while Yanhu is in the east
Even if the soldiers and horses from Linzi are to be transferred to Tai'an or Jining in the west wing, it will be impossible if they miss half a month.
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In mid-March, it is already the season in the south of the Yangtze River when the grass is growing and the orioles are flying, but the morning in Yanjing City is still cold and chilly.
Listening to the constant coughing in the outer pavilion, Concubine Jade woke up, only to find that the emperor had gotten up early and went outside to read official documents. Looking at the dim light of the morning, it was still dark, Concubine Yu stood up in her clothes.
When he was about to go out, he saw Yejier hiding Xuepa, who was coughing up blood, in his arms. He said heartbrokenly: "The emperor has been working hard for several months and cannot rest as much as he can every day. How can his body support it?"
Ye Zier smiled bitterly. The military situation on the southern front was becoming increasingly critical, and a war was imminent. Moreover, the war concerned the country of Yan. Where could he rest if he wanted to?
"It is said that Donghai Fox will usurp the throne and proclaim himself emperor first, but judging from the plan, he will attack Shandong first; they say he will attack Shandong first, but no matter how strong the Huaidong army is, how can we be sure that it will be able to conquer Shandong quickly?" Yu Fei
She was only thirty-two years old at this time, but she had been by Yezier's side for seventeen years since she was fifteen. She was also very familiar with military and political matters, and she could share some of Yezier's worries.
Yejier smiled bitterly and said: "This is the place that makes people's hearts ache. The strategic initiative lies in the south. It's a pity that the veterans and generals in the capital don't realize it, which makes the national affairs even more difficult..."
"It's useless to think too much. It's nothing more than soldiers coming to block it and water coming to cover it up," Concubine Yu said with relief, "There are great princes in Shandong and Henan, and the third princes are keeping an eye on him. He Xiongqi is also a veteran general who has been on the battlefield for a long time. Your Majesty, too."
He said that he knew Huaidong very well. Three hundred thousand strong soldiers are piled there. Why can’t the emperor feel at ease? Is he still afraid that the Huaidong army will come directly to attack Yanjing City with wings?" Standing next to Ye Ji'er,
She reached out and gently rubbed his Taiyangtang, trying to relax him.
When Ye Ji'er heard Concubine Yu's words, "The Huaidong Army spreads its wings and attacks the city of Yanjing directly," his heart suddenly palpitated. He stood up suddenly, as if he had grasped something, and stood there without daring to move, for fear of having a sudden change of thought.
He ran away in a flash of thought.
Concubine Jade didn't know where she said something wrong, which made the Emperor of Heaven react like this.
Yejier walked to the wall chart on the wall of the west chamber. At this time, the morning light was dim. He said to Concubine Yu: "You can hold the lamp for me!" He moved a chair to look at the direction of the Bohai Sea mouth on the wall chart, smashed his fist there, and murmured
He muttered to himself: "The Huaidong Navy has traveled across the East China Sea for many years without encountering an opponent. It is impossible to give up the navy's advantage at a critical moment. We think that the sea defense line is impregnable, but we don't know that this is always our key point...
..." He loudly ordered the waiters outside the palace, "Quickly, Zhang and Fan come into the palace to discuss matters." @ya