On the last two days of July, the imperial court issued several announcements one after another.?
First of all, the 50,000 Western Expeditionary Army prepared by Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Southern Liang, two years ago to support the Wei family in Longxi was changed to the Second Northern Xinjiang Expeditionary Army, referred to as the Second Northern Army. Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Southern Liang, continued to command and rushed to the north after reorganization.
Xinjiang joins the war.
Secondly, the Wei clan in Longxi prepared to establish the Third Northern Xinjiang Expeditionary Army, referred to as the Northern Third Army, with the same strength of 50,000 men. Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, served as the commander and Jiang Bi served as the deputy general. After reorganization, they rushed to Northern Xinjiang to participate in the war.
These two channels have indeed caused quite a stir in the government and the public.
In the eyes of the common people, what they saw was that the imperial court attached great importance to the war in northern Xinjiang and once again invested two 50,000-strong armies to compete with the South Korean army. Therefore, for a while, those young and vigorous people couldn't help but feel guilty for being a leader.
He was so proud of being a Wei man that he even set off a wave of enthusiasm for joining the army.
After all, the target of the war in Northern Xinjiang is South Korea. It is South Korea that allowed the Wei State to taste the disastrous defeat of the Shangdang decades ago. Therefore, the young people in the country very much hope that this war with South Korea can wash away the shame of defeat that year.
For this reason he did not hesitate to join the army.
However, in the eyes of some court officials and some famous people in the wild, they saw something unusual.
But in general, these two announcements from the imperial court had mostly positive effects, especially after the news spread, many people in Wei State had great confidence in this war in Northern Xinjiang.
Think about it, after all, many troops have gathered in Northern Xinjiang at this time, including the Northern Xinjiang Expedition (First) Army led by Prince Zhao Hongli of the East Palace and King Huan Zhao Hongxuan, and the Shanyang Army led by King Zhao Hongjiang of Yan.
The Nanyan Army was led by the Nanyan General Wei Mu, and the second-generation Wei Wujun (Wei Wuzu) led by Shaohu, the Zongwei Chief of Yu Wang Zhao Yuande, totaled about 200,000 troops.
And now, with the addition of the Second Northern Army led by Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, and the Third Northern Army led by Lintao Lord Wei Ji, the number of troops deployed by the Wei state in northern Xinjiang, namely Shangdang County and Hedong County, has reached thirty.
Thousands of troops.
It’s no wonder that people across the country are excited. It’s true that the imperial court’s actions this time are too big, and they have great momentum to avenge the shame of the defeat and the humiliation of the defeat in the past.
Of course, just when the vast majority of the country is praising the imperial court and Emperor Wei, it is inevitable that there will be some dissatisfied voices: Where is King Su?
It is undeniable that the military lineup deployed by the imperial court in northern Xinjiang is already quite strong, but the "greedy" Wei people would not mind adding a famous commander with great military exploits to this luxurious lineup, that is, this year's triumphant expedition against Chu
The returning Su King Zhao Run.
...Coupled with the Shang Shui Army and the Yanling Army, this is how great it is!
Many Wei people generally hold this view. After all, their wish is not only to repel the invading Korean army, let the latter taste the taste of defeat, and wash away the disastrous defeat of the Wei and Chu Shangdang. This is the majority
The long-cherished wish of the Wei people.
In fact, it is best to fight to the royal capital of South Korea!
Because of this, when the imperial court issued a notice, some young students and scholars formed a team of their own, left the Hanlin Office, bypassed Prince Su's Mansion, and finally arrived at the square outside the palace observation deck to petition Emperor Wei.
I hope Su King Zhao Run and his Shangshui Army and Yanling Army will join the luxurious lineup in Northern Xinjiang.
Because of this incident, Zhao Hongrun has been unable to leave the house for the past two days, for fear of being blocked by those young and blind students and scholars.
He was really helpless.
Because in his opinion, those young and blind students and scholars did not understand the interests of the various forces in the DPRK and were just making noise.
Will Zhao Hongrun go to Northern Xinjiang at this time?
Are you kidding? Isn’t the situation in northern Xinjiang complicated enough?
Prince Zhao Hongli of the Eastern Palace belongs to his party, King Yong Hongyu belongs to his party, King Yan Hongjiang belongs to his party, and soon King Qing Hongxin’s party will be added. Broken down, the relationship between the parties and factions becomes even more complicated.
What's more important is that Northern Xinjiang is the battlefield between the East Palace and King Yong. The King of Yan and the South Yan general Wei Mu form their own faction. Now add the forces of the Wei family in Longxi and the King of Southern Liang Zhao Yuanzuo. How can it be a mess?
Yes? At this time, Zhao Hongrun leads his troops to Northern Xinjiang again. Isn’t this just a shameful and disgraceful appearance?
Don't expect the above-mentioned factions to cooperate sincerely. It is undeniable that they really want to defeat the South Korean army, but they also have conflicts and disputes among themselves. Zhao Hongrun does not want to get involved in the war in northern Xinjiang at this time.
Therefore, regardless of whether those young students and scholars petitioned or marched, Zhao Hongrun had no intention of intervening in Northern Xinjiang, because in his opinion, the army in Northern Xinjiang was already saturated. As long as the fight was stable, let alone defeating Han.
The ** team will have no problem at least repelling the Korean ** team.
After all, there are nearly 300,000 troops, and how many troops did South Korea send? Only 200,000, although at least 100,000 of the 200,000 troops are cavalry.
But no matter what, the strength of the enemy and our troops in northern Xinjiang today is much better than the situation of the four countries of Qi, Lu, Wei, and Yue in their crusade against Chu. At that time, the total strength of the four-nation coalition army, excluding the recruited troops, was
There were more than 400,000 troops, while Chu State dispatched more than 1.5 million troops, a gap of four times in strength.
But now in northern Xinjiang, the strength of the Wei army exceeds that of the Han army. There are also three guards, the president of the army, Li Zheng, the general of the South Yan army, Wei Mu, the king of Yan, Hongjiang, the king of Lintao, Wei Ji, the famous general of Longxi, Jiang Bi, and the king of Southern Liang, Zhao Yuanzuo.
Wait
There are people who can control the situation. If such a luxurious lineup is defeated by the Korean team, it can be said that the Wei Dynasty has exhausted its strength. Even if Zhao Hongrun is added, it will probably be difficult to save the situation.
In fact, Zhao Hongrun is still very confident about this national war between Wei and South Korea, especially after the three famous generals Wei Ji, Jiang Bi, and Zhao Yuanzuo participated in the war.
In the next few days, Zhao Hongrun hid in the palace for several days, staying behind closed doors all day long and accompanying his female relatives at home. Waiting until the beginning of August, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, led the Northern Second Army to dispatch troops from Daliang, while Wei Ji, the king of Lintao, led
After the Northern Army set out from the Yanxian area and rushed to Northern Xinjiang almost at the same time, the enthusiasm in the hearts of the Wei people in Daliang, especially those young students and scholars who were fooling around, gradually faded away.
In the final analysis, civilian forces cannot affect the court's deployment.
But having said that, there has also been some controversy about Zhao Hongrun among the people. Who asked Zhao Hongrun to transfer the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army to the Daliang area, but not participate in the northern Xinjiang war? This will inevitably make people suspicious.
Therefore, the imperial court came forward to explain: Shangshui Army and Yanling Army went north to Daliang to prepare to replace their equipment.
One sentence dispelled the suspicion of the people and concealed the real reason why Zhao Hongrun mobilized these two armies.
However, Zhao Hongrun thought about it afterwards and felt that it was really necessary for the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army to update their equipment.
You know, even though the Shang Shui Army and the Yanling Army have fought many victorious battles one after another, their weapons and equipment are terrible. Some of them are equipment that was eliminated by the Jun Shui Army a year ago, and most of them are from Chu Guozheng.
As for the military equipment of the army, if the Sixth Battalion of the garrison changes its weapons and equipment again this year and next, the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army will be at least five years behind the Sixth Battalion of the garrison in terms of weapons and equipment.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun was also a little embarrassed: He was obviously in charge of the Smelting Bureau, a department with the highest craftsmanship and technology in the Wei State, but the army under his command was so miserable. This is really unreasonable.
Therefore, he reported to Chui Gong Palace and prepared to let the Metallurgical Bureau and the Military Casting Bureau work hard to build the equipment of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army. After all, although these two armies are mostly composed of Chu people, they are not.
He won the victory for the Wei State in the Four Kingdoms' War against Chu, not to mention the Shang Shui Army had another battle of Sanchuan. In terms of loyalty, there was no problem.
Furthermore, if the equipment of these two armies is not replaced now, and some time later, the court will have to replace the equipment of the Sixth Battalion of the garrison again, then the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army will definitely not have a chance.
After all, in terms of security level, the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army did not have the Junshui Army, Chenggao Army, Fenxing Army and other six garrison battalions trusted by the court. Well, excluding Nangong Yao's Suiyang Army.
But this time, the instructions from Chui Gong Palace came faster. Only an hour after Zhao Hongrun handed over the petition, his father, Emperor Wei, sent someone to deliver the news. Not only did he agree to his son's request, but he also asked the Ministry of Revenue to cooperate.
Cooperate? Cooperate with what?
It's nothing more than credit. After all, replacing the Shangshui Army and Yanling Army with new equipment requires huge funds. Zhao Hongrun can't afford such a sum of money now. The money he collected from the Chu State has long been invested in Shangshui County.
It's under construction.
But what surprised Zhao Hongrun the most was his father’s promotion of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army to generals. To put it simply, Wu Ji and Qu Cheng were finally promoted to generals, and from then on they worked with the garrison’s Sixth Battalion.
The generals sit on equal footing.
Although the explanation given by Chui Gong Palace and the imperial court was to commend Wu Ji and Qu Cheng for their meritorious service in the campaign against Chu.
This is correct. After all, after Zhao Hongrun returned from the expedition against Chu last time, the court has not yet issued any specific rewards. Therefore, there is no problem for the Emperor of Wei to promote Qu Cheng and Wu Ji to generals.
The problem is that the original strength of the Shangshui Army was 30,000, and the strength of the Yanling Army was 20,000, but today Emperor Wei suddenly expanded the number of full-time personnel of these two armies to 50,000, which is a bit interesting.
After all, the Second Northern Army and the Third Northern Army commanded by the Wei family in Longxi and Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, both had an army of fifty thousand men.
Therefore, there was a lot of discussion between the DPRK and China.
However, Zhao Hongrun is happy to see this happen. After all, he has recruited hundreds of thousands of regular Chu soldiers in the Chu Kingdom. They are all trained regular soldiers, but he is reluctant to let these soldiers disarm and return to their fields. Now the Emperor of Wei will general Shang Shui
The establishment of the army and the Yanling Army was expanded to 50,000, which was exactly what he wanted.
While Zhao Hongrun was intensively rectifying the Shang Shui Army and the Yanling Army, the Qin State to the west of the Wei State sent a team of envoys towards Wei Daliang. (To be continued.) 8