Chapter 162 Shanxi Xibing

After sending away the posterity, Li Qi returned to Lu Xiangsheng's study and bowed to Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Your Excellency, that person has gone out of the city. I don't know if you have any other instructions?"

Lu Xiangsheng sat in a chair and was silent for a long time. He shook his head and said to himself, "I hope I didn't do anything wrong this time!" What a pity! Why is he a thief? If only he were not a thief! It's all right! Li Qi, remember what happened today. Don't mention it to anyone. You'd better forget it forever!"

A few days later, Xiao Tianjian took Luo Ru to step on the ice again and returned to Yuxi. A young officer Pegasus chased up from behind them and came to Xiao Tianjian. He turned over and ran to Xiao Tianjian's horse. After saluted, he said to Xiao Tianjian, "I'm the commander!" The humble job is back! It's done, and everything goes as ordered by the marshal!"

Xiao Tianjian grabbed the reed and said with a smile, "Lu Xiangsheng is really a good official! It's a pity that he still has illusions about the current court, but he doesn't know that the officials in the court have long been rotten to the extreme. With his own strength alone, he can't turn the tide and fall at all! That's all right! Take a look! Let's talk about it later! Let's go straight back to Ruzhou! It's clear that you have worked hard this time! Go down and have a good rest! Let's talk about your experience of going to Xuanfu this time! Ha ha!"

After the Xing Tianjun took down Lu'an Prefecture and several surrounding counties, although Shanxi was in chaos, the Xing Tianjun stopped in Xiangyuan County after the small punishment of Shanxi officers and soldiers. Although Wu Jing sent people to ask Lu Xiangsheng to go south, Lu Xiangsheng was ready to move because of the construction slaves outside the customs. At that time, they may enter the bandit, so the border soldiers could not move lightly. They refused to transfer troops from Jinbei to the south. Instead, they asked Wu Jing to temporarily stop the attack on the jurisdiction of Jinnan Xingtian Army, turn to defense, and shrink their troops. Chen stationed in Pingyang Prefecture, Taigu, Qinzhou and other places. He did not seek to recover the lost land. First, he promised not to let Xing Tianjun expand in Shanxi again. Let's talk about it.

Although Wu Yu was not very happy, there was no better way. He could only temporarily reduce his troops according to Lu Xiangsheng's arrangement and stop the attack on the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army in Jinnan, and the Xingtian Army also turned to defense. In this way, the battle in Shanxi was temporarily over, and both sides stopped, and Wu Gong could only sit. Look at the fact that Lu'an Mansion was occupied by Xing Tianjun.

However, after hearing the news, Chongzhen was still furious. Soon after, he ordered Wu Jing to remove his position as the governor of Shanxi. At the same time, Xu Dingguo, who was defeated, was demoted to three levels in a row, which was regarded as a treatment of this matter.

Of course, Chongzhen also realized that if Xing Tianjun went on like this, he may really become the person who dug the grave for him, so he immediately ordered Xiong Wencan and Hong Chengchou to fight against Xing Tianjun within three months.

This imperial edict is equivalent to giving Xiong Wencan an ultimatum. If Xing Tianjun can't be solved within three months, then with today's holy temper, it's really impossible for him to sit firmly on his neck. So at this moment, Xiong Wencan can't drag on any longer. At the same time, we have to speed up the mobilization of soldiers and horses. At the same time, we have to ask Hong Chengchou to deal with Xing Tianjun. In short, we should find a way to get rid of Xing Tianjun as soon as possible. The worst thing is to drive Xing Tianjun out of Henan and squeeze it back to Shanxi. Finally, the three parties work together to suppress Xing Tianjun in the southern part of Jin.

In a word, after the New Year's Day, in February, the officers and soldiers in several provinces began to mobilize towards Henan, causing the army in Henan to suppress the border and form unprecedented pressure on the Xing Tianjun.

However, for Xiao Tianjian, he is not too worried at present, because at this time, Xing Tianjun has reached another level in terms of strength and equipment quality. After two months of adjustment during the Spring Festival, the three divisions in Henan have been integrated, and a large number of weapons have been added at the same time, making Xing Tianjun's battle. The fighting power has been strengthened again.

After Xiao Tianjian ended the battle of Lu'anfu this time, he led his division to the south again. He not only brought back Situ Liang's cavalry battalion in Jinnan, but also brought back the children of the youth battalion of more than 500 years. The children of this youth battalion were all added to the three combat divisions, enriching the low-level officers of these three divisions. Not only that, Yan Chongxi also selected 2,000 soldiers from the elite reserve battalion from Jinnan again, so that Xiao Tianjian brought them back to Henan and added them to various departments. These Jinnan recruits are the most loyal to the Xing Tianjun, and they are very tough. Although they are new soldiers, they have also received systematic recruit training in Jinnan at any time. You can fight in battle.

In addition, Henan Xingtian Army has also occupied a lot of territory, and a large number of exiles have defected to the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army. According to the requirements of the Xingtian Army, these young people among the newly returned exiles must first enter the reserve camp for training. After obtaining credit, they can obtain land. In this way, the Xingtian Army is not at all in the source of soldiers. There is a problem of lack, and these soldiers are also young and strong, and they are not thieves in the ordinary sense. With a little training, they can quickly be transformed into combat effectiveness.

As for materials, in order to support Xing Tianjun's future war in Henan, in addition to the continuous expansion of production, the Yangcheng Iron Field has also been engaged in the production of armor, which is mainly responsible for the production of iron armor, knives, bayonets and other cold weapons. At the same time, it has taken over the production of small parts on the self-fire guns that occupy more craftsmen. , so that the iron work of Shuangfengzhai Craftsman's camp can focus all its energy on building pipe, and finally all kinds of parts produced are assembled together, so that the output of self-fired fire is greatly increased.

On the side of Lu's craftsman's camp, after more than a year of development, the craftsmanship of the new craftsmen has become more and more mature. After the production of fine iron is guaranteed, the production of self-fired fire here has also expanded several times, so that the output of fire can be reached hundreds of pieces per month, and the production of self-fired fire can bees in various places. It was paid to the logistics department and quickly transferred to the equipment of each department by the logistics department.

Not to mention the cannon work on Gao Su's side. Since the use of the iron mold casting method, the production of artillery is no longer affected by the season, and it has also greatly reduced the requirements for craftsmen. The output of cannons can be said to be improving rapidly. From the output of only three or four doors in the first month, it has been increased to every month. Thirty or forty of various types of artillery can be produced, and a gun battalion can be equipped in almost a month. At the same time, because of the technical advantages of the iron mold casting gun itself, the quality of all kinds of copper and iron guns cast has been greatly improved compared with the past. The casting is convenient, and the users are also assured. For this reason, after meeting the demand for Xing Tian's artillery, Gao Su refined All the power turned to the matter of training gunners.

The small training class under the original Shuangfengzhai has now expanded into a Xingtian Army Artillery Army School, and has trained a large number of gunners for the Xingtian Army at a rapid speed. After completing their career, these newly trained gunners were quickly transferred to various departments to start their artillery. Military career.

So far, Xing Tianjun has formed a complete set of weapon production and training systems, which has injected a strong impetus into the improvement of Xing Tianjun's combat effectiveness.

At the same time, because of Luo Rucai's attachment, it has also had a considerable impact on the current rebels. At the behest of Xiao Tianjian, Jiang Qin, who was responsible for intelligence collection, publicized this matter through various channels. It turned out that many lesser-known exiles operating in Henan learned the news. After that, they also began to come one after another. Even if there were no some demobilized civilian army, they contacted the details of Xing Tianjun, saying that they were willing to listen to the dispatch of Xing Tianjun and were willing to advance and retreat together with Xing Tianjun. In this way, Xing Tianjun's momentum was greatly boosted.

However, when Xiao Tianjian and Luo Ru returned to Henan after the Spring Festival, Luo Rucai found that he was in an embarrassing situation.

(I wish you all a happy New Year, a dragon and horse spirit, a happy family and good health!)