Chapter 123 Northern War Zone

More than two months after the three-way army of the Dazhong Army conquered Beijing, the situation in the north began to stabilize rapidly.

However, although Xiao Tianjian was busy dealing with various government affairs in the north during this period, he did not relax the army. After the end of the Battle of Beijing, the situation in the Gyeonggi area gradually began to stabilize. In order to reduce the pressure on logistics, under the order of Xiao Tianjian, the left army of the former first town began to withdraw. Jingji returned from Juyongguan to Xuanda, and then gradually retreated to Shanxi.

Shortly after the end of the battle in Beijing, the Middle Route Army of the second town, began to return to the Funan area to be responsible for suppressing the remaining officers and soldiers in the Funan area and the bandits from all over the world. The other entered Shandong from Cangzhou. On the one hand, they went to Laizhou and Dengzhou Prefecture to take over the defense, and took over Liu Zeqing's command. More than 10,000 Ming troops surrendered and integrated them. At the same time, they went south along the eastern part of Shandong to gradually suppress the remnants of the officers and soldiers and local bandits in the eastern part of Shandong.

As for the soldiers and horses in the fourth town under the jurisdiction of the Right Route Army, they immediately went south along the canal, returned to the area of Nanzhili, returned to Shi Ran's command, and made preparations for the next step of going south to the southern provinces.

As soon as Jingji came to August, only the Second Guards Division under Liu Yaoben and the 3,000 expanded Yulinwei were left, acting as Xiao Tianjian's direct soldiers and horses, waiting for the next action. In this way, the logistics support pressure was greatly reduced, so that the boat to the north could transfer more grain. Food to alleviate the food shortage in the north.

In addition, after taking Beijing City, Xiao Tianjian thought over and again and decided in August to integrate the Dazhong army in this area with Xuanda, Shuntianfu, Yongpingfu and Ningyuan outside Shanhaiguan, and set up a special northern war zone, which temporarily became its own town, but carried out with other towns and armies under the name of the war zone. The difference.

That is to say, the northern war zone may be a temporary establishment and may be abolished in the future for no other reason, that is to unify the command of the Dazhong army along the Great Wall in the north as much as possible. On the one hand, it is responsible for guarding the Gyeonggi area of Beijing, preventing the slave army from entering the south, and on the other hand, it is also guarding against the Mongols. Attack and at the same time accumulate strength to prepare for the recovery of Liaodong and the recovery of the Mongolian grassland in the future.

As for the general control of the northern war zone, Xiao Tianjian handed it over to Luo Li, but adjusted Li Lingfeng from the first town army to the northern war zone as Luo Li's deputy.

In terms of the strength composition of the northern theater, in addition to the two divisions of the former first town army stationed in Xuanda under the command of Li Lingfeng, there is also the first super guard division under Luo Li's command stationed in the area of Ningyuan. At the same time, before Xiao Tianjian entered Beijing, the third guard division and the old division of the Shanhaiguan officer army under the command of Wu Xiang. All of them were included in the Northern Theater and unified to Luo Li and Li Lingfeng's dispatch.

And the Third Guards Division, after Xiao Tianjian's decree, Li Xin immediately dispatched good personnel to start the formation, and completed the recruitment and formation work in just two months. With the old habit of the five-five regiments of the Dazhong Army, the new Guards Third Division has five full battle battalions (infantition battalions). At the same time, according to Xiao Tianjian's will, a 2,000-person reinforced cavalry battalion was assigned to it. In addition, a division's heavy artillery battalion, a full regiment and an engineering battalion, the strength of the new third guard division reached a scale of about 10,000.

The source of these recruits is mainly the local people in Shuntianfu, Yongpingfu and other places, but there are not many officers and soldiers of the three major battalions that surrendered. There is no other reason. At this time, the Ming officers and soldiers can be said to be rotten, although there are also some of the surrendered troops. Strong men, but these people have already become veteran ruffians, with too many old habits in the Ming army. It is quite difficult to change them. Once these ruffians are integrated into the army, it is not only not conducive to improving combat effectiveness, but also has great side effects.

Therefore, under the will of Xiao Tianjian, most of these soldiers who surrendered from the Ming Dynasty were dismissed and settled on the spot, so that they could go to various places to farm for a living. When everyone was dismissed, they were also given 20 taels of severance and a certain amount of food, so that they had no money to eat. After being dismissed, they fell into the grass and became a disaster.

As for the capital of the new Third Division, under the proposal of the generals, Xiao Tianjian promoted Li Dingguo, who was originally the deputy commander under Liu Yao, as the capital of the third division of the Guards. The rest of the officers are also the old subordinates of the Dazhong Army who have been promoted from the army, including officers from martial arts school students. Mainly, it supported the skeleton of the Third Guards Division.

Although from the beginning of the formation, the time for the establishment of the new Third Guards Division is very short, but with this group of cadres as the backbone, the Third Division quickly devoted themselves to intense drills. In just two months, it basically ended the subject of training for new recruits of the large and medium-sized army, and initially had a certain combat effectiveness, estimated at most one year. Under the training of these officers, this soldier and horse will definitely become a fierce army, and its combat effectiveness will be quite considerable.

As for the old troops of the Ming army under the command of more than 20,000 Wu Xiang, who guarded Shanhaiguan, under the instructions of Xiao Tianjian, were adapted into the Shanhaiguan garrison of the Dazhong Army and fell into the sequence of the northern war zone. It temporarily continued to stay in the town and Shanhaiguan, but the northern war zone was required to undergo a large-scale reorganization and retraining. Strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Shanhaiguan garrison, so that it can become a really useful soldier and horse within half a year.

However, Xiao Tianjian sent Yan Shuting to Shanhaiguan as Wu Xiang's deputy. In addition, he transferred 200 officers from various departments, and 500 Jiangwu Hall students who had just completed their work in the lecture hall were also sent to Shanhaiguan and filled them in this army, so that they reconstitute the grass-roots officers of this garrison. And the skeleton of high-ranking officers.

It turned out that more than 20,000 officers and soldiers under Wu Xiang's command were reorganized on the spot and removed a batch of officers and soldiers who did not meet the requirements of the Dazhong army. However, for this group of officers and soldiers, after all, they all participated in this Shanhaiguan war, so at least they were meritorious personnel, so Xiao Tianjian did not take the same as the general surrender. The method of abolishing the land was to give them a generous severance pay with the treatment of the retirement of the Dazhong army, and each of them was repaid half a year's salary to make them return home.

Although these officers and soldiers are a little dissatisfied, they are helpless. What's more, the Great China and North Korea have been very generous to them, and the settled down fees issued are also quite sufficient, so it is worth taking off their military uniforms and leaving Shanhaiguan. While abolishing unqualified soldiers, they are also local northern refugees in Shanhaiguan. In the middle, a group of new soldiers were recruited and enriched into the garrison division, ensuring that the strength of the garrison division did not decline by 20,000.

In this way, the whole garrison has undergone earth-shaking changes. Basically, it has been rearranged from the root, which also prevents these old officers and soldiers from forming small groups.

Because Wu Xiang continued to stay in the post of the capital, and also saw the power of the Dazhong army, he was very cooperative with the integration this time, and also disbanded the family members under his command in accordance with the order of the Dazhong Dynasty and integrated them into the battalions under his command. Some of the good performance were directly sent to Nanjing Jiangwutang. The one-year training will be arranged separately in the future, which is also a quite good way out for his family. Wu Xiang is very grateful for this.

And Wu Xiang secretly reported to Xiao Tianjian. In the report, he proposed that after completing the reorganization of the Shanhaiguan garrison division, he was willing to resign from the position of capital, return to Beijing to retire with his family, and no longer do military affairs from now on.

Wu Xiang is actually a very smart person. Through his contact with Yan Chongxi, Wang Chengping, Luo Li and Liu Yaoben during this period, he found the biggest difference between the Dazhong Army and the Ming Army, that is, the military system of the Dazhong Army, which fundamentally limits these Dazhong generals. It is impossible to let the generals like the Ming Army. Support the soldiers and value themselves, forming a large and small warlord group.

And he is also very clear that even if he is in control of the old army of more than 20,000 Ming army, Xiao Tianjian will never allow him to support himself in the future. He will definitely find a way to separate these soldiers and horses under his command and completely eliminate the possibility of his self-respect.

So after figure out this, Wu Xiang immediately made a choice. After all, he is not young. Even if he continues to live in the Dazhong army, it is impossible to get a bigger reputation. Instead of waiting for Xiao Tianjian to touch him in the future, it is better to take advantage of Xiao Tianjian's good impression on him now and take the initiative to take a rapids. Go back, hand over the military power directly, and go home to be a rich man. What's more, Xiao Tianjian Nian helped the Dazhong Army to fight the Shanhaiguan victory, and he would definitely not treat him badly, so he secretly submitted this letter to Xiao Tianjian.

After Xiao Tianjian received the report sent by Wu Xiang, he was also very gratified. The reason why he temporarily reused Wu Xiang was mainly considering that the last Guan Ning elite of more than 20,000 under his command. If Wu Xiang was directly removed, it might cause some unnecessary trouble, so Wu Xiang was temporarily retained.

However, as Wu Xiang, he controls such a large force, and the backbone is basically his old department. In the future, it is indeed a trouble for the Dazhong army, so he pulled out Yan Shuting and sent it to Shanhaiguan as Wu Xiang's deputy. Now Wu Xiang is so knowledgeable that he takes the initiative to complete it. After reorganizing and stabilizing, he went home to raise him, which solved one of his worries.

So Xiao Tianjian was so interested in Wu Xiang, and naturally rewarded him. He secretly drew up a decree and sent it to Wu Xiang. He greatly appreciated Wu Xiang's approach, and once again affirmed Wu Xiang's credit. At the same time, he announced that Wu Xiang's original mansion in Beijing would be preserved for Wu Xiang, and another five Thousands of taels of silver will be repaired, and 20,000 taels of silver will be rewarded to Wu Xiang, as well as 3,000 mu of land originally purchased by Wu Xiang outside the capital for the Wu family to use in the future.

In addition, Wu Sanfeng, the eldest son of Wu Xiang, was sent to Wuchang Martial Arts Hall for a year of training. After one year of completion, Wu Sanfeng was sent to the Li Shuanzhu Army in the third town to serve as a military position, which was a solution to Wu Xiang's worries.

After receiving the order, Wu Xiang was immediately overjoyed. Although 20,000 taels of silver was not much for him, it was also a very rare reward in the Dazhong army. In addition, Xiao Tianjian also granted him to keep 3,000 mu of land outside the capital, which was not easy. At least there would be no problem for the Wu family to eat in the future, relying on these three thousand alone. With mu of land, he can also be a rich man in the future. What's more, Xiao Tianjian also used his eldest son Wu Sanfeng, which shows that Xiao Tianjian is very sincere to give them a good way out for the descendants of the Wu family. Therefore, Wu Xiang immediately kowtowed to thank him and carefully collected the imperial edict given to him by Xiao Tianjian. He began to cooperate with Yanshuting, who rushed to Shanhaiguan, and began to carry out a large-scale reorganization of the soldiers and horses in the Shanhaiguan area.

In addition to the newly formed Third Guards Division and the adapted Shanhaiguan Strengthening Guard Division, Xiao Tianjian also issued a decree to set up three reserve divisions in the north with people from all over the country, with 20 reserve battalions under its jurisdiction. Each reserve division will be equipped with 1,000 regular soldiers, and the rest are composed of local people. The farming is busy, and the farming is concentrated in training, which constitutes the second-line reserve force, laying the foundation for the future battle against Jiannu in Liaodong.

Although Xiao Tianjian has now got a lot of money through the purge in the capital, Xiao Tianjian does not dare to squander the money. The reason why he temporarily set up a reserve division is that he does not dare to spend too much money. After all, the cost of raising soldiers is much higher than the cost of building slaves and the old Ming Dynasty. There are many, and after years of war, the population in the north has also decreased significantly. Now, although he has calmed down the north, the first priority is to restore agricultural production in the north. If tens of thousands of new recruits are recruited at once, it will seriously affect the recovery of agricultural production in the north.

If the agriculture in the north cannot be restored as soon as possible, it must rely on the south to continuously transfer grain to the north to feed a large number of soldiers and horses in the north. The cost of doing so is too high. Therefore, Xiao Tianjian reconsidered over and over again. Considering that Jiannu suffered a great loss this time, he was unable to go south and enter the bandit in a short time, so It has just been flexible and set up three reserve divisions. In this way, it can not only reduce the impact on agricultural recovery as much as possible, but also reserve a large number of soldiers and horses that can be used in the Liaodong battlefield in advance, and the cost of raising soldiers is much lower.

But in such a short time, the Dazhong Army has added so many soldiers and horses in the north, so the equipment has become a problem. Although they have captured a lot of armor of the officers and soldiers, among them, knives, guns, rattan and armor and so on are not bad, but the firearms that the Dazhong Army is proud of is very lacking.

When the magic machine camp of the three battalions in the capital surrendered, it captured more than 3,000 birds and Lumi from them. However, in addition to the more than 200 Lumi, which can be called sharp weapons, the remaining birds were unbearable because of the lack of effective maintenance and the crude manufacturing when they were built. Yes, and the caliber is very different from the large-caliber self-firegun, that is, the large-caliber flick guns that are commonly equipped by the large and medium armies. Not to mention the power is small, the accuracy is also poor, and the quality is worrying, and the explosion rate is very high. Therefore, except for the well-made five or six hundred rods selected and temporarily left for the reserve training, the rest are all It has been eliminated and returned to the furnace.

Therefore, the equipment problems of the newly compiled Third Division and Shanhaiguan Garrison Division and these reserve divisions have puzzled Li Xin, who is temporarily in charge of military affairs, and the logistics department responsible for logistics supply.

Although the Dazhong Army has developed rapidly in recent years, and has gradually formed the military supply system of the Dazhong Army based on Yangcheng County. However, the main military and engineering bases of the Dazhong Army are concentrated in Yangcheng, Pingyangfu in northern Jin, Ruzhou in Henan, Daye in Huguang, Nanjing in Nanzhili and other places. The north has just been captured. Come on, there is no effective musket production base yet.

There are so many soldiers and horses that suddenly need to be rearmed up, relying only on the logistics department to transfer from the south to the north. Obviously, there is a lot of pressure for the Dazhong Dynasty, which has just been established.

Just when Li Xin and the logistics department had a headache, Xiao Tianjian's order temporarily solved their problems. Xiao Tianjian directly ordered the withdrawal of the left army in Shanxi and the troops returning to the fourth town of Nanzhili. Before leaving Beijing, the firearms and artillery used by them, as well as part of them, They all stayed in Beijing, so that they returned to their original stations empty-handed.

Then Xiao Tianjian ordered to use the firearms they left to directly equip the newly and reorganized troops, so that the newly reorganized and reorganized troops in the north can be immediately armed.

This method can be said to be a pretty good method. After this period of war, the situation in the north has basically been settled, and the large and medium-sized army has completely achieved prestige. Although this is equivalent to disarming the retreating troops, no one dares to find them on their way back to their original station. It's annoying, so they withdraw the firearms, which won't affect anything.

And after they return to their original station, they can immediately re-arm on the spot, which greatly reduces the transportation pressure of the logistics department and saves a lot of manpower and material resources. Moreover, they are young and strong, they can also speed up and arm the new troops in the north effortlessly. Come on, it can be said that Li Xin and others have praised their Emperor Xiao's brain, which is really good, which makes Xiao Tianjian feel ashamed of it.

And the northern war zone has basically taken shape. Luo Li and Li Lingfeng, Li Dingguo and Yan Shuting are sitting in the north. Xiao Tianjian has no worries about the north. I believe that under their control, in a minimum of a year, after the recovery of agriculture in the north, it can be formed inside and outside the north. A combat group with tens of thousands of elite soldiers prepared in advance for the future battle of Liaodong, so Xiao Tianjian once again turned his eyes to the west when he arrived in September.

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