Chapter 188 The Second Northern Expedition

In the whole three years of Tianyuan, Xiao Tianjian was so busy. This year was also a crucial year for the Great China and the DPRK.

In this year, the Greater China-China pacified the whole southern provinces, and also completed the reorganization of the Greater China Defense Force and divided a new control area.

In addition, Xiao Tianjian re-divided the original administrative division of the Ming Dynasty in this year, dividing Huguang into Hubei and Hunan provinces according to the administrative regions of later generations, and Nanzhili was also divided into Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. As for Beizhili, he divided the original Shuntianfu from Beizhili and renamed it. For the sake of Beiping Mansion, it has jurisdiction over the original Shuntian Mansion and Yongping Mansion, and the rest of the North Zhili Land is also renamed Hebei Province.

As for administrative management, it turned out that Daming implemented the system of political envoys, which was jointly managed by the three departments of the Inspector and the Metropolitan Command.

However, now the Dazhong Dynasty has changed to the military zone system, and the jurisdiction of the generals is listed separately, and the civil and military are divided, so there is no need for the command division.

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian changed the original announcement of the political envoys of various places to the province, and reconstructed the administrative management system. Each province temporarily retains the title of governor, which is actually the governor. In addition, under the governor, several deputy positions are set up under the governor, who are in charge of various affairs such as industry, agriculture and commerce and justice, among which the judiciary It is directly subordinate to the imperial court, which is established as a separate department, and local officials have no right to interfere in the affairs of the judicial department.

As for the original administrative divisions such as Feizhou Prefecture and counties, in principle, they will be retained without changing their affiliation for the time being. Officials will continue to temporarily retain official positions such as magistrates, prefectures, and counties. It is difficult to accept the title of mayors and county magistrates in the province.

In a word, the military and politics of the Dazhong and the DPRK are separated. The literature does not lead the army, and the military does not interfere in politics. As before, the civilian officials are in charge of the military, and the management is a mess. The generals intervene in local affairs. As a result, they have developed into a warlord group. The civil and military officials all go to do what they should do, changing the beards and eyebrows of the former local civil servants. It's pure in everything you do.

During the whole three years of Tianyuan, all parts of the country have gradually calmed down. Although it is impossible to make all the people eat and wear warm at once, with the local calming down, all kinds of affairs have begun to recover. At least the people no longer have to live a life of fear as before.

The recovery of agriculture has gradually alleviated the problem of the grain shortage in many places. In addition, the court is enlightened, and it has responded quickly to the difficulties in the localities. It has introduced various policies to benefit the people, reduce the burden of farmers, persuade farmers to promote business, and run schools and mines in various places, so that the people see hope. With people's peace of mind, it's okay. Naturally, there will be much less trouble when you get up.

In a word, with the efforts of Xiao Tianjian and a group of ministers, the Great China Dynasty began to walk on the road of rejuvenation. The previous chaos is gone, which is the greatest contribution to the country since the establishment of the Great China Dynasty.

But Xiao Tianjian turned his eyes to the land of Liaodong in the north again.

Just after the fourth year of Tianyuan, Xiao Tianjian held an expanded cabinet meeting in the Nanjing Palace. In addition to cabinet ministers, military chiefs from all over the country were also ordered to rush to Nanjing City to attend the meeting during the Spring Festival.

But there is only one topic of this meeting, that is, to launch the second Northern Expedition, completely dig up Jiannu, the cancer of China, from the body of the giant of China, and eliminate the troubles of this Dazhong Dynasty.

Since the first Northern Expedition in the first year of Tianyuan, after defeating the Jiannu army in Shanhaiguan, because of military strength and materials, the Dazhong army had to give up going out to pursue the Jiannu army at the beginning. It could only turn around and return to the gate, attack Beijing and destroy the Ming Dynasty first, which made all the soldiers who participated in the war feel Sigh your wrist.

In the next two years, the Dazhong Dynasty will focus on the south and can't take care of Jiannu outside the customs. Now in the fourth year of Tianyuan, the Dazhong Dynasty has finally solved the chaos in the south, and can free up their hands to completely solve the big trouble of Jiannu.

When they learned that Xiao Tianjian was going to launch the Northern Expedition to deal with the slaves again, the generals were immediately excited, especially Shi Ran, Li Shuanzhu and Liu Bao, who were unable to participate in the Northern Expedition at the beginning, who were even more excited. They immediately asked for orders to go north to participate in the battle of Liaodong.

But Xiao Tianjian laughed and said, "In addition to Liu Bao, Li Shuanzhu and Shi Ran, both of you have to sit in the southeast and southwest, especially Li Shuanzhu. Now your Southwest Military Region is using troops against Myanmar. Let's keep an eye on Zhu Youqi first!" I'm sure you almost didn't participate in this Northern Expedition!

And you are basically all southern soldiers. You are not used to the northern climate and water and soil at all. Going there is also causing trouble to the Northern Expedition! As long as you keep a close eye on the south, don't make any big trouble in your jurisdiction when sending troops to Liaodong this time, it's a great achievement!

However, Liu Bao needs to undertake the mobilization and transshipment of logistics materials in the north of your Central Plains Military Region this time, but you can transfer an elite division of the former military region to go north to participate in this battle of Liaodong. The pressure will not be too small. Liu Bao also needs to sit in the Central Plains, so he doesn't want to go to Liaodong anymore.

In the past two years, you have fought a lot in battles. It's time for Luo Li and Wang Chengping to contribute! Therefore, this time, the dispatch of troops to Liaodong is mainly based on the Liaodong Military Region, supplemented by the Northern Military Region and the Garrison Military Region. In addition, an elite division from the Northwest Military Region and the Central Plains Region is used to complete the final attack on Jiannu!

Li Xin, let's talk about the deployment of troops in this battle by your staff headquarters this time!"

Shi Ran, Li Shuanzhu and Liu Bao were all very discouraged when they heard it, but when they thought about it, it was not suitable for them to leave their hands and participate in the battle of Liaodong this time, so they could only nod and accept the order.

After hearing this, Li Xin took out a battle plan and opened it and said, "This Northern Expedition, as the Holy One, takes the Liaodong Military Region as the main force, supplemented by the Northern Military Region and the Guard Army, to carry out the last blow to the Guanwai Jiannu!"

The deployment of troops is as follows. The Liaodong Military Region will use all the troops this time, including 10,000 cavalry of the new First Cavalry Division, plus the Ningyuan Second Infantry Division (formerly the Second Guards Division), the Liaodong 16th Infantry Division, that is, the former Guards Third Division, the Liaodong 18th Infantry Division, the Liaodong Independent Artillery Regiment, and the Independent Engineers. The regiment, the independent regiment, etc., have a total of four divisions and three independent regiments, with a total strength of 50,000 people. As the first echelon, they were the first to fight.

The Northern Military Region will transfer the eighth and ninth infantry divisions to participate in the battle. In addition, the Independent Artillery Regiment and the Regiment of the Northern Military Region will also participate in the battle, with a total strength of 23,000 people.

The First Division of the Guards, the Fourth Division of the New Guards and the Guard Corps participated in the Northern Expedition, and a total of 25,000 troops were dispatched.

In addition, the Second Cavalry Division of the Northwest Army, the Third Infantry Division of the Central Plains Army and the Independent Engineering Regiment of the Central Plains Army will also prepare to participate in the Battle of Liaodong.

At the same time, the Northern Marine Division will cooperate with the whole army in the battle of Liaodong, mainly responsible for providing transportation and logistical support for the soldiers and horses participating in Liaodong. In addition, the four marine battalions stationed in Dengzhou and Fushan will also cooperate with the army division to participate in the battle!

In total, in this Northern Expedition, we have mobilized a total of two cavalry divisions and a total of nine infantry divisions. In addition to the independent regiments, as well as the marines and sailors of the marine division, the total strength has reached about 150,000, which is enough to deal with Jiannu!"

After listening to this, everyone showed a happy look. Compared with the first Northern Expedition three years ago, such troops are more than double the total strength of the first Northern Expedition. Moreover, in terms of equipment, after continuous change and replenishment, the quality of weapons and equipment of today's troops is even better than the original. There were many troops in the first Northern Expedition.

And under the circumstances, the Jiannu of Liaodong can no longer mobilize 200,000 troops at this time. At best, even if all their available troops are added together, they can barely reach more than 100,000 people. Therefore, the military strength used by the Dazhong army this time can be said to be overwhelming to the Jiannu side. Advantages.

Originally, according to the original plan of the Ministry of War, this time only all the troops of the Liaodong Army and part of the Northern Army need to be used. There are about 60,000 to 70,000 people. As long as the material guarantee can keep up, this time it will be enough to deal with Jiannu, but Xiao Tianjian put forward an objection to the initial opinion of the Ministry of War and asked not to do it. As long as it takes action this time, the Dazhong army will do its best to launch the most deadly blow on Jiannu to ensure that Jiannu has no power to fight back, and it will be solved by the Dazhong Dynasty. Therefore, the military department revised the battle plan and mobilized the elites of the military regions north of the Central Plains to participate in this operation, which led to this new force. Deployment plan.

After listening to Li Xin's words, Fu Deming and Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help taking a breath of cold breath. They didn't expect that Xiao Tianjian, together with the Ministry of War, made the Northern Expedition so big this time, and suddenly mobilized more than 100,000 horses to participate in this battle, especially Fu Deming, the chief financial manager of China and North Korea. I almost got anxious when I heard it.

If we only use the people and horses of the Liaodong Army and the Northern Army, the household department can accept it, but the number of people and horses used by the military department this time is too large. More than 100,000 people go out to fight. People eat horses and chew it. The food consumed every day is an astronomical figure for China and North Korea. When fighting, it is time to march. Each day when you become a soldier, you need two catties of food, and war horses and mules need to be added several times. Roughly, at the end of a day, 150,000 people alone are not mules and horses. According to 200 catties of grain per stone, 1,500 stones of grain will be eaten.

In a month, 45,000 stone grain is needed. If the mule and horses eat, it is necessary to provide at least 60,000 stone grain for the army every month, which is basically impossible for the present situation of the Greater China and the DPRK.

So Fu Deming, who was very fast in mental arithmetic, shook his head like a rattle drum. As soon as Li Xin's words fell, he immediately said, "No! This is absolutely not possible! You can't use so many people to deal with Jiannu. Your military department is really not at home. You don't know that firewood and rice are expensive. There are so many soldiers and horses at once, and our household department has to find a way to solve it for you. You haven't calculated it. At the end of a day, you have to eat a large boat of food. Where will our household department get so much food for you for a while? Food?

Although the domestic situation is gradually stabilizing now, after the autumn grain harvest in various places last year, only two or three million stones of grain have been stored in various places, and your military department is not counted. Even if all the two or three million stone grains are allocated to the Northern Expeditionary Army, it is not enough for you to maintain for half a year, including the consumption on the way. The food consumed is only enough for you to last for four or five months.

You can't mobilize so many people at once! The quantity must be reduced! Otherwise, our household department will be closed directly!"

(Today, I would like to thank the three brothers, General Mao Mao, Brave 1023 and asdsee for their unreshing rewards! Thank you!)