Chapter 435: Division of Troops

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Li Zhongyi took the secret edict, looked at it calmly, and dared to be affectionate, Chai Rong had already expected that relying only on thousands of flying dragon cavalry would definitely not be enough to contain the main leather room army of the Khitans.

Therefore, in the secret edict, Chai Rong divided the Yulin Right Guard under Li Zhongyi into two. More than 10,000 people of the First and Second Armies were brought out by Li Zhongyi and rushed to the aid of Xiongzhou.

The Third Army was handed over to the uncle of the country, Commander Fu Zhaoxin, and continued to be stationed outside the north gate of Kaifeng City, responsible for guarding the security of Gyeonggi.

Li Zhongyi thought to himself, Chai Rong is worthy of a generation of heroes, and he has an extremely deep understanding of the checks and balances of power.

Fu Zhaoxin's cavalry troops were in the hands of Li Zhongyi, and Li Zhongyi's infantry army was mastered by Fu Zhaoxin, which was equivalent to the two exchanging soldiers and horses.

After Li Zhongyi left, Fu Zhaoxin held the world-famous elite infantry army, plus the Tianwu Guard Forbidden Army commanded by Li Hu, which was enough to compete with Shi Shouxin's holy army.

In this way, the military strength within the Beijing division has reached a balanced situation, and no one can help anyone, and no one dares to act rashly.

"Your Majesty said that Li Chongjin has ambitions and no grand plans, even if he has more than 100,000 elite soldiers, there is nothing to worry about." Concubine Fu Guifei conveyed Chai Rong's true evaluation of Li Chongjin, Li Zhongyi thought about it a little, Chai Rong did have the wisdom to know people, and he hit the key point of Li Chongjin with one sentence.

After Li Zhongyi received the edict, he saw that Concubine Fu had no more instructions, so he took his leave and left Kunning Palace.

Because. Li Zhongyi received the secret edict, so. He did not alarm the rest of the ministers, but went directly to Prime Minister Fan Qian.

Fan Zhen obviously knew the inside story for a long time. Regarding the secret edict handed over by Li Zhongyi, he only glanced at it slightly, and said lightly: "No blame, the official documents and letters for the transfer of troops have been prepared for you." The old man has no other requirements, His Royal Highness the Prince's prescription, you must not forget. ”

Li Zhongyi arched his hand and said: "The prescription prescribed under the next prescription can be used for at least half a year, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only needs not to get close to flowers and plants." It's all right. ”

Fan Zhen nodded, looking at Li Zhongyi with an unusually complicated look, and didn't know where to start for a while.

From Kaifeng to Xiongzhou, thousands of miles away, not only that, Li Zhongyi also had to lead a weak division to contain the main force of the Khitans.

Although Fan Zhen had never led troops to fight, he also knew that the task of Li Zhongyi's trip was extremely arduous. It's really a lot of bad luck!

Li Zhongyi and Fan Zhen have a very shallow relationship, and some words are naturally not easy to say, he just arched his hands and said: "Grain and grass, as well as all kinds of necessary weapons." There is Lao Fan Xianggong. ”

"It is common sense that the army has not moved, and the grain and grass go first." Fan Zhen pondered for a moment. looked up at Yang Jiong beside him.

Yang Jiong knowingly took out a copy of the edict and held it in front of Li Zhongyi with both hands. Said respectfully: "Li participates in politics, this is an edict to raise grain, grass and weapons along the way. Please be sure to keep it safe. ”

Li Zhongyi received the edict and looked at it carefully, and he found that the procedures on it were amazingly complete.

On this edict, there is not only a signature of Fan Qian, but also the seal of the prison country, and finally the word "can" left by Xiao Fu Guifei in an abnormal silk show.

It can be seen from this that today's so-called two governments ruling the country together is just a formality.

The real power of the empire has obviously been transferred to the hands of Concubine Fu and Prime Minister Fan Zhen.

Li Zhongyi took a deep look at Fan Qian, and arched his hand and said: "The military situation is urgent, so a certain family will leave the palace, order troops to transfer food, and strive to send troops north within two days." ”

Fan Zhen nodded and said softly: "No blame, the country is in trouble, and you have to work hard." ”

Li Zhongyi said goodbye and left, and before he left the palace gate, he saw Fu Zhaoxin standing on the side of the palace wall with his hands in his hands, obviously waiting for him.

"Honest and honest, I've been waiting for a long time." Li Zhongyi walked to Fu Zhaoxin's side very enthusiastically and bowed his hand.

Fu Zhaoxin looked Li Zhongyi up and down carefully, and then he barely squeezed out a smile and sighed: "No blame, this time, it's really difficult for you." ”

Li Zhongyi knew that Fu Zhaoxin was referring to the fact that he led the troops to be a partial division this time, which was likely to be a death game for nine deaths and one life.

"Faithful and honest, the country is difficult, the younger brother is deeply favored by the emperor, and there is no way to repay it, so he can only fight." Li Zhongyi also felt sorry for Fu Zhaoxin in his heart.

Chai Rong divided Li Zhongyi's descendants and horses, which was certainly annoying, but Fu Zhaoxin was even worse than Li Zhongyi, and the flying dragon cavalry that had not yet been fully cultivated was handed over to Li Zhongyi by Chai Rong in the blink of an eye.

Because he has worked with Li Zhongyi for a period of time, Fu Zhao knows very well in his confidence that even if Li Zhongyi leaves Yulin Right Guard, he will definitely have great influence.

What Li Zhongyi lost was only the apparent control of Yulin's right guard, however, Fu Zhaoxin lost what little military power he had.

To put it bluntly, at the critical moment, Chai Rong was actually wary of the Fu family's forces.

The royal family has no affection, and this sentence is just confirmed at this moment.

After leaving the palace, Li Zhongyi, accompanied by Fu Zhaoxin, entered the camp of the Flying Dragon Rider.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the famous handsome Minister Li of the dynasty who broke through Haidong and pacified the western captives." Fu Zhaoxin gave a detailed introduction to his generals, and praised Li Zhongyi's outstanding military exploits in the past.

"The last general, see Li Dashuai." The five thousand cavalry commanders of the flying dragon rode unevenly saluted Li Zhongyi's subordinates.

Li Zhongyi heard very clearly that these five thousand cavalry commanders only called him Li Dashuai, not Li Shenxiang, who had a higher status.

Obviously, Fu Zhaoxin's subordinates were quite dissatisfied with the temporary change of command in the imperial court, but they didn't dare to say it clearly.

Li Zhongyi didn't care at all, these officers were now dissatisfied with the question of whether they were satisfied, and when they arrived on the road, under the hijacking of the Yulin Right Guard and the party cavalry, who dared to disobey the order and directly chopped and fed the dogs!

"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone assembles their troops and horses, packs their bags, and is ready to go." Li Zhongyi slowly gave the order, his speech was not fast, and his words were unusually clear, "The military situation is extremely urgent, if anyone delays military affairs." Li recognizes you, but military law doesn't recognize you. ”

"Whoa!" Perhaps he was frightened by the military method carried out by Li Zhongyi. Maybe these people dare to be angry but dare not speak, in short. The attitude on the surface is passable.

After the tent was dispersed, the entire camp of the Flying Dragon Rider was boiling, and the people shouted and neighed, and it was very lively.

Li Zhongyi stood side by side with Fu Zhaoxin at the door of the Chinese army's tent with his hands behind his back, silently watching the chaotic barracks.

Fu Zhaoxin knows very well that Li Zhongyi's requirements for military discipline have almost reached the point of strictness.

So. Fu Zhaoxin explained with some embarrassment: "It's all to blame for the incompetence of the foolish brothers, for not taking good care of the soldiers below, and indulging them too much." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and said, "The younger brother knows the difficulties of Xinchenggong. ”

Although Fu Zhaoxin's horse skills are outstanding, it is just a skill in individual combat. Fu Zhaoxin really knew very little about the duel of large cavalry corps, or the tactics of small groups of cavalry guerrilla harassment.

The fundamental question is: Since the late Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains has been severely short of horses for decades.

Before Li Zhongyi pacified the Northwest Party, it was even the powerful Great Zhou Empire. It is also difficult to organize a cavalry team of more than 1,000 people.

Fu Zhaoxin suddenly mastered 5,000 cavalry, more than 15,000 war horses, and the cavalry under his command could only fight on foot. Peasant soldiers who do not know how to mount and shoot will inevitably be overstretched. Left branch right scarf.

"The last general is quite brave, meet the prime minister." The one who received the military order was quite brave. led the three commanders under his command, and rushed all the way to Li Zhongyi in ecstasy, and fell to the ground.

Li Zhongyi raised his right foot, gently kicked it on Quite Chaoyong's buttocks, and scolded with a smile: "You are a bad skin, in the capital, you are suffocated, right?" Hehe, but I've got a lot of trouble. ”

Quite Chao said with a salivating face: "Back to the Prime Minister, the last general will never dare or forget your teachings, and he will never dare to offend the big mistakes." ”

Li Zhongyi laughed, raised his leg and kicked it again, kicked on the right buttocks of quite Chaoyong, and scolded: "Get up quickly, don't embarrass Lao Tzu." ”

"Whoa." quite Chaoyong stood up very obediently and stood aside respectfully.

I don't know if it's intentional or unintentional, the footprints on the shirt on Quite Chaoyong's buttocks are clearly visible, but he is vaguely complacent.

Fu Zhaoxin was very puzzled on the side, quite Chaoyong was under his hands, and the time he stayed was not short. Whether it is in front of people or behind people, quite Chaoyong, a party barbarian, has always been unruly and unruly, and no one is crazy in his eyes.

Arrogant and domineering, he was quite brave and disobedient, and when he came to Li Zhongyi's hands, he was even more well-behaved than a kitten, which really made Fu Zhaoxin never dream.

Perhaps, one thing descends to another, right? When Fu Zhaoxin thought of this, he was vaguely a little weak-hearted, who told him that he couldn't understand the cultivation of cavalry, as well as the strategy and tactics of cavalry?

After Fu Zhaoxin left the camp of the Flying Dragon Cavalry, Li Zhongyi ordered someone to issue a military order to Yulin's right guard: cancel a qiē vacation, assemble urgently, and prepare for departure.

Li Zhongyi did not have the slightest worry about the Yulin right guard who was trained single-handedly, and with Yang Lie sitting in the camp, he would be able to dispatch freely and would not go any way.

As early as when Li Zhongyi took over the New Army, he paid great attention to the standardization of discipline and action.

After several years of harsh training, today's Yulin Right Guard is simply a standard killing machine.

Under the personal supervision of Yang Jiong, the grain, grass, baggage, and various weapons of the army were prepared almost within a day.

Of course, it is impossible to act so quickly without sequelae. Bureaucrats above the seventh grade, at least more than 10 people, were dismissed from office, dismissed from their posts, or even imprisoned.

Today's Great Zhou Empire, its war mobilization power is far greater than before.

Due to the preservation of the Xiaoyaojin Bazaar initiated by Li Zhongyi, all kinds of commercial and trade activities in Kaifeng City have greatly prospered.

Due to the active intervention of merchants, the imperial court mobilized grain, grass and baggage around Gyeonggi much faster than before.

In the past, it took at least half a month from the time the imperial court issued a military order to march to the vanguard of the army to step out of Kaifeng City.

Among them, the main factor slowing down the movement of the army was the allocation of grain, grass, baggage, and armaments, and the movement was extremely slow.

Of course, the fact that Li Zhongyi led less than 20,000 troops this time is also an important factor. (To be continued......)