Chapter Fifty-Nine: Encountering and Laughing, Enmity and Enmity, Yaogang's Great Plan for Expanding the Army

Before Azig left, Dolgon repeatedly told him that he had a great responsibility to go to the kiln, and that he must suppress his anger and listen to Mr. Fan in case of trouble. Azig also said at the time, "Don't worry, regent, I will definitely listen to Mr. Fan in case of trouble!" Definitely not to delay the big thing. ”

Therefore, even though Ouyang He said a lot of things that made him angry today, he held back. In fact, although he is as fierce as fire, he is not a fool, he knows very well that no matter how good he is here, if he makes a mistake, he will not be able to take advantage. Although the wildness in his heart made him still very arrogant, he had begun to be in awe of the kiln people from his heart. Their once invincible army has never taken advantage of the Yaogang people. Coming to Yaogang and seeing the gap between the world of flowers and flowers in Yaogang and theirs, Azig couldn't help but have some inferiority complex in his heart, and it was difficult to be proud in front of the people of Yaogang.

Fan Wencheng knew better in his heart that now he and Ouyang He were not speculative, and it was useless to talk too much, so they were not talking about business. When it comes to talking about the wind and snow, Fan Wencheng and Ouyang He, two literati, can be considered very talkative.

Before leaving the table, Ouyang He said: "Shuobeile, Mr. Fan, you have come from afar thousands of miles from the mountains, and you are our distinguished guests, so don't rush back, take a good look at the kiln." Whatever you want to visit, we can arrange it. We have also arranged a special person to accompany you, and you can tell them what you need and need. We have too many things to do every day, and there are things that we can't take care of, you have to take care of them! ”

Azig nodded and didn't speak, Fan Wencheng arched his hand and said, "Thank you!" We have taken the liberty of coming here and caused you a lot of trouble. We really have to bother for a few days, it is indeed not easy for us to come to the kiln, one is that we want to take a good look at the kiln that everyone has conveyed, today we went out to take a look, I think we should really take a good look, and the second is that the regent asked us to know more about the kiln, so that we can communicate in the future. ”

Although today's banquet was lively, everyone didn't drink much.

After Azig and Fan Wencheng returned to their residence, Fan Wencheng asked Azig with some dissatisfaction: "Shuobeile, do you know why we came to Yaogang?" ”

"Needless to say, is this just here to negotiate?" Azig replied.

"Why did you come to negotiate, did the Lord Regent tell you?" Fan Wencheng asked again.

"I didn't say this, just tell me, just let me listen to you." Azig said.

"I'll tell you! My Shuobeiler," Fan Wencheng said, clapping his hands, "is because we can't defeat the Yaogang people, and we are afraid that they will attack us in Liaodong." We have come to make peace with them and not to let them attack us. ”

"Alas! Didn't I endure it all the time? However, before we could talk, that Mr. Ouyang said that he was going to attack us. Didn't take us seriously at all! Azig said indignantly.

"When we attack the Mongols, do we take them into account?" Fan Wencheng said, "We can't beat others, and those who come to ask for peace must be polite." They didn't let us see Zhang Zhimu, which was also their negotiation strategy. Let's not insist on seeing Zhang Zhimu. If there is anything, there is nothing wrong with talking to this Ouyang He first! Mr. Ouyang said well, we came by ourselves, we want to see Zhang Zhimu is the regent's request, but the regent is our regent, people don't take us seriously, and they won't take the regent seriously. Aren't you humiliating yourself by saying that? When we get here, we will listen to the arrangement, and when we talk, we will find an opportunity to try to achieve our goal. ”

"Oops! The affairs of your Han people are too twisted, you can talk about it in the future! Azig was getting impatient.

"It's not our Han people's business, it's our Qing Dynasty's business! The mission that the regent has sent you and me here is to make peace with the people of Yaogang! Fan Wencheng was a little angry.

"So what do you say? I think they're determined to attack us. Azig said.

"Huh! As long as they don't kick us away, we'll have room to talk. Fan Wencheng said, "Shuobeiler, you must listen to me, you must suppress the fire, we are shouldering a major mission, and we must not be rash." These days, we are not in a hurry, just take a good stroll in the kiln. Looking for a chance, I also want to meet this Ouyang He. This is a great master. ”

Azig's son Doni couldn't help but say, "Mr. Fan, that Ouyang He scolded you for being a traitor!" ”

"I was originally a traitor! It's not scolding me. Fan Wencheng said quietly.

"Go down!" Azig hurriedly said, "Mr. Fan, children are not sensible, don't you mind!" ”

"I don't mind! I'm used to being talked about! Fan Wencheng said.

After the intense enrollment work ended, the martial arts and Go competitions that Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He were personally responsible for began again. With the influence of the first Cup, there are many more players who come to watch and participate in the competition this year than in the first edition. Since the first commodity exhibition of Yaogang also opened after the competition, many people came in advance. The popularity of the kiln is really unprecedented. In fact, there is still something that you can't see, that is, the senior members of the Yaogang army from all over the country have returned to Yaogang. Fan Chengkun and Mu Yi in Fujian, Li Mao and Qin Peng in the south, Ningde in the northwest, and Zhou Yuji in the north all rushed back. Only Liu Chenghuang was too far away in Hainan to rush back. Even Li Zicheng was invited.

The main purpose of these senior officers returning to Yaogang for a meeting was to arrange the task of expanding the army.

Before the meeting, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He had already had full exchanges with the generals according to their different tasks, and also perfected the army expansion plan according to their suggestions. In the end, Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, and Ouyang He determined the plan for expanding the army.

At this meeting on the expansion of the army, not only the main leaders of Yaogang participated, but also invited the acting prince and the prince of Zhou, as well as Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and of course, Zheng Zhilong.

It is not easy for Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong to sit together this time.

As soon as Li Zicheng arrived, Zhang Zhimu and others took the wind for Li Zicheng and invited Zhang Xianzhong here. Both of them had been told in advance that they were going to meet today. Both of them had no opinions, so Zhang Zhimu arranged it like this.

As soon as the two met, they both bowed their hands, and Zhang Xianzhong said: "King Chuang!" I haven't seen you for years, but you're younger! ”

Li Zicheng said: "The Eight Kings said that they laughed, I think you are getting more and more energetic as you live." The last time I stayed in Yaogang was not a short time, but I didn't expect you to stay in Yaogang and not leave. ”

"Haha! Whoever is staying there can't leave! Zhang Xianzhong said very boldly.

Zhang Zhimu was very happy to see the two of them smiling at each other. He said to them: "King Chuang, the eight kings, the two of you are both fellow villagers and the same year, and today we haven't seen each other for many years, so you have to get drunk and rest!" ”

"Yes, yes! We're drunk! Li Zicheng said.

"Yes, yes!" Zhang Xianzhong said, "I'll tell you the truth, everyone knows that I have something to do with King Chuang, and I have an awkward quarrel." But there is one thing I have always regarded King Chuang as a friend, the last time the imperial court made an edict to my Lao Zhang, the condition I put forward was that it was okay to recruit An, but after I recruited An, Lao Tzu's army must not fight Li Zicheng's army! ”

"Oops! I've heard about it," Li Zicheng said, "and when I heard about it, I almost burst into tears!" What do you think is the trouble between our brothers? ”

Zhang Xianzhong slapped his face and said, "What's the trouble?" It's just for the sake of face!"

"Haha!" Everyone laughed.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Everyone gathers together today, which can be regarded as the expectation of everyone. What's even more rare is that King Chuang and the Eight King brothers can laugh and enmity with each other! If you don't get drunk today, you won't return! ”

"That's right! If you don't get drunk, you can't go home! "Let all be at peace.

The enlarged military meeting was held in the army auditorium. The auditorium was guarded by soldiers all around, and the meeting was solemn.

At the meeting, first of all, Chen Yufeng made a summary of the military work in the previous period. He affirmed the military work in the previous period and affirmed that the officers and men of the whole army had successfully completed the combat tasks assigned by the General Headquarters.

Then Ouyang He introduced the next step of the army's upcoming expansion work. Ouyang He stressed: This military expansion is aimed at the needs of the entire country's national defense in the future.

This sentence made the generals below a little enthusiastic. This shows that the people of Yaogang have officially assumed the responsibility of the defense of the whole country, although everyone knew that Yaogang has now taken on the country's most important external defense tasks, but they have never officially said that they want to take on the defense tasks of the whole country.

In addition to the technical arms, there are currently five infantry corps, one mountain and jungle corps, four cavalry corps, one northwest frontier army, one northern border army, and one Datong border army.

The two infantry divisions in Fujian should select suitable soldiers from the original Zheng Zhilong army, recruit some Fujian children locally, and have other armies transfer some cadres, plus some of this year's military academy graduates, to expand into two armies. They are called the Seventh Infantry Army and the Eighth Infantry Army, respectively.

Zhao Jinli's First Infantry Army, which was allotted part of the troops by the headquarters, was expanded into two armies, called the First Infantry Army and the Ninth Infantry Army.

Shixiu's Second Army, based on the remaining three divisions, was expanded into two armies, called the Second Infantry Army and the Ninth Infantry Army.

Lin Feng's Third Army was expanded into two infantry corps, called the Third Infantry Army and the Tenth Infantry Army.

Wei Xiang's Fourth Army was expanded into two armies, called the Fourth Infantry Army and the Eleventh Infantry Army.

The Fifth Infantry Army was expanded into two infantry corps, called the Fifth Infantry Army and the Twelfth Infantry Army.

The Mountain Jungle Corps served as the Sixth Army.

The plan for the expansion and reorganization of the army is to form seven military regions:

The Northern Military Region, with Zhou Yuji as its commander, has jurisdiction over the Northern Frontier Army, the Datong Frontier Army, and the Third Cavalry Army.

Responsible for the defense of the northern defensive line.

The Northwest Military Region, with Ningde as its commander, has jurisdiction over the Northwest Frontier Army, the Ninth Infantry Army, and the Second Cavalry Army.

Responsible for the defense of the north-western direction.

The Liaodong Military Region, with Jiang Pai as the commander, has jurisdiction over the Fifth Army, the Twelfth Infantry Army, the First Cavalry Army, and the Second Cavalry Army

Carry out operational preparations for the march into Liaodong, and after capturing Liaodong, be responsible for the defense of Liaodong.

The Liangguang Military Region, with Liu Chenghuang as its commander, has jurisdiction over the Mountain Jungle Army and the Third Infantry Army

Prepare to solve the Liangguang area, and at the same time open up the passage for the Dashun army to march on the Annan Road, and march into the Liangguang region.

The Southeast Military Region, with Fan Chengkun as the commander, has the Seventh Infantry Army and the Eighth Infantry Army under its jurisdiction

Responsible for the defense of the southeast coast, and in the near future, after solving the Fujian problem, assist the brother team to march into Guangdong.

The Southwest Military Region, with Zhao Jinli as its commander, has under the jurisdiction of the First Infantry Army and the Tenth Infantry Army

Cooperate with Zhang Xianzhong's troops, take over the southwest region, and then take charge of the defense of the southwest region.

The Central Plains Military Region, with Li Mao concurrently serving as commander, has under the jurisdiction of the Third Infantry Army and the Eleventh Infantry Army

Sitting in the Central Plains, it is currently responsible for the defense of the Ming army to the east, and at the same time, as a strategic mobile force, ready to support all directions at any time.

The Fourth Infantry Corps was directly subordinate to the Military Council.

The expansion of the army will begin immediately and will be completed by the end of the year.

The expansion of the Fifth Army should be carried out after the completion of the military operation against Zuo Liangyu.

In addition, after Li Wei's original heavy artillery was expanded, it was assigned to a military region, and each military region was assigned a heavy artillery division. Li Wei's original artillery carriage battalion was expanded into a artillery carriage division.

In the future, the cavalry will no longer be expanded on a large scale, and experienced cadres in the cavalry can be deployed to serve in the infantry. Because in the future, we will not have many opportunities for cavalry hedging operations. The advantage of cavalry combat and rapid mobility can also be solved by equipping infantry with war horses. The cost of the war horse attached to the infantry is much lower than that of the cavalry. In addition, in the future, the building of automobiles and power vehicles in the army should also be strengthened, and which military regions have combat missions can be temporarily deployed.

As soon as Ouyang He's army expansion plan was promulgated, it was considered to be a boil. After the completion of the expansion of the army, the number of personnel in the 12 Yaogang people's army will be nearly 500,000. Plus three border guards, four cavalry corps. That's nearly 700,000 people. These troops, according to the cost of the kiln gang army, will be an astronomical amount of military expenditure every year.

The generals of Yaogang did not expect to expand the army to so much at once. Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and Zheng Zhilong were even more stunned when they heard it. With an army of nearly 700,000 kilns, it can sweep the world.

When the meeting was held in the afternoon to discuss the issue, everyone was worried that there would be too many military personnel and that military spending would be very large.

Lu Chengxiang stood up and said, "You don't have to worry about military spending, now it's for us." Military spending is a lot, but it's not the biggest expense. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "The reason why we expanded the army to the current scale at once this time is that we want to complete the reunification of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible. Completely eliminate the hidden dangers around us. For example, the Manchu Qing in Liaodong, the Mongols in Mobei, the countries of the Western Regions in the west, Wusizang, and Annam in the south, and the barbarians in the southwest should also be pacified. Only by concentrating our efforts on thoroughly resolving these problems and carving out a reasonable boundary for us can we have a stable and peaceful environment. At that time, we will be able to restore a large number of cadres and soldiers who have been trained by our army to the localities. These cadres and soldiers will become a new force in our management of the place. ”

Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and Zheng Zhilong are all attending such a meeting for the first time, and after the task is announced, they will let everyone fully discuss it, they have never seen such a thing, they feel very fresh, and they sincerely feel that after the generals can discuss it like this, they can have a very deep understanding of the form of the whole world and the tasks assigned, and it is an improvement for the generals, and the generals can also know the tasks they perform.

The meeting was over in one day. However, the command center had to discuss in detail with the generals the military arrangements and new tasks made in connection with the expansion of the army. Outside, the martial arts and Go competitions were vigorously carried out, and the work of the kiln command center was also carried out day and night. Liu Yun's eyes were even more red, Liu Yun was not at ease about everything, and he had to ask in person.

Azig and Fan Wencheng and others in Liaodong can really calm down and visit all over the kiln every day.

After Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng heard the process of Ouyang He's banquet for Azig and Fan Wencheng, they both said that Ouyang He did a good job, said everything that should be said, and saved them some face.

After the military enlargement meeting was over, Li Jing, who was in a hurry to Jiujiang, was sent away, and Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, Ouyang He, and Li Zhi studied Liaodong again. Ouyang He smiled and said, "I don't know, what will our Shuobeile and Fan Junshi think if they know that we have formed the Liaodong Military Region to deal with them?" ”

"It's useless for them to think about anything, I think those Manchu people still have the determination to fight to the death. Those people are much better than us Han people if they don't shoot to death. Chen Yunfeng said.

"I think there is a chance for Mr. Ouyang to meet that Fan Wencheng alone. He said something hard in front of Azig, and that was what he had to say. In front of their masters, they didn't dare to reveal what they really thought. I think that from Nurhachi to Huang Taiji, and now the regent Dolgon attaches so much importance to this Fan Wencheng, this person will definitely see the current situation clearly. See him alone to see what he really thinks. Perhaps it will be a reference for us to govern Liaodong in the future. Zhang Zhimu said. Of course, Zhang Zhimu can't say that he knew in his previous life that Fan Wencheng was loyal to Manchuria and played a considerable role in giving advice to the Manchus to defeat Li Zicheng and Nanming.

Ouyang He said: "Mr. Zhang, I can also see after seeing this person, this is an amazing person. Calm and introverted, he is a rare talent. It's a pity to be a traitor. ”

Li Zhi, who had not spoken, said: "There is no way, Fan Wencheng was captured by the Manchus and made a slave, and he was reused by his master with his talent before joining the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty." Otherwise, being a slave would have died a long time ago! ”

"To be a man you still have to be virtuous, if his ancestor Fan Zhongyan knew that his descendants would be traitors, he would probably strangle his son to death long ago." Chen Yunfeng said fiercely. He hates traitors the most.

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "I guess this Fan Wencheng will also put forward some suggestions." Such a person will not easily let go of the opportunity to show his talents. We have nothing to lose by listening more. ”

"Okay! Mr. Zhang. Ouyang He said, "We have a preliminary plan to start marching to Liaodong in the middle of next year." On the sea route, just transport a military from Fujian to the sea. The rest of the procession, led by Jiang Ping, marched east along the north side of the Great Wall, bypassing the Shanhai Pass. The specific plan, Jiang Jian and Liu Yun studied very carefully. ”

"I don't care about military matters, you can do it yourself." Zhang Zhimu said, "There is one thing, have you thought about what to do? Is that the North Korean thing? ”

Chen Yunfeng said: "I think it's a little more thorough, and invite their emperor to the kiln!" We sent someone directly to take over everything from them. In the future, they will be required to learn Chinese. After many years, they were all assimilated. ”

"My idea is to take my time, leave them alone, and then we'll deal with the entire Northeast region, North Korea is a small place after all. It's easy to deal with them. Ouyang He obviously had different ideas from Chen Yufeng.

"I think let's hit the Yalu River first! We'll see how it goes later. In his previous life, Zhang Zhimu felt very uncomfortable about assigning the entire Yalu River estuary to North Korea, especially when he saw that the beacon tower was also drawn to the other side of the barbed wire, and he felt uncomfortable. Don't make that mistake again this time.

Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".