In September, taking advantage of the end of the training of the new army, Gao Yihuan carried out a major reorganization of the Wei Wu army's men and horses, so that he could better command and mobilize the 100,000 troops.

Previously, Wei Wujun had only ten battalions, and the largest establishment was more than 3,300 soldiers in one battalion, but now it has become 100,000 horses, that is, 30 battalions.

With so many battalions, it is a little difficult for Gao Yihuan to directly command.

This time, the Wei Wu Army set up five armies, including the front and back, the left and right armies, all of which were about two battalions per army, plus a pro-health division, totaling about 7,000 people, and the four armies totaling more than 28,000 people.

Although the chief general of the Chinese army is Zhao Daxian, the men and horses are actually led by Gao Yihuan, and the scale is much larger, with six battalions, plus an artillery team, and a scout, about 22,000 people.

The strength of the Chinese army was almost equal to the men and horses of the four armies on the left and right combined, which ensured Gao Yihuan's absolute control over the Wei Wu army.

In this way, the original ten old battalion soldiers, plus the new attached battalion that had participated in the Battle of Ruzhou, were all reorganized into the Fifth Army, with a total of more than 50,000 horses.

These 50,000 elite soldiers can be regarded as Gao Yihuan's central forbidden army, and the newly trained 50,000 horses are sent to the local area to undertake local defense tasks.

At that time, 50,000 new troops will be stationed in various places to undertake the main defense, and the four armies will be stationed in the capital and provincial capitals in the front and right, and the Chinese army will follow Gao Yihuan to sit in the center and establish a relatively complete garrison system.

In September, the Wei army began a large-scale reorganization, and the army was mobilized and rearmed.

Among them, Runing Mansion, including Luyi and other places, garrisoned more than 15,000 new soldiers, and Jin Shenghuan led 7,000 people from the left army to garrison the city and coordinate the defense.

Wu Shizhao led the rear army of 7,000 people, and more than 15,000 new soldiers were stationed in Nanyang.

Wang Deren led the right army of 3,000 people, with 5,000 new soldiers, stationed in Yunyang Mansion, and Wang Guangtai led the right army of 3,000 people, with 5,000 new soldiers, stationed in Chengtian Mansion.

The rest of the men and horses, in addition to Xiangyang sent a town guard, about 35,000 people, temporarily assembled in Jingzhou and began to conduct large-scale siege drills to prepare for the attack on Yiling Prefecture.

After more than a month of busyness, the reorganization and garrison of Wei Wujun were basically completed, but this was not the final establishment of Wei Wujun, and changes would definitely be made in the future as needed.

In October 1645, the lake was ripe, not to mention the land of fish and rice in Huguang, it was the southern Henan region, thanks to the cultivation of sweet potatoes and corn, and a lot of grain was harvested.

When the autumn grain was collected, in addition to the grain needed by the army for a year, there were also 300,000 stone of grain left in the treasury.

At present, in the areas controlled by Gao Yihuan, in addition to Yunyang Prefecture, Gao Yihuan must be upside down, and the three prefectures of Runing, Nanyang, and Xiangyang have already been able to achieve self-sufficiency in grain, and there is still some surplus.

The grain output of Xinde Chengtian Mansion and Jingzhou Mansion completely filled Gao Yihuan's grain depot, and he suddenly became a big guy.

In general, after Gao Yihuan went south to Huguang, the food problem that originally plagued him has been greatly alleviated.

In terms of military salaries, thanks to the transaction with Li Zicheng, Gao Yihuan gave rewards to the soldiers, and there were still two million taels of silver in the treasury.

With this money, as long as he doesn't fight, Gao Yihuan won't have to worry about military pay for at least a year.

At this time, the autumn harvest has passed, Gao Yihuan wants money and food, and the morale of the army is booming.

Although a big battle can't be fought, there is no problem with moving.

As soon as Wei Wujun summed it up, he felt that it was time to fight Yilingzhou, otherwise when the battle in Guanzhong was over, he would not have a chance to fight Yiling again.

In the transaction with Li Zicheng, Gao Yihuan can be said to have a very good understanding of the war in Guanzhong.

The war in Guanzhong, which began in July and now in October, has been fought intermittently for four months.

This war can be said to be a situation that has never occurred since the Qing army entered the customs.

For Li Zicheng, the Shun army, which ran away when the situation was not right, had never fought such a big battle, and they fought with the Qing army repeatedly for more than 80 days in just one city of Yan'an.

In this attack on Guanzhong, Dolgon is almost the strength of the country, if it drags on, the Qing army's sharp spirit will become exhausted, and it will be impossible to fight Guanzhong again.

For Li Zicheng, Guanzhong is already his last foundation, and if he loses Guanzhong, he will become a lost dog again.

With Gao Yihuan providing food and firearms, Li Zicheng finally hardened and persevered for four months.

At this time, in order to solve the threat from the west before the end of the battle in Guanzhong, Gao Yihuan led an army of 30,000 to Yiling Prefecture, preparing to solve Sun Kewang and block the road of the western army out of Sichuan.

In this way, Gao Yihuan only needs to hold Yiling, so that he can reduce the garrison in Jingzhou and use the main force to deal with the Qing army.

At this time, a group of cavalry escorted a person and rushed from the official road to the Wei army camp near Yiling.

Not long after, the cavalry came to the outside of the camp and turned over and dismounted, and then went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army, but saw Gao Yihuan standing outside the tent in a brocade robe.

When he saw someone coming, he immediately smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, if there is anything, you just need to send someone over, why bother to make a hard trip and come by yourself?" ”

Gao Yihuan saw that Zhou Ronghua's family wealth was confiscated and the original smuggling channels were all cut off, so he thought that he had no value, and his attitude was a little cold. However, after trading with Li Zicheng again, Gao Yihuan earned a large amount of silver from it, and he sensed his value again, so he naturally became enthusiastic again.

Facing the God of Wealth, Gao Yihuan's face can be said to change quite quickly.

Zhou Ronghua hesitated, "Tall and handsome, the situation in Guanzhong is tense, I have to come over in person." ”

Seeing this, Gao Yihuan raised his eyebrows, and his expression became serious, "Come on, say it inside!" ”

The two entered the big tent and sat down, Gao Yihuan didn't say hello, and went straight to the point, "Brother Zhou, what's the situation in Guanzhong!" ”

Zhou Ronghua sighed, "Gao Dashuai, originally at the beginning of September, the situation had stabilized, and the Qing army temporarily stopped attacking, but now the Qing army has made a comeback, and they have also created a sky-shaking thunder, Yan'an has been lost, and now the army and the Qing army are facing each other in Fuping, I am entrusted by Your Majesty, I hope that Gao Dashuai can increase the supply of firearms." ”

"Yan'an is lost!" Gao Yihuan was shocked, and his expression immediately became serious.

At this time, he frowned, thought slightly, got up and picked up the pen, and said while writing: "Brother Zhou, I'll write you a note, you can go to Runing now to bring a thousand heaven-shattering thunders back to Guanzhong." In addition, Ben Shuai will let the men and horses of Nanyang and Runing attack and harass northern Henan to contain the Qing army in Henan to a certain extent, and give you some help. Ben Shuai will go north immediately after conquering Yiling Prefecture and put pressure on the Tartars, but the army needs silver money, you go back and ask your emperor to see how much he can give!. ”

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