After Zhou Jianmin, the commander of the provisional First Army, expressed his position, Wu Youliang, the commander of the Provisional Second Army, hesitated for a moment and said to Su Yi: "Commander, I, Wu Youliang, am also willing to serve under your command all the time, but the Zhao family is kind to me, if I continue to stay in the Provisional Second Army, I am likely to be in a dilemma, so I hope that the commander can remove me from the position of commander and let me go back to the Ministry of Defense to report." ”

Wu Youliang, the commander of the provisional Second Army, made Su Yi's brows frown, Wu Youliang can be described as a handsome man with both wisdom and bravery, in the battle to defeat the army of the Ice Lion Kingdom north of Yueyang City, Wu Youliang was appointed by Su Yi as the commander of the front line, and during the entire combat process, Wu Youliang's command can be described as impeccable, and at a very small cost, the combat objectives set by Su Yi were successfully completed.

In the street battle in Yueyang City, Wu Youliang put his command at the forefront, and even Wu Youliang personally led the team to launch a counterattack and recapture a position that had just been occupied by the Ice Lion Army.

In addition, Wu Youliang also has his own unique views in terms of grand strategy, which makes Su Yi attach great importance to Wu Youliang, and hopes that Wu Youliang can become one of his right-hand men in the world on the side of the Great Qin State.

Su Yi pondered for a moment, and then said to Wu Youliang: "Commander Wu, the Ministry of National Defense has sent a telegram that an observation group will soon be sent to Yueyang City, and Vice Minister of Defense Zhao Zeling will be the deputy head of the observation group and will follow the observation team to Yueyang City. ”

After the Ice Lion Nation army withdrew from Yueyang City, Su Yi prepared to improve the establishment of the three temporary armies under his command, and set up the following brigade-level combat units and regiment-level combat units.

According to Su Yi's plan, each provisional army under his command has six provisional divisions and some units directly under the military headquarters, each provisional division has three infantry brigades and some units directly under the division headquarters, each infantry brigade has three infantry regiments and some units directly under the brigade headquarters, and each infantry regiment has three infantry battalions, one air defense battalion, one artillery battalion and one logistics battalion, and the establishment of battalion-level units is the same as before.

In this way, each infantry regiment under Su Yi's command has about 8,000 people, each infantry brigade has about 28,000 people, each provisional division has about 90,000 people, and each provisional army has about 550,000 people.

After recruiting more than 400,000 soldiers from Yuhong County, the strength of the army under Su Yi has exceeded 800,000, and the army under Su Yi will recruit nearly 900,000 young men in the areas under his control, mainly in Zhutian County, Lanping County, Danyan County and Huining County.

Although a large number of recruits will inevitably affect the combat effectiveness of the army under Su Yi's command, with the weapons and equipment that Su Yi brought from the Tang Empire and the Han Kingdom, it will definitely allow the three temporary armies that have completed the expansion to form a certain combat effectiveness as soon as possible, and have the capital to compete with the elite troops of the Ice Lion Country.

Except for Wu Youliang, none of the three high-ranking officers of the provisional army took the initiative to express their willingness to leave to Su Yi, and they all showed their loyalty to Su Yi.

After this military meeting, Qian Rongli, the commander of the provisional Third Army, did not leave, and Su Yi called Qian Rongli to a room alone.

"Commander, you know that I originally belonged to the Liu family's faction where Minister of Defense Liu Fuchen belonged, and now I can serve under the commander, and I control hundreds of thousands of elite troops, I am actually very satisfied, but I still know the Liu family well, the Liu family has always done things to achieve the goal by unscrupulous means, and my family is likely to be controlled by the Liu family now, so as to force me to pull the temporary Third Army to join the Liu family's camp." Qian Rongli said to Su Yi with a wry smile.

Su Yi rubbed his temples, and his brows furrowed a little tighter, "This is a very troublesome matter, if those thirteen factions use the families of you high-ranking officers to threaten you, it will indeed make it difficult for you to do, let me think about this matter and see how it can be solved." ”

Qian Rongli hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander, it is better to remove me from the position of army commander for the time being, if I am not the commander of the provisional Third Army, presumably the Liu family will no longer attach importance to my family, so that I can bring my family back to Yueyang City, and then I will continue to serve the commander." ”

Su Yi thought for a while and said: "Commander Qian, I'll find a way to take your family to Yueyang City first, if you can't do it, let's try the method you said again, now the three temporary armies are all expanding the army, and the temporary third army still needs you to preside over the work of the army expansion." ”

Qian Rongli nodded and said, "I listen to the commander's arrangement." ”

Qian Rongli, the commander of the Provisional Third Army, is not as brave as Zhou Jianmin, the commander of the Provisional First Army, and there is a big gap in intelligence and strategy compared with Wu Youliang, the commander of the Provisional Second Army, but Qian Rongli is indeed a good executor.

In the brutal street battles in Yueyang City, all the orders given by Su Yi to Qian Rongli were completed by Qian Rongli meticulously, so Qian Rongli was able to stand out among the nine commanders of the provisional division at the beginning, and together with Zhou Jianmin and Wu Youliang, he was appointed by Su Yi as one of the commanders of the three provisional armies.

After Qian Rongli left, Su Yi found Sun Guodong, the deputy commander of Yueyang City's urban defense, and then told Sun Guodong about Qian Rongli's concerns.

Sun Guodong immediately suggested to Su Yi: "Commander, I feel that we should immediately transfer personnel to the areas that have not been captured, or even to the areas that have already fallen, to pick up the families of the three high-ranking officers of the provisional army, and to guard against the thirteen factions of the Great Qin military and the people of the Ice Lion Country, and use those family members to threaten the high-ranking officers of our three provisional army, as for the family members of Commander Qian, I think they can directly ask the Ministry of National Defense, unless Minister of Defense Liu Fuchen does not mind tearing your face with the commander, Otherwise, Commander Qian's family would definitely be sent to Yueyang City. ”

Su Yi said approvingly: "Then immediately organize people to pick up the families of high-ranking officers, and bring the families to the areas under our control, the observation team of the Ministry of Defense should be able to arrive in Yueyang City in these two days, and then I will directly ask the senior officials of the observation group for Qian Rongli's family." ”

On the afternoon of April 23, 2538, the observation group headed by Zhou Botao, chief of the general staff, and Zhao Zeling, deputy minister, arrived in Yueyang City by car.

Zhou Botao, Chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense, looked at the Ministry of Defense building that had been bombed into ruins, and couldn't help but say with emotion: "This Ministry of Defense building has a history of more than two hundred years, and it was built in the year when our Great Qin State abolished the monarchy, that is, in the year 2330 of the Divine Calendar. ”

Zhao Zeling, the deputy minister of defense next to him, said with a wry smile: "Before I left Yueyang City, this Ministry of Defense building was blown up by the air force of the Ice Lion Country, and thanks to the kind of sharp weapon called the individual air defense missile in Su Yi's hand, the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country could not wreak havoc in the sky above Yueyang City." ”

After a pause, Zhao Zeling suddenly turned his head to Su Yi and asked, "General Su, I don't know where you got the individual air defense missile in your hand?" Is it possible to give some individual anti-aircraft missiles to other units of our Great Qin Army? It is precisely because the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country occupies absolute air supremacy that our Great Qin Army has suffered defeats in many battlefields one after another, and if other units of our Great Qin Army can also be equipped with individual air defense missiles, we may soon be able to change the current unfavorable situation of our Great Qin State! ”

Su Yi did not take Zhao Zeling's words, but changed the topic and said: "Chief of General Staff Zhou, Minister Zhao, because the main force of the Ice Lion Country's army has only retreated to the north of Phoenix Mountain, and it may attack Yueyang City again at any time, so the reconstruction work in Yueyang City is starting very slowly, and we have invested more manpower and material resources in the construction of fortifications, so we can only prepare a little wine to entertain Chief of General Staff Zhou and Minister Zhao in the basement under the ruins of the Ministry of National Defense Building." ”

Zhou Botao, Chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense, and Zhao Zeling, Vice Minister of National Defense, exchanged glances, and Zhou Botao said with a smile: "General Su, in fact, Minister Zhao and I are authentic Yueyang people, it stands to reason that General Su has made such a great contribution to our Great Qin State and kept the capital of our Great Qin State, and Minister Zhao and I should have a banquet for General Su." ”

Su Yi smiled and said: "Chief of General Staff Zhou and Minister Zhao are also coming from afar no matter what, I Su Yi still invited a meal, the wine and food over there have been prepared, Chief of General Staff Zhou, Minister Zhao, please!" ”

Zhao Zeling, Vice Minister of National Defense, said at this time: "General Su, it's still early before dinner, so it's better to award the Ministry of Defense to the meritorious personnel who defended Yueyang City first!" ”

Su Yi nodded and said, "It's okay, then first trouble Chief of General Staff Zhou and Minister Zhao to award awards to the meritorious personnel in the defense of Yueyang City, and then I will accompany Chief of General Staff Zhou and Minister Zhao to have a few drinks." ”

Next, in the process of awarding commendations to the meritorious personnel of the defense of Yueyang City, there was also a little discordant episode.

This time, the Ministry of Defense only awarded a first-class medal of honor to Su Yi, the greatest hero in the defense of Yueyang City, although the first-class medal of honor is already the highest level of the Great Qin State, but the Ministry of Defense's commendation of Su Yi has caused the dissatisfaction of those high-level officers under Su Yi.

The Ministry of National Defense's commendation of those high-level officers under Su Yi this time can be said to be unstingy, the commanders and deputy commanders of the three provisional armies have been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, and the division commanders and deputy division commanders of many provisional divisions have also been promoted to major generals, you must know that Su Yi's current military rank is lieutenant general.

Zhou Jianmin, commander of the provisional First Army, said unceremoniously to Zhou Botao, chief of the General Staff: "Chief of General Staff Zhou, the rank of lieutenant general of the army, I Zhou Jianmin can not accept it, it can be said that without Commander Su, there would be no victory in the defense of Yueyang City, and now the Ministry of Defense not only did not promote the rank of Commander Su, but also promoted the ranks of our subordinates to the same level as Commander Su, I don't know what the Ministry of Defense means?" ”

Wu Youliang, commander of the Second Army of the Provisional Formation, then said in a deep voice to Zhao Zeling, Vice Minister of National Defense: "Minister Zhao, Commander Su is the greatest hero of the defense of Yueyang City, and now the Ministry of Defense has not even promoted the rank of Commander Su. ”

Qian Rongli, the commander of the provisional Third Army, nodded and said: "What Commander Zhou and Commander Wu said is extremely true, this rank of lieutenant general, I Qian Rongli will not accept it, unless the Ministry of Defense can promote Commander Su to army general." ”

After the commanders of the three provisional armies expressed their attitudes, the three deputy commanders and the division commanders and deputy division commanders of the various provisional divisions said one after another that they would not accept the Ministry of National Defense's promotion of their ranks.

Zhou Botao, chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense, and Zhao Zeling, vice minister of national defense, looked at the high-level officers under Su Yi's command, and the expressions on their faces were both embarrassed and angry.

At this time, Sun Guodong, deputy commander of Yueyang City's urban defense, said coldly to Zhou Botao and Zhao Zeling: "Chief of General Staff Zhou, Minister Zhao, the Ministry of Defense gave me the rank of lieutenant general, and I Sun Guodong did not dare to accept it, our troops who stayed in Yueyang City sacrificed hundreds of thousands of soldiers in order to resist the army of the Ice Lion Country with superior strength, but under the leadership of Commander Su, they still won the victory in the defense of Yueyang City. Or did the Ministry of Defense deliberately do this, wanting to cause contradictions among our defenders of Yueyang City? ”

Zhou Botao, Chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense, hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth to explain to Su Yi and the high-ranking officers under Su Yi: "Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding! In fact, the Ministry of National Defense was ready to promote General Su Yi to army general, but considering that General Su Yi was too young, he decided to wait for the time being, which is also a kind of protection for General Su Yi, as long as General Su Yi ......"

Before Zhou Botao finished speaking, he was interrupted by Su Yi, "Chief of General Staff Zhou, I, Su Yi, don't attach importance to the rank of army general, but the Ministry of Defense has promoted several army commanders and deputy army commanders under me to lieutenant generals this time, do you really want to cause contradictions among our Yueyang City defenders?" ”

Su Yi's tone became colder and colder, which made Zhou Botao, Chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense, and Zhao Zeling, Deputy Minister of National Defense, feel very uncomfortable, but neither of them had a-for-tat confrontation with Su Yi.

Zhao Zeling immediately coughed and said roundly: "It is our Ministry of Defense that has not considered it well enough, and Chief of General Staff Zhou and I immediately sent a telegram to Minister Liu Fuchen of the Ministry of National Defense to re-discuss the commendation of General Su, what do you think of General Su?" ”