Subsequently, I also knew that a series of things happened in Xuzhou, or a farce that started with a menacing start but ended in a tiger; There is not much to worry about in the overall layout, after all, it is for the day when it is possible, and the corresponding preparations have already been made, just waiting for someone to take the initiative to jump in.?? Huoran? Wen???.?

It's just that I didn't expect that the other party's origin and background were much bigger than expected, and the effect and usefulness were also unexpectedly good, at least among the high-level people in Huaizhen, the secret thorn that once made people linger was also pulled out on the spot because of the passive existence of the pig teammates, which was successfully exposed;

Although it is inevitable that there will be amplification and ripple effects that are difficult to fully control in the handling of subsequent related affairs, and even bring short-term blood loss, weakness and chaos, in terms of internal purity and long-term gains and losses of development expectations, all these costs are worth it.

The court envoys and guards who were captured and captured on the spot during the incident were originally intended to be used as bargaining chips and hostages for private political exchange; However, now that Huaizhen has torn his face with the imperial court, they themselves have no great meaning, so they can only invite them to go to the mine and salt field to reflect on and redeem the harm caused to the people of Huaizhen.

However, the on-the-spot performance and final choice of Xin Jiaxuan and Lu Wuguan, who are responsible for presiding over the daily left-behind affairs, make people feel a little surprised. After all, as close comrades-in-arms and business partners who have walked together, the background and background of the two of them are more complicated;

Therefore, I am not so confident and sure of the attitudes and positions of these two; Now that I have been forced to make a choice due to the situation, it is undoubtedly quite good news for me.

After the resumption of basic land communication with Xuzhou, the first thing I did was to order the engineering regiments and armed cantonment points remaining in Huainan to give priority to the construction of wrench signals and corresponding supporting towers, post stations, grain stations, and checkpoints along the canal branch line;

Together with the supporting Cao River dredging project, we will ensure the relative convenience of transportation and communication, and lay the foundation or prepare for the complete annexation and digestion of the entire Huainan Province in the future.

After all, with the Huai Zhen and the national dynasty side led by me. In this way, the last fig leaf of the monarch and the minister was torn apart, and the value of the dilapidated Huainan Province as a transitional and buffer area between the north and the south basically ceased to exist; So for me, what was originally just a sneaky gradual infiltration, and operating a place in the name of chasing and suppressing thieves, no longer makes much sense.

It can be said that the hundreds of miles of Jiangbei area from Yangzhou to Taizhou will soon become a self-reliant Huaizhen, and the frontier area of confrontation and confrontation with the Jiangnan provinces occupied by the national dynasty;

This requires the Huaizhen under my leadership to quickly clean up and clean up the messy place in a short period of time, and turn it into a rear area that can be quickly used and assisted, and the most basic requirement is not to drag the garrison back and produce negative effects.

At least, the miscellaneous Tutuan, the volunteers, and the villagers in the interior of Huainan Province, as well as the Wubao villages where they lived, could no longer stay; They either surrender honestly and accept labor reform and enjoy the collective life of hard work and value-creation, or they will crush their mothers into ashes in front of guns and cannons.

In addition, although Huainan Province has been displaced by floods and droughts in recent years, as a traditional farming area and grain producing area in Chinese history, the foundation of fertile land and abundant products, as well as the foundation of water conservancy and irrigation, still exist to varying degrees;

Therefore, compared with those feudal towns in history, the development and reclamation of small fights or piecemeal repairs; With sufficient human resources and other sustained investment, it is relatively easy to achieve results and harvests.

Therefore, it has become necessary for me to continue to be here for a while. On the one hand, it is convenient to get more follow-up news and dynamics from the national Super League, and conduct research and evaluation on the spot.

On the other hand, it is mainly to coordinate the reinforcements and human resources that arrive later, and to cooperate with a series of military operations by land and water, and the defector who has been infiltrated by the imperial court is very powerful, and needs to be pursued and eliminated; It is also through this to integrate and rebuild local order and armed forces, and hastily establish the most basic southbound defense line and warning area along the river.

Next, my first follow-up instruction to Xuzhou is to immediately begin to gradually cut off the relationship and relationship with the Liang court from the perspective of public opinion and substantive measures;

Because this work has been going on in a continuous and step-by-step manner for a long time, this time it is more of a symbolic and nominal initiative

For example, it includes a full range of changes to the military order and number;

Since then, the left army of the imperial camp of the main battle army of the headquarters has been renamed the first army of Huaizhen, the right guard army of the camp has been changed to the second army, the front army has been changed to the third army, and the model rear army has been changed to the fifth army; In addition, the Andong Garrison Army, which was established in accordance with the main battle unit and was responsible for garrisoning Liaodi, was reorganized and expanded into the Sixth Army on the spot.

Then, the four compartments of the front and rear left and right under the Huaidong Garrison Army were changed to the first and second armies of the garrison; The rest of the Dingxiang Army, the Ping Navy, and the Baoding Army, which are stationed in Andong and still retain a basic structure, are temporarily organized into the third, fourth, and fifth armies of the garrison; After the on-site expansion and replenishment are completed, it is ready to be relocated to Hebei, Henan and Huainan.

The establishment and name of the semi-full-time Jiansheng Army remained unchanged, but it was organized into one engineering army and three cantonment armies; The foreign feudal troops under the direct control of Huaizhen also basically remained the same to continue the old name, but for the time being, under the name of the aftermath of the Aftermath Division, it was divided into three garrison clusters: Yizhou, Haidong (Silla Domain), and Liaodi.

As for the left and right Yuhou Army, which was brought together by technical arms and experimental troops, it was renamed the First and Second Divisions of the Internal Guard on the spot; The names of the battalions of the tooth soldiers and the names of the yamen remained unchanged.

In addition, under the name of the Huaidong Economic Strategy, the battalion was the unit, and more than a dozen independent border defense battalions were set up, and the equipment and personnel were slightly better than the garrison battalions, but the mules and horses on the mobile were simplified and the small cannons and large guns were used to emphasize the defensive nature, mainly aimed at some outer enclaves under the direct control, and the key and main needs of control and suppression.

Of course, the specific flags and military rank styles are still the same, and the corresponding honorary titles and titles of the subordinate departments are also the same.

In this way, the actual combat troops available under my command have reached more than 120,000, which is still a relatively easy ratio compared to the population of nearly two or three million under the current rule of Huaizhen.

After all, it is collective agriculture supported by the primary industrial base and the underlying social structure linked by traditional small-scale peasant families and clans, which is an incomparable result in terms of mobilization effectiveness and resource utilization, and even in terms of natural environmental changes and the ability to resist unexpected risks.

Then, it is Liu Yanqing, the model post-army commander who has been rescued, and the related disposal and retention issues.

Because I found that among this model rear army with a large number of new soldiers, he is actually quite popular, especially among the middle and lower class soldiers; Therefore, after the dust has settled, he took the initiative to defend him afterwards and made his voice clear

At the very least, for the sake of his public refusal to accept the chaos and his intention to distinguish and intercede for me, I will also give him a chance to have more choices.

The Dayun Temple on the Shugang Mountain, a famous mountain outside the old city of Yangzhou, the scenic spot with excellent scenery is located on the Xilin Big Wooden Tower, I sat with him in a particularly high-spirited manner, and put a pot of local spring bud tea in Yangzhou, a few plates of honey-stained fruits, which is a quiet and private environment that promotes a long conversation.

"Since the court no longer accommodates me, then I can only continue to carry such a person's entrustment and hope."

"Continue to move forward firmly, at least find a way to break a new path."

I said to him to myself,

"But what's next for you?"

Hearing this, his face suddenly became dark and tangled, and then a thousand words came to his lips and he only sighed heavily

"Of course, with the old friendship and affection between you and me, it should be better to stay and relax, or to get together and disperse."

I continued to persuade him.

"But as far as my personal selfishness is concerned, I naturally prefer that you continue to stay and help me."

"After all, you are the same as me, from the great cause of the Northern Expedition of the two capitals, and from the sea of blood of thousands of corpses and horses,"

"It's been so easy for a veteran to get to this point."

"If it is as big as it is today, why worry about not having a good man to settle down or make a contribution."

"Why bother to go back to the predicament and mudflats in the south for a little old origin and reason."

With that, I filled him with a cup of amber tea again.

"Do you think that those who will only fight for merit, or the court princes who are eager to remedy one or two,"

"After these things, will you still be given the corresponding justice and courtesy?"

"Or for the sake of the old handsome, let you make a confession and private prosecution in court."

"But will it give you the opportunity to continue to lead the troops and serve in the army?"

"At least continue to stay with me, they still have a little taboo and miss."

"As long as you can continue to lead the troops, you will always have some support and confidence"

"Presumably your old handsome man also understands this truth very well."

"Perhaps, after this incident, it is not a turning point for the situation he is in now."

"Even if you don't want to face the origins of those dynasties in the past, I won't make it difficult for you."

"With the vastness of the northern land today, isn't there any room and opportunity for you to continue to carry forward the Liu family's generals?"

"Let me think about it."

Hearing this, his expression and color became more and more struggling and hesitating.