Chapter 438: New Three Armies and Four Directions
After some discussion between Shi Wengong and Xu Guanzhong in the past three days, it was finally decided to completely separate the original armies under his command and form a new three-way expeditionary army, which was named the Northern Expeditionary Dangkou Army, the Western Frontier Army, and the Eastern Expeditionary Army.
Among them, the Northern Expeditionary Dangkou Army will be led by Lu Junyi as the marshal, Lin Chong as the deputy marshal, and Zhu Wu as the accompanying military division. The army was formed from the original Fenwei Army and the Qilin Army. In addition, the Rushing Surprise Barracks, which had already occupied Longde Mansion for a period of time, belonged to it, and because of the mountainous terrain in the north, Shi Wengong also handed over the mountain battalion and heavy armored iron cavalry in his army to Lu Junyi under the command.
At the same time, because there were still Liao people in the north, in order to resist the Liao people taking the opportunity to invade the Central Plains in the south, Shi Wengong also sent Li Kui's trap camp to assist Lu Junyi and his party.
The specific generals in the Northern Expedition were: Suo Chao, Zhou Jin, Zhu Tong, Lei Heng, Zhang Qing, Yan Qing, Gong Wang, Ding Desun, Shan Shiqi, Mu Hong, Mu Chun, Deng Fei, Lu Fang, Shi Jin, Hu Cheng, Chen Da, Yang Chun, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, Luan Tingyu, Hao Siwen, Dai Zong, Li Kui, Fan Rui, Xiang Chong, Li Gon, Bao Xu, with a total strength of 100,000 troops.
The formation of this Northern Expeditionary Dangkou Army was to target the Tianhu forces that had occupied 56 counties in five states in the north and proclaimed themselves the King of Jin.
The westward defense army will be led by Lu Zhishen as the marshal, Dong Ping and Qin Ming as the deputy marshals of the left and right, and Wen Huanzhang will be sent as the accompanying military division. The army was formed by the original Deception Army, the Thunder Army, the Thunderbolt Army, and the Thunderbolt Army and the Horse Army.
The specific generals in the westward defense army were: Tang Bin, Liu Tang, Cui Wei, Wen Zhongrong, Yang Tengjiao, Yang Zhi, Li Ying, Ou Peng, Sun Li, Hua Rong, Huang Xin, Hu Yanzhuo, Han Tao, Peng Xi, a total of 80,000 horses.
This westward defense army, as its name suggests, was formed to hold the western border of the Central Plains, so that the young people of the Western Xia Kingdom would give up their plans to take advantage of the chaos to invade the Central Plains. Because there was already a Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty in the west, the westward defense army sent by Shi Wengong would naturally have friction with the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, and if the contradiction could not be adjusted, it would also need to fight against the Western Army, and everything would be under the command of Marshal Lu Zhishen.
Yue Fei will lead the post of marshal, with Gao Zhong as the deputy marshal, and Zong Ze as the military advisor. The army was formed from the original Beiwei army and the sharp sword army and the new army that gathered from various cities.
The specific generals in the Eastern Expedition and the Western Expedition were: Zhu Ji, Yuan Lang, Duan Pengju, Wu Bingyi, Han Tianlin, Zhou Xin, Tang Huai, Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, Niu Gao, Zong Fang, Zheng Huai, Zhang Kui, a total of 50,000 horses.
Although the Eastern Expedition and Western Expedition Army led by Yue Fei and Gao Chong also had the same Western character as Nalu Zhishen's Westward Defending Army, the marching range of the two armies was very different.
In addition to defending the Western Xia army, it is also possible to be attacked by the Western Song Army, which can be said to have a potentially strong enemy.
The army led by Yue Fei and Gao Zhong was to go back and forth in the Central Plains, mainly on the east and west sides of Gyeonggi Road, to expand the territory of Shi Wengong's Liang world. If there is another imperial court coalition army to attack during this period, this eastern expedition to the west will be the main force against the imperial court coalition army, just like Lu Junyi did a month ago.
In addition to these three armies and their lieutenant generals, most of the other armies were assigned by Shi Wengong to various places to defend the city, of which the main force was Wang Jin's Xiongyi army, and there were also mixed with the strength of various battalions under the command of other armies. All of them were divided into pieces by Shi Wengong and assigned to each city to manage one side.
At the same time, Tian Hu, who was located on Hedong Road, was furious after learning of the reply of Shi Wengong, the king of Liang, and then openly raised the banner, disobeying the rule and domination of Shi Wengong, the king of Liang, and wanted to march into the army to compete with Shi Wengong, the king of Liang, and compete in the Central Plains.
After hearing that Natian Hu officially raised the banner of King Jin and tore up the covenant, Shi Wengong had no worries, when even the Northern Expedition of Lu Junyi was dispatched out of Tokyo and marched towards Nahe East Road.
However, at this time, the Northern Expedition has not yet been assembled, and Lin Chong, Shi Jin and others are still in the Nalongde Mansion, confronting the old nest of Natian Tiger Weisheng from afar, sticking to the city, and preparing for Lu Junyi's army to conquer Tian Hu.
After Lu Junyi led the Northern Expedition to leave Tokyo City, Lu Zhishen also led the westward defense army out of Tokyo City on the same day, heading towards the western border.
In this westward defense army, Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhidu have served in the Western Army, and they also have a certain status in the hearts of the old and small races. In addition, there are Hu Yanzhuo, Dong Ping, Qin Ming and other former court generals in the army, and their status is also very high, I believe that they will not have much conflict with the Western army.
The reason why Shi Wengong appointed Lu Zhishen as the marshal was because he had served in the Western Army and knew the terrain of the Western Territory and the strength of the Western Xia Army. is even more because Lu Zhishen is a lucky general.
When Shi Wengong fought the world before, when Lu Zhishen was sent to lead the army to attack Yizhou City, Lu Zhishen had already played his role as a lucky general.
Not only did he successfully attack the city of Yizhou, which had never intersected with Liangshan, but also incorporated the surrounding forces, expanded the military array, and expanded the original 30,000 soldiers and horses to 50,000 people, which is enough to show Lu Zhishen's Fushen nature.
Now that Shi Wengong has appointed Lu Zhishen as the marshal and led the army westward, he also hopes that Lu Zhishen can once again give full play to his blessings, and strive to integrate the Western Army into the army, and it would be better to be one.
After the Northern Expedition and the Westward Frontier Army all marched out of Tokyo City, the remaining Eastern Expeditionary Army and the Western Expeditionary Army were also slowly assembled under the rectification of Yue Fei and Gao Chong, and planned the strategy of the attack.
Although Gao Chong's martial arts and merits are higher than Yue Fei's, Gao Chong is more suitable as a pioneer rather than a marshal. It can be said that Gao Zhong is a fierce general, who can take on all tasks and overcome all difficulties. But if he is put in charge of the strategy of a large theater of war, he is not suitable to be the commander.
Comparatively speaking, his little junior brother Yue Fei is more suitable for this, coupled with Zong Ze's guidance, it is enough to calm all parts of the Central Plains and let Shi Wengong sit back and relax.
However, after all, Gao Chong defected to Shi Wengong before Yue Fei, and now Shi Wengong actually asked Gao Chong to be Yue Fei's deputy, I believe that Gao Chong will definitely have some unwillingness in his heart.
He is different from Lu Junyi and Lin Chong, Lu Junyi is Lin Chong's senior brother, so even if Lin Chong defected to Shi Wengong much earlier than Lu Junyi, he will not feel uncomfortable because he is now under Lu Junyi.
Therefore, in order to appease Gao Chong, Shi Wengong also tried his best. He even specially summoned Gao Zhong alone to appease him.
Fortunately, after this time-interrupted battle, Gao Zhong has already sharpened his mind, but he is not like he just joined Shi Wengong in everything.
And Yue Fei's strength is also in his eyes, although his martial arts are not above him, but he does have the command ability that he lacks, so for letting Yue Fei be the boss, Gao Pet has no resistance.
Seeing that Gao Zhong was like this, Shi Wengong was also very relieved, and then he summoned Yue Fei and Zong Ze, and after a feast, he sent this last army out of the city to perform his duties.
Today is Children's Day, haha, Xiao Xu is here to wish himself and everyone a happy holiday, who is not a baby, hehe. At the same time, Xiao Xu will also present three watches to everyone today, thank you for your support
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