The 29 prefectures are Yuzhou, Shaanzhou, Ruzhou, Zhengzhou, Huazhou, Bianzhou, Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Caizhou, Yingzhou, Bozhou, Songzhou, Xuzhou, Sizhou, Suzhou, Haizhou, Puzhou, Caozhou, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Mizhou, Qingzhou, Yizhou, Yanzhou, Zizhou, Qizhou, Yunzhou, Dizhou, and Haozhou.

And each state is under the jurisdiction of several counties, and in total, Henan Province has a total of 126 counties, that is, 126 cities.

After retreating here, more than 100,000 troops were all stationed in Henan Province.

At the same time, Xu Maogong ordered that all soldiers and horses from all over the country be mobilized to the border of Yangzhou and garrisoned in four or five cities near Yangzhou to prevent the enemy from suddenly attacking.

However, there are not many soldiers and horses in Henan, only tens of thousands, and even if they are mobilized, within two months, they can only transfer 20,000 to 30,000 to go, which is of no help at all, and can only support for a while.

After being stationed in Henan Mansion, Xu Maogong and Cheng Biting Jin immediately counted the remaining soldiers and horses.

In addition to the original garrison of Henan Mansion, as well as the 50,000 soldiers and horses withdrawn by Cao Yundui and Feng Shaoqing, now the two of them have 190,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, a total of 200,000 people.

However, more than half of these 200,000 people are recruits, and they have no combat effectiveness at all.

In the palace, Xu Mao said fairly: "I have handed the emperor a fold, and asked the emperor to mobilize chariots, horses, siege equipment and other baggage from the Guannei; With these, we will be able to increase our strength and fight against the Xiliang soldiers. ”

"Thinking about the battle of Jiangnan, it's really sad, our army of 300,000 was forced by tens of thousands of horses in Zhuge Can District and didn't dare to come out, and the 160,000 army was stationed in Suiyang, and I didn't dare to fight 70,000 Xiliang soldiers... It's sad, lamentable, and infuriating! ”

In the hall, in addition to Xu Maogong, there are also Cheng Yanjin, Changsun Wuji, Cheng Liang, Cheng Tiehuan, Yu Chi Baolin, Cao Yundui, Feng Shaoqing, and Wu Yong, the envoy of Henan Province.

Everyone lined up on both sides, and Cheng Yanjin said: "The soldiers of our army, after many battles and integrations, were transferred from Xiliang, and before they rested, they entered the battle, and they are all new soldiers, how to be the opponent of Xiliang Iron Cavalry, this is not doubtful." ”

"What makes me angry is that there are obviously more than 50,000 iron horsemen and 5,000 chariots in Suzhou, why didn't we know in advance?!"

When he said this, Cheng Yanjin looked at Cao Yundui coldly.

Cao Yundui's frightened legs were weak, and he knelt down with a plop: "Marshal, I... I really don't know, it must be my people who are not doing their job well and have nothing to do with me. ”

"You will shirk your responsibility, hundreds of thousands of troops are lost, Huainan is lost, you are not responsible?"

"Someone."

"Yes." With Cheng Biting Jin shouting, two soldiers came in outside the door.

Cheng Biting Jin said: "Take Cao Yundui down, send him to Chang'an on a later day, and hand it over to the Criminal Department for disposal." ”

"No."

In a burst of shouting, Cao Yundui was taken down.

"Feng Shaoqing, what about you?" Cheng Yanjin's gaze then looked at a young man standing next to him.

"As the governor of Yangzhou, you are at fault for the loss of Yangzhou?"

Feng Shaoqing came out and said, "Marshal, I only care about the rear baggage dispatch, and I don't know anything about military affairs." The military and investigation of Jiangnan are also under the control of Cao Yundu, and I have never participated in them. ”

Xu Maogong pleaded: "General Cheng, Feng Shaoqing is indeed not involved, just go around him, my army is short of people, why not let him be in charge of the army's grain and grass." ”

"Okay, since the military advisor is pleading, he will bypass you, and you will be in charge of the army's grain and grass scheduling, and if there is a bad pool, it will not be spared!" Cheng Yanjin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

Feng Shaoqing nodded again and again, and arched his hand: "Rest assured, military advisors and marshals, I will take good care of the grain and grass, and there will be no mistakes." ”

After dealing with Cao Yundui and Feng Shaoqing.

Cheng Yanjin looked at Wu Yong and asked: "Wu Jiedu envoy, you are the envoy of Henan Province, you should know everything about Henan Province, can you know how much grain and grass is left in Henan?" How long will it be enough for my army? ”

Wu Yong has thought about this question eight hundred times a long time ago.

As the envoy of Henan Province, he was also a general stationed on one side, with tens of thousands of horses in his hands, but Qin Huaiyu had all transferred the soldiers and horses before, and only some new soldiers remained.

But since Cao Yundui withdrew to Henan, he knew that Xu Maogong and Cheng Yanjin would retreat to Henan sooner or later.

He didn't even think about it, so he said: "Hui military division, marshal, my Henan army food is enough for the army to eat for four months, if there is no more troops, it can support the autumn harvest in various places." ”

"Good! Four months of grain and grass, enough! Cheng Yanjin said with a smile.

"Strategist, I think we have to take the elite route, always to make up the number of people, I'm afraid it's not a long-term way."

"yes."

Xu Maogong took a deep breath and said, "Aren't I planning to train elite soldiers?" If the emperor agrees to transport more than 50,000 horses and chariots, then we will have an army with considerable combat power, and as long as we are strictly trained, we will be able to fight in less than two months. ”

"If you want to drive Zhuge Can and A Guduo out of Jiangnan and Huainan, you must first destroy their Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which has the most powerful combat power, as well as their chariots!"

"What the military advisor said is extremely true."

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Don't worry, the military advisor has war horses in my Guannei Dao, and the emperor knows the severity and will definitely agree to transport the horses." ”

"I hope so."

Five days later, Chang'an sent the news.

Without saying a word, Li Shimin approved the request of Xu Maogong and Cheng Yanjin, and promised to mobilize 40,000 war horses and 30,000 chariots from Guannei Dao! as well as all kinds of siege equipment, trebuchets, grain and grass, and so on.

After receiving the news, Xu Maogong and the others were ecstatic, with these, their confidence in defeating Zhuge Can and A Guduo was even greater!

On the day they received the news, Xu Maogong and Cheng Yanjin reached an opinion.

The 200,000 army in Henan was divided into three parts, which were led by Cheng Yanjin, Cheng Liang, Cheng Tiehuan, and Yu Chi Baolin.

Coupled with the previous more than 10,000 cavalry, Cheng Yanjin decided to expand the number of cavalry to 40,000! Cheng Liang and Cheng Tiehuan are responsible for training.

Six chariot battalions were formed, with a total of 30,000 chariots, under the command of Wei Chi Baolin, who was responsible for chariot training.

In addition to these 70,000 people, there are still 130,000 left, led by Cheng Yanjin and Xu Maogong, who are responsible for training and at the same time as the Chinese army, they are also responsible for guarding Henan and preventing the enemy from marching and attacking.

200,000 horses, arranged in this way, seems to be a lot more than the previous rabble. However, although there are chariots and horses, it is not easy to form a strong combat force, and it has to go through accumulated training.

Xu Maogong decided that in the next three months, Henan County would not fight, and would be completely on the defensive, and after three months, the army would be like an out-of-body sword, recovering Huainan and Jiangnan in one fell swoop, and driving the Xiliang soldiers back to Xiliang!