Zhao Ziliang walked up the steps and looked at the more than 300 generals standing neatly in the courtyard of the front yard, and when he saw that these people did not react, he asked: "Why, Ben Shuai is here, you don't welcome me?" ”

Someone reacted, took the lead in clenching his fists and bowed: "See Dashuai!" ”

Only then did the others realize that they were too rude, and they all clasped their fists and saluted: "See Dashuai!" ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't use the same set of the Beiting Army as it did on these generals, because they didn't understand it at all, and said directly: "No courtesy!" ”

"Some of you have been here for several months, some of you have just arrived two days ago, and those who came first must be in a hurry, why didn't the Marshal's Mansion let the first person take office? Because the Marshal's Office cannot favor one over the other, if you are allowed to take office in the order of arrival, the first person will definitely get a much better position, and the later will only drink soup and eat the dregs. Pen "Fun" Cabinet www.biquge.info I have always been the first to look at the appointment of the generals under my command is to look at the talent, and then look at the character, originally thought to conduct a unified assessment of you, and the good grades will be reused, but now the situation is no longer allowed, the court is urging urgently, let us cross the river as soon as possible, all the assessment matters are put aside for the time being, and now you can only be appointed according to your original official rank, but some people are the same official rank, and the positions obtained will be different, some people will become the main general with the troops, and some people can only become the deputy general with the troopsSome people can only become auxiliary officers, and the appointment is not carried out casually, and the reference is based on your resume in the army over the years, regardless of your family background! Okay, now I would like to ask General Chen Qing, the chief officer of the Military and Political Department of the Marshal's Office, to read out the specific list of appointments and positions! ”

Chen Qing stood up and opened the appointment list and began to shout: "Chang Rong, the former general of the Right Xiaowei and the Left Guard, served as the military envoy of the First Army of the Henan Army; Ma Yuchun, the former general of the Left Xiaowei and the Right Guard, served as the military envoy of the Second Army of the Henan Army; Chen Xuanli, the former general of the Longwu Army, served as the military envoy of the Third Army of the Henan Army; Wei Boyu, the former left guard general of the Longyou Shence Army, served as the military envoy of the Fourth Army of the Henan Army, and Ma Sui, the former commander of the Ninth Battalion of the Integrated Army, served as the military envoy of the Fifth Army of the Henan Army······ That's all for this appointment! ”

Chen Qing read out all the appointments of more than 300 generals and colonels in one breath and sent the official documents on the official appointments to military posts, which took half an hour, and then retreated to the side after reading them out.

Zhao Ziliang stepped forward again and looked at the generals and said: "Now each of you has got the appointment documents, but what I want to tell you is, don't think that everything will be fine if you get the official appointment documents, in this Northern Expedition, for those who do not perform well, I can be removed at any time, what you did in the army before, I don't care, but when you get here, you have to abide by my rules, I don't care how hard your background is, as long as you violate military law and military discipline and disobey my military orders, I will never look at whose face is light on you, if you can't stand it, you can get out, what I want here is a tough guy who is not afraid of hardship, not afraid of death, and can fight, and does not accept incompetent people! If you want to mix qualifications and make money here, it is absolutely impossible, and it is like sailing against the current here, if you don't advance, you will retreat! Every certain period of time, there will be a big competition, soldiers compete with each other with combat skills, generals and colonels compare military command ability and force fighting, the capable go up, the weak go down, it's as simple as that! In my case, your family background will not play any role, everyone will pay attention to these things about you, I will only look at your personal ability, do you understand? ”

The generals vaguely agreed: "Understood! ”

Zhao Ziliang doesn't care about these people, these people are not his descendants, and he doesn't bother to care too much, as long as they obey the military orders and don't take him as a marshal, he doesn't bother to care about them, but he still has to take care of some matters such as military discipline in the army, and only by managing it strictly can the army maintain its combat strength and win the war.

Two days later, all the main generals of the Beiting Army and some of the main generals of the Henan Army who had just taken office rushed to the Marshal's Mansion to attend the Northern Expedition Military Conference.

The small hall of the Marshal's Mansion was full of people, and everyone stood in a queue according to the size of the rank, with the high ranks standing in front and in the middle, and the low ranks standing in the back and outside.

The curtain on the wall behind Zhao Ziliang's main seat was opened, revealing a huge battle map.

Zhao Ziliang sat on the main seat and looked at the generals and said: "In this Northern Expedition, I decided to divide the army into two parts, the first step is the vanguard army, which is composed of the front army, the middle army, the left army, the right army and half of the Henan army of the Beiting Army, and the remaining rear army of the Beiting Army, the Youyi army, the archery cavalry army, the heavy cavalry army, the escort army, the remaining Henan army, the Huainan Lai Yao Division, and the Wu King Li Yuan Department are all assembled on the south bank of the Yellow River on the front line of Xingyang, Bianzhou and Heze to contain the rebels of Cui Qianyou and Li Huaixian."

"First of all, the vanguard army crossed the river at the Mengjin ferry and advanced in the direction of Huaizhong, and after joining forces with Wang Rare and Wang Sili in Huaizhou, it quickly advanced eastward, penetrated directly into the Shandong boundary, cut off the connection between Cui Qianyou, Li Huaixian and Xiangzhou An Qingxu, and the main force of the garrison crossed the Yellow River to the north and attacked Cui Qianyou and Li Huaixian with the vanguard army, and so on to eliminate these two rebels, and then combined forces to advance northward, completely eliminating An Qingxu, whether An Qingxu fled to Hebei, or was killed and captured by us, our army still has to continue to go north, However, the winter is not suitable for large-scale surveys, and it is estimated that after taking Xiangzhou, it will be necessary to wait until the beginning of spring next year to continue to advance northward, which is the main combat strategy in general, and at the same time, the commander will also order Li Guangbi in Hedong to lead the Hedong Army, Guo Ziyi to lead the Shuofang Army, Zhang Shouyu in Mobei to lead the Mobei Army, and Gao Xiuyan in the cloud to lead the Datong Army to the direction of Hebei, to contain Shi Siming's department, and prevent him from leading the army south to support An Qingxu! If you have any ideas, let's talk about them together! ”

The generals then expressed their own views and opinions, and together they discussed in detail this general combat strategy and perfected all the details.

After nearly two hours of discussion, the plan was finally completed.

Zhao Ziliang said again: "Okay, the detailed battle plan has been released, I will now announce the troop allocation and the subordination of the main generals at all levels in this operation, the first and third armies of the Henan Army and the front army of the Beiting Army are combined, and the combat command is dominated by Chu Ge; The Second and Fourth Armies of the Henan Army and the Central Army of the Beiting Army joined forces in one place, and Li Siye was the main commander in terms of operational command; The Fifth Army of the Henan Army and the Left Army of the Beiting Army joined forces in one place, with Bai Xiaode as the main force, and the Sixth Army of the Henan Army and the Right Army of the Beiting Army joined forces in one place, with Li Sheng as the main force! As I have just said, I hope you will remember to cooperate with each other, exchange information, cooperate with each other, and work together! Do you understand? ”

The people who were named stood up one after another, clasped their fists and shouted: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said to the rest of the people: "The rest of the people are not named, take your men and horses with me to contain the rebels on the south bank of the Yellow River on the front line of Xingyang, Bianzhou and Heze, and prepare to cross the river at any time to fight. ”

"No!"

Zhao Ziliang sent people to call Lai Yao and Li Yuan, who were on the front line of Heze and Bianzhou, to discuss the matter of sending troops to the Northern Expedition.

In the following month, Zhao Ziliang was busy preparing for the Northern Expedition, urging Chang'an to transport the next batch of grain, grass and ordnance, and also urging the military salary, ordering all departments to arrive at the predetermined place in advance to prepare to cross the river.

In the north of the Yellow River, there are Wang rare and Wang Sili's two troops in Huaizhou, although the territory they occupy is not large, but there are riverbanks that can be crossed by the Tang army in Henan, Zhao Ziliang decided to shoot the Beiting Army several armies to take the lead, let the Henan Army cooperate, and set an example for the Hebei Army with the strong offensive ability of the Beiting Army, and also make a good start.

On October 15, the 18th year of Tianbao, Zhao Ziliang ordered the front army, the middle army, the left army, the right army and the first six armies of the Hebei army to cross the river north and enter the Huaizhou territory, and meet with tens of thousands of horses and horses of Wang Rare and Wang Sili.

In the face of the Tang army's large-scale attack, An Qingxu's Dayan government and opposition were in a panic, and An Qingxu convened the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to urgently discuss countermeasures.

An Qingxu, who was sitting on the throne, asked the ministers in horror: "Zhongqing, now that the Tang army is attacking on a large scale, how should we deal with it?" ”

Yan Zhuang stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, now our army is weak, not only is it at a disadvantage in terms of strength, but the morale of the soldiers is not very high, Weichen thinks that it is better to reconcile with Shi Siming, and sent a messenger to ask him to send reinforcements, just like last time!" ”

Dugu Wenshu stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Yan Xiang, last time we asked Shi Siming to send troops for reinforcements, Your Majesty was willing to send troops on the condition of giving up the throne, but afterwards we returned and broke up with Shi Siming, and now we are fooling Shi Siming in this way, can he still be fooled?" ”

Yan Zhuang said to An Qingxu: "Your Majesty, I think we have to make preparations with both hands, on the one hand, we still send someone to contact Shi Siming, and know the stakes for him, if Xiangzhou is not guaranteed, the Tang army will inevitably go north from here to fight into Hebei, at that time, how can he be weak and weak to block the siege of the Tang army in all directions?" Defeat is also a matter of time, and only when the two of us unite can we defeat the invading Tang army; On the other hand, we must also actively prepare for war, and we must transfer more soldiers and horses to Cui Qianyou, so that Li Huaixian has the right to cooperate with Cui Qianyou to block the attack of the Tang army first, and then find a way to counterattack! ”

An Qingxu asked the other ministers: "What do you think of Yan Xiang's strategy?" ”

The other ministers couldn't think of any good way, and Yan Zhuang was too powerful in the court, and these people didn't dare to offend him, so they all said that Yan Zhuang's method was the best way to curtain wall.

An Qingxu then sent someone to contact Shi Siming, and at the same time sent more troops to Cui Qianyou. (To be continued.) )