Chapter 176 Three Commanders

"Zhu Huilun, you took the third guard regiment to expand my army in Lu'an Mansion for a large amount, and selected at least two engineer brigades and two security brigades to defend the Qing army in Handan and Luoyang Jiaozuo. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"It's handsome!" Zhu Huilun took a deep breath, and listened to the meaning of the marshal This is to develop this place into a large base area, and the expansion of the army by four brigades is almost 10,000 people, indicating Alexander.

Because of this, he had to be drawn from the 3rd Regiment of the Guards.

But how did he know that Yang Dongfang was even more ruthless than he thought, only to see him say again: "By the way, the Third Guard Regiment, it will be changed to the 13th Brigade in the future, I will transfer a thousand rifles to you, you are now the commander of the Jindong Theater." ”

"Ahh Zhu Huilun has white skin, square face, and a compass-like mouth that can penetrate a big duck egg, with an incredible and shocked face, and there is no sense of surprise, because it is still Alexander.

He really wants to cry, there is a long way to go, this commander of the Jindong Theater is not good, there are all recruits below, no, the recruits have not seen it yet, and what is even more pitiful is that the cavalry regiment is also going to be transferred, and this is not the rear of Sichuan.

"The task is heavy and the time is tight, how to form and expand the army, and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible is your business, think about the method yourself, if you have difficulties, ask me, I will transfer materials to Sichuan for you." Well, Yang Dongfang encouraged Zhu Huilun very generously and irresponsibly, and then rushed to Jinzhong with the cavalry regiment and Huang Yongcheng and others.

The cavalry regiment was one step ahead of the cavalry, and each cavalry was assigned a horse rifle, because of the small number of people and the fact that they were all equipped with two horses, they walked very fast.

Crossing the mountains and mountains to reach the Taiyuan Basin, attacking Pingyao County, attacking Fenzhou Mansion, going down to the Fenyang River Valley, killing directly to Jiexiu, and breaking the back of the Lingshi Road.

In front of Lingshi, Huozhou was just blasted away by the 2nd Regiment of the New Artillery, and the Qing army still wanted to resist the New People's Army entering Fenzhou Mansion here, but they didn't expect the cavalry of the New People's Army to appear in the rear, and they also followed the old path of the Qing Army in Lu'an Mansion.

The army's heart was in turmoil all of a sudden, and the defenders had no intention of coping, so they led their troops to retreat to the capital of Fenzhou, preparing to defend according to this, waiting for reinforcements from Taiyuan, and constantly mobilizing troops from the direction of Luliang Mountain.

The 2nd Regiment of the Guards advanced smoothly, and the cavalry regiment joined the division Jiexiu to attack Fenzhou Mansion, Yang Dongfang also led people from Pingyao to Fenzhou Mansion, and the three men and horses jointly attacked Fenzhou Mansion, Yang Dongfang used the crossing to attack Fenzhou Mansion that night, captured the commander below and the general army, and seven or eight palace members above the third grade.

The Fenzhou Mansion was broken too quickly, and when the reinforcements from Taiyuan arrived, it happened to meet with the New People's Army halfway to Qi County, with artillery bombardment, cavalry flanks to encircle and pursue, and soon eliminate 6,000 reinforcements from Taiyuan.

Yang Dongfang continued to advance towards Taiyuan, first capturing Jinzhong, and the governor of Shanxi ran to Xinzhou with the Qing army and officials, and then retreated to Shuozhou and Datong.

Starting with the Taiyuan Basin, the New People's Army occupied most of Shanxi, and captured the provincial capital Taiyuan without spending a single soldier, and the reason turned out to be that the Forbidden City had spread to Shanxi, so the shrewd officials learned from Yixin and adopted evasive tactics.

This made Yang Dongfang feel a little helpless about the maximum use of system functions.

Everyone has a heart of hide and seek, and they really can't play happily, and they want to fight quickly, and it seems that they are having trouble destroying the enemy.

The task of the Northern Expeditionary Army on the West Road was basically completed, and the task of the next stage was to develop and grow, train the troops, and hang the sword above the head of Zhili.

"Hu Gan Taiyuan will be handed over to you, from now on you are the commander of the Jinzhong Theater of Operations, defending Taiyuan and various checkpoints, the 2nd Regiment of the Guard is promoted to the 12th Division, you recruit yourself, I will also leave a thousand breech guns for you, and at least four security brigades in the other group, the engineer brigade you can do it yourself, Shanxi is a good place, the surface of the mountains and rivers, there are black treasures hidden underneath, once the defense is good, you must organize people to dig coal."

There is no doubt about the coal in Shanxi, and there is a lot of open-pit coal here, which is easy to mine.

In later generations, when Shanxi was mentioned, it must be the first coal boss to come to mind, but in this era, when Shanxi is mentioned, the word Jin Shang jumps out.

The first thing that comes to mind when the Jin merchants think of the golden gold and silver, how rich the Jin merchants were, they directly controlled the money bags of the Qing government, and their money owned more than half of the private wealth of China at this time.

Let's put it another way, most of the military rings that suppressed the Taiping Army were lent to the Qing court by Jin merchants, and as for the Jiangnan Customs, the tax was not enough for Li Hongzhang to buy weapons.

Later, Zuo Zongtang regained Xinjiang in the northwest, and the rebellious army was still supported by the Jin merchants, and later Cixi fled westward to attack Beijing, and the compensation was also a national debt borrowed from the Jin merchants.

This is also one of the reasons why Yang Dongfang suddenly wanted to enter Shanxi, money!

The bosses in Shanxi are too rich, they don't rob white, they don't rob it, and without the big money village in Shanxi, it doesn't matter if it's Yixun or Zeng Guofan, just wait to gnaw sweet potatoes and fight in the future.

Hearing that Yang Dongfang was going south, Wu Dadi, the commander of the Second Regiment of the New Artillery, ran over: "Dashuai, are you going back to Sichuan or going to other places?" ”

"Yo! Aren't you timid? I dare to inquire about the whereabouts of this marshal, and I am not afraid of our military law. Yang Dongfang gave him a very stern look, but his tone was not annoyed, and he still had a little spring breeze and rain: "What the hell do you want to fight." ”

Scratching his head, Wu Dadi looked left and right and said: "Dashuai, you take me, at the moment our artillery regiment here in Taiyuan has no chance to fight a big battle, I am bored here, I am panicking here, follow you, run from all over the world, fight all over the country, it's enjoyable, you don't know that Huang Yongcheng's kid blows in me every day, we are the same group of people who enter the army." ”

Wu Dadi's face was bitter, I think it was because of the accuracy of the artillery, and the result was transferred to be an artilleryman, but this time, Huang Yongcheng, who was born in the same group, came out of Sichuan to Nanning, fought the French red hair in Guangzhou, went north to kill the cavalry, and captured Cixi and the emperor.

It made him very uncomfortable, he used to see the cannon, he couldn't sleep with it, but now he wants to hide when he sees the cannon, think about being an artilleryman, except for the moment when the cannonball shoots out, it is really boring and boring the rest of the time, and extremely passive.

"I want to change jobs!"

Wu Dadi shook his head, although the artillery was a little boring, but the treatment was good and respected.

Yang Dongfang smiled and joked: "Follow me all over the world, you can only be a small soldier, don't you think about it, commander, do you still want to do it?" ”

"Ugh!" Wu Dadi is really a little entangled, now he is the commander of the artillery regiment, and he will soon be the brigade commander after doing a good job, and he is really a little reluctant, and the matter of Guangzong Yaozu is a complex that the Chinese cannot erase.

And Wu Dadi is also an official fan, I heard that because he is the head of the regiment, the people who propose relatives in his hometown have almost flattened the threshold of the family.

"Forget it, don't beg you, work hard, don't think too much, the battle will have to be fought in the future, Shanxi will be beaten Zhili, and the Qing army will soon come to fight you, and in the future, you will go east or north." As soon as he thought of the question of the Jin merchants, Yang Dong said conveniently: "In this way, I will give you an important task, if your artillery regiment is really idle, then go and invite all the Jin merchants to Taiyuan for me, I need them to put some blood out." ”

"Jin Shang?" Wu Dadi asked, "Will they go?" ”

Put some blood? That's definitely not a small amount, Wu Dadi still knows a little bit about Jin merchants, they have money, but they also pick the door, so they have this question.

"If you don't go, won't you still be there? What are your artillerymen for, who doesn't go you can take the cannon to the gate of his house for a trip. ”

If you want to get all the Jin merchants together, it will take time, Yang Dong didn't stay in Taiyuan for long, and took the cavalry regiment south along the Fenyang River Valley. Soon passed through the Linfen Basin and arrived at Pujin Pass. Only then did he use the technique of returning to the city to Taiyuan to pick up Huang Yongcheng and others.

At the same time, Huang Yongcheng and others from the first guard regiment were left in Jinnan.

"Huang Yongcheng, now you are the commander of the Jinnan Military Region, do a good job, you expand this half regiment into 11 brigades for me, and I will allocate 1,000 rifles to you (of which 500 are horse rifles), you follow me from the South China Sea to Beijing City can be regarded as well-informed, with a lot of combat achievements, and a lot of accumulated experience, now you give me a solo flight."

"It's handsome!" Huang Yongcheng was extremely reluctant, but he still resolutely obeyed the order, and it was not easy for him, the commander of the Jinnan Military Region, to guard the Pujin Pass that entered Shanxi, and at the same time manage one government, two prefectures, and two major basins, which were also under great pressure.

As soon as he thought of Pujin Pass, this kid turned his mind and said: "Master Pujin Pass is the main point, it's no problem to guard it for me, do you want to allocate me a few steamers, gunboats, and warships. ”

"Get out! You still want warships, you think about it beautifully, don't even think about gunboats, it's a waste of steamships for you, these good things are for the Sanjiang Naval Division, and the Yangtze River needs it even more, your Yellow River will be frozen in winter, and there is a ghost to use. But.. Don't be bitter, I can give you two armed merchant ships. It is convenient for you to contact Xi'an to transport materials. ”

Hearing this, Huang Yongcheng was extremely happy, he really responded to that sentence, the crying child has milk to eat, and the guards who followed Yang Dongfang from south to north were all proficient.

Subsequently, four security brigades and several engineer brigades were also established in Jinnan.

In the same mode, Yang Dongfang gave up his power and then crossed the river with the cavalry regiment and went straight to Tongguan.

Ge Hui, who was besieging Xi'an on the other side, received an order, so he fiercely attacked the city, and soon took Xi'an and captured the Shaanxi provincial capital.

Yang Dongfang promoted him to commander of the Xi'an Theater, and the Northern Sichuan Independent Division was changed to the Northwest Independent Division, which was divided into two main battle infantry musket brigades and one cavalry brigade, and transferred 1,500 muskets, of which 1,000 were horse rifles.

In this way, the northwest line was connected, and the New People's Army controlled the Tongguan and Yellow River arteries, cutting off the connection between the Qing army or the Hunan army in the east and the northwest, so that the Qing army in the northwest quickly collapsed and collapsed.

However, this also caused a lot of trouble to the later New People's Army to unify the northwest, of course, this is a later story, Yang Dongfang at this time did not expect this, or his mind is not in the northwest for the time being, after all, it is too barren there, and there is nothing he can see.

"What? The Hunan Army, the Eight Banners, and the Huai Army actually knew about the abnormality of Pingyin County and attacked Pingyin County together. "Just got the Shanxi side, Yang Dong conveniently received the news of Pingyin for normal daily communication, and he was shocked for a while.

So he appeared in Kaifeng with eight gates and sixteen guards, and arrived in Pingyin County the next day. (To be continued.) )