Chapter 530: The army gathers and prepares to move

The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is newly built, in the north of Fushan City, and the appearance of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is relatively ordinary, which is a row of barracks-like buildings. Aside from the larger scale, it is not much different from the average barracks. Only a careful person will find that the number of sentries outside this barracks is much more than that of ordinary barracks, and the checks for entry and exit are much stricter. The Governor's Mansion was surrounded by flat fields without any obstacles, which effectively prevented the Assassins from approaching.

The commercial trade of Fushan City is now more and more prosperous, and the original barracks, stables, warehouses, ordnance bureaus and other buildings have long been used as commercial land. The original city wall has also been demolished long ago, and the new city wall is being expanded. However, the money was later saved. Because, Zhang Zhun felt that with the continuous development of artillery technology, the city wall could no longer block the attack of artillery. The key to protecting the security of the city is the strength of the army.

As long as the Tiger Ben Army is strong enough, Fushan City does not need a city wall at all, and can expand to all sides at will. As a result, the area of Fushan City has continued to expand, and now it has expanded to the vicinity of Hou Beitun. This city without walls, with a growing population and buildings, is full of life and prosperity.

After Zhang Zhun was appointed as the governor of the Houjun Metropolitan Mansion, the Huben Army built this new Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. The initial consideration was to be quiet, easy to access, and to be safe. Therefore, the address was chosen in the open space near Zhaojiatun. Since then, this is the highest military command organ of the Tiger Army, and it is generally called the Governor's Mansion of the Tiger Army.

Speaking of which, Zhang Zhun's position is really interesting. The imperial court was very good at playing with words. The Governor's Office of the Five Armies only has the "Left Governor" and the "Right Governor", both of whom are members of the Zhengyi Rank, but there is no such title as "Metropolitan Governor". For example, Qin Liangyu is the governor of Zuodu. Qi Jiguang was originally the right governor, and was later promoted to the left governor. Another very famous commander-in-chief, Ma Gui, is the right governor.

No one knows how many officials the "Grand Governor" is. The left and right governors are all positive products, and the status of the left governor is relatively higher than that of the right governor. How should the Grand Governor, the Left Governor, and the Right Governor be sorted? No one understands. Liu Ru speculated that the imperial court did not want to sit on Zhang Zhun's title and prepare for regret in the future. Zhang Criterion simply pretended not to know. Anyway, the governor is also the governor, don't take bean bags and improper dry food. Who dares to say that the Metropolitan Governor is not the Metropolitan Governor?

When Zhang Zhun returned to the Governor's Mansion, the entire Governor's Mansion was quiet, except for the sentry at the door, there was no one else to see. The current Governor's Mansion has not yet been fully staffed in all aspects, and it naturally looks very deserted. Zhang Zhun entered it all the way in, only to see that Ye Longxin, the staff officer on duty, was busy, so he asked, "Has Yang Zhiyuan arrived?" ”

Ye Longxin hurriedly replied: "Not yet." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded, flipped through the official documents of the past two days, and paced back and forth in the hall. The question he was thinking about was, of course, about smelling incense. Since Xu Qingluan rejected his friendly offer, it meant that the Wenxiang Sect had to be resolved by force. He was ready to hand over this task to Yang Zhiyuan to complete. Two days ago, he sent someone to inform Yang Zhiyuan. Now that Yang Zhiyuan has not arrived, could it be that he encountered some accident on the road?

After a moment of silence, Zhang Zhun suddenly shouted, "Yang Qiufeng." ”

Another staff officer hurriedly came over from the next room, came to Zhang Zhun, and replied immediately: "Here!" What do you command? ”

Zhang Zhun said casually: "How is your plan?" ”

The staff officer named Yang Qiufeng hurriedly replied: "My lord, except for the logistics, everything else has been done. Would I like to show you now? ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "Okay! Take it! ”

Yang Qiufeng turned around and went.

After the establishment of the Governor's Office, Zhang Zhun assigned himself staff officers to be responsible for specific military planning and arrangements according to the model of later generations. Ye Longxin and Yang Qiufeng are both former cadets of the Naval Academy. Both of them went to private school when they were young, and their education level is still relatively high, and they can basically understand written documents such as evil copying, recitals, edicts, and official documents. At the time, it was quite remarkable. It just so happened that the two were more interested in the role of staff officers, so Zhang Zhun transferred the two to his side and often gave them guidance. Under Zhang Zhun's vigorous training, the two are slowly becoming professional staff officers.

Generally speaking, as long as it is not a particularly big battle, as long as Zhang Zhun clearly explains the various elements, they can draw up a preliminary plan of action. Of course, in this year, only the staff and masters who give advice and the like, professional staff officers, only Zhang Zhun understands. Although the two of them learned a lot from Zhang Zhun, they were still half a bucket of water, and it was impossible to formulate a very thorough plan. is like this, and it can also save Zhang Zhun a lot of effort.

Yang Qiufeng quickly took the plan.

The main content of the plan is to exterminate the Smelling Fragrance Sect. According to Zhang Zhun's intentions, the Tiger Ben Army will dispatch six battalions of troops to carry out a large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Tiger Ben Army. At present, the Wenxiang Sect is mainly cowering in Laiyang and Qixia counties, completely surrounded by the Tiger Army. Even if you cut leeks, you should cut off all the leeks that you can see first. As for how to dig the leek root slowly and deeply, that's a matter for later.

After Zhang Zhun saw it, he nodded with satisfaction and praised it: "Okay! Well done! Commendable! ”

Ye Longxin and Yang Qiufeng were very happy.

What they need most now is Zhang Zhun's affirmation and encouragement. Professional staff officers, no one has ever done it before, neither of them knows whether they can do a good job, when they work, they always feel uneasy, and their hearts are up and down. Zhang Zhun knows this very well, so he will never be stingy with his praise. The self-confidence of the two of them has been continuously enhanced, and they have become more enthusiastic and positive about the work of the staff officers.

Brigadier Zhang put down the plan and said slowly: "However, there are still some small shortcomings. For example, the communication codes between the troops, the methods of communication, the establishment of the second warehouse, and the setting up of the prisoner camps must be clearly defined and arranged in a unified manner. ”

Ye Longxin said in a low voice: "My lord, aren't these things left to the front-line commander to do?" We don't know where the prisoner camp should be. ”

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said, "No, these details must be clearly stipulated by the Governor's Mansion." Front-line commanders are on the spot to deal with emergencies. Troop coordination, liaison signals, and so on, must be handled by us. Otherwise, in the event of an accident at the front, the troops will be in disarray. ”

"As for the prisoner camps, they are not prisoner camps of individual units, but prisoner camps of all units. When the battle is over, the various units send the prisoners to a designated location, where they are screened and processed by specialized personnel. Therefore, it is necessary to designate a special person to deal with the prisoners. ”

Ye Longxin asked curiously, "That'...... Who will be responsible for handling the captives? ”

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Our Huben Military Governor's Mansion has not yet set up a special prisoner processing agency, and the prisoners are temporarily handed over to the tenacious battalion stationed in Gaomi to take care of them. After the battle was over, the captives were concentrated in Gaomi. You draw up a plan for the setting up of the prisoner camp. It is necessary to find a suitable place dedicated to the detention and screening of prisoners. ”

Yang Qiufeng then began to change the battle plan. Ye Longxin began to think about where to set up a prisoner camp. Zhang Zhun himself thought about what needs to be improved in the plan. For a moment, the Governor's Mansion fell into a deathly silence again.

"Lord Governor, Yang Zhiyuan reports!"

Suddenly, Yang Zhiyuan's slightly tired voice came from outside.

"Come in!"

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice.

Soon, Yang Zhiyuan came in sweating profusely. Ye Longxin hurriedly poured water for him. Yang Zhiyuan took the water cup and drank it dry. It can be seen that he was indeed tired from the journey, and he was covered in dust. The distance from Da Songwei to Fushan City is really not easy to walk. With enough capital and technology, Zhang Zhun really wants to turn all the roads of this era into highways for future generations. It's not easy to walk a long way these days.

Zhang Zhun waited for Yang Zhiyuan to finish drinking the water, stretched out his hand to let him sit down, and then asked with a smile: "It's only taken two days to arrive, and there was an accident on the road?" ”

Yang Zhiyuan wiped the water stains on the side of his mouth, straightened his body, straightened his waist, and said with a strong spirit: "My lord, I went to Haiyang and received an order to come directly from Haiyang. There were people from the Smelling Fragrance Sect who tried to incite the military to rise up and make trouble, but I suppressed them and killed several of the backbone of the Smelling Fragrance Sect. It's a pity that I didn't catch the instigators behind the Smelling Fragrance Sect and let them run away. ”

Zhang Zhun couldn't help frowning, a cold smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said meaningfully: "Wenxiang Sect took the initiative to make trouble, it seems that he is unwilling to give in!" ”

Yang Zhiyuan said bluntly: "My lord, I think the Wenxiang Sect still needs to be solved by force. If they refuse to give in, they will all be killed. I don't believe it, if we control Laiyang and Qixia, and then implement the Juntian Order, they can continue to stay there. ”

Zhang Zhun nodded quietly and said slowly: "I came to you for this matter." You start by looking at the course of action. Qiu Feng, show the plan to Commander Yang. ”

Yang Qiufeng agreed and brought the plan to Yang Zhiyuan. After Yang Zhiyuan saw it, he was very interested. He doesn't know much and can't read alone, so he has to ask questions while reading. Yang Qiufeng explained in a low voice next to him.

"Report!"

Suddenly, Yang Zixuan's voice came from outside again.

"Come in!"

Zhang Zhun said immediately.

Soon, Yang Zixuan came in in stride.

"Good work!"

Zhang Zhun looked at Yang Zixuan, who was also sweating profusely, nodded and said.

The Dingzi battalion led by Yang Zixuan was stationed in Wendeng, and the distance from Fushan City was the farthest. Even if it's horseback riding, it takes two days. He rushed here from Wendeng, naturally quite tired. However, after coming to the Governor's Mansion, Yang Zixuan regained his spirits. I could think with my heels that Zhang Zhun ordered him to come at this time, and there must be a war to participate in.

"My lord, are you going to do something to the Smelling Fragrance Sect?"

Yang Zixuan couldn't care about being tired, and couldn't wait to say.

"Let's take a look at the plan first."

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

Yang Zixuan immediately came to the side.

After a while, someone shouted a report again, but it was Yang Qianqiang who came.

The sonorous battalion led by Yang Qianqiang, after the end of the Huangxian War, was transferred to Xiongya to rest, not far from Fushan City. The road between Aoshan Castle and Fushan Castle has been repaired and is very smooth. In a morning, you can come from the Cliff to Fushan City. Therefore, Yang Qianqiang looks alive. After asking about the situation, I immediately went to the side to understand the plan.

Soon after, Yang Hongwen, Zou Mingjia and Peng Bo also arrived. The troops led by the three of them were all stationed in Zhaoyuan. After receiving the order, they naturally came together. Zhaoyuan is also far away from Fushan City. However, the roads in Laizhou are specially repaired, and the speed of horseback riding is still very fast. At least it was much faster than Yang Zixuan coming from Wendeng.

After the three of them came, the Governor's Mansion immediately became lively. Yang Qiufeng must take the trouble to tell the latecomers in detail about the general situation of the plan. In fact, the battle plan will definitely be officially explained in a while, but the battalion commanders are a little impatient.

After Zou Mingjia and others came, they also couldn't wait to ask if they wanted to do something to Wenxiangjiao. In fact, they had all sensed that sooner or later Zhang Zhun was going to use force against the Wenxiang Sect. Because, in terms of troop deployment, Zhang Zhun obviously besieged the Wenxiang Sect. It's just a matter of time. After seeing the plan, the six of them no longer had the slightest doubt.

Zhang Zhun looked at Ye Longxin with a praising look. Ye Longxin was responsible for informing these battalion commanders. He did a good job, and all the battalion commanders and envoys arrived on time. No one is particularly early, and no one is particularly late. Pinching time is one of the most basic skills of staff officers. Every staff officer's sense of time must be very strong.

"Come here!"

Seeing that everyone had arrived and the rest was almost over, Zhang Zhun beckoned everyone and led everyone to the war room next to him. The show is about to officially begin.

The construction of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was carried out in full accordance with Zhang Zhun's intentions. Houses don't need to be luxurious, they just need to be clean, tidy, and bright. Professional war rooms, staff rooms, and intelligence rooms, that is indispensable. In addition, there are special libraries, reference rooms and other institutions. Each department must have its own specialty. For example, in this war room, there are very complete military maps to refer to.

After entering the war room, Yang Zhiyuan and the other six people all sat down in a proper manner and prepared to listen to the lecture. Ye Longxin and Yang Qiufeng stood beside Zhang Zhun. Zhang Zhun waved his hand, and Yang Qiufeng explained the battle plan in detail. Even though they had just learned about the content of the plan, they still had to listen carefully and carefully.

After Yang Qiufeng finished introducing the plan, Zhang Zhun said straight to the point: "Originally, the matter of smelling the fragrance can be put aside again and strive for a better solution." However, now that the situation has changed, the Tartars may launch a third invasion by the end of the year. Therefore, the matter of smelling incense can not be delayed any longer. ”

The six of them were all slightly shocked, and then looked at each other, a little shocked and a little angry. In July last year, the Tartars had just entered the Kou and robbed a large number of people and materials, but they did not expect that only a year had passed, and they were going to enter the Kou again. Do you really regard Mingguo as your own back garden, come when you want, and leave when you want? It's a great shame for the Ming Kingdom!

If the Tartars' invasion cannot be successfully curbed this time, the stolen population and materials will become the help of the Tartars. Moreover, this time the Tartars were recruited after they had suffered heavy losses. Therefore, the tartars will definitely be more rampant. They had to loot more people and supplies to make up for their losses. In other words, Ming Guo will suffer more damage this time.

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "We killed a lot of Tartars in Huang County, and surrounded two slave chieftains in Dengzhou City, and the Tartars have a great opinion of us. This time, the Tartars came for us. I estimate that it is possible for the Tartars to bypass the Great Wall and go south, directly into Shandong, and fight against us. ”

Yang Qianqiang snorted quietly in his nostrils, humming out everyone's contempt for the Tartars. Everyone here has no fear of tartars. Since the Battle of Huangxian, the Tiger Ben Army has not had much interest in other opponents, such as Wenxiangjiao and the Ming Army, and only because of the needs of development, they have to do something to them. The Tiger Ben army is up and down, and the only thing they want to deal with wholeheartedly is the Tartars. Now, the Tartars have arrived again, and it is really gratifying...... Well, for the people of the northern Ming Kingdom, this is a complete disaster.

Zhang Zhun glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice, "We must free up more troops to deal with the attack of the Tartars." Therefore, we must thoroughly smell the question of the incense before the arrival of the Tartars. However, Xu Qingluan, who smelled the fragrance sect, rejected me. ”

Zou Mingjia frowned and said, "That's only a fight." ”

Peng Bo clenched his fists and shouted, "My lord, we are all ready to fight. As long as you give an order, we will kill Laiyang. ”

Yang Hongwen also said loudly: "Toast and don't eat and drink, since Wenxiangjiao wants to find death, let's fulfill him!" ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said slowly: "Yes, you must fight!" And solve it as soon as possible! You have all read the plan just now, and you have also listened to the detailed explanation, so you should have a general understanding of the war. If you think there's something wrong with the plan, come up with it as soon as possible. ”

After a slight pause, Zhang Zhun said: "I will not go to the front line in person for this operation. I have appointed Yang Zhiyuan as the front-line commander to be responsible for the emergency disposal. ”

Yang Zhiyuan hurriedly stood up and said awe-inspiringly: "Resolutely complete the task!" ”

Zhang Zhun nodded, his eyes fell on Yang Zhiyuan's body, and said slowly: "You have understood the plan just now, you can tell me your opinion first." ”

Yang Zhiyuan said loudly: "I don't think there is a problem with the plan. In fact, the two counties of Qixia and Laiyang have always been surrounded by us, and without any foreign aid, it is impossible to escape on a large scale. It is said that there are about 30,000 or 40,000 people in the local Wenxiang Sect, but in fact, there may be less than 10,000 people who can really fight. In general, Wang Yilun's troops may be a little stronger, and Xu Qingluan's troops may be a little weaker. The weapons and equipment of the Wenxiang Sect, as well as the level of training, are not very good. ”

After a slight pause, Yang Zhiyuan continued: "My opinion is similar to the plan, it is also to attack Laiyang first and eliminate Wang Yilun's main force. Then all the Smelling Fragrance Sect disciples were forced to Qixia and annihilated them. In this way, the time for the eradication of the Smelling Sect can be shortened as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Zhun nodded, looked at the others, and said slowly, "Do you have anything to add?" ”

Yang Zixuan said tentatively: "My lord, we have enough troops, can we attack Laiyang and Qixia at the same time?" This can shorten the time even more. ”

Zou Mingjia frowned and said, "I don't approve of a two-pronged approach. We do have a lot of troops, and if the Smelling Fragrance Sect collides with us head-on, it is indeed not our opponent. However, if the people of the Smelling Fragrance Sect find a way to escape, our forces will not be enough to surround us. The meaning of the adults is to eliminate as many of the backbone of the Smelling Fragrance Sect as possible, so that they will not plague the place again in the future, and if they let them escape through the net, they will be beaten again in the future. ”

Yang Hongwen nodded and said: "I agree with Zou Mingjia's opinion, we want to exterminate the Smelling Fragrance Sect and let them disappear completely, instead of breaking them up, and there will be a chance to make a comeback in the future." ”

Others also agreed with Zou Mingjia's opinion.

Zou Mingjia wanted to speak and stopped.

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "What do you want to say?" ”

Zou Mingjia said slowly: "I think that after we defeated Wang Yilun, Xu Qingluan was cornered, and there may be a possibility to fight for it." ”

Zhang Zhun said quietly: "Tell me your reasons." ”

Zou Mingjia said eloquently: "Now the Wenxiang Sect has two territories, one is Laiyang and the other is Qixia. If we take Laiyang and eliminate Wang Yilun, the remaining Wenxiang Sect disciples will only flee to Qixia. Once Xu Qingluan and the rest of the Wenxiang Sect were surrounded by us in Qixia, they would not have any way out at all. In a desperate situation, Xu Qingluan may consider surrendering. The key is that we must kill Wang Yilun, otherwise, Xu Qingluan may be controlled by Wang Yilun. ”

Yang Zixuan said a little worriedly: "What if the two of them join forces?" ”

Zou Mingjia nodded and said, "So, in the first stage of the battle, we must eliminate Wang Yilun, so that he has no chance to escape from Laiyang." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said slowly: "If Xu Qingluan can fight for it, it is naturally the best, we don't need to cut leeks in the future." However, if you can't win it, don't be relentless. I hope that in a month's time, I will be able to end the big battle. ”

Yang Zhiyuan weighed for a moment and said affirmatively: "There is no problem." ”

Zhang Zhun glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice, "Do you have any questions?" ”

Everyone shook their heads.