Chapter 115: Take the initiative
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The heroes basically accepted Li Fengyun's analysis and derivation. From the standpoint of the Shandong people, of course, they are not willing to help the Guanlong people defeat the Shandong Righteous Army, so even if the Xingyang Zheng clan provides Wei Yunqi with troops and money and food, they may not do their best to fight the rebellion, and the Yingru nobles have been in a hurry since the flood of Henan victims into Yuzhou, and it is indeed impossible to enter the front line of Tongji Canal to suppress the thieves in the short term, so the whole shape seems to be unfavorable to the righteous army, but in fact, it is far from a critical moment, and there is no need to evacuate in a hurry.
Since there is no need to evacuate in a hurry, it is natural to continue to loot the Tongji Canal, but the current situation is changing, and the alliance headquarters must make corresponding adjustments in military deployment according to these changes, fighting when it is time to fight, and resolutely retreating when it is time to withdraw.
Considering that the situation would become more and more complicated in the future, and that the rebel army might fall into a dilemma on the Tongjiqu battlefield once the command was wrong, Li Fengyun proposed to further concentrate military power on the high command and make some adjustments to the army establishment and command system for this purpose.
Li Fengyun's mention was immediately supported by most of the rebel army leaders. Although several heroic commanders were unwilling, since the high expansion of the Righteous Army and its entry into the Tongji Canal Operation, a series of actual battles have proved that the Righteous Army, whether it is an individual regiment or a regimental coordinated operation, has the problem of being strict and strict, and the root cause of the problem lies in the confusion of the command system, which makes the officers at all levels of the regiment and brigade often receive different or even diametrically opposed orders in the course of the operation, and are at a loss. Once this kind of thing happens, it will be a big deal to delay the fighter, and it will be a big deal to complete the task, but I am afraid that I will encounter a strong opponent and be served by others, which will be a tragedy.
The problem has been exposed, and it is getting stricter and stricter, and the grassroots officers at the regiment and brigade level are even more full of complaints and complaints, but fortunately, during this time, the rebel army and the official army have reached a "tacit understanding" on the battlefield of Tongjiqu, and both sides are very careful and take the initiative to avoid conflicts, so that there is no consequence of leading the way. However, this kind of good days are over, and the situation will change next, although the righteous army does not have the idea of a head-on decisive battle with the official army, but no idea does not mean that it can control the situation, and it can absolutely avoid a head-on decisive battle, so it is not too late to make amends, taking advantage of the current situation to be beneficial to the righteous army, and the righteous army still has time to adjust itself and decisively correct its mistakes, so as to strengthen and consolidate its own combat effectiveness.
Li Fengyun revised and improved the existing army's establishment, and the principle was to improve the army's command efficiency and combat effectiveness.
Among the alliance armies, the Xuanfeng Army is the absolute elite and the only army that can fight with the official army at present, so the arrangement of this army is the most eye-catching.
Li Fengyun's methods were ruthless, and he directly abolished the establishment of the Xuan Feng Army.
At the beginning, the selection of the front army was set up because it needed an elite army with a degree of attack power and the right to dispose of it at the right of opportunity, and only in this way could the righteous army enter the Tongji Canal with lightning speed. Zhen Baoche, as the supreme commander of the Feng Army, has great power. The command is not familiar with the front line, so it can only give him an attack target, as for how to fight, it is Zhen Baoche who has the final say, and the command has no way to involve his command at all.
Now that the task of selecting the front army has been completed, and the latest development of the battle situation has forced the command to absolutely control this elite, Li Fengyun hopes that he can command this army like an arm, just like he commanded the Cangtou army at the beginning, pointing where to fight, without the slightest constraint. Therefore, the revocation of the selection of the front army is actually the abolition of the command structure of the selection of the front army, that is, to take back the command of Zhen Baoche, and only give him the right to command the troops.
If Li Fengyun wants to deprive him of his command, he must think of a method that is acceptable to everyone, otherwise it will be a rabbit and a dog cooking, or a donkey will be unloaded and killed, which will not only discredit himself, but also offend his brothers, and also destroy the stability and unity within the alliance, and the gains outweigh the losses. As a result, Li Fengyun had to reorganize the army again, and on the basis of the existing army establishment, all the armies of the alliance were reorganized into 16 armies.
Ten regiments of the Feng Army were selected and changed to the Tiger Ben Army. Zhen Baoche, the head of the Tiger Army.
The Ten Regiment Fengyun Guard, which was expanded on the basis of the original Fengyun Regiment, is now named the Fengyun Army. Xu Thirteen, the head of the Fengyun Army.
The twelve regiments of the original reserve army were reorganized into hussars. Huo Xiaohan, the head of the hussars.
The Tiger Army, the Fengyun Army, and the Hussar Army had a total of thirty-two regiments, 6,400 men, which were directly subordinate to the Great Governor's Office and under the direct command of the General Command.
After the expansion of the Cangtou army, there were five armies of 20,000 people, after the expansion of Meng Haigong's army, there were three armies of 12,000 people, and Han Jinluo, Zhen Baoche, Shuai Rentai, Huo Xiaohan and Xu Shiren also had an army of 4,000 people each. In accordance with the principle of "simplicity in wartime", the names of these thirteen armies were directly named from the First Army of the Alliance to the Thirteenth Army of the Alliance.
In order to facilitate command, the headquarters has three general offices: left, center, and right. Han Jinluo, the commander of the left road, and Guo Ming, the deputy commander, have four armies under their jurisdiction. Meng Haigong, the head of the middle road, and Lu Xingxing, the deputy head of the central road, have five armies under their jurisdiction. The commander of the right flank, Shuai Rentai, and the deputy commander-in-chief, Xu Shiren, have four armies under their jurisdiction.
Li Fengyun's plan to reorganize the army went smoothly in a chorus of pandering and did not encounter any resistance. This is not that the heroes were forced by Li Fengyun's strength and were convinced, but that this army reorganization plan is actually a perfect version of the Jiyang army rectification plan not long ago. Although Li Fengyun directly controlled the elite of the alliance and used the newly built three armies, Hussar, and Fengyun to "wipe out all the elite soldiers in the alliance", Li Fengyun did not treat the heroes of all walks of life badly, on the contrary, he was very generous, and gave them the command and command of more than 50,000 troops and horses in the thirteen armies, so that their strength was substantially improved
In terms of personnel arrangements, Li Fengyun not only continued to keep Zhen Baoche in the headquarters, but also pulled Huo Xiaohan into the core of the alliance's power, so that Han Jinluo, who was in the same line as Zhen Baoche, had nothing to say, and Shuai Rentai, who was in the same line as Huo Xiaohan, was also secretly happy. Li Fengyun is the strongest in the alliance, and his position is even more unshakable, if Zhen Baoche and Huo Xiaohan can establish a strong relationship of trust with Li Fengyun, it will definitely be very beneficial to the development of these two armies.
In the armies under the jurisdiction of the three-way governor's office, there are regiments that have been expanded on the basis of the Cangtou army, of which there are two armies on the left and two in the middle governor's office, and one army in the right-way governor's office. Lu Xingxing and Guo Ming are both in the cangtou line, and they are both old brothers who followed Li Fengyun and Mangdangshan to raise the flag, while Xu Shiren made it clear that only Li Fengyun was the horse, and because of this, although he was the last to raise the flag, and the time for raising the flag was very short, but with the support of Li Fengyun, Feizhan is now strong enough to compete with other heroes.
The intention of Li Fengyun's elaborate arrangement is self-evident, that is, to further deprive the commanders of their military power and strengthen the alliance's control over the army. Everyone wants to be the boss, but being a boss without strength is purely looking for death, so in the current situation, it is better to rely on the alliance to grow stronger.
After all, the main purpose of this reorganization of the army is to streamline the command system and improve command efficiency, and as long as the general administrations, armies, and regiments clearly understand their subordinate relationships and confirm their own functions and powers, the next thing will be very simple.
Li Fengyun did not continue to waste time on this matter of reorganizing the army, and immediately began a new military deployment.
Li Fengyun personally led the three armies of Huben, Hussar and Fengyun to block Wei Yunqi head-on on the front line of Chenliu. The Governor's Office of the Left, Center and Right Roads led the army to continue to plunder the Tongji Canal, but the principle was not to cut off the Tongji Canal, so as not to worsen the situation, and if the rebels had to withdraw in advance, they would definitely bring unnecessary losses to themselves.
The main force of the rebel army marched north along the three waterways of Bianshui, Suishui and Tongji Canal, and frequently appeared between Junyi and Chenliu, putting on an offensive posture.
This news was quickly passed on to Wei Yunqi. Wei Yunqi had a headache, although the Zheng clan in Xingyang promised to give support, and the township regiments and sects in Henan also arrived at the assembly place on time, but it took time for the army to integrate, the equipment of weapons and armor took time, and it also took time for the preparation and transportation of grain and grass. However, the rebels didn't give him time, and as soon as he was out of the customs here, the rebels came with a roar, obviously trying to take advantage of his unstable foothold to catch him off guard. If he was beaten to the rebels as soon as he got out of the customs, and the wolf ran away, his reputation would turn into a cloud of smoke and become the biggest joke in the Eastern Capital.
Wei Yunqi pondered for a moment, then looked up at Yang Qian, "What's the plan?" ”
Yang Qian was standing in front of the map and thinking, and shook his hand when he heard this, "The sailor is about to cross the sea, and it is not appropriate to fight head-on at this moment." From a certain point of view, temporarily avoid the edge, and try to drag the white thief on the front line of the Tongji Canal first. ”
"If the white thief is afraid and wants to flee, now it is just a bluff and a deception to us, then the canal will be in danger of being cut off." Wei Yunqi frowned and said, "The Tongji Canal can't be broken no matter what. ”
"Since the Ming Duke is worried, we will cross the Jishui to the north, garrison the troops and seal the hills, and paralyze the white thieves while reorganizing the army for battle."
Wei Yun nodded from the beginning, and after a little muttering, he asked, "After a certain exit, the situation on the front line of Tongji Canal has changed, in this case, what kind of countermeasures will the white thief make?" What bait will the black hand behind the white thief throw in order to lure King Qi into a trap? ”
Yang Qian smiled slightly, "Ming Gong is too worried. Although the opponent wanted to defeat the King of Qi and destroy the Eastern Crusade, killing two birds with one stone, a group of rabble, with limited strength, could not do it at all. ”
Wei Yunqi didn't speak, but the thick melancholy between his eyebrows continued unabated.
This time out of Beijing, his purpose is to ensure that the king of Qi Yang Lan can go out of Beijing in July, for this reason, before July, the Tongji Canal must be kept unblocked, if the Tongji Canal is cut off before July, the king of Qi Yang Lan has to go out of Beijing in advance, so it disrupts the overall plan, and what is more strict is that it strictly endangers the safety of the Eastern Crusade.
If something goes wrong with the Eastern Crusade, he will give the emperor and the reformers an excuse to shirk their responsibilities, and at that moment, even if the rebellion of Yang Muan, the king of Qi, succeeds, he will not be able to achieve the desired goal, because he must bear the responsibility for the interruption of the Tongji Canal, and this guilt will deal a heavy blow to him, and he will be more and more away from the throne of the prince
Yang Qian had a smile on his face, but the melancholy in his eyes was equally thick. The white thief took the initiative to go north to meet the battle, which made him think of a terrible consequence, if the white thief killed Wei Yunqi, it would definitely shock the Eastern Capital, then Yang Lan, the king of Qi, under the heavy pressure of some important political forces in the Eastern Capital, had to go out of Beijing in advance to fight the rebellion, so as to give the opponent the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, to cut off the Tongji Canal to destroy the Eastern Crusade, destroy the King of Qi Yang Lan, and then achieve their political goal of destroying reform.
Yang Qian gave a deep salute and said in an unquestionable tone, "Duke Ming, without further ado, we will cross north to Jishui immediately." ”