Chapter 267 Zhenbei Army and Duliao Army
At noon on the second day, Liu He personally presided over the formation ceremony of the Zhenbei Army, and Xu Rong accepted the post of General of Pingbei, and took over the banner of the Zhenbei Army and the general's seal letter and the tiger talisman from Liu He in public. Although the deputy general Li Meng was forced to surrender by Liu He, after coming to Youzhou, he was also down-to-earth, and this time he followed Xu Rongshui to rise and was able to accept the post of general.
General Pingbei is the lowest title among the three generals, under the Sifang (front and back) generals, the four Zheng (southeast and northwest) generals, the four towns (southeast and northwest) generals and the Siping (generals), but it is also an out-and-out three products. Now the official appointment of the Zhenbei general by the imperial court is Li Dao, who is a member of the second grade, so Xu Rong, the chief general of the Zhenbei Army, still has room for promotion in the future.
The soldiers who had accompanied Xu Rong to fight in various parts of Youzhou cheered and came to the flag platform hanging the Zhenbei military flag to hug and cry, and celebrated happily for their new identity.
In ancient times, marching and fighting, it was about the morale of the army, these soldiers who were captured in Tongguan and Jizhou, always pressed a stone in their hearts, although they came to Youzhou to kill the enemy and never flinched, but always felt that there was a status gap with the local soldiers of Youzhou who were red and Miaozheng. Now the eldest prince personally came to preside over the flag awarding ceremony of the Zhenbei Army, which made the former soldiers finally have a feeling of raising their eyebrows.
According to the establishment, Liu He allocated 3,000 men and horses from the 6,000 light cavalry led by Xiahou Lan, and 3,000 infantry from the remaining 16,000 infantry, which were assigned to the Zhenbei Army. These 6,000 soldiers and horses plus nearly 15,000 infantry under Xu Rong are more than 20,000, and the Zhenbei Army is full and strong.
Di Ping's affair was over, and Liu He was separated from Xu Rong and Wei Dun. The 4,000 infantry under Wei Dun's command, who had been stationed at Juyong Pass, continued to follow Liu He eastward, and Wei Dun himself was escorted by Xu Rong to Yuyang County to take up the post of Taishou.
After Liu He led his army out of Diping, he did not choose to go south along the Baoqiu River to reach Hunu and then turn east, but directly entered the territory of Wuhuan Daishan Yu Dun in the east.
Although some troops were divided and assigned to the Zhenbei Army. But Liu He still has 3,000 light cavalry, 13,000 infantry and 4,000 veterans who have been stationed at Juyongguan for many years.
The mixed army of 20,000 foot cavalry is not a small number at any time, and if it is fully supplied and properly commanded, it is enough to beat the Wuhuan tribes in Yuyang County, Youbeiping and Liaoxi County one by one.
Liu He was accompanied by Guo Jia, director of the Zanhua Division, Xia Houlan, deputy director of the Internal Affairs Division, and Murong Ping, a sharpshooter, and not far behind him was the newly established Zhenbei Army. There is also an elite cavalry of Zhang He in the east, and if he dares to lead the army to call Liu He now, it will be to hit the knife edge himself, purely looking for death.
The army marched slowly, the morale of the soldiers was high, and while being cautious and vigilant, they secretly looked forward to some of the unsightly Wuhuan people coming to find the ballast, so that everyone could have the opportunity to perform well in front of the son, until the towering and upright Lu Longsai jumped in front of him. I haven't even seen a single hair from the Hu people!
Before Liu He arrived at Diping, he retreated to the north of Baitan Mountain with Xiaolou Ban, and he would rather face the threat of Xianbei in Liaoxi than meet the scheming eldest prince of Jicheng.
It was still the time of the Chinese New Year, and the building in Shanggu County secretly sent someone to contact Badun. persuade him to accept Liu He's conditions and send Qiu Liju's son to Jicheng as a proton, so that Badun does not have to worry about being attacked by Liu He, and can rest assured that the tribe will have a chance to breathe for development.
He scolded the man sent from the building. said that the building had forgotten the despicable and insidious Han people, and sooner or later it would be calculated to death by Liu He. Obviously, Bunton does not trust Liu He. He sneered at Liu He's conditions.
Because of such a thing, Badun was more vigilant about Liu He, and constantly sent spies to the vicinity of Jicheng to find out Liu He's news, so when Xu Rong led tens of thousands of troops to Diping, Badun became nervous, and when Liu He also led the troops to Diping, Badun once thought that Liu He was going to war with him, so he hurriedly took his tribe to the north of Baitan Mountain in one breath, obviously frightened by Liu He's formation.
Bun Dun also knew that some time ago, his clansmen were a little too much to quarrel with the tribes of Wuyan in Yuyang and the north of Youbeiping, and the surrounding Han people were not shallowly harmed, so Liu He had every reason to come with soldiers and horses to clean up. While his heart was weak, he held the mentality of "leading the water to the east", completely made way for Liu He, and looked forward to Liu He passing through his territory and fighting the old thing in Wuyan in Youbeiping.
Soon, Liu He led the army through the territory of the Wuhuan people in Yuyang County, but he still did not choose to make a detour to the south, and continued to swagger towards the tribe of Wuyan in Beiping County, but he still did not see a ghost.
When he found out that the clansmen of Badun suddenly evacuated to the north, he hurriedly sent people to inquire around, and learned that Liu Shiren, who had killed Gongsun Zhan's brothers, led the army to the east, so he hurriedly took the clansmen to the north, and ran to the east of Baitan Mountain in one breath, and happened to confront Badun across the mountain.
Bun Dun and Wu Yan would never have thought that Liu He's eastward journey this time was just a bluff, and he was not ready to fight with all the Wuhuan tribes. These Wuhuan people are more cunning than foxes, more ferocious than hungry wolves, and good at using the terrain to fight guerrillas, if they can't be copied from Sanbao and forced to the shore of the Bohai Sea, they can't be caught at all.
Liu He went east this time to form the Liao Army!
The army marched eastward for several more days, and finally passed through Youbeiping County and entered the western border of Liaoxi.
Zhang He, Xian Yuyin, and Tian Chou stood ten miles north of Lulongsai, and behind them were two thousand knights in armor, quietly waiting for the arrival of the big man in the west.
Tian Chou and Xian Yuyin, the two iron buddies, secretly came to Lingzhi when Liu He went to Macheng, one of them wanted to take over the territory that Zhang He had knocked down, and the other wanted to cooperate with Zhang He to form the Youyan Army, so they had to rush to Lingzhi to familiarize themselves with the situation in advance when Liu He went to the Western Front, and prepare for the formation of the Liao Army with Zhang He.
Badun and Wuyan didn't understand the purpose of Liu He's eastward journey, but Zhang He and the others had already received a secret report, so they calculated the time for Liu He to lead the army to arrive every day, so as to go out of the fortress to greet them.
Liu He himself doesn't care too much about some red tape, and he doesn't like to put on a show in front of his subordinates. But this does not mean that Zhang He, Xian Yuyin and Tian Chou can be sloppy. Greeting the eldest prince out of the fortress is not only enthusiastic, but more importantly, it is necessary to convey a kind of unity and high-spirited energy to the soldiers.
"Report! The leading troops of the eldest prince have reached ten miles away! The probe horse galloped over and reported loudly to Zhang He.
"Probe!"
"Report! The eldest prince's Chinese army is five miles away! ”
Finally, Liu He's troops appeared in everyone's field of vision.
The eldest prince is close to Lulongsai!
The eldest prince who single-handedly created the Youzhou cavalry came to Lulongsai from the north of the Great Wall!
After a few months of separation, Liu He finally reunited with his general Zhang He in Lulongsai, Xiongguan, and everything was self-evident.
Zhang He welcomed Liu He into the fortress, and then accompanied Liu He to every place in the city, carefully introducing Liu He to the design purpose and wartime use of each part of the building, just as Liu He had done when he first visited him in Boluoting.
Since Zhang He and Liu He intersected, their fate was completely changed. Not only did he move to a high position step by step, but he also experienced the pride of the generals who commanded the army freely, and was no longer as constrained and restricted as he was when he was under Han Fu. Although the eldest prince is more than ten years younger than Zhang He, he makes Zhang He feel very comfortable getting along, and he never feels that there is anything awkward or wrong.
Zhang He accompanied Liu He to the crescent tower, pointed to the water flowing quietly in the distance, and said: "This river first flows from north to south, and when it reaches the east of Xu Wu County, it suddenly turns eastward, and when it reaches the north of Lingzhi County, it turns south again. It just provides sufficient water for the plains that flow through, which is very suitable for the people to cultivate and livestock. ”
Liu He nodded and said: "The Gongsun clan of the century-old clan chose this feng shui treasure land to base itself on Lingzhi and dominate western Liaoning for decades. Alas. Gongsun Zhan was not satisfied, he could obviously be a general who would go down in history for the Han Dynasty to guard the Northeast, but he wanted to learn from Yuan Shao and wanted to seize the whole world, but it was inevitable to be destroyed. ”
"Follow Childe's instructions. I asked the people of the Gongsun clan to go by boat from the wet water into the sea, but I don't know where they ended up, but I hope it is better not to let the tiger return to the mountain. ”
"Huh. I have thought too much about it. When I left Zilong to guard the Western Front, he begged me not to exterminate the Gongsun clan, which can be regarded as repaying Gongsun Zhan's kindness to him at the beginning. In fact, even if Zilong doesn't open his mouth to plead, I won't wipe out all Gongsun Zhan's clansmen. You should know that I am not the kind of person who is kind to a woman, but I have my own bottom line in doing things, if I can't even tolerate a Gongsun clan who has lost its foundation, how can I tolerate the whole world? ”
"Childe's mind and bearing, he deeply admires!"
"It's just the two of us here, don't put a high hat on me. Liaoxi was single-handedly defeated by you, and now I let Minghui come and replace you, you won't have any opinions, right? ”
Childe laughed. You didn't remove me from my position, but let me change places to be the commander of the army, in the future, the war in Jizhou will only be more intense than the war in Liaodong, what I am worried about now is that the military merits have accumulated too fast and too much, how should the son be sealed in the future? ”
Zhang He, who rarely laughs, rarely made a joke with Liu He this time.
"Ha Lu Ha...... You can think so! Minghui went to Liaodong with Han Zipei last time to recruit Taishi Ziyi for me, but he was chased and killed by Gongsun Du's troops, and he didn't forget this hatred, so this time I asked him to be the general of Duliao, which can be regarded as helping him realize his desire for revenge. ”
The conversation between the master and the slave was cordial and casual, and Liu He carefully explained to Zhang He why he spared the Gongsun clan and let Xian Yuyin come to order him to be the chief general of the Liao army, while Zhang He showed his open-minded attitude in a joking way, so as to avoid the suspicion that the two might have in the future.
Liu He stayed in Lulongsai for a few days, and then came to Lingzhi City with Zhang He and Xian Yuyin, and held a grand ceremony for the founding of the Liao Army in front of the mansion where Gongsun Zhan lived.
At this point, the Youzhou Fifth Army already has four armies, and only the Youyan Army led by Zhang He is left to erect the golden banner in Zhuoxian County. (To be continued......)
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