Chapter 253: The new Governor of Song

After half a day of debate, the two factions that supported and opposed Zhao'an finally negotiated a result that could be accepted by both sides after their respective compromises.

That is, the remnants of the Tiannan Legion must be guaranteed to be independent; And the envoy of Tiannan County can only manage the affairs of Tiannan County for six years!

In the eyes of many ministers, six years is just enough time for the empire to recover from the embarrassing situation, and when the time comes, it is logical to take back the power of Tiannan. If the thieves are interested, they will use various means to slowly cut off the thieves' forces and gradually take back Songjiang County. If the thieves refuse, the army will directly detain the customs and exterminate the thieves!

Seeing that the ministers of the two factions had basically reached a consensus, Qian Yuanji, who had already begun to feel tired and stiff in his body, stepped forward at the right time and achieved the holy decree.

Soon, Fang An would return to Songjiang County with the Holy Decree, so that Chen Wu could sit on the throne of the Governor of Songjiang and then send troops to the south. Before that, they would first communicate with Yuan Xingwei, ask the other party to take a step back, and inform the Taiping army to get ready. In this way, after the imperial decree arrives, the Taiping army, which has been communicated in advance, can directly set up the incense case to receive the decree, so as not to make jokes if there is any problem, and guide the empire to lose its dignity.

In the end, Zhao'an succeeded.

This made the fifth prince Qian Minghao a little dissatisfied, but he knew very well that in the final stage of the court debate, his father and emperor secretly took the lead. Realizing that his father was inclined to recruit An, Qian Minghao was unwilling, and could only immediately signal his people to stop.

The lack of opposition from the Five Princes' factions is also an important reason why the two sides were able to quickly reach a consensus in the end.

"It's better that the thieves don't like this extra condition and fall out with the Empire......

Qian Minghao thought maliciously, but he didn't know that this result had already been expected by Chen Wu.

Before Yuan Xingwei went to Beijing, he had already received his face-to-face instruction. With the end of the imperial meeting, the final terms of the imperial decision were quickly passed through to Fang An and Lin Anping, and to Yuan Xingwei. According to Chen Wu's order, it would be best if the final contract could not be changed word for word, but some of the terms and details involved were not unacceptable.

In charge of Tiannan County for six years, this is actually insignificant, and it is one year higher than the bottom limit expected by Chen Wu.

The only thing that has an impact is probably that the remnants of the Tiannan Army are guaranteed to be independent. However, although this article will cause some trouble for Chen Wu, it is not unacceptable reads();.

The reason is simple, the empire thinks the situation is too good!

If the empire is always strong enough, the soldiers of the Tiannan Legion will naturally abide by the orders. But the truth is that the empire will continue to grow weaker in the coming years, leaving no hope in sight. The food and salary of the Tiannan Army were replenished, and all of them were in the hands of Chen Wu. In this case, if they can't recover them, then Chen Wu, the traverser, will inevitably be too much of a failure.

With a bit of satisfaction and excitement, Yuan Xingwei took the lead in leaving Beijing early the next morning and sent the news of Zhao'an back to Songjiang.

However, such astonishing news had spread to Wuhu Qinghe County near Zhongzhou overnight before he left, and then spread farther and farther. The center actually agreed to Zhao'an, and offered such generous conditions, which unsurprisingly caused a huge shock. If the Taiping army can successfully defeat the Omani army, it will definitely become the first power in the history of the Qianyuan Dynasty to hold the territory of two counties. Even if there is a limit on the number of years, and it is only a proxy power, it is still an unprecedented change.

Some of the people who were surprised, some of whom were puzzled, and some of them immediately wrote to the center to ask the center to take back their orders.

It's a pity that the holy decree has been issued, and the Taiji Hall has been discussed, and Zhao'an is equivalent to a nail in the coffin. Really smart people and forces began to send envoys one after another and rushed to Songjiang. In the past, the Taiping army was still a thief army, and no one dared to contact it openly, and they were even more worried. Now, now that Zhao'an has almost been completed, Chen Wu will soon become the new governor of Songjiang and the envoy of Tiannan, and he will become a big member of the imperial political territory, and the forces of all parties will naturally rush to make friends and even win over.

As for whether the Taiping army can drive away the army of the Omani Kingdom and recapture Tiannan, although most people are not optimistic, the more this time, the more they can see the courage and vision of the people. When the dust settles, it's the icing on the cake — not even the icing on the cake.

What's more, since the Taiping Army started its army, it seems to have a destiny, and the record of winning a hundred battles has given many people strong confidence.

Who can guarantee that such a force will not be able to create a miracle?

If you take into account that there are still the remnants of the famous general Le Ji and the Tiannan Army in Tiannan County, after receiving the holy decree, the Taiping Army has become an "official army", which can be supported by the local people, and it can be regarded as a home battle. It's really hard to say what the outcome of this war will be!

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Later historians, studying the process of Chen Wu's beginning, can see that there are several obvious stage nodes.

The Taiping army burned a Wu'an garrison brigade in Xiayang Valley, annihilating half of the military strength of Taiping County, which is a point. The subsequent strategic eastward expansion of the capture of Wu'an to get rid of the encirclement and suppression of the empire is another point. After that, it suddenly appeared in Songjiang, and the second garrison brigade was severely damaged in Dawangzhuang and then captured Daqing Pass, which was the third node. And now, the comprehensive capture of Songjiang, and the subsequent recognition and recruitment of the empire, is the fourth node, and it is also a vital symbol!

Prior to this, although the Taiping Army was completely different from ordinary rebels in terms of specific aspects, it was still the same as the Exile Army in terms of nature. But after Zhao'an, the Taiping army began to move towards a path of regularization, and would gradually evolve into a real regime.

Of course, as far as the eyes are concerned, Chen Wu, who lives in the Dengzhou Governor's Mansion, has not yet realized that he is about to become the envoy of the Songjiang Governor Tiannan. After Yuan Xingwei, who rushed back from the stars and the moon, reported the situation in Zhongzhou and Zhao'an, and returned to rest with a haggard face, he was still in front of the sand table of the Chinese military tent, worrying about the war in Tiannan County.

In other words, at this time, he may have to be busy to meet the Holy Decree and the Imperial Envoy in every possible way to fight for the scenery. But for veteran players who have experienced more than ten years before the crossing, the Holy Decree or anything is a floating cloud. An empire doomed to perdition, there is nothing to care about. Comparatively, how to drive away the army of the Kingdom of Oman is the most important reads();.

When it comes to this, we have to mention the shape of Tiannan County.

After the capture of Namfeng Province, the 190,000-strong army of the Kingdom of Oman suspended its operations. Thanks to the strong blockade of the empire and the fact that the Kingdom of Oman does not produce war horses on its own, only inferior pomps produced in the south, the cavalry of the Kingdom of Oman is scarce. In addition, the main attack was on the South Peak Fortress before, and the cavalry could not play any purpose, so the army was almost all infantry.

Due to the lack of cavalry and food, they had to send small troops deep into other areas of Tiannan County while patiently waiting for more grain and grass to be transported from the Koi Castle in the Red River Valley.

Once enough food and grass has been hoarded, one of the goals of the Omani army is to attack Tianlong, completely wipe out the Tiannan army that withdrew from the Nanfeng Fortress, and then completely control Tiannan County!

On the other hand, on the empire's side, Leji's response is also very simple. Fortified and cleared, and at the same time relied on the city of Tianlong to defend it, taking advantage of the relatively long supply lines of the Omanis after the northward advance, trying to harass the grain routes, delay as much time as possible, and force the Omani kingdom to withdraw its own troops - of course, it would be better if the empire could bring reinforcements from other places.

After figuring out the situation on both sides of the battlefield and the established strategy, it was not difficult for Chen Wu to intervene.

At this stage, he prefers to intensify the training of his soldiers while waiting for a turn in the war in the south. The best case scenario is that the army of the Kingdom of Oman has a bloody encounter in Tianlong City, and it is best that the Tiannan army is also weak to a certain extent, and the Taiping army will take the opportunity to pick up the cheap. It can be a sneak attack, or it can find a way to destroy the granaries of the Kingdom of Oman on the front line.

Of course, this is not an easy task, but the Taiping army still has a lot of advantages and places to take advantage of.

The troops in his hands also gave him enough confidence.

After the gradual occupation of Songjiang, the recruitment and mobilization of the Taiping army never stopped. With the continuous expenditure of finance, the military strength of the Taiping army also increased rapidly at this cost. Before the attack on Dengzhou, the total number of the Taiping army was roughly 14,000. The most elite Taiping Battalion Volunteer Battalion, after filling the number of casualties, still maintained the scale of 6,000; The remaining 8,000 or so were ordinary soldiers who had participated in a small number of battles.

After Dengzhou to the present, another 2,000 people have completed recruit training and joined the Taiping Army's combat sequence.

In this way, the Taiping army's own number of soldiers reached an unprecedented 16,000 people!

Don't forget, the 8,000 people of the Dengzhou government!

The Dengzhou No. 1 Garrison Brigade was almost completely absorbed, and these 4,000 people were comparable to the combat strength of the Taiping Battalion. It may not be comparable to the ace troops of the Omanis, the main army of the empire, but it is no worse than the second-line troops. In addition, the new brigade reorganized by the Dengzhou government is also a military force of 4,000 people. Since the government of Dengzhou had completed the initial training for the Taiping Army and had also been issued with a full set of weapons and armor, these 4,000 people were a force that could basically be used immediately after they had never seen blood.

This means that Chen Wu has a total of 24,000 troops in his hands, of which 10,000 are veterans with good combat effectiveness!

In the case of Zhao'an's completion of the détente with the Empire, Chen Wu's local forces can be appropriately reduced. Considering the special nature of this battle, Chen Wu is ready to use 15,000-18,000 troops depending on the situation!

At its worst, this force is close to one-tenth of the size of Oman's northward army.

It still seems insignificant, but it is enough to pry the tide of battle.

If the Omanis are confused by Chen Wu's previous attitude, and ignore Chen Wu's covert actions and Nan's determination, they will definitely suffer a big loss and pay a heavy price for it!