In October, Li Congyan formally ordered that the only field army in Dengzhou should be called the First Field Army, and that he would be the general of the First Field Army, and that the rest of the generals at all levels would remain unchanged.

In order to enhance the actual combat strength of the First Field Army, Li Congyan set up his own military headquarters, which consisted of guards of the first brigade and scouts of the first brigade, and all the baggage regiments, chariot regiments, and miscellaneous regiments were directly under the military headquarters.

Wang Zuhe and Li Ren set up a command headquarters with a team of guards and a team of scouts. At the same time, each brigade of the 1st Field Army increased the strength of the scouts.

As a result of Li Congyan's rectification, the strength of the First Field Army increased to 16,750 men, and its strength was further enhanced. It's just that there is a general shortage of war horses in Dengzhou at the moment, and Li Congyan can't form a large-scale cavalry corps for the time being, and the First Field Army is basically all infantry except for scouts.

On the eighth day of October, Li Congyan ordered the First Field Army to be deployed, and the whole army was stationed in eight military strongholds in Hutouya, Yunshan, and other places in the western part of Dengzhou, waiting for his orders at any time.

At the same time, Li Congyan issued an order to the garrisons in one city and four counties of Dengzhou to strengthen the garrisons in various places and began to implement the wartime garrison plan.

Hutou Cliff and Yunshan each have four military strongholds, and the strongholds on both sides are three garrisons and one hoarding of money and grain, according to the organization of the Ministry of Military Affairs, they are Hutouya, Yunshan Bingzi No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 strongholds, and No. 1 stronghold of Buzi.

After Li Congyan issued an all-armament battle order, the First Field Army set out from Dengzhou and marched to the stronghold group west of Dengzhou in two ways.

In the afternoon of that day, the left battalion was standing on a hillside with a sweaty head on the Duwei Wangzuhe, and in front of him was a wide valley, through which nearly 6,000 soldiers of the left battalion were passing in an orderly manner.

"Notify all departments, speed up, before this evening, all departments must be stationed in various strongholds in Yunshan, there must be no mistakes!"

"Whoa!"

A team of scouts Pegasus went to give orders, Wang Zuhe took off his helmet and wiped his sweat, and was about to untie the cuirass of Mingguang armor, this ghost weather is really abnormal, it is already October, and it is still as hot as midsummer!

At this time, the left battalion Zuo Guoyi Du Lieutenant Chong Huajia and the right Guoyi Lieutenant Wang Yong rode horses to come, and the Zhuang Huajia looked at Wang Zuhe, who was so hot that his clothes were not neat, and said with a smile: "Wang Zhechong, you look like you have lost your identity, fortunately, the Lord did not set up an assassin in the army to rectify military discipline, otherwise Wang Zhechong must eat the board!" ”

Wang Zuhe said with a smile: "I heard that the Lord is ready to set up an assassin position in the army, it is only a matter of time. ”

Then Wang Zuhe beckoned the two to sit on the ground and said, "The weather is too hot, go back and send someone to report to the military headquarters baggage regiment and send some more medicine to the summer." ”

Chong Huajia said with a smile: "I came to report to Wang Zhichong, the military department sent scouts to inform us that the baggage regiment has sent people to transport a large number of heatstroke prevention powder to us, and the miscellaneous regiment has also sent two brigades of troops to accompany us to bear the chores for our officers and soldiers." ”

"Haha, good!"

Wang Zuhe said with a smile: "It's still the Lord who is thoughtful and thinks of everything he can think of for us." ”

Wang Yong next to him asked: "Wang Zhichong, our left battalion is still more than ten miles away from the Yunshan stronghold, how can the various departments deploy their troops?" I would also like to inform the ministries. ”

Wang Zuhe waved his hand, and the guards behind him took out a map and put it on the ground to unfold it.

"This is a map of the strongholds in Yunshan, you can see ......"

Wang Zuhe pointed to the strongholds of Yunshan Bingzi No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, and said, "Our first regiment of the left battalion is stationed at Bingzi No. 1, the second regiment is stationed at Bingzi No. 2, and the third regiment is stationed at Bingzi No. 3. Chong Guoyi is in charge of the No. 2 stronghold of Bingzi, which is close to the No. 1 stronghold of Bingzi, which is the forefront of Yunshan, if the lord has an order, you must lead the first regiment and the second regiment to set off first. ”

The birch armor fork hand commanded: "Oh! ”

Then, Wang Zuhe said to Wang Yong: "I led the Fourth Regiment and the Commander Headquarters to garrison the No. 3 stronghold, which is located between the No. 1, No. 2 and the No. 2 stronghold, which is convenient for commanding the front and rear departments. On the side of the stronghold of the supplement, there were three regiments led by Lao Wang Guoyi to garrison. ”

Wang Yong received the order.

After the deployment, the three of them stood up, Wang Zuhe wiped his sweat again, and said: "After informing the troops to pass through the valley, go directly to the various strongholds, and then garrison on the spot, waiting for further orders." ”

"Whoa!"

As soon as the words fell, Wang Zuhe and the three of them saw a team of scouts riding horses, and said to the birch armor: "It seems to be a scout from the military department!" ”

After a while, Wang Zuhe got the order sent by Li Congyan, opened it, and saw that it was written: "After the various departments are stationed in the stronghold, they will immediately send scouts to reconnoiter in the direction of Laizhou and Mizhou!" ”

Wang Yong said excitedly: "It seems that the Lord is preparing to attack from the direction of Laizhou and Mizhou, so I don't know how Shen Tan, the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu, will deal with it!" ”

"What can he do?" The Zhenfu Division and the Industrial Division have infiltrated the Pinglu Jiedu Envoy's territory into a sieve, as long as our army arrives, I suspect that someone will secretly answer and open the city gates! ”

After speaking, the three of them all laughed, and after laughing, Wang Zuhe said: "Although we have the assistance of the Zhenfu Division, the Military Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Industrial Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the main force to win the Pinglu Jiedu Envoy is still our First Field Army!" Therefore, tell the soldiers of all departments that as long as the Lord gives the order, we must see the truth on the battlefield, and we must not hope for anything else, nor can we leave anything to chance! ”

"Whoa!"

Wang Yong on the side looked at Wang Zuhe with a firm face, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "When Wang Zhichong was in Luoyang, he was the best at complimenting Shangguan and was very tactful, but now he has been in the army for a long time, and he has become so upright. ”

Wang Zuhe naturally didn't know what Wang Yong was thinking, standing on the hillside at this time, looking at the army that was passing quickly, he couldn't help but feel agitated in his heart, and suddenly waved his hands and roared loudly: "Wansheng!" Wansheng! ”

The morale of the thousands of left battalion generals in the valley was high, and under the leadership of the generals of the various departments, they were also shouting victory, and the entire valley reverberated with a killing atmosphere.

On the same day, Wang Zuhe led the troops of the left battalion to station in various strongholds in Yunshan, and Li Ren, the commander of the right battalion, led the soldiers of the right battalion to arrive at Hutou Cliff on the same day, and divided his troops to garrison various strongholds in Hutou Cliff.

A few days later, Li Congyan led more than 4,000 soldiers and soldiers from the military headquarters, including the baggage regiment, the miscellaneous regiment, the chariot regiment, the guards and the scouts, from Dengzhou City, and then arrived at a dock fort between Yunshan and Hutou Cliff. This dock fort was originally built by the Li family in Dengzhou City, and after the Li family was exterminated, Li Congyan pocketed this dock fort and used it as a military station of the new army, named Huyun Military Station.

In the dock fort, Li Congyan settled the officers and men of various departments, and Song Shilun, the captain of the baggage regiment, Jia Hong, the captain of the chariot regiment, and Wang Shannan, the captain of the miscellaneous regiment, rushed to the Chinese army to listen to Li Congyan's arrangement.

"All units seized the time to conduct drills in accordance with the wartime program. The baggage regiment and the miscellaneous regiment will support the left and right battalions early tomorrow morning, and transport the heatstroke prevention medicine and the baggage needed by the army. ”

"Whoa!"

Song Shilun, Jia Hong, and Wang Shannan were ordered to retreat, and it didn't take long for Li Wei, Wu Conghan, and Bai Jixun to arrive together.

Before Li Congyan led the army to leave Dengzhou City, he sent an order to the three of them, ordering them to sort out the affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Department of Suppression, and then rush to Huyun Military Station to meet him.

"Sit down."

Li Congyan beckoned Li Wei, Wu Conghan, and Bai Jixun to sit down, and then said: "From today on, the Huyun Military Station is the temporary residence of the shogunate, and all the affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Department of Suppression and Pacification are gathered here to summarize and report to me. ”

"Whoa!"

"Okay, do you have anything important to say about the ministries?"

The three of them looked at each other, and then Li Wei smiled, and took the lead in crossing his hands and said: "Your Excellency, the Ministry of Military Affairs has now begun large-scale conscription, and conscription offices have been opened in one city and four counties in Dengzhou, and it is expected that within three months, the scale of the training army will be expanded to about 10,000 people." ”

"In addition, the War Division and the Baggage Division have also begun to operate at full speed, and within three months, the troops and baggage required by the 50,000 troops can be raised."

"Good!"

Li Congyan thought for a moment and said: "The military medical department can also act, let Sun Yi start to equip the officers and soldiers of each department with military medical officers, and mobilize manpower according to the ratio of one medical officer and two apprentices in each brigade." All kinds of medicines for the army should also be prepared. ”

Li Wei said: "Your Majesty, if the medical officers of the accompanying army are equipped according to various proportions, then the First Field Army will need fifty-seven medical officers and one hundred and fourteen apprentices, and these medical officers and apprentices will serve the more than 16,000 soldiers of the First Field Army, will they be enough?" ”

Li Congyan said: "There is no way, there are not many people in the Military Medical Department now, after all, the training of medical officers takes time, and it is urgent." If I'm not mistaken, there are probably more than 80 medical officers in the Military Medical Department now, right? ”

"The Lord has a good memory, and there are eighty-three medical officers in the Military Medical Department."

"Therefore, it is already quite a lot to mobilize 57 people to move with the First Field Army, and the remaining insufficient manpower will be put on top by the officers and soldiers of the Miscellaneous Regiment, although these soldiers do not know medical skills, but when they were training the military battalion, they have all learned simple bandaging and nursing, and it is still possible to give a hand to the medical officer."

"Whoa!"

"The remaining medical officers and apprentices of the Military Medical Department were sent to one city and four counties in Dengzhou, and assigned to the garrisons in various places to accompany the army. If the war starts in the future, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no battle to defend the city, so we must be fully prepared. ”

"My subordinates understand!"

Then Li Congyan looked at Wu Conghan and asked, "How is the army's money and food prepared?" ”

Wu Conghan said: "Your Excellency, the Treasury Department has mobilized 1.2 million yuan of military expenses and 2 million stone of military rations, and has begun to ship them in batches, and the first batch of 200,000 guan military expenses and 300,000 stone military rations have arrived at Huyun Military Station with the three of us, and they will be distributed to all departments of the First Field Army early the day after tomorrow. The remaining money and grain will be delivered to the Huyun Military Station in five batches. ”

Li Congyan nodded and said: "Except for the first batch of money and grain, all the remaining money and grain are hoarded at Huyun Military Station, which will be used as a baggage battalion for the First Field Army. ”

"Whoa!"

Li Wei was a little worried, Li Congyan's side only had the baggage regiment, the miscellaneous regiment, the chariot regiment and the soldiers and horses of the military headquarters, and some soldiers of the miscellaneous regiment and the baggage regiment were assigned to various departments, and the soldiers and horses around Li Congyan were only about 3,000 people, so he said with his crossed hands: "Lord, is there an additional garrison here at the Huyun Soldier Station?" ”

Li Congyan smiled and said, "It's okay, now the military headquarters and the troops attached to the three regiments are enough." Moreover, it is not far from Huangxian County, Penglai County and other places, and it only takes a day or two for the garrisons from all over the country to arrive, so there will be no problem. ”

"Whoa!"

Then, Li Congyan said to Bai Jixun: "I want to report all kinds of information from Shen Tan's department every two days, and at the same time, Beizhen Fusi also has to take into account the information on Luoyang and Taiyuan, and the information on both sides will be reported every five days, and there must be no mistakes!" ”

"In addition, the Military Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs will also be dispatched, and the Military Intelligence Department will focus on military intelligence, and it will cooperate with the Suppression Department to make intelligence preparations for the big war."

Bai Jixun crossed his hand and said: "Please rest assured, my Zhenfu Division is the eyes and ears of the soldiers of the army, and there will be no problem!" ”

Li Wei also crossed his hands and said: "Your Lord, rest assured, Li Mu, the director of the Military Intelligence Department, has already set off and personally went to Mizhou to sit in town, and the deployment of military forces in Pinglu Town will soon be clarified!" ”

Li Congyan let out a sigh of relief after hearing this, and said with a smile: "Now everything is ready, just wait for the world to change, and we can move west!" ”