Song Biao nodded, with a look of surprise in his eyes, the Mengzhou Iron Cavalry Battalion is still very loud in the two northwestern states, and it is a real elite cavalry in Mengzhou.

It's a pity that when Mengzhou was taken and they retreated all the way to Ganzhou, the Iron Cavalry Battalion was basically lost, but even Song Biao admired the performance along the way.

Knowing Chen Bin's identity, Song Biao said softly, "It turned out to be a person from the Iron Cavalry Battalion, no wonder he has such knowledge." ”

"With your strength, serving as a scout squad leader is really a bit condescending, so let's transfer you to serve as the deputy commander of the scout battalion, and when you have almost experienced it in the future, it will be of great use to you."

Chen Bin was taken aback, but he didn't expect that he only put forward some opinions, and he was directly promoted from a small squad leader to the second-in-command of the entire battalion, which made him a little flattered.

Chen Bin clenched his fists and wanted to open his mouth to refuse, but was rejected by Song Biao.

"Chen Bin, don't be such a mother-in-law, I still trust your division commander, the Dongshan Army has always been eclectic, the capable are up, the mediocre are down, and there is absolutely no nepotism."

"Although the division commander does not have superb strategic wisdom, he still has the eye to discover talents, and letting you serve as the deputy battalion commander of the scout is not your upper limit, but only temporary."

"When you are familiar with all aspects of the Dongshan Army, it will be of great use to you and me, after all, you are from the Iron Cavalry Battalion, and the Iron Cavalry Battalion was defeated, it's a pity, don't you want to revive the prestige of the Mengzhou Iron Cavalry Battalion?"

Song Biao's words are all on this, if Chen Bin refuses, he will seem to be ignorant.

Chen Bin immediately knelt down, looking excited, and officially accepted Song Biao's appointment, and after a while, Chen Bin got up and left.

Seeing Chen Bin's back, Song Biao's eyes had a bit of smugness.

At present, the Dongshan Army has four divisions, three infantry divisions, and one cavalry division, which cooperate with each other tacitly, and of course, there is internal competition.

The second division led by Song Biao has good strength, but in terms of cavalry, it is still much worse than the cavalry division of the second fierce.

Now, having discovered the talent of Chen Bin, Song Biao has already planned in his heart, with him as the leader, to establish a cavalry regiment in the second division in the future.

With Chen Bin's iron cavalry battalion background, this cavalry regiment does not expect to catch up with and surpass the cavalry division of Ermeng, but at least it will have to make more concessions.

In addition to the cavalry regiment, there are other branches of the military, such as long-range heavy crossbows, crossbowmen-based support regiments, logistics regiments that support logistics, and so on.

Of course, these branches of the armed forces are all in the planning, and they have not yet been implemented, and if it were not for the war in the two northwestern states, this fight would have been so long, and if they had a good rest, they might have been formed long ago.

The reason why a multi-arm corps was formed within each division was also Su Qi'an's meaning.

With the scale of four divisions of the Dongshan Army, the multi-arm corps plan was proposed, but when it first controlled Erzhou, Daliang was still in a period of peace and stability.

If a multi-arm corps is formed, the army will have to be expanded, and at that time, if the army is expanded, it will definitely be labeled as a rebellion, so this matter has been delayed.

But now, this time is different from the past, the first emperor returned to heaven, the two kings ascended the throne, divided and ruled the Great Liang, not only did the Great Liang be peaceful, but the twelve states became more and more turbulent, and wars could be seen everywhere, looking like the world was in chaos.

Therefore, whether it is to protect itself or to expand externally, the Dongshan Army is bound to expand its army.

According to the plan, the establishment of the four divisions will remain unchanged except for the cavalry division, but the number of people can be increased from 5,000 to 10,000.

The remaining three divisions were all expanded into an army, with a minimum of 20,000 troops and an upper limit of 30,000.

But if you want to accomplish this goal, the difficulty is not ordinary, don't look at the difference of only one word, but the expansion into an army is not just a blind expansion of troops, but the formation of multiple arms.

It can pull out an army alone, and it can deal with any terrain scene, even in the face of a menacing enemy army, and it is necessary to achieve a position that can be attacked, retreated, and defended.

If there is a need, the army can also cooperate with each other, in Su Qi'an's words, a large corps of operations, more than 100,000 people of coordinated operations, think about that scene, it makes people's blood boil.

The battle of a large corps cannot be seen for a long time, and an expansion into an army will give them a headache.

Although it has a headache, it does not mean that there is no action, and the war broke out in the two northwestern states.

Song Biao, Er Meng, Chen Dao, and Su Yong have been secretly competing in private for a long time to see who can take the first step and expand into an army.

After a simple fantasy, Song Biao came back to his senses from his thoughts, he knew that this matter had to come step by step, and he couldn't be in a hurry.

The top priority now is to assist in the frontal battlefield and force back the Honors who are heading south.

After a while, the gate of the capital protection palace was opened, and a large number of soldiers were quickly dispatched, and the soldiers were divided into two ways, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.

At the same time, frontal battlefields.

Longquan, Wuwei, and Tiannan, three important military towns, were attacked by the Rongbing soldiers who went south at the same time.

The Rong soldiers who went south this time had at least 80,000 troops, and they basically poured out of the nest, leaving no room for anything.

The strength of the three military towns is only 50,000 when it is full, of which at least one-third is to collect the remnants of Mengzhou, and the strength of the two states is at least 120,000, and after two battles in the northwest, only 50,000 people remain, which is enough to see the tragedy of the war.

If it weren't for Su Qi'an's extermination of Saktu in World War I and the resubmission of the Western Regions to Daliang, I am afraid that the Northwest War at the beginning of World War II would have been even more tragic.

On the frontal battlefield, the countries of the Western Regions also made up 30,000 coalition troops, although they can't be compared with the Saktu period, but after a big war, they can make up 30,000 people, and they have done their best.

Moreover, of the 30,000 coalition troops, Wang Zhenshan and Xie Cang did not let them bear the main army, most of them were flank cooperation, or logistics baggage troops.

After all, in terms of their strength, if they really want to meet the honored soldiers face-to-face, I am afraid that it will not be long before they are one-sided.

The strength of the Rong soldiers is not blown, Wang Zhenshan has been dealing with them for so many years, and it is not easy to be able to achieve one to one casualties.

This is also why the soldiers of the two states in the northwest will make the soldiers of the two states quite fearful, once they have the opportunity, they will bite like crazy, and do their best to cause casualties among the soldiers of the two states.

As long as they can take the two northwestern states, the threat of the Rong people will be reduced by at least half, and they can invade with a large army, and go all the way south, no matter if they encounter soldiers from other states, they will shoot without any worries.

Among the twelve state soldiers, only the soldiers of the two states in the northwest can make the Rong soldiers look at them, and as for the 300,000 troops commanded by Fan Wenzhong in the north, they are just numerically advantageous.

If you really want to fight head-on, there are only Mengzhou and Ganzhou soldiers, so that the Rong soldiers are jealous, so this time they go south, the Rong soldiers are iron-hearted, and they must take Ganzhou at all costs.

Just understanding the ambition of the Rong soldiers, Wang Zhenshan and Xie Cang, who were also not afraid of death, climbed the city tower again and again, braved the rain of arrows in the sky, and commanded the battle on the front line.

The supreme commander is not afraid of death, and the soldiers under his command will fight for their lives, and in this unity and unity, the 80,000 honored soldiers, after 20,000 casualties, have never been able to conquer any of the three military towns.

This made Mu Ye, the commander of the Rong Army, quite annoyed, and had to ask Su Zhe to send troops for help.

Taking the two states in the northwest is not only for the Rong soldiers, but also for Su Zhe, the Rong people and Su Zhe have already reached an agreement, the two states are taken, the Rong people need to garrison troops in addition to the main strategic points, and the rest of the land is all owned by Su Zhe.

Of course, this comes at a cost, and the taxes paid by the next three decades in the next two states will be divided according to the ratio of nine to one.

It was Su Zhe who agreed to this agreement, and Rong would lead the army south to fight.

The strength of the Honored Soldiers is obvious to all, but it does not mean that the Honored Soldiers are all a group of wronged leaders, their main purpose in going south is to plunder resources and property, and the number of troops sent is strictly limited, and cannot exceed 80,000.

Once the upper limit is reached, this deal is not cost-effective, originally according to their ideas, the two states will be won, Su Zhe will be the mainstay, and the Rong soldiers will be supplemented, and they will be a semi-retired manipulator behind the scenes.

But these Jinzhou soldiers are really too wasteful, except that they didn't waste many casualties at the beginning and successfully took Mengzhou, and the battle of Ganzhou in the back was basically fought by them.

If there is no support from them, relying on the Jinzhou soldiers alone, let alone taking Ganzhou, I am afraid that even the Mengzhou that I just got will have to be lost in Dudu.

Although waste is waste, it is better than fighting alone, according to the agreement, Mu also led Wang Zhenshan and Xie Cang from the front, and Guo Kai led the Jinzhou soldiers to raid the rear.

As long as the two sides cooperate properly, there is still a lot of hope for taking Ganzhou.

Mu Ye, who was sitting in the middle army, had a solemn face, holding a long knife in his hand, looking at the army in front of him that had not been able to attack for a long time, and was silent for a moment, facing the people around him.

"What's the situation over there over there, the battle has been going on for so long, and there has been no movement at all? Check it out quickly. ”

The faces of his subordinates showed a bitter color, as early as the start of their war, they sent people to contact as soon as possible, and in the first hour, news came one after another.

But on the second hour, the contact was completely cut off, and no matter whether they flew pigeons to pass the book or sent people to contact them, there was no response.

Mu Ye's question, his subordinates had to deal with it, so they could only nod their heads again and again, ready to urge again.

Just as his subordinates turned to leave, a soldier in the distance ran over, looking in a hurry, and without waiting for his subordinates to reprimand, Mu also said coldly as if he sensed it.

"Tell me, what's the news."

The soldier's eyes flickered, and there was a hint of fear on his face, but after a moment of hesitation, he stammered a little.

"Back... Back to the general, he just got the news that Guo Kai, who was behind the attack on Ganzhou, had withdrawn his troops on all fronts a quarter of an hour ago, gave up the attack, and withdrew to Jinzhou. ”

The voice fell, and the atmosphere present was instantly low, and everyone could feel the cold chill emanating from Kiya's body.

He gasped, as if trying to suppress the anger in his heart, and after a long silence, he said in a deep voice.

"Why, I need a reasonable explanation, who made him withdraw his troops!"