Han Shizu

Chapter 945 Military and Political Arrangements
On Yunzhong's side, in order to recuperate the soldiers who have been fighting for several days, Liu Chengyou ordered that the whole army have enough wine and meat, so that the whole army can relax as much as possible and release the hostility in their hearts.In order to take care of nutrition, Liu Chengyou even ordered Wang Zuo, the newly appointed governor of Hedong, to transport a large number of fresh vegetables from the rear to the front line.

Since the Northern Expedition, the army has banned alcohol most of the time, but there is no shortage of meat, and the soldiers are not very rare. A large number of livestock have been seized from the Liao army.

However, after the three-day celebration, everything was back on track, and everyone was respectful.During these three days, apart from having fun with the soldiers on the first day, Liu Chengyou spent the rest of the time planning for the next step.

Probably because they drank too much wine, some generals started to lose their minds, and suggested to Liu Chengyou that they should take advantage of the civil strife in Liao and simply send troops out of the fortress to destroy Liao in one fell swoop, once and for all, and completely eliminate the troubles in the north.

Of course, this is only the thinking of a few generals. They are eager for merit. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the Northern Expedition, and there are more than a thousand generals. Although there are hundreds of battles, not all of them have outstanding achievements.

For this kind of suggestion, don't say that Liu Chengyou doesn't have such an idea yet, even if he has, it is impossible to choose at this time.In order to supply the Northern Expedition, the imperial court has already run out of human, financial and material resources, and it has long been exhausted. Especially since the beginning of spring, the wars have been depleting the vitality of the country almost every day.If the war drags on, it will be unsustainable, unless it continues to exhaust the river, but Liu Chengyou is not that stupid.

Although he sometimes shows a character of eagerness for quick success, but in terms of the overall situation, he is still safe enough, has a clear understanding and judgment of the situation, and will not easily get confused.

What's more, after the siege of Yunzhou, in order to inspire the soldiers and inspire the fighting spirit, Liu Chengyou had already notified the whole army that after taking down Yunzhong, he returned to the court triumphantly and rewarded him for his meritorious service.

Liu Chengyou, who often patrols the barracks and condolences to the soldiers, can't know what the morale of the army is. Moreover, there are reminders from generals such as Fu Yanqing, Chai Rong, and Zhao Kuangyin.Among the Han army in Yunzhou, except for some civilian men who were supplemented after the beginning of spring, the rest basically started fighting since last year. After a long period of fighting, they were very mentally exhausted.

No matter what, Liu Chengyou will not act against the wishes of hundreds of thousands of people, and it is still a military organization of hundreds of thousands.Of course, if he insists on going his own way, the soldiers may still obey orders, and the court will basically continue to support him, but it's hard to say what kind of chaos will be caused, and there will be no good results anyway.Refer to Yang Guang!
Regarding administrative matters, Liu Chengyou does not need to spend a lot of brain cells. Everything is about stability and recovery. In terms of administrative system, Liu Chengyou decided to divide the recovered Yanyun Zhuzhou into two parts and add two new ones.

One is mainly based on Yuanyun, Shuo, Huan, Ying, Wei, and Xin, and Shanyang Road is set up, with Yunzhou as the governing place, and it is upgraded to Datong Prefecture.At the same time, Xinfuzhou County has been in Liaoning for many years, and its construction has also undergone great changes compared to 20 years ago. Liu Chengyou also made some adjustments according to the situation.Taking Huaian County in the east as an example, the areas to the west that belonged to Xinzhou were all under the jurisdiction of Datong Prefecture; Huanzhou was abolished and merged into Shuozhou; Yingzhou was still located, but Mayi in the west was merged.

In this way, the newly established Sanyang Road currently only has Datong, Shuo, Ying, and Wei. The area of ​​the three prefectures is only [-] square kilometers, which is not large, but Liu Chengyou's ambition can be seen from its name.What does Shanyang mean? The entire area south of Yinshan Mountain is included.

As for the Youzhou side, it is also easy to arrange, with Juma River and Baigou as the boundary river, the south belongs to Hebei Road, and the north of it is newly established Yannan Road, including You, Zhuo, Yi, Ji, Tan, Shun, Confucianism, and Gui , Wu, Luan, Ping, Ying a total of 12 states.When Liu Chengyou went to Yunzhou to supervise the battle, Ma Quanyi, Li Hanqiong, Ma Renyu and other generals had already defeated the Yelu Wansi army, captured Yingzhou and Yuguan, and closed the last important passage into Yan.

Among them, Shunzhou was abolished, Huairou County was included in Youzhou Prefecture, and the north of Huairou belonged to Tanzhou; to the east of Jizhou, the original Luanpingying area was combined into one, and all belonged to Pingzhou; The state is combined into Xuanhua Prefecture, which governs Wende and defends Youyan.

Therefore, Yannan Road governed Youzhou Prefecture, Xuanhua Prefecture, Tan, Ji, Ping, Zhuo, and Yi, a total of two prefectures and five prefectures.Similarly, in Liu Chengyou's conception, the entire Yanshan area is under his jurisdiction.

As for the chief administrative officer of the two provinces, the chief envoy of Shanyang Province, Liu Chengyou chose Song Qi.This person is a Jinshi of the Liao Dynasty. He has been an official for many years, and has followed Zhao's father and son for many years. He is familiar with the political systems and people's conditions of the two countries.At the same time, the appointment of Song Qi as a high-ranking official was to further win over and appease the hearts of the former King Yan's line of officials and generals.

As for Yannan Road, Gao Fang is the best candidate. He was ordered by Liu Chengyou to stay in Youzhou for ten years. In order to maintain the relationship between Youyan and the imperial court and fulfill his role as a barrier to the north, he has worked hard. painstakingly.

It is suitable for him to serve, and it is also a reward for the hero. Of course, using Gaofang is only a transitional choice. The reason is that Gaofang has stayed in Youzhou for ten years.

After realizing the stability of the court's rule over the Yannan area, it was time to transfer away, and even Liu Chengyou, the replacement candidate, had several people flashing through his mind.Of course, for High Defense, Liu Chengyou will definitely treat him favorably.

Compared with the sorting out of administrative affairs, the adjustment of military arrangements caused Liu Chengyou more headaches and involved more.Around the entire Yanyun area, a military defense system needs to be rebuilt, and many original arrangements need to be moved northward as a whole.From the Baoning Army in the west to the Xin'an Army in the east, many frontier troops need to be resolved.

In the new border defense system, how to deploy defenses, how to arrange gates, how to deploy soldiers, appoint generals, and all other things need to be resolved.Since talent is considered, we must also be considerate of the mood of soldiers.Take a general like Yang Ye as an example. He has been in Yanmen Pass for ten years, and he might get tired of looking at the majestic mountain pass.And Liu Chengyou himself couldn't bear it.

However, it was not Liu Chengyou who bothered to restructure the military defense, and Chai and Zhao were his staff, and most of the opinions came from them.

On the other side of Hebei, the Baoding Army, Shun'an Army, Xiong'an Army, Xin'an Army, and Yongqing Army were all abolished and returned to Daosi. Lulong Army was established in Juyongguan, Gubei Army was established in Tanzhou, Shimen Army was established in Zunhua, and Pinlu Army was established in Yuguan. military.As for the candidates, they were selected from the generals of the Forbidden Army. The original generals of the Hebei Frontier Army had to be arranged separately.

On the other hand, on the Sanyang Road side, although there is the Great Wall as a barrier and the Fortified City as a support, it is not as easy to arrange as Yannan's side. The border line with the Liao Kingdom is too long, no matter how you deploy it, it is impossible to cover everything.

And from now on, if faced with the harassment of the Liao army, the pressure on Shanyang Road will be much greater.After careful discussions between the monarch and his ministers, it was decided to move the Baoning Army led by Zhe Dejian to the north. The original Ninghua Army was moved to Shuozhou, and the Ningyuan Army and the Fengyi Army were added to Datong. The Dingxiang Army was retained, but the number of troops was greatly reduced. For 1000 people, five hundred are stationed in each of the east and west.

In this way, the framework of the defense in the north is considered complete, and the rest needs to be filled with soldiers and horses and mobilized personnel.As for the personnel arrangement, Liu Chengyou was needed to have a headache again. Chai Rong and the others could give advice, but the final decision was the emperor's business.

In fact, after such an adjustment, the situation on the northern border of Dahan has changed drastically, giving people a sense of stability and peace of mind. This is the effect of the comprehensive restoration of Youyun.

At the same time, through the military arrangements for northern Xinjiang, the Han army will undergo another adjustment.The layout of the border defense is just an appetizer, and the real big change has to be the imperial army.

Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, a total of three major rectifications have been carried out on the Forbidden Army. The first time was during Liu Zhiyuan's period. At that time, the main purpose was to receive and expand.In the last two times, Liu Chengyou took advantage of his victories in counterinsurgency and foreign wars to rectify, with the purpose of strengthening the imperial power and strengthening the restraint and control of the army.

The effect is very good. Compared with the previous dynasties in the past three generations, it is a huge improvement, but the same, it is not thorough.To a large extent, it is all due to Liu Chengyou's tactics and personal prestige. In terms of system, there are still places that are not in place, and the establishment of the forbidden army is still complicated and bloated.In addition, the frontier troops in various places also need to be rectified to strengthen the control of the central government.

During this Northern Expedition, both the Imperial Army and the Frontier Army participated in the war and suffered a lot of losses. Liu Chengyou also planned to take this opportunity to carry out a unified upgrade of the national military system.

(End of this chapter)