Shu Chen

Chapter 503
Although the battle of Nishuihe Valley was won, the losses of the Han army were also heavy.

The Xuanwu army under the supervision of Zhang Yi was out of ten, while the heavy infantry under the supervision of Liu Lin lost about 300 people, almost completely disabled.Even if the troops are supplemented, it will take at least one or two years of martial arts practice before they can resume their previous vigor.

The Jufu Department got better, more than [-] people were killed in battle, nearly [-] were injured and retreated, and one of the three went to one.

The only ones that didn't hurt their muscles and bones were the Xiliang iron cavalry, there were about two hundred cavalry.

Such casualties made Zheng Pu lose the ability to take risks.

Therefore, after he moved his army back to Linjing County to be stationed, after thinking about it for a while, he wrote a letter to the prime minister, asking for instructions to readjust the various ministries he supervised.

For example, Liu Lin's heavy soldiers are no longer independent.

He intends to let Liu Lin belong to Jufu as a deputy, and let Jufu expand the headquarters to 4000 people.

During the Battle of the Nishuihe Valley, he found that the Wei army had already figured out how to effectively fight against the Death Battalion.

For a normal heavy infantry, the armor weighs about forty (Han) catties, and the death-defying battalion is twice that, because the enemy has the advantage of being hard to hurt with swords and spears.However, during this fierce battle, Hu Zun's department even specially asked many infantry to hold divination halberds, and hooked the ankles with the horizontal blade of the divination halberds to make the heavy infantry lose their center of gravity and fall to the ground.

It also turned the heavy armor into a reminder for heavy infantry.

It was difficult for the death battalion who fell to the ground to get up quickly. In the melee, they were stabbed to death by countless chaotic blades, or trampled to death by the swarming enemy soldiers.

The conversion of advantages and disadvantages is only in an instant.

In this way, it is not worth the loss to consume countless material and financial resources to continue to make up for the death camp.

As for Liu Yin and Wang Ping's troops who were not in battle and had no casualties, Zheng Pu also wanted them to each recruit thousands of people to increase the strength of their headquarters as a defensive army against Qi County against the Wei Dynasty.

Zheng Pu asked the two of them to transfer to Yiju County, where the muddy water flowed into Jingshui and camped.

Against the Wei Dynasty, there were more than [-] troops stationed in Qi County. In order to be able to farm and accumulate grain in the counties of Longdong (Anding County) and prepare for the follow-up war, Zheng Pu naturally had to strengthen his guard.

As for the Xiliang iron cavalry, there are only more than [-] vacancies. It is enough to recruit some Qianghu herdsmen or rangers from the counties in the Hexi Corridor.

The biggest change is the Xuanwu Army.

Almost half of this infantry is lost every time they go to battle, and now it is difficult for him to see from the army, the old soldiers recruited from Nanzhong Zangcang in the past.Feeling sad, he also felt that there was no need to make up soldiers and restore the establishment.

Therefore, he advised the prime minister to invite Xuanwu Governor Zhang Yi to be the prefect of Anding.

The remaining soldiers of the Xuanwu Army will be transferred to Anding County to settle down in Anding County, granting fields to appease the Qianghu tribe and deter dissidents.

After the recovery of Anding County, it is natural to have troops stationed there.

It meant that Zhang Yi stayed in the prefecture, but he was the only one who was the most suitable leader among the various generals under the leadership of Zheng Pu.

In Anding County where Hu and Han live together, there are not many Han families, Li and Shu, and most of the territory is the habitat of the Qiang and Hu tribes.Because Liu Yin and Ju Fu, who were born in a wealthy family, are born in the environment and experience of their growth, so it is difficult to understand the hardships and helplessness of the bottom; It is suitable for leading the county and supporting the people.And Zhang Ni, who was born in a poor family, generous in ambition, and made great contributions to the general position step by step from the county official, is undoubtedly the best candidate.

However, out of the consideration of returning to the "Six Counties of Good Family", Zheng Pu also asked the prime minister to assign Wang Hua, who had just come to Longyou to work, to stabilize the affairs.There is also no need to change Wang Hua's official position. Anyway, it is common for these years to be appointed as a deputy to the prime minister's mansion to serve as a local assistant.

Yes, Zheng Pu had no intention of submitting a petition to restore Beidi County.

Not that strength.

During the previous Great Unification, the Han court was unable to maintain the territory of Beidi County, let alone the current Han court.

Therefore, he asked Wang Hua to come here to get in touch with the marshals of the Qianghu tribe in Beidi County and the leaders of the survivors of the Han family to see if they could discuss a feasible and win-win relationship system.

He didn't personally do it, not because he assumed the status of General Zhenxi, but because he was really busy with military affairs.

After the war, the collection of captives, the resettlement and household registration of the [-] counties who surrendered in Linjing City, the compensation for the wounded and retired soldiers, and the replenishment of military equipment, etc., have already left him at a loss.

Moreover, his condition has not improved.

Alas, and the long period of mourning without touching meat, after all, his body was hard to resist serving in the army for a long time.

Time flies.

Before I knew it, it was already early summer and April.

Liupan Mountain, which separates Longyou and Guanzhong, is covered by a thick layer of clouds, flowing like flowing water, and the ups and downs of the mountains are amazing.

There is a Liangmao Jingxiu in the east of Chaona County, where the tributary (Ru River) that winds east and flows into Jingshui forms a waterfall with a drop of tens of meters.The flowing water rushes down and rumbles, and the water vapor spreads over the green slopes, and the breath is full of the fresh breath of nature; two or three small wooden houses are quietly hidden in the valley, without disturbing the joy of singing and dancing in the summer. , everything is so peaceful.

Half a month ago, at the beginning of spring plowing in Anding County, Zheng Pu, who had been ill for a long time and became increasingly heavy, transferred to this place to live and recuperate temporarily after the military affairs were roughly finalized.

Originally, the prime minister planned to use Hu Ji or Xiang Chong to temporarily take over Longdong affairs, and let him return to the Luomen family house in Ji County to recuperate.

Although Zheng Pu really wanted to go back to see what his one-year-old second son looked like, and to feel the tenderness and tranquility of the years when his wife and concubines were by his side and children were around his knees, but after thinking about it, he still rejected the prime minister's kindness.

Without him, compared to those soldiers who were killed or wounded, he was already very lucky!
But it's just that he is sick, and it's not that he can't manage the affairs, so why make such a fuss and miss the country's affairs?

A man in the army, even with a blade on his body, he doesn't change his face.If it is so pretentious to go back to cultivate after contracting a minor illness, how can you order the soldiers under your command to live to death on the battlefield in the future?
Furthermore, it is not appropriate to use Hu Ji or Xiang Chong as a temporary substitute.

It's not that Zheng Pu is arrogant and thinks that no one can replace his talents; it's not that the two of them are too few and not well-known, which will make Ni Wei covet Longdong.

It's the Qiang Hu marshal and the leader of the Han family survivors in Beidi County who are a little arrogant.

However, Wang Hua did not reach a consensus with them.

Or to put it another way, it is because since the late emperors, the great Han people have shown benevolence and righteousness to others, which made them feel that they could fight for more rights when they returned to the court.

For example, official positions and rewards, the autonomy of painting land and governing, etc.

"General, if you are incompetent, you will not be able to benefit the country."

Wang Hua, who came to report, roughly described the process of the discussion, and then handed over his hands and confessed, "From Hua's point of view, Liangzhou and Guanzhong prefectures and counties were out of order during the reign of Emperor Ling, and the court prestige did not exist when Emperor Xiandi was present. The battle against Wei Wei is urgent, which makes them feel that our army may have the desire to compromise and seek perfection, so they are more ambitious and demanding."

(End of this chapter)