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Chapter 531 Xi'an City

The ancient old capital of Xi'an stands quietly on the fertile and rich Qinchuan River.From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Guanzhong was a battleground for military strategists, and countless generals rose here.However, as the population moved eastward and southward, the Guanzhong area gradually lost its important status.Even so, this is still China's current northwest gateway, and Xi'an City is an important city guarding the northwest gateway.

The Guanzhong area, which was destroyed by the peasant uprising in northern Shaanxi, is undergoing recuperation after the war.The Xuanzheng envoy sent from the capital led the local officials in Xi'an to resettle the victims, build houses, reclaim water conservancy and farmland.Because of the war, there were hundreds of thousands of refugees in the Guanzhong area, some of whom also joined the army of peasant generals such as Li Zicheng and Gao Guiying.The food problem for these refugees is a big problem, but it also brings opportunities. The Kyushu Army can hire these people at the cheapest cost to build water conservancy, reclaim wasteland, and even build roads.

There are not many new officials in the city of Xi'an, but no aristocratic family dares to oppose the reform of the Kyushu Army.When Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng ruled violently, the aristocratic families in Xi'an City were almost wiped out, and those who survived the disaster did not dare to be arrogant again. As long as they can survive, they are considered good...

In addition to the fear of war, there is another important force controlling the order here to ensure that the innovation in Guanzhong is carried out in an orderly manner, that is, the Seventh Corps is stationed in Xi'an City, guarding the northwest gate.

The predecessor of the Seventh Infantry Corps was the Seventh Infantry Brigade of the Kyushu Army. After the Kyushu Army entered the pass, it was expanded into the Seventh Corps, with tens of thousands of people.The commander of the Seventh Corps was Xu Shi, the former commander of the Seventh Infantry Brigade. He once besieged Dalinghe Fort and participated in a series of campaigns to penetrate the Central Plains.

Xu Shi led the [-]th Infantry Regiment to conduct training in Xi'an City, and sometimes helped to reclaim farmland.If Chu Yun hadn't told him that war was likely to break out in the northwest region, Xu Shi would have thought that it was already a peaceful and prosperous age and there was no need to fight anymore.

"General, how do you see the drill of our third infantry brigade?" The brigade commander of the third infantry brigade is about forty years old, older than Xu Shi, but Xu Shi is one of the confidant generals who followed Chu Yun into the customs. Become the powerful general of the nine major infantry regiments, and his official position and military rank are higher than the new commander of the third infantry brigade.

"It's a bit pretentious, but I don't know how it is in actual combat?" Xu Shi was quite satisfied as he watched the three hundred soldiers selected from the [-]rd Infantry Brigade practice shooting, hand-to-hand combat, queues and other new combat content on the school field.

"If there is a war, please let our third infantry brigade charge at the forefront to prove that our third infantry brigade has actual combat capabilities no less than any enemy." The brigade commander of the third infantry brigade said.

"Unfortunately, there are no powerful enemies around us anymore, Sun Chuanting, look at the peaceful appearance of Xi'an City, and the refugees have basically been resettled. Do you think we still have war?" Xu Shi pointed at the city of Xi'an where the smoke was rising. , it looks very peaceful in the afterglow of the setting sun.

The brigade commander of the third infantry brigade was the Ming general Sun Chuanting who was detained by Chu Yun in Liaodong.Before being detained by Chu Yun, Sun Chuanting's military talents had not yet had the opportunity to fully demonstrate.After being detained, Sun Chuanting couldn't escape, so he could only desperately supplement scientific knowledge and military knowledge developed by the Kyushu Army in Liaodong.After the fall of the Nanming Dynasty, Sun Chuanting and other generals of the Ming army lost their allegiance and gradually turned to Chuyun.Because Chu Yun still represents the orthodox forces in China.

Knowing Sun Chuanting's outstanding military talent, Chu Yun began to use him and sent him to the Seventh Corps.In fact, it should be that Hong Chengchou, Cao Wenzhao and other Ming army generals who suppressed Li Zicheng in this area knew the terrain better than Sun Chuanting, but it was precisely because they were popular here that Chu Yun transferred them to other places.In a short period of time, Sun Chuanting became the brigade commander of the 3000rd Infantry Brigade under the [-]th Corps, commanding more than [-] people. He was regarded as a newly promoted general,

"If it was the time of our Ming Dynasty, the world might be peaceful at this time. However, based on my understanding of the military lord when I stayed in Liaodong, the military lord did not intend to stand still, but wanted to build on the territory of the previous dynasty. , To establish a career for all generations. We are located in the northwest border. If we want to continue to expand, the Western Regions will become the territory we are fighting for. At the very least, we should set up the Western Regions Protectorate just like the Han Dynasty, and manage all the affairs of the Western Regions. If you can, you can even treat the Western Regions as a province or a Xuanzheng Department." Sun Chuanting said.

"Well... what you said is not unreasonable. There are 60 people in Moxi Mongolia in the Western Regions. Although it is not a large number, everyone in the Mongolian tribe is a soldier. If there is a conflict, our Seventh Corps will be invincible. It should be, but we don’t have the ability to attack because our troops are too short,” Xu Shi said.

Almost all the Seventh Corps officers nodded in agreement.They have such a strong self-confidence that even if the opponent is a nomadic tribe with all the soldiers, as long as they have firearms, there is absolutely no problem in defending the Guanzhong Plain. It is just that due to the shortage of troops and mobility, they cannot take the initiative to attack them in the Western Regions.

"The Mongolian tribes live by water and grass. Our Seventh Corps has only more than ten thousand people. We rely on our legs to fight. Even if the troops are divided into six groups, they may not be able to form an encirclement. Instead, they will be defeated one by one. If they combined to attack all the way, They dodged and refused to attack, and we also had no choice but to retreat because of the shortage of rations." Another infantry brigade commander agreed.

Xu Shi also nodded at the side. At this time, a guard came to the barracks from the city of Xi'an and reported to Xu Shihui: "The commander of the army, the people from the intelligence department are waiting for you at your mansion."

Intelligence? !All the officers of the Seventh Corps were shocked.

With the pacification of the customs, the mysterious and ubiquitous intelligence department has rarely appeared in front of the world.Every time it comes up, it's either a bad thing or a big one.There are quite a few propaganda envoys and generals who were pocketed, but they were taken away by the intelligence department, and they were basically caught one at a time.Of course, in addition to bad things, there may be some particularly urgent information, and this information was inquired by the Intelligence Department.

It shouldn't be the officers of the Seventh Corps who are going to be unlucky, right?The officers of the Seventh Corps all recalled whether they had done anything that violated military discipline in order to avoid being arrested by the Intelligence Department and hadn't recovered yet.

Xu Shi returned to his mansion with his own soldiers, and the people from the intelligence department were already waiting for him here.This is an intelligence officer disguised as a Mongolian cavalry.

　There should be another chapter later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)