I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 139 New Army Jingnan
At the beginning of August in the 18th year of Xuanjia, Wu Kangbo Cheng Jintang, the deputy marshal of Hebei Road Marching, led [-] cavalry and defeated more than [-] bandits.

Beheaded 7000 people, captured more than [-] enemies, and thousands of people escaped into Lingshou City.

On the second day, Cheng Jintang led an army to attack the city, broke through in half a day, and captured "Mahayana Dharma Venerable" Hui Qing, "Ten Dwelling Bodhisattva" Liu Bogui, and a group of leaders.

But the so-called "Liu Junshi" and a monk in white clothes among the rebels disappeared.

The Hengzhou Rebellion was basically put down.

Three days after the battle, Fu Maoxiu and Anyuan Hou Qiuming rushed to Lingshou to join the army.

When the generalissimo returns to camp, there will also be a seat for the celebration banquet.

"It's all thanks to you for not turning Hengzhou into Beizhou. This commander will naturally ask you for credit from the imperial court. Now that Hebei is in chaos and Jiangnan is in chaos, you must be ready to help Jianghuai at any time."

Also in Hebei, the Beizhou Rebellion 30 or [-] years ago lasted for several years.And this Hengzhou Rebellion, it has been less than four months since all the fallen prefectures and counties were recovered.

Therefore, Fu Maoxiu's reputation is also very high.Although he was not personally in command of the final battle of Lingshou, the first victory fell on Cheng Jintang.But this does not affect Fu Maoxiu's rising reputation in the army, and even directly catches up with Duke Ding Feng Shenji.

Retiring the Yan army alone is a good story for a while.

Fu Maoxiu first proposed a bowl of wine, and respected the entire army under the deputy commander Cheng Jintang.

The second bowl is to respect the soldiers who died in war and the officials on the death day.

The third bowl is a sacrifice to the souls who died in this chaos.

After the three bowls of wine were toasted, Cheng Jintang suggested that the whole army should respect the general.Soldiers in the army shouted at the tsunami.

After the wine was finished, Fu Maoxiu said to everyone: "I am too strong to drink, so let's go outside to blow some air, and you all can drink to your heart's content."

A group of soldiers sent the generalissimo respectfully, and then drank again.

Fu Maoxiu left the camp together with several staff members and personal guards.

The big camp was set up under Lingshou City, not far from the battlefield of the decisive battle of the previous few days.

Although the battlefield has been cleaned, more than 10 people fought and tens of thousands died, making the land on the plain over there exude a bloody evil spirit.

Fu Maoxiu looked at the empty battlefield, but he didn't say a word, but he didn't know what he was thinking.After a while, he sighed.

"The loss of life is probably the case, isn't it?"

Liu Xianke said: "Duke Ming is worried about those ten thousand captives?"

After hearing this, Fu Maoxiu didn't speak, but nodded slightly.

More than [-] people were captured in the war. Among them were the old and the weak, and some were strong men. They were originally the people of Hengzhou. Because they believed in Huiqing's bewitching, or were coerced into chaos, the biggest problem now is how to deal with these captive.

It would save trouble to kill them all, but these are all human lives, which hurts peace.

Let it go, but you can't let it go, after all, many of them are Huiqing's believers, and these people are very capable of demagoguery.

"Why not exile these people to Annan, Western Regions, Bashu and other places, and resettle them separately?"

"That's the only way. Hebei will be settled, and there will be chaos in the south of the Yangtze River. I don't know what happened to Sanlang in Yangzhou. Wu Ni has planned for many years, and the Jianghuai military equipment has been weakened. I am afraid that he will be beaten across the river."

The father and son were one in Huainan and the other in Hebei. Fu Jinchuan was originally offered the position of governor of Yangzhou, but he was only asked to accumulate qualifications and become a wealthy and peaceful official. After all, Yangzhou is famous for its wealth and prosperity.

Who would have thought that there would be chaos in the south of the Yangtze River? Seeing that all the states in the east of the south of the Yangtze River would fall to the enemy, Jiangbei is now bearing the brunt
At the beginning of August, the chaos in Hengzhou was calmed down, and the Marshal of the Hebei Road March left his deputy, Anyuanhou Qiuming, and led an army to stay in Hengzhou to prevent further disturbances.

He led the rest of his troops back to the court.

On the Jiangnan side, on the second day of August, Xue Julin, the governor of the Southern Army, led his army to break through the quarry, and the guard Wang Miao died in battle.

On the fifth day of August, Jurong City was broken, and the county magistrate, county lieutenant, etc. had a death festival.

On the tenth day of the eighth lunar month, the city of Runzhou was broken.
Since then, the three major gates outside Jianye City have all fallen, leaving only this isolated city.

Since the establishment of the Great Jin Dynasty, Wujing has never experienced wars, but this time, under the city of Jianye in Tokyo, the rebels joined forces from east and west, and a hundred thousand troops besieged the city.

On the other hand, Zhang Ji, the governor of Hongzhou, led 5000 troops from the navy and army to Jiangzhou after defeating the partial division that the rebels captured Raozhou. to Ezhou.

But these two large armies are currently afraid of the rebels' strength and dare not fight with them.

At the same time, as Generalissimo, Li Shizhong was trapped in Jianye City, and he was unable to effectively govern and command Xiangzhou, Hongzhou, and Anzhou. Yangzhou sent [-] reinforcements to Runzhou and [-] reinforcements to Caishi. After that, he refused to send reinforcements to Jiangnan on the grounds of insufficient troops in Jiangbei, and even transported a load of ordnance, food, and even treasury money from the crumbling Runzhou to Yangzhou.
For this, Li Shizhong, who was left behind in Tokyo, the Generalissimo of the Jianghuai March, and the Duke of Wei, was very angry.

But I have to admit that Fu Jinchuan did the right thing, and the city of Runzhou was broken, and part of the defenders were taken to Jiangbei by the Yangzhou Navy.

Among them are his confidant and beloved general Yuan Heng, his second son Li Zhaoxin, and the governor of Runzhou Wei Zongqing.

Fu Jinchuan even persuaded him to write a letter urging him to go to Jiangbei to form a Marshal Xingyuan to lead the overall situation, and wait for the imperial reinforcements to cross the river from Jiangzhou to fight the rebellion along the south.

From a strategic point of view, this is not a problem at all.

But Li Shizhong still couldn't make up his mind. As long as he crossed the river and went north, Jianye would definitely fall.And one of the five capitals fell into the hands of the enemy, which had a great impact.

But if it is to defend Jianye, rely on the old troops of King Wu in the city?

Besides, there are many big families from the south of the Yangtze River in the city. The current attitudes of these families are very cryptic, but Li Shizhong can vaguely feel that these people at least hope that King Wu will win at the moment.
Looking at the map of the Jianghuai River, Li Shizhong was a little hesitant. Should he order Jiangzhou's Zhang Ji and Ezhou's Chu Wang Zhao Huaijiang to join forces to rescue Jianye, or lead them to guard themselves and wait for reinforcements?The problem is, even if the army comes to help, the city doesn't know if it can last until the reinforcements arrive.

In the end, Li Shizhong was moved by the words of Sun Liechen, the staff member, "The five capitals of the country should not be abandoned lightly. The marshal should order all the ministries to go down the south to relieve the siege of Jianye. Even if these ministries cannot come for some reason, and Jianye falls because of this, the marshal will then There will be far fewer challenges.”

After hearing this, Li Shizhong felt that it was very reasonable, so he sent a messenger to cross the river to the other side with a military order, and informed Zhang Ji, the governor of Hongzhou, Zhao Huaijiang, the king of Chu, Guo Kan, the governor of Anzhou, and Fu Jinchuan, the governor of Yangzhou, to join forces. Down the river.

After Fu Jinchuan saw the military order, he didn't say anything, but let the messenger go down to rest, and then sent someone to convey it to Anzhou Dudu Mansion, Jiangzhou, Ezhou and other places.

In the festival hall of the governor's mansion, needles could be heard, and the staff below Chief Shi Cui Fangyi, including the governor's acquaintance Lu Xun, and the two military envoys Lu Qianxu and Tan Hui, did not say a word.

Fu Jinchuan was wearing a round-necked chrysanthemum-pattern gown and a gold crown, and stood in front of a huge map with his hands behind his back, silent for a long time.

The staff and subordinates all understood Fu Jinchuan's concerns. The Yangzhou Governor's Mansion controls the seven states in Jiangbei, but now it only has more than 3 soldiers and horses.

Among them, it is even a bit difficult to defend the key passes along the river in the north of the Yangtze River. If you send troops and horses to participate in the rescue of Jianye, victory is good, but Jiangbei is in danger if you lose.

"How is the recruiting of the new army going?"

The imperial court's order to allow the four capitals of An, Yang, Hong, and Xiang has not yet been issued, but Fu Jinchuan can recruit new troops to supplement the lack of troops before.

Chief Shi Cui Fangyi was in charge of this matter, "Back to the governor, tens of thousands of soldiers have been recruited in Shouzhou, Hezhou, Haozhou, Luzhou, and Chuzhou, and they are undergoing training. Enough."

Huainan has always been the forefront of the confrontation between the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River, so there are many refugees who practice martial arts, live together with clans, and the folk customs dare to fight.And Fu Jinchuan deliberately avoided the most affluent Chuzhou and Yangzhou in this conscription, and his intentions are also obvious.

But when the new army was recruited, Fu Jinchuan had other plans.

"I intend to break up the Qingzheng Army and fill them into the Anguo Army and Guangrui Army, and then use the New Army as a single army. What do you think?"

Fu Jinchuan turned around and glanced around, and everyone hesitated to speak. It was obvious that the new army commander wanted to control it himself.

Chief Shi Cui Fangyi said: "But if the new army has no old soldiers, how can it form an army?"

Bringing the new with the old has been a tradition in the Jin army for many years.

"It's precisely to avoid these old soldiers." Fu Jinchuan said directly, including Lu Xun, Tan Hun, and Lu Qianxu, who were quite blushing.

But there is nothing to say, after all, what is the situation of these veterans in the Yangzhou Army now, they know best.

Each of them has long been a soldier, and it is very difficult to be reliable in a war.

"I want to personally train an elite new army! All the divisions of the Qingzheng Army will be divided into the Anguo Army and the Guangrui Army. This matter will be presided over by Lu Tongzhi. After replenishing the number of troops, each department will also be selected. The old and weak will be sent to the auxiliary army. Soldiers must be young and strong. The Anguo Army's support to Jiangnan this time has suffered a lot of losses, and this must be taken into account."

In fact, after the Anguo Army sent [-] reinforcements to the south of the Yangtze River, only a thousand or so came back. Speaking of the number of soldiers, it was not as large as the Qingzheng soldiers, but the Qingzheng army envoy Bi Sili was killed because of collaborating with the enemy, and the Qingzheng army also brought some soldiers with them. Suspicion, now that the old Qing army is diverted out, it can be regarded as a cage for a bird.

Fu Jinchuan would naturally play the role of Qingzheng Army and replace it.

As for the number of the new army, I also thought about it, the Jingnan Army.

It means, the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River in Jing'an.

(End of this chapter)