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Against all opinions, under the strong leadership of Song Yingkui, the military council finally decided to expand the army and train troops first.

The most difficult thing about forming a brigade-level combat corps is to determine the candidate for the chief general.Yungujun's foundation is still too weak, and it is difficult for anyone to stand up and take the lead.

On the surface, the brigade-level combat corps to be formed is just a combination of two regiments.In fact, commanding a large corps of nearly five thousand people and commanding a small team of one or two thousand are not the same concept at all.

What should I say?Let me give you an example: If you want to support your troops with self-respect, you can have some ideas if you have five or six thousand troops directly under your command.Old military leaders like Zheng Jun, Yao Dake, and Tao Kedao only have this number of direct troops under their command.

Before time travel, Song Yingkui once read a question on the Internet, which asked what should you do if the emperor wants to take away your military power when you have 8 troops and 80 troops.The answers given by internet celebrities are very devoid of historical common sense.

In real history, it is easy for a commander of an army of hundreds of thousands to be deprived of military power by an imperial edict, but it is difficult for a military leader with thousands of soldiers under his command to be defeated.For example, in the late Ming Dynasty and Chongzhen Dynasty, it was easy to deal with Yuan Chonghuan, but they were helpless against Zu Dashou.

In this time and space, the provincial governors of Dazheng are extremely powerful, but the Dazheng court can replace whomever it wants. The total number of soldiers led by the Yao family's disciples in Fuzhou is only tens of thousands, but they have survived for generations!
The commander of the brigade-level organization must not only have the ability to lead troops into battle, but also have a certain strategic insight and sense of the overall situation. He is the most important and most comprehensive first-level officer in the army.The quality requirements are quite high, and currently only the third uncle Song Xueliang in the Yungu Army is barely qualified.

It's just that in the battle of Qinzhou, the third uncle's ability to lead troops independently was not satisfactory, and his grasp of fighter opportunities was not as good as Zuo Shaotang!In addition to the third uncle, the other candidates are Song Yingqing, Wei Dadao, Song Yingfang and others.For the two brigades that are about to be formed, the chief officers cannot all be from the Song family, right?
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"General Yao, how do you think about your future?" The highest military officer captured in the First World War in Qinzhou was Yao Dake. Song Yingkui had no idea how to deal with this man.

Seeing Song Yingkui calling him over to speak, Yao Da was nervous and helpless, and replied in a very decadent manner: "I am a general of a defeated army, what future do I have? Life and death are just a matter of one sentence."

"In this situation, if I let you go back, I'm afraid there will be no good end! I heard that Dazheng Chaotang placed all the responsibility for Qinzhou's defeat on you." If Yao Dake is sent back, Dazheng will He would probably be concerned about the influence of the Fuzhou Yao family in the military and would not kill him, but he would not be able to escape the death penalty.

"Civil officials in the DPRK and China have always been like this, so it's not surprising." Yao Dake had foreseen his own outcome.

"Zheng Jun is currently attacking the city and seizing land from Xiang Jun. I heard that Shuofang is in the hands of Zheng Jun. The Yao family in your prefecture has contributed a lot this time. If you go back at this time, it will be easy to use your sins in terms of merit. Come on! I think it would be better to let you go back after a while. If you feel you have nothing to do, you can help me with some teaching work at the military school first. "

In Song Yingkui's view, Yao Dake was not completely incompetent and could be considered for use. At least he had a good understanding of the basic tactical systems of Zheng Jun and Beixiang.It should also serve as a reference in cultivating military officers’ strategic thinking.

"Commander, the Yao family in our prefecture has been loyal and loyal for generations. Yao cannot insult his ancestors!"

"Haha, what General Yao cares about is not the humiliation of our ancestors? It's that the future of Yungu is not clear enough, and it is not worthy of your Yao family's bet! Are you always loyal? What your Yao family did in Fuzhou has nothing to do with it. What's different about our Yungu Army? However, the world is undergoing a great change, and the future of the Yao family in your prefecture is probably coming to an end! Bei Xiang will succeed, and Bei Xiang will be defeated!"

The most important reason why the Yao family in Fuzhou can exist independently like a small vassal town, and its children can take a share of Da Zheng's other armies, is that Da Zheng needs a force that can fight to the death from the front.During their long-term confrontation with Beixiang, they also had a certain strategic understanding with Xiang Jun.Now that the fall of Beixiang is imminent, there is no strategic tacit understanding between the new Mimeng regime and the Yao family.If the Mi Meng people want to attack Dazheng, the first one to bear the brunt will be the Yao family.

"Commander, don't judge a gentleman with a villain's heart. My Yao family has received the emperor's favor, which is beyond the reach of nobles and nobles!"

Seeing that Yao Dake had a tough attitude and couldn't see the situation clearly, Song Yingkui gave up the idea of ​​continuing to argue with him and asked people to take him away and continue to put him under house arrest!
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In the blink of an eye, it’s already the end of the seventh lunar month!

What is surprising is that the Battle of Yinzhou between Beixiang and Mimeng is still going on.

Perhaps at a critical moment of life and death, Beixiang was very determined to defend Yinzhou. Even though it had been besieged for three months, Yinzhou City was still unbreakable.For a moment, the Mi Meng people seemed to be at their wits' end.

During this period, Zheng Jun also showed up with a big face, and Pingqing Mansion suffered a huge defeat!The thousands of remnant soldiers of the army who were left behind were taught a lesson, and [-] to [-] soldiers and horses were lost.

"The war between Beixiang and the Mimeng people is so stalemate. It is the hot summer season now, and it is unlikely that there will be any results for a while! I estimate that Yinzhou will not be defeated until autumn. For this reason, our army marches into Jingjing The opportunity for the state will come in autumn, when the main battle troops and horses of the two brigades will be deployed on the front line of Jingzhou and Pingchuan, and the Military Command and the Staff Department must make adequate plans accordingly."

The Beixiang and Mimeng people were not used to fighting in midsummer. Song Yingkui, who returned to Taoyang City for this reason, judged that this autumn, the world would usher in several crucial decisive battles.

It is basically certain that Yinzhou City has been defeated. Xiang Jun is very determined to defend Yinzhou City, but they have no foreign aid and cannot rescue Yinzhou City.Yinzhou City's food reserves will only last until this autumn at most.

"Commander, how should we respond to the letter from someone in Luoyang?" The second uncle asked Song Yingkui about Song Yingkui's attitude, holding a letter brought by Da Zheng through his connections and wanting to negotiate peace with Yun Gujun.

The defeat of Qinzhou and the defeat of Pingqing Mansion made Dazheng Chaotang sober up.It turns out that the only one who cannot be defeated in this world is Zheng Jun. Yun Gujun and Xiang Jun are not soft persimmons.

"Just give me a simple reply. After the Battle of Yinzhou, the attitude of the Mi Meng people is the key. Now it is meaningless for us to reach any agreement with Dazheng. But we can soften our attitude and it is best not to intensify the situation!" At this time, Dazheng wanted to negotiate. What could be negotiated?The results of the talks are incalculable.Song Yingkui really had no intention of answering!
If the Mimeng people continued to move south after winning the Battle of Xiang, Dazheng would definitely have no intention of considering the Yungu Army again.If the Mimeng people temporarily stop after defeating Yinzhou, Dazheng will definitely not be willing to let Qinzhou fall into the hands of the Yungu Army, and will definitely organize troops to fight with the Yungu Army!

(End of this chapter)