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Chapter 232: Fourth Division and Eighteenth Brigade, Madam, help me
Newfield.

Camp of the Fourth Division of the Standing Army.

within the tent.

Shen Wanteng hugged Wen You and said with a smile: "Brother Wen, the commander-in-chief trusts me to transfer from the Guards Army to the Standing Army and serve as the commander of the fourth division.

I know that the affairs of the Standing Army are somewhat different from those of the Guards, and I hope Brother Wen can help me more in the future. "

Wen You looked calm and said calmly: "Mr. Shen, you are polite. We are both generals of the [-]th Division of the Wei tribe. You and I should work together."

The atmosphere was a little awkward, but it was inevitable.

Because in this army expansion, Shen Wandeng was appointed as the commander of the Fourth Division of the Standing Army, Wen You was the deputy division commander, and Wang Dalu was the division military administrator (originally the second brigade military administrator).

In terms of qualifications, Shen Wandeng is obviously inferior to Wen You.

Wen You was also considered a veteran. He and the Red Lady joined Liu Sheng. During the previous military expansions, he, Yang Heqing and Peng Youyi were appointed as the highest-level commanders of the standing army.

This time, he only got the position of deputy division commander and brigade commander of the [-]th Brigade (the [-]nd Brigade of the [-]th Division).

Although Shen Wandeng was born in the Runing Peasant Army, he had been in the Ming Army and the Yibu Rebel Army successively, so he knew a lot about people and the world.

He was worried that Wen You would not deal with him, so he spoke very politely.

However, as a teacher, he did not feel guilty.

He was originally the commander of the Guards Cavalry Regiment with the rank of colonel.

In the Battle of Xinye, he led the cavalry to first annihilate the Ming Dynasty's fierce tiger troops near Wadian, and then defeated more than 3000 miscellaneous cavalry led by Zuo Liangyu's general Ma Jinzhong.

After Zuo Liangyu's tribe was defeated, he was ordered to lead thousands of cavalry to aid Ye County.

Although when he arrived in Ye County, Hu Dawei immediately withdrew his troops without fighting, but in the end the siege of Ye County was solved.

These merits, coupled with some previous achievements, allowed him to be awarded the rank of major general by Liu Sheng and appointed as the commander of the Fourth Division.

He did not take up the post alone - Liu Sheng thoughtfully selected thirty of his former subordinates from the Cavalry Guards and transferred them to the Fourth Division as mid-level and junior officers.

Seeing that Wen You's attitude was not revealed by the test, Shen Wandeng did not hesitate and said: "Then we let the brigade and regiment level generals come to hold a meeting?"

Wen You nodded, "The fourth division has just been formed. It's really time to hold a meeting to understand the situation of each brigade and regiment."

Shen Wandeng immediately asked the guards to pass on the order, and soon Liu Erhe, commander of the [-]th Brigade, and nine regiment commanders arrived at the big tent.

The Fourth Division was expanded from the original [-]nd Brigade Headquarters and the [-]st Regiment, and the [-]nd Regiment of the [-]th Brigade.Shen Wandeng, Wen You and Liu Erhe were appointed as brigade commanders of the three brigades, and Huang Gan was appointed as brigade deputy of the first brigade.

Although Shen Wandeng knew that the Yibu rebels did not need to take care of interpersonal relationships like the Ming army, he still felt that he had to find out the characters and abilities of these people in order to be a good division commander and make new achievements...
In addition to the camp of the Fourth Division of the Standing Army, Xinye also has a camp of the Guards.

During this expansion of the army, the personnel of the Guards actually did not change much, and most of the new generals were promoted to the original generals.

The Huben Guard brigade commander is Wang Xinwu (Wang Laowu), the brigade deputy is Li Niu, and the brigade military officer is Li Guofan.

Shengjie Guard brigade commander Huang Jie, brigade deputy Guo Hao, and military and political officer Bai Yu.

Xunfengwei brigade commander Ma Jinshui, brigade deputy Li Weiqi, and military and political officer Ye Xinmin.

The commander of the Cavalry Guard Brigade is Li Dingguo, brigade deputy Yang Kuiwu, and military and political officer Bu Zheng (the second phase of the military and political class).

Generals of the Guards do not hold low-level general positions, so there are three regimental commanders of the Guards, namely Gao Wengui, Li Rongguang, and Wang Sanjia.

After the great victory in Xinye, the Wei tribe captured more than [-] war horses. If bad horses and mules were included, the number would be even more, so the heroic cavalry guards were not short of mounts.

However, it is somewhat difficult to replenish the cavalry.

Because, whether they are the guards of the Yibei army, the people's brave men, or the new recruits who were captured by the rogue bandits, only a few can ride a horse.

The Guards have priority in selecting soldiers, but in the past few days, there are still only more than 2000 people in the three regiments of the Guards.

Fortunately, Li Dingguo knew that there were many cavalry among the prisoners of the Ming army, so he was not in a hurry. He first trained his six or seven thousand cavalry in preparation for selecting soldiers from the prisoners of the Ming army in the future.

Li Dingguo took thousands of knights to familiarize themselves with the latest flags, and then saw a bodyguard running towards him on horseback.

"Brigadier Li, Marshal, please come over."

"it is good."

Li Dingguo responded and asked Yang Kuiwu to lead the cavalry to continue to master the flag. He led a group of cavalry guards back to the Guards camp and went to the commander's tent to see him.

After getting permission, they went in and saw Liu Sheng and Yan Ermei looking at the map, as if they were discussing something before.

Yan Ermei is now in charge of Dengzhou's government affairs. He was picked up by the Cavalry Guards from Dengzhou City this morning and will be sent back in the evening - Dengzhou City is only more than 50 miles away from Xinye and can be reached on horseback within half an hour.

Therefore, Li Dingguo was not surprised by Yan Ermei's appearance.

He cupped his fists and said, "See you, Marshal!"

Liu Sheng nodded and asked directly: "Hongyuan (characterized by Li Dingguo), come and see where our troops should fight next?"

Li Dingguo stepped forward to take a closer look and saw that the map not only circled the parts of Runing, Nanyang and Xiangyang and Fengyang currently occupied by the Wei tribe, but also marked the layout of the troops of the Wei tribe in various places.

In this expansion, the standing army was expanded to four divisions and six independent brigades.

The Fourth Division is currently in Nanyang Prefecture, mainly stationed in Xinye, Dengzhou, Nanyang and other places.

The third division was in Xiangyang Prefecture and occupied Xiangyang, Fancheng, and Gucheng.

The Second Division led by Peng Youyi is still stationed in Yingzhou and other places along the Yingshui River, responsible for the defense of Northeast Runing.The First Division led by Yang Heqing was stationed in Shangcheng, Gushi, Zhugao, Huoqiu and other places in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, and was responsible for the southeastern defense of Runing.

As for the six independent brigades, they are stationed in key places such as Queshan, Ruyang, Xinyang, Xiangcheng, Xiping, and Ye County.

After thinking for a while, Li Dingguo said: "The general believes that based on the current situation around our Kuei region, the next best option is to attack Kaifeng to the north; the middle option is to attack Fengyang to the east; and the best option is to attack Huguang to the south."

"Hahaha," Liu Sheng laughed happily after hearing this, "Mr. Yan, what I said is right, Hongyuan really has the same idea as me."

Yan Ermei looked at Li Dingguo again and praised: "It seems that Commander Li is not only a cavalry general, but also a handsome man."

Li Dingguo said sheepishly: "Mr. Yan, you deserve the award."

Yan Ermei shook his head, "This is not a reward. The options for our troops to attack the east, north, and south are divided into three strategies: upper, middle, and lower. It seems simple, but it requires extraordinary vision and talent. Not everyone can distinguish it. clearly."

Liu Sheng said: "Hongyuan, please tell me why it is a bad idea to attack Kaifeng to the north?"

Li Dingguo said: "First of all, Henan has been suffering from famine for many years. Even if we take Kaifeng, it will be difficult to obtain much output. On the contrary, it will make the food supply of our region even more tense.

Secondly, if Kaifeng is taken, it can threaten the capital to the north and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to the east. The Ming Dynasty will definitely send heavy troops to attack.In this battle, even if our troops win, the gains will outweigh the losses.

Third, the invading army is in Henan Prefecture, and the next target is likely to be Kaifeng Prefecture.Our army still needs the Chuang Army to share the pressure. It would be unwise to fight with them because of the Kaifeng Prefecture too early. "

After listening to this, Liu Sheng smiled and said: "You're right - it's not that Kaifeng shouldn't be taken, it's that it shouldn't be the primary target of our army.

The same is true for Fengyang. Firstly, it is the central capital of the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, it threatens the canal. Thirdly, it threatens Nanjing.

If our Wei tribe takes it, Ming Dynasty will send a large army to attack regardless of everything.It is possible to negotiate peace with Jiannu and bring back the army from outside the customs. "

Historically, after experiencing the defeat of Songjin and the rapid growth of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong internally, Chongzhen came up with the idea of ​​​​making peace with Jiannu and asked Chen Xinjia to handle the matter secretly.

As a result, Chen Xinjia's clerk treated the secret letter of the peace negotiation as an ordinary border report and handed it over to the provincial offices in Beijing for copying, making what should have been a secret become known to the whole world, and the officials were in an uproar! (Serious suspicion that Chen Xinjia, the book boy, is a spy!)

Chongzhen didn't even resist the responsibilities he should have assumed, let alone negotiate with Jiannu, a big scapegoat. He didn't admit it at all after the incident.

So Chen Xinjia took over the matter alone and was imprisoned and executed.

This incident undoubtedly showed that Chongzhen was in a hurry. He might really negotiate peace with Jiannu and mobilize the troops from outside the customs to come back to suppress the bandits.

It's not that Liu Sheng doesn't have the confidence to deal with Guan Ning's army and other border troops, but doing this will make it easier for Jiannu and other careerists, so it's unnecessary.

However, even if Huguang is taken as the next attack direction of the Wei army, it will have to wait several months before taking action.

For one thing, it's summer right now, and the weather is hot, making it difficult to march and fight.

Secondly, there is a severe drought in Henan, Hubei, Jiangbei and other places this summer. Amid the famine, many refugees have entered Runing. The food pressure in Yibu is also very high, and no major military action can be carried out until after the autumn harvest.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng said to Li Dingguo: "Go down and intensify the training of the Cavalry Guards. In a few days, we will return to Queshan."

"Yes!"

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July eighteenth.

Liu Sheng returned to Queshan with his personal guards.

The first thing, of course, is to watch the red lady eagerly.

"Let me hear what's going on." Liu Sheng put his ear against the red lady's belly and spoke very gently.

The red lady was conceived in early March, and now she is four months old. Her belly has swollen and she is pregnant.

It was probably not enough months. Liu Sheng listened for a while and didn't hear anything special.

The red lady gently pushed Liu Sheng away and said with a smile: "Okay, I'm tired whether you're tired or not."

Liu Sheng looked at the red lady carefully and said, "Everyone gets fat when they are pregnant. Why do you still look the same?"

"Nonsense, I asked the doctor. I am in good health and the fetus is also fine."

Liu Sheng held the red lady's hand and said with a smile, "That's good."

The two of them were silently affectionate for a while, and the red lady suddenly said: "You should stay in Queshan for a long time when you come back this time, right?"

"Well." Liu Sheng took the lead, "tens of thousands of immigrants have to be sent there. In addition, we have to stay in North America for some time and visit various towns and camps."

"Then take the opportunity to accept Xiangyun."

"Ah?" Liu Sheng was surprised when he heard this, "You are pregnant. Isn't this not good?"

Liu Sheng was influenced by the thinking of later generations, but Lady Hong had another idea.

She sneered: "Looking at you like this, is it possible that you will have to hold back for a few more months if you don't want to take a concubine?"

Liu Sheng grabbed her mischievous hand and said, "Actually, Madam, you can help me."

The red lady was curious and asked, "How can I help?"

"so···"

This night, the matchmaker gained a lot of knowledge.

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)