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Chapter 184 Arrangements after Capturing Jiazhou

Jiazhou government office lobby.

Lin Feng is holding the first military meeting after occupying Jiazhou. Zhou Rui and Peng Xing of the Fugu Combat Brigade, Song Jilie of the 1st Mobile Combat Brigade who just led the team into Jiazhou, and Tingfeng Guards Guo Zheng and Deng Hao are participating.

Lin Jiakang from Fugu also came to participate. When Lin Feng arrived in Jiazhou, he, the head of the Secretarial Department, would definitely come over to ensure the execution of orders and instructions.

Lin Feng waited for everyone to sit down and said: "Zhou Rui and Ji Lie, please briefly summarize the situation of the sneak attack on Jiazhou City and the defeat of Peng Qing's army."

"Okay, let me first report on the sneak attack on Jiazhou City." Zhou Rui stood up and said.

"With Mr. Lin's careful planning and arrangements, we relied on the internal intelligence deployed by Tingfeng Guards in Jiazhou City to open the city gate, successfully entered the city and controlled various key points in the city, and captured various people including Chen Jiace, the magistrate of Jiazhou. officials, captured Chen Xiong and others who had rebelled in the early stage, and rescued Cao Qiang, the always loyal and unyielding deputy chief of the Jiazhou branch.

Since most of Jiazhou's defensive forces were taken away by Peng Qing, and we entered the city by surprise, our casualties were extremely small, only single digits. "

"This time we were able to successfully attack Jiazhou City. Deng Hao of Tingfeng Guard should be credited with the first contribution. When the leader of the Jiazhou branch betrayed him, he stayed in Jiazhou City and independently established the Black Tiger Gang. He learned the news about the enemy's attack on Shenmu, and helped open the city gate of Jiazhou." Lin Feng praised.

"Thank you for the compliment, sir. These are what you should do in a humble position." Deng Hao said modestly.

"Now let me report on the situation of the First Mobile Brigade's attack on Peng Qing's army camp." Song Jilie said as he came to the map hanging on the wall.

He pointed at the map and continued: "According to your prior plan, the news of the fall of Jiazhou was first spread to the enemy camp to disrupt the morale of the army, and then Tingfengwei planned to burn the enemy's food and grass, causing Peng Qing to Unrest in the camp.

We seized the opportunity to break into the enemy camp in one fell swoop and defeated the Shaanxi Dusi troops in one fell swoop.

In this battle, more than a thousand enemy troops were killed and killed. The enemy killed and wounded six to seven hundred people because it was difficult to distinguish between friends and foes, and was trampled on. We captured more than two thousand people. Only Peng Qing led five to six hundred people to the north. Escaped, and some people fled in all directions. It can be said that the so-called counter-rebellion army of the imperial court was completely wiped out. "

"We defeated more with less in this battle. The planning was very good, and the coordination in all aspects was also in place. The key is that the Bailitong provided by the Lord is really effective, ensuring that our respective armies can coordinate accurately.

As soon as the 1st Mobile Brigade led by Brigadier Song broke into the camp, he notified us through Bailitong to flank us from behind, which gave full play to the maximum effect of front and rear flank attacks. The enemy was confused and thought that there were enemies everywhere. In fact, our There are not many troops. "Peng Xing, who led the troops to take the retreat, added.

"I think the tenacious fighting will of our Zhenming Army officers and soldiers, including Tingfeng Guards, is also the key to victory. This time we sent Huang Cheng and three other brothers to carry out the task of burning grain and grass. In order to organize the enemy troops to put out the fire, they not only did not flee , and went deep into the interior where there was a lot of enemy food and grass, and finally detonated the explosive packs they carried, and all died heroically." Guo Zheng introduced the heroic deeds of Huang Cheng and others.

"Yes, every victory we have is a result of the sacrifices of our soldiers. I want the Civil Affairs Department to build a grand martyrs cemetery in Fugu to honor all the heroes who died fighting for the Zhenming Army!" Lin Feng Said heavily.

"Your Majesty's decision is great. All soldiers will be greatly encouraged by it." Song Jilie, Zhou Rui and others agreed in unison.

“The deceased have passed away, and the best way to commemorate and comfort them is to develop our Zhenming Army and protect their families and hometowns.

This time we successfully occupied Jiazhou and defeated the so-called counter-insurgency army led by the Shaanxi capital Peng Qing. This marked that our Zhenming Army officially left Fugu and Shenmu County and advanced into the state city. It can also be said that it made its debut in the world.

On the one hand, this will give us greater space for development and bring more development resources. On the other hand, it will also be suppressed by the imperial court with all its strength. Therefore, we must use this period of the imperial court’s power window in Shaanxi to accelerate our strength. layout, and make solid preparations to deal with the full-scale encirclement and suppression by the imperial court.

What do you think about the next strategy? " Lin Feng continued.

Guo Zheng heard this and said: "Sir, let me first report on our enemy's situation in the next period of time. After defeating Peng Qing's troops, the most capable Qin army in Shaanxi is still chasing Li Zicheng's troops in Shaanxi-Gansu, and Hong Chengchou's troops are in southern Shaanxi and Chase Cao Cao and Luo Rucai's troops at the border of Henan.

At present, the imperial military strength in central and northern Shaanxi can be said to be at its weakest. The state capitals are almost undefended, making it easier to attack.

We predict that after receiving the news, the imperial court will immediately list our Zhenming Army as the primary threat. It is estimated that Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting will be ordered to join forces to encircle and suppress our Zhenming Army. We will face great pressure. "

"Sir, although the imperial troops in northern Shaanxi are extremely empty, if we occupy too much territory within a period of time, it will greatly disperse our troops, which will not be conducive to concentrating our strength against the imperial encirclement and suppression. I suggest that we first consolidate the territory we currently occupy. In the prefectures and counties, it is more important to step up the expansion of military strength." Song Jilie continued.

"I also agree with Brigadier Song's opinion. Although our Zhenming Army is relatively elite, it is too small. There have been many new recruits recently, especially a large number of Xi'an Guards soldiers who have been captured. If they are not properly trained, they will inevitably... It will seriously reduce our combat effectiveness." Zhou Rui also agreed.

"Sir, although expanding the territory too quickly will indeed bring pressure on defense, occupying more territory, especially Fucheng, can capture a large amount of military supplies, which is also very helpful for us to expand our strength. So I suggest that we should not take occupation as a The purpose is to take advantage of the lack of troops in northern Shaanxi to capture some cities to seize supplies and people and quickly increase our strength." Peng Xing put forward new opinions.

"It is possible to occupy it without dividing the troops, and it can also train our army in actual combat." Song Jilie also agreed.

"I think it's okay to occupy the nearby city. At least we can capture several big cities in Yan'an Prefecture. The Yan'an guards were taken away by Peng Qing. There are only some strong civilians left to defend the city. It shouldn't be difficult to attack." Zhou Rui also agreed.

After listening to everyone's opinions, Lin Feng said: "Very good, everyone actively expressed their opinions. In summary, there are three points.

One is that we do not advocate dividing our forces for defense, but rather concentrate our forces to guard our core areas.

One is to reorganize the army as soon as possible, digest the captured guard soldiers, recruit some new soldiers, and increase the combat effectiveness of our Zhenming Army as soon as possible.

Another thing is that everyone agrees to send an elite force to attack cities in northern Shaanxi and seize resources and people.

I agree with these three principles, and this is also the focus of the next development of Zhenming Army. "

Lin Feng paused, took a sip of tea and then continued: "Let me talk about the first question first. Everyone's opinion is relatively consistent, that is, we do not advocate occupying too much territory now to prevent our troops from being dispersed.

There is no problem with this. When we occupy a land, we must digest it well to ensure that this land can be fully integrated into our Zhenming Army. At present, what we have to do is to digest the results of occupying Jiazhou first.

The strategy adopted is also the same, which is to clean up the backlog of past cases, crack down on large households in accordance with the law, reduce corvee taxes, and ensure and improve people's livelihood. The Civil Affairs Department will be responsible for this work soon. Fang Xiaoyu, please notify Su Shunnian and Jiang Yin immediately after the meeting. "

"Yes!" Fang Xiaoyu replied.

"Now let me talk about the second question, about the reorganization of the army. After occupying Jiazhou, the existing army must be adjusted.

At present, we have Song Jilie's 1st Mobile Combat Brigade and two mobile battalions of Zhou Rui and Peng Xing in Jiazhou, with a total of about 2,600 people.

In addition, we also captured about 2,000 soldiers from the Shaanxi Guards. After simple screening and transformation, a large part of them can be added to the Zhenming Army.

I am considering expanding Jilie's mobile combat brigade by 400 troops to 2000 troops. The expansion is not large, mainly to maintain combat capabilities so that the next step can be immediately undertaken combat missions.

Zhou Rui's mobile battalion was expanded into the second mobile combat brigade, with a strength of 1600 people and three battalions. This expansion is relatively large.

You need to use a mobile battalion of 500 officers and soldiers as a team, transfer another veterans from the Pengxing Camp, and recruit veterans from the Lieutenant Brigade to support them, and then integrate Deng Hao's Black Tiger Gang, and the remaining personnel who are not enough will be captured. Replenishment of guard troops and recruitment of new soldiers.

Considering that the Second Mobile Combat Brigade has a large scope of adjustment and is mainly responsible for the task of defending Jiazhou City, it is necessary to quickly reorganize and train the additional troops and strive to form combat strength as soon as possible.

Peng Xing's mobile battalion will be replenished with 200 soldiers here, and the others will be replenished in Huifugu. Later, it will be expanded to 1,000 soldiers and will still belong to the Jianfugu combat brigade.

After considering the capture of Jiazhou, the combat pressure in the Shenmu direction was reduced. Wang Qin was transferred to the Fugu Combat Brigade as a brigade general and concurrently as the chief of the Staff Department. I will no longer concurrently hold the post of Fugu Combat Battalion. The Shenmu Combat Brigade was succeeded by Ma Mingjie as the brigade general. From now on, it will no longer be responsible for garrison defense tasks. It will be stationed in the camp where it originally guarded the Second Battalion and assume the mobile combat tasks in the Shenmu area.

All the castles left behind after the Shenmu Combat Battalion evacuated were handed over to the Shenmu Garrison Battalion for garrisoning. The Shenmu Garrison Battalion was expanded to 1,000 people and Qian Zhuo was transferred to serve as the battalion commander.

Feng En, the deputy battalion commander of the Nanwubao garrison battalion, took over as battalion commander, and his battalion belonged to the Shenmu Combat Brigade. For the remaining vacant battalion commanders, each brigade will propose candidates and submit them to me for approval. Do you have any other opinions? "Lin Feng continued to talk about a series of military expansion and general adjustments.

"No!" everyone said unanimously.

"Since there is no such thing, Ieyasu and your secretary department will hurry up and draft the adjustment order documents and issue them to all ministries for implementation." Lin Feng explained.

"Yes!" Lin Jiakang accepted the order.

After this military adjustment, there will be two brigade-level units in the Fugu direction.

One is the Fugu combat brigade with 2200 people. Wang Qin is the brigade general. It has an infantry battalion of 1000 people and the battalion commander Peng Xing. The first cavalry battalion has 500 people and the battalion commander Wu Yunna. The second cavalry battalion has 500 people and the battalion commander Hongtu.

The other is the Fugu garrison brigade, with a strength of 1600 people. It consists of three battalions: Fugu garrison camp, Zhenqiangbao garrison camp, and Tieshibao garrison camp, each with 3 men. Among them, Fang Tiezhu concurrently serves as the general manager of the Fugu garrison camp, Yang Heng serves as the general manager of the Zhenqiangbao camp, and Zhou Zhiwei serves as the general manager of the Tieshibao camp.

In the direction of Shenmu, one brigade and one battalion were set up.

One of the brigade is the Shenmu Combat Brigade, with 1600 people, and Ma Mingjie serves as the brigade commander. It has three combat battalions under its jurisdiction. Among them, Ma Mingjie of the cavalry battalion also serves as the battalion commander, and the other two infantry battalions are led by Li Yi and Feng En, both generals from Yulin City.

The first battalion is the Shenmu garrison battalion, with Qian Zhuo as the battalion commander and a strength of 1000 people. It is mainly responsible for garrisoning Quyechuan Fort and North and South Wubao.

Two brigades were set up in the direction of Jiazhou. One is the first mobile combat brigade, with a strength of 2000 people. Song Jilie serves as the brigade general and is mainly responsible for mobile forward operations.

The other is the Second Mobile Combat Brigade, with a strength of 1600 people. Zhou Rui serves as the brigade general and is mainly responsible for Jiazhou defense tasks.

After this calculation, the total strength of Lin Feng's troops will reach 10,000. In terms of monthly military salary expenditure, based on an average of 3 taels per person, it will be 30,000 taels, which is considered to be the limit of the current strength to support troops.

"Finally, let me talk about the third issue, which is to take advantage of the situation to attack the larger cities in northern Shaanxi. Currently, there are almost no large-scale military forces from the imperial court in northern Shaanxi. It would be a waste of opportunity if we do not take the opportunity to capture some cities.

Therefore, I decided to send Song Jilie's mobile combat brigade to capture nearby cities, first of all to capture Suidezhou in the south.

After capturing the city, considering that our troops are limited, we can not occupy it for a long time, but screen and kill some large households with great public anger, seize money, and distribute the grain and grass that cannot be taken away to the people.

On the one hand, we strengthen our Zhenming Army and weaken the power of the imperial court by collecting money from large households; on the other hand, we also actively win over the people's hearts and strive to win the support of the people.

Therefore, Jilie, the army you fought in time is also the propaganda team to promote the policies of our Zhenming Army. You will never allow casual infringement on the interests of the people, and try your best to win the support of the people by attacking the state capital. "

"Understood, we will definitely do what you ask!" Song Jilie replied.

"When you attack a city, you must pay attention to safety. If the opponent's defense is tight and the attack will cause heavy losses, don't attack.

Guo Zheng and you sent Tingfeng Wei to investigate the surrounding state capitals first to provide intelligence for the actions of the 1st Mobile Combat Brigade. " Lin Feng then explained.

"Understood! We will deploy Tingfeng Guards to the entire Shaanxi and surrounding areas as soon as possible." Guo Zheng responded.

After convening the military council meeting, Lin Feng immediately made arrangements to deal with Chen Xiong and other traitors in public.

According to Guo Zhengti's suggestion, Chen Xiong was sentenced to beheaded. The traitor who took the lead in betraying his comrades must be executed with thousands of cuts.

The other two accomplices, Jiang Li and Liu Ping'an, were sentenced to be beheaded.

Outside the gate of the state government, three traitors had been brought up on the makeshift execution platform.

All Zhenming Army generals in Jiazhou, Tingfengwei intelligence officers and other officials were called to watch the execution. This was also an on-site education.

It turned out that Cao Qiang, the deputy director of the Jiazhou branch, had mostly recovered from his injuries and also came to the scene.

Now, with the expansion of Zhenming Army's territory, it has become more and more important and urgent to prevent a small number of people from rebelling and surrendering to the enemy.

The first was to behead two accomplices. Lin Jiakang came to the stage to announce the crimes of the two people on behalf of the Zhenming Army and announced that they would be beheaded immediately.

Jiang Li and Liu Ping'an were pressed on the beheading chopping board. Jiang Li was so frightened that he peed his pants. Liu Ping'an cried so hard that his voice became hoarse, shouting for mercy.

However, the executioner obviously didn't care about this. He threw down the token in Li Jiakang's hand and chopped off the heads of these two scum with one stroke.

In the end, Chen Xiong was left. His face turned pale with fright, and he shouted crazily: "Mr. Governor, President, I don't dare anymore. For the sake of Master Xiongzhen, please spare me." .”

"Forgive you, how can you be worthy of the brothers who died in Jiazhou, how can you be worthy of Cao Qiang who was tortured, and how can you deter the unsteady-willed people in our Zhenming Army.

You still have the nerve to mention Brother Xiongzhen, are you worthy of him by doing so? He is not here today. If he were here, he would kill you with a thousand cuts.

Okay, today, since you are one of the first people to come to Fugu with me, I will spare your execution and behead you instead. At the same time, I will take back all your shares in Zhenming Group. Lin Feng walked onto the stage and said.

"Thank you for your grace! I am so ashamed of you and Master Xiongzhen. You can only repay your kindness in the next life!" Chen Xiong replied with shame and regret, and walked to the guillotine.

"Execution!" Lin Feng ordered in a gloomy mood. Chen Xiong came to Fugu with him, and later sent him to Jiazhou. He did not strictly remind him, and he also neglected his duty.

Lin Feng actually felt very sad when he had this fate. At this time, he also made up his mind to strengthen effective restrictions on foreign personnel, especially generals, to prevent such a situation from happening again.

With the executioner's knife falling.

Chen Xiong, the veteran of the group, ended his miserable life like this.

Later, Lin Feng summoned Cao Qiang, who was about to recover from his injury, and appointed him as the head of the Jiazhou branch of Zhenming Group, ordering him to quickly restore the branch, expand business, and make profits as soon as possible.

Now that the Zhenming Army is expanding so rapidly, the pressure to maintain troops is great, and the Zhenming Group must also speed up the pace of expansion.

　Here is a big chapter of nearly 5,000 words.

　　

　

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