A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 548: The five armies of the Xia Kingdom, the imperial guards, swore their oaths to the north.

After the court meeting, Liu Meng's duty also ended. He returned to the duty room while chatting and laughing with his subordinates, and saw his boss, General Dianjun Zhonglang, waiting in front of the door with his people.

"Your Majesty has an order, and the palace guards will set off with me personally to march immediately. The meeting time is five o'clock, the location is, and the school grounds are ordered!"

"Sima Liu Meng, the commander in front of the palace, was ordered to assemble at the school grounds at five o'clock in the morning to accompany the emperor on the expedition."

General Dianjun Zhonglang nodded and left with satisfaction. After conveying the message to Liu Meng, he had to go to the other front guards, middle guards, and outer guards to pass the order.

April 20, five quarters of the hour (four-fifteen)
After packing his bags and leaving letters to his family, Liu Meng took more than 300 of his brothers to the school grounds on the west side of the palace.

After decades of expansion, a large area in the north of Qiyang became royal gardens and offices of the imperial government.

From the White House to the White House, and then to the Imperial Palace, the continuous expansion to the north made the Imperial Palace a prominent part of the northern part of Qiyang.

The western suburbs adjacent to the palace was built into a huge school ground, which was used for the emperor's military parades during wartime and as a training ground for the imperial guards in peacetime.

The core of the entire school ground is paved with stones, about an acre in size, and can accommodate 5,000 people for training at the same time.

However, on the periphery, there is still about ten acres of land that has been basically leveled, and can accommodate a temporary combat stand of 100,000 troops.

Coming to the gate of the school field, the large camp gate several meters high and ten meters wide allowed Liu Meng's 300 men to easily walk side by side with other troops.

Along the way, we kept seeing troops coming from all over the place.

Following the guide, he found the location of the imperial guards, then entered the palace guard headquarters, and then arrived at his barracks.

Today, Daxia's military system is different from before.

Initially, the Bai Kingdom had six battalions as its core, with a total strength of only more than 30,000 troops.

Now the entire Great Xia is vast, with infantry, cavalry, and water armies totaling more than 200,000.

The basic unit is a "corps" of five people, led by the corps leader.

Then there are two, five and one "shi", which controls ten people.

Above it is the "team", the leader is a military prince, and there are five people in a team, a total of fifty people.

Above is the Sima, who controls a "department" or "qu". The public department is the department and the private department is the qu.

One unit has at least six teams, and there may be more than six teams depending on specific needs, ranging from 300 to 500 people.

Above the base is the "camp", or "guard", which is the camp on the outside and the guard on the inside.

A battalion or a guard usually has at least two troops. Depending on the specific needs, the number of soldiers ranges from 1,000 to 5,000. The leader is a school captain or a lieutenant general.

Above the camp and guard, there is the highest organizational structure, which is called "military" or "soldiers", and the chief is called general.

The Xia Kingdom is divided into five armies as a whole:
[Jiang Guards], [Su Guards], [Suppressing Garrison], [Prefecture and County Soldiers], [Navy].

Among them, the Royal Guards, which can also be called the Taiwan Army, are mainly responsible for guarding the palace. They are divided into palace guards and palace guards. The commander is the leading general and there are more than 10,000 soldiers.

The palace guards are divided into the front part of the palace, the middle part of the palace, and the outer part of the palace. They are responsible for guarding all the palaces in the palace. The chief officer is the palace commander.

The palace guards are responsible for guarding and patrolling the palace walls, and their officers are Weiwei, one of the nine ministers.

The Su Wei Army is responsible for all defense outside the palace and the Gyeonggi region (Sizhou), including Qiyang County, Hanoi County, and Baixing County.

In addition, the Su Wei Army can also be called the Central Army. It is the army with the most concentrated soldiers and the largest number of soldiers in Daxia, with more than 100,000 people.

It is led by many generals, such as chariot generals, hussar generals, front, rear, left and right generals, etc.

The highest officer is the general, who is responsible for daily management, but the power to mobilize troops only lies in the hands of the emperor. He needs to rely on the talisman to mobilize, and he only recognizes the talisman and not the person.

If it is necessary to go into battle, the emperor will grant the general specific temporary positions, such as governor, chief governor, etc.

The town garrison is responsible for the defense of borders or key areas, such as the town generals of the six towns, the Youzhou garrison, the Jizhou garrison, the Qingzhou garrison, etc.

The army is scattered across the country, ranging from tens of thousands to thousands.

The state and county soldiers are responsible for the local security of each state and county. They are commanded by the Sima and the county captain of the state. The number of soldiers in each state and county ranges from hundreds to thousands, and can be adjusted according to specific needs.

The navy is easy to explain. It is the army responsible for operating warships. The Xia Navy has less than 20,000 people and more than 500 warships.

The highest officer is the naval commander, and in addition there are the ship captains who are responsible for supervising the construction of warships.

May 21

Liu Meng waited in the school grounds for a month and finally heard the sound of the military drums for the rally. He hurriedly put on his armor and weapons, and directed his subordinates to the predetermined location to assemble.

Fortunately, the imperial guards were at the forefront of all the armies, and Liu Meng could vaguely see Da Xia Zi on the high platform.

Bai Shu, who had white hair on his head, was surrounded by dozens of civil servants and generals, and came to the high platform. He looked at the banners under the platform that blocked the sun, and the tiger and wolf divisions of Xia Kingdom could not be seen at a glance.

A sense of pride that I hadn't felt in a long time suddenly arose.

"My most loyal warriors, I have been wondering whether the years of comfort have dulled your spirit and sapped your courage.

Looking at it now, no, you are still the iron and copper walls of Daxia, and you are still the sharp weapons of Daxia. The enemy has arrived, and he is knocking on the door of Daxia. What does he want to do?
He wanted to come in because he saw the wealth of Daxia and fell in love with the women of Daxia, but they were wrong. Daxia was not the Kingdom of Jin. Daxia was built on the corpses of blood.

Jie Zhao and Hu Yan want to come to this land again. He wants to bring disaster to us. I want to ask, can you agree? "

"Kill, kill, kill!"

"Hey!" Bai Shu pulled out the sword from his waist and pointed at the sky and said loudly:

"Go to war! Kill Hu!"

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Xia Guo, who had been silent for several years, was awakened by foreign objects. He once again showed his sharp claws. This time, he was bound to tear off the flesh and blood that satisfied him from his enemies.

This is the revenge of the Han people and the awakening of the Xia people.

A hundred thousand troops came out from Qiyang, divided into three groups, and headed towards the established goal.

Under Bai Shu's arrangement, the general Bai Lin was appointed as the general to conquer the west. He opened his mansion and took the holidays, leading 20,000 troops to assist Puban in Hedong, resisting the incoming troops from Guanzhong of Zhao Dynasty, and waiting for an opportunity to cross the river to attack Guanzhong.

With Sizhou Xiaowei and Bai Wang Baiqian as the generals of the Eastern Campaign, he added military forces to the Ji and Qing states, opened the government, and held holidays. He led 30,000 troops to assist Pingyuan and Bohai counties, plus 60,000 local garrison troops, a total of nine Ten thousand people were responsible for Hou Zhao's main force in the direction of Leling.

He personally led 50,000 people, together with 40,000 Youzhou soldiers including Youzhou governor Taishi Jun, Youzhou guard Baitie, and Youzhou Sima Murongxuan, for a total of 90,000 troops to conquer the Yan Kingdom.

The prince Bai Kai and the queen Xiahou remained in the court, and the two palaces supervised the country.

In addition, Bai Shu also ordered the Beijiang Prefecture to send troops from Monan to the east to attack the Yan Kingdom, and ordered the navy to cooperate with Pingzhou to suppress the chaos in Korea, and then march north to the Yan Kingdom.

September
Hurrying slowly on the road, the Northern Expedition army finally arrived in Jizhou.

Bai Shu listened to the reports from Taishi Jun and Bai Tie in Jizhou.

During these four months, Yan State attacked Linyu day and night.

Linyu was in emergency many times, and the number of defenders once dropped from 10,000 to 5,000. Fortunately, Bai Tie arrived with reinforcements in time, which prevented Linyu Pass from being breached.

But at the same time, the Yan army broke through the Yuwen Ministry's defense line from Monan and began to harass the Daxia border. Fortunately, the six towns fought to the death to prevent the Yan army from breaking through the defense line.

Soon, Hu Yanying, the general manager of Northern Xinjiang, arrived with the Northern Xinjiang cavalry, and then the Yan army commander Murong Khan retreated.

But the Yan army kept wandering on the grasslands outside the six towns, looking for mistakes and omissions in the six towns. It can be predicted that if there is a slight flaw in the defense line, Murong Khan will take the opportunity to attack fiercely, and then enter the Xia mainland to disrupt the Xia army's deployment.

Therefore, Hu Yanying's Northern Xinjiang soldiers and the six town generals did not dare to act rashly, for fear of giving Murong Khan an opportunity.

"Where's Yuwenbu?"

Bai Shu's face was silent. He did not blame Hu Yanying for ignoring the order he gave him to attack. Instead, he asked the Yu Wenbu who was wandering in Monan.

Shi Ranzhan, the governor of Northern Xinjiang, said carefully:
"I heard from people on the grassland that Yuwen Yidougui was attacked by Murong Khan in the Duolun area at the beginning of the year. Yuwen Yidougui died of serious injuries.

Many of his tribesmen also surrendered to the State of Yan. His son Yu Wenling led the remaining 3,000 men and tens of thousands of tribesmen to join the Northern Xinjiang Prefecture. The general manager of Huyan placed them in Dai County, and Yuwen Ling also came with his ministers. "

"Bring it in."

A handsome-looking Xianbei boy, fifteen or sixteen years old, came in from outside the tent.

As soon as he entered the tent, Yu Wenling knelt on the ground and cried in an extremely sad voice:
"My father died guarding the border of Daxia. Please ask His Majesty the Great Emperor to avenge my father. If I can kill the old thief Murong, Yu Wenling is willing to do anything for your Majesty."

"Get up, come closer and let me have a look."

Yu Wenling knelt and walked three or four steps in front of Bai Shu, raised his head and held back tears, letting Bai Shu take a closer look.

Looking at the childish-looking Yu Wenling, the barbaric and civilized auras on his body complement each other, and there is clearly something Han Chinese in his face.

"Is your mother Han?"

Yu Wenling knelt down and replied:
"Your Majesty is wise. My mother is Fan from Yan County and is the niece of King Bai Lin of Dongwu."

Bai Shu nodded, straightened his back, and said:
"Since you have inherited the title of your father, Duke of Peiping, you should also study in the Baizong. However, since your father's revenge has not been avenged, I promise you to go to school again after this war is over.

Arrange your family in Dai County and serve under Ran Changshi. If you think about it, you will not lack the opportunity to fight against the Yan Kingdom. "

Yu Wenling did not hesitate for a moment, kowtowed and thanked:
"Thank you for your permission, Your Majesty."

(Ran Zhan was the son of Ran Long, the former governor of Hedong Province of Zhao who surrendered to the Bai Kingdom. Ran Long stayed in the position of serving as a servant all his life, but Ran Zhan had no restrictions on his status.

Last year, Yan Qi succeeded Yan Qi as the governor of Northern Xinjiang, and Yan Qi entered the court to serve as Da Honglu and Guanglu, one of the nine ministers. )
It has entered the end of September, winter is coming quickly in the north, and now the weather has turned cold.

Learning from the lessons learned ten years ago, Bai Shu planned to let his army rest in Jizhou for a few months, and wait until the spring of next year before attacking Yan State.

As long as Daxia's defense line is not broken during this period of time, victory will eventually belong to them.

After all, when it came to competing for national power, even Later Zhao was not as good as himself, let alone the small Yan State.

(End of this chapter)