Datang New Order

ps: Sorry, there are really a lot of meetings during this period. I have to attend three consecutive meetings this week, and the update will be very unstable. Please bear with me.

On December 905th of the second year of Tianyou (AD [-]), starting from the Liang Jun camp in front of Shihoubao, dozens of Liang Jun camps such as Tumenling, Changping Village, Sizhuang, and Jianjian raised their flags to the Yan Army one after another. , Yan Jun drove out of Shihoubao, went south along the Changping Passage, and accepted the surrender of Liang Jun one by one.

Surrounded by dozens of generals, Li Chengzhong came to the city of Gaoping on a snow-white Dawan horse, wearing a crimson coat of arms, gold silk armor, and a gold helmet with double-eared lacquer.

Li Zhen, He Delun, Yang Shihou and more than a hundred civil and military generals of the Liang army knelt under the north gate, holding official hats and helmets, and in front of their knees, Liang Wangshuai's flags, flying amulets and arrows of various armies were piled up on the ground. No one dared to raise their heads, fearing to offend Yan. Wang Zhiyan taboo.

Li Chengzhong sat upright on the carved saddle and laughed aloud. Li Zhen waited for Liang Jun to descend, and then he became shorter again and bent down even lower.

After laughing for a long time, Li Chengzhong was overjoyed and said loudly, "I, Hu Hansan, are back!" But no one responded, and all the generals under his command looked at each other, not knowing why, while Liang Jun's surrendered generals trembled uncontrollably.

Looking at the surrendered general of Liang Jun who was kneeling in front of the horse, Li Chengzhong raised his hand: "Get up and talk."

The generals raised their heads, but they didn't dare to get up, so Li Zhen took three steps on his knees and kowtowed again: "The guilty minister Li, with He, Yang, etc., and more than 23 sergeants, Fu Qi Your Highness Sincerely."

Li Chengzhong nodded: "Accept!" You Yuhou stepped forward and collected the large and small command flags and flying talisman command arrows piled up on the ground and counted them.

Li Zhen kowtowed again: "Sinners, etc., offer the heads of the king, the second thief Li, and the soldiers of Shu and Wu, 830 and [-] people, and more than [-] soldiers, to Your Highness. Congratulations to the Yan Army, Fu Qi Your Highness Sincerely."

Li Chengzhong nodded: "Accept!" Another sergeant stepped forward and took the heads of Wang Zongji and Li Shenfu in the tray.

Li Zhen kowtowed three times: "Liang Wang Zhu's family, the thieves Jingxiang, Kang Huaiying, Shi Shucong, etc., have entered the West Mountain seven days ago, and the criminals have not yet reported. Your Highness Fuqi punishes the crime."

Li Chengzhong smiled and said: "It's okay, I understand what you mean, and I don't blame you. Li Zhen, I heard that your strategy is useful, and Han Yanhui also praised you a lot, and I will go to the General Staff of the Military Staff. Under the control of Han Yanhui of the United Front Work Department, if you have made achievements in the future, I will be born with you alone."

Li Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.He was picked up by Han Yanhui and stood aside.

Li Chengzhong said again: "He Delun, you have been fighting Guzhi's army here for many years, and your record is not bad. The generals under Gu's command once praised you for being good at managing troops; Yang Shihou, you fought well in the surprise attack on Xuanzhou, and you are also I appreciate this talent very much. However, in the system of the isolated army, you cannot be awarded an officer without going through the military academy. I will temporarily give you the rank of guerrilla general, and you will be transferred to Fan Yang to study for a year.

He Delun and Yang Shihou were slightly disappointed, but they dared not express it.Immediately kowtow to thank you.

Li Chengzhong said to the group of demoted officials and generals: "Since I have surrendered today, I will be counted as a solitary army. Regardless of whether it is civil or military, each will be retained by two ranks with the original rank. The higher ones will go to Fan Yang, and the lower ones will go to the White Wolf. After you are successful, you will be awarded official positions based on your studies. Those who do not want to join the army but are committed to the civilians can also go to Youzhou Academy for further studies. To be more clear, this arrangement is not to fear your descendants, but to be under your command. It’s such an order, you can come down and ask, you can inquire about it, which one of the military officers and civil servants under the command has no school qualifications? As for the sergeants, it will be arranged by the General Military Staff Administration, and the training department will set up a training camp for Shangdang recruits. Retrain all the sergeants. The sergeants don't have to worry about being away from the battle and not being able to go home. The next step is to conquer Henan. Naturally, there will be plenty of time for you to go home!"

After the lecture was over, Li Zhen, He Delun and Yang Shihou all came together, took Li Chengzhong's rein respectfully, and marched towards Gaoping City.Along the city wall to the street, the densely packed soldiers of the Liang army knelt down, and all kinds of weapons and equipment were piled up like a mountain.

I don't know when, the soldiers of the Yan army inside and outside the city suddenly cheered in unison, and the sound shook the whole field.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

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After the war, all kinds of affairs were very complicated, and the various divisions of the General Staff of the Military Staff were in continuous rotation, which was able to maintain the smooth operation of the war machine of the Yan Army.

The top priority is the reorganization of the surrendering sergeants. In addition to the prisoners captured in the Bohequan battle, there are 37 allied forces of the princes who surrendered to the Yan army. These sergeants can be roughly divided into four classes.

One is young men who are auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands, the number is about 15; the second is sergeants who can go to battle, they are soldiers from various states in Henan who were temporarily transferred to the Shangdang by King Liang for the Northern Expedition, and the soldiers of the major army leaders Parts, about [-] or so.

There are another 7 to [-] people who are the essence of hundreds of battles saved by the old Xuanwu Army. During the Battle of Bohequan, more than [-] people from Yuan Cong's army and Tingzi, more than [-] from Zhu Youning's Jianwu Army, more than [-] from Shishu Congbao's Ya Army, and more than [-] from Zhang Guihou's army were captured. people.In addition, the Ya army under He Delun, Kang Huaiying and Yang Shihou's surrender in Gaoping is the best preserved, with about [-] people.

The last one is the 4 allied forces of Shu, Wu, Jing, Chu and other countries.

At present, the Yan army gathered in the Shangdang area has nine field armies, two security armies, two hundred supplementary battalions, the newly formed Jinzhou army and the vassals of the Hedong army, with a total strength of 25.Handan, across the mountain from Shangdang, also gathered more than 20 reserve brigades and 37 supplementary battalions, with a strength of 60.In addition to the 20 soldiers and prisoners of war surrendered by the coalition forces, Hebei needs to deal with more than [-] horses and people chewing on them, and the monthly food consumption is at least [-] shi!

Solving the food problem has become a top priority!

Immediately, some radical staff officers from the Operation Department of the Yuhou Division of the General Staff of the Military Staff proposed a secret plan: follow the example of the War of Changping in the Warring States Period, and kill the coalition forces to surrender!In the plan, it is vowed that killing nearly 40 coalition soldiers will not only relieve food worries, but also reduce the shackles of the Yan army and prevent these soldiers from changing in the future. Finally, this move can deter the world and make the princes of the world I can't afford to resist, and clear the way for the unification of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengzhong was taken aback when he saw this plan, and immediately had a headache.Back then, after Qin Guokeng killed Zhao Guo and surrendered, resulting in the entire country of Zhao being left alone, from a strong country that could compete with Qin alone, it immediately became a weak country. This move is indeed extremely effective.However, killing the allied forces and surrendering their soldiers seems to be following Qin's policy back then. In fact, the difference between the two is thousands of miles away.

At the time of the Warring States period, countries had been hereditary for hundreds of years, and their language and culture were very different. Although they were all China, it was an indisputable fact that they were all alone.It is impossible for Qin State to conquer Zhao State without such a tricky move.At this moment, it is different from the Warring States period. Although the policy of "following the Warring States Period" is also adopted, the Tang Dynasty has lasted for nearly 300 years, and the country is at ease. Whether it is Henan Province or Hebei Province, even if Liang Kingdom and Yan Kingdom are now separated , almost no one would think that they are not Tang people.

If all the 37 coalition troops are really killed, the sky will be full of anger and people will complain!

Furthermore, the coalition army is different from the Zhao army in the Warring States period. It is impossible for the Qin army to make Zhao's soldiers turn their guns, which does not mean that the Yan army cannot.In the past hundred years, a group of professional warriors has been cultivated on the land of China. It is a common occurrence to fight for you today and help him fight tomorrow. As long as these soldiers have a good life, they don't have any sense of loyalty ——Even if they are loyal to the country, they are not loyal to Liang Guo, which has only been established for a year.As the "imperial uncle" of Yudie who entered the clan of the Tang Dynasty, although Li Chengzhong was a little ashamed, this qualification was easier to gain loyalty than King Liang.

Therefore, Li Chengzhong immediately summoned Zhang Xingzhong, Jiang Miao, Zhou Kan and others, and cursed them so hard that the three of them blushed, so he gave up.After burning this "strategy" in front of the three of them, Li Chengzhong directly issued a plan to deal with the surrender.

Disbanded 15 Henan Qingzhuang who were temporarily recruited by Liang Wang and served as auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands.This group of young men have not undergone much military training. They are all farmers who plan food in the fields. They are different from the young men in Hebei who regularly participate in military training every year. .

Even if some enemy pulls them back to fill up their troops again, they will be defeated in one blow, and it will be useless to stay except for wasting food.Now Li Chengzhong's eyes are not only focused on Hebei, he is about to start conquering Henan, so there is no need to move them into Hebei - compared with resettling them and organizing them to start production, it is much easier to directly bring Henan under control .

For the second category of soldiers, they were already the standing troops under the command of the leaders of the Liang army. If they were dismissed, if they were gathered by others, they would become a large army in a blink of an eye.Therefore, Li Chengzhong ordered them to stay in the Shangdang area for training, and three months later, these 10 people would be included in the Yan Army's combat formation.

There are also 300 to [-] elite tooth soldiers. These people are the most typical professional warriors of this era. Apart from fighting in battle, they don't know much about making a living.But it must be admitted that these tens of thousands of soldiers are really good soldiers, and they are also the foundation on which King Liang relies.If it wasn't for the birth of Li Chengzhong, if it wasn't for the formation of Hebei's military system, King Liang would end the [-]-year foundation of the Tang Dynasty and create his own dynasty with the support of tens of thousands of professional warriors.

Therefore, what Li Chengzhong had to do was very simple. It took half a month to reorganize them into more than 100 supplementary battalions, and to conduct simple training so that they could initially understand the composition system of the Yan Army.After that, you can directly follow the army and make up for the losses in the conquest of Henan at any time.

As for the captives from other countries in the coalition forces, Li Chengzhong has no good solution for the time being. He is neither willing to let these sergeants return to their original places to replenish the strength of the countries, nor can they join the supplementary battalion for reorganization—the rural concept of this era It was still very heavy. Li Chengzhong thought that he didn't have the kind of domineering spirit of a tiger's body and all parties coming to vote. When the restrictions were loosened, these soldiers would probably have to start running away.

After much deliberation, he didn't have the determination to "pit him to death". In the final analysis, this violated the moral bottom line of Li Chengzhong's traversers. Therefore, he could only grit his teeth and escort them back to Hebei, filling them in major workshops and mines to serve as a prisoner. Coolies, let's use their spare heat. (To be continued..)