Horse on the World

Chapter 354 Deployment
Dingzhou's strategic policy is to never intervene in the early stages of the Central Plains War, but to fully accumulate internal strength, develop Ding, Fu, the grassland and the economy and people's livelihood of the newly acquired Bingzhou, recuperate and recharge, but it is also conceivable that once Dingzhou is launched, or the development of the current situation is beyond the control of Dingzhou and forces Dingzhou to enter early. It is very likely that there will be two fronts of battle. One is the war against the Lu family in the north. If the gold and jade are outside, and there is defeat among them, and they are unable to resist, if the army is defeated like a mountain, then Dingzhou will inevitably send troops in advance.Secondly, King Ning was gaining momentum and the Xiao family was retreating steadily, which would also lead to Dingzhou having to enter early.

In order to cope with possible unexpected situations, Dingzhou made a series of military adjustments in the following time.Dingzhou now has an overall military strength of about 1.Guan Wai Guan Xinglong Xidu Hufu Hengdao Battalion plus Jingdong has more than [-] people, Dongdu Hufu Yang Yidao Xuanfeng Battalion and [-] cavalry from the Red Department, Lu Division has more than [-] people, and Qi Nian Division has more than [-] people. Feng's Yishan Division had more than [-] men, plus Changsheng Battalion, two cavalry battalions of Xuanfeng Battalion, and Feng Guo's Panshi Battalion who had been stationed in Dingzhou City.And now the remaining more than [-] cavalry of Nuoqia, which is nominally under the rule of Dingzhou, cannot be used with confidence, and there are still more than [-] troops left in the elite Red Department in Fusen's hands.

Li Qing's first step was to set up the fourth division-level team, reorganizing the Changsheng Battalion, the Huanfeng Battalion and the two infantry battalions transferred from the Qi Nian Division with 2 people to form the fourth division Changsheng Division, led by Jiang Kui Commander, two infantry battalions and one cavalry battalion were transferred from Lu Dalin's department and merged into the Qi Nian Division. As a result, Lu Dalin's Lu division was reduced by half, and Li Qing directly assigned the more than 1 elite Fusen of the Red Division to Lu Dalin's command , Let Fusen enter Lu Division as Lu Dalin's deputy, with Lu Dabing as a lubricant, coupled with Lu Dalin's prestige, suppress Fusen, and effectively integrate this red cavalry is no problem.

The Yishan division who passed the mountain wind was stationed in the territory of Fuzhou. The 2 soldiers who went westward went through great battles, and now there are more than [-] people who have come back alive. Division, during the major reorganization of the army this time, the Guo Shanfeng Department not only did not mobilize one person, but was greatly strengthened. It was also assigned to the command of Guo Shanfeng. In a short while, Guo Shanfeng's Yishan Division had more than [-] soldiers, becoming the largest army in Li Qing's group, and it was stationed in Fuzhou. Self-explanatory.

Since the Li Qing Group occupied Dingzhou, Feng Guo has not been on the battlefield. He has always stayed in Dingzhou City, the base camp, and this also prevented him from having more opportunities to make contributions. However, the importance of Dingzhou City is self-evident. Being able to let Li Qing entrust him with the safety of Dingzhou Chengjiao at ease shows Li Qing's absolute trust in him. This time Dingzhou won a big victory, and all the generals will be rewarded. In fact, in Dingzhou, except for Lu Dalin Except for the rank of lieutenant general, the rest of the generals, including Guo Shanfeng and Wang Qinian, are all ranks of generals. At this time, their subordinates and commanders of all battalions are also ranks of generals. Da Chu is now in name only, and Li Qing After the war, he rewarded Guo Shanfeng, Wang Qinian, Jiang Kui, Feng Guo, Guan Xinglong, Yang Yidao and others to the rank of lieutenant generals, while Lu Dalin went one step further and became General Zhenwei. He reacted, but later formed an alliance with the Xiao family, so he made a show, wrote a letter of worship and sent it to Luoyang, just to confirm it clearly.

Feng Guo is not only serving as the garrison of Dingzhou City, but it has been confirmed that he will also become the deputy chief trainer of the lieutenant training school to be established in Dingzhou City, and the chief trainer is Li Qing. Of course, Li Qing is just a name That's all, the specific work will be done by Feng Guo. In this way, Feng Guo trains the officers but does not command these officers, and these officers have a teacher-student friendship with Feng Guo but serve under other generals at different levels.In this way, Li Qing will curb the expansion of the power of his generals to the greatest extent, so that these military envoys will finally be in his hands, and will never become the private property of a certain general at any time.

Li Qing could see clearly how the Great Chu collapsed. Once someone can completely control a powerful army, it will be the beginning of disaster. Even if he has no plans, what about his successor?This possibility must be eliminated from the root.

"Generals, in the next two to three years, our task is to prepare for battle, and it may be a two-front battle, but there is no doubt that our primary combat target is the Lu family in the north. Jiang Kui!" Li Qingdao.

Jiang Kui stood up abruptly: "Master!"

"Your troops have assembled the most effective elites of our Dingzhou Army, and they are stationed in Luofeng and Changqi respectively. Do you know the meaning of that?"

"The subordinates understand that once the time is right, we will pierce the heart of Luzhou like a sharp knife, and enter the land of Youyan in the north in one fell swoop, completely defeat the Lu family, and occupy the north."

Li Qing said with a smile: "A centipede is dead but not stiff. Even if the Lu family encounters a major setback, it is not something that your [-] people can just destroy. At the same time, you must figure out the terrain, mountains and rivers in the north, and formulate different combat plans accordingly. Once the war starts, you must disrupt all of Lu's deployment, and behind you, Master Qi Nian, Lu The division's main force in Dingzhou will move in immediately, you are the pioneer, they are the main force to kill the Lu family!"

"I understand, handsome!" Jiang Kui nodded.

"For these matters, you should coordinate and cooperate with the Military Intelligence Department. If you are unable to do what you can, and you are short of manpower, you can also ask the Statistics and Investigation Department for help and deploy manpower!" Li Qing said.

Mingyan and Qingfeng said at the same time: "We must cooperate with General Jiang!"

Li Qing turned his head to look at Guo Shanfeng, "General Guo's troops will be stationed in Fuzhou, where the troops stationed at the border with Xiangzhou, if you have [-] troops to stop there, King Ning will have at least [-] to [-] troops Only then can I rest assured, but General Guo, where I asked you to be, I didn’t ask you to pick quarrels and stir up troubles, and take the lead in provoking friction.”

Guo Shanfeng smiled and said: "Don't worry, commander, where is the last general? It's just training and training. He will never conflict with the opponent. Of course, if the other commander is willing, I can even discuss with them about the management and training of the army." There is no problem with a friendly exchange.”

Guo Shanfeng's playful answer made the tense military meeting a little easier, and Li Qing also laughed: "Don't be too careless, be careful that the other party will hit you when you are not prepared!"

Guo Shanfeng said: "Commander, the last general was originally a bandit. This kind of stealth is what I am best at. If the other party is not interested, I don't mind talking to him about it."

"No matter what you do, in the south, you must be cautious. I don't want to have a large-scale conflict with King Ning. Wouldn't this make Xiao Haoran secretly laugh out loud? Anyway, our covenant with Xiao is just to keep him in check. Part of King Ning's army, it is enough for us to do this." Li Qing said.

"General Nuo!" Li Qing looked at Nuoqia.

This is the first time for Nuo Qia to participate in such a high-level military meeting in Dingzhou. He has always been a little restless, as if he had thorns all over his body. He always felt that the generals in Dingzhou looked at him strangely.He suddenly heard Li Qing calling him, he couldn't help being startled, stood up abruptly, "The last general is here!" The voice was so loud that all the generals looked at him strangely.

Li Qing pressed down with his right hand, "General Nuo, please sit down, this is the first time to participate in our military meeting, General Nuo is not used to it!"

"It's okay, it's okay!" Nuoqia bowed.

"General Nuo, your [-] cavalry have been merged into the Yishan Division that used to be in Shanfeng. If you go to Fuzhou, you will not be able to fight for the time being, but you must pay attention to the training with the general's troops. To be honest, you guys The prairie army is really good at field battles on horseback, but it is still far behind in the tactics of cavalry and cavalry. In the future, we will set foot on the battlefield of the Central Plains. The army there is mainly infantry, well-equipped and well-trained. Su, if you don't improve on this, you will suffer in the future." Li Qing said to Nuo Qi'a very sincerely.

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your reminder. The last general must have obeyed the command of the general and strengthened his training!" Nuoqia said loudly.

"En!" Li Qing nodded, "Is your clan doing well in Shanglin? Is there a shortage of food and daily utensils allocated to them in Dingzhou? Do local officials bully them?"

Nuoqia hesitated for a moment, "Commander, the grain and land have all been in the hands of the people, and the officials are very friendly, but, but..."

"Just tell me what you want?" Li Qing said.

"Marshal, even among the people, there have been many frictions between our ethnic group and the local people, and the two sides are not getting along very well!"

Li Qing understands that on the official side, his orders can be well implemented, but for hundreds of years, the hatred between the border residents of Dingzhou and the barbarians has been deeply rooted, and it is difficult to let go of these hatreds because of a single paper order from the government. As a victor, Dingzhou must take the opportunity to humiliate these barbarians who moved inland to provoke troubles. It's a big deal, it seems that if Luo Daoming is to be specifically notified about this matter, he must catch a few typical examples and take the opportunity to shock and intimidate them, so that these local people understand that their will will never waver.The barbarians have been conquered, and the next thing I have to do is to assimilate them and digest them. To do this, we must first give them the same status and the same dignity. In Dingzhou, there must be no ethnic conflicts.

"I know about this matter. I will send a special message to Luo Daoming on this matter. If any conflict arises in the future, don't settle it privately, let alone swallow your anger, and go directly to the yamen to file a complaint! Now your family is also a citizen of Dingzhou. Go up to the Yamen to argue with confidence!" Li Qing said.

Nuoqia smiled wryly: "The tribesmen are afraid that it will be useless after going to the Yamen, and there will be another twists and turns, so most of them choose to swallow their anger." After the barbarians moved in, most of them felt that they were under the eaves and had to bow their heads. It is very likely that these Dingzhou officials are also biased towards the locals. After complaining to those respected people of their own clan and getting admonitions of swallowing their anger, most of these things are left alone.

Li Qing sneered and said: "Tell your people, if there is such a thing again, go to the Yamen to sue, I want to see if those officials dare to handle it impartially? Qingfeng, pay attention to this matter!"

"Yes!" Qingfeng nodded. "I will arrange for the investigation department in Shanglinli to investigate this matter!"

"Thank you, Commander, and Director Qingfeng!" Nuo Qi'a clasped his fists in thanks.

(End of this chapter)