In mid-July, more than 10,000 elite soldiers of the Tongguan Wang's division, under the leadership of Li Bing, crossed the river to the north and entered Puban to take over the Hedong Military Government to take charge of the town and garrison affairs in the Hedong area.

At this time, there was news about the dispatch of men and horses in Guanzhong, the assembly of Wang Shi, and the Saihu who went north to resist the southern invasion, and this kind of news had also spread in Hedong. After all, there are many merchants in Hedong, and even some of the dispatches of various goods in Guanzhong still need to be shared by those with strong financial resources, so it is naturally difficult to keep the news secret.

It's just that the officers and soldiers of the Hedong Military Government are actually in the recruitment and mobilization sequence this time, which surprised many people. What's more, some people who are slow to information actually know that there is still a military government in Hedong until this moment.

In addition, although Hedong's government decree is different from other areas of Taiwan, after all, it also follows a basic boundary of separation between military and political affairs, and Hedong's commercial affairs are prosperous, and there is still a big gap between military affairs and commercial affairs.

Many people only know that Tongguan is heavily guarded, and Hedong is naturally under its protection, but they don't know that there are more than 20,000 military officers and soldiers in Hedong, which is not a strange thing.

From this point, it can also be seen that the invincible and powerful image that Wang Shi has established in the past few years has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. You must know that Pingyang, which is one step away from Hedong, has not yet recovered, and is still in the hands of Yu Kou Shisheng of the Qiang Kingdom.

But even so, Hedong still became the center of merchants gathering in just a few years, which shows that even if Shiliu does not declare it, he is full of confidence and does not doubt that Wang Shi has the power to protect their personal and property safety. And this confidence is also a precious treasure.

On the day of the northward journey of the king of Tongguan, between the wharves and warehouses along the river in the east of the river, it was also a gathering of time and anticipation, and it was full of villagers who came to pay tribute to the majesty of the king.

On the broad river, the river water is a little yellow and turbid, sparkling in the sun, like a horizontal dragon. On the open water, the giant sail of the Wang Shi ship soon appeared in everyone's field of vision, even if it was still far away, but there was already a solemn aura coming to the face.

The huge space can give people the most oppression and deterrence. Therefore, although the huge warship is not the most cost-effective warship purely from the perspective of cost performance, those who have a little strength often have to work hard to build some.

For example, in the early years of Shihu's southern expedition, the soldiers were not tolerant of water warfare, and still built several large ships in Luoyang, but they were never sent to the battlefield, and they were directly stranded in the upper reaches of Yingshui, and were finally captured and dismantled by Wang Shi. Because it is really impossible to build, the only way to recycle the materials is to reuse them elsewhere.

Although Tongguan does not have a naval force as the main combat force, it also retains several large ships, which can be used to transport troops today. On the left and right wings of the big ship, there were dozens of fighting ships and warships, and the hull draft was extremely deep, and it could be seen that it was full of soldiers and weapons. When the boat arrived in the river, cheers and mighty cheers were already sounding everywhere on the shore, which showed that the Wang Shi was full of enthusiasm for settling in this realm.

Wang's fleet did not stop at these wharves on the outside, and after passing the river, they went straight north, directly into the Daying Wharf in Pusaka. The giant ship occupied too much space, and directly anchored in the middle of the river, and then the sergeants began to disembark one after another, and transferred to the shore with ships and sampans, and settled in the large camp that had been vacated in an orderly manner.

The people of the Hedong Military Mansion and others, since Xue Tao descended, all stood on the dock, seeing the Wang Division's troops entering the camp, their feelings were complicated, and they knew that from now on, the countryside would not be exclusive to them. And soon after, they will also leave their hometown, bear the mission of Xingtai, broadcast the distant hometown, and have both yearning and a little hesitation in their hearts.

Judging from the current situation, the officers and men of the Hedong Military Government are not enough to travel far for the time being. After all, it is a major change of blood in the army, and it will take some time for the soldiers to accept and obey those new commanders. At the current pace, being able to leave the country and go to the battlefield before the end of August is already a good result.

However, if the Tongguan Wang Division wants to completely take over the defense of Hedong, it will also take a certain amount of time. Although the overall order and combat effectiveness of the Hedong Military Government were not outstanding, it was better than being familiar with the countryside and could effectively curb the flow of thieves from the north. However, the familiarity with the countryside of Hedong is not the director of the Tongguan Wang Division, so for a period of time, the cooperation of these military officers and soldiers is still needed.

On the north side of the river is Pingyang, where the capital of the Han Kingdom was located, and now it is still under the control of Shisheng of the Kingdom of Qian. In previous years, in order to strengthen the rule and suppress the counterattack of the Jin forces, the Tu Ge Liu clan recruited many Hu people, including Saihu, and placed them around the capital Pingyang as a fence.

Now that the Han Kingdom has long since fallen, a considerable number of these Hulu were recruited by Shi Sheng to be reorganized into righteous servants, and then continued to retreat north to Taiyuan. The rest of these miscellaneous beards have no vitality, and they lack the control of government decrees, so they make a living by wandering and looting.

Especially in recent years, with the recovery of vitality and the prosperity of commerce in the Hedong region, it has also attracted the coveted and aggressive of those Hu Lu thieves. In order to maintain a commercial atmosphere in Hedong, it is necessary to put an end to the constant intrusion of bandits, and the specific losses are still secondary.

From this point of view, in the past few years, the soldiers of Hedong Prefecture have also done a good job in this regard, and they have not let the Hu Kou on the north side affect the operation and construction of Hedong, so it is not useless. Of course, this is also due to the fact that they were born and raised here, and they know all kinds of mountain and river paths in the east of the river well, and there are villagers between the realms on both sides who can collect wind and report news.

Xue Tao was a little worried, it was indeed the general trend for Wang Shi to take over the military affairs of Hedong, but without the convenience of this kind of rural voice, I don't know what Li Bing would do.

Of course, he just thought about it, every general has his own style of doing things, although Li Bing is not very old, but he is famous from the bloody battle, in terms of military strategy alone, it is not comparable to Xue Tao, a villager who has lived in his hometown for a long time.

Therefore, Xue Tao didn't dare to secretly instruct others, at most, if Li Bingruo asked for advice later, he would not hide his secrets and teach some clever experience. After all, Hedong is where his hometown is, and although he doesn't know when he will be able to return after leaving his hometown this time, he also hopes that under the protection of Li Bing and other Wang Shiyong generals, the villagers will never be worried.

As the sergeants disembarked and entered the camp one after another, Li Bing, dressed in military armor, also appeared on the deck and boarded the dock surrounded by a group of personal soldiers.

So on the dock, all the generals of the Hedong Military Government from Xue Tao and below greeted him, hugged their fists and saluted, especially Xue Qiang and other young soldiers in Hedong in the rear, after seeing the famous Li Bing, their eyes all showed strong fanaticism.

Li Bingnian is in his early thirties, and his age is far younger than Xue Tao, but he is the backbone general of the first sequence under Wang Shi's eyes, and he has a strong resume as the general of the Hongwu Army, and his current official position is Xue Tao's top boss, and he is only one step away from the real assassination of the great task, which can be described as a typical tiger father without a dog.

Now these young streamers in Hedong are also going to go on a long expedition and embark on the road to seek meritorious deeds, such as Li Bing, a strong figure is the most worthy of their admiration!

As for the other commanders and generals of the Hedong Military Government, their attitude towards Li Bing was also extremely respectful. After all, Li Bing was the general of the town in Hedong, although they were each going on an expedition, but after all, they still had their families and clansmen left in the township, so they did not dare to alienate the heroic prince who saw evil.

Li Bing greeted the generals of Hedong on the dock, introduced his subordinate generals by the way, and then went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp under the leadership of Xue Tao.

Although he privately complained about Xue Tao's previous style of doing things, but now the other party can be regarded as taking the initiative to take a step closer to the rhythm of the general's mansion, so although the enthusiasm cannot be discussed, the superficial harmony can still be maintained.

The subordinate generals did not stay in the tent for a long time because they still had camps and accommodations, garrisons, warehousing and other affairs to be handed over, and they each found a good contact person and went to work on their own, and soon only a few important generals such as Li Bing and Xue Tao were left in the big tent.

Xue Tao took the first step to make a gesture of goodwill, and gave a detailed introduction to the various military affairs under Hedong and the original layout of the defense line, although Li Bing listened very carefully, but did not ask much about the details.

He and Xue Tao have different personalities and military habits, and the composition of their respective troops is also very different, so they are suitable for the various arrangements of the Hedong Military Mansion, but they may not be suitable for him. Anyway, we have to make big adjustments after that, and it's just a waste of energy to investigate in too much detail at the moment.

After that, Xue Tao proposed the transfer of each other's subordinates and arranged a part of the army commanders cross-arranged. It's not that he still wants to use this to retain any influence in the countryside, but after a round of relatively in-depth layoffs, there is a lot of shortage of commanders in the Hedong Military Government, and he also lacks experience in traveling long distances, so he hopes to get some assistance from Li Bing.

Li Bing naturally would not refuse this, so he came to Hedong in advance, also to help Xue Tao carry out a more thorough reorganization of the Hedong Army. Although the Hedong Army was transferred out of the countryside, although it was for the purpose of partially resolving the rural situation, the general also really hoped to build the Hedong Army into a usable division, so in terms of the structure of the troop support, he also instructed all departments to help with the construction.

Later, Li Bing clearly told Xue Tao that freezing three feet is not a day's cold, the training of the Hedong Army is a long-term process, and it is still a little unrealistic to hope that there will be any reborn changes in the countryside, and other royal divisions along the way will also help and help, as for the support he can provide here, it is still limited.

Li Bing's northward march this time was nominally led by more than 10,000 troops, but in fact there were only 6,000 troops from the two armies.

Although there are more than 30,000 guards in Tongguan, a considerable proportion of them are Tuntian soldiers and laborers, and the real available combat strength is less than 20,000 people.

Therefore, such an exaggeration is still necessary to mislead potential enemies because of the rapid spread of news in Hedong, so that they do not dare to seize the current empty door and act rashly. Before the Central Plains Naval Army moved westward to Hedong, the defense force in this area was extremely weak.

In order to show his attention to Xue Tao, Li Bing did not mind revealing the adjustment he would make after taking over the defense of Hedong, that is, he would no longer tighten the passive defense on the front line of Fenshui, but take the initiative to attack, and in a very short period of time, between Pingyang and Hedong, artificially created a no-man's land.