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Shang Shu ordered Lu Zhi to present the current domestic situation. The situation on the battlefield of Xiliang is worrying, the rebel leader Wang Guoli has led the army to besiege Chencang for more than three months, although the lieutenants Huangfuhong and Hu Zhen have not retreated, but the small Chencang City has long been overwhelmed and precarious, and the left general Huangfu Song and the former general Dong Zhuo are still stranded in Huaili City because of grain, grass and weather and other reasons.

The Jizhou battlefield is currently progressing smoothly. The general led the army to attack all the way, defeated the strong enemy, and had already repelled the Yellow Turban of Montenegro. Now the general's army is advancing in the direction of Wei County, and it is estimated that the Jizhou rebellion can be quelled before the spring ploughing in April.

The Qingzhou and Xuzhou battlefields are currently difficult. Qingzhou Thorn Shi Cui Jun has retreated to Beihai after a series of defeats, and almost all the northern counties of Qingzhou have been captured by the rebels of the ant thief Sima Ju and Guan Cheng. Xuzhou Mu Taoqian was defeated by Zhang Rao and Xu He's rebels, and had retreated to Pengcheng to hold on. However, this crisis on the Qingxu battlefield will be alleviated with heavy snow and the impending famine. Last year, the seven counties were flooded, and although the ant thieves plundered during the October riots, the food was simply not enough to support the millions of ant thieves through the long winter. Once the food is eaten, the next thing is famine, and if the ant thieves do not retreat, it is a dead end.

The war in Youzhou has ended, and the entire territory of Youzhou has been recovered. Youzhou Mu Liu Yu successfully appeased the Karasuma people in Liaoxi and Liaodong. All the ant thieves were annihilated, and the leader of the ant thieves, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, fled to Xianbei for refuge. All the objectives of the first phase of the Northern Xinjiang War have been achieved.

Zhenbei General Li Hong has already led his troops back to Bingzhou. Although the snow in northern Xinjiang was continuous and the road was difficult, the soldiers still overcame all difficulties and arrived at the Juzhu fortress within the scheduled time. Now the Hun Zhonglang will be stationed in the Duliao River under the leadership of the Liyi Commander, and the captain Heng Sacrifice and the Storm Sand have led the Fengyun Iron Cavalry and the Martial Cavalry Battalion back to the Great Wall Fortress a year ago. The main force of the 60,000 Yellow Turban Army in Hedong also entered the Northern Expedition Camp in Shicheng in Xihe at the beginning of this month. The rest of General Zhenbei's army is currently stationed in Mayi City, Yanmen County.

According to His Majesty's will, since the beginning of the year, the armies of all walks of life in northern Xinjiang have begun to rest. The soldiers of the former Youzhou and Jizhou have returned to their hometowns one after another. Now the soldiers of the Xianling tribe of the Qiang people have returned to Beidi and Anding counties successively. The soldiers of the Hakuka tribe of the Karasuma people and the Hakuyama tribes, as well as the soldiers of the Maiha tribe of the Xianbei people, are on their way back to Kamiya County. The Huangzhong Qiang soldiers cut off their return journey because the Xiliang rebels occupied Hanyang, and they had to stay at Yanmen Pass. Lu Zhi said that the Huangzhong Qiang soldiers had been fighting in the south and north with the Zhenbei generals in the past two years, and it was very hard, and they had not returned home for more than two years. If they go out to fight, it will take at least another year, and it is not known how many of them will be able to return at that time, so does Your Majesty consider giving more rewards as a token of consolation? The Son of Heaven praised Huang Zhongqiang a few words and ordered a heavy reward.

Lu Zhi continued, the rest of the northern Xinjiang tribes will end at the end of February, that is, from the end of March, the war in northern Xinjiang can be launched at any time, and the army can go out to fight at any time.

Then Lu Zhi gave a detailed account of the preparations for the Great War in Northern Xinjiang. Through the joint efforts of the General Mansion of the Northern Expedition and the General Mansion of Zhenbei, all kinds of materials such as food, ordnance, and other materials needed for the Great War in Northern Xinjiang have been basically prepared. About 200,000 people have been recruited from among the victims who have migrated to the state. Lu Zhi said: Mintun in Bingzhou and Juntun in Hedong both had bumper grain harvests last year. Although the output is not enough to meet their own needs, it has relieved the pressure of relief from the state, which is still very beneficial for the army to fight in the fortress. It's just that these 200,000 people are far from meeting the needs of fighting out of the fortress, and another 300,000 to 400,000 people must be recruited. However, Jinyang Zhonglang played Xu Rong and said that the recruitment of this part of the people would not be until the end of April and the beginning of May, that is, after the end of spring ploughing. This is absolutely not possible, and His Majesty will issue an order urging Xu Rong to complete the recruitment of 600,000 people in early March.

The Son of Heaven said that Xu Rong was worried that the transfer of a large number of strong men would seriously affect the spring ploughing, and I felt that his worries were still very reasonable. The population of the state is now increasing, and if there is no food to feed them, the rear will be unstable, and if the rear is unstable, what kind of war will be fought? I agreed with Xu Rong's performance, first to ensure spring ploughing, as for the battle, it will be a little later, it will not affect the overall situation.

Sikong Liu Hong said that now that the Qingxu ant thieves are raging, the Xiliang rebels have not been pacified, and the conditions for fighting out of the fortress are not at all. If you want to fight in Cyprus, you must first resolve the rebellion in the country. We cannot say that we can go to war on three battlefields at the same time when we have money and food, this is purely a misguided statement. Xianbei people first suffered heavy losses in a row, and then broke out a civil war for the royal power, at this time the Xianbei strength and the Xianbei strength of the Tanshi Huai period compared with the gap is huge, there is a world of difference between the two, it is easy to defeat them, why do we need to be so anxious?

Ma Riyan immediately retorted that Lord Liu only saw the weakening of Xianbei's strength, and did not see the huge threat posed to us by the Hu Ren Alliance. In the past, we went out to attack the Xianbei people from afar, and the Huns and Karasuma people all helped us, but now? Now the Dongqiang people, as well as the Xiongnu rebels and the Xianbei people have formed an alliance, and the tripartite alliance forces are working together against us, and the strength has not diminished but has increased.

The Huns were divided into two parts across the river after the division of the Xiongnu Shan Yuting, and Yu Fuluo's strength was limited, and his self-protection was still insufficient, where could the extra troops help us? At present, in addition to a few tribes in Dai County and Shanggu County, other Karasuma people in Yuyang Youbei Ping, Liaoxi, and Liaodong have just been appeased, and we don't trust each other, let alone requisition. Without the help of a large number of Hu cavalry, it would still be difficult for us to defeat the Hu people. Once the heavy snow in northern Xinjiang melts away, spring comes, and everything recovers, the vitality of the Hu people will quickly recover, and because of our slow movement, we are reluctant to go out of the fortress, and the army will lose the best opportunity to take advantage of the attack, and the difficulty of recovering the border counties in northern Xinjiang will be greatly increased.

Guangluxun Liu Bo said that Lord Taiwei had not been to Biansai to fight, so he did not know the situation there. In the savannah, the winter is long, and the heavy snow covering the prairie does not melt until around March. In other words, we won't be able to get out until the end of April at the earliest. June is also the rainy season on the prairie, and if there is enough rain, there will be heavy rain throughout summer and autumn, in which case the Hu people will have a great advantage. They can come and go as they please, but our footmen cannot. Therefore, the battle out of the fortress is not as simple as adults think, we must not only be well prepared, but also grasp the appropriate timing. Half of the reason for the defeat was in the snow. If the snow hadn't come early that year, we could have evacuated at least half of the people. We went out of the Fortress in August, when the rainy season had passed on the savannah, and it was the best time to attack.

Guanglu Doctor Yuan Feng sneered, according to what Lord Liu said, the Northern Xinjiang War will not start until August? In August, when the water and grass were abundant, the cattle and sheep were fat, and the Hu people's power was greatly boosted, it was even more difficult for us to fight out of the fortress. If the Hu people can fight in winter, why can't we? Aren't there tens of thousands of Hu cavalry under General Zhenbei? With these horsemen fighting in front and the foot soldiers following suit, the army will be invincible.

Liu Bo said helplessly, my lords, we are going out of the fortress to recover the lost border counties, not to go on an expedition to the desert to kill the Hu people, please understand the difference between the two. There is a fundamental difference between a great war aimed at occupying land and cities and a great war aimed at driving away the Hu people and killing the Hu cavalry. In this battle, our purpose is to recover the border counties, to recapture the city, to rescue the enslaved people, and to make sure that everything goes out of the war, so full preparation is the top priority, and we must not be hasty.

Sikong Ding Gong said that when Lord Liu said it, he was just worried that the domestic rebellion would affect the battle out of the fortress and lead to the defeat of the Northern Xinjiang War. However, judging from the current situation, it is more likely that the Xiliang rebellion will be put down as soon as possible. The Emperor Fu said in the recital that it is better to win a hundred battles than to win without a fight. Although Chencang is small, the city walls are strong and tightly guarded, and it is not easy to attack. Although the kingdom is strong, it cannot be attacked for a long time, and the rebels are bound to be tired. Lord Huangfu planned to attack while the rebels were tired, so that a battle would be decided, and he was absolutely sure that he would defeat the rebels before March. If the Xiliang rebellion is put down, the rest will be nothing more than Qingxu ant thieves. Master Lu has already said just now that the Qingxu ant thieves will soon fall into famine because of the lack of food, and it seems inevitable to withdraw their troops and flee to Mount Tai. With both rebellions able to be quelled, is there any need to worry about launching a war in the north in time?

The debate among the ministers in the court became more and more intense, and when the Great War of Northern Xinjiang began became the top state event of the Great Han Kingdom in the New Year.

After Zhenbei General Li Hong returned to the Longshan camp, the first thing he did was to summon Xian Yufu, Xu Rong, Zhang Yan, Yang Feng, and the Hu generals Heng Sai, Storm Sha, Nie Xiao, Yingtong, Liu Minglu, and Huanyang to discuss the matter of reorganizing the army.

As early as after the imperial court established the overall strategy of the Northern Xinjiang War, Huangfu Song wrote to Li Hong several times to discuss with him the specific implementation methods of the Northern Xinjiang War, the most important of which was to ask him to reorganize the army immediately after returning to the division and annexing the state. Huangfu Song said that whether it is Hu Qi or the Yellow Turban Army, the independent existence of these armies is not only a threat to the Han State, but also a threat to the upcoming war in northern Xinjiang. Because Hu Qi belonged to different races, coupled with the hatred between various ethnic groups, the contradictions between each other were very large, if this contradiction was not suppressed, the various departments would be buried in the fear of defeat because of the lack of trust and tacit understanding when they went out of the battle. He hoped that Li Hong would take advantage of the successive victories on the battlefield in northern Xinjiang and the morale of the officers and men of all nationalities to immediately reorganize the army in northern Xinjiang, and strive to eliminate estrangement, reduce contradictions, and work together to lay the most solid foundation for the war in northern Xinjiang.

Li Hong and Xian Yufu also had this idea, and the two often discussed this matter in Youzhou, and the general plan for the whole army had already taken shape.

The cavalry of the Zhenbei Army suffered heavy losses during the year, with the 30,000 men brought by Li Hong to the Youzhou battlefield losing about 8,000 people (including the 10,000 iron cavalry of the Xiongnu), the 30,000 men brought by Liyi to the Henan battlefield losing about 6,000 people, and the hussar battalion of Yingtong also losing about 2,000 people in the process of counterinsurgency in Hedong and Bingzhou. Now Liu Bao has returned to Meiji with the remaining 7,000 Hun iron cavalry, so that with the addition of the Duliao camp and the Black Panther Yicong battalion, there are still 50,000 iron cavalry left in the Han army in northern Xinjiang. Li Hong planned to write to His Majesty to recruit 5,000 troops from the Xiongnu and Kamiya Karasuma to make up for the shortage of cavalry troops, and select 5,000 people who were good at riding and archery from the infantry army to join the cavalry army and rebuild 60,000 iron cavalry.

The Zhenbei Army originally had only 30,000 foot soldiers, and suffered more than 13,000 casualties in Youzhou, and later recruited more than 10,000 people from the rebel captives in Youzhou to supplement the infantry army. These 30,000 people plus 90,000 Yellow Turban Army, the Han army in Northern Xinjiang currently has a total of 120,000 foot soldiers. However, it is very difficult to merge the Yellow Turban Army into the Han Army as a whole, and a lot of persuasion work needs to be done.

Li Hong planned to build 35 battalions of the Eighth Army, with 180,000 troops.

The cavalry army built three armies and nine battalions with 54,000 men. The first army had 18,000 men, and the battalion had 6,000 men. Each army has three battalions, and each battalion has three divisions.

The Chinese army was commanded by Ko Yi, the upper army was commanded by Yan Rou, and the lower army was commanded by Zhao Yun. (Zhao Yun's official position was not enough to lead an army, and Li Hong planned to promote him to the position of general in the line with His Majesty.) ）

The infantry army built five armies, 20 battalions, 100,000 people. An army of 20,000 men, a battalion of 5,000 men. Each army has three battalions of infantry and one battalion of chariots. There are three units in each battalion.

The Chinese army was commanded by Xian Yufu, the front army was commanded by Xu Rong, the rear army was commanded by Yushi, the left army was commanded by Zhang Yan, and the right army was commanded by Yang Feng.

General Zhenbei had six battalions of 26,000 men.

The cavalry Panthers were 6,000 men from the battalion. The infantry Tiger battalion consisted of 5,000 people. The battalion of soldiers was 5,000 men. The scout battalion consisted of three thousand. Tank battalion of five thousand people. The General's Mansion Guard Battalion is 2,000 people.

Li Hong and Xian Yufu explained the plan for the whole army in detail, and then had a long consultation with the generals of the Yellow Turban Army and the generals of the Hu nationality. Zhang Yan and Yang Feng did not immediately agree, they said that they would go back and discuss carefully with the marshals of various departments, so that the 90,000 soldiers could understand the intention of General Zhenbei to organize the army. Li Hong said that the two adults must make clear the relationship between the Great War in Northern Xinjiang and the whole army to the commanders of the Yellow Turban Army. This is not for me to break my original promise to annex the Yellow Turban Army, but for the victory of the Northern Xinjiang War, and for the sake of the society of the Great Han Kingdom, I have to do this. After the victory of the Northern Xinjiang War, the establishment of the Northern Expeditionary Army will be canceled, and the officers and men of the Yellow Turban Army will still have to return to their original places, still the same as in the past.

The Hu generals were not worried about the whole army, they followed Li Hong to fight everywhere, and the soldiers of all ethnic groups have been mixed together, and they have long been accustomed to it, and what they are worried about is that the Xianbei soldiers are about to defect. If the general recovers the four counties and then waves his army north into the Xianbei country, then we Xianbei people will stay to guard the border counties and escort grain and grass for the adults.

Li Hong said that if the Xianbei people build an army alone, once they reach the prairie, the danger will be even greater. In my opinion, it is still according to the original intention, dismantling and merging into the various armies. At present, there are fifteen men in each cavalry corps, and there are soldiers of all races, and even if they want to defect, it will be difficult to pose too much harm to the troops.

Li Hong sent this plan for the reorganization of the Northern Expeditionary Army to the imperial court. The Son of Heaven and the ministers deliberated carefully and unanimously approved. There is no controversy about such a big matter, and this is the first time in the court.

The Son of Heaven immediately issued an order approving the formation of the 35th battalion of the Eighth Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army. At the same time, Li Hong was moved to be the general of the expedition to the north, the marquis of Pingxiang, holding the Jieyue, supervising the military affairs of the three states and two counties of northern Xinjiang, and leading the army to prepare for the battle. Moved Xian Yufu as the general of the conquest, moved Xu Rong as the general of the captivity, and moved Koji Yi as the general of the captivity. The three of them are all sealed pavilions. Moved Zhao Yun to be the general of Pingyu. The rest of the soldiers were promoted by one rank.

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