Chapter 786 Shaking the Mountain, Shaking the Gao Family's Army Thirteen
Located in the desert, the official office in Baichi City, Yanzhou, which is famous for its abundance of green salt, has now hung up the Great Song Xingling Xuanfu Disposal Envoy, and is in charge of the military affairs of Goushuofang, Yanyan, Huanqing, Jingyuan, Xihe, and Hexi, and knows the festival flag of the Privy Council.
Inside and outside the White Pond City, the guards were heavily guarded, and the soldiers gathered. Inside and outside the city pass, the news of Jingyuan, Xihe, Hexi and other roads was continuously transmitted, and then from the Gao Yu Marshal Mansion in Yanzhou back to Kaifeng Mansion, the center of the Great Song Dynasty.
The two transfer envoys on Shuofang Road and Shaanxi Road also sent officials to set up a transfer judge yamen in Baichi City. Shuofang, Yanyan, Huanqing, Jingyuan, Xihe, Hexi and other five roads to pacify the envoys, also set up official offices in Baichi City, in addition to Shuofang Road's Tong Guan personally sat in charge, the rest of the five roads of the ministers also sent henchmen to listen to the use in Baichi City, every day to go to Gao Taiwei's Yuanmen to listen to the drums, to accept the orders handed down by Gao Xuanshuai. The entire army of the Sixth Route in the Northwest seems to have been under the unified command of the invincible Gao Taiwei.
And the way Gao Taiwei commanded this large and scattered army is also very simple to say - as long as he can curse people and write his own name, there is basically no problem. Because Wu Haogu "left" him a military command, which is quite powerful!
Dozens of junior generals of the Western Army, who have spent four years in the military academy (including one year of knight training) and two years of training in the northwest battlefield, are now divided into several divisions, which are respectively responsible for "operations," "training," "military orders," "logistics," and "intelligence," each performing its own duties and taking charge of its own affairs.
All kinds of "strategies" were drawn up by them in the shortest possible time, and submitted to the Taiwei Gao Yu, who was actually not very incomprehensible, and only after his instructions were given and the official seal was used, they could be issued and implemented.
This way of leading troops and commanding is actually not particularly new to the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty. Because the pacification envoys everywhere can recruit the shogunate, they have a lot of opportunities to give advice to themselves. But for some reason, the pacification envoys of the Song Dynasty always liked to use scribes as their own opportune time - the pacification envoys were not transit envoys, they were in charge of military affairs, but they used a group of scribes with no military experience to give advice, and the effect can be imagined. I have never seen anything on the battlefield, and if the idea can work, it is by no means a high probability event.
In addition, an army cannot be based on intrigues. Strict daily management and careful arrangement on the battlefield are the key to truly being invincible. And these things cannot be done by a layman!
By the way, in later generations and dramas, it is common to see a bunch of military advisors shaking goose feather fans and giving advice to generals or warlords. Before the Song Dynasty, civil and military officials were not different, and there were of course scribes who did not have a little force value, and they may also appear in the military, but they are definitely not the mainstream. Most of the people who held the shogunate in that era were nobles or Hakka retainers of the Dashi clan, who would raise a bunch of retainers who had no ability to do anything and could only be literary and elegant? Even if you want to pretend to be a great writer, the great nobles of the Dashi clan will pretend to be yourself. How can anyone pay to hire a group of people to pretend to be forced?
Because there is a group of military machines who do not pretend to be forced and can work hard. Inside and outside the city of Yanzhou, there is now only a rare atmosphere of slaughter and strict rectification in the Great Song Dynasty. This is not the experience of a general, but a team of dozens of people assisting, all of whom are conscientious and fully immersed in this battle, and of course everything can be dispatched in an orderly manner.
Among them, the most immediate effect is the organization and training of the six generals and Xinfu soldiers who are the main force of the Shuofang army. Compared with when Wu Haogu left Shuofang Road, this army was not only more rigorous, but also larger in scale - in addition to the "combat government soldiers", the "auxiliary government soldiers" were also all in place, and they were assigned to all generals, departments, and battalions.
The cavalry that has been bothering Gao Yu and Tong Guan has also been solved. At the suggestion of the military elites, the Shuofang Road Fusi implemented the "knight career field system", recruiting knights with up to 2,000 acres of Shuofang Road land use rights (40 years of use rights). Not only the Han knights of Shaanxi Liulu can apply, but also the Fanren knights from all over the country can also apply.
As a result, thousands of people joined Gao Taiwei's banner in more than a month, and finally completed the cavalry battalion required by the six generals of the Xinfu Army, and Gao Yu's 500 black-armored front cavalry was retained and became a cavalry department directly under Gao Yu.
After gathering the cavalry and auxiliaries, the total strength of the six generals of the Xinfu Army alone has reached 50,000!
In addition, the Three Direct Army has not been transferred back to Kaifeng Mansion now, but is led by Yang Keshi and continues to be used under Gao Yu. However, the number has been greatly reduced, and only less than 4,500 warriors, 500-600 knights, and auxiliaries and auxiliary cavalry remain, totaling less than 8,000.
Now the soldiers of the Six Generals and the Three Forbidden Army, as well as an elite cavalry transferred from Yanyan Road, have all gathered in Baichi City, Yanzhou, with a total strength of more than 62,000 people.
It can be said that it is unprecedentedly powerful, and it can cross the desert at any time to feint and attack Xingling, so as to cooperate with the Hexi and Xihe armies to rescue Gao Yongnian and the Seed Master Ji Department who were trapped in Qinwangchuan.
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On the streets of Baichi City, Yanzhou, the sound of horseshoe bells rang loudly. Several horsemen and silver medalists rushed to the horse, and the soldiers patrolling the road dodged one after another, not daring to block it in the slightest.
Everyone knows that this is a silver medal express from Shuibo City or Tiandu Mountain! What was transmitted was the military report of Hexi Fusi and Jingyuan Fusi - although 100,000 points were unwilling, Zhong Fu, who "made a mistake", and Lu Huiqing, who "didn't want to make a mistake", still pinched their noses and obeyed Gao Taiwei's command......
Now it has been nearly a month since the army led by Gao Yongnian and Seed Master Ji was surrounded in Qinwangchuan! If we don't find a way to break the siege, I'm afraid that the 50,000 army (in fact, less than 40,000) will have to be wiped out.
Although Zhong Fu had cobbled together 30,000 soldiers and horses and handed them over to Wang Sunchen and Liu Fa, in the face of the Khitan-Dangxiang coalition army, which might have a total strength of 110,000, Zhong Fu, who knew the army, did not dare to send troops at all.
As for Lu Huiqing, on the one hand, he told Zhao Ji to tell Cai Jing and Zhong Fu about it, and on the other hand, he collected 30,000 troops on Jingyuan Road and handed them over to the general Zhi Keshi, and he was also ready to attack Lingzhou at any time.
According to the strategy formulated by the military commanders of Gao Yu. The siege relief operation will use the idea of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and Gao Yu will personally command an army of 60,000 to attack from Baichi City, venture across the Hanhai Desert, and attract the attention of the western thieves. Subsequently, Zhe Keshi will lead his army to raid Lingzhou again - this is to cover the withdrawal of Gao Yu's main force from the east bank of the Xinghuang River.
Of course, the specific plan was formulated in great detail, especially the action plan for the main force led by Gao Yu to cross the Hanhai Desert twice, which was so detailed that each soldier could drink water several times a day.
Several couriers from Shuibo City came to the front of the government office, flipped off the saddle, and one of them held up the silver medal and reported loudly: "I am the silver medal sent by Zhong Shuai!" There is an urgent military situation to meet with Xuan Shuai! ”
A herald under the command of a military machine immediately took the silver medal and looked at it, and immediately said, "Don't know the rules? If there is any military information, it will be sent to the military intelligence capital under the command of the military machine. ”
Gao Yu, the six-way marshal, is really a bit like a puppet of the military commanders, and even the upload and distribution of military information are also in charge of them - this is a practice left by Wu Haogu, and the military commander should command his subordinates to have a special military intelligence capital, so he will take care of this matter.
The little military minister sent by Hexi Shuai Si to deliver the letter was stunned, and immediately took out a string of copper coins and handed it over, and said in a begging tone: "This capital head, I am on the orders of Zhong Shuaisi, and I will have to report to Xuan Shuai...... And there are rules in the army, and those who hold silver medals can see the ministers. I also hope that the head of the capital will report it, this is a matter of urgency, and it cannot be delayed! ”
The soldier smiled bitterly: "What are you doing?" I'm not a head, I'm just a worthless soldier...... But it's actually useless for you to see Taiwei Gao, Taiwei doesn't take care of things. Military affairs are all under the command of the military machine and the general manager of Shuofang Road, Captain Wang, who is nodding his head. ”
Wang Taiwei is Wang Yu, and he, together with Zhao Zhongge, has served in the Military Academy Department presided over by Murong Wangwu for several years. I've learned a lesson! And later, he presided over the establishment of the Three Direct Army with Gao Yu, and was actually Gao Yu's deputy. Now he is still working for Gao Yu, not only taking over the dispatch of the head of the Shuofang Road Soldiers and Horses, but also taking care of things with Li Yongqi, the commander of the military machine.
And Gao Yu himself, but he is a shopkeeper, these days, in addition to complaining about Wu Haogu in front of Tong Guan, is to burn incense and worship Buddha in the Baichi Temple next to his own government office.
Today is no exception, he is talking to Tong Guan at this time that Wu Haogu is not.
"I really know people and faces, but I don't know my heart! It's a shame that he was a brother that day, but he treated him like this, and it didn't count if he put him on the fire to roast him, but he had to add another firewood...... How can life be good now? Xingling Xuanfu, the commander of the Sixth Road, also has a fellow Privy Council! If you win the war again, won't you become a cardinal? How can you do this? Di Wuxiang can't do anything well, how can he do it well......"
Tong Guan looked at Gao Yu sympathetically. In fact, the strength of the Shuofang Road soldiers is shared by him and Gao Yu - now Gao Yu is no longer the head of the Shuofang Road soldiers and horses, but only commands and drives the Shuofang army with prestige and military opportunity. And Tong Guan is the real boss of Shuo Fangjun!
And Tong Guan actually wanted to help Gao Yu carry the black cauldron...... He is not afraid to be Di Wuxiang, he doesn't have that skill, it is impossible to usurp the throne! It's not that there is no one to pass on, but it's impossible. The Han people looked down on the eunuchs who were missing a few taels of meat, and it was impossible for them to recognize a eunuch as the son of heaven, so he was not worried about making people smear the traitorous male who was plotting to usurp the throne.
But I don't know how, now that Captain Gao's reputation is rising, he is a little obscure, it seems that eunuchs are always discriminated against!