Chapter 506: Attack on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

At eight o'clock in the evening, Ouyang Shuo raised the account. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Those who attended the military meeting, except for Shi Hu and Shanzhu, were all generals at the level of division commanders. One of the two represents the 1st Division of the Longxiang Legion, and the other represents the 3rd Division of the Huben Legion.

Before the discussion, Han Xin first reported the battle damage of the battle.

"In this battle, including the important personnel, our army lost more than 21,500 soldiers in total. Among them, the second division of the Leopard Tao Regiment suffered the heaviest losses, not only killed more than half of the soldiers, but even the division commander Wei Zhang was sacrificed. ”

When the generals heard this, they fell silent for a while.

In this battle, the army of Shanhai City can be described as losing troops and suffering heavy losses.

More than eighty percent of the soldiers who died in battle were from the Leopard Tao Legion.

The three thousand Divine Warrior Guards also suffered heavy losses in the confrontation with the Chiyou Blood Guard, losing more than 700 people. However, the Praetorian Division, including the Shi Wansui Division and the Mountain Pillar Division, which rushed to reinforce the Division, suffered minimal losses.

"The 100,000 mountain barbarian army, excluding the seriously wounded and the killed in battle, a total of more than 71,000 people surrendered and waited to be reorganized. That's it for the battle damage statistics, how to reorganize it, please show the prince! ”

Han Xin said, bowed to Ouyang Shuo, and returned to his seat.

In the battle of Wuzhou, Shanhai City lost more than 20,000 soldiers and captured more than 70,000 elite mountain barbarians, one in and one out.

Of course, if it weren't for Ouyang Shuo being unexpectedly named the [Barbarian King], these mountain barbarian warriors would not have been captured obediently, for fear that they would either flee or be executed for resisting.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, looked around at the generals under the hall, and said in a deep voice: "The battle of Wuzhou is over. But there is a much larger battle ahead, waiting for us. Generals, and do not slack off. ”

"No!"

The generals responded in unison, with solemn expressions.

"Mountain Pillar!"

Ouyang Shuo directly began to order.

"The last general!"

Shanzhu didn't expect to be the first to point out.

"You lead the third division of the Huben Legion and set off tomorrow to join the legion in the Lingnan Theater. After handing over the troops to General Cao Di, he returned to Shanhai City on his own and reported to the Military Affairs Bureau. ”

The Tiger Ben Legion has been included in the Lingnan Theater as a whole, and since the Battle of Wuzhou has ended, Ouyang Shuo naturally wants to put Cao Di's division back to strengthen the defense to the east of the territory.

As for the mountain pillar, he is the division commander candidate of the Iron Armored Beast Division in Ouyang Shuo's planning.

According to Du Ruhui's letter, with the efforts of Xiahou Ying, the director of the Pastoral Administration, the ironclad beast breeding in the Ironclad Beast Valley in Qiongzhou County has gradually taken shape and can begin to be equipped with troops.

The War Readiness Administration is already organizing the Armor Division to tailor armor for the ironclad beasts. After putting on the full-body armor, the ironclad beast will be a terrifying existence on the battlefield.

Shanzhu was born in the Li clan, knows the habits of the ironclad beast best, and is a fierce general, which is the most suitable candidate for the division commander of the ironclad beast division group.

The soldiers of the Ironclad Beast Division were selected from among the mountain barbarian warriors.

"No!"

When Shanzhu heard this, his heart was full of doubts. The prince asked him to lead his troops back to the Lingnan Theater, which is not surprising, but what is strange is that why does he personally want to return to Shanhai City?

For all this, the mountain pillar can only be stuffed in the stomach.

In addition to letting go of Cao Di's division, Ouyang Shuo's focus on reorganization was the Leopard Tao Army. There is a shortage of nearly 20,000 soldiers in the entire Leopard Tao Army, and how to make up for it is a difficult problem.

Ouyang Shuo decided to reorganize a mountain barbarian hoplite division among the mountain barbarian prisoners of war and put it under Zhang Han's command. The original soldiers under Zhang Han were transferred to other divisions.

In addition, in addition to retaining the establishment of two brigades, the remaining soldiers of the Shi Wansui Division were also incorporated into the Leopard Tao Regiment. In this way, the soldiers of the Leopard Tao Legion have basically been restored.

The remaining little gap can only be filled after the attack on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Moreover, with such an organization, the Leopard Tao Legion is either an elite mountain barbarian warrior or a veteran of Shi Wansui's division, plus the tempering of the legion soldiers in the Battle of Wuzhou.

The strength of the Leopard Tao Legion has also risen instead of falling, and has grown into a mature legion.

Shi Wansui was seriously injured in this battle, and even if he took the [Pei Yuan Dan], he only woke up temporarily. For real recovery, at least pranayama will be raised for more than a month.

If it is said, Shi Wansui's division has temporarily lost its main general.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo simply promoted Jiang Kai, the brigade commander of the Second Brigade of Shi Wansui's Division, to the deputy division commander. Jiang Kai led the division, took Shi Wansui, and Wei Zhang's corpse, along the secret passage of the 100,000 mountains, returned to Lianzhou County, and then turned to Mulan Fortress.

Returning with Jiang Kai, there were also three brigades of mountain barbarian warriors. These mountain barbarian warriors were reorganized into the Evil Division. The Evil Lai Division had only two Mountain Barbarian hoplite brigades before, and Ouyang Shuo completed it in one go this time and formed a pure Mountain Barbarian Heavy Infantry Division.

The three brigades replaced by the Evil Lai Division happened to be merged into the Shi Wansui Division.

In this way, the three legions of Shanhai City were completely separated and no longer fought together.

The Longxiang Legion was stationed in the Mulan Fortress, the headquarters of the Legion, the Huben Legion was stationed in the Lingnan Theater, and the Leopard Tao Legion was temporarily stationed in Wuzhou County.

After some reorganization, there were still more than 50,000 mountain barbarian soldiers left, and they were reorganized into four independent mountain barbarian divisions by Ouyang Shuo in one go. The specific number will be determined uniformly after the war.

Of course, one of the divisions is for the Ironclad Beast Division, which is still in preparation. It's just that it's wartime, and Ouyang Shuo still takes this division with him to deal with the threat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The division commanders of the four divisions, except for Shi Hu, who was appointed as the division commander of the Shanman Independent First Division, the remaining three divisions were all taken over by the generals of Shenwuwei for the time being.

The commander of the army was also temporarily served by Ouyang Shuo.

Ouyang Shuo did this, but he also had no choice but to do so. After all, Shanman had just been attached, and it was difficult for anyone except Ouyang Shuo to be able to suppress this group of guys with one force.

On the contrary, the mountain barbarians are the best candidates for hoplites. Ouyang Shuo naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to completely break up the mountain barbarian warriors and incorporate them into various master groups.

The formed mountain barbarian hoplite divisions are the most terrifying.

At present, the division commanders of the two mountain barbarian hoplite divisions that have been incorporated into the legion, needless to say, have led the mountain barbarian troops for a long time, and they are very compatible with the soldiers, and there is no big problem in subduing the new members.

Zhang Han, this famous general, don't look at it quietly, he is actually a ruthless person, and his wrist is also very good. Otherwise, a group of Lishan prisoners would not have been trained into a strong army.

Just like this, Ouyang Shuo was relieved to let Zhang Han command a mountain barbarian hoplite division. Changing to other generals, even including Di Qing, Ouyang Shuo couldn't be completely at ease.

After completing the reorganization, Ouyang Shuo had two major legions in his hands, plus the Praetorian Guard Division and the four Shanban Independent Divisions, a full army of more than 200,000 elites.

This time, Ouyang Shuo wanted to see how arrogant the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was.

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The next day, Shanzhu and Jiang Kai each led their troops to leave.

Han Xin led the Leopard Tao Legion and stayed at the headquarters for two more days. One is to complete the reorganization of the army, and the other is to deal with the aftermath.

Two days later, Han Xin will lead the Leopard Tao Army to the west, cooperate with the Longxiang Army, and form a flank attack on the Southern Route Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom outside the Mulan Fortress.

Ouyang Shuo led the Shenwu Guard, the Praetorian Guard Division, and the four Shanban Independent Divisions to set off for Chiyou City to announce the birth of the new king.

The end of the battle of Wuzhou does not mean that Wuzhou County has been included in the rule of Shanhai City.

At the very least, Ouyang Shuo has to find a way to gain the approval of the mountain barbarian tribes.

After all, the only people who witnessed the coronation of Ouyang Shuo's new king were mountain barbarian warriors. The other mountain barbarians, especially the mountain barbarians living in Chiyou City, did not see it.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo is to declare his existence as quickly as possible, so as to avoid variables.

Ouyang Shuo brought the Shenwu Guard and the Praetorian Guard Division this time to prevent accidents. With such an ace force in his hand, even if there is any change in Chiyou City, Ouyang Shuo will have the confidence to deal with it.

In addition, the governance of Wuzhou County is also a big problem.

Unlike Leizhou County and Zhaoqing County, the ruling class of Wuzhou County is Shanman. The Han people in the county have always been in an oppressed position. There has always been a deep contradiction between the two races.

How to balance the interests of the two is a big problem in the subjugation of Wuzhou County this time.

If the power of the mountain is cut down at once, it will definitely cause a backlash. However, if the status of the Han people in the county is not restored, the economy of Wuzhou County will not be able to develop.

Although Chi You governed Wuzhou County like an iron bucket, Ouyang Shuo really didn't dare to compliment his economic achievements, it was a mess.

The entire Wuzhou County is a mess.

The economy of the county is no different from that of primitive society.

Therefore, to bring Wuzhou County on the right track, it is really a long way to go.

The most important thing is to choose a qualified county guard. This county guard must not only have a strong hand and be able to suppress the mountain barbarians, but also have flexible political wisdom and be able to balance the interests of the mountain barbarians and the Han people.

In addition, it is necessary to have a certain economic acumen and be able to revitalize the economy of Wuzhou County.

Last night, Ouyang Shuo had already sent a letter to Xiao He and Fan Zhongyan, appointing Fan Zhongyan as the county guard of Wuzhou County.

At this time, only Fan Gong can take on this important task.

The post of director of administration left by Fan Zhongyan was naturally taken by Xiao He. The evaluation of officials led by the Administration Department will also continue to be presided over by Xiao He and will not be interrupted.

Before Fan Zhongyan led the officials to take over Wuzhou County, Ouyang Shuo had to personally sit in Chiyou City.

The war on the side of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, with Bai Qi and Han Xin staring at it, should be no big problem.

Ouyang Shuo always remembered his identity, he was a lord, and stable rule was his first priority. It is better to leave the matter of leading troops to fight in a war to be handled by the generals. (To be continued.) )