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"Brother Tianxiong, of course, Ma Yuan's means are not only like this. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAfter he took over as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, he consciously wanted to gradually change the status quo of the Praetorian Guard at that time, and the means he used were very simple and practical, that is, to consciously transfer officers and soldiers with rich combat experience from the various field legions of the empire into the Praetorian Guard, not subject to the restriction that the Praetorian Guard must be a child of Zhongzhou, although this method will affect the so-called pure surname of the Praetorian Guard to a certain extent, but it has played a very good role in improving the combat effectiveness of the Praetorian Guard. During his tenure as the commander of the corps, this kind of transfer and exchange operation was almost constant, and of course this was also recognized by His Majesty the Emperor at the time, after all, an army that had not been able to fight for a long time could only be solved by some special means to maintain a high combat effectiveness. The officers and soldiers transferred were all over the seven field regiments of the empire at that time, especially those officers who had experienced various battles in the first, second, third, and fourth regiments, and the ranks were fully covered from senior to junior, which also caused dissatisfaction among several field regiments at that time, but for this kind of transfer, it was also quite glorious to enter the Praetorian Guard, so the vast majority of them were quite willing in their hearts, and with the support of His Majesty the Emperor, no one dared to resist. ”

Huangfu Tiancheng patiently explained that it was no accident that Ma Yuanxiang was able to become the first person in the imperial army, and it was impossible without a little real material, if the Praetorian Guard underestimated the ability of the Praetorian Guard just because it had never participated in the war, it would bring inevitable losses to his side.

In addition, Ma Yuanxiang also paid more attention to the students who graduated from the Imperial Affairs Academy, especially many in-service officers who entered the Imperial Affairs Academy for training from various field regiments also became the object of his spioping, so that later all field regiments required the General Military Affairs Administration to clearly guarantee that the officers who entered the Imperial Affairs Academy for training must return to the original regiment before they were willing to release people to participate in the training, which to a certain extent also shows that Ma Yuanxiang attaches great importance to this aspect. Of course, in terms of the intensity of regular training, the divisions and regiments of the Praetorian Guard are not uniform, and this also has a certain impact on the combat effectiveness of each division and regiment. ”

"In this way, isn't the combat strength of the Praetorian Guards quite strong?" Song Tianxiong said after a long period of silence.

"No, Brother Tianxiong misunderstood what I meant, although the combat effectiveness of the Praetorian Guard has been improved to a certain extent under the adjustment of Ma Yuanxiang, but after all, most of the strength of the Praetorian Guard has been stationed in Yanjing for a long time, without war, a small number of officers with combat experience can not fundamentally reverse the combat effectiveness of the entire Praetorian Guard, Yanjing's rich life has a great corrosive impact on the combat effectiveness of the army, so I can only say that this army has a certain combat effectiveness, but if you want to say how strong it is, my personal opinion is not enough to worry, especially after watching the performance of Brother Tianxiong's Tiger Wing Army, I am full of confidence and defend against danger, If Ma Yuanxiang really wants to shake the big tree in Jinzhong with the four Praetorian Guard divisions in his hands, I think he can only hit his head and bleed. ”

Huangfu Tiancheng's last words were quite realistic, reminding the two not to underestimate the enemy too much, but also not to be too cautious.

"Did Cheng think that Ma Yuanxiang would let his Praetorian Guards give it a try?" Bo Jinchen had not participated in the discussion between the two of them on the combat effectiveness of the Praetorian Guards, and he was more concerned about the movements of the Praetorian Guards and the Eighth and Ninth Army Corps stationed in southern Zhongzhou.

"This, in Tiancheng's opinion, I'm afraid that this time I can't go far from the horse, the current situation in the south is extremely grim for them, if they can't win a complete victory in the north, I'm afraid that the Situ Dynasty will collapse immediately, so Tiancheng thinks that this battle will come and go, and if you don't come, you have to come, but I estimate that Ma Yuanxiang will most likely drag the eighth and ninth legions up to cushion their backs. Huangfu Tiancheng is very sure of this.

"Hmm, the Eighth and Ninth Legions have always had an ambiguous attitude, but these two legions are not worth mentioning at all to be honest, and they are nominally defending the south in the south of Zhongzhou, but I suspect that the real Lord Liang is going to attack from the Jiujiang side, can these two legions be able to withstand it for a day?" Song Tianxiong shook his head and continued disapprovingly, " Even if these two legions besiege Jinzhong with the Praetorian Guard, I don't see how much role they can play, if I am a horse far away and really want to fight this battle, then it is better to touch it with my true strength. ”

"Tianxiong, although there is some truth in what you said, everyone knows that now in Jinzhong City, we plus Tiancheng only have the strength of two divisions, and the ants bite the elephant to death, even if the eighth and ninth legions are worse, they can always make up the number, if the two legions each occupy one door to attack, we always have to draw some forces to disperse the defense, and we can also achieve the purpose of containing our defensive forces. Bo Jinchen is more inclined to Huangfu Tiancheng's view.

"Well, then let's wait and see, Brother Tiancheng analyzed the details of the Praetorian Guard for me, and my brother should be much more down-to-earth in his heart, fortunately, this Jinzhong City is quite reliable, and the defense system is basically sound. Song Tianxiong nodded, the Tiger Wing Army needed to use a battle to prove that the army that directly won the title of His Royal Highness King Qin for the first time was by no means in vain, and wouldn't it be the best opportunity to fight more with less?

"Maybe it might not be a good thing for us to let the Praetorian Guards touch Jinzhong. Bo Jinchen's gaze became deeper, "We don't have much strength in Yanjing City anymore, if we can take this opportunity to completely defeat the Praetorian Guard, it will be much more beneficial for us in the next step." ”

"But Lord Bo, it may not be difficult to hold on to the Jinzhong Mansion, and even the Praetorian Guards can be repelled, but it may be a little difficult to completely defeat the Praetorian Guards in one fell swoop. Huangfu Tiancheng seemed to realize that this quiet old man always had to think one step further than the others, and while these people were still thinking about the possible surnames of the Praetorian Guard's invasion of Jinzhong and the possible situation of war, he was already thinking about how to completely eliminate this force.

"Well, it's up to us to plan this battle. Bo Jinchen nodded.

Situ Yushuang has been in a state of excitement these days, although Jiangnan has fallen, but the war in the north has finally officially begun, Chu Taifeng and the Duodon people and the Poole people will eliminate the Fifth Army of Western Xinjiang trapped in Yunzhong Mansion, Situ Yushuang is convinced of this, if the more than 400,000 elite troops can not eliminate a crippled Fifth Army in Western Xinjiang, then according to Situ Yushuang's thoughts, these army commanders or corps commanders can really kill themselves to thank the countrymen.

For this battle, Situ Yushuang thought that he had exhausted himself and painstakingly, from military financing to public opinion appeals, from war arrangements to foreign affairs, almost everything Situ Yushuang had to participate in personally, especially in order to ensure the smooth success of the Northern Campaign, the huge funding gap made Situ Yushuang almost door-to-door visit Yanjing, these financiers who had invested a lot in the early stage, or bitter words, or false words and intimidation, or both soft and hard, with only one purpose, that is, that they once again come up with money to continue to support the empire and the military operations of Situ Tai, the king of Yan。

As for the Imperial Finance Bureau, Situ Yushuang had actually set aside Tian Yi and was personally in charge of the financial operations of the entire empire. Minister of Finance Tian Yi also took the opportunity to say that he was sick and asked to be resigned, but the whereabouts of a huge amount of gold reserves in the imperial treasury were unknown, which seemed to cast a shadow on the Minister of Finance, although Tian Yi took the name of the special funds reserved by His Majesty the Emperor The emperor had transferred this amount of funds into the inner treasury, but the inner treasury did not have this record of as much as 200 million imperial gold coins and gold reserves, which made Situ Yushuang also suspicious of the former Minister of Finance, but fortunately, Tian Yi seemed to be very cooperative, except for the direction of the funds could not be ascertained, all other affairs Tian Yi gave Situ Yushuang support without reservation, and he was not half a step away from his own house, and Situ Yushuang's private investigation did not obtain many valuable clues, which made Situ Yushuang have to consider the consequences when he had a heart, especially from the reaction of the inner treasury, the emperor did have a precedent for privately transferring funds from the treasury.

But this is too much more than the amount of funds and is too important for the Situ Dynasty, which is now in internal and external difficulties, worth 200 million gold, which can simply solve the urgent needs of the empire. Situ Yushuang in addition to asking the internal affairs department to closely monitor Tian Yi, for a while can not think of a suitable way, after all, Tian Yi's position as Minister of Finance has not yet been removed, and he is also the former emperor's minister, and he also has considerable influence among the Yanjing nobles, if you want to move him, it will inevitably cause a political earthquake, at this time it seems a little unwise, it seems that only wait for the victory in the north to deal with him, now there is only a little hard work, one by one to visit these guys who do not want to pluck their hair, knock it, and support it hard。

Now it seems that it is time to pay off, the military operation of the coalition army in Yunzhong Mansion is about to begin, and the city guards and the third legion have also approached under Longquan City, now only the Praetorian Guards still need to beat Ma Yuanxiang, this guy always prevaricates in the name that the Praetorian Guard cannot go out of Yanjing, what time is it now, the critical moment of the empire's life and death, this guy is still holding on to the rules of death, Situ Yushuang simply doesn't understand how Ma Yuanxiang became the leader of this Praetorian Guard Legion, or this guy has other plans？

(To be continued)