Dingjun Mountain is located in the southeast of Mian County and is located at a strategic location.
If people from Ningqiang Prefecture want to go to Mian County, they must pass through Dingjun Mountain.
Chen Wang set up his camp on the mountainside not far from the official road.
It took nearly a quarter of an hour from Dingjun Mountain to the camp.
The mountain road was rugged and there were many places where it was impossible to ride a horse, so a lot of time was wasted.
The wind and snow were blowing fiercely, but there were two completely different scenes inside and outside the camp.
There was heavy snow outside the camp, and when I looked up I saw only white snow.
However, there is only a thin layer of snow on the road in the camp. It is obvious that someone is cleaning it regularly, otherwise the snow will pile up in a short time.
Chen Wang walked into the camp and flew all the way to the outside of the Chinese army's tent.
The personal guard who had been waiting outside the tent immediately stepped forward and took the whip and the reins of the war horse from Chen Wang's hand.
Chen Wang got off his horse and strode into the tent.
Opening the curtain, warm air rushed out from the tent, and Chen Wang felt that his slightly stiff body had recovered a little.
Qianhu Guan Qilin from the Qianhu Office in Mian County in the Chinese military tent was not among them. He was still waiting to be summoned in the side tent.
Although Chen Wang is only an official of Qianhu, the two are said to be of the same rank.
But the level of official rank among military attaches is not calculated in this way.
Generally speaking, battalion generals have a higher status than officers of the Guards.
"How's the casualty count going?"
Chen Wang walked to the main seat in the tent and sat down. He was not in a hurry to see Guan Qilin first, but asked about other things.
"Brother, don't you see Guan Qilin?"
Chen Gong was slightly startled and said doubtfully.
"It doesn't hurt to dry him out first."
Chen Wang picked up the tea cup placed on the table beside him and took a sip of hot tea.
He must have received the news about the bandits entering Ningqiang. The reason for coming to see him at this time is obvious.
It was obvious that he was afraid that rogue bandits would enter Mian County and they would not be able to protect their wealth and life.
"The casualty count was completed yesterday."
Hu Zhili took a step forward. He was already familiar with all the data.
As a personal guard, in addition to fighting on the battlefield, memory is also very important. After all, the general will definitely explain some things that need to be handled or important military orders and military information.
These things need to be remembered word for word.
"The headquarters has 872 cavalrymen, 645 infantrymen, and 2,539 men remain in the new barracks, for a total of 4,056 men. The reorganization has been initially completed. "
After successive pursuits and battles, Chen Wang's army has been reduced from more than 4,500 to just over 4,000, with more than 10% of casualties.
The Liao Cavalry has also been reduced from more than 900 people to 872 people today. Although they are protected by heavy armor, weapons and guns are blind on the battlefield, and no measure can be said to be foolproof.
Most of the casualties were caused by the fine cavalry and horse troops among the bandits. Those ordinary hungry soldiers could not cause much damage at all. They were qualified cannon fodder, but not qualified soldiers.
Although the battle in Lueyang was fierce, there were not many generals killed or injured, only more than 300 people. Many of them returned to the battle sequence after recovering from their injuries.
Chen Wang had bought a lot of medicinal materials for healing injuries in advance. The seizure of Chunhua meant that Chen Wang did not need to worry about money for a short time.
There were seven or eight military doctors in the army that came to Chunhua later. The medical skills of these military doctors were not as low as Chen Wang had imagined. On the contrary, they were quite high.
They can even perform some simple surgeries, and can also rely on herbal medicine to treat minor internal injuries and some diseases.
And they have a certain awareness of disinfection, although some methods are not very scientific.
Chen Wang didn't know much about medical knowledge. After observing the military doctors treating injuries, he only asked them to correct some disinfection methods and sent some soldiers as assistants, and then ignored them.
The military doctors responded one after another, and no one disobeyed his order. Although Chen Wang's order was different from what they had learned, since Commander Chen Wang had given the order, they did not dare to disobey it.
In this era, there are indeed people in the military who dare to contradict their superiors, but there is no way they can survive.
"After the reorganization, the cavalry of the original headquarters was divided into a separate department, which was designated as the First Cavalry Department."
Although Hu Zhili was a little confused about Chen Wang's order to reform the army's numbering, he still completed it as required. Now the military's organizational reform has almost been completed.
"The original infantry department of the headquarters was set up as the First Infantry Department. The original new barracks had a total of six departments, and the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh departments were set up in order, which were combined into one battalion. All subordinate departments and bureaus have been designated in the same way. .”
But speaking of it, according to this reform, I remember it more clearly. Hu Zhili felt that it was a bit difficult to distinguish the left and right.
"The new flags and banners are also being produced and are expected to be completed in three days."
Chen Wang nodded. The prefix "back", "left" and "left" used as the bureau's prefix is actually very reasonable in this era. When approaching the battle, you can quickly form an array according to the direction and find your position.
However, Chen Wang is still not used to this kind of division method. He chose to number the army according to numbers according to later generations, so that the performance can be more intuitive and does not require thinking about it first.
Now Chen Wang has not divided them into new camp and veteran camp, but has classified them all into one camp.
Anyway, Hong Chengchou's side has already registered, so it's easier to manage them by simply putting them into the first battalion.
"Those refugees who came from Lueyang and Yuguan..."
Chen Wang paused and whispered.
"Is something wrong?"
Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan destroyed a large number of towns and villages along the way south. Many places were burned to the ground and many people were taken hostage.
It was freezing cold and there was no shelter from the wind and rain. If we stayed where we were, we would be dead.
Local officials regarded him as a burden and gave him a small amount of rice and porridge every day, or even ignored him.
Chen Wang has always maintained military discipline and even occasionally distributed rice and porridge.
Therefore, the number of refugees who followed Chen Wang from Lueyang and other places to Dingjun Mountain already exceeded 3,000.
"Now everyone is settled in the depression in the south of the mountain, and there are no problems for the time being."
Hu Zhili thought for a moment and replied.
"However, the food and grass in the army are not enough to support the diet of so many people. Although a lot has been replenished, it can only be used for another half month."
"Half a month's time..."
"enough."
Chen Wang nodded slightly, he had plenty of time.
Hanzhong Prefecture is not short of food. It is close to Huguang and food prices are much lower than in Shaanxi.
Chen Wang was already ready to spend a sum of money to collect food and grass.
The Dingjun Mountains are vast and sparsely populated, with many natural grain storage areas.
Chen Gong's expression was slightly condensed. He hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to ask his question.
"These refugees are just a burden. My eldest brother keeps them alive by giving them porridge and rice all the way. The daily consumption of food and rice is real money. Now that they have arrived in the hinterland of Hanzhong, why don't they be handed over to the local government for resettlement?"
Chen Wang put down the tea cup in his hand and moved his eyes from Hu Zhili to Chen Gong.
"Rehousing? It's impossible to support so many people for nothing. We really need to properly resettle them."
Chen Wangqu tapped his fingers on the table next to his hand.
"Right now, haven't the Qianhu from the Qianhu Office in Mian County just arrived?"
"The number of military households in Qianhu Station in Mian County is severely deserted, so we can just fill in the vacancy."
(End of chapter)
