Time flies like water, and ten days have passed before I know it. Yang Ji returned to the Binzhou Army Camp again and listened to the generals and civil servants report on the results of the past ten days in the official residence.
"Your Majesty, the Binzhou Army has seven battalions each on the left and right. In name, the entire army has 70,000 people, but when we took over, the actual number was only more than 46,000. During the next reorganization, we will By means of persuasion, we persuaded more than 3,000 soldiers to retire and paid them enough military pay. Now there are more than 42,300 soldiers in the army. In accordance with the king's request, we merged the fourteenth battalion into nine battalions. , the first eight battalions each have 5,000 men, and the ninth battalion has more than 2,300 men."
Acting General Yang Qing made a foreshadowing, and then said: "The establishment at all levels has been clearly divided, generals at all levels have been put in place, formation training has been carried out in an orderly manner, and a tactical training camp composed of retired veterans has also been established. Finished. Today, the ninth battalion has managed to achieve consistent orders, but there is still a lack of tacit understanding among each other."
Within ten days, Yang Qing and all the generals in the army worked hard day and night to submit a satisfactory answer to Yang Ji.
Yang Ji glanced at the generals and civil servants sitting on both sides of his head. Seeing that although these people looked haggard, they were in good spirits and looked like generals, he said: "Take a rest for a day and let the soldiers get familiar with each other." , let’s start training again.”
Except for the fifth battalion of the Zuo Army before Zhao Hongan, the Binzhou Army has a lot of vacancies. After a series of withdrawals, the original organization at all levels was completely disrupted. The Binzhou Army in this state can only start from Queue formation, discipline and obedience, team awareness and tacit understanding begin.
Only after completing the most fundamental first step can intensive training and sword and gun practice be carried out.
"General, I will obey your orders!" Yang Qing responded with clasped fists.
"How is the morale and military discipline of the officers and men of the Nine Battalions?" Yang Ji glanced at the generals Zhao Hongan, Yu Zan, and Tang Shizong one by one, as well as the generals Yang Xu, Yang Zhiyun, Yuwen Xie, Xiao Huaijing, Liu Changgong, and Fang Er.
The current Binzhou Army has no left and right generals, so Yang Ji abolished the distinction between left and right. The nine battalions are arranged according to the first battalion, second battalion... ninth battalion. These nine people supervise the training matters of each battalion. However, the ranking of each battalion is still temporary; when the reorganization is completed, the strongest thousand-man team from each battalion will be selected, and the nine thousand-man teams will compete in a duel to determine the first and second place. , third, and the one with the worst fighting skills is undoubtedly the ninth battalion.
"Reporting to your Majesty, the generals at all levels under the command of the last general have rectified military discipline, the morale of the soldiers has been reduced, and the old and weak soldiers have also been transferred to the engineering battalion." Zhao Hongan paused, and said with admiration: "Thanks to In order to win the title of number one in the battalion, in order to represent the battalion and compete for the honor of number one, the five lieutenants and the brigade commander discuss training methods every day; Wind, initial results.”
Yuzan also clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the same is true for the soldiers of our camp. They are all preparing to win the first place in our camp."
Since ancient times, literature has always been the best, and martial arts has not been second. Even if the skills of a scholar are inferior to others, they can still be shameless and refuse to admit it; but if a warrior or a certain army is defeated like a mountain in a competition, he will let his tongue bloom. , nor can we confuse right and wrong and describe a tragic defeat as a victory. So when Yang Ji introduced the concept of decisive victory through battle into the Binzhou Army, each thousand-man team in each battalion worked hard to win the first place.
At the general level, Zhao Hongan, Yuzan, and Tang Shizong are the "veteran generals" of the Binzhou Army. The three of them work hard for the face and honor of the "veteran generals"; Yang Xu, Yang Zhiyun, Yuwen Xie, Xiao Huaijing, Liu Changgong, and Fang Er They are the new talents who are just starting out. They are also working hard to take off the word "inspection" from the title of "inspection officer".
Pressure was exerted at all levels, so that the atmosphere in the Binzhou army was very good!
After listening to the reports of the nine generals one by one, Yang Ji nodded and said speciously: "After this rectification, the saint seems to be preparing to accept the first three battalions of the fourteenth battalion as the emperor's personal army, and he himself will also serve as the general. Once the Binzhou Army is selected, what else do you have to worry about about your career?"
With Yang Ji's current status in the world, what he said was full of gold. When the generals heard the words, they were immediately excited and inexplicably excited.
Yang Ji glanced at the excited generals and continued: "What a military general fears most is that he will not have the opportunity to make achievements. What he fears most is that his talent will not be appreciated and he will end up rotting with the grass and trees. And the saint is a talented and strategic emperor. We, the warriors, meet each other in life. At that time, life is really a joy. As long as you are capable, you are not afraid of not having the opportunity to become a general. Next, you must do your best to train elite soldiers."
"General, I will obey your orders!" All the generals responded loudly.
When the generals calmed down, Chief Shi Xin Shijie cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, there have been several Yushitai officials spying outside the camp recently, and they seem to be looking for trouble for impeachment."
Speaking of which, this was the follow-up turmoil caused by Yang Ji in Binzhou, but most of the civil and military officials were attracted by the unparalleled Yu Wenshu, so the replacement of Binzhou officials and the reorganization of the Binzhou army were not "hot spots."
Before Yang Ji could speak, Yang Jian, who was standing behind him, angrily said: "Peeping is not allowed in the military camp. If anyone continues to spy outside, arrest them first."
"The duty and mission of Yushitai is to supervise. It is precisely because of these honest officials who are not afraid of power and selfless that our Sui Dynasty can prosper and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. As long as we stand upright and behave appropriately, What are you afraid of, the censor?" After Yang Ji finished speaking, he said to Xin Shijie who was quite embarrassed: "Since they like to watch, then open the door, let them come in to watch, come in to check, and give them the right to walk and watch at will. .”
All armies are similar, and there are no secrets at all. But any officer with some military knowledge knows what arms are in the army and how they are drilled. Besides, this is not a war period, and the Binzhou Army is not a border army. There is no secret in the army that cannot be told. Since the Yushitai officials want to see the secrets, they should come in openly.
If they, a group of people who are good at finding faults, find a problem, Yang Jirang can just clean up the Binzhou Army again and pull out the hidden black sheep. As for Yuzan, Tang Shizong, and Xin Shijie, because they surrendered in time, They reported the illegal generals in the army as Dai Zui, and later returned all the illegal gains, fines and ransoms, so the court gave them "serious demerits and warnings". They will be punished for a long time in the future. They are the target of "key attention", so they don't dare to do it again.
As for whether it will implicate myself? Yang Ji is not worried. After all, he is a temporary general and does not know the Binzhou Army well. Moreover, after stabilizing the situation, he will leave the Binzhou Army. As long as there are no mistakes during his term, the bad things in the past will not be forgotten. On his head.
While everyone was discussing the Binzhou Army's training strategy, a soldier came in and reported: "Your Majesty, General Liu Tongren of the Liquan Army wants to see you."
The Liquan Army Camp is located in Liquan County, Yongzhou, and southeast of Xinping County, where the Binzhou Army is stationed. It is the penultimate defense circle of Daxing City. Its strength is half that of the Binzhou Army, with only 35,000 troops.
Yang Ji said: "Please!"
Liu Tongren is the son of Lu Guogong and Liu Fang, the general manager of Huanzhou Road Marching. He is also a second-generation guard. During Yang Ji's first expedition to the Great Lakes area, he made great military exploits and later became the Lieutenant General of the Liquan Army. , because there is no opportunity to stand up, and there is no way to get promoted.
But I have a father who is quite capable of beating.
In the second year of Renshou, his father Liu Fang put down the rebellion of Li Fuzi, the leader of the Jiaozhou (Jiaozhi) slang people, and officially included Jiaozhou and Huanzhou on the map into the Sui Dynasty. It stands to reason that Liu Fang's original mission was to pacify Li Fozi; now that Li Fozi was pacified, his mission was over, and he could have taken over the army immediately, or managed Jiaozhou and Huanzhou in the same place.
However, when Liu Fang learned that the king of Linyi, Fanzhi, was behind Li Fozi's rebellion, he followed the principle of deciding the outcome in one battle and used Qinzhou Governor Ning Changzhen to control Huanzhou. He led General Zhang Min, Huanzhou Governor Li Yun, and Shang Qin Xiong continued his southern expedition. They were victorious in every battle. They chased the defeated troops all the way to the bronze pillar erected by Ma Yuan, the general Fubo of the Han Dynasty, and then marched south for eight days before arriving at the capital of Linyi.
During the war, Lin Yi's army adopted layer-by-layer defensive tactics to lure the enemy deep in an attempt to drag down the Sui army and drag them to death. Unexpectedly, Lin Yi's army failed to block the enemy. Instead, the Sui army used "one force to subjugate ten" to kill all the elites. The king Fanzhi knew that he had no chance of victory, so he abandoned the city and fled, setting up the temporary capital on the sea. The Sui army easily broke through the capital of Linyi and captured many princes and ministers of Linyi who were too late to escape. After that, they looted all the rare treasures from Linyi King's Palace, and even took away all the gold and silver figures from the temple. Before that, the class teacher had burned all the Linyi kings in a fire, thus solving the possible second outbreak of border affairs in the south. crisis. (Note 1)
It is worth mentioning that due to Yang Ji's reminder, Liu Fang prepared sufficient medicines and doctors to effectively treat the "swollen foot disease" that spread throughout the army. Not only did Liu Fang not die from the disease, but even the soldiers did not die. With so much loss, we avoided the tragedy of "on the way back home, many soldiers suffered from swollen feet, and forty-five out of ten died."
Liu Fang had the merit of destroying the country, but he was the Duke of the country. Yang Guang could only reward him in kind, but this could not highlight Liu Fang's contribution, so he named Liu Tongren the general of Shangyi Army and the title of Duke of Yuechang County.
Not long after, Liu Tongren walked into the official residence. This man, who had served as the military counselor of Prince Wei's palace, was now wearing Mingguang armor and a horizontal sword hanging on his waist. As soon as he entered the hall, he bowed deeply: "Liu Tongren, who is of humble rank, comes to see the king."
Liu Tongren calls himself a "lower position" rather than a "last general", which is actually correct, and others are not surprised, but Yang Ji knows that Liu Tongren still considers himself to be from the line of King Wei. In fact, their relationship did not grow apart.
"General Liu, no courtesy!" Yang Ji smiled slightly and asked, "General Liu, why are you here?"
Liu Tongren said solemnly: "Something happened to the temporary official office of the Beijing Army in Xianyang City, Jingyang County."
Fourteen Beijing troops were deployed in the east, northeast, north, northwest, and west of Daxing City, wrapping Daxing City in a "冂"-shaped layout, and Xianyang was located in the middle of the "冂" shape, no matter which direction it went. Military camps are very convenient. In order to save the messenger's time, Yu Wenshu set up his "command headquarters" in Xianyang City. No matter which army has the latest trends, he can know and solve them in the shortest time.
The Binzhou military reform led by Yang Ji was very independent and was not controlled by Yu Wenshu. Yang Ji was happy and at ease, and because he had many things to do, he didn't pay much attention to Yu Wenshu. After hearing this, he asked in confusion: "Why? What happened?"
Liu Tongren said in a deep voice: "More than 300 former generals and soldiers of the Liquan Army surrounded the temporary central army of the Beijing Army. The humble officers who were originally under their command persuaded them to go back. Some officers and soldiers of the Shangyi Army they met on the way also went. In addition, The humble soldiers found out that the Wannian Army, Chang'an Army, and Fuping Army were also running towards Xianyang one after another."
All the generals in the hall immediately looked at each other.
Yang Ji just now had to make sure to put the old and the weak in good place and do things step by step. He couldn't be quick and quick like Yu Wenshu, otherwise something big would happen.
Unexpectedly, while the words were still ringing in my ears, something happened to Yu Wenshu.
Yang Ji asked: "Did Yu Wenshu take precautions in advance?"
"Xianyang is located between the military camp and the capital. Many middle- and low-level generals cannot afford to live in houses in the capital or buy daily necessities in the capital, so they have settled in Xianyang City. No matter how hard General Yuwen defends himself, he has to give up. These eliminated generals went home. Although he sent people to keep an eye on the generals who entered the city, more and more generals were eliminated in the past few days, and the city became more and more noisy. However, these people did not cause harm to the place, and they There was no attack on the official offices in the city." Liu Tongren glanced at Yang Ji and said with a wry smile: "If this continues, something big will happen sooner or later. I have to restrain the officers and soldiers in my humble position, and I am afraid that I will not see the saint and the Minister of War, so I have to come to find the king. I hope. Your Majesty, please inform the sage and ask the court to prepare a response as soon as possible."
"Please tell me in detail!" Yang Ji frowned.
The thing that he and the ministers and ministers in the court were most worried about had finally appeared.
How annoying!
"Here!" Liu Tongren responded and said everything in detail:
In order to regain the emperor's trust, Yu Wenshu, before the anti-corruption matter was over and before he could come up with an explanation that satisfied the officers and soldiers of each army; Soldiers over forty-five years old were eliminated.
That's all. The key is to eliminate them and then ignore them. The whole family is in desperate need of food, the breadwinner of the family suddenly lost his job, and the future is dark, how can we be willing to accept it?
As more and more soldiers were eliminated by Yu Wenshu, these people with the same hatred joined forces and gathered at the temporary official office of the Imperial Army in Xianyang to ask for explanations.
In fact, since the beginning of Yu Wenshu's one-size-fits-all approach, there have been people trying to plan and explain the truth one after another. However, their numbers were small and their climate was weak, so they did not attract Yu Wenshu's attention. Not long after they gathered, they were controlled by soldiers from the Beijing Military Temporary Office and government officials from Xianyang.
Now there are hundreds of people in Liquan Army alone. If the soldiers of other armies are added up, there will be at least one or two thousand people. If they concentrate to cause trouble, the consequences will be serious.
After listening to Liu Tongren's introduction, Yang Ji asked: "Who is in charge of the temporary government office of the Beijing Army? Is it Yu Wenshu?"
Liu Tongren replied: "The general who stayed behind is not General Yuwen! He is General Duan Da of Zuo Yiwei."
Yang Ji pondered for a long time and asked the generals: "Where does Duan Da come from? Does he have a dazzling record?"
"Your Majesty, the general will know about this person." Seeing that Yang Ji didn't know Duan Da, Yang Qing introduced him in detail: "Duan Da is the son of Duan Yan, the governor of Shuozhou in the previous dynasty. As early as the previous dynasty, he was the late emperor's relative. One of the military commanders, after the founding of the Sui Dynasty, he was promoted to the chariot and cavalry general due to his meritorious service. When Gao Zhihui, Li Ji and others rebelled in the south, Duan Da led 10,000 state soldiers to pacify the two states of Fang and Chu. Defeated several elite troops of Wang Wenjin in Xuanzhou, and was promoted to Kaifu for his merit. After the saint succeeded to the throne, Duan Da was granted the title of General Qianzuo Yiwei."
"I'm afraid that there are no generals who are good at fighting in the temporary office of the Beijing Army. Since Duan Da has so many military exploits, I think he can control the overall situation." After hearing the introduction, Yang Ji secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked Liu Tongren: " What did General Liquan Army and the generals on the left and right say?"
Liu Tongren said: "In the military reform, except for the low-ranking generals and Zhonglang General under his command, the Liquan Army General, Left and Right Generals, Lang Generals, and Zhonglang Generals were all wiped out. The new inspection general is Youtunwei General Xin Shixiong. However, I feel that General Xin is unreliable." (Note 2)
Xin Shijie: "..."
Boy, that's my eldest brother. Are you polite when you say that?
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[Note: According to the "Biography of Liu Fang", this battle lasted from the second year of Renshou to the first year of Daye. The pacification of Li Fuzi and the destruction of Linyi were a series of battles. Due to the harsh environment and unsuitable climate in the south, Liu Fang fought in In the past few years, the fighting was extremely difficult and the war continued intermittently. The destruction of Linyi State was actually a decision made by Liu Fang based on his loyalty to the country and his duty to the country. After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he only changed Yang Jian's title from Liu Fang's Jiaozhou Road Marching Commander to the more advanced Huanzhou Road Marching Commander. As for the legendary peace in the world, Yang Jian or Yang Guang went to war for the rare treasures of Linyi State, just listen to it as a story. 】
[Note 2: Xue Shixiong, Qian Shixiong, and Xin Shixiong all participated in the Battle of Goguryeo. Except for Xue Shixiong, the other two "Shixiong" all died in the battle. For the first time, Qian Shixiong, Mai Tiezhang, and Meng Jincha died in battle; and Xin Shixiong died in the Battle of Sashui. 】
[By the way:
Judging from various historical data, the Sui Dynasty actually really wanted to destroy the Goguryeo Kingdom during the Second Battle of Goguryeo: the combat strategy at that time was to advance both by land and water, and the navy headed by Lai Huer mainly transported grain, grass, and siege equipment. ;The mission is to assist land forces.
However, after Lai Hu'er arrived at the predetermined location, he was eager to perform meritorious deeds and sent troops without permission, regardless of the persuasion of Deputy Navy Commander Zhou Fashang, thereby falling into Goguryeo's plan to lure the enemy deeper. He did escape, but he buried all the elite navy in the city of Pyongyang. The Sui army on land also lost its logistical equipment and siege equipment due to the disastrous defeat of the navy, which started a series of subsequent disastrous defeats. Therefore, the main factor in the failure of this battle was not the land forces, but the navy headed by Lai Huer. 】
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