At the same time, it was rainy and cold in Shanshan County. A vast white haze enveloped the east and west sides of Dangjin Mountain Pass. After a long journey, the army led by Yang Ji arrived at the Sui army's camp deployed at the west exit of Dangjin Mountain Pass.
In this battle, Yang Ji invested 30,000 main battle divisions, 15,000 victorious troops, and 10,000 garrison troops from Shanshan in the western battlefield. Army, the total strength of the western battlefield is more than 60,000 people.
The number of soldiers in the military camp was less than half that of Tuyuhun, but the combat effectiveness, fighting will, and weapons and equipment of the Sui army soldiers were not comparable to those of Tuyuhun soldiers. Even the army that was stationed one after another was the population captured by Yang Ji from the Dahu District and Madame Fan City. The 10,000 soldiers selected from them are definitely no worse than the government soldiers and Beijing soldiers.
They were originally the strongest among the Turks, Tiele people, Sogdians, Qiang people, and Hu people from the Western Regions. They were all brave and good at fighting. After long-term training by the Sui army generals, their combat effectiveness improved significantly.
In ancient times, productivity was low, and the government could not support many professional soldiers. In addition to the elite troops deployed near Gyeonggi, other armies in the interior adopted peacetime and wartime training methods. In peacetime, each would return to his or her own county to reunite with his family. After working on the farm, he would take time to conduct military training and then assemble during wartime. This was the Fu army system.
In addition to the Liangzhou Army, which resembles the Victory Army of the Beijing Army that defends the capital, other main battle armies also adopt the Fu Army system. Therefore, in wartime, they need to be reorganized and change the peacetime Fu Army system into a combat organization. However, since this army has been at war with Tuyuhun for many years, the two sides have been in a state of war, so there is no need for drastic reorganization.
Before Yang Ji arrived, Xue Shixiong and Qian Shixiong followed the combat deployment of Zhangye's military conference and divided the army into three armies.
The central army is a victorious army of 15,000 soldiers led by Yang Ji; the left army is led by Xue Shixiong, with 20,000 main battle troops; the right army is led by Qian Shixiong, with 10,000 main battle soldiers. Army, 10,000 field troops.
Under the three men, there are another five thousand generals. There will be three Yingyang generals and two Zhechonglang generals who will command 5,000 soldiers. Each Zhechonglang general will have two lieutenants and five Zhonglang generals who will command 1,000 soldiers.
The Thousand-Man Corps is the most basic unit of the Sui Army. It is not only the key cornerstone of victory in wartime, but also the permanent mechanism of each military government and army. Each Thousand-Man Corps is headed by General Zhonglang and has one assistant officer, General Zuolang. , You Lang will be one person, and Bing Cao will be a military officer.
It is internally divided into five regiments, with a regiment of 200 men, and the commander is a captain; each regiment has two brigades, with a brigade of 100 men, and the commander is a brigade commander; each brigade has two teams of 50 people, and the commander of the team is called the captain. Right; each team has five fires, and ten people are responsible for one fire. The leader is called the fire chief; one fire has two fives, five people are one five, and there is one five leader. At the same time, in order to prevent the army from falling into leaderless chaos after the general died in the battle between the two armies, the imperial court appointed an additional deputy general at the three levels of team, brigade and regiment.
The Thousand-Man Corps was also the most solid combat unit in the Sui Dynasty's military system; if the court needed it, the soldiers from each county would appear on the battlefield in the form of a Thousand-Man Corps; and the internal regiments were often composed of Composed of soldiers from the same county.
Precisely because they are familiar faces to each other, the soldiers can trust their backs to their comrades during battle. If this system is disrupted, soldiers who do not know each other will not trust anyone. Not only will it seriously affect the effectiveness of the battle, but once they encounter a sneak attack by the enemy or the battle goes wrong, the soldiers will immediately disperse in a rush.
Of course, standing armies such as the Beijing Army, Xiaoguo Army, and Victory Army do not have to worry about this; after all, everyone has been together and trained together for many years, and they are all familiar with each other.
Everyone knows the benefits and power of a standing army; all dynasties have also wanted to change all armies into standing armies, but the court was limited by productivity and material transportation capacity and could not afford to maintain so many standing armies. The reason why Yang Guang carried out major reforms and large-scale elimination of the so-called "700,000 elite" Beijing soldiers was that he wanted to weaken the Guanlong nobles and increase the imperial power. However, when he cleared out the vacancies, the old and the weak, the military would lose at least 100 soldiers every year. It can save more than half of the military expenditure for the court.
It can be said that this is also an "unexpected" gain in the process of fighting for power.
The central army was led by Wei Yun as a general of ten thousand men, commanding ten thousand victorious troops, and the other five thousand men were led by Yang Ji himself. The ten thousand generals of the left army are Feng Xiaoci and Achi, the deputy general managers of Shanshan, and the four generals Zhe Chonglang are
They are Xue Wanshu, Li Shimo, Yang Shidao, and Dugu Kaiyuan.
The right army's one ten thousand general is Po Chaoqi, the other ten thousand general is Qie Mo's deputy general manager Song Laosheng; the four Zhe Chonglang generals are Yang Tie, Qian Jie, Mai Zhongcai, and Li Dabian.
Feng Xiaoci and Song Laosheng are the new deputy general managers appointed by the imperial court.
Feng Xiaoci was originally the Sima of Daizhou (Yanmen County). When Yang Liang rebelled, he, Li Jing, Lu Yu, Hou Mo and Chen Yi worked together to lead a lone army to defend Yanmen City and withstand Qiao Zhongkui's tens of thousands. The strong attack of the elite army thus secured Feihuxing Pass, which Yang Ji must pass through on his way to the west, and Xixing Pass, which Yang Yichen must pass through on his way to the south, laying the foundation for victory in the northern battlefield.
Song Laosheng was also a general who stood out in the battle to quell Yang Liang. He was originally a hussar general in a military mansion in Mayi (Shuozhou). Later, he accompanied Yang Yichen, the general manager of Shuozhou, to fight south, and established a strategic position in the battle of defeating Qiao Zhongkui. Great achievement.
The imperial court rewarded them based on their merits after the war, and transferred them into the imperial court to obey orders. When their predecessors left their posts at the end of their term, the imperial court asked them to fill their current positions.
After an urgent and brief military intelligence meeting, Yang Ji, Yang Shanhui, Ling Jing, Shen Faxing and others had no time to rest. They even began to sort out various military intelligence, and from time to time asked the scout general responsible for collecting military intelligence.
Through these military intelligence, Yang Ji found that he still underestimated Tuyuhun's war potential and Murong Fuyun's control over Tuyuhun.
In order to defeat the Sui army, Murong Fuyun urgently dispatched 20,000 additional elite troops from the east. According to the military information sent by the scouts, the 20,000 troops who came urgently to help were the direct line troops created by Murong Fuyun with all his national strength. The weapons and equipment are very sophisticated, no less than those of Sui soldiers.
While concentrating his troops, Murong Fuyun also adopted the strategy of clearing the country and luring the enemy in. He relocated all the herdsmen living on the grasslands at the southern foot of the Qilian Mountains, leaving only livestock and supplies in key fortresses to prepare for the troops ahead. use.
Of course, what worries Yang Ji even more is the weather problem. It is said that the weather on the plateau is very abnormal. It is about to enter mid-March, but the ice and snow on the grassland not only does not melt, but it snows continuously.
These military conditions not only made the battle unpredictable, but also made the situation more severe and unfavorable for the Sui army.
"Your Majesty, General Feng and General Song would like to see you." At this moment, Zhu Can's voice came from outside the door.
Yang Ji frowned when he heard this. If Tuyuhun's increased troops and abnormal weather were external dangers, then Feng Xiaoci and Song Laosheng were internal instability factors. Just because in the military intelligence meeting just now, the attitude between the two was very ambiguous.
When Yang Shan met Yang Ji, he remained silent and suggested: "Your Majesty, let's meet him. If you have anything to say, it's best to speak openly!"
"The words of the long history are absolutely true!" Kong Desao, who was accompanying the army on the expedition, cupped his hands and said coldly: "Your Majesty, if they don't understand what's going on, let them be relieved of their duties, lest they miss important events."
Kong Desao was a native of Kuaiji and the thirty-fourth generation grandson of Confucius. He and Kong Yingda, who was born in Hengshui, Jizhou, are of the same clan. When they discussed their genealogy, they discovered that the younger Kong Yingda was the thirty-second generation grandson of Confucius, so Kong Desao was two generations younger than Kong Yingda.
However, Kong Yingda, like Yu Shinan, is an academic talent and is not good at government or military affairs, while Kong Desshao is a man with both military and political skills and weak academic skills. It is for this reason that he, Shen Faxing and Lu Congdian were appointed by Yang Ji to participate in the marching exhibition. Military, assisting Yang Shanhui and Ling Jing in handling trivial military affairs, recording military achievements and other chores. At the same time, Yang Ji is training them, hoping that they will grow in practice.
"Yes!" Yang Ji nodded and ordered Zhu Can at the outer door: "Please invite General Feng and General Song to come in."
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(To make up for yesterday!)
