In fact, when Zhang Cheng returned to the army, Li Jiyu's more than 2,200 troops had already been reorganized and redressed. They had been practicing in Yongning for nearly three months, and their troops were named "Deng" by Zhang Cheng. Close the camp."
The battalion was basically based on Li Jiyu's old brothers and eliminated the old, weak and slippery ones. It consisted of 250 Chinese cavalry sentries. The commander of the sentry was named Zhou Ruli, who gained his trust the most. At that time, Li Jiyu rushed to Mi County from Dengfeng, so he was arranged to stay at the Dengfeng camp.
This man was Li Jiyu's childhood playmate. He once practiced martial arts in the Shaolin Temple. He did have some skills. Usually more than ten people could not get close to him. After his tonsure, he was given the name "Hai Yong" and he left the temple and went down the mountain. After returning to secular life, he has been involved in the uprising together with Li Jiyu ever since.
There are also two divisions on the left and right, each with nearly a thousand infantry. The commander-in-chief Qian on the left is Shen Jingbang, and the commander-in-chief Qian on the right is Ji Zhiying. They are both old people from the Dengfeng uprising, and their troops are mainly old people.
In addition to the Dengfeng camp, Zhang Cheng also carried out reforms to the Tiger Guards under his command. In view of the increasing number of ministries under his command, he also began to fear that one day there would be a power that could not lose control of his subordinates.
Although the most important thing in controlling the army is to directly control the money and food in his own hands, he still feels that he must have the most powerful military force and directly control it in his own hands to feel at ease.
Therefore, he transferred the 200 fine cavalry from the left sentry Wan Guangjin Department and the right sentry Zuo Qinghe Department of the cavalry battalion to the Tiger Guard, thus expanding the Tiger Guard to 600 fine cavalry.
The leader of the Tiger Guard is still Lin Fangping, and it consists of three divisions. The middle section is led by Lin Fangping himself, with 200 elite cavalry from the original Guards Bureau B and C. The left section is led by Qian Zong Li Changsheng, who leads the original rangers on the left and right. The two hundred fine cavalry of the two sentries, Qian Zongsu Su Huohu on the right, led the two hundred Mongolian cavalry of him and Mo Rigen.
Mo Rigen was sent by Zhang Cheng to lead the 300 Mongolian cavalry recruited by Su Yiyang and Diao Dacheng during this period. His troops were temporarily assigned to Zhang Guangda's command to supplement the reduction in the strength of his ranger department. Loss.
The current commander of the cavalry camp, Zhang Guangda, has 300 Mongolian cavalry, 100 wandering cavalry, 300 heavy cavalry, 500 light cavalry, and 500 transport troops, totaling more than 1,700 men and horses.
Zhang Cheng also promised him that he could select suitable sergeants from each battalion except the Central Army and Tiger Guard to be incorporated into the cavalry camp. The quota for the lower reaches of the cavalry camp would be 500 for cavalry, 500 for heavy cavalry, and 1,000 for light cavalry. So many names.
At the same time, Zhang Cheng also made a series of adjustments to other battalions under his command in preparation for going to Liaodong soon to relieve the siege of Jinzhou.
First of all, the Chinese army no longer has another general, but is directly led by Zhang Cheng. There are temporarily two divisions on the left and right, namely Qian Zong Du Youwei on the left and Qian Zong He Kuan on the right.
Wei Zhice is still the commander-in-chief of the chariot camp. At the same time, he is also Zhang Cheng's old camp manager, that is, the general manager of the army's money, food, and military resources. The chariot camp has three chariot divisions: left, middle, and right, and two chariot divisions, left and right. There are two chariot divisions in total. There were three hundred chariots, one hundred and twenty chariots, and nearly six thousand soldiers.
Before Zhang Cheng went to Henan Province to aid and suppress the intruders, he ordered Wu Zhizhong to continue recruiting new soldiers on the East Road and give priority to fully staffing the car camp in order to prepare for today's battle in Liaodong.
The Dushi Infantry Battalion was also fully equipped with Yunzhou Type 2 flintlock guns, and the eliminated Yunzhou Type 1 matchlocks were used by Li Jiyu's Dengfeng Battalion. Although they were slightly behind the Yunzhou Type 2, In the eyes of Li Jiyu and others, it is already an excellent firearm.
The main general of the Dushi Infantry Camp is still Chen Zheng, with the left Qianzong Commander Tian Mingyu, and the right Qianzong Commander Zhou Zhouping. At the same time, the left commander of Song Shanquan of the original Yongning Infantry Camp was transferred to the middle section, and Song Shanquan was still the Qianzong Commander. In total, the battalion has a full complement of 3,103 officers and soldiers.
Zhang Guodong's Chicheng Infantry Battalion has also been adjusted. The left commander is Liu Changliang, the middle commander is Chen Dakuan, and the right commander is Huang Daguang. Like Dushi Camp, the entire battalion has a total of 3,103 officers and soldiers. .
Gu Li originally belonged to Jin Yong's unit under the Chicheng Camp. Due to his repeated battles to suppress bandits, he was promoted to the post of garrison of Chicheng. He led his troops to Chicheng to look after Zhang Cheng's home and hospital.
The former Red Castle garrison Gao Jingong also performed extremely well during the period when Zhang Cheng led the army into battle. He had no concern for the military and never asked about it. He even handed over all his servants to Chen Zheng to fight. He was scattered into the Dushi Bu Camp, and Su Yiyang's secret hall never discovered anything untoward about him.
Seeing that he was so successful, Zhang Cheng helped him repay his military training in the area and promoted him to the rank of commander of the Kaiping Guards. He was responsible for managing the reclamation affairs in Chicheng Castle, succeeding Yan Qingrong.
Zhang Cheng has reported to the Chief of Wandu to transfer Yan Qingrong to the Yongning Guard as the commander. He will take his place on the East Road and take charge of all military affairs of the Yongning Guard. He will use him to check and suppress Yongning garrison Tong Shouxin and command fellow commander Liang Cixin and others.
At the same time, he also transferred Kaiping Guard Commander Jin Xinpeng to Chicheng Castle to take charge of various affairs of Kaiping Guard. Liu Zhi, the governor, and Cao Jinwang, the manager, were also transferred to Chicheng Castle to assist him.
After such operations, the army that will fight with Zhang Cheng in the future has been basically determined, namely, 600 Tiger Guards, 2,000 Chinese troops, 6,000 additional chariot battalions, nearly 2,000 cavalry battalions, Dushi Camp and Chicheng. Each camp has more than 3,000 soldiers, and the total army is nearly 17,000.
What Zhang Cheng declared to the outside world was that in addition to leaving the necessary garrison troops and horses, he would have 10,000 troops from the East and North Road camps and garrison troops in Xuanzhen, and the extra chariot camps would be auxiliary soldiers who would accompany the army in battle. .
The reason why he almost tried his best in this battle to aid Liaodong was mainly because he had a certain fear in his heart about this battle. He was afraid that if he was not careful, he would suffer a huge defeat and lose all his previous achievements. Destroyed, even ruined.
It is precisely because of such scruples that he had to risk all his wealth in this battle. As the saying goes, the army must take risks in order to find a safe strategy.
In this case, he did not ignore the matter of staying behind in Xuanzhen. The previous operations were to ensure that the North Road and East Road could be safely in his hands.
Although Jin Yong had been one of Jin Xinpeng's men before, according to Zhang Cheng's observation, he was still worthy of trust, so he was specially arranged to stay in Chicheng garrison and Jin Xinpeng was transferred to support him and steer the ship.
What's more, on the North Road, there is the power of Antang monitoring everything. Even if anyone has second thoughts, they can be easily cut off in time. Today's North Road is no longer what it was when Zhang Cheng first came, and the power of Antang has almost been mastered. They located key locations on the entire North Road, and even placed secret spies in the homes of Jin Xinpeng and others.
Wu Zhizhong will continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Yongning Battalion and stay on the East Road. The Yongning Battalion has two divisions, Qian General Qian Mushi on the left and Lei Kejun, Qian General on the right.
Although many of these two troops were soldiers from the original East Route camp, Zhang Cheng had already ordered Wu Zhizhong to mix sand into them during drills, not to mention that there were more than a thousand young and strong new troops from Dengfeng who came with Li Jiyu mixed in. Among them, Wu Zhizhong now has almost complete control over this force.
Yongning garrison Tong Shouxin still had 629 officers and soldiers under his command. He had expressed his intention to surrender to Zhang Cheng before, so Zhang Cheng did not take away his military power and did not reorganize his command.
Under this arrangement, Zhang Cheng believed that even if his aid in the war in Liaodong was unfavorable, as long as he could return to the North Road alive, he would still have a chance to make a comeback and regain his power!
