"Shaanxi restructuring!"
After Chongzhen finished writing, he put down the pen and let out a long breath.
I secretly complained about the inaction of the emperors of the past dynasties. One Shaanxi controlled Shaanxi and Gansu for later generations, as well as Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, and Ningxia.
A Shaanxi province has seven governors including Hedong, Hexi, Shaanxi, Yansui, Gansu, Ningxia, and Yunyang, but the governors of the three sides cannot control the last four governors, which is very painful.
The Ming Dynasty had a total of twenty-three governors, one third of which was occupied by Shaanxi Province, which is even more speechless.
There were thirty-three general military divisions throughout the Ming Dynasty, but there were nine in Shaanxi. What an exaggeration.
Will it be possible to split Shaanxi into two provinces, Shaanxi and Ningxia?
Complaints are complaints, but he doesn't know how to change them.
This is not a simple issue of territorial division, but also involves the strategic adjustment of border towns, the setting of official positions, and so on.
"That's all, let's talk about this after we go back and have a fight with Jiannu!"
After Chongzhen finished talking to himself, he folded the paper and put it into his sleeve. A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. This is the truth.
Three days passed by in a flash. After listening to the results of Zhu Tongmeng's report, Chongzhen felt relieved. After giving a few instructions, Luan Jia went straight to Taiyuan Town (where he was stationed in Pianguan).
"The Grand Governor Qin Liangyu and the Commander-in-Chief of Taiyuan Town Xie Zhiliang are here to see Your Majesty!"
As soon as Luan Jia arrived at Pianguan, Qin Liangyu, who was also the temporary governor of Xuanda, took Xie Zhiliang, the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan Town, and the generals stationed in Pianguan to wait outside Pianguan City.
"Everyone is safe!"
Chongzhen held up his right hand in vain. After everyone got up, Chongzhen took the lead and walked towards the city.
After inspecting several nearby fortresses, Chongzhen was quite satisfied. Xie Zhiliang, the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan, was worthy of being a disciple trained by a famous general.
The situation is much better than that in Yansui. Although the weapons and camps are a bit old, the spirit of the sergeants is still there. At least he was the best one he had seen among the border towns and military guards.
"Your Majesty, Taiyuan had a total of 53,000 people, but now there are only more than 35,000. I have no choice but to do this.
Since the first year of Tianqi, the imperial court has been in arrears of pay every year. In order to maintain its combat power, I can only reduce the number of people as much as possible by removing the old, weak, sick and disabled to prevent desertions, rebellions and mutinies.
But I can guarantee that the combat power of these 35,000 people is definitely much stronger than that of the Guards Army, at least they dare to fight! "
Looking at the kneeling Xie Zhiliang, Chongzhen glanced at Qin Liangyu, and Qin Liangyu nodded slightly.
Regarding the situation in Taiyuan Town, Qin Liangyu wrote to him about the results of the investigation after he concurrently served as the governor of Xuanda. After mutually confirming the results of the investigation by Jin Yiwei, Xie Zhiliang was considered competent.
It is not easy to maintain this situation despite not being able to pay for many years, but we have also made some small moves.
For example, in Shuiquanying City, Hushi under the jurisdiction of Pianguan Pass, a city entry fee was paid, which was the same as Wang Chengyin, the former commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu.
However, those from Xuanfu fell into the hands of the general soldiers and the gentry and wealthy merchants, while those from Shuiquan Yingcheng went to Taiyuan Town to subsidize military pay.
Otherwise, he could withdraw Xie Zhiliang based on this alone.
"Since you said you dare to fight, let's have a fight!"
"It just so happens that Marquis Zhongzhen's two thousand white-armed soldiers are also here. You can go and mobilize two soldiers from Qianhu Station for a small martial arts performance."
As soon as Chongzhen said these words, all the generals in the hall were stunned. The span of topics before and after was really too big.
"What? Don't you dare?"
"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions!"
After Xie Zhiliang finished speaking, Chongzhen looked at the generals standing in the lobby.
The generals felt very complicated. They both hoped to be selected and hoped not to be selected.
If you perform well in the selection, you will be remembered by the emperor and you will have one more chance in the future. But if the results of the military exercise are ugly, it will be over.
After a moment, Chongzhen pointed to two of them: "Just the two of you. I remember that one of you is a camp officer and the other is a garrison. Both of you are leading troops. You two will each draw a thousand men and give you two moments." Time to prepare!"
"I will prepare immediately!"
The two left, and Qin Liangyu also followed.
Another quarter of an hour later, Chongzhen led Yuan Keli and others to the school ground. In the martial arts field at this moment, all the sergeants stationed in the side passes who could come were here, and they were very curious about the next martial arts performance.
The two thousand sergeants of Taiyuan Town and Qin Liangyu's white-pole soldiers were tens of feet apart, and they both looked at each other with "murderous intent".
From the looks of it, the generals on both sides personally went off to do some morale boosting.
This kind of face-to-face fight with only two thousand people is not so particular.
There was no time lag for a cavalry charge, no fire suppression by archers and musketeers, and no terrain to ambush and take them by surprise.
Adapting measures to the times and local conditions is nonsense. This kind of head-on confrontation requires morale and ruthlessness.
Boom...boom...boom...
The war drums sounded, and the formations of the two armies quickly changed. The white-pole soldiers quickly transformed into an attacking cone formation.
Taiyuan Town, on the other hand, was transformed into a square formation that could be attacked or defended. They must also know the terrifying nature of the white-pole soldiers' attack.
"The Taiyuan Army is over!"
Looking at this scene, Yuan Keli shook his head directly.
On the other hand, Taiyuan Commander-in-Chief Xie Zhiliang also turned pale and shouted angrily: "Stupid!"
Chongzhen was very curious about the judgment of the two men. He glanced at the martial arts scholars behind him and said calmly: "Yuan Aiqing, tell them!"
"Your Majesty, the sergeants of the White Guards grew up in the high mountains and rivers at the junction of Sichuan, Chongqing and Chu. The living environment is poor. In order to survive, they naturally developed a good body and a brave heart.
There was a local rule: if one person fights a tiger, twenty people will help him. Those who indulge the tiger will be punished severely, and those who hunt other animals will be punished severely. If they can capture it, they will be rewarded twice as much... If they chase the enemy and cross the cliff, they must be captured.
The military discipline of the white pole soldiers is even worse than this, and the continuous sitting method is popular. Whenever they are in battle, they will be as fierce as a mad tiger.
In this situation, if Taiyuan Town has 10,000 people, it can be defended. But now that the number of people is the same, we can only attack. With a crazy attack, how many can be killed?
Because no matter how fast you run, you can't outrun the white pole soldiers. They are mountain troops.
But now we have a formation that can both attack and defend, and we are ready to consume the offensive energy of the white-pole soldiers in defense. But are the white-pole soldiers so easily consumed?
The two men who led the troops had good and stable ideas, but their calculations were wrong. "
After listening to Yuan Keli's analysis, Commander-in-Chief Xie Zhiliang's already livid face became even more ugly.
The two armies quickly collided with each other, and shouts of "kill" were heard everywhere.
The best offensive formation of the white pole soldiers is the tower spear battle formation. When advancing, the spears are like a forest and the aggression is like fire. When retreating, it is like an ancient well with no ripples and orderly order, leaving no opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of.
It is a battle formation that uses offense instead of defense and battle instead of defense.
But in this kind of martial arts performance, the white-poled soldiers could not use their iron-hook and white-poled spears, so they had to change to a cone formation.
Even if they are unable to display their specialty battle formations, the white-pole soldiers are, after all, strong soldiers who have withstood the test and baptism of war.
Even though Taiyuan Town was defendable in a square formation, under the fierce attack of the white pole soldiers, the defensive formation was broken in a moment.
The result was predictable. The white-armed soldiers "annihilated" the Taiyuan town army with 10% of their "casualties".
"Your Majesty, minister..."
