After Cai Xide was killed by Yan Zhuang and his military power was divided between Cui Qianyou, Neng Yuanhao and others, Dugu Wensu quickly sent the news to Henan Mansion through secret channels.
Wang Can immediately reported to Zhao Ziliang after receiving the news.
"Okay, once Cai Xide dies, An Qingxu will basically have no chance.
Cui Qianyou, Neng Yuanhao and others are not good at commanding troops, and the army's combat effectiveness is not high.
It will be easy to destroy them," Zhao Ziliang said with a smile.
"By the way, what's the news from the north in the past few months?"
Wang Can said: "Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, Zhang Shouyu, Gao Xiuyan and others took turns to attack.
Shi Siming was tired of dealing with it.
He lost his troops and suffered heavy losses in terms of troops, food, grass, baggage and ordnance.
However, this man is more capable than An Lushan."
Compared with the boiling public dissatisfaction on An Qingxu's territory, Shi Siming ran Hebei very well.
The reputation of the place is very good.
When our Tang army entered Hebei, they did not get the support of the people, so it was not easy to gain a foothold.
After Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi repeatedly invaded Hebei, Shi Siming defeated them by getting the support of the local people.
After returning, it was said that many local people in Hebei took the initiative to build a shrine for Shi Siming, burn incense and kneel down every day."
Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "It seems that Shi Siming is a tough nut to crack."
Zhao Ziliang speculated that the reason why Shi Siming was able to gain the support of the people in Hebei was probably related to Shi Siming's attack on the local wealthy families, wealthy people, and big businessmen.
By confiscating the properties of these upper-class people in Hebei society who occupied most of the resources, their land, Livestock and other communities Social resources should be equally distributed to the common people.
This time, we have come to gain the support of the people of Hebei.
This idea of distributing land to local tyrants is too advanced in this era.
Although huge political resources can be obtained in a certain period, it But it destroyed the entire Hebei economy.
While the two were talking, Huangfu Xian, who was in charge of the general affairs department, a subordinate department of the Marshal's Mansion, came in and reported with clasped fists: "Commander, the imperial court has sent over the appointment list of the last batch of generals.
These people have arrived and are currently temporarily placed.
The appointment lists of the several batches of generals before and after the military camp outside the city only have appointments for generals of fifth rank and above.
The imperial court means that the appointment of generals below fifth rank should be appointed by the Marshal's Office."
Du Fu said from the side: "It seems that the emperor and the court still left room for the marshal and the marshal's palace.
This also shows the emperor and the court's trust in the marshal."
Huangfu Xian said: "General, there are more than 300 generals appointed by the imperial court in the successive batches.
They are all living in the military camp.
Although they came with official appointment documents, they have not yet taken office.
According to regulations, they must be marshals.
After meeting them and giving them a lecture, they can officially take office.
This group of people have arrived several months early.
They are rushing to see the marshal every day because they want to rush to take office."
Zhao Ziliang said to Du Fu: "Take a look in the next few days, adjust my schedule, and arrange for half a day for me to meet with those generals."
Du Fu agreed: "I'll make arrangements right now."
In addition to the 110,000 troops of the Beiting Army, Zhao Ziliang now has 400,000 troops who can be directly commanded and mobilized.
This does not include the troops of Li Guangbi, Guo Ziyi, Zhang Shouyu, Gao Xiuyan, Lai Yi, King Wu Li Zhuan and other military governors. , in order to reduce the pressure on food, fodder, baggage and ordnance, and at the same time It also reduced the time required for reorganization and training.
Zhao Ziliang also allocated 200,000 soldiers from the 400,000 soldiers to various military governors, which not only reduced his own burden, but also provided relief to other military governors who lacked soldiers.
The envoys replenished their troops and gained the gratitude of these envoys.
Zhao Ziliang asked Huangfu Xian again: "Have all the 200,000 soldiers planned to be sent to various military governors been sent out?"
Huangfu Xian clasped his fists and said: "Yes, the commander-in-chief sent them all away three days ago, and the various military governors sent people to pick them up.
After the handover, we will ignore them.
In addition, the 20 generals sent away by the commander-in-chief Among the 20,000 people, 20,000 with the strongest individual combat capability were selected to stay, and 20,000 with the strongest individual soldiers were selected from the remaining 200,000.
A total of 40,000 were selected as reserves for our Beiting Army.
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Once the Beiting Army headquarters suffers losses, it can be replenished immediately."
Zhao Ziliang did not blame Huangfu Xian for being good at making opinions, but affirmed his approach: "Okay, you did a good job on this matter."
Huangfu Xian was not a direct descendant of the Beiting Army.
He was the son of Huangfu Weiming.
He was appointed by Zhao Ziliang and came to Luoyang to serve in the Soldier Training Department of the Marshal's Mansion for only half a year.
However, it was during this period that he completely transformed himself.
As a member of the Beiting Army, he acted for the sake of the Beiting Army in everything he did, and Zhao Ziliang truly accepted him.
Wang Wei, who was in charge of the general affairs of the Marshal's Mansion, walked in and said with cupped hands: "Marshal, the imperial court sent someone to ask, it has been more than half a year since our army fully recovered the land in Henan at the end of March and early April.
Is it possible to cross the river to attack the north?"
His official rank is not high, but his tone seems to urge us to cross the river and go to the north."
Zhao Ziliang immediately summoned a group of staff to discuss the matter.
Once he explained the situation urged by the court, the staff expressed their opinions one after another.
Cen Shen first said: "Since these 200,000 horses have already been reorganized and trained, from the following official's point of view, we currently have sufficient food and grass supplies, and we have built enough battlefields on the edge of the Yellow River.
We also have Wang Nanran and Wang Sili from Huaizhou.
With the cooperation of all our troops, we can cross the river to the north at any time and eliminate the Anqingxu rebels."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Let's call these 200,000 troops the Henan Army.
After all, most of the soldiers are natives of Henan.
At the same time, in order to distinguish them from the Beiting Army and other imperial armies, we call them the Henan Army." " Wang Zhen cupped his hands and said: "Commander, I think it is best to delay for another month and send troops to the Northern Expedition in mid-October or late October.
After all, these more than 300 generals appointed by the imperial court have not officially taken office yet, and they need to be given a It’s time to get familiar with the troops under your command after taking office.”
Zhao Ziliang looked at Gao Shang and asked, "Mr.
Gao, what do you think?"
Gao Shang cupped his hands and said: "Commander, now we have more than 300,000 people, and we have been training and reorganizing for most of the year.
We have consumed a lot of food, grass and baggage, but we have never started another war.
It is reasonable for the imperial court to send people to urge us. , but no matter how anxious the court is, our Marshal's Office cannot act in a hurry and must do something We are fully prepared.
The people in the court are not the ones fighting.
If we lose, it has nothing to do with them.
Of course they will not care what happens to us.
If we lose, the emperor's fault will not fall on them but on them.
It will fall on us, so I think Master Wang Zhen’s suggestion is quite reasonable."
Zheng San asked with some worry: "In this case, will the emperor and the court think that the commander-in-chief has the suspicion of supporting his own troops?"
Gao Shang shook his head and said: "Probably not.
The emperor did not directly issue an order or send an envoy from the inner palace, but sent a small official to inquire.
This also shows that the emperor has no intention of asking the general to send troops to the Northern Expedition immediately.
This is just a reminder.
One month is not long, and mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops for an expedition is no small matter.
If the general writes a letter stating that the Northern Expedition will be launched in one month, doesn't the court and the emperor not allow it, and must send troops immediately?"
Zhao Ziliang felt that Gao Shang's words were quite reasonable, and Xuanzong was not an ignorant person.
He still understood this point, so he said: "Okay, let's do it like this.
Mr.
Du will write a letter to the emperor on my behalf and send troops to the Northern Expedition in a month."
Order all military commanders to come to the Marshal's Mansion in three days to discuss the matter of sending troops to the Northern Expedition."
"promise" The next day, under the arrangements of Du Fu and Huangfu Xian, more than 300 generals sent by the imperial court came to the Marshal's Mansion to meet Zhao Ziliang.
The lobby of the Marshal's Mansion was not too big to accommodate so many people, so they could only be arranged to gather in the front yard.
Erzhu, the general on duty at the Marshal's Mansion, would organize them into a team and let them gather in the front yard like ordinary soldiers.
They formed a neat square formation, waiting for Zhao Ziliang's reception.
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The name Erzhu sounds very strange.
Erzhu is the surname and Erzhu is the given name.
This person is a Mobei barbarian.
He practiced martial arts since he was a child and is quite brave.
He fought bravely in the Beiting Army and made many military exploits. , his current official title is General Zuowei, a marshal.
The first deputy general of the Guards.
In the history of the Tang Dynasty in another time and space, Erzhu was appointed as the governor of Beiting Camp more than ten years after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion.
After his death, he was succeeded by Guo Ziyi's nephew Guo Xin.
Beiting Xingyingjiedushi post.
"All of you, please stand upright for me, raise your head, hold your chest out, put your feet together, clamp your arms, and let your hands naturally hang down on the outside of your thighs.
You are all generals appointed by the imperial court.
You are the only ones carrying my shoes.
I am all the same."
Don't sit and stand like a general, and don't look like a general when you are so slouchy."
Erzhu's loud scolding made the more than 300 generals sent by the imperial court to take office with hatred, but they had no choice but to obey obediently.
Although these people had the official appointment documents from the imperial military department in hand, But the specific duties were assigned by the Marshal's Office.
The Marshal's Office could let them serve as the commander-in-chief of the first army, as the captain of the first battalion, or as auxiliary casualties, so these people had to swallow their anger.
Zhao Ziliang came over with some of the main officials and generals under the Marshal's Mansion.
Seeing this, Erzhu ran over and stood at attention, saluting: "Commander, all 327 generals appointed by the Ministry of War have been assembled.
Please, please The commander's words" In fact, Zhao Ziliang also serves as the Minister of the Ministry of War, but he is on the front line, so the affairs of the Ministry of War are presided over by the left and right ministers.
He is just in name.
These people who appear on the big list are all arranged by the left and right ministers of the Ministry of War.
There is no With his consent, in fact, the emperor still had to make the final decision on the list of appointed generals
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