Zhao Ziliang walked up the stairs and looked at the more than 300 generals standing neatly in the front yard.
Seeing that these people did not respond, he asked: "Why, I am here, you don't welcome me?"
Someone reacted and took the lead, cupping his fists and bowing: "See the commander-in-chief."
Only then did the others realize that they were being rude, and they all clasped their fists and saluted: "See you, Marshal."
Zhao Ziliang did not apply the same tactics to these generals as when the Beiting Army was reorganized, because they did not understand at all, and directly said: "No courtesy."
"Some of you have been here for several months, and some of you just came two days ago.
Those who came first must be waiting impatiently.
Why didn't the Marshal's Mansion let the first comers take office?
Because the Marshal's Mansion cannot favor one person against another.
If you are asked to take office in the order of arrival, the one who comes first will The positions that people get are definitely much better, and the ones who come later can only eat the soup and the dregs.
I always look at talent first and moral character secondly when appointing generals under my command.
I originally wanted to unify you.
In the assessment, those with good grades are reused, but now the situation has changed It is not allowed.
The court is urging us urgently.
Let us cross the river and go to the north as soon as possible.
All assessment matters will be put aside for the time being.
Now we can only appoint people according to your original official titles.
However, some people have the same official title and the positions they obtain will also be Not all the same, some people will become the commander-in-chief. , some people can only become lieutenant generals who lead troops, and some people can only become auxiliary officers.
The appointment is not done casually.
The basis of reference is your resume in the past years in the army.
Regardless of your family background, please ask the Marshal's Mansion now.
General Chen Qing, chief of the Military and Political Department of the General School, read out the specific appointment list and positions."
Chen Qing stood up and opened the appointment list and began to shout: "Chang Rong, the former Youxiaowei Zuowei general, was appointed as the military envoy of the Henan Army's First Army; Ma Yuchun, the former Zuoxiaowei Youwei general, was appointed as the Henan Army's Second Army envoy; Yuan Long General Chen Xuanli was appointed as the military envoy of the Third Army of the Henan Army; Wei Boyu, the former Zuo Weilang general of the Longyou Shence Army, was appointed as the military envoy of the Fourth Army of the Henan Army, and Ma Sui, the former captain of the ninth battalion of the reorganized army, was appointed as the military envoy of the Fifth Army of the Henan Army.
So that’s all for this appointment.”
Chen Qing read out all the appointments of more than 300 generals in one breath and sent out the official official appointment documents.
It took half an hour.
After reading out, he stepped aside.
Zhao Ziliang stepped forward again and looked at the generals and said: "Now each of you has got the appointment document, but what I want to tell you is, don't think that everything will be fine once you get the official appointment document.
During this Northern Expedition, for those who have performed I can deal with bad people at any time I don't care what you did in the army before, but when you get here, you have to abide by my rules.
I don't care how tough your background is, as long as you violate military laws and disciplines and disobey me. military order, I will never look at who's face and give you a lenient sentence, if If you can't stand it, you can get out.
What I want here are tough guys who are not afraid of hardship, death, and can fight.
I won't accept incompetent people.
If you want to gain qualifications and make money here, it is absolutely impossible.
Being here with me is like sailing against the current.
If you don't advance, you will retreat.
There will be a big competition at certain intervals. , soldiers compete in battle skills, generals compete in military command and force combat, the capable are superior and the weak are inferior, it’s that simple.
With me, your family background will not play any role, everyone will pay attention to you.
Things, I will only look at your personal abilities, do you understand?"
The generals agreed sparsely: "I understand."
Zhao Ziliang didn't care about these people.
These people were not his direct descendants, and he didn't bother to care too much.
As long as they obeyed the military orders and took him seriously as a marshal, he didn't care about them.
However, military discipline in the army, etc.
He still has to manage some matters.
Only through strict management can the army maintain its combat effectiveness and win the war.
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Two days later, all the main generals of the Beiting Army and some of the main generals of the Henan Army who had just taken office rushed to the Marshal's Mansion to attend the Northern Expedition military meeting.
The lobby of the small Marshal's Mansion was full of people, and everyone stood in a queue according to their military rank.
Those with higher military ranks stood in the front and middle, and those with lower military ranks stood at the back and outside.
The curtain on the wall behind the main seat where Zhao Ziliang was sitting was opened, revealing a huge battle map.
Zhao Ziliang sat in the main seat and looked at the generals and said: "In this Northern Expedition, I decided to divide the army into two parts.
The first step is the vanguard army, which consists of the Beiting Army's front army, center army, left army, right army and Half of the Henan Army was composed of the remaining Beiting Army.
The rear army, Youyi army, cavalry army, heavy cavalry army, escort army, the remaining Henan army, Huainan Laigui tribe, and Wu Wang Li Zhuan tribe all gathered on the south bank of the Yellow River along the line between Xingyang, Bianzhou and Heze to contain the rebels of Cui Qianyou and Li Huaixian.
Centaur”.
"First, the vanguard army crossed the river at Mengjin Ferry and advanced towards Huaizhong.
After joining forces with Wang Nanran and Wang Sili in Huaizhou, they quickly advanced eastward and penetrated directly into the border of Shandong, cutting off the connection between Cui Qianyou and Li Huaixian and Xiangzhou An Qingxu.
Main garrison force Then forcefully cross the Yellow River and go north to attack Cui Qianyou and Li Huaixian with the vanguard army.
After destroying these two groups of rebels, we will join forces and advance northward to completely eliminate An Qingxu.
No matter whether An Qingxu escapes to Hebei or is killed by us, Either dead or alive, our army will We still have to continue heading north, but winter is not suitable for large-scale operations.
After taking Xiangzhou, it is estimated that we will have to wait until the beginning of next year to continue heading north.
This is the general main battle strategy.
At the same time, I will also order Li Guangbi of Hedong to lead the Hedong Army and Guo Ziyi led the Shuofang Army, Zhang Shouyu from Mobei led the Mobei Army, and Gao Xiuyan from Yunzhong led the Datong Army to move closer to Hebei to contain Shi Siming's troops and prevent him from leading his army south to support An Qingxu.
Do you have any ideas?
Let's discuss it together.
One or two" The generals then expressed their own views and opinions, and together they discussed the general combat strategy in detail and improved every detail.
After nearly two hours of discussion, the plan was finally completed.
Zhao Ziliang said again: "Okay, the detailed battle plan has been released.
I will now announce the troop allocation and the affiliation of the generals at all levels in this battle.
The first and third armies of the Henan Army and the front army of the Beiting Army will join forces.
The second and fourth armies of the Henan Army and the Central Army of the Beiting Army joined together, and the combat command was led by Li Siye is the main one; the Fifth Army of Henan Army and the left army of Beiting Army join together, with Bai Xiaode as the leader; the Sixth Army of Henan Army joins the right army of Beiting Army, with Li Sheng as the leader.
You are a dead end.
People and horses each have their own combat missions.
As I said just now, I hope you remember that you must cooperate with each other, exchange information, assist each other in defense, and coordinate for progress.
Do you understand?"
Those who were named stood up one after another, clasping their fists and shouting: "I will obey my orders."
Zhao Ziliang then said to the remaining people: "The remaining people are not named, take your troops with me to contain the rebels on the south bank of the Yellow River along the line between Xingyang, Bianzhou and Heze, and prepare to cross the river at any time.
The specific combat deployment, Everyone has their own tasks.
I have already mentioned them just now, so I won’t repeat them.
You will start preparing immediately after you go back.”
"promise" Zhao Ziliang also sent people to call Lai Yi and Li Zhuan who were on the front line in Heze and Bianzhou to discuss the matter of sending troops to the Northern Expedition.
In the next month, Zhao Ziliang was busy preparing for the Northern Expedition.
He urged Chang'an to transport the next batch of grain, grass and ordnance.
He also urged the military pay department and ordered all ministries to arrive at the scheduled location in advance to prepare for crossing the river.
To the north of the Yellow River, there are two troops of Wang Nanlan and Wang Sili in Huaizhou.
Although the territory they occupy is not large, there is a river bank that can be used by Henan's Tang army to cross the river.
Zhao Ziliang decided to take the lead of the Beiting army and let Henan The Beiting Army's powerful offensive capabilities set an example for the Hebei Army, and it also made a good start.
On October 15th of the 18th year of Tianbao, Zhao Ziliang ordered the Beiting Army's Front Army, the Center Army, the Left Army, the Right Army, and the Hebei Army's Front Sixth Army to cross the river and go northward into Huaizhou to join forces with tens of thousands of troops from Wang Nanlan and Wang Sili.
At the same time, he personally went to the front line of Bianzhou to command the troops and contain the rebel troops across the river.
Faced with the large-scale invasion of the Tang army, An Qingxu's Yan government and people were in panic.
An Qingxu summoned the ministers of civil and military affairs to urgently discuss countermeasures.
An Qingxu, who was sitting on the throne, asked the ministers in fear: "My lords, now that the Tang army is attacking in large numbers, how should we respond?"
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Yan Zhuang stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, our army is now weak.
Not only is it at a disadvantage in terms of strength, but the morale of the officers and soldiers is not very high.
The minister believes that we should make peace with Shi Siming and sent an envoy to ask him to send troops for reinforcements.
Just like last time” Dugu Wensu stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Yan, last time we asked Shi Siming to send troops for reinforcements, your Majesty only offered to give up the throne as a condition for Shi Siming to send troops.
However, we came back afterwards and had a bad fight with Shi Siming.
San, if we use this method to deceive Shi Siming now, will he still be fooled?"
Yan Zhuang said to An Qingxu: "Your Majesty, I think we need to make two-pronged preparations.
On the one hand, we should send someone to contact Shi Siming and make him aware of the interests.
If Xiangzhou is not protected, the Tang army will definitely be able to march north from here into Hebei.
Then How could he block the Tang army from all directions when he was single and weak?
Fang's siege will be defeated sooner or later.
Only the two of us unite to defeat the invading Tang army; on the other hand, we must also actively prepare for war and send more troops to Cui Qianyou, allowing Li Huaixian to cooperate with Cui Qianyou to block it first Tang Jun's attack, then find a way to counterattack."
An Qingxu asked other ministers: "What do you think of the strategy presented by Prime Minister Yan?"
Other ministers could not think of any good solution, and Yan Zhuang was too powerful in the court, so these people did not dare to offend him, so they all said that Yan Zhuang's solution was the best solution for the curtain wall.
An Qingxu then sent someone to contact Shi Siming, and at the same time sent more troops to Cui Qianyou
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