Chapter 773 Jingzhou Military Strategy

Chapter 773 Jingzhou Military Strategy

Although things have become weird and the style of painting has begun to be bizarre, we still have to face things that need to be faced.

The next day, Miaoyin's mood calmed down slightly and she began to pack her luggage, especially the gifts she was going to take back to Guanzhong to visit relatives and friends, which required careful consideration and preparation.

This lady was a little regretful because she couldn't return to Guanzhong to visit her relatives and friends a few years ago, but she didn't want to have another chance in the new year. She was just in a bad mood and couldn't be happy at all.

However, her father's letter also vaguely pointed out that this matter was not just a simple recognition of a relative, but also closely related to her husband's situation in the country, so she could only hold back her displeasure and seriously Prepare gifts for returning to visit family.

As for Li Tai, there were even more things to be busy with. Early the next morning, he convened the officials in the mansion to formally introduce Chang Sun Jian to everyone, and announced the news that Chang Sun Jian had replaced Cui Qian as the chief historian.

Before Li Tai, Changsun Jian had served as the governor of Jingzhou for many years, so he had many acquaintances in the general manager's office.

However, when everyone heard the news, they were somewhat surprised, including those who knew Chang Sun Jian. They all looked at Li Tai directly, trying to figure out whether this was normal. Whether there is another mystery in the personnel appointment, this will determine their attitude towards Changsun Jian in the future.

"The eldest grandson, Changshi, is a distinguished scholar in the country. He also presided over the military and political affairs of Jingzhou for many years in the past year. I don't think I need to introduce him. Now that I have returned to my old town, the personnel will not be too unfamiliar."

Li Tai glanced at Changsun Jian, who was leaning slightly and standing sideways, and then said seriously to everyone: "It's just that the current situation in the General Manager's Office is more complicated than in previous years in Jingzhen. You and other people should also try their best to help Changsun Chang." Shi is familiar with affairs and can do his best."

Although Changsun Jian has maintained a relatively humble attitude since his arrival, it cannot change the fact that he was sent here without authorization by the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office. Naturally, Li Tai would not directly confide in him. He signaled to all the Cao soldiers to seize their respective powers and give full play to their subjective initiative. Changsun Jian was temporarily not allowed to have access to some decision-making matters.

Before Changsun Jian arrived, Li Tai felt something was wrong because Cui Qian had not returned for a long time, and he sorted out the government affairs of the general manager's office and handed them over to the department. Now that he was about to lead his army back to the court, this arrangement came in handy. .

After hearing the words, everyone nodded in agreement. Changsun Jian also said with a sincere face: "Compared with the prosperity of everything in the General Manager's office today, the old facts of the humble position are too shameful to mention. The general is rich in ingenuity and good at creating things, and every place he sits in is known as the ruler. . I may have entered a humble position early, but compared with those who have been under the general's command for a long time and are diligent in receiving enlightenment, I am just a latecomer. I hope you will not alienate me because of your birth, so that I can see the wise and think of others, and become a great leader. General, take care of your work!"

Changsun Jian's attitude was still modest and polite, and he did not look down on the people in the hall because of his more seniority. Everyone responded politely.

Since the military and political affairs of the Jingzhou General Manager's Office are integrated into one body, it can be called a small hegemony in terms of personnel structure. However, it is not like the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office where everything revolves around military arrangements, and the development must be more balanced.

When Cui Qian served as chief historian, in addition to being responsible for specific government operations, he was also responsible for some policy decisions. In particular, for many things, Li Tai first invested some human resources to get things started, and then he did not have enough time to manage them. Cui Qian often needed to take over and continue to promote the development of the affairs. After reaching a certain scale and progress, he would then formulate a set of administrative management of the charter.

However, Li Tai and Chang Sun Jian naturally did not have such a tacit understanding at the moment, so he just sorted out the government affairs that would be run by the General Manager's Office in order of priority, and then handed these matters over to Chang Sun Jian for coordination and execution.

Changsun Jian was also a feudal official before, and later joined the Bafu as a long history. Naturally, he was no stranger to these administrative tasks. After Li Tai handed over the matter to him, he got to know it a little, and began to arrange it skillfully. Occasionally Some omissions were simply caused by an insufficient understanding of specific matters. They were promptly supplemented after being reminded by the staff on the side. There were no errors in the process.

Li Tai stayed in the hall all morning and felt relieved when he saw that Changsun Jian was becoming more and more proficient in handling affairs.

Because he himself has a comprehensive plan for the development of the General Manager's Mansion, Chang Shi is just a great steward in government affairs to him, and he does not need Chang Shi to provide him with too many groundbreaking suggestions and decisions, so the General Manager's Mansion is Shi's role has always been reflected in the execution of his decisions, so he is not worried about what will happen to him once he leaves.

Over the years since he came to Guanzhong, the improvement of his position is only the most superficial manifestation. The personnel network and resources connected under this have become more abundant. With the support of these personnel resources, he can do everything with ease in this position. .

If he could be replaced casually, then this so-called Jingzhou general manager would not seem to be much different from some grassroots positions. When sweeping the streets, you have to know your way around them. If just a random person can do it effectively, then he deserves to be damned.

It is difficult for others to compare. At least Chang Sun Jian, who has stayed in Jingzhou for many years and was still serving as governor of Jingzhou during the same period of history, was completely crushed by Li Tai today.

Compared with the step-by-step approach in government affairs, the military needs to be more cautious. Although Yu Wentai has shown enough goodwill and even gave Yu Wenhu as a hostage, Li Tai cannot be completely defenseless.

The post-Three Kingdoms is an era where monsters are rampant. The frequent occurrence of various small-probability incidents has made the cost of trust between people extremely high. The political review of a cook must be stricter than that of the three princes. It is even more difficult to enter the palace without wearing a helmet. It's courting death.

And even if you don't consider whether Yu Wentai will attack him, the Yuchi brothers have to guard against him. This is really a grudge.

The two brothers successively served as leading generals in charge of the Forbidden Army. Yuchigang still holds this position today. The dethronement and establishment of the emperor will be held in Chang'an City. This is Li Tai's trip to someone else's home field. Of course, he must be vigilant and careful, not to mention whether he will do it or not. You will be stabbed head-on, even if you are blocked and humiliated by them, it will be quite uncomfortable.

Therefore, Li Tai also weighed everything from his personal security work to the military layout of the General Manager's Office after he left for a long time. Even if it was not foolproof, he still had to strive to have backup plans in the face of various accidents and emergencies. plan.

As for not going at all because he was worried about an accident, that was not something he considered. In this way, the fierceness and inner sorrow are undoubtedly written on the face. I talked a lot about the defeat of Shu in the past, but in the end, I didn't even dare to return to Guanzhong. If the background is revealed, then there will only be more trouble in the future. Forced beyond the bottom line.

Putting aside these small calculations, with the arrival of the new year, the situation around the jurisdiction of Jingzhou General Administration has also undergone new changes.

Since Li Tai declined Wang Sengbian's request for cooperation last year, Wang Sengbian did not wait for the Northern Qi army to come south to join forces. Instead, he launched an attack on Guo Yuanjian's headquarters in Hefei and defeated his army.

As Guo Yuanjian retreated, the several strongholds occupied by Northern Qi in Jiangbei and Huainan became isolated. They could defend the city, but they did not have enough strength to respond to each other and provide assistance. This also eased the severe Jiang defense situation in Nanliang after the recovery of Jiankang, and Chen Baxian of Jingkou became more bold and active in his activities in Jiangbei.

The improvement of the situation downstream will undoubtedly give Jiangling more confidence. According to Xiao Laoqi's usual behavior, it is very possible to restart the border provocation. In particular, Lu Fahe, the governor of Yingzhou in Nanliang, who had sent envoys to Jingzhou to ask for Xiakou and other ports before, is expected to take further actions.

As for Northern Qi, if they want to reverse the current unfavorable situation in Huainan, they will naturally have to send more troops from their country to the south.

However, since Yiyang in the upper reaches of the Huai River was occupied by the Western Wei Dynasty, it was difficult for the Northern Qi Dynasty to fully launch its military operations in Huainan, and it was necessary to guard against this fallback variable. In order to avoid suffering from this constraint, it is also possible to attack Yiyang first and capture Yiyang.

Although Huainan and Jiangbei haven't figured it out yet and rashly started the war with the Western Wei Dynasty, is Gao Yang a reasonable person?

Therefore, the border defense situation in Jingzhou is still quite severe at the moment. Before the arrival of Yu Wenhu and others, Li Tai arranged for people to gather in Xinye to inspect the border. On the one hand, he was observing the variables from the outside, and on the other hand, he was strengthening the border defense arrangement.

Now we know what the variables are, but the border pressure has not changed. It happened that Li Tai was about to lead his army back to the court, so he took this opportunity to transfer the main force out of Mianbei and distribute it around.

Among the current military arrangements around the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion, the ones farthest from the Mianbei base camp are naturally those of He Ruodun and Li Qianzhe of Bashu. Together with the rear division led by Yu Wenshan, more than 10,000 troops have been dispatched.

Although these troops are far away from Mianbei, they can restrict or provide support to Xiakou and Hanzhong. They are also a very important troop in Li Tai's layout.

Hanzhong also had more than 3,000 troops led by Guo Yan who assisted Cui You in Nanzheng, and 3,000 boat divisions led by Yu Wenqiu and Li Xian of Shannan, as well as Xi Gu and Li Quji of Xingzhou, who supervised ship building and conducted troop training. . Of course, the tens of thousands of prisoners of war previously exchanged for food from the Jiangling armies also had a certain degree of combat effectiveness, but relatively speaking, Li Tai needed their shipbuilding skills more.

In Wuning, south of Xiangyang, when Li Tai threatened Jiangling, he sent Liang Shiyan to station three thousand fine cavalry, but they have not yet taken them back. On the east bank of the Han River is Yingzhou Shicheng where Li Yunxin is stationed. This is also the center of trade between Mianbei and Jiangling.

Continuing down the Han River, we arrived at a series of Jiangbei ferry crossings such as Xia Shou and Xiakou, where Zhu Meng, Linghu Yanbao, Xu Wensheng and other armies were stationed at the crossings. There were many armored soldiers at the ferry crossings, but there were a serious shortage of boats for patrolling the river and water warfare. Therefore, they basically only moved along the river and could not go deep into the river.

Originally, Anzhou Anlu further north from Xiakou and the nearby Yiyang Three Passes were the southeastern border of Jingzhou Governor's Mansion. However, before the Jinxi Lu Xida brothers and some other Jiangbei powerful men came to seek annexation, so Li Tai then sent Li Tun to lead his troops to station in Qichang County and continue to push the actual control area of ​​​​the General Manager's Office eastward.

However, the garrison in Anzhou was not withdrawn. Wang Jie served as the commander-in-chief of Anlu City Defense, and he joined forces with Suilu local tycoon Ma's father and son and other tribes to station in Suilu. As for the three passes of Yiyang, Quan Jingxuan is still in charge as the backup for Yiyang.

The defenders of Yiyang are Zhao Gang and Dou Yi, and Liu Fanggui leads a fleet of boats to be stationed on the upper reaches of the Huai River to strengthen the influence and deterrence of Shouyang and other places in the east.

To the east of Miobei, Fangcheng, which borders Northern Qi and Henan, was still led by Shi Jing. Sanya Road to the north and Xiangcheng to the east were guarded by Guo Yan.

Today, in the General Manager's Office in Jingzhou, there are more than 60,000 troops directly under the control of the General Manager's Office. This number also includes the generals' respective departments.

In fact, this number could have been even higher. Not to mention the number of people and horses in Jingzhou, the number of prisoners obtained through various channels in the several north-south battles alone was often tens of thousands. The number of young men obtained after several wars was also very impressive. of.

But quantity never equals quality, and the cost pressure of raising an army is too great, so Li Tai has been making the best choices. Those who were laid off either became households or became craftsmen.

Including the generals, they were also allowed to streamline their troops while maintaining their combat effectiveness. They no longer had three to five thousand troops at every turn, but remained at a thousand or even less. Although the number was reduced, their combat effectiveness was still very impressive.

Among the more than 60,000 troops, excluding the generals' respective tribes and the state, county and township soldiers, there are only 15,000 people who truly belong to the category of government soldiers, and specifically only 12,000 people in the town. Because the government soldiers need to obey the dispatch of the Chinese and Foreign Governments, Jingzhou sends 3,000 to 5,000 government soldiers to guard the river every quarter.

In addition to these soldiers who can be counted in the register, there are also many powerful tribes and barbarian armed forces. The total number of these various groups is as many as 40,000 to 50,000. On weekdays, they each stay on their own side, but once the General Administration issues a military order, they will fight together.

These attached peripheral armed forces are also an important force in Jingzhou's border defense. Otherwise, the more than 60,000 troops registered in the General Administration Office alone would not be enough to dispatch to so many surrounding places.

For example, in several directions with a large number of troops, there are 10,000 troops in Shuzhong, and more than 10,000 in Xiakou. In addition, there are thousands of troops stationed in Yiyang, which deducts nearly half. Only by absorbing those dependent forces and allowing them to participate in garrisoning the surrounding areas, can the General Administration maintain sufficient mobility and carry out garrison rotation.

Currently, there are more than 15,000 soldiers under the general manager's government who are in the rest period. They are all garrison soldiers who were replaced from various sides just a few years ago. They need to rest until early summer before they can be recruited again.

There were 20,000 troops gathered in Xinye, and Li Tai planned to dispatch 5,000 elites to follow him back to the court. The rest would be mainly used to strengthen the defense along the river. Including the boats that had been built at the shipbuilding base last year, they were also allocated to Xiakou for use to prevent trouble in Nanliang.

This time when he returned to the court, Li Tai recalled Zhang Shinu, who had been sent away to lead the army, to serve as the captain of his own soldiers. Zhang Shinu was extremely powerful and loyal. With his entourage and protection, Li Tai could feel more at ease. Liang Rui, Shuofeng and Li Ya will also follow him back to the court this time. These second-generation soldiers each have personal connections, and when they are with them, they can also get some information that cannot be obtained through other channels.

Gao Le and Mo Chenqiong, the governor of Rangcheng Fangcheng, followed Li Tai this time. Zhu Meng returned to Rangcheng to take over as the governor of Fangcheng. Liang Shiyan withdrew to garrison in Shicheng, and Li Yunxin accompanied the team to guard Wuguan.

The reason why he wanted to disperse his troops in various places instead of concentrating them in Rangcheng was that in addition to strengthening border defense, Li Tai was also planning to be prepared.

If something really happened to him when he returned to the imperial court, no one would be able to control the situation. The generals under his command might not be able to withstand the people sent by the Bafu, but they could directly surrender to foreign countries.

Just like what Wang Lin of Nanliang did just now, when we gather together we are like a ball of fire, when scattered we are like a sky full of stars. No one except General Li can control this situation!

After completing these military and political arrangements, Xinye's troops had been selected and arrived at Rangcheng, so the group left Jingzhou and headed toward Wuguan in a mighty way.

Something happened today that delayed the typing, so I will update one chapter first. . .