Yi Song

Chapter 279 How the Zhenwu Department fights

Liu Guozhang moved to another felt bag, where Liu Kungang, Liu Tiaoyang, Liu Shanqing and three others were sitting here, immersed in handling matters.

Seeing Liu Guozhang coming in, they all stood up and shouted together: "Jie Shuai."

Liu Kungang, Liu Tiaoyang, and Liu Shanqing were originally named Zhenwu Kungang, Zhenwu Tiaoyang, and Zhenwu Shanqing. They were all brothers of Zhenwuhuan. It's just that I used to be a partial writer and was responsible for handling tribal affairs.

Now it has formed a liaison office with the Zhenwu Department, and actually leads other ethnic groups and Han scholars in the Northeast to handle the affairs of Zhizhiyuan, Xingjunfu and Fanzhisi.

"Everyone sit down!"

Liu Guozhang waved his hand, motioning for everyone to sit down, and then sat down on the main seat.

"Send an order to Zhuxie and tell him to go to the 6,000th household on the left wing of Liqiwei. Send the order to the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th thousand households on the left wing of Liqiwei, and the 3rd thousand households on the right wing. , four or five thousand households, and the third, fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh thousand households on the left wing of Kun Banner Guards."

Liu Guozhang called out the names of twenty-nine thousand households in one breath, involving the two flag guards of Li and Kun in the south, and the Dui flag guard in the west.

"One of the two will be drawn and immediately gathered at the 6th, 7th, and 8th thousand households on the left wing of Liqiwei. They will be led by Zhu Xie. The staff, vanguard, and logistics are configured as follows."

Qianhu took out the seals of "God Bless Zhenwu" and "Zhenwu Marching Mansion" to confirm the authenticity of the document seals in front of everyone.

Liu Tiaoyang and his assistants sent the corresponding troop deployment documents and tiger charms to each herald. After receiving the documents and tiger charms, they signed in the corresponding places on the form.

Then use the inscription at the bottom of the combined tiger talisman to apply sealing oil, and stamp the tiger talisman seal on the two troop deployment documents.

Qianhu checked the herald's Banzhisi waistband first to confirm his identity, and then brought him to the camp. In front of the deputy Qianhu, Baihu and the judge officers, the herald read out the troop transfer document.

"The goal of the operation is to capture Datong Prefecture and defeat the Khitan support and counterattack from the east. Start the operation immediately after gathering. There is no need to report. After completing the task, report immediately."

After receiving the news, Qianhu quickly led his men to greet him.

Telling you combat missions and goals, and sometimes deadlines, and then arranging the troops, generals and supplies, and then how to complete the mission requires you to fully exert your independent initiative.

Liu Tiaoyang, who was in charge of the marching palace, and his assistants quickly drafted the troop deployment documents and found the military symbols corresponding to each thousand households.

They rode on the fast horses prepared in the camp, each with four Banzhiwei cavalry, and ran quickly to their target, Qianhu Station.

Qianhu signed both troop transfer documents and stamped his Qianhu seal, indicating that he had received the documents and would resolutely implement them.

Liu Guozhang gave his subordinates full autonomy.

For a cavalry unit that has strong mobility and is good at encircling and attacking, if you restrict it too tightly, the generals below will not be able to lead the troops in battle.

This kind of military talisman is made of copper, in the shape of a crouching tiger, and divided into two parts from the middle. There is one piece for each thousand households, with numbers and words marking the thousand households on the left and right sides.

Liu Guozhang knew his generals by heart and kept naming them.

At this time, the herald took out the tiger talisman on the left, and Qianhu took out the tiger talisman on the right, and put them together, making a perfect fit.

There is still one more process to go through.

Liu Guozhang read the troop deployment document in triplicate and stamped it with the seal of "God bless Zhenwu". Liu Tiaoyang and his assistant stamped the seal of "Zhenwu Marching House".

After running for three hours, a herald ran to the nearest residence of the 1000th household on the left wing of Liqiwei.

Dozens of Fanzhiwei heralds had been waiting outside early.

He stuffed the documents and the tiger charm into the leather bag and hid it, then carried it in his arms, and the herald left one by one.

The marching mansion has a yang petal on the left, and each thousand households has a yin petal on the right.

After the order was conveyed here, the herald took the tiger talisman on the left and one of the troop deployment documents, and hurried back with his men to deliver the order.

Taking the "legitimate" military order issued by Akdalai Khan, Qianhu began to convey the order to mobilize troops to the hundreds of households. One of the two was drawn, and each hundred households drew their own troops.

There is a time limit for the deployment of troops. Hundreds of households must gather their troops before a certain time, and thousands of households must gather before a certain time. Qianhu or deputy Qianhu led the soldiers and horses of the camp to the location specified in the troop deployment document, and it must be before a certain time.

Once there is delay and the time is exceeded, it is a violation of military orders and the punishment is extremely severe.

So after a military order, thousands of households were so busy that their horses neighed, but they were busy and orderly. Soon, each of the cavalrymen, wearing leather armor, carrying sabers, bows and arrows, and carrying luggage, said goodbye to their relatives, took their blessings, got on their horses, joined their companions from the neighbors, and ran towards the hundred households.

When the cavalry team of a hundred households is gathered, the hundred households or deputy hundred households will automatically become the team leader, and then according to their abilities and merits, the team deputy, pioneer officer, military judge, quartermaster and various sentry officers will be appointed.

When a cavalry team of Qianhu is gathered at Qianhu, Qianhu or deputy Qianhu automatically becomes the commander of the battalion. Then, according to ability and merit, deputy commanders and other battalion officers are appointed from Baihu and deputy Qianhu.

Then the cavalry battalion set off to the position specified in the troop deployment document. If they arrive before the time limit, Qianhu needs officers from the General Military Department to sign and stamp their troop deployment documents.

When Liu Guozhang and his party crossed the Yin Mountain and just sighted the Yellow River in Dongsheng Prefecture, they received an urgent report that Liu Zhuxie and Dazhongbao, with six thousand cavalry in front, had crossed the Yin Mountain and launched a tentative attack on Datong Prefecture, pulling them out one by one. Peripheral forces.

Bruhel waited for the 10,000 main cavalry to gather at the same place, and expected to set off in four days to meet up with Liu Zhuxie's troops.

Yu Wenxuanzhong, Murong Yewang, Changsun Mo, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others were all shocked.

"Jie Shuai, in less than six days, half of the people from more than twenty thousand households scattered over thousands of miles have gathered. In ten days, they can all gather and go to war immediately. This is too fast, it is really difficult to believe."

Yue Fei sighed.

Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Liu Qi and others were also amazed.

The trip to the Mobei Grassland made them realize a new world, and they clearly understood why Commander Jie was so fond of cavalry combat.

It's really too strong.

The powerful maneuverability allows tens of thousands of troops to circle thousands of miles, from the front to the enemy's back, and then launch a fatal blow.

The Battle of Pingxia was like this.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can be divided into several groups to outflank each other, and then suddenly gather together to ambush the enemy from all sides.

You can also use the time difference and space interval to give full play to the speed of the cavalry, form a local superior force, and eat up the enemy piece by piece.

Seeing it with their own eyes and experiencing it with their own eyes, they all felt that it was an eye-opener. Before they could recover from the shock, they saw another magical scene.

It only took a few days for the Mobei Cavalry to go from issuing orders to gathering troops and then going into battle, which was too fast.

According to the moral character of the Song army, a war involving tens of thousands of people should not be started without more than three months of preparation and deployment.

For three months, the Mobei Zhenwu tribe carried the spoils of war and went home to reunite with their wives and children.

Liu Guozhang nodded with satisfaction, "I will take you to Mobei to see the world with your own eyes, just to open your eyes and break out of your constraints."

The young generals were discussing fiercely. Yu Wenxuanzhong, Murong Yewang, Changsun Mo and Liu Guozhang were on the other side, discussing other things.

"This Akdarai Khan often goes on expeditions, so how can we maintain operations on the Mobei grassland? Isn't he worried?" King Murong Ye knew about the relationship between Liu Guozhang and Zhen Wuhuan, and vaguely raised his concerns.

Yu Wenxuanzhong and Changsun Mo both guessed the truth and looked at Liu Guozhang nervously.

"This is the benefit of the enfeoffment system. On weekdays, thousands of households, hundreds of households, tens of thousands of households, as well as officials, all do their own thing and maintain the daily operations of each department. Without external force, no problems will arise. "

"So confident?" King Murong Ye asked still worriedly.

Liu Guozhang stayed in the Song Dynasty all year round, and how to control hundreds of thousands of tribesmen in Mobei was indeed a big problem. He had to worry.

Of course there is confidence.

Temujin, who had copied everything by himself and then cut off the source, unified the grasslands and established the Mongolian state. He often led large armies on expeditions, sometimes for several years, and still had nothing to do.

The system he has formulated now not only absorbs his experience, but also absorbs the experience of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in dealing with the frontiers and the best students in Mobei in previous dynasties.

These descendants of the Wanyan tribe learned from the experiences and lessons of previous dynasties and established a very good system.

"You just have to wait and see." Liu Guozhang said calmly.

(End of this chapter)