nanming man

Chapter 379
Taking advantage of the end of the training of the new army in September, Gao Yihuan carried out a major reorganization of Wei Wu's troops in order to better command and mobilize the [-] troops.

Before that, the Wei Wu army had only ten battalions, and the largest formation was a battalion of more than 10 soldiers. Now it has become [-] horses, that is, [-] battalions.

With so many battalions, it was difficult for Gao Yihuan to command directly.

This time, Wei Wujun set up the front, back, left, and middle five armies, of which the front, back, left, and right four armies each had about two battalions, plus a personal guard division, with a total of about 7000 people, and the fourth army had a total of more than [-] people.

Although the chief general of the Chinese army is Zhao Daxian, the troops are actually led by Gao Yihuan himself, and the scale is much larger. There are six battalions of soldiers, plus an artillery team and a scout, and there are more than 2 people.

The strength of the central army was almost equal to the combined forces of the front, rear, left, and right four armies, which ensured Gao Yihuan's absolute control over Wei Wu's army.

In this way, the original ten old battalion soldiers, plus the new attached battalion that had participated in the Battle of Ruzhou, were all reorganized into the five armies, with a total of more than [-] horsemen and horses.

These 5 elite soldiers are considered Gao Yihuan's Central Forbidden Army, and the newly trained [-] troops will be sent to local areas to undertake local defense tasks.

At that time, [-] new troops will be stationed in various places to undertake the main defense. The front, rear, left, and right four armies will station in the prefecture and provincial capitals to coordinate a defense area.

In September, Wei Wujun began a large-scale reorganization, the army was mobilized, and the rearmament was completed.

Among them, Runing Prefecture, including Luyi and other places, had more than 7000 new soldiers in the garrison, and Jin Shenghuan led another [-] left troops to garrison the prefecture and coordinate defense.

Wu Shizhao led a rear army of 7000 people, including more than [-] new soldiers, stationed in Nanyang.

Wang Deren led the right army with 3000 soldiers, including [-] new soldiers, to garrison Yunyang Mansion; Wang Guangtai led the right army with [-] soldiers, including [-] new soldiers, to garrison Chengtian Mansion.

The rest of the troops, in addition to Xiangyang sent a garrison, about [-] people, temporarily gathered in Jingzhou, and began a large-scale siege drill to prepare for the attack on Yiling Prefecture.

After more than a month of busy work, the reorganization and garrison of Wei Wujun is basically completed, but this is not the final formation of Wei Wujun, and it will definitely be changed according to needs in the future.

In October 1645, Huguang was ripe. Not to mention the land of fish and rice in Huguang, but also the southern Henan area. Thanks to the planting of sweet potatoes and corn, a lot of grain was also harvested.

After harvesting the autumn grain, in addition to the grain needed by the army for a year, there is still 30 shi left in the treasury.

In the area under Gao Yihuan's current control, apart from the Yunyang prefecture, Gao Yihuan has to pay for it. The three prefectures of Runing, Nanyang, and Xiangyang have long been able to achieve food self-sufficiency, and they can still have some surplus.

The grain output of Xinde Chengtian Mansion and Jingzhou Mansion completely filled Gao Yihuan's grain bank, and he became a rich man in an instant.

In general, after Gao Yihuan went south to Huguang, the food problem that plagued him has been greatly alleviated.

In terms of military pay, thanks to the deal with Li Zicheng, after Gao Yihuan distributed rewards to the soldiers, there were still 200 million taels of silver in the treasury.

With this money, as long as there is no war, Gao Yihuan will not have to worry about military pay for at least a year.

At this time, the autumn harvest is over, Gao Yihuan needs money and food, and the morale of the army is high.

Although it is impossible to fight a big battle, it is not a problem to move.

Wei Wujun thought it was time to attack Yiling Prefecture, otherwise he would have no chance to attack Yiling after the battle in Guanzhong was over.

In the deal with Li Zicheng, Gao Yihuan had a very good understanding of the war in Guanzhong.

The battle in Guanzhong started in July and has been going on and off for four months now until October.

This war can be said to be a situation that has never occurred since the Qing army entered the customs.

For Li Zicheng, the Shun army, who ran away when things went wrong, had never fought such a big battle. They fought repeatedly with the Qing army for more than 80 days in just one city in Yan'an.

This time the attack on Guanzhong, Dorgon almost poured the power of the country. If it dragged on, the Qing army's vigor would become exhausted, and it would be impossible to attack Guanzhong again.

For Li Zicheng, Guanzhong is already his last foundation. If Guanzhong is lost, he will become a bereaved dog again.

With Gao Yihuan providing food and firearms, Li Zicheng finally got tough, and he persisted for four months.

At this time, in order to solve the threat from the west before the end of the Guanzhong war, Gao Yihuan led an army of [-] to Yiling Prefecture in a mighty manner, preparing to deal with Sun Kewang and block the way out of Sichuan for the Western Army.

In this way, Gao Yihuan only needs to defend Yiling to reduce the garrison in Jingzhou and use the main force to deal with the Qing army.

At this time, a group of cavalry guarding one person rushed from the official road to the Wei army camp near Yiling.

Not long after, the cavalry came outside the camp, got off their horses, and went straight to the tent of the Chinese army, only to see Gao Yihuan standing outside the tent in a brocade robe.

When he saw someone coming, he immediately smiled and said: "Brother Zhou, if you need anything, you can just send someone over, why bother to come here by yourself?"

Gao Yihuan saw that Zhou Ronghua's family property was confiscated and all the original smuggling channels were cut off, so he thought he was worthless, and his attitude was a little cold.However, after trading with Li Zicheng, Gao Yihuan earned a large amount of silver from it, and then realized his value again, and naturally became enthusiastic again.

Facing the God of Wealth, Gao Yihuan changed his face quite quickly.

But Zhou Ronghua hesitated, "Marshal Gao, the situation in Guanzhong is tense, I have to come here in person."

Seeing this, Gao Yihuan frowned, and his expression became serious, "Come on, let's talk inside!"

The two entered the big tent and sat down. Gao Yihuan didn't exchange pleasantries, and went straight to the point, "Brother Zhou, what's going on in Guanzhong!"

Zhou Ronghua sighed, "Marshal Gao, at the beginning of September, the situation had stabilized and the Qing army temporarily stopped attacking, but now the Qing army has made a comeback, and they also created a thunderstorm, and Yan'an has fallen. The Qing army is facing each other in Fuping, and I am entrusted by His Majesty to hope that Commander Gao can increase the supply of firearms."

"Yan'an is lost!" Gao Yihuan was startled, and his expression immediately became serious.

At this time, he frowned, thought for a while, got up and picked up the pen, and said while writing: "Brother Zhou, I'll write you a note, you can go to Runing to bring a thousand thunderbolts back to Guanzhong. , this commander will let the troops from Nanyang and Runing attack northward to harass the northern part of Henan, restrain the Qing army in Henan, and give you some help. After taking down Yiling Prefecture, this commander will also go north immediately to put pressure on the Tartars, but the army To set off, you need money, go back and ask your emperor to see how much he can give you!"

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