Chapter 965 A Large Wave of Prisoners of War Is Coming
Ouyang Shuo said to Jiang Shang: "The strategic position of Northern Xinjiang Province is extraordinary. The two county guard candidates should be carefully considered by the cabinet. It is necessary to select two capable people to take up the post."
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Jiang Shang knew it well, knowing that although the king appointed て砆 as the governor of Northern Xinjiang, he would not really allow him to govern the northern Xinjiang province. Naturally, he had to place two confidants in charge of the two counties.
This is the art of king's balance, how could Jiang Shang not understand it.
If Jiang Shang really didn't understand, couldn't understand the king's implication, couldn't understand the king's thoughts, and chose the wrong officials, then he couldn't stay in the cabinet, so he should resign automatically.
The establishment of the Northern Xinjiang Province required a rearrangement of the troops in the province. Ouyang Shuo looked at Du Ruhui, Minister of Military Affairs, and asked, "What is the Privy Council's opinion on the deployment of the troops in the Northern Xinjiang Province?"
Before discussing the matter, Jiang Shang, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, had already gotten along with Du Ruhui, and brought up the matter a little, in order to make Du Ruhui mentally prepared, so that he would not rush to the right moment in the imperial prelude.
This is the duty of the cabinet, even if Ouyang Shuo knew about it, he would not intervene recklessly.
Therefore, Du Ruhui already had a draft, and replied: "The meaning of the Privy Council can refer to the provinces of Morocco and Somalia, and form a separate Northern Xinjiang Corps in the Northern Xinjiang Province."
Ouyang Shuo frowned and said, "The regular corps has only 100,000 troops, but it can't defend Nuoda's northern border."
"There is no customized formation of the Corps. I suggest that the Stone Corps, the Fourth Corps of the Baotao Army, and the Coastal Fleet being formed should all be incorporated into the Northern Xinjiang Corps and reorganized into a large Corps to guard the North. Of course, the Coastal Fleet It is only placed under the command of the Northern Xinjiang Corps during wartime, and the daily training is still under the leadership of the Navy Command.”
Ouyang Shuo nodded appreciatively. Du Ruhui's military thinking coincides with the modern army's approach of "fighting in the theater and building in the military". It seems that this minister of military affairs has always worked hard on the art of war.
What Great Xia needs is Du Ruhui, a capable minister who knows how to keep learning, enriches himself, and keeps pace with the times, not those corrupt ministers who stick to tradition and hold on to the old stereotypes.
It is also true that the Great Xia is completely different from the previous dynasties. This is not only a vigorous dynasty, but also a dynasty that keeps pace with the times and is extremely confident.
From the beginning of the establishment of the territory to the current Great Xia, Ouyang Shuo has not changed his original intention.
"Hai accepts all rivers and rivers, is inclusive" has spread from the Southwest University Hall to all fields of the Great Xia Dynasty, and has become the spirit and inherent characteristics of the dynasty.
Only this characteristic can truly support this ever-expanding behemoth.
Gradually infiltrating a transcendent trait into the entire dynasty, making progress together with the dynasty, tempering himself step by step, honing his character, and breathing with the dynasty, this is the secret of Ouyang Shuo's success.
Ouyang Shuo called it the "Royal Way", a new interpretation of the old way of kingship.
Without understanding this, it is impossible to truly see the real reason for the rapid rise of the Great Xia Dynasty in the wilderness.
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"That's it." Ouyang Shuo made a final decision again, setting a specific reorganization plan, "The former Fourth Army of the Baotao Army will be reorganized into the First Army of the Northern Xinjiang Corps; the original Obstinate Stone Army will be reorganized into the Second Army of the Northern Xinjiang Corps."
"Chen Yucheng, the former commander of the Fourth Corps of the Baotao Army, was promoted to the commander of the Northern Xinjiang Corps; Zhang He, the former commander of the First Division of the Fourth Corps of the Baotao Army, was promoted to the commander of the First Corps of the Northern Xinjiang Corps; Huan Chong, commander of the Stone Corps, was transferred to be the commander of the Second Corps of the Northern Xinjiang Corps."
For the Binhai Fleet that is being formed, Ouyang Shuo also has arrangements, "Cai Mao, the former commander of the Yashan Fleet, will be promoted to the deputy admiral of the Binhai Fleet, acting as the deputy commander of the Binhai Fleet's military affairs."
Cai Mao was in charge of the formation of the Coastal Fleet, and Ouyang Shuo took advantage of the opportunity to promote the meritorious general of the Great Xia Navy. As for whether Cai Mao can be promoted to Admiral of the Navy again in the future, it remains to be seen.
Du Ruhui wrote them down one by one, and asked, "Your Majesty, what are the arrangements for the Baotao Army?"
"Cao Hong, the former head of the First Division of the Third Army of the Leopard Tao Army, has been promoted to the head of the Fourth Army of the Leopard Tao Army. The number of soldiers in the Fourth Army will be allocated uniformly after the southwest battlefield is over."
The two generals of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang He and Cao Hong, were promoted one by one this time.
Among the generals of the Three Kingdoms, there are really few top-notch generals, especially those who are good at commanding operations, but they can't hold back the large number of generals of the Three Kingdoms, which really solved the urgent need of Da Xia.
It can be predicted that the generals of the Three Kingdoms will definitely occupy a pivotal position in the Great Xia Army, and this trend will become more and more obvious as the Great Xia continues to expand its army.
Hearing the king's words about the unified allocation of troops, the expression on Du Ruhui's face was really not relaxed. Du Ruhui made a rough count. After several rounds of battles, Daxia is expected to harvest hundreds of thousands of troops at one time.
In the battle of Dongchuan County, the number of prisoners of war finally collected was about 70,000.
Shu has already taken 150,000 prisoners of war, and when Hanzhong County is settled, there may be a new batch of prisoners of war.
The northern Sichuan Province has both the territorial army attached to the Great Xia territory and the prisoners of war who attacked the rest of the territories. The exact number has not yet been calculated, but it is estimated to be around 180,000.
Then there is the Hunan province, in addition to the two field armies in Caiyun City, there is also the 110,000 army led by Li Mu, and counting the attached territorial army and prisoners of war, the total number is probably more than 300,000.
Then there is the 60,000 Qiang army, which will also be included in the Daxia army system.
All in all, I am afraid that more than 700,000 new troops will be added, which is equivalent to two group armies, which is very terrifying. Even after deducting the battle losses of various departments, the final number will be very impressive.
How to reorganize this staggering number of troops has become the most important task of the Privy Council right now.
Thinking of this, how could Du Ruhui relax.
Of course, the cabinet led by Jiang Shang is also not easy. This time, he won the three major provinces at once, not to mention a few officials, only three governors, fifteen prefects, and a larger number of prefects and county magistrates And other important officials, the total number is around one thousand.
This time alone, I am afraid that the reserve officials that Daxia has managed to store up will be exhausted.
In addition, the cabinet will also preside over the administrative divisions of the three major provinces and the assessment of officials. Which city to choose as the provincial government, which one to be the county, government, and county government, and how each government plans are all a systematic project. Coupled with the screening, assessment and reappointment of the original officials, each task was exhausted.
The current cabinet has joined forces with the four courtyards, and is busy every day, often working late into the night.
Taking down the three major provinces this time, although it would not be said to be a snake swallowing an elephant, and Daxia's talent pool already has a solid foundation, but after some expansion, Daxia had to stop and digest it. Otherwise, there will be endless troubles.
Among other things, it will take a lot of work to eliminate the dark lines of the [Yanhuang League] in the three major provinces. Needless to say in Shu, Nuo Da's Feng family has been operating in Shu for several years, and the internal relationship is intricate.
Although the Feng family has withdrawn, the influence of the Feng family is still nowhere.
Yesterday, the frontline reported that Zhang Liao's army had encountered resistance during their sweep of Badong County, either blatantly or blatantly, with various means.
Therefore, it is by no means an easy task to straighten out the land of Shu.
The Northern Sichuan Province and the Southern Shonen Province are equally difficult. The two major provinces formed city-states early on, and both [Yanhuang League] and Great Xia have launched infiltration operations for a long time.
Right now, the poisonous thorn on the surface has been pulled out, but the cancer in the dark is not so easy to remove.
Coupled with the large or small influence of the city-state and the lords, the two provinces are calm on the surface, but there are still many turbulent undercurrents hidden in the dark.
If these hidden dangers are not cut off one by one, Daxia's rule in the three major provinces will not be considered stable.
Undoubtedly, this will be an extremely large systematic project, which will not only require Shanhaiwei to work in secret, but also require the cooperation of the governor, county guard, prefect and other officials appointed by the imperial court. To benefit the people, to reassure the hearts of the people.
Only when the people's hearts are stabilized can the court truly let go of its actions.
During this period, the Daxia Dynasty will put stability first, and it is not appropriate to fight again and cause troubles again. It needs to rest peacefully for a period of time to complete internal digestion and integration.
It was based on this consideration that Ouyang Shuo did not agree with Han Xin's plan to continue attacking Danyang City.
On October 18, almost at the same time that the army from Handan City withdrew from Zhangwu County, the two field armies from Danyang City who invaded the southern province of Hunan also withdrew overnight from the southern province of Hunan and returned to their territory.
It is equivalent to saying that Lord Chunshen has already handed over the southern Hunan Province and is unwilling to set foot in it again.
Ouyang Shuo's attention was naturally drawn to Danyang City's strange behavior. Such a decisive withdrawal of troops was completely unlike Chun Shenjun's style, and there must be some reason for it.
Ouyang Shuo originally planned to take advantage of the news of Caiyun City's surrender, and secretly ordered Han Xin to lead his troops to cross Baoqing County and take Changsha County directly, and cooperate with Li Mu's army to keep Danyang City's army behind.
There are only four field armies in Danyang City, once two of them are lost, Ouyang Shuo is confident that Leopard Tao's army will continue to go north, wipe out Danyang City in one fell swoop, and then cut off an arm of [Yanhuang League].
Who would have thought that before Ouyang Shuo's plan could be carried out, the Danyang City army would withdraw first.
This had to make Ouyang Shuo suspicious.
The first thing Ouyang Shuo suspected was that Caiyun Zhinan was tipping off the news behind his back. No wonder Ouyang Shuo thought this way, the matter of Caiyun City's surrender was a secret, no matter how capable Chun Shenjun was, he shouldn't have found out so soon.
It's just that Ouyang Shuo doesn't have any convincing evidence right now, so it's not good to attack Caiyun Zhinan immediately, so as not to cause misunderstandings by other surrendered lords such as Ximen Daguanren, Guhenxiao and others.
Ouyang Shuo didn't want to get a bad reputation of "the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks".
It's just that precautions against Caiyunzhinan are indispensable. Ouyang Shuo is already planning to transfer Caiyunzhinan to an insignificant county, and then arrange for Shanhaiwei to secretly investigate the matter.
Once the truth is found out, it will be the time for Caiyun Zhinan to subdue the law, and Ouyang Shuo will never allow anyone in the dynasty to have two hearts.