Chapter 1049: Conferring the Title of Duke (Next Chapter)
Liang State governed Suiyang, and the governor was Zhang Yi. Zhang Zan and Zhang Yi left Chang'an together and returned to Guandong. After arriving in Luoyang, they joined Huangfu Chaobo under the persuasion of Tian Feng. Now the two were promoted to governors of a county at the same time. The county chancellor was Wang Zifa, and the commander was Yin Li, the general of Taishan. Liang State's war camp was also a newly built camp, named Xingwu Camp. The chief general was Huangfu Jianshou and the deputy general was Zhou Cang. Like Zang Ba's Pei State Guangwu Camp, Xingwu Camp was also a small camp of two schools of infantry.
The chief officers of these newly occupied counties and states were generally promoted from the original counties. The county chancellor was promoted to governor, the deputy general of the war camp was promoted to chief general, and the county commander was promoted to the deputy general of the war camp. In this way, some official positions in the original counties and war camps would be vacant. Huangfu Chaobo had to take out all the talents in his pocket and reluctantly arranged all the positions.
Therefore, all the surrendered generals in the Tang army and all the brothers of officers who have just come of age have been assigned positions. For example, Tian Feng's sons Tian Zhi and Tian Zheng were appointed as Yingchuan County Magistrate and Chen State Chief Clerk respectively, and Lu Zhi's second son Lu Ling was appointed as Lujiang County Magistrate, while the county commander was Huangfu Ren, the eldest son of Huangfu Jianshou.
Not only these people, but also Dian Man, Zao Ping, Huangfu Yi, who had just come of age, and Zang Ba's two sons Zang Shun and Zang Ai, were all prepared to be brought to Longhua to hone their skills.
After arranging the personnel of each county, the next most important thing was the arrangement of the battle camp. Although Xu Rong's Qianniu Army was defeated and retreated from Qingzhou, its skeleton was still there, so Huangfu Chaobo still divided the battle camp into five armies, namely the Guards, Shenwu Army, Longxiang Army, Huben Army and Qianniu Army. However, some adjustments were made to the troops and garrisons of each army. The most important thing was the establishment of two new battalions of soldiers, Xingwu Camp and Guangwu Camp. In addition, some adjustments were also made to several battalions of soldiers.
First of all, the Guards. After this battle, all the generals under Huangfu Chaobo had fully witnessed the strength of the Juezi Army, so Huangfu Chaobo decided to expand the Juezi Army into three schools and 15,000 troops, and handed them over to the three brothers Dugu Xiong to lead them. When it was time to go to war, they would be sent to different armies.
Next was the Shenwu Army, with Huang Zhong as the main general and Dong Zhao as the military advisor. It had five battalions of soldiers, including the Shenwu Camp stationed in Runan County, the Jianwu Camp of Chen State, the Xuanwu Camp of Lujiang, the Fenwu Camp of Yingchuan County, and the Zhenwu Camp of Qiao County, mainly responsible for the five counties of Yuzhou. Among them, except for Huang Zhong's Shenwu Camp, which was a large camp of seven schools with six infantry and one cavalry, and Wang Ran's Jianwu Camp, which was a small camp of three infantry schools, the other four camps were all standard battalions of five schools with four infantry and one cavalry.
They are Xuanwu Camp of Kong Xin in Lujiang, with the deputy general being Wu Anguo, the former commander of Beihai State; Zhenwu Camp of Huangfu Li in Qiao County, with the deputy general being Guan Hai; and Fenwu Camp of Wang Ran in Yingchuan, with the deputy general being Guo Da.
Below them is the Longxiang Army of Zhao Yun stationed in the three counties of Hebei, and he still commands the three battalions of soldiers of Longxiang Camp of Wei County, Baotao Camp of Henei County and Yingyang Camp of Hedong County. However, considering that Wei County is adjacent to Yuan Shao in the east and Lu Bu in the north, Huangfu Chaobo ordered the expansion of Longxiang Camp into a seven-camp camp with six infantry and one cavalry, with the deputy generals still being Zuoxiao and Lu Zhong, with Zuoxiao guarding Handan and Lu Zhong guarding Wei County.
There are two reasons why Huangfu Chaobo dared to expand the Longxiang Army to seven schools of soldiers. One is that the location of Wei County is too important and cannot be lost. The second is that Han Fu had moved people to Wei County several times before he surrendered. Therefore, although there are only twelve cities in Wei County now, the population has reached nearly 1.5 million, second only to the largest county, Runan. You must know that Runan has 37 cities, which is three times that of Wei County.
There is no problem with such a large population supporting seven schools of soldiers. In fact, for Runan, Huangfu Chaobo did not have enough talents available, otherwise he would definitely divide Runan into three, with only ten cities in each county, which is the most appropriate. Even the names Huangfu Chaobo has already determined, namely Runan, Ruyin and Geyang. It’s just that I don’t know when this idea can be realized.
Next is the Huben Army. Because the original commander of the Xiongying, Wang Ran, and the deputy commander, Li Li, were transferred to Yuzhou,
Huangfu Chaobo appointed Shegan as the commander of the Xiongquying and Pei Yuanshao as the deputy commander. However, the population of Hongnong was too small, so the troops of the Xiongquying were adjusted to two infantry and one cavalry, a total of three schools of troops.
Shegan personally led one infantry and one cavalry plus 10,000 guards to garrison Qin Hangu Pass to defend the Xiliang Army in Guanzhong, while Pei Yuanshao led a school of infantry to garrison Hongnong County City and defend the county city together with the captain Xu Gui. Although Hongnong has a small number of troops, fortunately, the terrain is complex, with only one road connecting the east and the west. In addition, it is close to Luoyang, where heavy troops are stationed. Once something happens, Luoyang reinforcements can arrive in a few days, so Huangfu Chaobo reduced its troops.
As for Huang Wudie's Huben Army and Zhang He's Hubu Army, there was no adjustment this time, and it was still implemented as before.
The last army is Xu Rong's Qianniu Army. Because the Qianniu Army was withdrawn from Qingzhou, this army has changed the most. The chief general is still Xu Rong, and the military advisor is still Lou Gui. It has four battalions of combat troops under its jurisdiction: Qianniu Camp, Canglang Camp, Guangwu Camp, and Xingwu Camp.
Among them, the Qianniu Camp is Xu Rong's chief general, and the deputy general is still Mu Shun. The station is in Jiyin. However, because the population of Jiyin city is smaller than that of Beihai, the Qianniu Camp has become a four-battalion organization of three steps and one cavalry.
The Canglang Camp is still Meng Gang and Liu Yi, stationed in Shanyang, but now Shanyang has only six cities, so the organization of the Canglang Camp has become a small camp of two steps and one cavalry.
As for the two newly established camps, they are Guangwu Camp of Pei State, with Zang Ba as the main general and Geng Wu as the deputy general, which is a small camp of two schools of infantry. And Xingwu Camp of Liang State, with Huangfu Jianshou as the main general and Zhou Cang as the deputy general, which is also a small camp of two schools of infantry.
In the Longhua area far outside the Great Wall, Huangfu Chaobo has not yet finalized how to adjust the arrangements. He plans to wait until the affairs of the Central Plains are arranged properly before rushing to Longhua in person. First, it is for the matter of Longhua being upgraded to a county, and second, he is vaguely worried about the fate of Gongsun Zan.
The Battle of Jieqiao has already occurred, and Gongsun Zan is still like history. The army was defeated and the elite were lost. Then what about the Battle of Longcou and the Battle of Jumashui? It seems that it is estimated that it cannot be avoided.
In this way, Gongsun Zan's defeat is inevitable, so he must prepare for Youzhou as early as possible, otherwise the arrangements for more than ten years in Longhua will be completely in vain. Another point is that once Yuan Shao's army completely controls Youzhou, Huangfu Chaobo's source of war horses will be cut off, and Yuan Shao's army's war horses will continue to increase. Once this happens, subsequent battles will become more difficult for Huangfu Chaobo.