Chapter 1350 Zhang Yan's Thoughts
Tens of thousands of cavalry stopped a mile south of the city, and then Zhao Yun led a group of generals out of the crowd and came towards the city gate. Seeing this, Zhang Yan also led a group of subordinate generals to greet them.
When the two waves of men and horses were dozens of steps apart, they stopped their horses almost at the same time, and then turned over and dismounted. After Zhang Yan dismounted, he walked a few steps, stood in front of Zhao Yun, bowed and said: "The last general Zhang Yan." I’ve seen General Pingbei and General Wuwei!”
Zhao Yun and Dian Wei also stopped and bowed in return: "General Zhang is so polite!"
Zhang Yan raised his head and looked at the generals behind Zhao Yun. However, what surprised him was that his son Zhang Fang was also there, and he was with several young generals. However, the current situation did not allow him to do more. consider.
Zhang Yan said with a smile: "The Wei thieves are really determined to attack and the general will be defeated miserably. I have been in panic all day long. Now that the general has arrived with his army, the general has finally felt a lot more at ease."
"General Zhang is overly worried. The king has also made it clear that the Wei army's surprise attack was not the fault of the general alone. Moreover, the general's ability to quickly return to Tumen Pass and isolate Wei and Zhao also established a No small feat." Zhao Yun responded;
"General Xie Pingbei praised me!"
After saying that, Zhang Yan introduced the generals behind him to Zhao Yun and Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun also introduced Huangfuli and others to Zhang Yan and others. Then, the group followed Zhang Yan into Shangai City.
After entering the general's palace in the city, everyone sat down. Zhao Yun did not show any courtesy and directly asked: "I wonder if the general has received the king's order?"
Hearing this, Zhang Yan quickly stood up and replied respectfully: "The general has received the royal order from the king two days ago. He has recruited 20,000 new soldiers in the past few days. Now they have basically been reorganized. Although he cannot follow the general to fight in Taiyuan, he will use it." There is no problem in guarding local city passes.”
"Well, when will the 25,000 infantry troops and the 60,000-strong army be ready for one month of food and grass?"
"Now Shangai City has prepared half a month's supply of 60,000 troops, and the rest of the food and grass still needs to be mobilized from other places. It will take five or six days at the fastest."
Zhao Yun frowned slightly when he heard this. After pondering for a moment, he finally made up his mind: "The army will carry this half month's supply of food and grass first. The general is asked to quickly mobilize the rest of the food and grass, and then keep up with the army as quickly as possible."
"Furthermore, when recruiting infantry from the five schools this time, five generals Huangfuli and Zhang Fang will each command a school of troops. Originally, the king intended General Dian Wei to command the infantry, but General Dian was bothered with chores, so he asked the king I request that he be assigned a deputy general to assist him in managing the infantry of these five schools. I have already requested the king to appoint a general from among the generals under General Pingnan to assist General Dian Wei in commanding the infantry of these five schools. Does the general have a suitable candidate?"
After listening to Zhao Yun's words, Zhang Yan suddenly fell into deep thought. When he received the order from Huangfu Chaobo to recruit infantry from the five schools, it caused a great reaction among the generals of the Black Mountain Army. Everyone felt that Huangfu Chaobo was going to take away Zhang Yan's troops. , in the end it was Zhang Yan who overcame all the opinions and advocated, and then the recruitment of infantry from the five schools was completed.
In fact, Zhang Yan had known for a long time that Huangfu Chaobo would not allow his Black Mountain Army to form its own faction. Although he was a little unhappy, the situation was stronger than others, so he decided to accept it. Now after hearing what Zhao Yun said and knowing the identities of Huangfuli and the others, he felt that if his eldest son could get along with Huangfuli and others, the Zhang family could at least guarantee that he would be the best in the next generation. Will be regarded as an outsider by the Tang army generals.
After thinking clearly about this, Zhang Yan pondered for a while and said to Zhao Yun: "I want the general to know that regarding the selection of the commander of the army, the general has an unkind request. I hope the general can fulfill it."
When Zhao Yun heard this, although he was unhappy in his heart, he did not show it on his face: "I would like to ask General Pingnan to make it clear that if it does not violate national laws and military regulations, Zhao Yun will accept everything."
When Zhang Yan heard this, she immediately understood that Zhao Yun thought she had other ideas.
He quickly said: "The general has misunderstood. What the general means is that although these brothers under the general are veterans who have been in the army for many years, they are all wild men. I want to select generals from among them to lead tens of thousands of armies. It would be okay to lead the rebel soldiers in the past, but now that our Tang army has strong soldiers, they are unable to command tens of thousands of elites. "
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"So, I mean, since the Wei thieves have no intention of advancing westward, and the defense of Tumen Pass is solid, there are currently about 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers available in the entire Black Mountain, among which those who meet the standard of combat soldiers according to the king's requirements There are about more than 10,000 soldiers, and the county soldiers are about 20,000. The remaining tens of thousands are all newly recruited soldiers. According to the general's opinion, these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can be arranged like this..."
With that said, Zhang Yan explained his thoughts carefully to Generals Zhao Yun and Dian Wei.
According to Zhang Yan's idea, Tumen Pass does not need many soldiers and horses to garrison now, so he plans to re-register the 5,000 Yellow Turban warriors, plus 5,000 new soldiers and 2,000 cavalry, under his own command and led by Bai Bo. As deputy general, he defended Tumen Pass. There were also five thousand new soldiers, led by Feiyan, who was responsible for the security of Jingxing and Leping cities.
The rest of the generals, plus Bai Rao and Yu Du who escaped into Tumen Pass two days ago, were all handed over to Zhao Yun. Since the Tang army was getting stronger and stronger, they would definitely not allow their men and soldiers to be independent in the future. So they might as well do it thoroughly and hand over all the military power to win a rich and prosperous future for themselves and their brothers.
As for the troops, Zhang Yan was not worried at all. The Black Mountain Army alone had 100,000 people under his command. Since they joined the Tang Kingdom, they were reduced to more than 50,000. More than 40,000 people were dismissed as civilians. In addition to the soldiers who escaped back in the past few days, and the soldiers and horses that Bai Rao and Yu Du escaped, there was no pressure to gather 70,000 to 80,000 troops.
Zhang Yan's arrangement was that, except for Feiyan and Bai Bo who followed him to defend the Tumen Pass and other pass cities, among the rest of the people, Zhang Baiqi Suolai liked to lead the cavalry, so he sent the rest to Zhao Yun, even if it was to lead a school of cavalry. As for the others, Qing Niu Jiao, Huang Long, Ping Han, Bai Rao and Yu Du, although they cannot command tens of thousands of soldiers, they can still be a general of the Central Army commanding 10,000 people.
The five of them, plus his son Zhang Fang and Huangfu Li, four young generals, just happen to be one person and one school of soldiers. These ten people command 50,000 infantrymen and belong to Dian Wei. Even if Dian Wei is not good at leading troops, I believe that there are five generals of the Central Army commanding five school lieutenants. If Zhao Yun needs to manage these 50,000 infantrymen, he only needs to manage these five generals. In this way, Zhao Yun should be much easier.
Chapter 1350 Zhang Yan's Thoughts
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