Chapter 884 New Military Deployment
The three directions of Tongguan, Wuguan and Hetao have all been commissioned, leaving only the ferry along the Yellow River.
These defensive tasks will definitely not use the generals in front, so all the generals in the rear are eager to try.
Not long after, Liu Zhang finally spoke again.
"General Liu Gui, Wu Lan, Wang Shi listen to the order!"
The three of them were overjoyed immediately, and hurried out of the queue.
"The end is here!"
"The three of you will lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and jointly deploy defenses at Xiayang Ferry to guard the banks of the Yellow River."
"The last general takes orders!"
Liu Gui, Wu Lan, and Wang Shi were all born in Yizhou, and they usually have very good personal relationships, so joining forces to deploy defenses will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
Each of the three had a battalion of soldiers and horses, a total of 6,000 men, enough to ensure that Pu Banjin was safe.
A total of 31,000 guards were arranged in the four directions.
Although it cannot be completely guaranteed to be foolproof, at least in the case of a surprise attack by the enemy, it can resist one or two and buy time for Chang'an to react.
Then came the moment Liu Zhang was looking forward to the most and also the most excited.
Expand the army!
Through this battle of Yongliang and Guanzhong, Liu Zhang deeply realized the danger of insufficient military strength.
In troubled times, we cannot blindly sympathize with the people and save military power.
The next expedition will not be a battle of tens of thousands or tens of thousands.
Liu Bei and Sun Quan are better off. They may have only about 100,000 soldiers, but Cao Cao is different.
Yuan Shao has shown signs of decline in Hebei, and Cao Cao seems to be attacking and training troops at the same time!
When Liu Zhang fights with Cao Cao, he may be facing hundreds of thousands of elite Cao troops!
"Everyone, this time we took down the entire Yongliang and Guanzhong, but the elite troops suffered heavy losses."
"Now that the situation of separatism among the heroes has come to an end, the next big battle will definitely be related to the ownership of the world!"
"Lonely and painfully, I decided to strengthen the military to deal with the struggle for hegemony in a few years!"
The spirits of the officials were shaken, especially the generals, all of them were gearing up.
"Follow Qin Gong's order!"
Civil and military are united, and Liu Zhang is overjoyed to express their support together.
"it is good!"
"I have decided to deploy the Eastern Army, Northern Army, Central Army, Imperial Guard Army, Navy Army, and Barbarian Army separately!"
The ministers exclaimed in their hearts, it seems that Liu Zhang is going to be serious this time, setting up six armies at a time!
"Where is the former general?"
Sure enough!
All eyes were on the number one general, former general Huang Zhong!
Huang Zhong strode out and bowed his hands.
"The minister is here!"
"Gu appoints you as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Army, to take charge of the Eastern Army for Gu!"
Huang Zhong's body shook, and he fell to his knees directly.
"The minister takes orders!"
Liu Zhang nodded slightly, looked at the queue of generals again, and began to call out his name continuously.
"General Zhang Liao, Conquering the East."
"Pingxi General Zhang Ren."
"Anling General Wei Yan."
"Show off Captain Meng Da."
The four of them came out together and stood behind Huang Zhong respectively.
Liu Zhang's meaning is self-evident.
"The four of you and your troops are merged into the Eastern Army."
The four of Zhang Liao also bowed directly to the ground just like Huang Zhong.
"The last general takes orders!"
After the generals were appointed, Liu Zhang turned his attention to the line of advisers.
"Where is Pang Tong, the general of the army?"
Pang Tong stepped forward and stood beside Huang Zhong.
"The minister is here!"
"I order you to serve as the military advisor of the Eastern Army."
"The minister takes orders!"
Looking at the six people in front of him, Liu Zhang felt relieved.
This lineup is luxurious enough!
"I ordered that the Eastern Army expand to 50,000 troops and station in Yufu to prepare for the future eastward advance!"
"The minister waits for orders!"
Sure enough!
The officials couldn't help exclaiming in their hearts.
In the Eastern Army headed by Huang Zhong, almost all the soldiers under his command were from Yizhou.
In addition, the commander-in-chief Huang Zhong and the military adviser Pang Tong are all from Jingzhou, and their intentions have already been revealed!
Then it should be...
All eyes were on one person.
Sure enough, after the six of Huang Zhong returned to the queue, Liu Zhang spoke directly.
"General Gan Ning of Pingdong, General Zhou Tai of Hengshui, General Huang Quan of Lingjiang listen to the order!"
The three of Gan Ning lined up on both sides and walked to the center at the same time.
"The end is here!"
Gan Ning was quite excited, he didn't expect to be here so soon.
Liu Zhang also had a strange feeling when he looked at the three people below.
In history, Gan Ning and Zhou Tai served as generals of the Soochow Navy, and Huang Quan even participated in the attack on Jingzhou.
It can be said that the fate of these three people is inseparable from Jingzhou.
Although history has deflected now, the fate of these three people has not changed in any way.
"Gu Jin officially worships Gan Ning as the commander of the navy, Huang Quan as the deputy commander of the navy, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin as the generals of the navy."
"From now on, based on the Yufushui army, expand the army to 50,000!"
A trace of horror flashed in Gan Ning's eyes, he did not expect the scale to more than double!
"The last general will live up to Duke Qin's high hopes!"
The three of Gan Ning fell to their knees immediately and accepted Liu Zhang's military order.
Liu Zhang's arrangements for the navy were also carefully considered.
In history, Liu Bei's appointment of Huang Quan to supervise the water army must be due to Huang Quan's extraordinary talent.
After Huang Quan returned to Cao Wei, he also received Cao Pi's attention. He served successively as General Zhennan, General Cheqi, and the third division of Yitong!
These are enough to prove that Huang Quan has enough ability to control the water army.
Coupled with Huang Quan's influence in the local gentry in Yizhou and the top gentry in Berkshire, it is bound to make the navy's development more effective.
Naturally, Gan Ning's abilities needless to say, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai are even more famous for their ability to cross the Yangtze River!
With the four of them, it is enough to train a navy that is not afraid of the Soochow Navy!
"General Gan, General Huang, the navy was established in Yufugang, and belongs to the Eastern Army in terms of ownership."
"If you have any problems with the navy, you can discuss with the former general Huang Zhong and the military adviser Zhonglang general Pang Tong."
Gan Ning and Huang Quan did not have any doubts, and immediately surrendered.
In fact, this is the result that everyone can guess.
After all, the main role of the navy is also to advance eastward to Jingzhou, and it will inevitably advance and retreat with the eastern army.
However, one of the civil servants was very excited, and that was Yang Hong who just proposed to go east to Jingzhou.
Seeing the establishment of the Eastern Army, Yang Hong felt relieved a lot.
Now that the navy has been expanded on a large scale and merged into the Eastern Army sequence, it can fully explain Liu Zhang's strategic intentions.
But what Yang Hong didn't expect was that Liu Zhang's arrangement for the Eastern Army was not over yet.
"Where is Zhu Meng?"
A man walked out of the generals, and instead of bowing his hands and obeying orders like other generals, he knelt down directly on the ground.
"I wish you to obey Duke Qin's orders!"
Kneeling is already the highest etiquette among barbarians, and it also expresses Zhu Meng's submission to Liu Zhang.
Zhu Meng took the lead and led the barbarians to charge into battle, and made great contributions to Liu Zhang.
The 30,000 barbarian army also played an extremely important role in the battle of Yongliang.
"Zhu Meng, after several battles, your barbarians have suffered heavy losses, do you have any complaints?"
(end of this chapter)