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Chapter 371 Hebei Military Information

In mid-June, Shouzhou recruited troops.

With the current situation, as long as there is sufficient food and salary, Shouzhou will have a huge population siphon effect on the neighboring state capital and even the Zhou state on the south bank of the Huai River.

To put it bluntly, grassroots sergeants are not difficult to recruit, but the middle and lower-level officers who need to be filled into the new army are more precious.

In early July, Qin Dachuan, the former Wuwei barracks, was transferred to Shouzhou and promoted to commander of the 12th regiment of the third brigade.

Zhou Zongfa, the former commander of the Zhenhuai Army Camp, and Fan Guanghan, the team general, were promoted to the chief and deputy commanders of the 13th Regiment of the New Army.

Meng Xianliang and Liu Maodan served as the chief and deputy commanders of the 14th Regiment.

The military reforms in Cai and Ying states were carried out at the same time.

Yao's eldest son was promoted to Caizhou's commander-in-chief and commander of the 1st Brigade. He had jurisdiction over the 1st and 2nd Regiments, which were divided into two parts by the Huai Suppression Army. The fifteenth regiment was newly formed.

The reason why "Zhen Huai" is changed to a number is to facilitate the command of large corps in battle. After this wave of explosions, Huaibei plus Hebei Road, Tokyo Xiang Army, and Forbidden Army will need to control at least 30 or 40 armies. If they are frequently communicated in the future, The military orders still use the old names, which are prone to errors, and the command center does not have an intuitive understanding of the combat capabilities of the armies under its command.

After changing to numbers, those at the top are naturally those who started with the old foundation. There is a certain positive correlation between the size of the number and the strength of the battle.

The center can have a good idea of ​​the strength of each army.

For example, the first and second regiments under the eldest son's first brigade, the first regiment is concurrently headed by the eldest son, and the second regiment is headed by Shen Tietan and Pang Shengyi as the chief and deputy commanders. Compared with the newly formed 15th regiment that is also in the first brigade, which one is better? It’s clear who is strong and weak.

However, as the military commanders of the 1st and 2nd regiments, the eldest son and Tie Dan had some objections to changing the prestigious "Zhenhuai" to "12".

The old team of the Huaibei Army are the elites of the Luliuwei Joint Defense Team, the escapees from Bashan and Jiuzhaigou, and the Tongshan Minzhuang. Since the founding of the army, they have participated in all battles in the Huaibei Department.

Both of them felt that the numerical titles were not powerful enough. In the end, Chen Chu came up with a compromise. They awarded the honorary titles to the two regiments. Since the eldest son and Tie Dan had both served as commanders of the personal barracks, they were allowed to add the word "guard" to their prefixes. Character.

The 1st Guards Regiment and the 2nd Guards Regiment do sound a bit awesome.

In order to continue the legacy, the regiment and company under the 1st Guards Regiment were also awarded the "Little Stone Ridge Company".

The Xiaoshi Ridge in Tongshan was used as a commemoration of the founding battle of the Huaibei Army.

By the beginning of August, Huaibei's military forces were deployed as follows:

Tianlei Battalion, with Wu Tong and Lin Chengfu serving as chief and deputy battalion commanders, was upgraded to an independent artillery regiment and was directly under the Huaibei Marshal's Mansion.

The First Brigade is stationed in Caizhou and has jurisdiction over the 1st, 2nd, 5th and 15th regiments, with a total of about 11,000 people.

The Second Brigade was stationed in Yingzhou. The former Anshun Army was renamed the 11th Regiment, Xiaoxin Feihu Army was renamed the 8th Regiment, and the 14th Regiment was newly formed, under the brigade commander Guo Tao'er.

The Third Brigade is stationed in Shouzhou, under the jurisdiction of Liu Erhu's 8th Regiment, the 10th, 12th, and 13th Regiments of the New Army. The brigade commander is Yang Zhen.

There are also five new regiments of the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th regiments being trained in Shouzhou.

In addition, because the skills of sergeants cannot be mastered overnight, the navy has only expanded one regiment for the time being, with Shi Dalang as its commander.

The Ningjiang Army was renamed the 1st Marine Regiment, and Jiang Shuquan was appointed brigade commander, overseeing the 1st and 2nd Navy Regiments.

Zhou Liang's Black Flag Army, Wu Kuibao's Xiong Army, and Liu Si's Jing'an Army stationed in Tokyo were tentatively designated as the Fourth, Sixth, and Seventh Regiments, and were organized into the Fourth Brigade, with brigade commander Zhou Liang.

Peng Er's Guangjie Army and the newly formed Yongjing Army stationed on Hebei Road were tentatively designated as the 3rd and 9th regiments, and were organized into the 5th Brigade, under the brigade commander Peng Er.

Wang Yan's troops on Hebei Road were organized into the First Independent Brigade.

Yang An's Department on Shandong Road was organized into the Second Independent Brigade.

This military restructuring and expansion is not a trivial matter. However, in the past two months, Huaibei has witnessed the opening of antiquities auditions, museum openings, food fairs, industrial products expos and other eye-catching events. Under the deliberate cover-up of the local media, the military restructuring and expansion The attention was overshadowed by the carnival of scholars and businessmen.

On the eighth day of August, Chen Chu led the 1st and 5th regiments of the 1st Brigade to leave Cai Cai in a low-key manner and headed for Tokyo.

A large number of young lower-level officers were brought in to enrich the Beijing Xiang Army and the Forbidden Army led by Jiang Huaixiong and Liu Baishun.

At the same time, there is something unspeakable. Jia Rou’s first month is coming soon. Although the relationship between the two is purely playful, Chen Chu is rarely with her throughout the pregnancy. It would seem too scumbag if she is not around for the important event of giving birth. .

On August 14, Chen Chu arrived in Beijing.

It took two days for the Xiang Army and the Forbidden Army to make some changes according to Chen Chu's wishes.

On August 17th, I finally had time. I took some snacks that girls love and went to the Imperial City early in the morning.

As soon as they entered the imperial city, the news had already reached Jiarou's palace.

Now everyone around Jiarou has been changed by Chen Chu. The female official responsible for Jiarou's daily life is Ayu's former personal maid Zhuan Yun.

"Your Highness, the prince is here, freshen up quickly." Zhuan Yun knew what was going on with Jiarou's belly, so he reminded him happily.

Jia Rou, who had already gotten up from the couch, saw Zhuan Yun's slumped buttocks. For some reason, she felt unhappy and leaned on the couch again.

It’s as if I want to see him so much!

The reactions of Zhuan Yun and the attendants made Jia Rou feel rebellious.

Naturally, Jia Rou had every reason to be dissatisfied and got pregnant without knowing it. After she became pregnant, the culprit often left her alone in Tokyo for several months. Now that the goods are about to be unloaded, you came to see her.

Since that time in October last year, Jiarou has been frightened and frightened for so many days and vomited hard for so long. If she didn't come then, even if she comes now to show her courtesy, it's too late!

A woman wants to please her appearance. Jiarou feels that her body has been taken over by her, so she refuses to wash and dress him up!

Therefore, Jia Rou was a little annoyed when she heard Zhuan Yun's happy reaction after King Chu entered the palace.

Don't want to.

Chen Chu passed through the imperial city and before he entered the harem, the white-haired rat caught up with him and whispered: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation on Hebei Road."

Hebei Road?

Chen Chu couldn't help but feel his heart sink. He looked at the palace gate that was just around the corner, then at the gift carried by the chamberlain, and told Huang Doudou who was accompanying him: "Bring the gift to His Highness. If there is anything important for me to do, please go ahead." Deal with it.”

"Yes." Huang Doudou bowed and accepted the order.

Chen Chu immediately turned around and left the city, heading to the Privy Council.

Huang Doudou brings gifts to the palace

"Your Highness, the King of Chu encountered urgent matters and left the palace. The prince brought some food for your Highness to try. These are bananas from Guangnan West Road and mangoes from Qiongzhou."

Huang Doudou ordered people to place all the rare foods brought by Chen Chu on the table in front of Jiarou. Jiarou had a shy belly and a tight mouth, as if she was suppressing great anger.

Although that person is very annoying, he turns back halfway and turns back. What on earth are you going to do?

Zhuan Yun noticed that Jia Rou was angry and hurriedly stepped forward, pulled off a banana, peeled it, handed it to Jia Rou and coaxed: "Your Highness, try it quickly. This banana is fragrant, glutinous, sweet and soft, and it is delicious."

Unexpectedly, Jiarou subconsciously raised her hand and knocked the banana to the ground.

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There was silence in the dormitory.

Recently, His Highness has become more and more angry!

When Jia Rou was first raised, she didn't dare to speak loudly even to the palace maids and eunuchs. Now that she has something in her belly, she feels that she has someone to rely on. Huang Doudou muttered secretly.

Jia Rou seemed to be frightened by this. She wanted to tell Zhuan Yun that I am not angry with you but she couldn't open her mouth.

If Jia Rouruo said he wasn't taking out his anger on her, then wouldn't it be obvious that he was dissatisfied with the King of Chu?

Sitting there in silence for a moment, Jiarou couldn't hold it back and began to cry.

"Your Highness! What's going on?" Zhuan Yun has been a servant since she was a child. She was knocked off the banana by Jia Rou. She didn't feel anything wrong. On the contrary, His Highness started crying inexplicably, which surprised her.

But I heard Jiarou holding her stomach with one hand and wiping her tears with the other while sobbing: "I don't like to eat bananas!"

"If you don't like to eat, then we won't eat it." The black man in Zhuan Yun had a questioning face, and he couldn't tell where the princess was crying.

He quickly fetched water and wiped Jiarou's face, then helped the latter to go to the bed.

Jiarou was in a bad mood and sent all the recent attendants to the outer hall.

There was no one beside her, and Jiarou was lying sideways facing the wall. Her tears became more intense. She was angry and aggrieved.

Not long after, Jia Rou suddenly wiped the tears from her face on the brocade quilt, wrinkled her nose and swore fiercely: When I give birth to the child, I will not hug her even once! No, I won’t even give you a look!

Let’s talk about Hebei Road.

Last year, Huaibei grain crops were planted, and rivers and ditches were dredged in winter. When watering is needed this spring, the whole family no longer has to carry water on their shoulders to irrigate the fields.

In May of this year, there was a bumper harvest of new grains, and the yield per mu was three or four times that of previous years.

For a period of time after the new wheat was harvested, every household even steamed white flour buns.

According to Uncle Wen Enwen, the elder of Beiwan Village, even his father and grandfather have never seen the whole village eating white noodles, let alone his whole life.

However, farmers are used to being careful, and the caution of "storing more grain to prevent disasters and famines" has been engraved in their bones. Even if 30% of the tax is paid this year, the remaining grain will last until next year. However, after eating white flour for a few days, they all chose to eat it by wrapping the flour with mixed grains.

In the words of Widow Wei in the village, if you eat white flour all day long, you will become delicate. In the future, you will not be able to withstand the wind and rain, so you need to eat some grains to make your body strong.

In fact, everyone knows that good food nourishes a person. This is just a rhetoric used to coax children because they are used to being thrifty.

Haven't you seen that the three children of Zhang Wuluan's family in the village have become visibly plump and their cheeks are rosy within just a few months of eating refined grains?

However, his family currently enjoys the best life in Beiwan Village.

Zhang Wuluan was in the new Yongjing Army, now called the Fifth Brigade and the Ninth Regiment, and became the battalion commander and regimental deputy. The military salary alone was equivalent to the harvest of two or three ordinary families.

Therefore, every time he comes home from vacation, he has to nag his mother-in-law Chunni, telling her not to take it too seriously. The child is growing and must eat good food. He also said that life will get better and better in the future, but the child Growth only lasts for a few years. If you miss it, it will be too late if you want your child to grow again in the future.

Chunni, who obeyed her husband, endured the pain and changed the meals at home to three meals a day, including white flour for each meal.

Compared to a year ago, I couldn’t even imagine my current life even if I made vows in front of the Bodhisattva.

Chuni and Widow Wei could not understand difficult words such as 'production relations and productivity', so they attributed all the reasons for living a good life to the King of Chu.

In the plains north of Hebei Road, almost every village has a small earth temple to worship the earth god and pray for a good harvest.

But starting this year, many villages have built "Wangye Temple" next to the Tutu Temple, enshrining a young general wearing armor and carrying a sword.

Some villages even directly invited the earth god in the earth temple to another place, and replaced the vacated residence with the prince.

Moreover, later this year, Huaibei Commercial Representative Cai Kun built a ‘livestock trading market’ in the enclosure outside Fucheng.

In fact, there have long been various official trading sites in the Jinqi border, but the transaction volume has never been large.

There is no other reason than heavy taxes. The caravans who trafficked cattle and horses would rather take the risk of missing the ship than trade in the market.

In the trading market hosted by Cai Kun, cattle, horses, furs and other items that are in short supply throughout the country are exempt from transaction tax.

The caravans from both countries who make a living from this naturally flock to it.

What followed was a story similar to the one after the Tongshan Cross Slope Watermelon Market was built. The arrival of a large number of Northland wealthy businessmen created huge demands for employment, food and accommodation, finance, entertainment, etc.

It is no exaggeration to describe the changes in the entire Fucheng as rapid.

At the same time, as a result of last year's visit to the Jin Kingdom, Jin generals Xiao Zhongxian, Guo An, Han Chang and others sent wool, leather, cheese and other commodities as agreed every month.

In exchange for soap, spirits, frosting sugar and other goods

The popularity of Huai goods in the Jin Kingdom was far beyond imagination, while the trafficked wool, cheese and other things were not worth much in the Jin Kingdom.

There are a huge number of cattle and sheep in the North. In addition to making ropes and making yurts, an unknown amount of wool is thrown away every year.

This is especially true for cheese. Every summer, fresh milk spoils very quickly. When it is made into cheese and exchanged for money across the country, it is equivalent to adding an income out of thin air.

Xiao, Guo, and Han were able to obtain huge profits from bartering between the north and the south, and all the families under their rule could also make money for living, and everyone was happy.

However, they asked Cai Kun several times to include ironware in the trading category. Cai Kun did not ask Chen Chu for instructions and knew that this matter was impossible, so he never agreed.

In June, based on the principle of proximity, Fucheng Woolen Mill was established to produce marching blankets and woolen military uniforms for the Huaibei Army.

In the same month, the Fucheng tanning farm was established. Furs from the north will be tanned here. After the leather is mature, it will be transported to Huaibei to make military boots, quivers, waist protectors, saddles and other military supplies.

The reason for not processing the leather directly in Fucheng was to prevent the Jin Kingdom across the river from becoming wary.

In the same way, in the livestock trading market, the Huaibei clan is also using the method of moving ants to continuously purchase good horses and sell them back to Huaibei.

The establishment of farms naturally requires more labor force, and the people in Hebei suffer far more than those in Huaibei.

Not only the people from the Hebei Road of Qi Kingdom came to seek livelihood after hearing the news, but many Han people from the Jin Kingdom in Hebei Province also had a tendency to flee south, just like Huaibei to Huainan.

According to Cai Kun and Cai Si's assumptions, Fucheng only needs to develop steadily for three or four years, and it will not be a problem to replicate a small Caizhou here.

However, the political conditions on Hebei Road are far less harsh than those in Huaibei where Chen Bokang made a secret agreement.

In August, something happened in Beiwan Village.

The first night of August is one of the darkest days in January.

Beiwan Village Defense Team Wen San led several villagers from the same village to patrol the crop fields, and finally caught a grain thief!

After this year's autumn harvest, soybeans were planted on the good land in Beiwan Village, and the 'potato seedlings' provided by Huaibei were planted on the bad land. This kind of thing is somewhat like taro, but has a crisp and sweet taste. The instructing technician of the Agricultural Research Institute even recommends it. The production volume is astonishing.

Out of curiosity, the villagers were looking forward to whether the crop would be able to achieve the "three thousand kilograms of bottom" harvest mentioned by the agricultural technician.

But before the harvest comes at the end of July, thieves often steal their purple-skinned golden sweet potatoes in the crop fields.

Only then did Wen San lead a patrol. Unexpectedly, after catching the thief, the Civil Defense Team couldn't bear to punish him.

The little thief was only thirteen or fourteen years old. He was so skinny that he had a pair of abrupt and big eyes.

This young man not only dug out the sweet potatoes that were about to be harvested and ate them, he also wrapped a bag around the front of his clothes.

At that time, Wen San cursed angrily: "You little thief, if you are hungry, you can just pay back! You will also take away a lot, ruining our harvest for nothing!"

The young man was so frightened that he trembled and said that he was from Leshou County in the Jin Dynasty. His father was recruited by the Jin people to build ships a few years ago and never came back. His mother had a back disease and could not work, and he also had a younger brother and a sister. , the family was starving to death, and they had no choice but to swim over and steal some food, begging the uncles to let him go.

The past few years in Beiwan Village were similar, and Xiao Lang felt the same way.

Na Wensan sighed and gave Xiaolang an idea: "Now we have a factory here, and we need long hours of work during the busy farming season. If you are not afraid of hardship, why not bring your family to Fucheng, and you will not starve to death."

After hesitating, Xiao Lang said: "I have wanted to do this for a long time, but it is inconvenient for my brother and sister to cross the river."

Wen San felt proud and said, "Why don't you come over tomorrow night, and a few of us will bring a raft to pick up your family."

After hearing what Wen San said, Xiao Lang knelt down and kowtowed, crying with gratitude.

Both parties agreed on this matter

The next day, Zhang Wuluan happened to go home on vacation, and Wen San told Zhang Wuge, a big shot in the village, about the incident.

Zhang Wuluan thought for a moment and went with Wen San and others.

First, he vaguely heard his immediate boss, Geng Baoxi, mention that Hebei Road did have the intention of attracting people from the North.

Secondly, taking care of the people smuggling across the river can be a big or small matter.

That night, a group of people lurked in the reeds on the south bank of the boundary river.

At the beginning of the night, someone on the other side indeed drew three circles in the night with a torch. This was the agreed response signal.

Unexpectedly, before a few people could push the raft into the water, the north bank suddenly became brightly lit.

"Hey, grandpa can catch you."

After the eerie laughter of a night owl, an armored general appeared. It turned out to be Wang Wenbao, the commander of the Hejian Mansion of the Kingdom of Jin.

I don't know if the young man accidentally leaked the news, or because more and more people have fled south recently, Wang Wenbao happened to ambush here during his patrol along the river. In short, the young man's family...

The strong autumn wind made the torches sway.

Wang Wenbao ignored Xiao Lang's kowtow and begged for mercy, and killed the entire family on the shore.

The youngest sister looks only seven or eight years old

Zhang Wuluan's eyes were about to burst, but there was nothing he could do. The other side was the land of the Kingdom of Jin. No matter how much he couldn't bear it, he couldn't rush over.

Wang Wenbao on the other side may have guessed that there was someone hiding on the south bank, so he asked the sergeant to shoot a few arrows into the reeds, and then laughed a few times and shouted: "You little thief from Qi, do you dare to cross the river and collect the bodies of this family? Haha?" Ha ha."

Although Zhang Wuluan and others were not hit by the arrows, the feeling of humiliation was particularly painful.

On the way back to Beiwan Village that night, Wen San slapped himself hard several times and watched his family being slaughtered. He felt that it was his words last night that harmed Xiaolang's family.

"Fifth brother, is there nothing we can do?"

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Zhang Wuluan was speechless. The border affairs between the two countries were not trivial. So what could he do if the Jin general killed the Jin people in the Jin country?

However, Zhang Wuluan ended his vacation early the next day and reported the matter to Geng Baoxi, the leader of his ninth regiment.

Unexpectedly, Geng Baoxi became angry when he heard this, and immediately ordered a battalion of soldiers to ambush along the river.

Zhang Wuluan was startled. Is the boss going to provoke someone?

Zhang Wuluan knew the origin of Geng Baoxi very well. The former was a personal guard of the King of Chu. He was promoted from a general to a regiment leader in just two years, and was the youngest regiment leader in the Huaibei Army.

But even with such a background, if there was a conflict with the Kingdom of Jin, the King of Chu might not be able to protect him, right?

Zhang Wuluan realized that he could not dissuade Geng Baoxi, who was a young man who had become a successful young man, so he immediately went to brigade commander Peng Er, hoping that he could dissuade him.

But Zhang Wuluan never expected that after Peng Er found out about this, he actually brought a battalion of soldiers to support Geng Baoxi.

Are all the officers of the Huaibei Army so hot-tempered?

Is it possible that he really wants to use the two regiments from Fucheng to start a war with the Kingdom of Jin? ? ?

(End of this chapter)