Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 266
Wang Yanzhang is from Shouzhang, Yunzhou. Five years ago, Zhu Wen sent Zhu Zhen to Ziqing to recruit soldiers.

One of them was Wang Yanzhang.

Wang Yanzhang's family background is average, and he has never studied. He was good at martial arts when he was young.

When the Bian Army was reorganized, Zhu Zhen asked Wang Yanzhang to be transferred to the Zuohuwei Army as the general, but His Majesty the Emperor did not agree.

In addition, there are Ge Congzhou, Ding Hui and others who have not been resettled.

Li Ye wanted to use the generals of the Bian army, so naturally he had to sort out the relationship between the generals.

His Majesty the Emperor was patient, and the Bian army can be roughly divided into three categories:
One is the Yuan faction headed by Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, and Ding Hui. This is a group of veterans who followed Zhu Wen to fight in the Huangchao army, surrendered to the imperial court, and went to Xuanwu to fight the world. , Xu Huaiyu, Wang Zhongshi, Kang Huaizhen, and Shi Shucong were all their subordinates and had great influence in the Bian army.

The second is the new faction represented by Ge Congzhou, who descended from Huang Chao's army to Zhu Wen. Its representatives include brothers Zhang Guiba, Huo Cun, and Ge Congzhou's adopted sons Wang Yanshou and Xie Yanzhang. , The strength in the Bian army is extraordinary.

The third is the local forces of the Xuanwu Yajun headed by Kou Yanqing, which have been castrated by Zhu Wen.

There are also Niu Cunjie and Wang Qianyu who stand out from the original Heyang Jiedu envoy Zhuge Shuang's town soldiers, they belong to the minority.

This group of generals are all brave and skilled fighters!The total force accounted for about [-]% of all the forces of the imperial court.

Controlling their family members is one method, but at the same time it is to disrupt the original affiliation relationship and install Yushan's personal guards in the army to spy on them secretly.

Li Ye's arrangement for Ge Congzhou was to reorganize the Bozhou Army, get [-] troops, and be led by Ge Congzhou.

Wang Zhongshi's 7000 long-sword troops were all elites, plus the original left and right Jianrui troops of more than [-] people, they were divided into two armies, each with [-] people, one led by Wang Zhongshi, and the other led by Ding Hui.

Xie Yanzhang's [-] Zhengzhou Army got rid of the old and the weak, and won [-] soldiers, and Xie Yanzhang was still in command.

After the army was reorganized, Xie Yanzhang was ordered to lead [-] troops to garrison Huazhou.

He ordered Kou Yanqing, the Xuanwu Right Army who was stationed in Zhengzhou to replace Xie Yanzhang, to go north to station in Zezhou.

He ordered Shi Shucong, the commander of the former Xuanwu army who succeeded Shangke, to lead his army south to garrison in Guangzhou, Huainan.

The Xuanwu right army stationed in Caozhou did not move.

He ordered Ge to go south from Zhou to Shouzhou. At the same time, Liu Zhijun's [-]-horse army from the right wing of the Xuanwu Central Army and Niu Cunjie from the Xuanwu Left Army also went to Shouzhou. Ge Congzhou was the defense envoy of Shouzhou to control the troops.

In this way, only Wang Zhongshi and Ding Hui's left and right long sword troops remained in Bianliang, Xuanwu Zhongjun Wang Qianyu on the left side, Kang Huaizhen on the right side, and Pang Shigu on the front side.

These troops left in Bianliang are the essence of the Bian army, [-]% of the horse army in the Bian army, and the most elite infantry of the original left and right long swords and left and right sharp troops.

Under His Majesty's deliberate suppression, Pang Shigu and Ding Hui, like other generals, commanded an army with less than [-] troops.

Ge Congzhou, the most powerful, controlled the three armies, and only had [-] troops.

And Wang Yanzhang led more than 100 people in his headquarters, plus more than 5000 Mizhou Army and Caozhou Army eliminated from the Tianping Army, and became the commander of an army for the first time. The whole army of [-] people went to Mizhou by water and land.

His Majesty the Emperor promoted Shao Hanqing, the marching Sima of the Zuo Shence Army, as the governor of Mizhou.

Now that Li Hanzhi is gone, Zhou Xianbu, the Right Shence Army stationed in Hezhong Mansion, can be transferred out. The Hezhong Army in Jinzhou and Cizhou bordering Hedong will not move for the time being, but the ten thousand Jiangzhou in Hou Zhongji, which borders Zhaoyi Army can withdraw.

There are also more than [-] Shanguo troops stationed in Heluo, and Gao Wenmin's Youshenwei army can also withdraw.

Li Kexiu’s [-] Hedong infantry, since Li Ke didn’t want to take them away, His Majesty the Emperor is also welcome, and a piece of edict was transferred to Sizhou. Sizhou was the site of Shipu Wuning’s army. His Majesty proposed that the Hedong army pass through the border, how did Shi Pu refuse...

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In August Shenwu, two months have passed since the imperial court conquered Bianliang.

His Majesty the Emperor already has the appearance of Bianliang as the capital, and more than 300 officials from Chang'an, including Minister of Officials Niu Hui, Minister of Household Zhang Chengye, Yushitai, and general supervisors, came to Bianliang, and the entire court no longer had any incidents. , Fortunately, this machine can be turned up.

At this time, Bianliang was already full of heavy troops. Yang Shihou's 1 Silver Spear Army and Suo Xun's Modao Army of [-] people had already arrived in Bianliang. Stance.

In addition, there are 1000 people from the Right Shenwei Army transferred from Luoyang, 1000 people from the Right Shence Army transferred from Hezhong Mansion, 1000 people from the Zuo Shence Army originally stationed in Bianliang, and 9000 from the Sixth Cavalry Army. 3000 cavalry from Li Cunxiao and Wang Rulin.

There are also 6000 three-compartment cavalry of the Xuanwu Central Army, 4000 left and right Longjian Army, 2 soldiers of the Hezhong Army, and [-] Shanguo Army.

Fu Cunshen survived the infection period and was resurrected with full blood, supplementing Li Hanzhi's Zezhou army with 1 strong troops, and Fu Cunshen also became an idol worshiped by the whole army. The war was awarded to Marquis of Bianzhou by the imperial court.

It took Zhu Zhen three years to achieve such a high position, but Fu Cunju only took half a year. This record is unprecedented, and it is estimated that no one who comes later will have it.

But the whole army was not dissatisfied. They resisted the Xuanwu army's broken formations on the left and right, and the sharp troops on the left and right. The formation was not chaotic, and more than half of the enemies were killed.

In stark contrast is the You Yulin Army, whose military title was officially removed this time. The rest of the army, together with the Zhongwu Army, formed an army, led by Zhao Chang, the younger brother who stayed behind in Dongdu. Set up Jiedushi, if there is no military merit, the Youbalin army will only be a motley army in the future, and may be reorganized by other armies next time.

Huo Cun was also summoned back from Yinsui by His Majesty the Emperor. He served as the commander of the Xiang Army for one year, and as the deputy commander of the Youhuwei Army for another two years. Huo Cun had already had the ability to stand alone.

This trip to Bianliang was also for the purpose of reorganizing the Hezhong Army and the Shanguo Army. After removing the old and the weak, there were still 6000 people left.

The other army was led by Zhang Cunjing, the former defense envoy of Chenzhou and the nemesis of You Yulin's army.

The armor of the Hezhong army is very good, and the source of troops is not bad, but when Huo Cun can integrate these soldiers into a combat-capable army, His Majesty the Emperor is also looking forward to it, and plans to transfer Huo Cun and Zhang Cunjing's new army to Huainan to fight against the wind Battle, exercise some time.

The Zuo Huwei army was transferred to Tongguan to garrison according to the emperor's plan. It was also a rest and was led by deputy general Wen Zefeng.Zhu Zhen was appointed Marquis of Fuzhou by the imperial court, the governor of the five armies, and the governor of Fuyou, who participated in political affairs.

The Zuo Shenwu Army originally stationed in Tongguan was transferred back to Chang'an, and together with the Zuo Yulin Army, guarded the capital.

And Li Siyuan's Thousand Riverside Ya'er Army was temporarily accepted by His Majesty the Emperor as personal guards.

There is another group that attracted Li Ye's attention, which is Zha Erming's 500 light cavalry. Now it has supplemented the cavalry and shooting soldiers selected by each army. There are [-] people. These people are strong in arms and can pull a stone on flat ground. Half a bow, a warrior who can pull a crossbow by riding and shooting.

In plain combat, the kite-flying tactics are quite effective. This is His Majesty's trump card, and these 500 people are also temporarily serving as the emperor's pro-army.

A total of 13 horses were gathered in Bianliang, not including the left and right Zhenwu troops who were marching on the road and came back from Hexi. At this time, there were strong soldiers and famous generals.

(End of this chapter)