Ming Empire

Chapter 253 Battlefield Reorganization
The order for the establishment of five new guard divisions was soon issued by Nanjing, and the army led by Hong Niangzi and Cao Bianjiao took advantage of the temporary cessation of the fighting.

At the time of reorganization, Cao Yue also pushed out the long-planned Guards organization, and formed a Guards army with three Guards divisions, each with more than [-] soldiers, a total of five Guards.In addition to changes in the establishment, the positions of generals will not be adjusted for the time being.Although Cao Yue really wanted to implement the official positions of army commander and division commander in later generations, in order to avoid confusion, he decided to temporarily adopt the official position system that has been in use since the Ming Dynasty.

The highest military officer of the Guards is the chief soldier, and the chief officer of the Guards is the general.

The commander-in-chief of the first guard army is concurrently held by Cao Bianjiao, who governs the first, third and fourth guard divisions. The participating generals are Cao Jie, Zhao Liang, and Cao Neng respectively; Sixth, No.11 Guards Division, the participating generals are Zhao Zhen, Wu Ju, and Li Sheng; the commander-in-chief of the Third Guards Army is Hong Niangzi, who governs the No.12, 15th, and [-]th Guards Divisions, participating generals They are Cao San, Li Qing, and Li Hu respectively. The commander-in-chief of the [-]th Guards Army is temporarily vacant. He is in charge of the [-]nd, [-]th, and No.[-] Guards Divisions. He is responsible for the defense of Nanjing. The participating generals are Zhao Tai, Cao San, and Zhang Shiqing. As the commander of the Fifth Guards Army, Yuan Jixian, the servant of the Ministry of War, temporarily concurrently served as the commander-in-chief. He governed the sixth, seventh, and eighth Guards Divisions.

Now except for the second, seventh to tenth five guard divisions who are not in Shandong, the rest of the troops are all on the front line of Liaocheng and Linqing.The [-]nd and [-]th Guards Divisions are currently guarding Nanjing, and the [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th Guards Divisions rushed to the front line of Hubei when Zuo Liangyu was in chaos. Cao Yue did not plan to mobilize them to the front line of Shandong, but Let them control Hubei and Hunan to prevent slavery and bandits from invading.

The Second Guard Cao Yue was handed over to Huang Degong as the commander, in order to take this opportunity to take Huang Degong for his own use.This is a famous fierce general in history, he performed best among the four towns in Jiangbei, Cao Yue wanted to use him again.

Huang Degong was entrusted with the post of general army, which surprised Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo and stimulated them very much.They strongly hoped that they would receive the same treatment, and would even be satisfied if they could serve as generals in the army, but they were rejected by Cao Yue.Cao Yue just told them that now that they are serving as the supervisors of the five armies, they should do it well first. Huang Degong also served as the commander-in-chief, and he has performed well in the past.If their performance satisfies the imperial court and the Metropolitan Governor's Office in the future, they may also have the opportunity to concurrently serve as the commander-in-chief and continue to lead the army to fight.

In Cao Yue's words, there is still a vacancy for the commander-in-chief of the Guards, and Cao Yue also said that the new army that is training in Nanjing will also be reorganized into the Guards. This gave Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo hope, and they repeatedly expressed to Cao Yue, They will change their past mistakes, start a new life, satisfy the court, and reassure Cao Yue.

Unconventional appointment of Hong Niangzi as the commander-in-chief of the Third Guards Army was unexpected. After all, Hong Niangzi was born as a bandit and a woman of the generation, but no one objected to Cao Yue's appointment in the end.Most people know that Hong Niangzi has committed herself to Cao Yue now, and there is only one title and Cao Yue's official announcement.Moreover, Hong Niangzi has made good military exploits, and no one will stand up against Cao Yue's appointment to this position.

The generation of women who hold this important position, Hong Niang is not No. 1. The imperial court has issued an edict to appoint another woman, the famous heroine Qin Liangyu, as the chief soldier.

Cao Bianjiao and the main generals in the Red Lady Army were also entrusted with the post of generals and continued to lead the army.

Cao Yue's arrangement made Cao Bianjiao and Hong Niangzi quite satisfied, and Hong Niangzi was even pleasantly surprised. She was moved by Cao Yue's kindness to her and reciprocated emotionally.On the night when Cao Yue disclosed this news to her, she was so excited that she served Cao Yue several times, and even cooperated with Cao Yue to complete some actions that Cao Yue asked before but she was unwilling to agree to under her shyness. up.

The imperial court also quickly responded to Cao Yue's memorial and agreed to Cao Yue's arrangement. The Metropolitan Governor's Office and the Ministry of War also officially laid down the order, reformed the military system again, established the Guards, and appointed many senior generals as commander-in-chief.

In Shandong, there were still some rebels. Cao Yue ordered the Fifth Guards Division to be responsible for eliminating these rebels, and several main Guards divisions were responsible for frontal defense.

The Red Lady and Cao Bianjiao's troops are not very adaptable to the tactics Cao Yue is currently adopting. They must be familiar with and accept them, so that they can exert their maximum combat effectiveness.The effect of training between wars is definitely better than training on the school field, and the training effect can also be tested in the next actual combat.

Hong Niangzi has always been a hot-tempered woman, and now, except for showing feminine tenderness to Cao Yue, she still looks like a tigress to others.

In order to save face for Cao Yue and convince the other generals, Hong Niangzi was in charge of the training herself, and the requirements were very strict, and no laziness was allowed.Women are much more ruthless than men when they are serious. The tens of thousands of sergeants under her command are pitiful, and the training intensity they conduct every day is higher than that of the other guards.

And the strict requirements of the red lady have also played a demonstration effect. The other guards who have just been reorganized are also not willing to lag behind, and the training intensity is also on par. Otherwise, you will lose face to the man.

The effect of this kind of training is quite good. In addition, these are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time. Very pleasantly surprised.

At least Cao Yue didn't expect that these newly adapted guards would train so hard and the effect would be so good.

Seeing the excellent training results of the newly created Guard Division, Cao Yue happily said when discussing the training results with Cao Bianjiao, Hong Niangzi and others, as well as the war situation, that if the current training situation is the same, wait until the next big battle. When it starts, the combat effectiveness of these newly created guard divisions is likely to exceed that of several other guard divisions.

Of course, Hong Niangzi would not lose face in front of Cao Yue. She proudly stated that the troops she led would perform better than her brother troops on the battlefield, and she would surprise Cao Yue.Cao Yue believed that what Hong Niangzi said was not a lie, and he also expected that when the next battle began, all horses would be able to enter the battlefield as soon as possible.

But the situation quickly changed again. Dorgon may have sensed that the slow northward advance of the Ming army had a special purpose. They were unwilling to let the progress of the war be controlled by the Ming army. When Cao Yue did not plan to start another big war , took the initiative to launch an attack.

(End of this chapter)