Li Dingguo said: "I thought we could divide our troops into three routes. The north route would be from Fugu and Baodezhou to attack Datong Prefecture. The middle route would be from Yanchang County to the east along the Yanshui River to attack Pingdu Pass and enter the central part of Pingyang Prefecture.

From the south, they went from Huayin to Tongguan to attack Fenglingdu and entered Puzhou and Jiezhou in the south of Pingyang Prefecture.

Of course, we have previously reported the situation in Shaanxi to the Military Council through the radio, or maybe the Military Council has any instructions for our Shaanxi front army to attack Shanxi."

Li Dingguo's three-pronged fighting style was quite satisfactory and focused on stability, which coincided with Lu Daqi's ideas.

But after hearing the last words, Lu Daqi couldn't help but said: "The Military Council may not know the enemy situation in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces better than we do. What if the instructions they issued are unreasonable?

Therefore, I always feel that although this radio station makes it easier for us to contact the imperial court, it also faces more restrictions and it is easy to miss opportunities."

Li Dingguo said: "Why should Governor Lu be worried? Governor Li of the Military Council and all the associate councilors are well versed in military strategy and are even experienced in the battlefield. They will not give random orders."

Lu Daqi said: "It is precisely because they are all well versed in military strategy and experienced in the battlefield that they think they can grasp the battle situation on the front line thousands of miles away. But in fact, it is difficult for them to grasp it."

As soon as Lu Daqi finished speaking, one of his soldiers ran over and said: "Superintendent, a message has just been sent from the Military Academy."

After saying that, he handed over the paper on which the Military Academy's message was written.

When Lu Daqi saw it, his face suddenly turned red with embarrassment.

But at this moment, Li Dingguo asked out of curiosity: "Inspector Lu, what did the Military Academy's message say?"

Lu Daqi knew that he could not hide it, so he could only say with a red face: "I told you and me to decide on the invasion plan based on the situation of the battle in Shanxi. The only requirement is that the offensive can be stable or not violent, and the main purpose should be to force the Qing captives to increase their troops in Shanxi."

Li Dingguo smiled and said: "The Military Academy still knows how to delegate power to me."

"Yes." Lu Daqi also smiled, but could not hide the embarrassment in his expression.

He had just said that the imperial court would give random orders from a distance, but he didn't expect that he was slapped in the face with a message just as he finished speaking.

It really hurts.

'It seems that I still know too little about His Majesty and the people at the Military Academy.' He reflected in his mind.

After that, Lu Daqi and Li Dingguo each led Biao Town to repair outside Xi'an for more than three days.

During this period, the two people studied in detail how to achieve the strategic goals issued by the Military Academy.

However, other soldiers and horses from various towns under the two men either received orders to leave elsewhere on the same day, or left after only one day's rest.

After all, Lu Daqi had nine new troops under his command, and six of them were brought into Xi'an this time; and Li Dingguo also had six towns under his command, and it was impossible for them all to gather outside the half-ruined city of Xi'an.

On Li Dingguo's side, the Sichuan garrison of the sixth town led by Yuan Zongdi and the first town led by Bai Wenxuan went to Huayin the next day, with the task of capturing Tongguan - if the Qing captives did not abandon the defense.

The three-town garrison led by Wang Xiang, Sun Shoufa, and Zhang Hualong, under the order of Li Dingguo, used thunderous momentum to pacify all the bandits, bandits, volunteers, or remaining officials of the original Ming Dynasty south of the Wei River in Xi'an Prefecture.

military.

No matter what the composition of the armed forces in these places was before, as long as they are not purges, they can be gathered and eliminated.

Those who are unwilling to be included will be exterminated.

As for carefully distinguishing the crimes these people have committed, or the contributions they have made and the sacrifices they have made for the Ming Dynasty, that is a matter for the Military Justice Department and not for frontline generals like them.

After the screening, who will be dismissed and who will be integrated into the army is a matter for the Recruitment Department and the Military Training Department.

Not surprisingly, most of these people will not be reorganized into new military towns, but will be used as reserve soldiers to supplement the battle losses of other towns.

After all, the Northern Expedition was a war in which both the Ming and Qing captives would invest hundreds of thousands of people. Even if the Ming had a considerable advantage, the total battle losses would not be small.

Therefore, the soldiers who are finally taken over by the Military Training Department will receive new army military regulations, combat skills and other aspects of training in various military training camps until they are recruited into a certain military town.

Some meritorious generals also have the opportunity to be sent to the general officer training class at Chengdu Military School.

Just studying in the advanced training class may not necessarily be a good thing - the Military Academy has issued new regulations. If you fail the final exam three times in a row, you will be transferred out of the new military system.

If the situation is better, they will be transferred to other positions, such as local patrol bureau officials in the future. If the situation is too bad, they may be forced to retire and become ordinary people.

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Lu Daqi is also doing something similar to Li Dingguo, and he also has to take on some of the post-military logistics work, the appointment of local temporary officials, etc.

Although the full name of the governor is "Governor of Military Affairs of One or Several Places", military affairs often involve local political affairs, so the governor will actually temporarily take charge of local government affairs until the imperial court sends formal local officials to take over.

Lu Daqi also sent three garrisons to sweep away various armed forces north of the Wei River in Xi'an Prefecture, killing those who should be killed and collecting those that should be included.

At the same time, the remaining two garrison towns were sent to Yan'an Prefecture to cooperate with the partial division led by Li Ren to defeat various armed forces in Yan'an Prefecture.

Previously, the Shaanxi front army divided into four groups to attack Xi'an, Yan'an, and Yulin Town. The six-town troops led by Lu Daqi attacked Xi'an from Hanzhong and Fengxiang Prefecture respectively. The three towns of Li Ren, Wang Fuchen, and Bai Guang'en attacked from Qingyang Prefecture.

Yan'an.

If the Qing captives also retreated without a fight in Yan'an, Li Ren and others should have conquered most of the prefectures and counties in Yan'an by now...

September 30th.

Li Ren and Wang Fuchen led the two town garrisons under their command to join forces with Li Guo and Gao Yigong's troops in Fugu, northeast of Yan'an Prefecture, which is also the northeast corner of Shaanxi Province.

In fact, Gao Yigong should not have been called Li Guo a long time ago. Since the two were ordered to regain Yulin Town, not only were they fighting the Ming Dynasty flag, but even the uniforms of the soldiers were completely changed due to the change of uniforms.

The appearance of the garrison of the New Army of the Ming Dynasty.

It includes standard cloth armor (ordinary quality), standard military cap (old-fashioned flying saucer hat, made of felt as the main material, with iron sheets inside), standard swords, guns and arrows and other weapons.

Naturally, they had not been equipped with flintlock guns, but hundreds of Crouching Tiger cannons had been given to them. This time, Li Ren even escorted twenty Guangming-style artillery pieces.

Although Li Ren was now just the general officer of a garrison town, when Li Guo, Gao Yigong and other Shunjun generals saw him, they first clasped their fists and saluted, trying to be as respectful as possible.

Because Li Guo and others already knew that Li Ren was a member of the Li Yan clan and was very capable. Before Lu Daqi, he was responsible for the military affairs in Shaanxi.

This time, Lu Daqi appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army of the Shaanxi Front Army, and was also responsible for reorganizing the Shun Army led by Li and Gao - because Li Ren was originally from the Shun Army of the Hong Niangzi Department, together with Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others.

People have some feelings.

Seeing Li Guodong and others saluting, Li Ren immediately returned the salute with clasped fists. He was not arrogant, and then he went straight to the point: "If we follow the regular method of recruiting other armies by the Military Academy, you will have to enter the military school and pass the exam before you can be appointed.

For the general.

But now that the war requires it, the Military Academy has allowed us to do special things and reorganize your troops on the spot, and the generals will directly take up their posts in the new army. When you have time after the war, you will go to the military school for further training."
Chapter completed!