In fact, when Zhang Cheng returned to the army, Li Jiyu's more than 2,200 troops had already been reorganized and redressed. They had been practicing in Yongning for nearly three months, and their troops were named "Deng" by Zhang Cheng.
Close the camp”.
The battalion was basically based on Li Jiyu's old brothers and eliminated the old, weak and slippery ones. It consisted of 250 Chinese cavalry sentries. The commander of the sentry was named Zhou Ruli, who gained his trust the most.
At that time, Li Jiyu rushed to Mi County from Dengfeng, so he was arranged to stay at the Dengfeng camp.
This man was Li Jiyu's childhood playmate. He once practiced martial arts in the Shaolin Temple and had some skills. Even a dozen or so people couldn't get close to him. After being ordained, his name was "Hai Yong" and he left the temple and went down the mountain.
After returning to secular life, he has been involved in the uprising with Li Jiyu ever since.
There are also two troops on the left and right, each with nearly a thousand infantry. The commander-in-chief Qian on the left is Shen Jingbang, and the commander-in-chief on the right is Ji Zhiying. They are both old people from the Dengfeng uprising, and their tribesmen are mainly old people.
In addition to the Dengfeng camp, Zhang Cheng also carried out reforms to the Tiger Guards under his command. In view of the increasing number of ministries under his command, he also began to fear that one day there would be a situation where the tail was too big and he would lose control of his subordinates.
Although the most important thing in controlling the army is to directly control the money and food in his own hands, he still feels that he must have the most powerful military force and directly control it in his own hands to feel at ease.
Therefore, he transferred the 200 fine cavalry from the left sentry Wan Guangjin Department and the right sentry left Qinghe Department of the cavalry battalion to the Tiger Guard, thus expanding the Tiger Guard to 600 fine cavalry.
The leader of the Tiger Guard is still Lin Fangping, and it consists of three divisions: the middle section is led by Lin Fangping himself, with two hundred elite cavalry from the original Guards Division B and Division C, Li Changsheng, the commander-in-chief of the left division, and the original rangers on the left and right
The two hundred elite cavalry of the two sentries, and Qian Zongsu Su Huohu on the right, led the two hundred Mongolian cavalry of him and Mo Rigen.
Mo Rigen was sent by Zhang Cheng to lead the 300 Mongolian cavalry recruited by Su Yiyang and Diao Dacheng during this period. His troops were temporarily assigned to Zhang Guangda's command to supplement the reduction in the strength of his ranger department.
Loss.
The current commander of the cavalry camp, Zhang Guangda, has 300 Mongolian cavalry, 100 wandering cavalry, 300 heavy cavalry, 500 light cavalry, and 500 supply troops, totaling more than 1,700 men and horses.
Zhang Cheng also promised him that he could select suitable sergeants from each battalion except the Central Army and Tiger Guard to be incorporated into the cavalry camp. The quota for the lower reaches of the cavalry camp would be 500 for cavalry, 500 for heavy cavalry, and 500 for light cavalry.
So many names.
At the same time, Zhang Cheng also made a series of adjustments to other battalions under his command, in preparation for going to Liaodong in the near future to relieve the siege of Jinzhou.
First of all, the Chinese Army no longer has another general, but is directly led by Zhang Cheng. There are temporarily two divisions on the left and right, namely Du Youwei, the commander-in-chief of Qian on the left, and He Kuan, commander-in-chief of Qian on the right.
Wei Zhice is still the commander-in-chief of the chariot camp. At the same time, he is also the general manager of Zhang Cheng's old camp, that is, the general manager of the army's money, food, and military resources. The chariot camp has three chariot divisions: left, middle, and right, and two chariot divisions, left and right. There are two chariot divisions in total.
There were three hundred chariots, one hundred and twenty chariots, and nearly six thousand soldiers.
Before Zhang Cheng went to Henan Province to aid and suppress the intruders, he ordered Wu Zhizhong to continue recruiting new soldiers on the East Road and give priority to fully staffing the car camp in order to prepare for today's battle in Liaodong.
The Dushi Infantry Battalion was also fully equipped with Yunzhou Type 2 flintlock guns, and the eliminated Yunzhou Type 1 matchlocks were equipped for use by Li Jiyu's Dengfeng Battalion. Although they were slightly behind compared to the Yunzhou Type 2 flintlocks, they were still
In the eyes of Li Jiyu and others, it is already an extremely sophisticated firearm.
The main general of the Dushi Buying Camp is still Chen Zheng, and there are Tian Mingyu, the Qianzong Commander of the left department, and Zhou Zhouping, the Qianzong Commander of the right department. At the same time, the left part of Song Shanquan of the original Yongning Buying Camp was transferred to the middle part, and Song Shanquan is still the Qianzong Commander.
In total, the battalion has a full strength of 3,103 officers and soldiers.
Grains
Zhang Guodong's Chicheng Infantry Battalion has also been adjusted. The left commander is Liu Changliang, the middle commander is Chen Dakuan, and the right commander is Huang Daguang. Like Dushi Camp, the entire battalion has a total of 3,103 officers and soldiers.
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Jin Yong, who was originally under the command of Chicheng Camp, was promoted to the post of garrison of Chicheng due to his repeated battles to suppress bandits. He led his troops to Chicheng to look after Zhang Cheng's home and hospital.
The performance of the former Red Castle garrison Gao Jingong during the period when Zhang Cheng led the army was also excellent. He did not care about the military and never asked about it. He even handed over all his servants to Chen Zheng to fight.
He was scattered into the Dushi Bu Camp, and Su Yiyang's secret hall never discovered anything untoward about him.
Seeing that he was on the road, Zhang Cheng helped him repay his military training and promoted him to the rank of commander of the Kaiping Guards. He was responsible for managing the reclamation affairs in Chi Castle, succeeding Yan Qingrong.
Zhang Cheng has reported to the Chief of Wandu to transfer Yan Qingrong to the Yongning Guard as the commander. He will take his place on the East Road and take charge of all military affairs of the Yongning Guard. He will use him to check and suppress the Yongning garrison Tong Shouxin, and command fellow commander Liang Cixin and others.
At the same time, he also transferred Kaiping Guard Commander Jin Xinpeng to Chicheng Castle to take charge of various affairs of Kaiping Guards and appease Liu Zhi. Cao Jinwang also transferred to Chicheng Castle to assist him.
After such operations, the army that will fight with Zhang Cheng in the future has been basically determined, namely, 600 Tiger Guards, 2,000 Chinese troops, 6,000 additional chariot battalions, nearly 2,000 cavalry battalions, Dushi Camp and Chicheng.
Each camp has more than 3,000 soldiers, making a total army of nearly 17,000 soldiers.
What Zhang Cheng declared to the outside world was that in addition to leaving the necessary defensive troops and horses, there were 10,000 troops and troops stationed on the east and north roads of Xuanzhen Road, and the extra car camps were auxiliary soldiers who accompanied the army in battle.
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The reason why he almost tried his best in this battle to aid Liaodong was mainly because he had a certain fear in his heart about this battle. He was afraid that if he was not careful, he would suffer a huge defeat and lose all his previous achievements.
Destroyed or even ruined.
It is precisely because of such scruples that he had to risk all his wealth in this battle. As the saying goes, a soldier takes risks in order to find a safe strategy.
That being the case, he did not ignore the matter of staying behind in Xuanzhen. The previous operations were so that the North Road and the East Road could be safely in his own hands.
Although Jin Yong had been one of Jin Xinpeng's men before, according to Zhang Cheng's observation, he was still worthy of trust, so he was specially arranged to stay in Chicheng garrison, and Jin Xinpeng was transferred to support him and steer the ship.
What's more, on the North Road, there is also the power of Antang monitoring everything. Even if anyone has second thoughts, they can be easily cut off in time. Today's North Road is no longer what it was when Zhang Cheng first came, and the power of Antang has almost been mastered.
They located key locations on the entire North Road, and even placed secret spies in the homes of Jin Xinpeng and others.
Wu Zhizhong will continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Yongning Battalion and stay on the East Road. The Yongning Battalion has two divisions, Qian Mushi, the left commander, and Lei Kejun, the right commander.
Although many of these two troops were soldiers from the original east-route camp, Zhang Cheng had already ordered Wu Zhizhong to mix sand into them during drills, not to mention that there were more than a thousand young and strong new troops from Dengfeng who came with Li Jiyu mixed in.
Among them, Wu Zhizhong now has almost complete control over this force.
Yongning garrison Tong Shouxin still had 629 officers and soldiers under his command. He had expressed his intention to surrender to Zhang Cheng before, so Zhang Cheng did not take away his military power and did not reorganize his command.
Under this arrangement, Zhang Cheng believed that even if his aid in the war in Liaodong was unfavorable, as long as he could return to the North Road alive, he would still have a chance to make a comeback and regain his power!