After the meeting at the Civil Affairs Office, Yuan Su held another meeting of the military department. First, they briefly discussed the establishment of a military base in Shangqiu connected to Huaibei. The third brigade would be the first to be restructured into a Class A combat brigade. The so-called relative
The connected military base areas simply mean merging Huaibei and Shangqiu into one defense area; as for the Class A combat brigade, there is no way to expand the number at the moment. If you want to expand the troops reasonably and legally, you can only create a name by coincidence.
According to Yuan Su's conception, a Class A combat brigade is a larger military establishment than an ordinary brigade. Its full personnel can reach up to 7,000 people. Of course, the actual combat personnel are still only four regiments of about 5,000 people. The additional
The two thousand people are only called logistics personnel in official records. However, the so-called logistics personnel are just a cover. The recruitment specifications, treatment, training and wartime tasks are all the same as those of other combat groups.
In other words, the actual full strength of the Class A combat brigade is six regiments. In terms of management, there will be two headquarters, the first headquarters has jurisdiction over three regiments, the second headquarters has jurisdiction over two regiments, and the other regiment
It is the Zhou Baolin du li regiment directly under the jurisdiction of the Class A combat brigade. On the surface, the Class A combat brigade is actually a "division" level unit disguised as a "brigade" unit.
In terms of personnel appointments, Yuan Su has also already made plans. Guo Wenyuan will still be the brigade commander and be in charge of the military affairs of the entire brigade; Dai Fengxiang will still be the deputy brigade commander and concurrently serve as the commander of the first headquarters; Wen Qin, the former adjutant of Dai Fengxiang, will be promoted to the post of the first commander of the brigade.
Commander of the Second Headquarters. At that time, Guo Wenyuan will be fully responsible for planning the division and garrison of the 3rd Class A Combat Brigade. Those who should be transferred back to Huaibei will be transferred back to Huaibei, and those who should be moved to Shangqiu will be moved to Shangqiu.
After discussing the matter of upgrading the third brigade, Yuan Su immediately began to preside over another serious matter, which was to find ways to recruit and surrender several militia groups in the mountainous areas of southern Henan.
In the conference room, the officers participating in the meeting all appeared very serious. They all knew the current situation of the Third Brigade and the importance of recruiting and surrendering the militia in the mountainous areas of southern Henan.
Yuan Suxian read a document that had just been sent to him, and then said unhurriedly: "Based on the information obtained by He Fenglin's department as of yesterday noon, it can be inferred that there are currently three groups of militia forces in the mountainous area of southern Henan.
Ge Xingyu, nicknamed Ge Tianwang, is the most famous swordsman in southern Henan; the leader of the second group is named Guan Yunzheng, nicknamed Zhengjianguan. His ancestors were both from the green forest. In the past, he and Ge Xingyu each held a mountain top.
The relationship was pretty good, and there had never been any conflicts; the leader of the other route was Li Zuting, who was originally a swordsman active in the border area between Hubei and Henan. Later, in response to the Bailang Uprising, he was besieged by the army and was forced to move to the mountainous area of southern Henan.
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After listening to Yuan Su's introduction, Zhou Baolin immediately said: "I know Guan Yunzheng. He had gone to Xuchang in person to meet Bai Lang before, and I was also present at that time."
Jiang Baili then asked: "What impression does this person have?"
Zhou Baolin said: "Three generations of Guanyunzheng were green foresters. The older generation even worked as a long-haired man. His father also participated in Boxing Boxing before. Many relatives of his ancestors and fathers died at the hands of the army. To put it simply,
He is an extremely conservative green forest hero, and because of the blood feud from generation to generation, he deeply hates the government and the army."
Everyone was thinking about it while listening to Zhou Baolin's words.
After a slight pause, Zhou Baolin continued: "When we met in Xuchang before, this official Yunzheng also suggested that all the militia should be united more closely, not to fight independently, and then to cooperate with the revolution in Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Jiangsu.
Together with the army, we marched all the way to the Northern Expedition and went straight to Bei Jing."
Jiang Baili smiled speciously, and said teasingly: "This guy is really pretty."
Zhou Baolin nodded and said undeniably: "That's true. At that time, I saw that this person was very ambitious and had no ambitions, but he was a person who didn't know it at all.
Yuan Su said thoughtfully: "If there is a weakness, there is an opportunity to take advantage of it. Apart from this Guan Yunzheng, does anyone else understand it?"
Zhou Baolin replied: "As far as I know, there were seven or eight militia armies, large and small, active in the mountainous areas of southern Henan. The only one related to our troops, besides Guan Yunzheng, was Zhu Wenwei. However,
Zhu Wenwei has moved to Shaanxi with Bai Lang. I don’t know what happened in southern Henan during the previous period. Out of seven or eight teams, only three teams were left."
Dai Fengxiang said thoughtfully: "Is it possible that Chengdu escaped? Or maybe he saw that everyone from Bai Lang's headquarters had moved to Shaanxi and thought that the situation was over, so he disbanded on the spot?"
Jiang Baili said: "Everything you said is possible. But I think it is possible that they fought among themselves and then annexed each other."
Zhou Baolin said attentively: "It is possible. Except for Guan Yunzheng and Zhu Wenwei, no, actually including Guan Yun, the team in southern Henan are basically the former Ge Laohui, bandits, and swordsmen.
Coming from guest backgrounds, these people have little discipline and have little relationship with Bai Lang's troops. It stands to reason that only Guan Yunzheng and Ge Xingyu were entrenched in the mountainous area of southern Henan from the beginning, and the rest of the troops were transferred there one after another.
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Before Zhou Baolin could finish his words, Wen Qin could not wait to say: "Oh, I see, the local forces will not allow forces from other places to occupy their territory or hills, and they will either drive the outsiders away, or fight to annex or eliminate the outsiders.
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Zhou Baolin nodded and said: "Yes, these people are gangsters after all. They value their personal interests far more than the overall interests. Even if the officers and soldiers are approaching the city, as long as they can survive one more day, they will not allow others to take advantage."
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Yuan Su listened to everyone's discussion and already had some general outlines of the situation in the mountainous areas of southern Henan. He said: "In this way, the militia in southern Henan already have great conflicts. Regardless of the previous Seventy-eighth Route Army civilians,
Whether the military forces have been annexed or disbanded, among the three groups currently, it is obvious that Li Zuting is not a local. It seems that only Li Zuting is under the most pressure now, not only from the external government and military pressure, but also from the internal pressure of Ge Xingyu and Guan Yunzheng.
Excluded.”
After hearing Yuan Su's summary, everyone nodded in agreement.
Therefore, Yuan Su continued: "Then the entry point before us is clear at a glance, we should first look for a breakthrough from Li Zuting."
Jiang Baili agreed and said: "What Governor Yuan said is absolutely true. Now we just need Jianfeng to persist in order to solve the problem."
At this time, Dai Fengxiang sighed and said: "But even if we have a direction, it is not easy to take this step. We can't just rashly send people to find Li Zuting in the mountains and persuade him to surrender?"
Not to mention that we can't determine the specific hiding locations of these three militiamen now, not to mention that we don't know who Li Zuting is. It's really difficult to start."
Yuan Su said calmly: "Right now, we are attacking the heart. Attacking the heart is not easier than attacking the enemy, so we must be patient and plan step by step. The first thing we have to do is to spread the news that the government has now
Change your attitude towards the civilian army, and as long as you accept surrender, not only will your life not be in danger, but you will also get a more stable life."
Dai Fengxiang asked: "As for spreading news, haven't we already done it before?"
The third brigade first promoted the reconstruction and development of Shangqiu after its recovery, demonstrating to the outside world that the people of Shangqiu had been rescued and comforted by the government, and the former militiamen had been tolerantly released and obtained fields and real estate. Not only that, a few days ago, about
Zhou Baolin also deliberately arranged some reports on his acceptance of recruitment and surrender, and it can be said that it had an extraordinary effect.
Yuan Su shook his head and said solemnly: "The situation in mountainous areas may be different. After all, it is a backward and remote place with limited information and communication. More importantly, these three militiamen are all active bandits all year round. If they can easily
I have already accepted the recruitment offer from the government a few years ago, and I definitely won’t delay it until today.”
Dai Fengxiang asked: "Commander, what do you mean...?"
Yuan Su said calmly: "Didn't Mr. He say that all this information was tortured out of the mouth of the arrested militiaman? Then we will let this militiaman help us take the first step and borrow his words.
Pass the news. But before that, we must establish the headquarters responsible for this matter. In this regard, we must not only obtain the support of the Kaifeng Governor's Office, but also the cooperation of Mr. He. Once we obtain the documents from the Governor's Office, it will take a few days
We will set off for Nanyang soon."
Wen Qin then asked: "Sir, shall we take the team there?"
Yuan Su did not assert immediately, but said deeply: "It depends on the situation." Fu's order was still pressing on his head. Although he could find excuses to mobilize troops to Nanyang to cover up that this was not a military operation, if there was really no need to take military action