Valley Emperor

At present, there are three infantry divisions and a number of cavalry units in the troops gathered on the front line of Jiayuguan.

As for the cavalry unit, it is the matter of the cavalry generals. The competition among the cavalry generals is no less than the competition of the infantry generals, but it does not matter to Yi Kang.

Speaking of infantry units only, among the three divisions on the front line, apart from his 30th Infantry Division, the other two divisions, one is the 14th Infantry Division belonging to the 14th Army, and the other is The Fifth Infantry Division of the Fifth Army that has been stationed here all the year round.

These two infantry divisions belong to the first-line main infantry divisions, and their commanders are well-known.

Wei Dehui, the commander of the 4th Infantry Division, applied for the military academy at the end of the Unification War. Of course, even after the Unification War ended, he did not graduate from the military school, but later he participated in the Hetao War and the Northeast War. He performed well, thus laying the foundation for promotion to generals.

In the later period, he worked in the northwest region all the year round. He served as the head of the Fourth Army garrisoned in Shaanxi, and served as the second-line division commander of the Ninth Army garrisoned in Hefeng Province. Later, he served as the chief of staff of the Fifth Army garrisoned in Gansu. .

Started last summer as division commander of the 5th Infantry Division.

This is a real deal, a veteran army major general with qualifications and military merit, and even if there is no accident, even if he did not catch up with this Northwest battle, his promotion to lieutenant general of the army has a high probability.

There is also Dong Qiankun, the commander of the 14th Infantry Division. This man is not simple. He has fought in India, Africa, and served as the commander of the African Expeditionary Force. He commanded the troops to capture South Africa. He was the most prominent army general in the Indian Ocean campaign. .

Later, he was transferred back to China to work in the War Department. At the end of last year, in order to prepare for the Northwest Battle, the senior army officers decided to transfer the 14th Army to reinforce the Northwest. At the end of the year, Dong Qiankun was assigned to the 14th Division as division commander in advance.

At that time, Dong Qiankun himself didn't even know that he was going to fight in the northwest, and he thought it was just a regular rotation.

In order to steal the throne of the main infantry division from these two people, Ying Yikang asked himself that he did not have such energy. In fact, it was not only him, even the entire army, who could steal the position of the division commander from them. several.

How should I put it, those who surpassed them in military merit and seniority are basically generals at the level of lieutenant generals or even generals, and it is impossible to hold the post of commander of an infantry division.

Most of the other major generals are inferior to them in terms of military merit and qualifications, and they cannot compete.

As for brigadier-level generals, let alone.

Therefore, even though Ying Yikang was a little unwilling in his heart, there was nothing he could do.

When he arrived at the headquarters of the 14th Army, Ying Yikang first met with Lieutenant General Dai Yanghong, the commander of the 14th Army. General.

When meeting Dai Yanghong, Ying Yikang naturally would not have any arrogance of the son of the emperor, but maintained the attitude of a younger generation and was cautious.

The reason for being so careful is because Ying Yikang and Dai Yanghong are not from the same faction. There are many backers behind Ying Yikang, but the most respected backer is Hao Bainian.

As for Dai Yanghong, this person is Li Chunjing's old subordinate.

It is no secret that Hao Bainian and Li Chunjing have always been at odds. In high-level meetings within the army, the two are often **** for tat.

It doesn't matter if they made it for the Son of Heaven, or it's really not right, but it all caused the generals under the two of them to naturally divide into two factions.

When it comes to fighting on the front line under Dai Yanghong's command, Ying Yikang naturally prefers one less thing than more, try not to cause trouble, fight honestly, and earn military merit to accumulate qualifications is the right way.

Dai Yanghong naturally knows why Ying Yikang is cautious. The big bosses on both sides are like fire and water, and they naturally cannot maintain a good relationship with the generals below.

However, he personally appreciates Yi Kang. The young man's military talent has already spread throughout the entire army. When he was a brigadier general in the Northwest, he had already proposed a series of brand-new infantry artillery systems. combat theory.

When he was transferred back to Jinling, he began to study a new tactical system and put forward the theory of artillery victory. He advocated that more artillery should be concentrated to bomb a certain point during the battle. In order to allow the field troops to be equipped with more artillery, he proposed. The concept of lightweight artillery advocates that the regiment and battalion-level troops should be equipped with lightweight, light-weight howitzers that can fire grenades and can move quickly at the same time to replace the large number of two- and three-pound shotguns under their jurisdiction.

Based on the above series of theories, he also improved the Army's logistics and transportation system.

At the same time, the formation and tactics of the infantry units were further improved.

Even in the editing process of the Infantry Code of Conduct, he served as the lead author.

In other words, in fact, there are many subjects in the daily training of the infantry of the Datang Army that he proposed or perfected.

In military theory, the talent of this person is beyond words!

Basically, I did everything I could, and it was pretty good.

Not only is he outstanding in military theory, but his talent in actual combat is not bad. During the battles in Beihai Province and the Northwest, he performed quite well.

Otherwise, this person would not have become the youngest major general of the Tang Army in the past ten years. When he was promoted to major general, he was only twenty-nine years old!

Not even thirty years old!

When he was promoted to Major General of the Army, most of his classmates in the martial arts school were lieutenants, and there were not many officers, such as Bi Zhian, who was just a captain back then.

Even the seniors of Bi Zhi'an's previous issues did not have a major general yet!

How could Hao Bainian and the others win over such a talented person? If General Li could take this person into the account earlier, then it would be of great benefit to the strength of his faction.

Pity!

For people like Ying Yikang, Dai Yanghong doesn't have too many ideas. He can use it if he can, but he doesn't need to arrange it deliberately. Anyway, he's not from his own faction, so he doesn't need special support.

But there is no need to suppress deliberately.

With so many people staring at the Northwest War, it's easy to get into trouble if this messes up.

The meeting between the two only lasted for half an hour. Ying Yikang said goodbye and left, and then returned to the station of the 30th Infantry Division, leading the troops to train every day.

When Ying Yikang led the training of the troops, there were more and more troops in Jiayuguan and several strategic strongholds in the rear.

The Fifth Army and the Fourteenth Army have two infantry corps, a total of six infantry divisions, plus two artillery brigades assigned to them, in addition to the First Cavalry Corps, the Second Cavalry Corps, and several other independent units.

These two cavalry armies are also the first time that the Tang Army has formally established a fixed cavalry army establishment. In the past, they were temporary establishments such as cavalry detachments. set up.

It became the largest field cavalry army in the Tang Dynasty. Each army has three cavalry divisions and one heavy cavalry regiment.

As time passed, the troops on the northwest front also increased from tens of thousands to 100,000, then 150,000 and 200,000!

Among them, the Jiayuguan front line is the main force, which brings together two infantry troops and one cavalry army.

On May 16th, many senior generals from the front line of Jiayuguan appeared at the railway station.

Those who can make them appear collectively at the train station and wait honestly are naturally not simple people.

There are three people they want to wait for, one of them is their immediate boss, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, the minister of military affairs in the Western Regions, and the army general Lu Yuzhi.

The title of the supervising minister of military affairs in the Western Regions is translated as the commander-in-chief of the Western Regions campaign, but the Tang Dynasty is generally not called the commander-in-chief, and is generally called the supervising minister of military affairs.

Strictly speaking, this supervising minister is not a fixed military position, but a dispatch, or it can be said to be an imperial envoy, directly dispatched by the Son of Heaven, holding the imperial decree and the monk Fang's sword!

At the same time, he was accompanied by the governor of Gansu Province, but this governor is not important and no one pays attention.

Another thing that deserves their attention is Jiang Rongxin, the current deputy director of the Hanlin Academy, the deputy director of the secretariat, and the minister of imperial study.

Although Jiang Rongxin's rank is only a third-rank, his political status is no less than that of an ordinary civilian, because he is the deputy director of the secretariat, the second-in-command of the Hanlin Academy, and a close minister of the emperor who stays by Li Xuan's side every day.

In terms of political status, his status was actually slightly higher than that of Lu Yuzhi. Even though Lu Yuzhi was a marquis of the empire, an army general, and a deputy envoy of the Privy Council, he did not enter the imperial study.

And the imperial study is the real power core of the empire!

The current nine ministers on duty and twenty-six walking ministers together form the core authority of the Tang Empire: the Imperial Study Room!

However, this is only a matter of political status, but in other respects, Jiang Rongxin is not as good as Lu Yuzhi.

Lu Yuzhi was the founding hero of the country, the Marquis of Nan'ao in the Empire. Well, his fief is in the southwest of Australia, so his title was also officially determined as the Marquis of Nan'ao.

On the train, there was not much contact between literary and military personnel. Lu Yuzhi ignored Jiang Rongxin, and Jiang Rongxin basically did not have any contact with Lu Yuzhi. Both of them stayed in their own train cars, and only saw each other a few times along the way. .

This is naturally to avoid suspicion!

Jiang Rongxin came to the front line as an angel~www.wuxiaspot.com~ to condolences to the troops. Later, he will lead Gansu to the rear to take charge of local cooperation with the military, such as building railways, supervising arsenals in Gansu, Shaanxi and other areas and related matters. The industry should do a good job in production, ensure the smooth flow of the Northwest Railway, and raise food, fruits, vegetables and meat.

To put it bluntly, he is here to be the logistics butler for the army of more than 200,000 people!

And Lu Yuzhi is the minister of military affairs in the Western Regions, the supreme commander of the 200,000-strong army. If the two of them are closely connected, they will get into trouble in minutes.

The ghost knows how many eagle dogs are staring at them.

In order to avoid suspicion, they basically do not contact each other, and everyone does their own things.

Jiang Rongxin, in order to avoid suspicion, arrived at Jiayuguan, and just acted according to the rules, and ordered to replace the Holy Son of Heaven to inspect and condolence to the troops. The next day, he returned to Gansu Province by train, which is also the city of Ganzhou in the rear of the northwest front line.

He only needs to cooperate with the military to fight. As for how the Jiayuguan front-line military fights and how it fights, he is too lazy to care, nor can he control it!

Under the separation of military and government, even if Jiang Rongxin's political status is higher than that of Lu Yu, he has no right to interfere in the military's actions!

In turn, the military has no right to interfere in his work.

This piece of literature and martial arts, each doing its own thing, basically runs in parallel.

But that said, when Jiang Rongxin left, Lu Yuzhi was relieved. There was a minister of imperial study walking on the side watching, and he always felt uncomfortable.

Now that that person is gone, he can devote all his energy to the upcoming war in the Western Regions!

According to the will of the Son of Heaven, the war in the Western Regions must start before June, make full use of the local summer, end the early tactics in the autumn, and then spend the winter.

There is not much time left for him!