In mid-July, more than 10,000 elite troops from the Tongguan King's Army led by Li Bing, crossed Hebei and entered Puban to replace the Hedong Military Prefecture to be responsible for the garrison in the Hedong area.

At this time, there was news about the dispatch of people and horses in Guanzhong, where the king's army gathered from all directions to resist the invasion of the south, and this type of news has spread in Hedong. After all, there are many merchants in Hedong, and even some of the dispatch of various goods and goods in Guanzhong still require some of these merchants to share the financial resources, so the news naturally becomes difficult to keep secret.

However, the soldiers of the Hedong Military Palace were also surprised by the sequence of the recruitment and mobilization. Moreover, some people who were very slow to understand that there was a military palace in Hedong until now.

The Hedong Military Office is really lacking in existence, and since its establishment, it has been circulating many stories. In addition, although the government orders in Hedong are in other areas, they follow a basic boundary of military and political separation. Hedong's business is in full swing, and there is still a big gap between military and commercial affairs.

Many people only know that Tongguan has heavy troops stationed, so Hedong is naturally under its protection. It is not surprising that there are more than 20,000 military soldiers in Hedong who are guarding this place.

From this point, we can also see that the invincible and powerful image that the Wang Shi has established in the past few years has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. You must know that Pingyang, one step away from Hedong, has not yet been recovered and is still in the hands of Yu Kou Shisheng, the Yu of Jie Kingdom.

But even so, Hedong still became the center of merchants in just a few years. It can be seen that even if Shi Liu did not make any comments, he was full of confidence and no doubt about the power of the king to protect their personal and property safety. This confidence is also a precious wealth.

On the day when the King of Tongguan was heading north, there was a dock along the river in the east and the warehouses and residences, and they were gathered in time. They looked up and gathered the villagers who came to pay tribute to the king's power.

On the vast river, the river water was a little yellow and turbid, sparkling under the sunlight, like a blue dragon. On the open water surface, the giant sail of the King's Ship quickly appeared in everyone's sight. Even though the distance was still far away, a murderous aura had already hit the face.

The huge space can best give people oppression and deterrence. Therefore, although the huge warships are not the most cost-effective warships from the perspective of cost-effectiveness, anyone with a little strength often has to work hard to build some.

For example, in the early years of Shihu's expedition, the soldiers were impatient with the water battle and still built several large ships in Luoyang, but they were not sent to the battlefield and were directly stranded in Yingshui. They were finally seized and demolished by the Wangshi. Because the construction was really not legal, they could only recycle materials and switch them to other places.

Although Tongguan does not use naval forces as the main combat power, it also retains several large ships, which can be used to transport troops today. The left and right wings of the large ships are sailing dozens of fighting ships. The hulls are drifting deeply, and it can be seen that they are loaded with military personnel and equipment. When the ship arrives in the river, cheers and majestic cheers are heard everywhere on the shore, which shows that they are full of enthusiasm for the royal army to enter this place.

The King's fleet did not stop at these docks outside. After passing by the Rao River, it went straight north and directly into the Daying Wharf in Puban. The giant ships occupied too much space and directly parked at the docking position in the river. Then the soldiers began to disembark in sequence, transfer to the ashore with ships, sampans, etc., and entered the Daying Wharf in an orderly manner that had been vacated.

The Hedong Military Palace, after Xue Tao, all the heads of the capital stood on the wharf. Seeing the Wangshi Army joining the camp, their mood was very complicated, and they knew that from then on, the countryside would not be able to take charge of them. In the near future, they would leave the countryside and bear the mission of running the Taiwan Strait, spreading the countryside in Weiyuan. They had both yearning and a little hesitation in their hearts.

Judging from the current situation, the soldiers of the Hedong Army Mansion are not yet enough to travel far. After all, it is a major change of blood from the army. It will take a certain amount of time to make the soldiers accept and obey the new soldiers. According to the current progress, it is a good result to be able to leave the country and go to the battlefield before the end of August.

However, it will take a certain amount of time for the Tongguan King Division to completely take over Hedong’s defense. Although the overall order and combat effectiveness of the Hedong Military Prefecture are not outstanding, it is better because of its familiarity with the countryside and can effectively stop the bandits from entering the country. However, its familiarity with the Hedong rural division is not the director of the Tongguan King Division, so for some time, it still requires the cooperation of these military prefecture soldiers.

Pingyang is on the northeast side of the river. In the past, the capitals of various Han countries were located, and now they are still under the control of Shisheng, the Jie Kingdom. In the past, in order to strengthen their rule and suppress the counterattack of the Jin people, the Liu family of the Tuge attracted many people from Di Qiang, including Sehu, and other Hu, and placed them around the capital Pingyang as a barrier.

Now that the Han Dynasty has long been destroyed, a considerable number of these barbarians were recruited by Shi Sheng to reorganize and become Yi Cong, and then they continued to retreat north to Taiyuan. However, the remaining mixed barbarians had no chance of life and were not under the coordination of government orders, so they made a living by robbery.

Especially with the recovery of the vitality of the Hedong region and the prosperity of commercial affairs in recent years, it has also attracted the extreme coveting of the barbarian bandits and invaded many times. If Hedong wants to maintain the commercial atmosphere, it must eliminate the continuous invasion of bandits. The specific losses are secondary. If this makes people frightened and uneasy and the merchants are unable to come, it will be a great crime.

From this point of view, the Hedong Prefecture soldiers have done well in this regard in the past few years. The Hu gang on the north side did not affect the business and construction of Hedong, so they are not useless. This is of course due to their native land and growing up here, knowing all kinds of mountains and rivers in Hedong, and having villagers between the two areas can learn from the field of knowledge.

Xue Tao was a little worried that it was indeed a general trend for the Wang Army to take over the military affairs of Hedong, but without the convenience of spreading the rural voice, I wonder what Li Bing would do.

Of course, he just thought that every general in command had his own style in his work. Although Li Bing was not old, he was famous from the bloody battle. Just by military strategy, he was not comparable to a tycoon like Xue Tao who lived in the country for a long time.

Therefore, Xue Tao did not dare to give in secret the idea of ​​giving advice to him. At most, Li Bing would not hide his own personal information and would teach him all the tricks and experiences. After all, Hedong is the hometown of another country. Although he doesn't know when he will return after leaving his hometown this time, he also hopes that under the protection of the brave generals of the royal army such as Li Bing, the villagers will never worry about the troubles.

As the soldiers disembarked one after another, Li Bing, dressed in military armor, also appeared on the deck and climbed to the dock surrounded by a group of personal soldiers.

So the generals of the Hedong Army Mansion from Xue Tao all came to meet him and bowed with fists. Especially Xue Qiang and other young soldiers in the Hedong River, after seeing the famous Li Bing, all of them showed strong fanaticism in their eyes.

Li Bingnian was in his early thirties and was far younger than Xue Tao in his age, but he was the first series of the main generals of the King's Army. He had a powerful resume as the general of the Hongwu Army. Moreover, his current official position was Xue Tao's immediate superior, and he was only one step away from the real governor's great responsibility. He was a typical example of a tiger father without a dog son.

Now, they are going to travel far to the expedition and embark on the road to achieve success. A powerful figure like Li Bing is the most worthy of their admiration!

As for the other commanders and generals of the Hedong Army, they were extremely respectful to Li Bing. After all, Li Bing was the general in this area of ​​Hedong. Although they were all going to go on an expedition, they still had family members and relatives in the village, so they did not dare to alienate this heroic lord.

Li Bing greeted the generals of Hedong on the wharf, and introduced them to his generals. Then, under the leadership of Xue Tao, he headed straight to the tent of the Central Army of the Camp.

Although he had a little bit about Xue Tao's previous style of work in private, the other party took the initiative to take a step closer to the general's mansion, so although there is no question of being warm, the surface harmony can still be maintained.

Because the subordinates had to hand over various matters such as camp, camp, guard, warehousing, etc., they did not stay in the account for a long time. They went to the office to find contacts and worked hard. Soon, only a few important generals such as Li Bing and Xue Tao were left in the account.

Xue Tao made a goodwill statement first and introduced in detail the military affairs under Hedong and the original defense line layout. Although Li Bing listened very seriously, he did not ask much about the details.

He and Xue Tao have different personalities and military use habits, and the composition of their respective troops is very different. It may not be suitable for the various arrangements of the Hedong Military Office. Anyway, major adjustments will be made in the future. The investigation is too detailed now, and it is just a waste of energy.

Later, Xue Tao proposed to exchange the troops with each other and arrange some commanders to cross the arrangements. It is not that he still wanted to retain some influence in the countryside. However, after a round of in-depth resolution, the commanders of the Hedong Army were vacant, and they also lacked the experience of traveling far away to fight, hoping to obtain some assistance from Li Bing.

Li Bing naturally would not refuse this. So he came to Hedong early to help Xue Tao carry out a more thorough reorganization of the Hedong Army. Although the Hedong Army was transferred from the countryside to partly resolve the rural situation, the general really hoped to use this to build the Hedong Army into an available division, so in the aspect of the support structure of the troops, he also instructed all departments to help build the construction.

Later, Li Bing clearly told Xue Tao that the three feet of ice is not a day's cold. The training of the Hedong Army is a long-term process. It is still somewhat unrealistic to hope for any transformation in the countryside. Other royal divisions along the way will also help. As for the support he can provide, it is still limited.

Li Bing advanced north this time, nominally led more than 10,000 people, but in fact only two armies had 6,000 troops.

Although there are more than 30,000 guards in Tongguan, a considerable proportion of them are military farming soldiers and labor service. The actual combat power is less than 20,000. The need to garrison some dangerous passes and counties to prevent bandits and suppress bandits. Once a major war occurs, the number of five armies can be called urgently.

Therefore, it is necessary to mislead potential enemies by the fact that the news spreads quickly in Hedong, so that they dare not seize the current empty gate and make them move rashly. Before the Central Plains naval army transferred west to Hedong, the defense force in this realm was extremely weak.
Chapter completed!