Chapter 123 Set up five camps and appoint the governor

Author: Ximen Yangzhou

Chapter 123 Set up five camps and appoint the governor

At the end of the Han Dynasty, when the princes were fighting for hegemony and the world was in chaos, Zheng Bao organized a group of thieves to run rampant between the Jianghuai River and Huaihe River. Usually they only bullied the good people, but they did not dare to provoke the likes of Yuan Shu, Liu Xun and others.

The reason why I dared to attack Hefei was, firstly, I heard that Longxiang's defenders were relatively small, and secondly, I knew that the city of Hefei was decayed and could not withstand a strong attack, but it happened to hit the iron plate.

Not only has the city wall of Hefei been reinforced, but the defenders are also as strong as tigers and wolves.

I really can't beat them, so I have no choice but to join in order to survive.

The pursuit by Long Xiang and others ended. In the end, with less than 2,000 defenders, they defeated and surrendered Zheng Bao's remaining troops.

Zheng Baozai was knocked down by a high-altitude object and fled in panic surrounded by thieves.

Unfortunately, there was chaos on the way, and Zheng Bao, who was seriously injured and unconscious, was thrown to the ground. Later, after being trampled by people and horses, his body was found to be no longer human-shaped.

His nephew Zheng Hu, the leader who dared to die, had a bright and eye-catching helmet on his head. He was targeted by Xu Chu who was pursuing him out of the city, and ended up with his body and head missing.

The battle lasted less than half a day. Among the seven or eight thousand thieves brought by Zheng Bao, except for the more than two thousand who were killed or seriously injured, the rest were all taken in by Long Xiang.

The number of battles to defend the city became more and more frequent, and the number doubled. I couldn't believe it, but Long Xiang did it.

Just like the total score of the mock exam was 100, but the result was inexplicably 300, because all the people who asked the questions were annexed by him.

Long Xiang led his army back the same way, and Lu Su had been waiting at the foot of the city tower.

"Yunqi, I'm so happy and congratulated. Not only did I kill Zheng Bao, but I also incorporated his tribe. No one will dare to look down on Hefei in the future."

"Incorporation is incorporation, but the fighting ability of these people... I can't compliment you."

Long Xiang shook his head with a bitter look on his face, saying to himself that I still like Xu Chu's elite soldiers, and it is probably useless to accept such a sack of wine and rice bags.

Lu Su smiled and said: "The key to the combat effectiveness of soldiers depends on whether the general can train. If General Xu is allowed to train, there will definitely be earth-shaking changes."

"What Zijing said is that if a soldier is in a raging state, and a general is in a raging nest, they must be reorganized."

Long Xiang nodded in agreement.

Feng Zhong, who was standing next to Lu Su, was the first to stand up and ask for help.

"Yunqi, when you form your formation, remember to consider the craftsman battalion. After today's battle, the southern city wall needs to be repaired and reinforced. My team of a thousand people is not enough."

"Uncle Zhong is really good at finding opportunities, but don't worry, there are suddenly so many surrendered troops, and each of you will have to bear a heavy burden."

When Long Xiang spoke, he looked at Lu Su meaningfully, as if he was saying that you were also involved.

Lu Su instantly understood that he was considering leaving in three years, so he quickly declined tactfully: "Yunqi doesn't need to consider me. Hefei is busy with government affairs now. I really don't have the energy to lead troops. General Feng was right just now. Zheng

Bao’s divisions are uneven, so it’s good to allocate more to the craftsman camp.”

"I am in charge of construction here and assist in the defense of the city. I am not picky about the strength of the soldiers. Yun Qi can let the others choose first and leave the rest to Uncle Zhong." Feng Zhong clasped his fists in agreement.

"I think so too," Long Xiang responded with a smile.

In order to ensure the control of the surrendered soldiers, Long Xiang ordered the surrendered soldiers to gather at the south gate, and he wanted to distribute and organize them as soon as possible.

Zheng Bao's 5,300 surrendered soldiers were divided into five parts by Long Xiang. Among them, Xu Ding and Tang Yu each took a thousand people, Xu Chu took 600 people, Cao Xing took 400 people, and picked the rest.

All belong to Feng Zhong.

In order to facilitate the expansion and management of each battalion, Long Xiang named and distinguished the armies of his generals, that is, Feng Zhong's 3,300 men were called the Craftsman Battalion, Xu Chu's 1,600 men were called the Tiger Guard Camp, and Tang Hui's 1,300 men were called the Huwei Camp.

One hundred people formed the right camp to defend the city, Xu Ding's 1,200 men formed the left camp to defend the city, and Cao Xing's 430 men formed the cavalry camp.

The organization of the army at the end of the Han Dynasty was a binary system of "quasi-cubic system". The most basic unit was "fire". The fire leader had 10 people, the team leader had 50 people, the officer had 100 people, the Quhou had 200 people, and the army commander had 200 people.

There are 400 people in charge, the captain has jurisdiction over 800 people, the general has jurisdiction over 1,600 people, and the general with a title has jurisdiction over 3,200 people.

Although the upper limit of an army is 3,200 people, it can be adjusted in practice. In theory, additional units can be added indefinitely. The commanders of the additional units do not have formal military positions, but they can be named under the name of the commander-in-chief with the title of general.

At this time, Long Xiang took charge of the Sima army, and could only rule 400 people in name. The highest he could be appointed was Quhou, so he took it upon himself to designate the commander of the fifth battalion as a governor with a wide range of meanings, subject to the responsibility of himself and the future "grand governor".

'Lu Su is temperate.

The Tiger Guard Battalion, City Defense Battalion, and Cavalry Battalion were reintegrated, and the new recruits were integrated into a whole through collective training immediately. As for the reintegrated Craftsman Battalion, the first task was arranged by Long Xiang himself.

In the defense battle of Hefei, many flying stones made meritorious service.

Thousands or tens of thousands of stones and bricks were thrown off the city wall, and they were piled up into several hills outside the south gate.

Long Xiang was worried about potential safety hazards, so he asked the craftsman camp to collect all the artifacts and bring them back to the city, and asked that deep trenches be dug under the roots of the inner walls for later use.

Feng Zhong carried out the order unconditionally, but Lu Su didn't understand.

Lu Su pointed at the rubble and brick and asked: "Flying rocks are good for defense, but the range is still too short. After a collision, the size of the rubble has become much smaller when it is reused. I see you are piling them under the wall.

Could it be that there are other uses?”

Long Xiang pointed to the area to be excavated where the lines were laid out and white ash was sprinkled, and he explained with a smile: "After the trench under the wall is dug, these debris will be filled in."

"Isn't it unnecessary?"

Before Long Xiang could finish speaking, Lu Su interrupted him directly, with a very surprised expression on his face, saying that there were two thousand more people in the craftsman camp, and you can't give random orders just to practice your skills.

There is a lot of work that can be done in the reconstruction of the old city, leveling the streets, repairing the houses, strengthening the city walls, even acquiring soil outside the city, so why should they be arranged to do useless work?

Lu Su mistakenly thought that because of someone else, Long Xiang actually planned to strengthen the foundation. He pointed at the white line and explained: "Zijing, listen to what I have to say. The trench under the courtyard wall has been dug, and the groove should be sunk with large rocks to the bottom, and then collected with

The returned gravel and bricks are used as aggregate, and finally poured with cement mortar to form an extremely solid foundation."

"It sounds very strong, but what is the intention of adding a new cement foundation within the city wall?"

"Last year, Cao Cao flooded Xiapi with water. I heard that many city walls were damaged. Now I use rubble concrete as the foundation and build a few layers of brick walls on top, so I no longer have to worry about water attack."

"hiss"

After hearing this, Lu Su took a breath of cold air and said to himself that the amount of this project was so staggering and he didn't know how much cement and bricks it would consume.

He raised his hands and admonished: "Not to mention how many bricks are used to lay the city wall, the amount of cement used to surround the city is staggering. Now that Hefei has thousands more soldiers, we can't always live in simple tents, right? Although you are planning for a rainy day, right?

It's a good thing, but Hefei's city wall is sufficient at this time, and there is no point in over-reinforcement."

Seeing that Lu Su was serious, Long Xiang patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry, Zijing. I don't plan to do it overnight. I will build the reinforced foundation section by section. I will use the ready-made bricks and gravel first. As for adding more buildings inside the city wall,

Building brick walls is just part of the plan, we will arrange it later when there are too many people and nothing to do."
Chapter completed!