Chapter 3043 Old changes in the new turbulent times

In the eighth year of Taixing, winter, December.

In Jiang Jie in Longyou, I met some guests.

Or, the guest army.

The leaders are Guo Huan, from Xiping, and local tribes.

Following Guo Huan were two more famous heroes, Tian Le and Yang Kui.

Tian Le and Yang Kui have some Qiang bloodlines. Although they are similar to Chinese names, they can actually see that they have more or less Qiang appearances. This is normal in Longyou, Longxi, Xiping and Xiliang areas.

In comparison, Guo Huan has a pure Han appearance, so Guo Huan is the one who mainly communicates and communicates with Jiang Jie.

Guo Huan brought Yang Fu's letter of introduction, and the three of them brought a total of 2,500 soldiers, including about 6,700 armored soldiers, and the rest were Qiang cavalry.

After Zhang Liao suppressed the Qiang Rebellion and occupied the snowy area, Yang Fu, as his successor, has been working hard in the Xiping area, and now he has gained a little. Under Yang Fu's guidance, Guo Huan and others took their troops to Chang'an, preparing to find Fei to seek help from him.

There were more than two thousand people, not many, not many, not many. They came from Xiping, and consumed a lot of food and clothing. Therefore, after arriving in Longyou, they also wanted to ask Jiang Jie for some food and grass support...

In the Xiping area, during this period of time, under the communication and trade between the Han people, Qiang people and the French people, it has gradually calmed down. Most of the Hu people began to get used to and accept the existence of the Han people, and they also like the Han caravans very much. Every time the Han caravans arrived at their tribe, the Hu people would hold a bonfire party, and a group of people gathered around the bonfire and sang and dance, just like a grand festival.

Well, the Hu people also have their own customs and festivals.

As Xiping became better and more stable under Yang Fu's governance, it gradually felt pressure for the big surname of Xiping.

This pressure is invisible.

If you want to live a life of simultaneously, then Guo Huan and others don’t need to leave Xiping at all. Because they just need to cooperate with Yang Fu, they will slowly die in the warm water.

The education of Xiping has quietly unfolded and even extended to the snowy area. The appearance of the Buddhists in Chang'an shows this. More and more Hu people know the goodness of the Han people, so how can they deal with local big surnames?

And how did the local big surnames come from the money? They were obtained by exploiting Han and Hu people!

Could it be that just as the local surnames claimed that their ancestors did good deeds every day, persevered in giving, built bridges, roads and water conservancy, so they had money?

It’s okay to deceive the Hu people, but it can’t deceive Yang Fu.

Yang Fu is in Xiping, and the official shops are of better quality and more reasonable prices, and the same is true for caravans. Then the local surname can either be honest and return to the original source, find some snacks in the gap between Yang Fu's fingers, or they have to find another way...

rebel?

I dare not, and no Hu people are willing to listen to them. I couldn't survive back then, but Hu people rebelled. Now they can live better and better day by day, and they still make a yarn rebellion?

Therefore, there is only one way left in the local big families, and they find ways to obtain military merits. Otherwise, the tax they have to pay for their own land would be to boil frogs in warm water, and they would eventually be boiled to death in the pot. After all, the local tyrants and landlords of the Han Dynasty do not have the endless tax avoidance methods that emerge in later generations.

The tax model of the government is actually very rough, but these local big players are even more rough!

Yang Fu did not make any mistakes in the local wealthy people who were willing to "motivate", and in terms of civil politics, it was also one of Yang Fu's achievements. Therefore, after confirming that Guo Huan and others did have the intention to defect to Fei Qian and serve in Fei Qian's tent, they also issued a letter of introduction and supported a wave of food and supplies, allowing them to come all the way to Longxi.

However, when Guo Huan and others arrived in Longxi, they heard a "bad news" and Cao Cao sent troops to attack Guanzhong!

this……

Before Guo Huan and the other two came to visit Jiang Jie, they had secretly discussed for a while. They heard that Cao Cao had summoned a million troops and the soldiers were in the Heluo Taihang area, and they were determined to invade Guanzhong, so when they appeared in Longyou, they couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

It’s not right to advance, nor is it back.

"The Cao thief sent troops here, although the momentum was huge, but in fact there were less than 100,000 soldiers. The Cao thief simply wanted to revitalize his reputation and establish his prestige to facilitate the rule of Shandong... Think about it, if this Cao thief really had millions of soldiers, why would the Shandong thief still struggle all day long? He was quite obedient to the Cao thief in Yuzhou and Yanzhou, and the Cao thief in other prefectures and counties were not easy to manage! The land in Youbei, between Qingxu, and the south of Jianghuai, hahaha... millions, millions of farmers are almost the same!"

Jiang Jie laughed loudly, not caring at all, nor avoiding discussing this matter in front of Guo Huan and others.

Guo Huan and the other two looked at each other, "This...100,000 is also a big amount..."

"Well, Beigong also said that there were tens of thousands of warriors who dared to fight..." Jiang Jie waved his hand and said, "The soldiers and soldiers are very different. Take a simple matter as an example. Your brave men... Forget it, just say nothing, there is nothing to say... Go and call a few of your men who are good at shooting, well, call five people..."

Facts are better than words, and Jiang Jie is preparing to teach Guo Huan and several others a lesson.

The Qiang and Hu people are good at ejaculation, so there is no problem with this.

Guo Huan quickly called five people, followed Jiang Jie and his party to the Wuwei schoolyard.

Jiang Jie took Guo Huan and the other two to the point and sat on the stage, and then casually said to the instructor in the school field: "Hold ten targets, match wooden shields, cover leather armor, use armor-breaking arrows to draw this Ji Liang's archer to evaluate the top, upper, middle, middle, middle, lower, and one person waiting to withdraw..."

The instructor hesitated, "Captain, there is no one waiting to retire this season..."

"Then you have one more middle and lower!" Jiang Jie didn't mean to force any percentage.

Soon, ten people stood under the school grounds.

The military academy on the side is reiterating the rules of the competition.

Fifty steps, step by step.

The human-shaped straw target is covered with leather armor, and a circular wooden shield stands at the lower position in front of the target, covering half of the target's body.

Each person has twenty armor-breaking heavy arrows.

rapid fire.

If you hit the body, you will get two points, but if you hit the shield without passing through the shield, you will get one point if you hit the shield.

The fastest shot of all arrows will be added to ten.

The second one is added five points, and the remaining ones are not added.

Those who fail to hit the empty target will be deducted two points.

The rules are not complicated. Even Guo Huan, a man who is good at shooting under such a close-to-action competition for the first time, is eager to try to express his clarity.

The military academy looked up and looked at Jiang Jie on the stage. Jiang Jie nodded. The military academy shouted loudly and prepared, then took out a copper whistle from his arms and put it in his mouth, "Beep--"

Almost at the same time, ten people in the field shot arrows at the same time!

In a moment, I could only hear the sound of bowstrings and the whistling arrows!

In the first few rounds, the speed of ten people was almost the same, and most of them could hit the target, whether it was the torso or the shield of the grass target, but as time went by, it was obvious that it was higher.

The soldier in the ranking seemed to be a ruthless arrow machine. He had two arrows in his breath, then he took a breath and grabbed two arrows, one was on the bow, and one was held with his tail finger and ring finger and held it hanging down beside him. After the arrow was shot, he immediately turned his fingers, and then he put the arrow on the bow, shot the second arrow, took another breath, and grabbed two arrows...

The soldiers in the middle and lower places shot arrows with one breath, shot an arrow, grabbed the arrow, and shot another arrow...

Everyone's breathing frequency and archery frequency have some differences, which leads to the speed of the firing rate. However, the soldiers under Jiang Jie's men are generally relatively stable. Twenty arrows were shot between twenty breaths and forty breaths, while the other half of Guo Huan's men, the fastest one was to keep up with the speed of the soldiers under Jiang Jie's men. Some of them only shot half of the arrows, and there were still several that could not be shot out!

Jiang Jie smiled but said nothing.

Guo Huan and others conveyed their opinions with each other.

The results of the competition are self-evident.

Guo Huan's good shooting masters are indeed not bad. One person shot more than ten arrows on the head of the target in succession, almost all the heads of the grass target were broken, and the rest of the arrows fell on the target, but he spent too much time aiming, and his speed was not as fast as that of the medium-sized people under Jiang Jie.

『This is a good fighter…』 Guo Huan sighed, 『On the battlefield, if the arrow is in a critical position, you will be injured if you don’t die, your shooting speed is one point faster than others, and your life and death are one point better than others…』

Tian Le asked beside him, "I wonder how many good archers are there?"

Jiang Jie smiled and said, "Not many, but all! Assessed every quarter, those who meet the standards can be called good bows, and those who are bad are removed from the list! Those who have good bows can receive additional wine and meat according to their level, and the military salary is also different. In addition, some men are born not good at shooting, so these people compete for the powerful crossbow soldiers, giant axe sage masters, and all have different rewards."

Yang Kui stared at the top, "So, everyone under the general's command... is... I wonder what this giant axe sir is evaluating?"

Jiang Jie looked at Yang Kui, who was burly, and even guessed that he was mostly using battle axes, and was not good at shooting bows, so he didn't point it out. Instead, he smiled and said, "Simple, chop wood! The firewood used in the army for the whole season was cut out during the assessment of the giant axe soldiers..."

"Chop wood..." Yang Kui murmured and repeated, then silently.

Killing someone is like chopping wood, not just a joke.

Firewood has joints, tumors, big and small, which is like the joints of human limbs.

I thought that cutting wood was simple, and most of them had never cut wood with hatchets and axes. If I didn’t know the texture of the wood, the strength angle was wrong, and I could not cut a few of them even if I was exhausted!

After walking around the school grounds, Guo Huan and others' arrogance was completely like the residual snow under the scorching sun, disappearing without a trace. Whether it is words or expressions, they are much more humble.

『You are willing to join the army, which is very good, but you have seen it too...』 Jiang Jie smiled and said, "There are still some differences between your soldiers... So, there are two ways. One is that your soldiers will enter the camp to train with the recruits next year. However, after the recruits, they may be assigned to different places according to the needs of each county, and may not be all under your hands... You three are going to study in the Chang'an martial arts hall. After passing the military academy level, they will allocate the corresponding soldiers to you... The training costs are all paid by the lord...

"If you don't want to separate from your subordinates, then another way is to take your people and take a detour to Yinshan. Only in the Yinshan area can there be a training camp for the reorganized troops. You can receive training with your soldiers, and then you can be with your subordinates, but the training fee is that you will pay for yourself..."

Before he knew it, Guo Huan's concerns about Cao Cao's attack seemed to disappear.

Who heard that during a war, the troops that were put into effect had to be trained before they could go to the battlefield?

Anyway, Guo Huan has never heard of it before.

"Can you say... Cao... well, Cao's thieves attacked, and the general didn't need to send troops to support Guanzhong in Longyou?" Guo Huan couldn't help asking.

Jiang Jie smiled and said, "These things...well, after joining the training camp, it is also common sense... It is okay to talk about them first. Under the lord, the soldiers are divided into three categories: the main combat soldiers, mobilize soldiers, and reserve soldiers. On weekdays, soldiers in prefectures and counties are the main combat soldiers. When there is something wrong with the county and county, the main combat soldiers cannot cope with them, they will recruit mobilized the main combat soldiers. Generally speaking, the mobilized soldiers are two or three times the main combat soldiers, which is enough to deal with ordinary wars. If the mobilized soldiers are still insufficient, they will recruit reserve soldiers and mobilize the support of the main combat soldiers in the surrounding counties and counties... Now, haha, the three auxiliary Chang'an has not even ordered the mobilized soldiers to be requisitioned... I am just sending some food, grass and supplies to Chang'an..."

This three-level military system is not something that can be established by establishing it.

Let’s not talk about the main combat soldiers, they are basically equivalent to the soldiers currently in the army. When the mobilized soldiers come from Fei Qian’s leadership, they have successively retired from the army to the local military. Except for some people who are really disabled and cannot continue to fight, most of them will have a name in the local area and receive an extra portion of money and food during the Chinese New Year and Festival. When encountering special circumstances, these veterans will immediately respond to local recruitment and participate in the battle temporarily. During the battle, the money, food and military pay are the same as the main combat soldiers, but there are no additional honorary rewards such as the good archer and giant axe.

The reserve soldiers are the ones who fail to join the army every year because of their age, physique, or number of people, etc., after asking about their personal wishes, they will join the local reserve soldiers and participate in a short training camp during the slack season, and the main combat soldiers will be trained as instructors. The next time they recruit soldiers, they have the right to join the army with the best, and they will be managed by local inspections on weekdays. Sometimes, thieves will be arrested, etc., and the inspectors will also call the reserve soldiers to be dispatched...

This new military system was not implemented in all places, but started from Guanzhong, the northern part of the north, and then slowly expanded to the Hanzhong area of ​​Longyou, Longxi, and the next step was to be more remote Sichuan-Shu Snow Region, the northern part of the Western Region and other areas.

Needless to say, the benefits of this military system are obvious. Without three to five years of hard work, you can't think of any mobilization and reserve troops. At the same time, you have to spend a lot of money and food in daily life...

In addition to additional expenses such as money and grain, it also requires strong grassroots organizational strength. Inspections independent of civil affairs, from nothing to something, from small to large, from simple street patrols to being responsible for the security guards of the entire rural neighborhood, criminal cases require the accumulation of knowledge and personnel progress.

The division of these positions may become a lesion for redundant soldiers and redressed personnel in a few decades or a hundred years later. However, in the current Han Dynasty, this is conducive to the refinement of social division of labor, filling areas that were originally untouchable to the central government, making the original chaos, simplifying, and even ignorant local clan controls become orderly, and promoting the development of productivity.

Take the recruitment of soldiers as an example. In the past, it may have been just because the patriarch felt that there was no labor force in the village, or that the benefits should be left to his family, and that the other surnames could not participate, etc., so he did not allow him to join the army without saying a word. Now the patriarch's words are not that big of weight...

These veterans who returned from the army have become new local support points, helping local officials to compete with the original local tyrants, breaking the practice of local prefects who have been to the local tyrants for three or four hundred years since the Han Dynasty, and in turn, they have forced local tyrants and local surnames to participate in this new round of local authority division.

Just like even though the three-level military system has not been officially launched in Xiping County, the retired inspections that have appeared in Xiping and the snowy areas have made Guo Huan and others feel uneasy and prompted Guo Huan and others to come.

With Jiang Jie's explanation, Guo Huan and the other two generally understood.

Guo Huan did look inside Longyou, and there seemed to be no breath of tense war. He was still nervous about this...

This world... is really different!

Suddenly, he felt a little embarrassed.

Before he came to find Jiang Jie, he felt that Cao Cao was sure to win no matter how he looked. Cao Cao had the emperor in his hands, so he must have a high morale. In addition, Cao Cao fought in all directions and conquered many prefectures and counties. His record was there, and he had clear goals and capable subordinates. On the other hand, Fei Qian had no tense status and no decent response measures. He didn't even have a curfew in Longyou. How could he fight?

How can war be so sarcastic?

A moment before meeting Jiang Jie, Guo Huan was still hesitating whether to join this battle. Even Guo Huan thought that if Jiang Jie could listen to advice, then after he met, he would have to give some good advice so that Jiang Jie could realize that the current situation was steep and dangerous. Then he would either protect himself based on Longyou, or support Fei to dive into water and fire, and act again according to the situation. As a result, he saw this now...

What else can I give you?

What else can I give you advice?

The soldiers in Longyou are already so elite, what about Guanzhong?

What is the Yinshan Training Camp mentioned by Jiang Jie, and what is the situation?

Guo Huan couldn't help but feel a little shocked. I believe that those Shandong people who were watching the sky were probably blinded by their eyes just like his previous thoughts and thought they could do it!

Millions of soldiers of the Cao family?

ha!

Although Jiang Jie did not say how many main combat soldiers in Chang'an were mobilized and reserved soldiers, Guo Huan felt that just by relying on the strength of the soldiers displayed by Jiang Jie, you can get a glimpse of the truth...

"I originally led the troops to Yinshan to participate in the training!" Guo Huan made up his mind, "I have eight hundred soldiers under my name, all of whom have been old friends for many years, and I can't bear to separate. There are more than eight hundred scattered soldiers. Soon after recruiting, I will not take them to Yinshan... I'm sorry, Captain Jiang has to worry..."

Tian An and Yang Kui also hurriedly expressed that they had the same choice as Guo Huan, but there were fewer soldiers who could lead or were willing to bring to Yinshan for training at their own expense, and there were less than 100 people. The rest were recruited by them temporarily and they threw them to Jiang Yan in one breath.

Whether it is a chaotic or prosperous era, only if you can learn real skills can you have real benefits!

Those who are incompetent may be able to make a fortune in a prosperous era, but they will definitely be abandoned first when they encounter a chaotic era!

Guo Huan decided to learn more skills in Yinshan, so as to ensure that his status in the Xiping Daxian family is not lost...
Chapter completed!