Chapter 39 Raising the Army (End)
The Youzhou Governor's Mansion is located in the southeast of the General's Mansion in Pingbei... Zu Ti built a new high-rise building in the mansion, which is used to escape the summer heat and cool off, and can also be used to observe the situation inside and outside Jicheng. At this moment, Zu Ti made an appointment with Zu, Qi Hong and others at the highest point of the tower, and could just overlook the steel torrent from the general's mansion.
"It's indeed an elite!" Zu Ti couldn't help but slap the Lanren and sighed loudly. He turned his head and nodded slightly to Qi Hong: "I'm afraid there are many of Brother Qi's old subordinates among them, right?"
Qi Hong hugged his shoulders and stared at the team moving forward quietly for a long time. He replied: "There are indeed many brothers from the Youzhou Army..." He stretched out his finger to draw and explained to Zu Ti one by one: "The majestic 100-man governor of the Hundred Man who was passing by Guirenfang is Chang Botao Chang. This man is good at shooting his arms, has excellent riding skills, and is also familiar with "Spring and Autumn" and Sun Zi, and is a military book like Sima Fa. He is one of the few people in the Youzhou Army who are both civil and military in the past. I heard that Lu Daoming's entourage cavalry was selected from the six armies under his command, and often uses 100-man governors as ordinary soldiers. And Chang Jiang can serve as a 100-man governor in the entourage cavalry, which must be very popular with Lu Daoming."
"Twenty steps behind Chang Jiang, the knight holding a long spear and a heavy sword hanging on his waist is named Liu Yi. I remember that he was originally a brave general under Mai Zeming, and he is known for his bravery and good at fighting. Since he has been in the army, he has been in more than a hundred battles in all sizes. He must lead a jumping man to a battle in every battle. Although he has a glance, he has broken his four fingers and was seriously injured countless times, and he has never diminished his fighting spirit. Unfortunately, because he offended the powerful man in Wang Pengzu's shogunate, he was demoted to the guardian of the city gate. He has never entered the Central Plains to fight with me. Looking at his outfit at this moment, he also looks like he is following his followers with armor and armor. It seems that he has been selected into the heavy cavalry team with armor and cavalry equipment... Whether it is, these warriors are just used to break through the formation and urge the attack!"
"Look at the young knight wearing brocade robe and golden rings on his ears. This person is the son of Duan Wuwuchen, Duan Wenyang, the current right Sima of Youzhou Army. Duan Wenyang is brave and courageous, and is strongly against the courage of ten thousand men. When the Youzhou Army swept through hundreds of thousands of kings of Chengdu in the past, thanks to his force on the battlefield. If he led the troops to face the battle head-on, even I could only retreat for the time being and dare not to directly defeat him. Please see, Duan Wenyang's cavalry behind him was made by Xianbei people with left-breasted hair.
Lord, these people are all warriors among the Xianbei of Duan tribe... Duan tribe was originally a staunch supporter of Wang Pengzu. However, since Lu Daoming took over Youzhou, he first won Duan Wenyang with kindness, and then granted high officials and generous salaries to gradually resolve the grudges and hatreds between the two sides in the Luyuan war. At the same time, he used the military strength of the Dai County Army to deter them, and used the masterless grassland of the Bashang Grassland to guide them to the Pingbei Military Prefecture. By now, Duan tribe has become a close unity with the Pingbei Military Prefecture, and it is difficult for outsiders to shake it."
Qi Hong is worthy of being the leading general of the Youzhou Army in the past. He knows everything from the generals and commanders to the small school soldiers. Although the Youzhou Army has been very different from the past after several reorganizations, his instructions and explanations are still very familiar. Not only did he state the names and talents of these people to Zu Ti, but he also analyzed their current status and official positions based on the observed situation.
After listening for a while, Zu Yue sighed: "My Youzhou army is strong and powerful, and there are so many powerful men in the country. Unfortunately, they are all cheap. Since this guy gathers the elite Youzhou forces in the tent, he thinks he has the power to fight Hu Er." He himself had some experience in the army. Just now, he saw these Xiong Ju soldiers walking in the scriptures, and he felt as if he was intimidated by the power of his army, and he was so hot all over.
Qi Hong shook his head: "The Youzhou Army under Wang Pengzu's tent was strong and good at fighting, but it also had problems that were difficult to ignore. The soldiers were young and constrained by military discipline, and were all cruel and cunning, and were used to being arbitrary. Among them, the Hu soldiers relied on their own forces to act rampantly. Even if they used the methods of General Wang, they could only barely suppress them and could not be completely subdued. Such an army could fight with the wind, but once the situation was unfavorable, it would be easy... Alas, this was the case in the Battle of Ruyuan. And Lu Dao Mingzhi Army was very different from Wang Pengzu."
Qi Hong glanced at Zu Yue and said slowly: "The current Youzhou Army trains troops and horses based on combat needs, not limited to clans or localities. Therefore, there is no restraint when commanding the generals and the school, and can be used as an arm to use their fingers. The governance department takes the principle of severe punishment and rewards. Even famous generals and chiefs will be punished if they have any mistakes, and even if they are partial and small soldiers, they will be rewarded if they have any merits. Such an army is enough to exert its outstanding combat power, which is really higher than the Youzhou Army that relies on personal courage."
"So that's it..." Zu Yue rubbed his beard and stubborn chin vigorously, thinking: "Actually, this is not difficult. Lu Yao can do it, and we can do it too. When he rectified Wang Pengzu's old subordinates, we also took the opportunity to gather thousands of troops? If we follow their practice, we will not be inferior to Lu Yao's subordinates! General Qi, do you think so?"
After this sentence was said, it seemed to question Qi Hongzhijun's incompetence.
"Sir!" Before Qi Hong answered, Zu Ti scolded first: "If the clan restrictions are eliminated and the soldiers are reorganized, then if the tribes owned by the aristocratic families are deprived of them, which of the entire Youzhou clans, big and small, would you allow you to do so? What is the so-called severe punishment and reward... It's okay to punish them, but it's really difficult to reward them. Lu Daoming owns three counties of land, a thousand hectares of land, so he can distribute land to a large number of meritorious soldiers. If you follow his actions, where can you obtain the money you need?"
Zu Ti became more and more angry as he spoke. He stood up and waved the feather fan in his hand, slamming: "Young Master Shi, you are not young and should have some knowledge. Can you say less ridiculous words?"
"Yes." Zu Yue did not dare to argue with Zu Ti, so he had to take a step back and bow to thank him. After a while, he suddenly said happily again: "Although the Pingbei Shogunate Army is strong, if you want to fight Hu Er, you will definitely not be able to take care of Youzhou for a considerable period. Brother, with the opportunity of their army outside, we can use various means to seize all the power of Youzhou military regime in our hands..."
"Oh..." Zu Ti shook his head repeatedly, looking at his young brother who was eager to make progress but was too frivolous, and didn't know what to say for a moment. He barely suppressed the anger in his heart, and was too lazy to explain to Zu Yue. He directly said in an orderly tone: "Sir, please immediately go to the mansion to point out the fifty powerful guards and cavalrymen, and lead them to the army of General Pingbei. He said that according to my order, you will represent the governor of Youzhou and kill the enemy with the army!"
"What?" Zu Yue was stunned: "Brother, why is this? Why is this? I..."
"Just do it like this, no need to say much." Zu Ti turned around and went downstairs.
When the Zu brothers were a little embarrassed, two other uninvited guests were mixed together in the ranks of Jicheng residents who were watching the army dispatched. Both of them were wearing cloaks and hoods, looking dusty, but their standing posture was as straight as a mountain, and naturally showed a sense of being ahead of the crowd.
"How?" A slightly shorter among the two smiled: "As I said before, Dao Ming's mind is not a warlord who only cares about his own selfishness and intends to seize the world. When the overall situation is in danger, he will definitely not make mistakes."
Another tall man was silent, watching the array of Youzhou army passing by before him. Whether it was military appearance, equipment, or the uniformity revealed in his every move, the more he looked, the more certain he could say that this was a real elite soldier. His pupils narrowed slightly, as if he was a little alert, and then he showed a satisfied look: "Lu Daoming is really good at governing the army. Very good, very good. Since he dispatched a large army, the power comparison between the Great Jin and the Huns may not be able to be reversed."
"Youzhou is remote after all, and the power of Daoming alone is not enough to compete with the Huns. If we get the help of the Xianbei cavalry under Brother Longcheng, we dare to say that we have some confidence in victory."
"The Tuoba tribe sent 20,000 light cavalry, and I sent 5,000 troops. With the 20,000 troops that your lord in Taiyuan, Xinxing and Leping counties and states, there will be 45,000 people. If the Huns and Han countries really went south, the line south of Lishi would be empty, and they would only rely on the natural defense of the Bird Rat Valley. I guess you are planning to attack the cities in the southern part of Shangdang and break into Tianjing Pass, which may not be the back of the Huns army in the Hanoi?" The tall man frowned and said, "But once my Murong tribe goes south, who will guarantee the safety of the north and south of Changshan? Yiluan married the Wei clan at the beginning and successfully merged with the western and central parts of the Tuoba Xianbei. Now the power is gradually growing, and it has almost restored its momentum to control the string for 400,000 people. If they took the opportunity to attack Changshan, I would not have the strength to fight back."
"What should Tuoba tribe do to Changshan? Brother Longcheng is too worried..." The slightly shorter man laughed: "To be honest, in order to raise a large army that could capture Luoyang, the Han Dynasty of the Huns had already drawn all the strong men of the Bai tribe and Qiang and Hu tribes south of the river. The Tuoba tribe and the Bai tribe Xianbei are enemies, and they have long been ready to cross the river and regain this land of abundant water and grass."
"Oh? It turns out that the plan of Yue Shigong was like this." The tall man lifted up his hood and looked at the other party's expression carefully. After a long time, he responded: "But, after the Tuoba Xianbei took Henan, even if I got the court to grant the five counties of Loufan, Mayi, Yinguan, Fanqi, and Hanxian County to Yanmen County, it would inevitably become an isolation area between the Great Jin and the Tuoba tribe. Brother Taizhen, will it be more and more difficult for my Murong tribe to advance and retreat at that time?"
Chapter completed!