Chapter 590 Consensus
Contract, hold firm, and stick here like a nail. This is the consensus between Li Dachui and Jiang Qian.
For Li Dachui, he needs more power to stir up the water in Guan.
Just one Shu county is not enough.
Eight hundred miles of plank roads were burned down, and another cave was created in the middle of Shu. In just fourteen words, the unique geographical location of Shu was fully explained. The land of abundance also illustrates the prosperity of Shu County. But it is precisely because of these reasons that Shu County Its influence on the struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains is also quite limited.
Historically, every dynasty that dominated the Central Plains eventually included Shu County in its territory,
And every time, it’s not through war,
But after the war, the forces in Shu surrendered directly.
It's hard for others to hit it in, but don't expect him to hit it out either.
Therefore, Li Dachui needed to create another force outside, and Shuzhong would serve as the logistical support for this force.
Now Yong'an, Ruyin, Xiangyang and other places perfectly meet Li Dachui's needs.
What he and Jiang Qian have to do now is to integrate these forces and form a powerful joint force to prepare for the fierce battle that can be imagined next.
Nowadays, there are many troops on the land they can control.
The 30,000 Hu Ben army led by Kang Zhen, and the soldiers and horses of Ning County, Yingxian County, led by Ke Wuji, He Yiming, and Zhan Zhao, all mobilized more than 20,000 people. Yong'an County and Ruyin County originally had more than 10,000 county soldiers each. There were more than 3,000 naval troops led by Shang Wang Dao.
This adds up to an army of nearly 80,000.
The number is quite large, but what really attracts Li Dachui's attention is the 30,000 tiger soldiers led by Kang Zhen. Even though Ke Wuji and others can be considered his own men, their combat effectiveness is really unparalleled. Li Dachui is optimistic. Whether it's the people from the Cao Gang or the people from the Demon Cult, being brave means being brave, but in military operations, courage alone sometimes cannot solve problems.
Just like this time, Feng Kuan fought his last battle. More than 10,000 soldiers fought to the last moment, but what was the use?
Still the whole army was wiped out.
This time He Yiming and the others won the battle, not because they were good at fighting, but because everything was calculated. Anyone could win such a battle as long as they were not short-sighted.
As for the county soldiers in Kang'an and Ruyin, their troops and horses are really inferior to Ke Wuji's.
Fortunately, among Ke Wuji's 20,000 people, there are still thousands of elites left behind by Zhang Quanyi!
The army must be reorganized.
These troops must be integrated into a whole and unified command to be firmly established here in the coming war.
"Eighty thousand people is too many!" Li Dachui said: "In this area, I think it is enough to maintain a standing army of 30,000 to 40,000 people!"
"Thirty thousand to forty thousand people?" He Jiong was a little surprised. "Kang Zhen's Tiger Army alone has thirty thousand people! Li Duhu, the war is coming soon. Is it not appropriate to disarmament now? Even if military expenditures are tight, We must at least endure this stage.”
"Winning a battle does not depend on the number of people!" Li Dachui said: "The focus of our battle with Chu State is not on land, but on water. As long as the navy wins, then the land of 30,000 people will be defeated." The army will be enough for us to securely hold this area, and the water is convenient Transportation allows us to easily move our troops to any area we want to reach. On the contrary, if we lose the battle on the water, not only will we not be able to reduce our troops, we will have to expand them, but even then, we will still be everywhere. They are all loopholes!”
Jiang Qian looked at Li Dachui: "Chen Yan is a good naval general. To be honest, I really don't have the confidence to fight on the water. Director Wang is still a little immature compared to Chen Yan." "Sichuan Navy is about to Will arrive!" Li Dachui said: "When the time comes! Leave it to Director Wang to command together. If nothing else, the combined naval forces on both sides of us will have more ships than the other side. And I’m not bragging. The newly built warships in Shu are comparable to what Chen Yan has now. Those warships are much stronger.”
"Let Director Wang take command?" He Jiong was a little surprised.
Li Dachui nodded: "Is there any problem?"
"Then General Yao won't have any objections?" He Jiong asked.
"What opinions can he have?" Li Dachui smiled and said: "Although Yao Dali is older, he may not have as much experience in water warfare as Director Wang. In the past, he was outside the customs and served more as the captain of the transportation team. Sheriff He also knows that we In battles outside the pass, it is more about the cavalry that determines the outcome. Secondly, it is a soldier's duty to obey orders. When the time comes, he will obey the order. This is the rule of our Beiting Protectorate. Opinions can be raised, but there must be no deviation in implementation.”
"I have long heard that the Beiting Protectorate has strict military regulations. Not long ago, I asked Zhu Chi to find a way to get the training methods of your Beiting army!" Jiang Qian couldn't help but laugh when he said this. , things in the world are so wonderful, no one could have imagined that there would be such a big change in such a short period of time.
"If you want to read it, just ask someone to bring you a copy of the manual later!" Li Dachui said.
"That's good. Our current navy, plus the Shu navy, together have nearly two hundred warships, and half of them are your latest warships. Then this battle will be successful. Fight!" Jiang Qian said: "As long as the navy can win, our army of 70,000 to 80,000 people can indeed be reduced by half. Li Duhu, you are an old soldier. Why are you the most experienced in reorganizing the army? It’s up to you to take charge of this matter! Make the plan first, and then implement it immediately after the Navy wins the battle!”
Li Dachui nodded. Jiang Qian reciprocated the favor by giving the command of the Navy to Director Wang. Her intention was to hand over the leadership of the Army to her side.
But she was overthinking it.
Even if the Lu Division is to be reorganized, it will still be dominated by the Huben Army led by Kang Zhen.
Ke Wuji He Yiming Zhan Zhao and the others are not real soldiers. When the army is reorganized, people like them will probably withdraw from the army and still do what they are good at.
Although these people have high force value, they still stay in the army, which will only affect the unified command of the army. After all, they are senior and have high cultivation level, and Kang Zhen has nothing to do with them.
People like Su Qi Luxiong and others can still serve in the army. These two people are honest and friendly, and Kang Zhen can suppress them.
Kang Zhen is a figure that both Jiang Qian and Li Dachui trust, and he is the best person to lead this army.
"Half the army will be streamlined, which will save more than half of the military pay. The remaining half will be a strong labor force when they return to the local level." Jiang Qian said with a smile: "And these people all have military careers. Experience, when real people are short of hands, just pull it back and use it!”
People have always been a very precious asset. When Li Dachui was outside the customs, he was often troubled by the lack of population.
In the past few years, as the economy outside the customs has developed faster and faster, and large and small medical clinics jointly built by Li Dachui and Chang Chungu have blossomed everywhere, the loss rate of the population has become lower and lower, and the population has begun to grow naturally.
In the past year, Beiting completely defeated the Beiyuan Empire, and the population of Beiyuan began to flow rapidly into the Beiting area, which also greatly alleviated the shortage of people under Beiting's command.
Compared with those in Guannei, the natural conditions under Beiting's rule cannot be said to be better, but they are not as good as above, but more than below. Compared with Beiyuan Empire, they are much better.
The Little Ice Age is approaching, and the further north you go, the worse the living conditions become.
That's why the barbarians went south, and the Beiyuan Empire made tireless efforts to capture the land under Beiting's rule for many years. Of course, the result was not good, and its own people were wiped out.
After all, it’s all forced by life!
(End of chapter)