Chapter 411: Organization of the Destroying Front Army
This can be regarded as Liu Feng's trial. Liu Feng will definitely not copy the Eastern Han Dynasty system in the future.
Facts have proved that the system of the Ming and Qing Dynasties was far superior to that of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and was much more stable than the system of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty also had many infant emperors, and the foreign students were only nine years old when they ascended the throne, but the Ming Dynasty's political situation would not be turbulent because of these infant emperors.
Compared with the power struggle in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the political situation in the Ming Dynasty was undoubtedly much gentler. Even after the emperor came of age, it was often easier to regain power, instead of having to do coups every time like in the Eastern Han Dynasty. .
After the establishment of the shogunate, not all departments were operating at full capacity. Departments such as the Ministry of Health, the Audit Department, and the Ministry of Public Security invested not many resources, or even very little, mainly to provide them with personnel salaries, writing expenses and other materials. , for them to try to build organizational structures, rules and regulations, and future administrative methods.
These institutionalized things must be finalized first. When you want to expand and implement them in the future, you only need to invest a lot of financial resources and materials.
General Zuo's shogunate has been established, but there is still Yangzhou Muzhou Prefecture that needs to recruit celebrities to fill it.
According to the long-standing custom, the four major officials in the Prefectural Mufu - Biejia, Zhizhong, Changshi, and Gongcao - naturally recruit local celebrities to serve.
After some thinking, Liu Feng finally made a decision. Yu Fan from Yuyao in Kuaiji was appointed as Biejia, Gu Yong from Wu County in Wu County was appointed as Zhizhong, Zhu Zhi from Danyang County was appointed as Changshi, and Yuzhang was appointed as Nanchang native. Liu Yi is a meritorious officer.
Yu Fan, Gu Yong, Zhu Zhi, including Yang Hong, are all famous people in their respective counties. This list not only includes the four major Yangzhou counties of Kuaiji, Wu County, Danyang and Yuzhang, but also includes one famous person from each county in Jiangdong. , it can be said to be comprehensive.
Among them, Yu Fan is a representative figure of the pro-Liu Feng gentry in Kuaiji County. Not only is he extremely talented and brave, but he is also good at both civil and military affairs. He is a treasure of Jiangdong.
Gu Yong is the head of the Gu family, the head of the four major surnames in Wuzhong, and the four major surnames in Wuzhong are well-married to each other and share the same spirit. Gu Yong has a great reputation in Wu County and even Jiangdong. If he is adopted as the ruler, Wu can also be stabilized. The people of the county.
Zhu Zhi was recommended by Sun Jian as a filial and honest man. He was a native of Danyang. He also made many military exploits under Sun Jian's command, was awarded the title of Zhonglang General, and held the official position of Qianshi many times. He not only represents the people of Danyang County, but also represents Sun Ce's surrender. He can not only appease the people of Danyang County, but also stabilize Sun Ce and the Sun family's intention to surrender.
The last one, Yuzhang Liu Yi, is somewhat unpopular, and his reputation is not prominent in history.
Liu Yi was a wealthy local aboriginal family in Yuzhang, and he was the agent of Yuzhang Prefect Hua Xin's conquests.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Yi left only one paragraph.
That is what is recorded in "The Thirteenth Biography of Zhong Yao, Hua Xin and Wang Lang of the Three Kingdoms Annotation of Wei Shu": Sun Ce was in Jiaoqiu and sent Yu to translate Xin. After turning it over, Xin invited Liu Yi, the meritorious Cao Cao, to join the discussion. One advised Xin to stay in the city and sent a message to welcome the army. Xin said: "Although I was appointed by the governor Liu and used it, I am still a talisman-cutting official. Now I follow the plan of the minister, and I am afraid that I will be responsible for death." One said: "Wang Jingxing was used by the Han Dynasty, and at that time there were many people in Kuaiji. Shengqiang, I still see Yuan Shu, why should the Ming Dynasty worry about it?" So he made a speech in the night and left the city in the morning, and sent officials to welcome him. Ce then marched to meet Xin, waiting for the distinguished guests and receiving the courtesy of friends.
In this time and space, Liu Yi also persuaded Hua Xin to surrender to Zhou Yu as always, which was accepted by Hua Xin.
Therefore, among the credits reported by Zhou Yu, Liu Yi ranked second after Hua Xin.
After Liu Feng thought carefully, he decided to choose Liu Yi as the meritorious officer. He had served as the meritorious officer under Hua Xin, and Hua Xin was quite capable of employing people.
Even if Liu Yi is not a particularly outstanding talent, his knowledge, knowledge, moral character and morality should be enough to be qualified for this position.
In this way, the people recruited by Liu Feng perfectly covered the entire Yangzhou and the mainstream factions. Except for Liu Yi, the other three were all talented people in the county and could be entrusted with important tasks.
In this way, Jiangdong will be stable enough, while Jiangbei will be more reliable and loyal than Jiangdong due to the severe drought, the people's support, and the return of the nobles.
At this point, there is only one last problem left in Yangzhou, and that is Shan Yue.
In the past six months, Liu Feng's army has suppressed dissatisfaction throughout Jiangdong and wiped out Shanyue. The progress has been very smooth, with almost no defeats.
The captured Shanyue provided tens of thousands of young and strong laborers, who were also excellent soldiers. Moreover, Danyang is now in Liu Feng's hands and has preserved its vitality. Danyang's soldiers are among the best in the world.
At that time, Tao Qian relied on Cao Bao, Xu Dan and others to lead the Xuzhou Army with poor military discipline. He once forced Cao Cao to sacrifice his wife and son, which shows the elite Danyang Army.
If Tao Qian could train his troops well and establish military discipline at that time, with the elite Danyang soldiers, he might not have lost so miserably and so quickly.
Liu Feng personally stationed in Wanling this time, partly because he came for the Danyang soldiers.
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"My lord, 20,000 people is too few. I'm afraid there won't be enough for us."
Looking at the upright Tai Shici with thick eyebrows and big eyes in front of him, Liu Feng sighed secretly in his heart.
Sure enough, just as he thought, as soon as the news came out that the elites were selected and trained individually into an army, the generals in the army began to commotion.
Anyone who felt that they were a bit hesitant came to lobby him and wanted to join the elite army.
Even Taishi Ci was no exception. On the contrary, as Liu Feng's bow and horse teacher and confidant, he not only thought about the position of military leader, but also wanted to encourage Liu Feng to expand his army.
Liu Feng pretended to sigh, shook his head and said: "Teacher, there are only 20,000 people, and my father allocated additional resources from Xuzhou and Yuzhou to help, otherwise I might not be able to make ends meet in Yangzhou."
In fact, this time for the elite training, the minimum number of 20,000 people is guaranteed. I have mentioned before that Liu Feng's bottom line is no more than 40,000 people.
But he couldn't say that to Taishi Ci. If he really said that, firstly, warriors like Taishici might hope to train 60,000, or even 80,000 people. Secondly, it is a rare thing that is worth cherishing.
Taishi Ci's face darkened. He was also capable of both literary and martial arts, so he knew much better than ordinary warriors.
Liu Feng now not only selects elites, he also wants to improve the treatment of his soldiers and continue to expand his army.
These three-pronged approach put a lot of pressure on the finances, and we really had to be careful, otherwise once the finances collapsed and there was no money or food, how would we be able to support our troops at that time?
Now Liu Feng only has one state in Yangzhou. In addition to the 20,000 elites, he also has to organize an additional 130,000 field troops. If it weren't for Liu Qiaoqi's full support, I am afraid that even the 20,000 elites would not be able to organize and train.
If you want to make changes, you must make financial decisions. Only with more income can you train more elites.
If you want to increase your finances, it is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.
But it's easier said than done. Taishi Ci didn't have any good suggestions to make at the moment, so he could only give up temporarily.
Moreover, Liu Feng also showed his attitude that selecting elites does not happen overnight. If there is an opportunity in the future, he will definitely continue to advance.
Thinking of this, Tai Shici's expression improved again.
Immediately, Taishi Ci thought of another thing and asked insinuatingly: "My lord, I wonder if the leader of the front-destroying army has been decided?"
Liu Feng glanced at Tai Shici angrily and asked deliberately: "Teacher, is there anyone you want to recommend?"
Taishi Ci suddenly choked. This disciple really doesn't want to open or lift any pot. How can I recommend anyone else? Liu Feng was amused when he saw Taishi Ci's face turning blue and white. He naturally knew Taishi Ci's thoughts very well, otherwise he wouldn't have choked the other person's heart and lungs.
But Taishi Ci was Taishi Ci after all, and he never lacked the courage to recommend himself.
At first, he recommended himself to the prefect to deliver a message. Later, he recommended himself to Kong Rong to defeat the enemy. After being rejected, he recommended himself to look for reinforcements. Later, he also recommended himself to Liu Yao to fight against Sun Ce.
Taishi Ci laughed twice, but instead of immediately recommending himself, he turned to ask: "My lord, I wonder how the destroying front army planned?"
Liu Feng unexpectedly glanced at Taishi Ci, but thinking about it, Taishi Ci was quick-witted and good at strategy. In essence, he was more aristocratic than powerful.
Many people misunderstood Taishi Ci. When they saw him being conquered by Sun Ce, they thought he was a fierce and powerful figure like Zhang Fei.
But looking at the major events in Taishi Ci's life, he actually showed more intelligence.
When he was young, there was a dispute between the prefect and the governor. However, when he arrived late, he immediately came up with a trick and deceived the state officials into destroying the documents in their hands.
In Kong Rong's case, it was reasonable to want to lead troops to defeat the enemy. Even after being rejected by Kong Rong, he still used strategy to break out of the encirclement alone.
When he arrived at Liu Yao's place, he was despised by Liu Yao, but he still found an opportunity to fight against Sun Ce at Shenting Ridge.
That is to say, Liu Yao is not courageous enough. If any one of Cao, Liu, and Sun were replaced, Taishi Ci would be able to rise to the top immediately and get the opportunity he wants to show his abilities.
Even though Liu Yao was in despair, Taishi Ci was still able to single-handedly pull together a team in a strange place, and even cooperated with Zu Lang to carve out a business out of nowhere.
It can be seen that Taishi Ci was both civil and military, but because he was so good at fighting, everyone easily ignored his wisdom and strategy.
Seeing Tai Shici asking questions, Liu Feng did not hide anything. After all, the other party was one of his most trusted generals.
It is no exaggeration to say that among the elites selected this time, the candidate for the general will only be born between Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun.
Jia Kui has outstanding talents, but he is a latecomer after all. Although Xu Sheng and Pan Zhang are old confidants, they are not capable enough to be the leader of an army. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were both capable and famous, but they were new recruits and found it difficult to convince the public.
After such selection, only Zhao Yun and Tai Shici are the most suitable.
Liu Feng took out a silk scroll and handed it to Tai Shici himself. The latter opened it and saw that it recorded the plan for this army expansion.
The Destroying Front Army has a total of ten battalions, each battalion has 2,000 people, which is also a school, and is led by a school captain.
Among the ten battalions, two are cavalry battalions, the remaining five are infantry battalions, and there are three special battalions, namely the baggage battalion, the engineer battalion and the artillery battalion.
The cavalry battalion is organized as:
Heavy cavalry: (a division of the Army Sima Division, under the jurisdiction of two groups of 400 men) equipped with 400 sets of full sets of iron vests, 400 first-class horses, which are charge horses, and 800 third-class horses, half of which are pack horses. , half for riding horses.
Rangers: (Two divisions of army and horsemen, with 800 people in four divisions) equipped with 800 full sets of leather vests, 800 riding bows, 800 second-class war horses, which are charge horses, and 1,600 third-class horses. One hundred horses, half of which are draft horses and half of which are riding horses.
Light cavalry: (a division of Army Sima, under the jurisdiction of two groups of 400 men) equipped with 400 sets of light armor, 200 riding bows, 200 hand crossbows, 400 second-class war horses, and three-class battle horses. Wait for four hundred horses to be exchanged for horses.
Troops and Troops: (Army Sima Division, with two Qus and four hundred men under its command) equipped with one hundred carts, two hundred draft horses, two hundred pack horses, and two hundred mules and horses. It also includes a small number of special units such as medical troops and engineering troops.
The above are conventional equipment, and there are other ordnance supplies that will be replenished during wartime to maintain redundancy in preparation for replacement due to battle damage.
Generally speaking, a cavalry battalion consists of about 2,000 people, including 1,600 combat soldiers and 400 auxiliary soldiers, all of whom are horses and mules. They can maneuver quickly over long distances and maintain combat effectiveness. It is equipped with a large number of horses, including first-class war horses that can carry heavy equipment.
At the same time, eight hundred extremely precious sets of fully armored armors with vests were also added. After Liu Feng's suggestion, the vests were not all made of iron, but leather armor inlaid with iron armor pieces. While ensuring the defense as much as possible, The weight of the war horse was reduced, thereby extending the fighting time of the heavy cavalry.
Such two cavalry battalions are extremely powerful in combat effectiveness, and battalion commander Liu Feng already has candidates in mind, and naturally they are Zhang Liao and Xu Huang.
With fierce generals commanding bravery, Liu Feng is confident that he can defeat several times the enemy head-on as long as his tactics are correct.
If they can be paired with elite infantry, Liu Feng is confident that he can win even if he is one against three.
The standard for destroying the front army is set based on the battlefield with one versus three.
The infantry battalion is organized as:
Heavy armored infantry: (the first division of the Army Sima, under the jurisdiction of two groups of 400 people) equipped with 400 complete sets of iron armor, 400 halberds and spears each, 400 long knives, 400 tower shields, etc. .
Medium-armored infantry: (two divisions of Army and Sima, under the jurisdiction of four groups of 800 people) equipped with 800 full sets of leather armor, 800 halberds and spears, 800 long knives, 800 small shields in the off-hand, etc. This kind of small shield can be bound with one hand. It was not invented until the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty. At this time, it was naturally created by Liu Feng in advance.
Crossbowman: (a division of the Army Sima, with two Qu and four hundred men under his command) equipped with four hundred sets of light armor, two hundred strong bows, two hundred powerful crossbows, and four hundred long swords.
Troops and Troops: (Army Sima Division, with two Qus and four hundred men under its command) equipped with one hundred carts, two hundred draft horses, two hundred pack horses, and two hundred mules and horses. It also includes a small number of special units such as medical troops and engineering troops.
Nowadays, the workshop base in Pengcheng has grown bigger and bigger, and a large number of prisoners of war have been sent to mine. The tribesmen of people like Zuo Rong and Xue Li have long been in terrible condition and can only be used as cannon fodder.
Liu Feng did not dare to use soldiers and horses like this. He was also worried that these guys would soil his troops and ruin his military style. However, these people's hearts have long since been turned into wild crops, and they can no longer farm with peace of mind.
After much thought, the best place for these people to go was in the mines, so they were allowed to use their last efforts in the mountains, which could be regarded as atonement for their previous actions.
Not to mention, these tens of thousands of prisoners of war were sent to mine, and the output of copper, iron, coal and other mineral deposits suddenly increased sharply, especially the output of iron and coal, which were the focus of mining, doubled and tripled respectively.
There are enough raw materials, and the workshops are fully equipped and go all out to produce ordnance, armor, agricultural tools and other materials. Iron armor, in particular, is a top priority. Now the monthly output has reached as high as 120 sets, and the annual output has successfully exceeded 1,000 sets.
And this is on the premise of ensuring other ordnance and a large number of agricultural tools. If the demand for other ordnance and agricultural tools is reduced, the output of iron armor can reach a higher level.
The reason for such a huge change is that Liu Feng began to implement hydraulic polishing and assembly line systems in the workshop.
A large number of skilled workers have been liberated, and novices only need to learn the process of making armor leaves. The difficulty is undoubtedly greatly reduced. This is because the number of workers in the workshop has been greatly supplemented, thus increasing production.
(End of chapter)