Chapter 71 Application Questions
Indeed, just as Director Wang said: start now.
In mid-May, Sima Yue reorganized the Forbidden Army.
There were not many Imperial Guards soldiers whom he won over, just a little over 20,000.
With such a small number of people, let alone restoring the old establishment of the Suwei Seventh Battalion and the Yamen Army Battalions, the three battalions were reluctant to come out.
The current situation of the Forbidden Army is that many of its establishments are disabled or even completely gone. Various departments are seriously short of establishments and have few heads.
This state is not suitable for battle and must be reorganized.
After everyone in the shogunate discussed it, they felt that it was most appropriate to organize it into two battalions, the left and right, plus some independent troops, such as the Youzhou Cavalry Governor, to form a new forbidden army.
Imperfect organization is terrible, and you will suffer big losses on the battlefield.
So, the plan for the reorganization of the Forbidden Army was finalized.
The two guards on the left and right each have eight to nine thousand men, both on foot and cavalry, with heavy armored infantry, light infantry and heavy cavalry - the men are armored, but the horses are not.
In addition, the Youzhou Tuqi Superintendent has thousands of armored riders - both men and horses are wearing heavy armor.
The Heroic Cavalry Army was downsized into the Heroic Cavalry Governor, with an establishment of 2,500 men, who were light cavalry - men were equipped with leather armor, and the horses were not armored.
Sima Yue also recruited some Forbidden Army soldiers who had retired at home and asked them to come back to help train new soldiers.
But not now.
Because only the money and food from Yuzhou will come to Beijing at this time, and the money from other places has not yet arrived. He did not have enough money and food to recruit new soldiers on a large scale and organize them into an army, so he had to make preliminary preparations first.
Shao Xun only attended one of several army meetings and provided some decent suggestions.
He just lamented that dialectical thinking is useful at all times.
Despite all the disadvantages of Luoyang, there is one thing that is difficult to match in other places in the country: it has extremely abundant resources of craftsmen, a huge reserve of weapons, and a steady stream of scholars from other places rushing to the capital. , they will bring a large amount of goods for consumption, and as soon as they arrive, businessmen will form teams to Beijing to provide various supplies...
This reminds Shao Xun of a person in history: Han Jian .
This man once kidnapped Tang Zhaozong to Huazhou, and then all the officials went to Huazhou to attend court, and the nobles and nobles also followed. Scholars from other places rushing to take exams, officials on business in Beijing, and even all kinds of people all flocked to Huazhou. Han Jian took the opportunity to collect business taxes, counting the money until his hands cramped.
Of course, the Western Jin Dynasty lacked a complete commercial tax system. Commercial tax is another matter, but the craftsman resources are too precious. From low-end farm tools to high-end brocade clothing and even luxury goods, there are corresponding talents. As long as Luoyang is not blocked and all kinds of raw materials can enter Beijing, they can make everything for you.
This is a precious treasure that the refugee army cannot get even with its eyes widened and its mouth drooling.
In addition, Luoyang has another advantage that I have to mention: it is the headquarters of the imperial power, and the power of the family is greatly suppressed.
In the chaos of war, a big-headed soldier could kill a member of a wealthy family, which is difficult to do in a local area - this is what Pan Tao meant when he asked Shao Xun to be careful when he went to Yingchuan County.
The capital is the capital, it is a magical place.
After the meeting, Shao Xun stayed in the military camp and worked hard to train his troops.
He himself led ten teams.
After reorganization in February, the plan included——
The leader of the first team, Huang Biao, with a full strength of fifty people, infantry;
Yu An, the leader of the second team, has a full strength of fifty men, infantry;
Zhou Ying, the leader of the third team, has a full strength of fifty men, infantry;
Yao Yuan, the leader of the fourth team, has a full strength Fifty people, infantry;
The leader of the fifth team, Zhang Gu, has a full strength of fifty people, infantry;
The leader of the sixth team, Qin San, has a full strength of fifty people, infantry;
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Wang Queer, the captain of the seventh team, has a full strength of fifty men, and he has led Luoyang coolie recruits;
Jin San, the leader of the eighth team, has a full strength of fifty men, and has led young soldiers;
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Mao Er, the leader of the ninth team, has an over-staffed number of fifty-six men and leads young soldiers;
Li Zhong, the leader of the tenth team, has a dissatisfied number of forty-two archers.
Including him and Superintendent Wu Qian, the total of the whole building is five hundred, and almost half of them are veterans - of course, these people are only considered veterans in this era. In Shao Xun's view, skills and experience Still not enough.
There is also a teaching team of thirty people, with Chen Yougen as the team leader. Strictly speaking, they are not the soldiers of the building, they are a bit like Shao Xun's personal soldiers, although he is definitely not qualified to be a personal soldier at his level.
These thirty people are all carefully selected and can be considered the elite of the old army.
He was given a pair of iron armor, a crossbow, an epee (not all of them have been matched yet), a ring-headed sword, and a horse.
Relatively speaking, they have higher skills and richer combat experience. They often help Shao Xun share the training pressure, leading five hundred soldiers from the main building and another building.
There is also a new owner of that building. He is a man named Gao Yi. He is young, in his early twenties.
This person is one of the conditions for Wang Bing to give in.
After a little inquiry, I learned that he was not from a noble family, but a descendant of a horse merchant in Wancheng. He was tall and had outstanding strength.
As for appearance - it can only be described as "Kuijie", anyway, it is quite "masculine".
Shao Xun didn’t know why Wang Bing owed favor to the Gao family. Could it be that he owed them a large sum of money?
You are buying and selling your official position! Although the official positions of building owners and the like are originally reserved for local powerful and powerful businessmen who have no family background.
Shao Xun agreed without refuting Wang Bing's face.
After all, Gao Yi is physically fit to be a strong man carrying a flag or charging into battle, and his family background is not bad. He is actually equipped with armor, weapons, two war horses, a riding horse, The two pack horses led five groups, each with their own horses and weapons. It was indeed the standard style of local powerful businessmen.
If he is willing to come to Luoyang to "die", then come.
The building commanded by Gao Yi is called the "front building". It has a full strength of 500 people, and at least 200 soldiers were forced by Shao Xun.
The people who passed through were not trustworthy, such as team leader Zheng Gouer, governor Yang Bao and so on. Shao Xun asked them to report something. This was a test. If Yang Bao directly defected to Gao Yi, he would naturally look good to him in the future. It's not that simple to gain Shao Xun's trust.
After everything is settled, it’s time to train.
Shao Xun put more energy into the "back building" as the owner of the building, and personally paid close attention to it and set strict requirements.
As for Qianzhuang, he sometimes uses his identity as Lieutenant Sima to intervene, adjust their training content and direction, and select people for assessment.
Gao Yi is generally more cooperative. Maybe Wang Bing said something to him.
What's more, if you ride alone into battle, catch a thief and come back, you can show it off? Don't talk about Jizhou soldiers not being prepared that day. If it works, it will work. If it doesn't, it won't work.
Overall, the Qianqian Army is slowly getting on the right track. Individual skill training, golden drum flag recognition, and various military formation and tactical drills are taking turns. They are racing against time, hoping to have more weapons when the next war comes. A little chance of winning.
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"Have you thought about everything? Answer the questions one by one." On the training ground, Shao Xun looked at the young soldiers gathered and asked.
"I'll come first." Wang Que'er did his part and talked eloquently: "The whole army passes through a dangerous area. The key is not to be ambushed. Then more sentries need to be sent as a warning."
After the training break, Shao Xun asked an "application question": How to safely pass through a narrow and dangerous area?
This is an old tradition, just like when he asked his subordinates how to deal with the cavalry in Piyong.
Fifteen-year-old Wang Queer is already the leader of a fifty-man army.
Those honest coolies were submissive to him and would kneel down at every turn, which had already nourished his spirit. There was a question to answer, and he was the first to stand up and give a plan.
"What if the sentry was killed quietly?" Shao Xun asked.
"Then send more people."
"Do you know how many people you need to send?"
"It must be at least dozens of people..." Wang Que'er felt a little dissatisfied. replied confidently.
"How to distribute these dozens of people?" Shao Xun asked.
"Send in all directions."
"How far to disperse? How many people are sent at how many miles? How many horses does each person bring? How many days of food and water? Between each other? How to contact? What should we do if a team of sentinels lose information and are not contacted within the specified time?" Shao Xun asked a series of questions, all of which made Wang Queer frown and didn't know how to answer them for a while.
"This is the problem..." Shao Xun smiled, then pointed at Wang Que'er and said to the others: "The sentry investigation is not a matter of one sentence. In fact, it is very complicated. Many of you People are just like Wang Que'er, they only pay attention to the general outline and don't pay attention to the details, but often the details determine success or failure. Since the matter of sentinels has been introduced, then each of you will write down a strategy on how to carefully arrange the sentinels and submit it to me. "Correct it yourself."
"No." Everyone responded.
"Now -" Shao Xun said again: "We will treat this as the sentinels have been properly dispatched and will no longer consider this issue. Is there anything to add?"
"Master Shao. "Jin San stood up and said loudly: "When passing through dangerous sections, the entire army must wear armor and carry weapons to pass."
In ancient times, during battles, one would not wear armor when marching, as it would be too tiring.
The bow is also unstrung, otherwise it will be tight all the way, and it will be useless when it comes to shooting.
Like armor, pole weapons are not carried with you, but placed on baggage vehicles.
You will know just by carrying a spear and walking. It is fine for a short time, but over time, the thief will consume his energy and his speed will be slow.
The most important thing is that there is no formation when marching.
Therefore, troops in a marching state are very fragile. Once they are attacked, they will be at a great disadvantage.
Jin San is right when he said that soldiers need to be fully armed when passing through dangerous sections.
Don't bother with war. If you are lazy, you may give the enemy an opportunity. You can't expect him to fail to seize it every time.
"What is the specific method of passing?" Shao Xun not only looked at Jin San, but also turned to the others, looking at them with encouraging eyes.
"Master Shao." Lu Heigou suddenly stood up and said: "Maybe some people can be sent to occupy the high ground on both sides, halfway up the mountain or something in advance, and then the whole army can be neatly dressed and pass quickly."
"It's best to pass by in a fighting formation. You can't just run by randomly." After receiving encouragement from Shao Xun, someone else said.
“I think we should send some elite soldiers to clear the way first, pass quickly, and form formation on the opposite side to cover the passage of the main force of the brigade behind. After everyone has passed, we can resume marching.”
< br>"I think..."
One after another, people came forward to express their opinions.
The smile on Shao Xun’s face became more and more obvious.
That’s it, that’s it!
Everyone participates in it, discusses and deduces with each other, and the truth becomes clearer and clearer with each other. Moreover, such a format will also make a deeper impression on the teenagers, and the effect will be better than simply attending classes.
"Now to summarize." Shao Xun said: "The first one is to send out sentries from a distance to carefully check whether there is an invincible army group nearby; the second one is to send a small group of people to the high ground immediately to search for Check the deep woods to see if there are ambushes, and take the opportunity to stand guard on the mountains on both sides; the third step is to select elite soldiers and open the way first. After passing through the dangerous area, choose a location to form an array, with swords and guns facing outwards to cover the following troops; fourth Article 1: The whole army is neatly dressed and arranged in a battle formation. They must quickly pass through dangerous roads and ensure safety before disarming and dispersing. Article 5..."
"Write them all down?" Shao Xun said. After finishing, he turned to look at the team leader Yu An and asked.
“I’ve written it all down.” Yu An’s writing was as fast as flying, and he quickly jotted down the key points—which would have to be reorganized, polished, and transcribed later.
"Eat some water." Shao Xun nodded and said, "After burning incense, each team went back to their respective teams and started practicing archery."
"No." The teenagers responded loudly.
(End of this chapter)