Chapter 83 If nothing else happens
The emperor has changed his origin again.
Changing Yuan is actually not uncommon, but it is extremely rare to see Yuan changing as frequently as today.
At the beginning of the year, it was still called the first year of Yongxing, but before the first month was completely over, the name was changed to "Yong'an".
At this time, the emperor Sima Zhong, who had just been kidnapped to Yecheng, issued an edict to change the Yuan Dynasty to "Jianwu". From now on it will be the first year of Jianwu (304).
Fang Bo and powerful ministers may often ignore the emperor's edicts, but that involves fundamental interests. No one would deny face to a small matter like Yuan Yuan change. After all, it doesn't hurt anything.
The new official letter issued by the Luoyang court already has "Jianwu" as the year name.
Shao Xun just received a message: Luoyang Arsenal has allocated some equipment to meet military needs.
This is the largest arsenal in the country, with everything from bed crossbows to grindstones - well, at least there are a lot of them on the books.
Military Secretary Cao Fu, Shangshu Zuopushe Wang Yan, and Du Luoyang Guard Mi Huang jointly signed it. Naturally, it is impossible to fool Shao Xun with any decayed weapons. They are all of high quality and at least usable. .
After getting this batch of equipment, Shao Xun planned to quadruple his troops.
How bold the people are and how productive the land is, I'm afraid of you, you hammer!
The army is overstretched. It is Sima Yue who will worry about it in the future. It is none of my business. On the contrary, he had to praise me for making prompt decisions and turning the tide.
With this mentality, at the end of August, Shao Xun openly set up a checkpoint in the Mangshan area of Luoyang to contain the defeated troops.
"Stop! I told you to stop, are you deaf?" Chen Yougen led fifty cavalry, quickly rushed to a group of broken soldiers who were running out of breath, and roared.
After fifty people dismounted, they carried long swords on their backs and held crossbows, looking fierce.
The defeated soldiers were not stupid. They looked at the gang of murderers and then at Senhan's crossbow arrows, but there was no resistance.
Huang Biao led a group of people, unloaded their equipment - if there were any - and then took them aside for a rough screening.
The main thing is to separate people, identify each other's names and hometowns, listen to the accents, and talk about their military experience to see if there are any flaws.
Detecting spies is just incidental, and breaking up the people and taking them away is the main task.
However, Shao Xun is quite picky. Not everyone wants it, but he must at least look strong and good at archery.
Archers can easily transform into spearmen and axemen, but the latter cannot easily transform into archers.
Li Chong has been suggesting recruiting more archers.
Before, there were only about 40 archers in the rear building, and some casualties were suffered during the battle. In July, the number was increased to 60 or 70. Now there is a good opportunity to contain the defeated troops. It would be a pity not to take advantage of it.
"You said you were from the Chinese Army? How does that make you similar?" Chen Yougen's loud voice sounded not far away again.
"General Zuowei's subordinate, Governor Huben, has been a soldier for nine years. It is absolutely true."
Governor Huben is a heavy infantryman. But the only thing left on this guy was his middle coat. He looked haggard and lost, and anyone would be suspicious of him.
"Still talking nonsense!" Chen Yougen sneered: "Both the left and right guards, Tiger and Ben, are guarding the emperor, officials, and kings. The emperor has arrived in Yecheng, how did you escape?"
< br>The veteran said helplessly: "The thieves only care about arresting the emperor and high officials. Who cares about us? They snatched a horse and ran away in the chaos."
"Where is the horse?"
"I broke my leg halfway and gave up."
Chen Yougen couldn't tell for a while, because several people actually identified him as a sergeant of the Chinese Army.
"How is the emperor doing?" Before Chen Yougen could speak, Shao Xun came over and asked.
The old soldier seemed to be a "high official", his expression perked up, and he said: "The Ye thieves fired thousands of arrows, and the brothers covered them from left to right, but it still didn't help. I could see clearly that the emperor was hit by three arrows, and he was riding on them. The carriage fell down and fell into the grass. "
"A mountain collapsed?" Shao Xun didn't ask for nothing, he just wanted to confirm whether someone was hiding his mourning and using the emperor's name to deceive people.
"No." The veteran swallowed and said, "The thieves were arrested - after meeting the emperor, I watched from a distance someone calling for a medical officer to treat the emperor's injuries."
Shao Xun nodded slowly and told Chen Yougen: "Record his name and join the kingdom's army."
"No." Chen Yougen responded.
After Shao Xun left, he continued to review the Northern Expedition with the student soldiers - based on the true or false information he learned.
In this way until evening, a total of more than 500 qualified sergeants were taken in, and all of them were unloaded and taken away.
Now only the first batch of defeated troops has arrived in Luoyang, and more will appear next. Of the hundreds of thousands of people, probably not even a fraction of them actually died. Most of them either collapsed or fled in organized groups.
In the wild, I don’t know how many more thieves will be added.
Wubao and the manor are expected to make great profits. The weak in the defeated army will be demoted as slaves and work in the fields, the strong will be incorporated into private soldiers, and the best ones can become guests to help Wubao and the manor. Manor increases military level.
Everyone is silently devouring the few remaining wealth of the Jin Dynasty.
When it is almost eaten, this shabby house will be kicked down. ******
After withdrawing his troops and returning to the city, Shao Xun got Governor Mi to endorse him and reorganized the entire army.
First, he made adjustments to each team.
Ten people, including the chiefs, result in a corps commander who can only manage four people (including himself), which is not very scientific.
When the secular military system was implemented in the Tang Dynasty, the chief of fire (the chief) of the government soldiers was not included in the number of ten people - Wu was the same as at this time, and the chief of Wu was in charge of five people including himself.
As a result, one person will need to be recruited for each item, and the entire building will have an additional fifty people.
In addition, the flag bearer is part-time, and there is no such thing as propaganda. This requires the military level to be equipped.
Shao Xun decided to add an additional supervisor, a clerk, two grooms (part-time veterinarians), two flag bearers, two battlefield messengers, four advocates, four scouts, eight door guards and With some other scattered personnel, the total number of people in the building will swell to over 590 people.
To put it bluntly, this is to allow the Zhuang unit to fight independently.
The Xiajun originally had two buildings, front and rear. Counting scattered personnel at the corps level, there will be more than 1,200 people after supplementation.
After containing the defeated troops, they will take advantage of the situation to expand. The entire army will be organized into five buildings, front, rear, left, middle and right, with nearly 3,000 people.
This is the highest goal of containing the defeated troops this time: to disband three thousand soldiers, plus auxiliary troops. With the current officer resources at hand, no matter how many people there are, it will be impossible to effectively control them. .
In terms of officer appointment, Shao Xun is Lieutenant Sima and concurrently serves as the leader of the rear building. The other four building owners are Gao Yi, Li Chong, Huang Biao and Yu An.
Chen Yougen's team expanded to a hundred people and did not belong to any army, but he himself had the title of Superintendent on the back building of the lower army.
Wu Qian went to become a building owner among the eliminated people in Luoyang City and engaged in logistical support work - this auxiliary force is expected to expand to more than 2,000 people.
As for the expansion of the army, after weighing the pros and cons, he did not participate too much, but only gave a lot of opinions.
Anyway, no matter how many soldiers He Lun recruits, he will still train them himself in the future, and there will be plenty of opportunities to get involved.
As a result, the East China Sea Kingdom Army became stronger and became a decisive force in Luoyang City.
"Quan Zhong——" After the compilation was completed, Mi Huang pulled Shao Xun. As soon as he opened his mouth, he felt something was wrong.
"I haven't chosen my cousin name yet. What does Quan Zhong mean?" Shao Xun said with a dark face.
"This——Yu Yuangui mentioned about visiting Cao Junsi..."
"It turns out to be this guy!" Shao Xun was annoyed and had a bad impression of Yu Liang.
“Let’s not talk about this.” Mi Huang observed the words and decisively changed the topic and brought up the business: “We have gathered so many defeated troops. When Zhang Fang comes, can we go out of the city and defeat them?”
Shao Xun pondered for a while and said: "A frightened bird, a newly attached soldier, whose prestige has not been established and whose favor has not been extended, I am afraid that he will not be able to fight in the field."
"That's it, I understand." Mi Huang is good at this. , willing to listen to professional opinions and not act recklessly.
Besides, he got a taste of it.
Now when he goes out, people who see him must respectfully call him "commander" even if they are not happy.
"He Lun heard that you went out of the city to recruit troops. He went out from Dongyang Gate in the afternoon, blocked the road and recruited more than 1,700 people." Mi Huang said again.
"So fast? How did he recruit?"
"Catch as many as you come."
Shao Xun nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.
Lao He is not rejecting anyone who comes. Maybe he should recruit his own army into an organized system, instead of carefully selecting them like him, breaking them up and then replenishing them into each team.
It seems that he has little ambition and has never thought of turning this army into a private army. Recalling the fact that He Lun and Wang Bing had sought positions in the imperial army, Shao Xun even sighed: Maybe Sima Yue was not good at other things, but he still had some discernment in judging people. He Lun and Wang Bing were both loyal ministers of his family. .
I don’t know if there were any wives or children given to them in history. Judging from Shao Xun's understanding, He Lun and Wang Bing may have average abilities, but Sima Yue will indeed try his best to handle the tasks assigned to them, even if he dies.
Thinking of this, Shao Xun, a rebellious guy, actually had a little respect for He Lun and Wang Bing.
This is a person who has his own persistence and integrity, unlike him - the bottom line is one, two and three, and various plan A and plan B are flying.
"Since we can't fight in the field, we can just defend the city and wait for news from Sikong." Mi Huang sighed regretfully. He still wanted to establish some achievements, although his lord didn't know where he was.
"Commander, please be at ease." Shao Xun said with a smile: "If the Luoyang garrison can be expanded to more than 20,000, Zhang Fang will not be able to enter the city until his death."
This is a fact.
This is not a field battle, it is a siege, and the difficulty is not on the same level.
If nothing else goes wrong, Zhang Fang just wants to hit someone on the head?
(End of this chapter)