Chapter 722 Material Army
In the third year of Taiwu, it was noon on May 2nd.
The shogunate's tribute to the frontline officials came out.
Chen Gong’s personality:
"Anyone who gets a Tu Tuan Lian Xiang Fu will be rewarded with one piece of silk for ten people; whoever gets a thief's deputy will be rewarded with three pieces of silk; whoever gets a yellow-headed old thief who is a general in the camp will be rewarded with ten pieces of silk; whoever gets a bandit corps will be rewarded with ten pieces of silk. The deputy general will be rewarded with thirty pieces of silk; the leader of the bandit general will be rewarded with seventy pieces of silk; the person who is the bandit general, Langguan, and Ya will be rewarded with one hundred pieces of silk; if he is awarded the rank of Jian, his honor will be transferred to the third level. , still excellent and job title. "
This is the reward given by Yuan Shao to the warriors who have made meritorious service in Ju Yijun. The organization is clear and the top and bottom are clear. There are rewards as much as you get. Some are given cloth and some are rewarded to officials.
In addition to rewarding these meritorious officials, Yuan Shao also entrusted Ju Yi with important positions. He not only gave Ju Yi a Jie Yue, but also appointed him as the marshal of the former army, the head of the military officials.
Yuan Shao asked Ju Yi to continue northward to the vicinity of Yishui after receiving this honor, where he would cut off the connection between Yiqueguan and Kyoto, and camp there to wait for his arrival.
In his order to Ju Yi, he stated that he would arrive there to join him around the tenth day. In this process, he needed to first resist the possible attack of the Taishan Army together with Yuan Shu to the west.
While issuing this order, Yuan Shao also sent his nephew Gao Gan to Ju Yi's army.
As his messenger, Gao Gan was far from simply delivering military orders. In fact, as Yuan Shao's special envoy, he had a decisive say in Lieutenant General Ju Yijun.
As Yuan Shao's nephew, Gao Gan has deep prestige among the younger generation of Chen State. Although he was from the Chenliu Gao family and had a fortune of two thousand dan, he was able to make friends with others and was good at raising people. In addition, when he was young, he followed his father to serve in Shu County, so he had a deep understanding of the people.
Therefore, among Yuan Shao's descendants, the senior officials are already the ones with the most outstanding abilities.
The reason why he asked the senior cadre to go to Ju Yi's army was not because he was worried about Ju Yi, but because he needed the senior cadre to convey the spirit of this battle to him. That's why the situation has changed now and he has to continue going north.
Yuan Shao also asked Gao Gan to bring a letter to Ju Yi. In the letter, he told Ju Yi that the current situation was very favorable to our army. Thanks to the continuous deepening of the Guanxi Army, Yuan Shao needed him. Ju Yi also came close to Yishui. Get support from the front line and Kansai.
At the same time, Yuan Shao also admitted that the task this time was relatively difficult, because he estimated that it would take ten days at the latest to lead the army from Yingchuan to Yishui, and in the process, the Taishan Army would definitely take the opportunity to encircle Juyi.
He finally told Ju Yi:
"Chen Guo prospered and fell in one fell swoop. Ju Jun encouraged him. In the future, the Yuan family and the Ju family will be equally wealthy."
In this way, Gao Gan took a dozen feathered cavalry and set off first with military orders.
On Yuan Shao's side, he began to mobilize his troops intensively, arranging all the armies to start marching towards the north.
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When Duke Chen passed the order to personally conquer the army, the whole of Yangdi became busy.
Since the beginning of the war, Yangdi has become a huge military and food depot. In order to make room for the national troops from Yuzhou counties heading north, all the people in Yangdi have been cleared into the countryside.
Under the unified dispatch of many Yingchuan soldiers, huge convoys are setting off towards the front line one after another.
These convoys carry the supplies and ordnance equipment of Ju Yi's entire army, and some of them are Yuan Shao's advance team. They will first bring a batch of grain and fodder to Dagonkou to stock up.
In order to prepare for this war, Chen Guo took out its past reserves. Not only did each battalion have a large number of husbands, but also a small number of women.
These people are not to pay for the troops, but to wash clothes for the officials in each battalion, the most important of which is leggings.
The Taishan Army brought far-reaching changes to the world, especially after they achieved countless victories. The princes from all walks of life in the Central Plains actually began to learn everything from the Taishan Army.
Among them, leggings are what everyone is learning. Once this weapon that allows troops to march for a long time was implemented, it quickly gained recognition throughout the army.
It's just that the leggings straps are good, but they are too smelly. These warriors of Yuan Jun are not particular people, and there is no such thing as mysophobia in this era, but even so, these warriors of Yuan Jun still can't bear the stench of the straps, which shows how powerful it is.
With no choice, Yuan Jun could only take the initiative of sending some women with the army, which was quite taboo among the martial arts of the era.
But again, what is the age of great strife? It only pays attention to effectiveness and efficiency, and anything that blocks these, no matter what traditions or customs, will give way.
Therefore, during the Battle of Jiangxia, each battalion began to bring women, and some businessmen were allowed to accompany the army.
Yuzhou is a place where business travelers gather, but in the past the army rarely allowed these people to participate. Since the Qin Dynasty's policy of integrating the military and the state, the army's supplies have been provided by the state, and private business travelers have rarely been provided.
But Yuan Shao allowed local businessmen to accompany the army, and the reason for this was related to the Yuan family's military system.
The forces other than the Yuan family, no matter how high or low they are, actually uniformly collect the spoils of the army. But it was different here with Yuan Jun. All the trophies obtained by the frontline warriors belonged to themselves.
This also resulted in samurai often gaining a lot of things but not being able to take them back. Therefore, it is necessary to sell it on the spot into something that is easy to carry, and at this time, business travel provides such a service.
It can be said that Yuan's business travel with the army is a unique feature. An unexpected benefit is that with the frequent contact between the army and merchants, merchants also began to transport large-scale commodities such as grain and fodder, which brought some convenience to Yuan Jun's logistical supplies.
The merchant groups in the Yuzhou area are very powerful. Large business groups often form forty or fifty oxcarts, which can carry enough corn to feed thousands of people. Some small business groups joined together, either carrying salt or driving sheep, to accompany the army.
Of course, this kind of fresh meat is rare at all times, and is often only supplied to Yuan Jun's senior warriors and generals.
It can be said that Yuan Jun is far more extravagant than Taishan Army in terms of upper-level enjoyment.
And these caravans were not in danger of being plundered by Yuan's army, because those who could do this business were backed by several wealthy families from Yingchuan and Runan, and most of them were even the convoys of the manor warriors themselves.
For these over-savvy manor warriors, they can not only sell the output of the manor, but also obtain cheap trophies, a win-win situation.
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In this way, as Yuan Shaoyu's cavalry dispersed, the armies that received the order completed their assembly and advanced towards Yangdi under the leadership of the flag.
These troops were scattered throughout Yuzhou. They had to go to Yangzhai for final reorganization before heading north in batches.
The first to arrive outside Yangzhai City was the Runan Army of four armies and 20,000 people. These four armies are Shaowei, Shaoyi, Shaoxiong and Shaode.
These four armies, together with the Shao Wu Army under Ju Yi's command, are called Yuan Shao's Upper Five Armies, and they are the direct lineage of Yuan Shao.
Almost all of these five armies are descendants from Runan.
Runan has become a very special existence under Yuan Shao's governance.
If Yingchuan is the civil chariot of Duke Chen, then Runan is the military chariot of Yuan Shao. The scribes from Yingchuan and the warriors from Runan jointly hold high the throne of Yuan Shao's principality. Without either of them, the foundation of Chen State is in danger of collapse. Runan was originally a large county with a population of one million, but in more than ten years, first the Yellow Turbans broke out, then the Han army fought, and finally the Yuan clan rose. It can be said that there were swords and wars every year.
And in such a dangerous environment, Runan formed a situation where the old and the weak were engaged in farming, while the young and strong were engaged in conscription. In a few years, more than 100,000 people were recruited into the army.
Yuan Shao selected 20,000 tall and powerful men from these more than 100,000 young men to form his own Upper Five Army.
It was with such strong troops that Yuan Shao gained control of the Central Plains in the area of Runan's Four Battles and laid the foundation of what is now the Duke of Chen.
It can be said that almost every household in Runan has soldiers, and the soldiers they select are also the best among the best.
At that time, Yuan Shao often took his eldest son Yuan Tan to stay overnight in the Fifth Army. He once said to Yuan Tan:
"You are my son, and they are my fake sons."
Therefore, Yuan Shao's Fifth Army was also called the "Fake Army", so their bugles all bore Yuan Shao's name.
Originally, Runan was founded in martial arts. Later, after Yuan Shao implemented the village land system in Runan, it accelerated the process of martial arts among all the people in Runan.
By enclosing their homes, fields, and slaves, Runan warriors were able to practice martial arts more intensively. And because of this kind relationship with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao allowed the children of the Fifth Army to inherit their father's legacy.
As long as someone in the clan recruits warriors, their family can still enjoy the privilege of being in the top class of Duke Chen.
It is precisely for this reason that in the upper five armies, father and son attack each other, and they are close to each other. They are like sons to each other. They are really Chen Gong's relatives and Chen Guozhu.
When the four armies arrived in Yangdi, Yuan Shao personally received them.
He took half a day to watch the martial arts performances of the four armies, including bow shooting, horn fighting, and bow fighting. These three martial arts performances were also practiced by Runan warriors on a daily basis.
The most important art of military warfare is riding and shooting. Runan, on the other hand, did not have systematic riding training because he lacked riders, but he was quite good at shooting.
Because crossbows can kill enemies from long distances, they have incomparable advantages over other close-quarter weapons in this era. Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, archery was an important assessment for selecting warriors.
Runan was the junction of the three kingdoms of Korea, Chu and Wei, and there is a profound tradition of archery among the people. At the same time, because of Yuan Shao's vigorous promotion, which of today's Runan warriors can't draw the bow and shoot?
These Runan warriors practice archery every day in the manor, and they also have local examinations every month. Those who fail to pass must be reprimanded, which greatly affects the reputation of the warriors.
Therefore, for the sake of reputation, these Runan warriors practice shooting without stopping. The purpose is to one day perform meritorious service on the battlefield and His Majesty Chen Gong will perform martial arts.
During the archery and martial arts exercises, Yuan Shao found many warriors with outstanding abilities.
One of them, Wang De, was still a young man. It is said that he took his father's position and joined the army.
This army stands tall under the tent, bows are drawn and arrows flash, arrows are fired at thunderous speeds, and they shoot at a hundred paces. Ten of them hit the target ten times, and they hit the target with all their strength.
There is another man with a beard, who looks familiar to Yuan Shao. This army also has the same accuracy of one hundred steps, and has long strength, and is even more calm and capable.
Later, Yuan Shao found out that he was an old man in the army, named Wei Yan. He was a mountain man recruited by Yuan's army after they captured the three passes of Yiyang.
At that time, Yuan Jun flew to seize three passes. Ju Yi thought that the local mountain people were familiar with the terrain and would send troops to Jiangxia, so he recruited brave men in Yiyang to form an army.
The land in Yiyang is poor and the taxes are heavy, so people often flee into the mountains. Ju Yi recruited a large number of mountain people with large sums of money and a promise to move to Runan.
He selected one of the three households, and those with talent were exempted from rent and labor and were given bows and arrows. The mountain people were already sharp-eyed and good at shooting, and with a little training they could become qualified archers, so a large number of Yiyang people joined the Yuan army, and the man named Wei Yan was one of them.
Yuan Shao was very happy with the emergence of these armored warriors and gave them cloaks, cloaks and short blades.
After that, Yuan Shao looked at Jiaozhu and Cuju.
Corner fighting is a military training technique, and many Runan warriors are good at it. Among them, Yuan Shao also found many people who are good at fighting, including Zhou Bao, Xue Yi, and Ye Sheng. Magnificent, Yuan Shao loved it and devoted himself to his army.
It was during this grand martial arts event that more and more Runan warriors emerged. They were either good at crossbow shooting, good at horn fighting, or dominated with sword skills.
For a moment, Yuan Shao looked at the crowd of heroic warriors and felt that all the talents in the world were among them.
So, he looked northward, thinking that the recapture of Kyoto was just around the corner.
While Yangzhai is a raging fire and full of life, Chen Guo, not far from Yingchuan, has a feeling of sadness as if the elders are separated from each other.
In Chen County, the capital of Chen State, countless talented and brave villagers were bidding farewell to their wives and children.
Many of them understand that this may be the last time they see them. They may have to miss the growth of their children, and maybe after this separation, their wives will have to marry someone else.
Tears were already stained on the rough faces of many old soldiers. How they did not want to leave home and leave their wives, children and fathers. However, due to Chen Gong's military orders, they had no choice but to embark on the journey.
Some people walked, but couldn't help but come back to hug their children, until they were scolded by the military officials, and they reluctantly left.
Not only them, but actually the military officials who commanded them were unwilling to work for Chen Gong because they had a blood debt with Yuan Shao.
Three years ago, in the war between the counties and states in Yuzhou against Runan, only their state, Chen, had the most difficult time. Under the leadership of King Chen, they defeated Yuan's army twice. If it hadn't been for the shameful local power who finally opened the city gate and begged Yuan Shao for surrender, they could have continued to fight.
Afterwards, King Chen ran north to Kyoto, and was said to have died in a battle with the Taishan Army. Although these original warriors and tribesmen of King Chen were retained by Yuan Shao, their treatment was not as good as before.
The warriors from Chen State not only received the least land, but also found it difficult to be promoted in Yuan's military system. This is also because the Chen people caused too many casualties to the Runan people. The latter's hatred for them has never disappeared, but has deepened in recent years.
Therefore, the warriors of Chen State who were recruited this time were generally unwilling to participate in the war, but they had no choice. The official order had been issued, and those who violated it would be punished.
As a result, these conscripts could only say goodbye to their wives with tears in their scarfs, carrying their armor and carrying their armor, and flowed into Yangzhai in the northeast like a trickle.
The same war, different warmth and cold, different future.