Tong Yuan through the discussion just now, he felt that the soldiers at the grassroots level also understood a lot of truths, if they want to penetrate into the hearts of the people and gather the strength of the soldiers, it is not that he himself becomes omnipotent and does everything himself, but that he can let them do something by themselves.

He knew that this was a long way to go, and that it was necessary to mobilize soldiers with common will in order to be more effective. He had planned to set up a political system in the army that would not be separated from the grass-roots army, and that there would be one auxiliary general for political and religious affairs in the first guard and one military instructor in the army.

The number of counselors in this battalion was five, and the position was only equal to that of the chief. Tong Yuan planned that these more than 30 people, as well as other similar soldiers who were the most enthusiastic, loved our army, and were uplifted, could serve as counselors in the battalion.

In this way, he, the concurrently serving auxiliary general of political and religious affairs, together with all brigades and battalions, established the political and religious system of the Dreadnought Army. Although this incident marked the beginning, the future brought about a qualitative change in the entire New Army, and together they constituted the entire system of Tong Yuan.

Next, the scholars and talents.

He already had ideas about appointing scholars and discovering talents. Haoyang County has convenient transportation, although it is not as convenient for trade as Xiayang and Yaxian as close to foreign peoples, but it can specifically attract scholars and talents to take refuge.

Tong Yuanxian and Zhang Ji visited the local scholars together.

Zhang Ji is more familiar with Sanfu, he introduced: "This Haoyang had a small population before, and there were only so many famous scholars, and you must know the most famous."

Tong Yuan held his forehead, he really didn't know......

Zhang Ji said: "The military advisor of the Xiliang Army, Li Ru is from here."

"Ah...... That's it, but I heard that he has disappeared since the martyrdom of Master Dong. Tong Yuan thought that this Li Ru could be regarded as one of the most powerful strategists so far, but unfortunately Dong Zhuo did not listen to his advice later, and finally ......

Zhang Ji said: "When I rebelled in May to cause trouble in Haoyang, I found that there were still people in their family, and they also participated in organizing the people when they retreated to Xiayang. Later, he went incognito and went to a private dock fort in the mountains, and no longer had any contact with the outside world. ”

Tong Yuan's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "If it is him, it is likely that he is willing to help Weiyang Jun and a certain arm, why don't we go to the meeting?"

Zhang Ji replied: "Although a certain person is from a poor family, he really doesn't want to be ashamed of the big man, I can work with him, but I don't want to personally invite him out of the mountain, please forgive me."

It turned out that Li Ru's most famous thing was not how to give advice as a military advisor of the Xiliang Army, but that he supported Liu Bian, the young emperor of the abolished Han Dynasty, as the king of Hongnong, and then he personally killed Liu Bian.

Tong Yuan then remembered that Li Ru's notoriety was estimated to be not much worse than Dong Zhuo, and the poisoning of the emperor (abolished as King Hongnong) was famous all over the world. But Li Ru is a top military advisor, and he doesn't have the moral shackles of scholars in this era, so he still has to invite him personally.

After visiting several scholars with Zhang Ji today, he really didn't find any talents that could be discovered, at most he found a few scholars from the poor family, who agreed to serve as the Hu Cao, Song Cao, and Ci Cao of the Weiyang Junfu out of the need to protect their homeland and the development of Zuo Fengyi.

As for important positions such as East and West Cao Peng, he does not plan to set them up in the near future, after all, the actual operation of this Weiyang Junfu will continue to be explored, and he will also have to discuss this matter with Dong Bai and Dong Weiluo.

Li Ru, how can you be convinced?

By the way, Xu Rong is famous in the Xiliang Army, and he must know Li Ru, so why not ask him where Li Ru is.

Xu Rong couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "Li Ru, Li Wenyou's talent is unique to my Xiliang Army, if he can join, it will naturally be very second." But all I can tell you is where he is for the time being? I can't go. ”

Tong Yuan naturally persuaded him repeatedly, asking why he couldn't go. Xu Rong just smiled and said nothing.

Tong Yuan had a stubborn countermeasure, and after asking Li Ru's residence from Xu Rong, he went straight to Xu Rong's son Xu Jian and ordered him to temporarily protect himself to do an important thing.

Xu Jian didn't know the reason, of course, he obeyed the military order and escorted the guards to the west peak of Liangshan Mountain in the north of Haoyang.

Tong Yuan asked: "After being included in the new army in the past few days, how have the soldiers and horses cooperated?"

Xu Jian replied on the horse: "General Hui, the last general led more than 300 armored cavalry to join the headquarters of Captain Hu Lang'er according to the order, and the morale of the Third Cavalry Brigade is high, and the cooperation is becoming more and more familiar."

Tong Yuan said: "Very good, but communicate with me privately, you don't have to be as formal as in the barracks, just be casual." How is the 3rd Cavalry Brigade now deployed? ”

"No! The general was informed that the third standard of the Third Cavalry Brigade was currently equipped with 350 mounted cavalry, each of whom wore armor, and the horses were covered with leather armor, and each of them was equipped with spears, halberds, iron shields, and other equipment, and that there were more than 700 Xiliang horses, 500 horses, and 600 donkeys. ”

Tong Yuan was secretly frightened when he heard this configuration, no wonder there were so few mounted cavalry in history, this was completely a super luxurious configuration of one person and two Xiliang horses for combat, and one horse and one donkey for carrying equipment.

Horses eat more than men, and these days he has learned from his men that horses eat grass as a man eats porridge; Eating hay is like eating dry rice; Eating soy is like people eating meat, eggs and milk.

These rare war horses can't eat grass as their staple food on weekdays, otherwise they will be wasted. They mainly eat hay on weekdays, and eat a lot of beans during wartime. This kind of consumption has led to the fact that there is no second person in the world who dares to raise cavalry, even the elite troops of Gongsun Zhan, Han Sui and Ma Teng are mostly armoured, and the horses are not armoured, and they are only equipped with one person and two horses.

Of course, Xu Jian didn't know what Tong Yuan was thinking now, and continued: "The Twelfth Brigade and the Thirteenth Brigade each have about three hundred heavy armored cavalry. In addition to spears, they were also equipped with horse bows, but the horses were not armoured. In battle, you can calmly deal with the opponent's scouts and not too many light cavalry, and if you encounter a dense infantry formation, you will not adopt shock tactics, but deal with them flexibly according to the situation. ”

Tong Yuan asked, "Very good." What about the joint training of the battalions of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade? Logistically, have you adapted to this new approach? ”

"At present, we are stepping up joint training, and it is estimated that it will take several months to achieve a high level of tacit understanding of various tactics. In addition, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade also has several teams of soldiers and horses directly under it, which are responsible for reconnaissance, liaison, and guards, all of which perform their duties and obey orders at any time.

"In terms of logistics, now, the soldiers of the Dreadnought Army do not have to go up the mountain to cut wood and bury pots to cook by themselves like other armies. Exclusively supplied by exclusive troops. The whole brigade does not light fires by itself, and is supplied by the military and Mintun sides in peacetime, and in wartime, the troops of the Tuntian Army who are specially responsible for logistics and cooking will be docked. ”

At first, the soldiers felt that this method was a little uncomfortable, some complained that the food was not good enough, and some were worried that some food would be greedy for ink by the military logistics side. But the battalion commanders gradually mastered the methods of work and were able to supervise the quality of supplies. It didn't take long for the soldiers to adapt to this efficient, high-quality approach. At present, the situation of the Dreadnought brigades is more or less the same. ”

Tong Yuan said: "However, the soldiers also have to be trained to cook in a pot, and sometimes the combat situation will exceed expectations, and the Tuntian Army in charge of logistics may not be able to supply it at any time." ”

Xu Jian replied: "Understood! Brigade lieutenants and officers are prepared in this regard. ”