Chapter 56: Strength Increases
In order to appease Liu Zheng, as soon as Zhang Mancheng opened his mouth, he upgraded Liu Zheng from the previous Xiaoqu Shuai to the new Daqu Shuai in Runan and Yingchuan.
It seems to be just a change in position, but the change in power brought about by Liu Zheng is very different.
Yingchuan and Runan's original Daqu Shuai Bocai claimed to have an army of 200,000.
All the Yellow Turban Army Xiaoqu Marshals in Yingchuan and Runan are under the command of Bocai, and they can be regarded as a real power figure.
Although these little commanders are all fighting on their own, when Bocai needs them, they really need to listen to Bocai's transfer.
At the same time, Liu Zheng was also able to canonize Xiaoqu Shuai, and had the power to canonize the small leader of the Yellow Turban Army.
Compared with the Yellow Turban Army, which commanded Yingchuan and Runan, Liu Zheng was more concerned about the fact that he had the power to canonize the Yellow Turban Xiaoqu Shuai.
After the sweeps of the two major lieutenant generals Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun in Yingchuan and Runan, there are almost no remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in these two places, and even if there are, they are only some small units hidden after being swept by the official army, and the number will not exceed one or two thousand.
Such a remnant of the Yellow Turban Army, even if it wants to gather, it is quite difficult.
On the contrary, it is the power to canonize Xiaoqu Shuai, he can let these generals who follow him have real titles, canonize their positions, and make them more loyal to him. You can cultivate a force of your own cronies.
After thanking Zhang Mancheng again, Liu Zheng did not stop in Wancheng, but took Zhang Zhongjing and the hundreds of cavalry he brought over, and quickly withdrew to Runan City.
When he went, he had only about 600 horses, but when he returned, he had more than 700. Although it was only an increase of 100 war horses, it made the cavalry team under Liu Zheng expand again, and its strength reached a new level.
The strength of the cavalry, the individual can not actually see it, the real reflection of the cavalry is that the number of cavalry is large, the battlefield provides a few rounds of charges on the kind of war horse trampling, horses roaring, causing the ground to shake, can bring extreme shock to the hearts of the people.
Greatly boosts your morale and reduces the morale of your enemies.
So that's why Liu Zheng has always insisted on cultivating his own cavalry squad.
Liu Zheng, who returned to Runan City, did not continue to expand this time, but redistributed the war horses he had gotten, and ordered Xu Huang and Pei Yuanshao to strengthen the strength of the cavalry squad again and strengthen training.
After several battles in the past few days, these cavalry under Liu Zheng can finally be said to be able to come in handy on the battlefield.
At least in the face of the enemy, it will not immediately break up, and can form an effective charge. Give the enemy some blows.
After a period of training, Liu Zheng believed that the cavalry under his command would definitely be able to compete head-on with the official cavalry he had seen before.
Even if it is slightly inferior, it can completely rely on the advantage of a large number of people to fight an equal one.
At the same time, the more than 500 spears obtained from Zhang Mancheng were also distributed by Liu Zheng.
The cavalry received a stable training, but Liu Zheng did not stop there, but began to think about the idea of training other arms.
Liu Zheng may not have had this idea before, firstly, because time did not allow it, and secondly, there were not so many people under his command to let him train, but now the situation is different.
Liu Zheng conquered Runan City, and in just two or three days, the news spread again around Runan County and Yingchuan County.
The remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, who were originally hiding in Yingchuan County and Runan County, heard the news. They all began to gather near Runan City, wanting to get the protection of the Yellow Turban Army in Runan City, and at the same time join Liu Zheng's men.
More and more remnants of the Yellow Turban Party gathered, and from time to time a small wave of people gathered, as few as thirty or fifty people, and as many as four or five hundred remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, often appeared outside Runan City, wanting to take refuge in Liu Zheng, and the number of Yellow Turban Army in Runan City skyrocketed in a short period of time.
These people were all those Yellow Turban Army who were previously subordinate to Bo Cai, but at that time, Bo Cai was surrounded and suppressed by the official army, and after several defeats, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army were scattered, hiding in various mountains and forests in the two places.
It hasn't appeared these days, mainly because there is no large Yellow Turban force in these two places that can bring them back.
And now Liu Zheng's appearance has given them courage, and at the same time, Liu Zheng's achievements have spread between the two places, so that these Yellow Turban Army have great respect for Liu Zheng, and naturally want to join Liu Zheng's command.
For these remnants of the Yellow Turban, Liu Zheng did not refuse. Although the strength of these Yellow Turban remnants is not very good, even if they are useless, they can earn a few shouts.
Moreover, as soon as there are more people, these remnants can be regarded as some foundations, and only when there will be more and more people can he select some strong young people among these people and form a new army.
And the new class of troops he wants to form is actually predictable, which is the shooter battalion.
Although Xu Huang knew a little about archery before, Xu Huang had to prepare a cavalry battalion here, and at the same time, if he had to manage some archers, he would inevitably be a little powerless and had no time to separate.
Although Pei Yuanshao later assisted him in forming a cavalry squad, but now there are more and more soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng's command, and there are also a lot of things that need to be managed.
If he is asked to train an archer team again, there are still some people who are unable to pull away, especially now that Liu Zheng has once again won Huang Zhong's allegiance, and with Huang Zhong's archery skills, let him prepare a new archer team, which is simply a matter of hand-to-hand.
It is precisely for this reason that Liu Zheng will put this plan back up.
Today, the Yellow Turban Army in Runan City has skyrocketed to more than 30,000 people in a short period of time. Selecting new candidates from these more than 30,000 people and forming a team of shooters is more leeway than choosing from the 6,000 people under Liu Zheng's command at the beginning.
And among the more than 20,000 new people, most of them are veterans who have followed Bocai and the official army before.
These people have some fighting skills, and many of them are even shooters, after all, only shooters will be arranged at the end of the team to have more chances to escape.
Miscellaneous soldiers and pikemen at the cannon fodder level were wiped out as early as the first round of charges.
Liu Zheng called Huang Zhong over and gave Huang Zhong a permission, asking Huang Zhong to select 1,000 people from the more than 30,000 people to form a team of shooters.
Forming a squad of archers is easier than a squad of cavalry, after all, it is not too limited to this important factor of war horses.