"Chapter 126: Transformation Plan"
One thing I have been thinking about is whether I am worthy of the suffering I have experienced, what suffering is, suffering should be soil, as long as you are willing to endure all the feelings in your heart in this soil, it is very likely that you will bloom brilliant flowers that you can't imagine.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky (a preeminent representative of Russian literature, one of the most complex and contradictory writers in the history of Russian literature)
It is true that Bai Feng delegated the right to appoint officers at all levels of the New Army to General Rokuta Yusei and other senior generals such as Nanbu Rinao, but this does not mean that Bai Feng does not care about the organization of the New Army and the appointment of officers, on the contrary, this is one of Bai Feng's tests for them.
Whether it was the appointment of officers at all levels of the New Army in proportion to the generals, or the disrupted appointment of officers after the selection of officers was decided, Bai Feng was satisfied with the performance of the generals of the New Army; in particular, Yusei Rokuta, who had the greatest military power, put forward the proposal to disrupt the appointment of officers.
Without his suggestion, the composition of the new army would have been relatively isolated; for example, the first eight wings would have become the Yanhuang Supreme Alliance, and the last three wings would have become the Yanhuang Liutian Wing.
It was precisely because of this very constructive suggestion that the new army, which was jointly constructed by the Yanhuang family, the Liutian family, the Mogami army, and the Uesugi army, actually became the army of the Yanhuang family, so the importance and significance of this proposal are extraordinary.
Of course, to a certain extent, this suggestion, which is extremely beneficial to the Yanhuang family, also reflects the ability of Rokuta Yusei, and compared to him, who has rich experience and experience, the rigidity of Tiantong Trust and others and the immaturity of Nanbu Rizhi and others are undoubtedly obvious.
As a bystander, or a higher-level examiner, Bai Feng did not raise any objections to the formation of the new army and the appointment of officers; all he could do was to spare two hours every evening to patrol the camp with Nanfang Lizhi and others.
Don't underestimate this routine patrol camp, because the newly formed army is exposing their various shortcomings all the time, and Bai Feng will always point out these problems when he takes them on patrol, and then teach them how to solve them in his own way.
The new army, which was formed with the surrender of the Mogami army and the prisoners of war of the Uesugi army, could not be regarded as a new army in the full sense of the word; even though the vast majority of the officers and men in the new army were from peasant soldiers, the actual combat experience they possessed was a very valuable asset.
As long as they command their senior guards and generals, lead them to fight two more hard battles and win battles on the battlefield, and establish a conviction for them that they dare to fight and fight, the potential of such an army will definitely be much stronger than that of a newly formed army in the true sense.
In addition to the 'special care' of the southern Li Zhi and other generals, Bai Feng also met with five Wei generals including Rokuta Yucheng on the third day after the formation of the new army;
However, it was the most talented general, and Bai Feng did not want to take the initiative to mention the past events he had experienced, so the conversation between the two was not so much the encouragement of the family governor to the general, but the analysis and discussion of the military system of the Yanhuang family by the two generals.
After learning about the formation and scale of the standing armies of the Yanhuang family from Bai Feng's mouth, Yusei Liuda believed that behind the seemingly powerful military power of the Yanhuang family, there was actually a rather deadly potential threat, that is, the privatization of the standing army of the Yanhuang family was very serious.
Sanada Standing Army, Southern Standing Army, Izumiyama Standing Army...... For the Yanhuang family, which is in an absolute dominant position, it is not only a reflection of the strength of the soldiers, but also a reflection of the factions within the family.
Taking the Sanada Standing Army as an example, if the Yanhuang family suddenly underwent a huge change, would the 40,000 soldiers of the Sanada Standing Army be loyal to the high-ranking Yanhuang family, or would they be loyal to the Sanada family, who had been leading them on the battlefield?
Even if the factor of the main general is not mentioned, this standing army with strong combat power is named after the Sanada family; for those soldiers who shout the name of Sanada every day, is it the Sanada family or the Yanhuang family that is integrated into their blood and bones?
In fact, how could Bai Feng himself not know all of what Liutian Xiongcheng said? Changing the status quo of the standing army of the Yanhuang family was one of Bai Feng's established strategic goals for returning this time; however, it was not easy to change the Yanhuang family, which had a large number of standing troops!
The Sanada Standing Army, the Kunohe Standing Army, and the Iwashimizu Standing Army, which had been on the front line before, were the Southern Standing Army that remained at Sanhe Castle and the Izumiyama Standing Army stationed in northern Oshu.
The success was due to the full support of Nanbu Shinzhi and Quanshan Gukang, even if this support was premised on Bai Feng appointing them as the guardians of a country with a higher status, and the difficulty was due to the lack of experienced and qualified generals in the Yanhuang family, so Bai Feng had to slowly implement the transformation plan.
If the Yanhuang family had enough qualified middle and high-ranking generals, how could Bai Feng let Nanfang Xinli of the southern family succeed him to the position of commander of the southern standing army? The Yanhuang family's shallow foundation forced Bai Feng to rely on his own family's vassal families in some aspects.
When Bai Feng talked about these things openly, Rokuta Yusei, who felt the trust of the family governor, put forward a new proposal based on his own experience: that is, to use a two-step form to transform the standing army of the Yanhuang family, the first step is to cancel all the numbers of all the standing armies, and then give them the name of the Yanhuang family, and the second step is to transfer the main generals of each standing army to the same level to break up the family forces in the army.
Taking the Sanada Standing Army as an example, after officially changing the name of the Sanada Standing Army to the Yanhuang Standing Army, Sanada Masayuki, who had the most prestige in the army, was first transferred, for example, as the head of a country with a higher status; then the middle and senior generals of the former Sanada Standing Army were transferred at the same level as the middle and senior generals of the other standing armies, and finally there was a small and small mixing of the various armies.
After such a transformation and change, although this brand-new Yanhuang Standing Army was directly changed from the Sanada Standing Army, most of the generals in the army came from other standing armies, and this army and the original Sanada Standing Army were already essentially two armies.
After listening to Liutian Xiongcheng's eloquent talk, Bai Feng had to admit that this two-step change plan is indeed the most suitable for the Yanhuang family at this stage, and the feasibility is very high;
In the face of the governor's praise, Liutian Xiongcheng, who suddenly showed a wry smile, took out a yellowed brocade silk from his arms, held it in both hands and presented it to the governor;