Chapter 191, Military System

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Xun You has a headache, I'm not afraid that you won't stop it, I'm afraid that you will go according to the script, how good it is to stop Cao Cao, let the Danyang elite carry a wave in front, and then rush out and run, everyone in the province will waste their brains, look at the situation in Qingzhou, you will know, there must be a back-up.

Think about it, you know, how many days have you been chasing? From the beginning of entering Xuzhou, there was an ambush on the side, and suddenly there was a surprise, Cao Cao was not scared, tried his best, and finally escaped, and then Liu Bei and they chased them again, and the encirclement was so big, it was clear that they wanted to kill Cao Cao.

Now, Cao Cao finally defeated the elite of Danyang and ran over, ready to break out of the encirclement and return to his hometown, and the army in Qingzhou directly gave a gap, okay, you want to go? Then let's go, who will believe it if there is no posterior.

"Gongda, what can I do, Liu Bei's hand, it makes me a little panicked", Cao Cao looked at the front line of defense, half of the Danyang elite had passed, it was really a headache.

Liu Da Er, Liu Da Er, you let me say what is good for you, you just stay in Qingzhou, develop your Qingzhou army, plot the world, do a good job in the economy, come to Xuzhou to make some fun, I just want to avenge my father, why is it so difficult, I was ambushed there when I just entered Xuzhou, how much hatred and how much hatred, why didn't we see that you were so black-hearted when we were drinking and talking.

Cao Cao's mental activities are very complicated, seeing that he can escape according to Xun You's words, return to his hometown in Yanzhou, the sky is high and the birds fly, the sea is wide and the fish jumps, this time Xuzhou did fail, but it doesn't matter, the army losses are not particularly in the eyes, it's a big deal to start over, you Liu Bei can't always guard Xuzhou, but unfortunately things are beyond Cao Cao's expectations.

Liu Bei's hatred for him was far beyond his imagination, and now in this situation, Cao Cao has also calmed down, slaughtered so many people, and he himself has fallen into a desperate situation.

The hatred and anger have long since disappeared, and now I want to return to Yanzhou safely. As for the massacre of the people, Cao Cao knows that the impact is very bad, but there is a remedy, who doesn't know how many slaughtered, when the time comes, he will apologize, and then find some people to echo, it is very simple to pass, who will be idle and bored to revoke the grievances of those ordinary people, to offend a powerful prince? And then you can't get any benefits, there are not many people in the world who will do this, as long as the whole world doesn't have to crusade against him Cao Cao, then black and white can be reversed, so Cao Cao didn't see how heavy this matter was.

As for whether you know that you are wrong, whether you regret it, because you impulsively let yourself fall into this situation, it is impossible to say that there is no remorse, but Cao Cao is a prince, a man like a hero, even if he knows that he is wrong and regrets it, he will not show that kind of remorse.

Wrong is wrong, I just know it myself, I will correct this kind of mistake in the future, I don't need to admit my mistake and then be criticized by the people of the world, I Cao Cao only need to be worthy of myself, as for the later apology and confession, it is just to express an attitude and give an explanation to those sour Confucians in the world, so what.

At this time, the most important thing is to go home, return to Yanzhou, and put the rest in advance, there will always be a solution, but if Liu Bei is surrounded and dies here, then it is really impossible to turn over, everyone is dead, how black is not someone else's decision, how many people will be slaughtered at that time, the number of people who want to black Cao Cao can be exaggerated, everyone is dead, who will go to vindicate your grievances, so Cao Cao understands very well, the most important thing to solve at present is how to escape back, and the rest is not a matter.

"Anyway, Liu Yi and they have any strategy, we have to break out of the encirclement, otherwise when the Danyang elite passes, without their cover, Liu Bei will shrink the encirclement again, and we will really have nowhere to escape", Xun You said helplessly.

I don't know the layout on the other side, I don't have a little bottom in my heart, but escaping from the encirclement is a must, otherwise all the previous efforts will be in vain, if you don't go out, as soon as the Danyang elite leaves, the encirclement will be closed again, and Cao Cao will be killed here, and at such a close distance, it is really difficult to run out.

"Okay, let's go out first," Cao Cao said solemnly.

At this time, there is no other way, I can only go out first, and then talk about it, what other routines will be dealt with after going out, anyway, this encirclement can't stay here, otherwise there is really no chance at all.

How long has Liu Bei been chasing Cao Cao, ahhhhh

"The whole army obeyed the order, followed closely with the army in front, and rushed out of the encirclement", Cao Cao ordered loudly, and Ziwei Emperor Star involuntarily used it.

Liu Bei felt sensed, and the Ziwei Emperor Star appeared and looked in the direction of Cao Cao.

The two golden stars shine like the sun, making people dare not look at them directly.

Liu Bei looked at the Ziwei Emperor Star, Cao Cao passed in front of the army at this time, there was a feeling, a feeling that he could upgrade if he destroyed Cao Cao, he had always cultivated Ziwei Emperor Star, but he never felt a little progress, and over time Liu Bei was a little slack, anyway, Ziwei Emperor Star was just a symbol, and it didn't take much time for Liu Bei to go into battle in person, so Liu Bei didn't care much about this, but at this time, he actually felt the feeling of progress, which was really bright.

Cao Cao was equally happy, looking at Liu Bei with aggressive eyes.

In this way, Cao Cao escaped from Liu Bei's encirclement under the escort of thousands of troops, but the solemn atmosphere seemed to tell everyone present that the battle had just begun.

"Xuande Gong, if you don't give the order, Cao Cao will run away", Liu Yi saw that Liu Bei was in a daze at this time, well, he was actually thinking about things, but in Liu Yi's eyes, he was stunned and didn't move, that is, he was in a daze, and he reminded.

"Oh, good", Liu Bei woke up from his contemplation, it was useless to think more, when to kill a person from the Ziwei Emperor Star, he would know what this Ziwei Emperor Star was for.

"The whole army listens to the order, pursues the army in front, can't let them run", Liu Bei quickly gave the order, in fact, it was mainly for Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei to listen to, and then they led their own army to pursue, otherwise they all listened to Liu Bei's command, it was really a mess.

Speaking of which, we have to mention the issue of the establishment of the army at the time of war. The pentatimal and decimal systems are common methods of notation used by humans, so they were also used to count and compile soldiers from an early age. In the Three Kingdoms period, the basic establishment unit was the "Shiwu" system of 1510 points. In addition, when launching an army battle, it is often arranged in two formations, left and right, or left, center, and right, and the left, center, and right formations are also mentioned earlier. As a result, the military sometimes has to adopt a binary or tri-digit formation. In fact, the proportion of infantry in the army gradually increased during the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is believed that the number of infantry per vehicle gradually increased from 25 to 50 and 75 during this period, while the infantry per infantry of the Chu army was 100. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, when arranging the formation, the participating troops were generally divided into three clusters, left, center, and right, called the "three armies", and according to the tactical importance of the clusters, they were also called the upper, middle, and lower armies, and the status of the Chinese army where the commander-in-chief was located was the highest. The main reason is that during the Spring and Autumn Period, wars between countries were frequent, and this kind of tactical unit was gradually fixed and became another unit above the "division". The number of armies formed by the various vassal states varied, some had 3 armies, some had 4 armies, and some had 6 armies. The number of vehicles and soldiers to which the army belongs is not exactly the same, generally around 200 times.

The army of the Han Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms followed the Qin Dynasty. The standing army, which was organized in accordance with wartime, was gradually fixed, with the ministry as the basic unit. The department is commanded by the lieutenant, so the department is sometimes called "school". Vacancies in the lieutenant shall be led by the military commander. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the "five captains" of the Northern Army directly under the imperial court were called "five battalions", each battalion should be equivalent to the past department, but the establishment quota was only about 1,000 people. The rank of the lieutenant is equivalent to the county lieutenant, the military marquis is equivalent to the county lieutenant, and the tun commander and team rate are equivalent to the county officials. The following chiefs and chiefs are not considered officials. The establishment below the ministry level is not fixed, and there are several "songs" according to the task; The generals appointed by the imperial court according to the strategic direction and campaign task command several departments organized according to the task, forming a force of a certain campaign or strategic direction, sometimes called an army. The shogun's headquarters was called the "shogunate" because it had to camp in the wilderness and set up tents, and the imperial court often gave considerable personnel power and allowed the temporary appointment of shogunate officials, so the shogun's expedition was also called the Kaifu.

But then in the fight, well, the population is getting smaller and smaller, and the status of the ministry and qu is declining day by day, and they become the retinue of the generals, most of whom are the servants of the generals, and have no personal freedom, and the last ministry, qu is called a kind of pariahs limited by law. And the generals are more and more promiscuous, there are so many wars of the Three Kingdoms, and a big general came out of the first war, which leads to more and more chaos, so the issue of the military system will not be mentioned much later, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is just a book, and many of the things recorded in it do not conform to reality.

For example, in ancient wars, the troops directly under a commander will not exceed 2-30,000, the era of no radio, this is the limit, no matter how many troops, you can only roughly explain the task, and another commander will lead them to fight their own battles, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a metropolitan governor led an army of more than 100,000, and he couldn't take care of all of them when he shouted throat out, many of them were written to make readers happy.

At this time, Liu Bei issued an order, in fact, it was mainly to Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and a few of them, because even if the soldiers heard it, they couldn't make effective actions, so many people, how could it be easy to reach that level of uniformity, especially when training, each legion was pulled out for separate training, so when the order was issued, it was also for Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei to respond again, and give specific orders for the soldiers to act.

At this point, some of them were not convinced, and when the war was fought, there were tens of thousands of people under each general, twenty or thirty thousand, thirty or forty thousand, how did they pass on the news, and how could they carry out the order concretely.

There is another important point, that is, the ancient army is basically a private soldier system, a general and the army are basically inseparable, even if you are a general soldier, at least you have to have a few hundred direct loyal troops, that is, you have been following you in peacetime, very trustworthy guards, like Liu Bei, from the beginning of the incident, Zhang Fei Guan Yu has been following him, and there are some recruited soldiers who have been beaten down, all of which are Liu Bei's direct cronies, when you go to lead an army, you must send part of the direct troops to the army in order to command, The other part of the direct subordinate troops are waiting for dispatch at any time, the same is true for junior officers, at least to ensure that some people in the army are their direct subordinates, and the others can be regarded as cannon fodder and strong men, and in ancient battles, all armies are basically within 5 kilometers of the command to keep in touch with the signal corps, the things inside are still very complicated, beyond this distance, are like saying, Zhang San, this commander ordered you to pick up 3,000 people, go somewhere, briefly explain, how to fight, it all depends on this Zhang San.

Now Liu Bei has given an order, after Zhao Yun Guan Yu Zhang Fei got it, and then gave it to his subordinates, the army quickly moved, Cao Cao's army just passed, Liu Bei's army chased after it, but this time it was not as gentle as Cao Cao's soldiers, after all, their original purpose was to kill Cao Cao's army, and they would not be soft at this time.

"Xuande Gong, let Zilong rush in with his cavalry and see if you can break up their formation", Liu Yi proposed with a smile, now the initiative is already in Liu Bei's hands.

If you want to fight and leave, it all depends on Liu Bei's thoughts, Cao Cao can't run, don't forget that Zhao Yun still has 30,000 white-robed troops, all of them have been brought, and they are all cavalry.

"Good. The order went down, and the white-robed army launched an attack and tried to break through the enemy's position", Liu Bei said decisively, at this time, he had just broken out of the encirclement, and many soldiers were slacking off in their hearts, so they gave them a look back and a long memory.

Guo Jia looked at the layout of the army in front of him and felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Let's look at the situation of Cao Cao's army.

After finally escaping, their expressions were obviously relaxed, and some were talking and laughing, and after walking for a while, it would be their hometown of Yanzhou, and they were afraid that they would not succeed when they returned home.

"Lord, be ready to give up some of the army, otherwise we are afraid that we will not be able to escape", Xun You said helplessly, looking at Cao Cao's heavy role, knowing that the other party did not relax at this time.

"How can you see it", Cao Cao turned his head and asked suspiciously.

At this time, he had escaped from Liu Bei's encirclement, but Xun You also said that he had to give up some troops to save his life, you must know that these troops are Cao Cao's old bottom, once the loss is too great, Yanzhou may not be able to keep it.

Besides, now that Cao Cao has arranged the defensive formation, if he runs all the way and defends it, he won't lose much, what's the use of having more troops on the other side, the army is on the march, you can still run faster than me.

"Lord, when you were chased before, did you hear the sound of horses' hooves", Xun You explained helplessly, it would not work if he didn't convince Cao Cao, Xun You didn't have the right to mobilize the army, and even if Cao Cao gave him this right, Xun You didn't dare to use it, how could military power be so easy to touch, especially in the face of a suspicious person like Cao Cao.

Only by explaining to Cao Cao clearly why he wanted to abandon some of the troops could he mobilize the army to carry out Xun You's strategy.

"I seem to have heard it, do you say that Liu Bei has a lot of cavalry, it's impossible, how long has Liu Bei occupied Qingzhou now, how can it be so easy to get cavalry", Cao Cao understood Xun You's purpose in saying this, but he was a little unsure in his heart.

The main reason is that Liu Yi is so amazing that Cao Cao didn't dare to jump to conclusions, and if he was another prince, Cao Cao dared to assert that it was impossible to take out a large-scale cavalry from Qingzhou, which occupied Qingzhou for such a short time. But in the face of Liu Yi, Cao Cao didn't dare to make such a conclusion.

What was there when Liu Bei went to Qingzhou. Even the food is borrowed, and now, the army is out of hundreds of thousands, and the siege of Cao Cao is out of 100,000, although Cao Cao can't know the specific number, but at a glance, there are still points in his heart. There is no shortage of troops, there is a lot of grain and grass in Xuzhou, plus Liu Yi in Qingzhou has been reclaiming wasteland, and the labor force in the city has basically not been idle, which makes Cao Cao very envious, there is army and food, and he also got a lot of money for Liu Bei, and Liu Yi only left some family wealth, how dare Cao Cao conclude that Liu Bei has no cavalry, there is an inexplicable person like Liu Yi, everything can be made, the key is to get it, in case Liu Yi really got some cavalry for Liu Bei, it would be really a slap in the face.