After the Confucians left, the military advisors stayed behind and continued to meet to discuss military issues.

It includes the discussion of the military allocation, institutional reform, recruit training, the division of power among generals, and the rotation system of generals.

Gongsun Kang has enough confidence in the loyalty of the generals under his command, but he also has to set some reasonable rules for future generations.

For example, it is best to establish a system of regular transfer of defense areas, and it is best to start from now so that the generals can adapt to this system, so as to avoid the appearance of bad signs such as mountaineering in the future.

Gongsun Kang started talking, and he said: "The generals under Cao Cao are not from the Cao family and the Xiahou family, and the number of commanders never exceeds 5,000. Why is that? ”

Xu Miao smiled: "The rebellion of Chen Gong and Zhang Miao last time made Cao Cao not believe in any generals who were not Cao and Xiahou. Of course, it is impossible to give them too much military power. ”

Xun You said thoughtfully: "The princes all rely on raising troops to build their families, and their essence is rebellion. If you are like this, you will inevitably have to guard against your subordinates. He looked at Gongsun Kang, could it be that the lord also wanted to guard against his generals now?

Xi Zhicai and Gongsun Kang are buddies, and he knows Gongsun Kang very well, so he asked questions on behalf of everyone: "When Lord Hou brought up this topic, was he worried that the generals would support their own troops?" ”

These military advisors, in wartime, have the power to command generals, but in peacetime, they do not have a single soldier in their hands, so there is no need to be taboo to talk about the issue of military power.

Gongsun Kang smiled slightly. "As you all know, I have absolute command over the junior officers of the army. The generals who commanded the troops abroad, even if they had 100,000 soldiers and horses, could not rebel. ”

Everyone nodded, indeed, although they didn't understand why, but the officers at the grassroots level were 100% loyal to Gongsun Kang. There is no doubt about that.

"However, we should govern the country with institutions, not people. The result of the rule of man is the destruction of man and the destruction of government. Gongsun Kang saw this very clearly, his descendants did not have the armor system in hand.

Guo Jia already understood that Gongsun Kang was thinking about his children and grandchildren. He had no choice but to speak: "In all dynasties, the founding kings ruled the army by their own ability and charm. Only when the country is unified and the dynasty is established will the king consider the issue of releasing military power with a glass of wine. ”

What he meant was to say: Your lord, your worries have come too early, and now that the country has not yet been unified and the dynasty has not yet been established, is it a bit hasty to want to remove the generals from military power?

Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai are both wise and self-protective people in history, if they were under Cao Cao, they would never and would not dare to speak like this. I have been with Gongsun Kang for a long time, and I know that he likes to go straight and tell the truth, so he didn't go around the corner.

Gongsun Kang understood what they meant, but he still smiled and was not angry. He said: "These things cannot be rushed, and they cannot be moved as soon as they are said, but they must be considered holistically and gradually. My idea is to develop some good habits subtly. Lest it be like all dynasties, as soon as the country is established, the king will change his face and not recognize people, giving people a sense of abruptness. ”

Since he has this idea, the military advisors will have to put forward some suggestions around this center.

Li Shanchang said: "We can form a separate battalion and set up a separate unit of 1,000 people. Rank and file officers below the commander level are fixed. In wartime, 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers can be assigned to the generals. After the battle, the soldiers returned to their garrisons and had nothing to do with the general. The iron battalion, the flowing general. Avoid mountaineering. ”

Cheng Yu also suggested: "The generals are usually directly under him, but there are no more than 3,000 personal soldiers under his command. When the world is too peaceful, the number of pro-soldiers cannot exceed 500! ”

Guo Jia's suggestion is: "In peacetime, the training of recruits is in charge of special generals. In battle, these soldiers are assigned to other generals. ”

As soon as this idea was opened, the military advisers put forward many measures that could be accepted by the generals. In fact, generals who don't want to rebel are usually reluctant to bring more troops and horses, so why should they cause the king's suspicion for no reason? I don't want to rebel.

Xi Zhicai was calmer, he said: "These measures can only be implemented in Liaodong. Qingzhou and Xuzhou were the front lines of the war, and Zhang Wenyuan and Xu Rong had to have the power to mobilize the military horses of Quanzhou in order to flexibly respond to the attacks of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Now Qingzhou Zhang Wenyuan has 10,000 direct Qingzhou cavalry, and Xuzhou Xu Rong has 20,000 Liaodong iron cavalry. Tai Shici, the governor of the navy, has 30,000 soldiers directly under the navy. These are things that cannot be cut. ”

Gongsun Kang nodded in agreement with his speech, realizing that he might have really been in a bit of a hurry.

As for the reform of the army, Gongsun Kang thought about a lot more.

For example: the separation of military and government. Review the annual review and debriefing report. The official rotation system is the official system in different places.

General Zhengdong has the power to open a government independently, and Gongsun Kang has not exercised this power.

Liaodong, as a large rear, has no foreign enemies to threaten; Qingxu, on the other hand, could be used as a front line for contact with the princes of all walks of life.

Gongsun Kang also considered: arrange all military advisors to work part-time in Qingxu. Personnel who only know how to govern and do not understand military affairs are arranged in Liaodong.

Therefore, Gongsun Kang said: "I just put forward some ideas and ideas for the consideration of all military advisers, and I do not require that the provisions be formed and implemented immediately." ”

After careful calculation, Yu Ban still took his 3,000 men to the camp after the Goguryeo War, and 20,000 Wuheng iron cavalry had returned to Liaoxi County and scattered in various counties as county soldiers; The 10,000 iron cavalry of the Liaodong Army were led by Zhao Yun; Gongsun Gong's subordinates were 20,000 county soldiers from Xuansu County, and the county soldiers were usually scattered in various counties and were not concentrated together; The 20,000 Goguryeo Eight Banner Army, led by Jia Yi, was previously stationed in Xuansu County, but now that Goguryeo has perished, they can be transferred anywhere. And Jia Yi can be absolutely trusted. In addition, the combat effectiveness of the county soldiers of Lelang County and Daifang County was not as good as that of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and the number of people did not exceed 20,000, and they were scattered back to the counties. The leaders of the Three Han Eight Banners Army are also systematically generated armor soldiers, and they can be trusted 100%.

With such a calculation, Gongsun Kang himself felt a little unfounded and thought too early. The world has not yet calmed down, so it is necessary to consider what to prevent the generals from supporting their own troops.

Cheng Yu understood Gongsun Kang, he said: "The lord's consideration is not wrong, everything is foreseen, and if it is not prepared, it will be wasted." The current generals are all single-minded and of one mind. But in the future, our territory will get bigger and bigger, and there will be more and more generals who will surrender, so we have to make some precautionary systems. ”

As soon as he said this, Gongsun Kang felt much more comfortable. Yes, not all of his subordinates are good people, and there are anti-bone boys like Chang Xuan.

Speaking of Changfeng, after the defense of Guangling City, Wu Dun took more than 10,000 soldiers under his command back to Pengcheng, where he was stationed. Only Chang Xuan and his 10,000 soldiers remained in Guangling City. Anyway, when did Chang Feng rebel? Waiting online, very urgent.

At this military meeting, no resolution was reached, and everyone was just chatting about it. But everyone recognized a problem that had not been paid attention to before: the problem of limiting the power of the generals and preventing them from betraying with their troops.

Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai both took the initiative to ask to go to the Qingxu front line to shine. Gongsun Kang considered the personalities of the two, as well as the personalities of Zhang Liao and Xu Rong.

In the end, Guo Jia was sent to Zhang Liao as a military advisor, and Cheng Yu was sent to Xu Rong as a military advisor. Because Cheng Yu's ruthlessness is on the opposite side of Xu Rong. And the county code of Liaoxi County was concurrently served by Xi Zhicai.

(End of chapter)