Chapter 273: The Most Important Things Before Leaving the Battlefield
Fu Zhu nodded: "I will let the army at all levels do this well, I believe that when they know that the lord gave up continuing to attack the Tiger Prison Pass for the safety of their family, they will definitely be grateful to the lord Dade." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
Jin Liang smiled noncommittally, and asked again: "We have lost so many soldiers, should we receive more?" β
Frustratedly, he said: "The results of the battle are unprecedented, the dead bodies of the Xiliang soldiers outside the Tiger Prison Pass lie densely for several miles, there are more than 24,400 after the count, and the captured Xiliang soldiers also knelt on the ground, there are more than 56,000, and less than 10,000 people who fled into the Tiger Prison Pass with Dong Zhuo. Of course, the weapons and armor of the more than 24,400 Xiliang soldiers who died belonged to our Central Army, and more than 27,000 war horses were also captured, most of which were good horses. It took 40,000 auxiliary soldiers of the Central Army two days to clean up the battlefield. β
Jin Liang calculated: "I lost 10,000 in exchange for 80,000, the ratio of one to eight is okay." β
Frustrated, he said: "This all depends on the lord to kill Zhang Xiu first, and then shoot Dong Zhuo's handsome banner, and then shoot Dong Zhuo off the horse, so that the Xiliang army is in turmoil, and the army cannot be defeated, so we can achieve such results, otherwise, if we take these 80,000 people, we will have to pay at least more than 30,000 battle losses, after all, Dong Zhuo is here to fight, and the Xiliang soldiers will definitely fight to the death in order to protect their lord." β
Jin Liang suddenly remembered something: "Didn't Sun Jian, Cao Cao, Bao Xin, and Liu Bei's men and horses also participate in the battle, do you want them to return empty-handed?" β
"After we counted the prisoners and booty, we carried out the spirit of the lord's people-oriented, and distributed some armor, weapons, and war horses of the Xiliang army to them, and they all left satisfied, even if we handed over some of the Xiliang prisoners to them, they didn't want it, because they didn't have enough food1,. β
"And what about our food?" Jin Liang has been either busy fighting immediately or fighting in bed these days, and he doesn't care enough about logistics: "In the past few days, we have gathered a lot of soldiers and soldiers from Xiliang, and these hundreds of thousands of horses eat horses and chew horses, and I am worried about the shortage of food." β
"My lord, before this, in the tide of winter training you launched, the officers and men of all departments of our Central Army sent troops one after another, and all the bandits and bandits in Jizhou and Bingzhou were eliminated, and those who had anything to do with bandits, Dong Zhuo, and barbarians, and more than a dozen families with great public anger were eliminated, and those that were inconvenient to clear were also cleared by the Montenegrin Army to cooperate with the troops, and a total of more than one million stone grain, 80,000 catties of gold, more than 200,000 catties of silver, more than 4 billion yuan, more than 10,000 war horses, and forty or fifty thousand captives except for a few elite soldiers to make up for the battle damage, All the others were sent to the tuntian, more than 100,000 tenant farmers redistributed their land to become yeoman farmers, and the remaining 300,000 mu of wasteland was all distributed to the officers and men of the army. Thinking that Jin Liang had forgotten, he reported the statistics not long ago: "Coupled with the grain and grass that the lord ordered Mr. Yan Mu to purchase from all over the Han Dynasty regardless of the cost, now our grain is enough to support this year's wheat harvest, but my subordinates are a little worried." β
"Worried about what?" Jin Liang asked in surprise: "Our army has won big victories one after another, and the situation is very good, why are you worried?!" β
"My lord, since you arrived in Jizhou, although you have praised the family a lot in your words, and also given some official positions to the families in various places, but you have successively cleared the families in various places for reasons such as great public anger and collusion with Dong Zhuo, and the families in Jizhou and Jizhou have been cleared by you, and those families who are of the same heart with us, such as the Julu Tian family, the Qinghe Zhu family and other families, have some different opinions, not to mention those families that were originally prejudiced or neutral against our central army, everyone is in danger, The subordinates are worried that they will take advantage of the absence of the lord in Jizhou to launch a rebellion! Frustrated Zhu said worriedly: "Lord, you must first settle down inside, the lord is really not suitable to continue to attack Dong Zhuo, he should quickly end the war here and return to Xiangyang to sit down." β
Jin Liang looked at Fu Zhu in amazement: "Gonghe, did you hear some rumors?" β
Frustrated and frightened: "Last night, my subordinates' cronies in the family came to report in the starry night, and some of our frustrated family met with Zheng Tai and others in private. β
Jin Liang's face was clouded, and combined with the information that Xu Shu detected from Xingyang City, it seemed that Zheng Tai and the others were launching a shocking conspiracy.
Jin Liang stared at Fu Zhu, to be honest, he has been reusing Fu Zhu because of his talent, but Jin Liang has never had an in-depth understanding of his political position, in this impending desperate struggle with the family, Jin Liang doesn't know whether he should believe the person in front of him.
Seeing Jin Liang staring at himself like this, he knew that the lord already had a mustard in his heart, and hurriedly kowtowed with tears in his eyes: "Lord, please believe in the loyalty of your subordinates, although your subordinates have different views on the lord's iron and blood to eliminate some of the families, they also know that some families are heinous and must be eliminated, otherwise the Han will never have peace." Please trust your subordinates, if your subordinates have bad intentions, they will not tell the lord the news. β
Jin Liang nodded, if he really participated in this matter, he could have kept his mouth shut, and even persuaded Jin Liang to stay here for a few more days, so that Zheng Tai and the others could launch a coup d'Γ©tat.
When Jin Liang thought of this, he smiled and said: "Gonghe, don't worry, Zheng Tai and these people are all people who sit and talk about things and can't understand practice, and they can't do anything." Since we have defeated Dong Zhuo's 100,000 army, and Dong Zhuo now only has 20,000 horses in the Tiger Prison Pass, we will take advantage of the victory to attack. Strive to win the Tiger Prison Pass in one fell swoop, and then take Luoyang City by victory, and then wave the army to the north to take advantage of this great achievement. How can Zheng Tai's generation be matched?! β
Fu Zhu didn't know that Jin Liang had a private appointment with Dong Zhuo, and hearing Jin Liang so careless, he was so anxious that his head sweated: "Lord, although Dong Zhuo only has 20,000 horses in the Tiger Prison Pass, he has 70,000 or 80,000 horses in the area around Luoyang, once the Tiger Prison Pass is attacked by the lord, the 70,000 or 80,000 horses will definitely be rescued in the starry night, although the lord can defeat these horses in the field." However, attacking the Tiger Prison Pass, which is a dangerous pass that 'cannot be opened by one man and ten thousand people', cannot be conquered in a few months. And Zheng Tai's generation entangled many family arms, and they could turn Jizhou upside down in an instant. My lord, I can't hesitate any longer. We have to withdraw our troops and go back. β
Jin Liang still looked at Fu Zhu with a smile on his face, and Fu Zhu woke up: "What does the lord mean is that our soldiers are divided into two routes, all the way to continue to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, and all the way back to Xiangyang?!" β
Jin Liang laughed and said, "Gong and." You think that's good?! β
Fu Zhu has always been worried, and when he heard Jin Liang say this, his heart suddenly relaxed: "My subordinates believe that the lord will be able to sweep away those who are about to move like defeating Dong Zhuo." I just hope that the Lord can save the family members who are not involved in our frustrated family! β
Jin Liang nodded: "My policy has always remained the same. I only eradicate the black sheep within the family, and do not engage in large-scale strain! Gong is with you for a day in the Military Academy. I will guarantee that the interests of your side in the Frustrated Family will not only be inviolable, but will also grow! β
Frustrated and bowed: "Thank you for your generosity!" β
Jin Liang helped him up: "Gong and." You and I are of the same heart, and their strength is golden! β
As soon as Fu Zhu left Jin Liang's Chinese military tent, Guo Jia took a person and hurriedly came to see Jin Liang.
That person was a messenger sent by the CIA Manzhong, he ran and killed several horses one after another, and rushed to the front line from Xiangyang one day and one night, bringing the latest information of Manzhong: "Yang Biao, Zheng Tai, Bian Rang and others have frequently dispatched in recent days to contact families from all over Jizhou, and they also secretly met with Lu Chong, Gao Lan, and Lu Jun. β
Yang Biao, Zheng Tai and others contacted various families, Jin Liang was not worried, because whether it was a winter training to clear those families a while ago, or a crusade against Dong Zhuo with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and other princes of the family, Jin Liang saw that these families had a large number of soldiers but no good training talents, and most of the children of the family had proud backgrounds but no proud talents, but Lu Chong, Gao Ran, and Lu Jun were different, Lu Chong guarded the inside of Xiangyang, Gao Ran guarded the outside of Xiangyang, and Lu Jun guarded the four gates of Xiangyang, if these three people were bought by Yang Biao, Zheng Tai and others, That Xiangyang must not be defended, and the families of the senior generals of the Central Army are all in Xiangyang, if Xiangyang falls, Jin Liangzhen doesn't know if the Central Army can still exist!
This is truly an unprecedented crisis!
Jin Liang suddenly hated himself, he didn't have a thorough understanding of Lu Chong, just because Lu Chong was Lu Zhi's nephew and had some talent, he recommended him as the holder of Jin Wucheng and asked him to lead the troops to guard Xiangyang; He didn't have an in-depth understanding of Lu Jun, just because Lu Jun was Lu Xun's father, he recommended him to be the captain of the city gate and lead the troops to guard the four gates of Xiangyang; He didn't have an in-depth understanding of Gao Ran, just because Gao Ran was as famous as Zhang Jaw and was a good friend, he actually let Gao Ran defend the Acropolis of Xiangyang.
Guo Jia saw Jin Liang's strange expression, and hurriedly said loudly: "Don't worry too much about the lord, the families of our senior generals of the Central Army are all in the central castle, the central castle is defended by Chen Zhi leading the troops, and the palace is defended by Wu Chong and Wang Yue, they are loyal to the lord, and they have no friendship with Yang Biao, Zheng Tai and other ministers of the family, the central castle and the palace can be held in a short time, as long as we return to the army in time, we will be able to clear these rebellions, not to mention that they are just meeting with those three people, and the outcome of the meeting is not yet known, The subordinates concluded that it was impossible for all three of them to take refuge in Yang Biao and others, as long as one of them did not take refuge in them, we would have hope! β
Only then did Jin Liang calm down and quickly withdraw his troops back to Xiangyang to prepare.
Jin Liang first ordered Jia Xu to quietly go to the Tiger Prison Pass again, and secretly informed Dong Zhuo that the Central Army would continue to fake the Tiger Prison for three days.
Dong Zhuo guessed that Jin Liang learned that there was a change in Xiangyang, so he smiled proudly, promising that he would not change his contract with Jin Liang because of this.
Jin Liang quickly ordered Zhao Yun to be responsible for rectifying the 56,000 Xiliang prisoners, and first reorganized 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 auxiliaries to make a division, and Zhao Yun served as the commander of this division, and Hua Xiong served as the deputy division commander.
Although Xu Rong and Zhao Yun's two divisions are known as cavalry divisions, they only have two cavalry brigades, and the remaining three brigades are the bow and crossbow brigade, the sword and shield brigade, and the spear brigade.
In the Jin Liang Army, there are only six cavalry divisions: the Flying Tiger Guards Division, Zhang Liao, Xu Rong, Zhao Yun, Ju Yi, and Zhu Ling. Except for the Flying Tiger Guards Division directly under Jin Liang, the other five divisions are arranged like this, and the slightly different thing in Juyi is that the equipment of the bow and crossbow brigade is not half bow and half crossbow, all are strong crossbows.
The reason why it is arranged this way. First, although there are war horses, a large number of qualified cavalry have not been quickly cultivated, and the farming nation wants to become a nomadic without a year or two of hard work, and even Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army has only two percent of the truly elite cavalry, and the second is that the shortcomings of pure cavalry are very obvious, and it is easy to be cracked by the enemy's joint tactics of chariot and foot riding, just as Jin Liang twice broke Xu Rong's Xiliang cavalry, Jin Liang also realized in recent months of military practice that if a division wants to be a first-class combat unit, it cannot have only one branch. Be sure to step ride the mix.
Therefore, when Jin Liang led the army to crusade against Dong Zhuo, he made some adjustments, Zhang Liao, Ju Yi, and Zhu Ling's divisions had two cavalry brigades, a bow and crossbow brigade, a sword and shield brigade, and a spear brigade, and the other divisions had a cavalry brigade. The remaining crossbow brigades, sword and shield brigades, and pike brigades were all adjusted according to their respective situations. For example, Zhang Jaw is also good at using halberds, and has also commanded euphorbia soldiers in history, and there is a halberd brigade in his division, and all the euphorbia soldiers are heavily armored and wielded halberds. Invincible. The same is true in Gao Shun's division, there is an elite trap brigade, and all the trap soldiers are heavily armored and wielding swords. Huang Zhong is good at using the bow. His division had an elite brigade of archers.
The number of Jin Liang's guards division was tripled to 20,000. It has ten brigades under its jurisdiction, namely three cavalry brigades, one teaching brigade, one Xuanfu brigade, one crossbow brigade, one Mingdi brigade, one spear brigade, one sword and shield brigade, and one Thunderbolt chariot brigade. The most powerful Thunderbolt Chariot Brigade is directly subordinate to Jin Liang's Guards Division, and other divisions and regiments need to be approved by Jin Liang before they can be recruited and deployed for cooperative warfare, and the Teaching Brigade and the Xuanfu Brigade are actually cavalry brigades.
All military commanders at or above the captain level in all divisions and regiments must be selected from the teaching brigade of the Jinliang Guards Division, and all levels of military participation above the rank of team member must be selected from the Xuanfu Brigade. Military commanders at all levels and military officers are responsible for recommending talents to join the Teaching Brigade and the Xuanfu Brigade, and the talents they recommend will generally return to their command, and the particularly outstanding ones will be retained by Jin Liang in the Guards Division.
The remaining 36,000 Xiliang prisoners were reorganized into 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 auxiliaries to supplement other teams.
The Central Army dispatched 40,000 soldiers and 40,000 auxiliaries to attack Dong Zhuo, in addition to the battle just now, more than 4,700 soldiers and more than 4,200 auxiliaries, in the first two battles, there were still some soldiers who were disabled due to injuries, and there were also some veterans who were over 40 years old and could not keep up with their physical strength. Jin Liang asked these disabled soldiers and veterans to retire from the army after this battle with generous discharge fees and tens of hundreds of acres of military merit land contracts, and return to various counties and counties to serve as instructors or return to local areas as security chiefs and pavilion captains. After these wounded soldiers and veterans were discharged, their files were still preserved in the Military Affairs Institute of the Central Army, and they were still the brothers of the Central Army.
In the end, most of the remaining 16,000 Xiliang captives had slippery habits, had bad deeds in the past, and were still loyal to Dong Zhuo, and Jin Liang felt that instead of keeping such people, it was better to recruit some simple peasants to retrain.
Historically, Qi Jiguang felt that the Ming Dynasty soldiers were slippery, lazy, greedy for life and afraid of death, and difficult to train, so he recruited new soldiers in Yiwu, and his recruitment criteria were four to four and four to not, four not to be, not to be from the city, not to have served in the government, not to be over 40 years old and white, not to be particularly timid and particularly bold. Fourth, if you want a standard peasant, you want a person who is black, big, thick, and strong-skinned, a person who has a god-eyed eye, and a person who is a little afraid when you see the government. With such a standard, he selected suitable soldiers and trained the Qi family army that won all battles.
Jin Liang's reorganization of the captive soldiers also referred to Qi Jiguang's selection criteria, and he stipulated that people who had served in the government should not be in the government, because those who had stayed in the government were generally slippery, greedy for life and afraid of death, and easy to covet small gains; People over the age of 40 do not need it, their physical strength cannot keep up with the actual combat training of the Central Army; People with erratic eyes do not use it, such people are weak-willed and difficult to resist pressure.
Jin Liang quietly reorganized ten cavalry brigades, including the Xuanfu Brigade and the Teaching Brigade, and he was ready to rush back to Xiangyang with 20,000 cavalry overnight. And before Jin Liang set off, he still had a few things to do.
The first thing is to preside over the cremation ceremony of the fallen soldiers, the bodies of the fallen soldiers of the Central Army will be cremated, and then the ashes will be buried on the bank of the water.
Cremation, in this era, is only recognized by Buddhists and a few foreign races, the people of the Han Dynasty all advocate entering the soil for peace, especially in this Eastern Han Dynasty, the promotion of filial piety has entered the devil, a large number of gold, silver and jewelry are given to the dead to be buried, in such an atmosphere to implement cremation, Jin Liang is very effortless.
In the past five months, Jin Liang has vigorously promoted the "Treatise on Balance" by Wang Chong, an atheist scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty, preaching that after death, the soul enters heaven or goes to hell, the body in the world is meaningless, and the funeral goods are meaningless.
Jin Liang pointed to the bones of the fallen soldiers in the distance: "What will happen if our fallen soldiers are not buried in time?" β
Zhang Zhongjing pondered for a moment: "I'm afraid of the plague." β
Pestilence?! The soldiers below have discussed a lot, all with a look of fear, since the Yellow Turban Uprising, in the past four or five years, there have been plagues everywhere in the Han Dynasty, especially in the area of Zhang Zhongjing's hometown Wancheng, ten rooms and nine empty, these soldiers may not be discolored when talking about tigers, but when they talk about the plague, they can't calm down. (To be continued.) )