"How is the People's Army being built?" Zhang Lang asked again.

Wen Yuan looked at Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang hugged his fists and said: "Lord, about the people's army, my subordinates want to talk to the lord in detail." Zhang Lang glanced at Zhuge Liang puzzled and nodded.

A group of people entered Xiangyang City, looked around, only to see the street straight, the houses and pavilions on both sides were lined up one after another, the shops and flags were waving in the wind, the business was prosperous, and the pedestrians were weaving and bustling. Seeing such a scene, Zhang Lang couldn't help but nod in appreciation.

The group went straight to the Assassin's Mansion. At present, Zhuge Liang's office is the original Wucheng Marquis Mansion, and the predecessor of the Wucheng Marquis Mansion is Liu Biao's Thorn History Mansion. The civil and military officials of Jingzhou greeted Zhang Lang at the door.

The Tiger Guardian entered the Assassin's Mansion first and opened the defense net. Immediately, Zhang Lang entered the hall surrounded by everyone. Zhang Lang stepped into the top and sat down, and all the civil and military officers bowed to Zhang Lang left and right: "Meet the general!" Zhang Lang smiled: "You don't have to be polite. "General Xie!" Everyone stood up, stood with their hands down, and waited for Zhang Lang to ask.

Zhang Lang looked at Zhuge Liang, "Kong Ming, when you entered the city just now, you said that you wanted to talk to me about the affairs of the people's army, now let's talk about it." ”

Zhuge Liang hugged his fists and said: "My lord, after summarizing the previous battle of Luoyang and investigating and thinking during this time, my subordinates feel that the current policy of the people's army is not appropriate and cannot achieve the expected results. ”

Zhang Lang frowned, "Oh? ”

Zhuge Liang said: "In the previous battle of Luoyang, although the huge civilian army played some roles, it was actually very limited, even if there were no hundreds of thousands of civilian troops, the defenders should be able to support until the general's reinforcements arrived!" There are three disadvantages of the people's army, one is the cost of money, although the current people's army is borne by the local government, on the surface it does not consume much of the assets of the government treasury, but this consumes money and food is actually our potential, on the whole it is still consuming our money and food, and these money and food can be used in more needed places......"

“……； Second, the people's armed forces in various localities are young and middle-aged people in various localities, accounting for a large proportion of the population, and they are the main force in the development of economic production, but they often have to take part in military training, which indirectly leads to the development of agriculture, commerce and trade, and other walks of life, which affects tax revenue, and in the long run, in fact, weakens our strength; Third, although these civilian armies often carry out military training, but the time must be limited, not a few months a year, usually after this training, a long time before the next training, and this gap will make their previous training results almost wiped out, the people's army, regardless of combat effectiveness, equipment, morale is very low, field warfare is useless, can only be used to barely defend the city, but the effect is not great. ”

Zhuge Liang hugged his fist at Zhang Lang and said: "My lord, the opinion of my subordinates is that this method of the people's army is really useless, and it will do more harm than good. ”

The Chinese military officials in the hall whispered, and none of them knew about this matter except Zhang Liao.

Zhang Lang thought about it and felt that what Zhuge Liang said made some sense, but he thought that what Zhuge Liang said was a bit too arbitrary, and the people's army should be able to play an important role. looked at Zhang Liao and asked, "Wenyuan, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Liao came out and hugged his fists and said, "The views of my subordinates are the same as Mr. Kong Ming. ”

Zhang Lang was a little surprised, "Oh? Why? ”

Zhang Liao hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates don't understand economic and agricultural matters, but I can see how my subordinates trained the people's army during this time." The morale of these militias was high at first, but it was not long before they began to become impatient and lazy, and this problem could hardly be solved, because it would not be long before they had to leave the barracks and return to work and live among the people; In addition, whether it is individual combat training or battle formation training, it is almost impossible to achieve anything, and these are all necessary to practice frequently, but it is impossible for the people's army to do it. From the perspective of their subordinates, these people's troops are at most slightly stronger than ordinary people, and they are of little use. ”

Zhang Lang frowned, Zhang Liao, as the chief officer in the army, his opinion on the combat effectiveness of the people's army should be very impressive. raised his head and looked at Zhuge Liang and Zhang Liao, "I have to think about this matter." ”

……

At night, Zhang Lang lived in the Thorn Mansion. The best courtyard in the Assassin's Mansion has never been used, but now it is used and has become Zhang Lang's temporary station.

Zhang Lang paced back and forth in the bedroom, thinking about what Zhuge Liang and Zhang Liao said during the day today. I stopped and looked outside the door, only to see that the sky was full of stars and moons, the wind was light and the clouds were light, and it was extremely quiet. Zhang Lang walked out of the door, and the two guards guarding the door hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted: "General." Zhang Lang looked at the darkness around him and asked, "What about Mrs. Dong?" One of the guards replied, "Madame has taken someone to inspect the outside of the Assassin's Mansion." Zhang Lang felt warm in his heart, and said to the two: "When Madame comes back, tell her that I will go to the military division." The two of them clasped their fists and promised.

Zhang Lang walked towards a much smaller courtyard next to him, where Zhuge Liang lived. Zhuge Liang is a simple person, although in order to facilitate the handling of official business in this luxurious Thorn Shi Mansion, but he has closed several of the best and luxurious courtyards in the mansion, if it weren't for Zhang Lang coming today, these courtyards are still closed at the moment.

After passing through a corridor and an arch, a small but quiet courtyard came into view. In the middle of the courtyard there is a small lotus pond, on which is a gazebo; On the opposite side of the lotus pond is a two-story wooden building, surrounded by fences on both sides, the breeze blows, gently swaying and making a rustling sound, and the air is full of the fragrance of bamboo.

Zhang Lang saw that the lights of the wooden building were still on, so he prepared to go over. At this moment, I suddenly saw a woman come out of the wooden building and walk towards the small door on the right side of the wooden building. Zhang Lang hurriedly stopped to look, but only saw the back, although it was only the back, but it made Zhang Lang, a character who is used to seeing stunning colors, lose his mind! The woman's hair is like a cloud, white clothes are better than snow, tall and tall, slender waist, these are not the most attractive to Zhang Lang, what attracts him the most is what kind of earthly and ethereal temperament, how can there be such a fairy character in the world who does not eat the fireworks of the world?

Zhang Lang came back to his senses, and the beautiful figure had disappeared at the small door. Zhang Lang laughed and muttered, "It seems that this Kong Ming is not an honest man!" ”

Zhang Lang walked along the bank of the lotus pond to the wooden building and entered the wooden building. A Taoist boy in the hall saw Zhang Lang, was startled, and hurriedly came over to salute: "The villain greets the general." ”