Chapter 133: The Great Drill (II)
Although it has only been ten days since he came to Macheng, Murong Ping has been deeply infected and attracted by this city where new things happen every day. There are many people who have the same feelings as him, such as Liu Fang and Xu Miao, such as Wei You, such as Zhao Aier......
All the changes in Macheng are because of the arrival of one person, and the enthusiasm and passion surging among the soldiers and civilians also come from the weak scholar. How many unexpected ideas and methods are hidden in the head of this weak scholar?
After the test and division of troops personally presided over by Liu He, he immediately sent Wei You, Liu Fang, and Xu Miao to Ningcheng, Gaoliu, and Guangning, and the three of them were responsible for urging the other three cities to learn from Macheng's practice and immediately follow up.
When Wei You, Liu Fang, and Xu Miao left, each of them brought with them some improvised test tools and various forms, as well as a summary of the experience and process records of the test division. Liu He believes that these three people are personally responsible for imparting experience, and with the comprehension and execution of Zhao Yun, Li Yan, Xia Houlan and others, they should be able to do it without being out of shape and perfunctory.
The day after Wei You and the others left, Liu Yu rushed to Macheng with a group of various craftsmen and special talents recruited from more than a dozen county towns near Jicheng. This is also one of the things that Liu Yu deliberately asked his father to help with when he left Macheng.
Qi Zhou not only brought Liu He the much-needed blacksmiths, coppersmiths, carpenters, masons, lacquer workers, potters, weavers, healers and other skilled craftsmen, but also sent Liu He a batch of military salaries and salt and iron, which finally solved Liu He's urgent need.
The last time Xu Miao and Liu Fang came, two hundred Taifu Guards cavalry escorted, and this time Liu Yu sent the remaining three hundred infantry to Liu He, which fully showed the support and concern of "Lao Liu" for "Xiao Liu".
Liu He was worried that his father did not have a loyal and reliable escort by his side, so he immediately asked Shi A to return to Jicheng with ten black-armored knights to take charge of the security guard task in the state governor's mansion.
Liu Yu currently has a cavalry lieutenant Xian Yu auxiliary guard by his side, and Jicheng is guarded by 7,000 soldiers, and the big problem will definitely not happen, and what needs to be guarded against is some small people who are roosters and dogs. With Shi A and ten black-armored knights coming and going, Liu Yu's safety can basically be guaranteed.
In the next step, when Liu He trained the five hundred Taifu guard soldiers, Liu Yu's safety would be completely guaranteed, even if thousands of soldiers and horses came to besiege, Liu He was confident that he would keep his father's safety.
Liu He has already thought about it, when the time comes, the two hundred cavalry of the guard will be equipped with two armors, the war horses will be fully armored, and the three hundred infantry will all be dressed in steel armor with strong protection, using the sharpest hundred forging steel knives and steel crossbows, in short, it is necessary to completely arm these five hundred people to the teeth, just like a tiger covered with iron thorns, whoever provokes will die!
While the other three cities were still testing and dividing their troops, Liu He gathered five hundred soldiers of the Taifu Guards and tested them one by one according to the previous method, and the results made him very satisfied.
These 500 soldiers were selected by Zhao Yun from among the 8,000 elite cavalry and infantry who stayed in Jicheng, and they were subordinate to Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin respectively at that time. Either the two Xianyu lieutenants trained the army at the beginning, or Zhao Yun's unique vision, in short, none of these soldiers had obvious defects.
Liu He couldn't understand what kind of standard Zhao Yun used to select at the beginning, because the overall test score of these 500 soldiers was significantly higher than that of the 5,000 soldiers in Macheng, not only the 200 cavalry were not adjusted and eliminated, but even the 300 infantry were roughly divided into three directions: crossbowmen, long soldiers, and sword and shield men!
If we say that the only drawback is that there are not many of these soldiers who are single-minded, and their overall quality is relatively balanced, and it is difficult to cultivate special talents. However, this is exactly what Liu He deliberately explained to Zhao Yun at the beginning, the Taifu Guards must exist as a whole, and they don't need the kind of guy who has a little skill but does not obey discipline to get involved and destroy the overall atmosphere.
The most fundamental requirement of a guard is loyalty, and the most valuable quality is not to be afraid of death. As long as you have these two points, the rest can be significantly improved through exercise and training.
Because several senior staff members had left Macheng, and only Zhao Ai'er was left by Liu He's side, he personally divided the five hundred guard soldiers into groups, and two hundred of them were divided into the cavalry battalion that Zhao Yun was personally responsible for without hesitation, of which one hundred were trained as heavy cavalry and one hundred were trained as light cavalry; Of the other 300 infantrymen, Liu He assigned 100 of them to the archery battalion under the responsibility of Murong Ping, 50 into the hook inlay battalion under the responsibility of Xiahou Lan, 50 into the sword and shield battalion under the responsibility of Sun Li, 50 into the spear battalion, and 50 into the Euphorbia battalion.
As part of the first batch of trainees of the training regiment, the 500 Guards soldiers were sent to Ninh Thanh, Kohliu and Quang Ninh, and remained in Macheng to undergo rigorous and systematic training.
Liu He was busy dealing with the affairs of the Taifu Guard, while Wei You, Liu Fang, and Xu Miao rushed to the mission-related city one after another, and began to assist Zhao Yun, Xiahou Lan, and Li Yan in testing and reclassifying the troops. Cheng Xu, Ma Tai, Sun Li and others also actively participated in it, for fear of missing this unique action.
Zhao Yun's comprehension is very high, when he listened to Wei You's experience introduction, he immediately said: "Gongzi's method is very clever, I am deeply inspired, Yun must strictly follow the practice summarized by Gongzi to conduct a comprehensive test of the six thousand soldiers in Ningcheng, reclassify the soldiers in the shortest possible time, and pick out the good soldiers who are really suitable to enter the training regiment!" ”
Xia Houlan has a strong sense of obedience, and has never been uncompromised in completing the tasks assigned by Liu He, when he sees Liu Fang, he treats him like a guest, and whenever he encounters something that is unclear and incomprehensible, he must humbly ask for advice, and he does not feel embarrassed at all. With Liu Fang's mind and Xia Houlan's execution, Gao Liu's troop source test and reclassification also went very smoothly.
Li Yan and Sun Li, who were stationed in Guangning City, belonged to the most bizarre pair. Originally, with Li Yan's ability, Liu He was completely relieved to hand over Guangning to him, but Liu He was very wary of Yan Rou in the north of Guangning, so he deliberately sent Sun Li, a young general who dared to fight, to him, to strengthen the attack ability of Guangning City.
Although Li Yan was born as a scribe, he was a talented person with both civil and military skills, and he was the first talent recruited by Liu He, so in Sun Li's eyes, he was a big brother-level figure, and he naturally obeyed Li Yan's orders and arrangements very much. With Li Yan's mind and Sun Li's bravery, although Guangning only has 5,000 defenders, it is also unbreakable, and it is not much better than Ningcheng, which Zhao Yun is stationed.
After Xu Miao, the "wine mengzi" came to Guangning, he truthfully introduced Liu He's practices in Macheng to Li Yan, handed over the phased summary report to Li Yan, and basically had nothing to do next. Because Li Yan is so capable, he only listened to Xu Miao's introduction once, and he completely understood Liu He's approach and intentions.
Is the "Organization Minister" in the mind of the eldest prince an idle person? With him personally in charge of Quang Ninh's troop source testing and reclassification, it is not a proper way!
The time unconsciously came to the middle of February, and a small group of soldiers who rushed from the ground in Jizhou to Macheng finally came to the city, but what made people feel strange was that the person who led the team at the front was actually a middle-aged man wearing a scribe's clothes, who looked over forty years old, and looked sloppy and down.
The number of soldiers in this group was only fifty, and they set out from the camp of Zhang He, a famous general in Jizhou, to support Liu He. Don't underestimate these fifty people, they are from the most elite halberd battalion under Zhang He, each of them is at least a captain or a chief, and some have even risen to the position of team leader.
Although Liu He's time in Jizhou is short, he has made a good relationship, not only has a good relationship with Jizhou celebrities and scholars, but also has a relationship with Zhang He, leaving a very good impression on Zhang He.
Because of the opening of the training group, Liu He suddenly thought that the euphorbia soldiers trained by Zhang He were famous elite soldiers in the Three Kingdoms era, so he moved the idea of letting Zhang He support him. Liu He then quietly sent someone to send a letter to Zhang He, bluntly saying his current predicament in Macheng, hoping that Zhang He could help him and send a team of well-trained euphorbia soldiers to Macheng to act as a coach.
Liu He also revealed to Zhang He that Liu Yu had written to the imperial court to express Zhang He as the general of Jianzhong, which could be regarded as fulfilling the promise he made when he left Boluoting. In order to further improve the relationship with Zhang He, Liu He also promised that Zhang He would supply a batch of war horses to Jizhou at a low price in the future to help the Jizhou defenders strengthen their cavalry strength.
After receiving Liu He's letter, Zhang He attached great importance to it, personally selected these fifty experienced veterans from the Euphorbia camp, and then sent a team of soldiers to escort these Euphorbia soldiers all the way from Boluoting to the border of Zhuo County, where they were caught by the defenders of Youzhou, and then let go.
Zhang He had already heard about Zhang Fei, a subordinate of Liu Bei, the prime minister of the plains, who led the army to Zhuoxian to kill officials and take revenge, so he was very vigilant about the neighbor next to him, and even the fifty halberd soldiers who sent Liu He had to be strictly escorted, for fear that Liu Da'er would cause trouble from it.
When this small group of soldiers walked to the territory of Zhongshan Kingdom, they happened to meet a down-and-out soldier who was on the same road, so they traveled together and went north together.
This down-and-out scholar, named Liu Hui, is a Zhongshan person, famous in Jizhou, highly respected, once had unlimited scenery, ranked above the famous Tian Feng, Fu Zhu and others. The reason why Liu Hui is so downtrod now is because of Jizhou Mu Han Fu, and it is a bit long to say.
Four years ago, Han Fu was appointed by the imperial court as the pastor of Jizhou, and immediately after his arrival, he recruited the famous Liu Hui to serve as the governor of Jizhou, in charge of the Cao documents, in the middle of the affairs, above the officials.
In the first year of the first peace, that is, three years ago, Qiao Mao, the Taishou of Dongjun, made a fake book and spread it to various states, listing many of Dong Zhuo's criminal acts, and calling on everyone to raise troops to fight against the national thieves. After Han Fu got the letter, he asked his side and said, "Now should I help the Yuan family or Dong Zhuo?" Liu Hui was furious when he heard this, and reprimanded Han Fu in public, saying: "The army is for the country, how can adults ask whether they want to help Yuan Shao or Dong Zhuo?" We will help whoever is good for the country! ”
Liu Hui was worried that Han Fu would be blamed for his reprimand, and seeing that Han Fu did not mean to take the lead in raising troops, he offered advice to Han Fu and said: "The soldiers are not the leader." Your Excellency should now be watching what the other states are doing, and if there is someone who is in the lead, we will follow suit. After hearing this, Han Fu felt that it was just what he wanted, so he wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, complaining bitterly about Dong Zhuo's crimes and instigating Yuan Shao to raise troops.
After Yuan Shao raised his army, Han Fu was suspicious of ghosts, and he was wary of Yuan Shao everywhere, often withholding food supplied to Yuan Shao's army, and became a laggard in the allies. After Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, learned about this matter, he wrote to Han Fu and said: "Dong Zhuo was attacked by people all over the world because he had no way, and his death was just around the corner, which was not enough to worry about. It's just that after Dong Zhuo's death, we should immediately return to the division to crusade against you. Because you have a strong army, but sit back and watch the rise and fall of the country, what is the difference between you and rebellion? So, we'd rather dispose of you than let you go on a loose ride! ”
Han Fu was terrified after getting Liu Dai's letter, and the last time Liu Hui disobeyed his face in public, he put the blame on Liu Hui's head, wanting to kill Liu Hui to get himself out of trouble.
Han Fu wanted to kill Liu Hui, and Geng Wu and many officials in Jizhou stood side by side in front of Liu Hui, forcing Han Fu to let Liu Hui go. So Liu Hui was exempted from death, but he was still dismissed from his official position by Han Fu, and he was put on prison clothes on the spot and sent to the mountains to serve in the mountains.
Things have come to this, according to the original historical trajectory, after Liu Hui was demoted, he would eventually die of grief and anger. But because a certain obscene guy suddenly fell from the sky, shook his head and went out of Chang'an, all the way to Jizhou, and finally stopped Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan's conspiracy to annex Jizhou, so Liu Hui actually survived, and he was released by Han Fu!
Although Liu Hui regained his freedom, his relationship with Han Fu has completely broken down, and continuing to stay in Jizhou will only bring humiliation on himself. At this time, Liu He's "Announcement of Recruiting Talents" that sent people to various states had spread all over Jizhou, and now even to Yanzhou and Yuzhou. Liu Hui was already devoted to the Han family, and Liu He, a famous guy like Liu He, suddenly appeared in the old Liu family, which made Liu Hui's originally dead heart suddenly ripple, so he decided to go to Macheng alone.
When Liu Hui walked on the road, he happened to see the team of euphorbia sent by Zhang He, with his status and reputation in Jizhou, these veterans who have been in the army for many years have naturally heard of him, and many people have even seen him more than once, so they made an appointment to go together, and came to Macheng smoothly and safely.
These veterans are not stupid, although they know that Han Fu hates Liu Hui, but they are about to become Liu He's subordinates, so after hearing that Liu Hui is coming to defect to Liu He, they naturally respect and take care of Liu Hui along the way, and they dare not snub Liu Hui at all.
Now I am talking to Liu Hui, it is a charcoal in the snow. When Liu Hui is reused in Youzhou, then he will go to the other people's house, and he will not know the depths!
ps: I didn't ask for a recommendation ticket for two days, and I found that everyone forgot it again, and this weekend, I rolled all over the ground asking for recommendations!