Chapter 111: Fierce Soldiers

After Ao Lie officially became the pastor of Youzhou, he summoned all the original team members of Youbeiping, leaving only Li Yan to serve as Taizhi and guard Youbeiping.

With the improvement of Ao Lie's status, he was promoted from a county taishou to a state pastor, and was also canonized as a hussar general by Liu Xie. Therefore, Ao Lie's official position with power canonization is also getting bigger and bigger, coupled with the privileges of Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, Ao Lie has adjusted the official position of Wenwu under his command. In the local area, in addition to Li Yan's promotion to the right Beiping Taishou, Dong He and Deng Zhi were also appointed by Ao Lie as Yuyang Taishou and Liaodong Taishou respectively, as for the original Liaodong Taishou Gongsun Du, under the pressure of Ao Lie's soldiers, in order to save an old life, he had to obediently hand over the Taishou seal letter and return to his hometown. Gongsun Du, who dominated Liaodong for more than 20 years in history, died down and never regained the glory in history. In addition, in order to facilitate management, Ao Lie withdrew the Liaodong vassal states under his rule and incorporated them into Liaodong County, which was managed by the new Liaodong Taishou Deng Zhi. The original Kamigu Taishou died of illness not long ago, and Ao Lie arranged for Tian Chou to go to Shanggu and let Tian Chou take the position of Kamigu Taishou.

In terms of military affairs, Zhao Yun was promoted to champion general, and the position of champion general is not something that anyone can hold, and he must be the first general under the command of Champion Hou. As the fourth champion Hou in the history of the Han Dynasty, Ao Lie gave Zhao Yun the position of champion general, which shows the importance of Zhao Yun, and vaguely, Zhao Yun has become the head of the generals under Ao Lie. At the same time, Zhao Yun is also responsible for commanding the elite of the Blood Killing Battalion, responsible for protecting Ao Lie's safety, spying on information, and picketing bad discipline in the army. It can be said that the bloody killing battalion is not only a sharp knife on the battlefield, but also an internal sharp blade in Ao Lie's hands.

Ma Chao was promoted to general of the expedition to the north and was responsible for commanding the Huben battalion; Huang Zhong was promoted to general of Zhenbei; Zhang Liao was promoted to general of Pingbei; Xu Huang was appointed general of Anbei; Tai Shi Ci was promoted to the general of the conquest; Xu Chu was promoted to General Wuwei, and together with Dian Wei, who was appointed as General Yokono, he was responsible for guarding Ao Lie, and at the same time served as the deputy commander of the Blood Killing Battalion; Gan Ning was named General Jinghai and served as the governor of the naval army, responsible for commanding the Qilin battalion; Su Fei was named General Lingjiang and served as the deputy governor of the Navy; Wei Yan was promoted to the rank of general of the cavalry; Pound was promoted to General Liyi; Ma Dai was promoted to General Guangwei; Xiahou Lan was promoted to General Ning Shuo. The rest of the former Youzhou generals were all promoted to one level. At the same time, Ao Lie did not forget to reward Gongsun Chan and gave Gongsun Chan the title of General Pingyu.

In terms of civil officials, Xun Yu was promoted to the head of the Hussar General's Mansion, responsible for managing everything under the General's Mansion; Jia Xu was named the military commander and was responsible for planning combat strategies; Yan Rou's original position remained unchanged, and he still served as the chaplain of Youzhou, responsible for the big and small things in the state pastor's mansion, and at the same time was promoted by Ao Lie to the Taishou of Jixian County; Xu Shu was named a member of the army and was responsible for cooperating with Jia Xu to formulate operational plans; Lu Su was appointed as a pastor in Youzhou, responsible for coordinating the supply of materials for the military; Jiang Wan was sealed as the main bookkeeper, responsible for recording the events in Youzhou, and after commenting on them, he submitted them to Ao Lie; Gu Yong was named the chief pastor of Youzhou, responsible for the supply and coordination of all materials in Youzhou.

After Ao Lie's adjustment and promotion, the framework of the leadership class in Youzhou was basically settled, and the division of labor among civil and military officials was detailed, with military generals in charge of soldiers and horses, and civilian officials in charge of money and grain. Those who have soldiers in their hands have no money and food, and those who have money and food have no military power. This point is that Ao Lie borrowed the way of governing the world in later generations and separated the military and government strictly.

Because the subject state of Liaodong was incorporated into Liaodong County by Ao Lie, there are now a total of eleven counties in Youzhou, and six of these eleven counties are directly controlled by Ao Lie; Liaoxi Taishou Gongsun Zan was respectful to Ao Lie because of his kindness; The rest of the county guards were all raised by Liu Yu, although they were not as obedient as Ao Lie's cronies, but they carried out Ao Lie's orders relatively thoroughly. At this point, Ao Lie has initially possessed his own potential, and he is still one of the best potentials today.

After completing the personnel transfer, Ao Lie expanded and reorganized the Youzhou Army. In the original Youzhou army, 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry were selected respectively and added to the blood killing battalion and the tiger camp, so that the elite of the two battalions was expanded to 10,000 each. By the way, the 5,000 cavalry who were newly selected into the blood killing camp, more than 2,000 people are Wuhuan people, who were selected from the 20,000 Wuhuan elite soldiers sent to Youzhou by King Qiao in exchange a few years ago. The Blood Killing Camp and the Tiger Ben Camp have been replenished, and the Qilin Camp will naturally not lag behind. Under the instruction of Ao Lie, Gan Ning carefully selected thousands of people from the Liaodong Naval Army, and selected more than 2,000 soldiers who were proficient in water from the soldiers and horses of various counties, so that the number of Qilin Battalion also reached 10,000. In addition, Gan Ning also took over the Liaodong Naval Army, which was originally the Taishou Gongsun of Liaodong to run rampant in Youzhou, and after a series of rectifications, the old and weak were eliminated, and the final result was 30,000 sailors, plus 10,000 elites of the Qilin Battalion, so that the total number of sailors reached 40,000. In this way, Gan Ning finally got rid of the embarrassment of the commander of the light pole and became a veritable governor of the navy.

After the expansion of the three elite troops, Ao Lie asked Xun Yu, Gu Yong, Lu Su and others to make a budget, without calculating the income of the Wantong Chamber of Commerce, relying solely on the taxes of the counties in Youzhou, and concluded that the army could be expanded by 30,000. As for the income of Wantong Commercial Bank, Ao Lie will not use it easily, and he will continue to enrich the armament of the three elite troops. After getting the accurate figures, Jia Xu and Xu Shu stayed up all night, making a detailed assessment of the specific distribution of the 30,000 army that would be expanded. With an army of 30,000, 10,000 were left as regular troops, and the remaining 20,000 troops were scattered to the counties to serve as county soldiers. According to the geographical location and tax situation of each county, how many military horses should be arranged in each county, Jia Xu and Xu Shu have made accurate data for Ao Lie's reference. Ao Lie only took a cursory glance and let the conscription go according to Jia Xu and Xu Shu's proposal.

A month later, the 30,000-strong army had been recruited. That is, Ao Lie's prestige is too high in Youzhou, so he can gather 30,000 troops in a month, and change them to other people to recruit troops, maybe he won't be able to recruit 30,000 troops in a year. After all, the population of Youzhou is not large, and there are only more than 600,000 people in the whole state, except for the old, young, sick and disabled and women, there are not many green forms left, and there are enough green laborers left to farm, after subtracting these factors, Ao Lie can recruit 30,000 soldiers in a month, which can be said to be a miracle.

30,000 new troops gathered in Jicheng and were trained separately by the generals under Ao Lie's command. Three months later, after the training of the new army was completed, Ao Lie selected 10,000 of them to be organized into his command, and then scattered the other 20,000 new troops and distributed them to various counties to guard the place. In this way, the army under Ao Lie's command reached 150,000 people. Of these, 30,000 were the elite of the three sharp knife units; There were 30,000 men who were sailors under the command of Gan Ning; There are 50,000 soldiers scattered to various counties, and the remaining 40,000 are regular troops directly under Ao Lie. Among them, the 40,000 regular troops were also different, of which 10,000 were mixed cavalry of Han Chinese and surrendered Wuhuan people, and 5,000 were led by Tai Shici and Zhang Liao respectively; 20,000 people were infantry, led by Xu Huang, Wei Yan, Ma Dai, and Pang De, and each of them commanded 5,000 people; Another 5,000 were full-time archers, led by Huang Zhong; The remaining 5,000 troops were led by Xu Chu and Dian Wei, who were responsible for protecting Ao Lie's safety when the bloody killing camp was out to fight, and also had the task of conveying Ao Lie's orders.

said that it was an army of 150,000, but Ao Lie knew that once there was a big chaos, the men and horses under his command would not be able to fully enter the battlefield at all, needless to say, the county soldiers everywhere would not be able to leave the local area easily, and the remaining 100,000 people, and some people would be left to guard Jicheng, and it would be impossible to call them all at once; In addition, if it is fighting on the plains, then Gan Ning's 40,000 naval army, I'm afraid that only 10,000 elites of the Qilin Battalion can come in handy. In this way, the military horses that Ao Lie can move at will are only fifty or sixty thousand without counting the naval army. However, Ao Lie did not regret forming a naval army, he knew that sooner or later the war would spread to the southern states, and the sooner he formed a naval army, he would accumulate experience one day earlier. He didn't want to cram, and when he used it, he was forming a water army, and in the battle of Chibi in history, didn't Cao Cao lose in the disadvantage of the water army?

When it comes to the navy, it is necessary to mention the Jiangdong tiger Sun Ce, since Gan Ning selected the navy on a large scale, Sun Ce has been by Gan Ning's side, and from time to time put forward some constructive suggestions for Gan Ning's reference. Sun Ce, who grew up by the river, is very familiar with the mode of water warfare, and Sun Ce's father, Sun Jian, started with the water army. Under Sun Jian's ears, Sun Ce can be said to be an expert in water warfare, and he is quite good at arranging troops with warships on the river. Gan Ning and Sun Ce's repeated exchanges of experience and experience have significantly improved the level of the two in commanding water battles.

Taking advantage of the leisure time of training the new army and forming a naval army, Ao Lie, together with his master Wang Ao and his uncle Tong Yuan, seized the time to improve the performance of the stone thrower and the arrow tower. After the drawings were designed, Ao Lie began to recruit craftsmen to modify the original stone throwers and arrow towers according to the drawings, and at the same time make new ones in batches.

During this time, Ao Lie finally brought out the three treasures that had been buried in his heart for a long time, and secretly summoned a hundred blacksmiths to build them according to the drawings he had drawn. In the past, due to the lack of strength, although Ao Lie knew that the cavalry in the Eastern Han Dynasty used very simple riding tools, he did not dare to expose these three treasures, for fear that the armed forces would be built in batches after being obtained by those who have a heart. Now Ao Lie has no such worries, whether it is the strength of his command or the financial resources in his hands, Ao Lie has to surpass the other princes, the only deficiency may be that the population of Youzhou is much less than that of the south of the Central Plains. But it doesn't matter, Ao Lie has extorted tens of thousands of Wuhuan people from the Wuhuan King a few years ago, coupled with the successive battles in the past year, Ao Lie has dismissed a lot of the captives who surrendered, and let them return to their hometowns to farm.

Ao Lie's move can even be said to be the prototype of the Tuntian system, which invisibly attracted many displaced people and played a role in stabilizing people's hearts. If this development continues, ten years later, Ao Lie will not be worried about the sparse population of Youzhou.