As Wen Ping's words fell, Wang Xu understood in an instant, and shook his head with a wry smile: "Gotcha!" You're here to ask for someone, too! ”

Wen Ping, who fell to the ground, looked ashamed, lowered his head, and did not answer.

"Zhongye, really can't hold on for a while? All the provinces have recently asked me for people, and those who are outstanding have been asked to leave! ”

Wen Ping was really anxious at the moment, and he spat out bitterness: "Lord! If the last general has a way, he will not come to disturb the lord, there is really nothing to do, the previous Diannong General's Mansion was already understaffed, and now he has taken on a lot of responsibilities, and his subordinates are really powerless. ”

"Ordinary officials have never even commanded an army, they don't know what kind of supplies the army needs, how much they need, how to ration it in wartime, how to ration it in non-wartime, how to dispatch medical officers, how much quartermaster needs to accompany the army, they only know how to do what they are told! Almost everything has to be supervised by subordinates in person, but the main army, border guards, and guards of Chu State now have as many as one million people, and their subordinates are really lacking in skills. ”

"The last general doesn't want to add trouble to the lord, but now there is really no one available, for so many years, those talented people have been fought for by other governments, just our Diannong General's Mansion has never been a really experienced and capable person, and the talents who were cultivated with great difficulty in the early years are also ...... was also dug up by everyone when the last general descended to Cao! ”

"The people who have been cultivated in the past few years were borrowed alive and dead by the major generals' mansions some time ago, saying that there is a shortage of people in the army and that there should be an emergency! The last general is also a battle-hardened man, and he knows that the army cannot be short of men. And he promised to lend it to them. But I didn't think about it, and I wouldn't pay it back. They directly sent people to all sides, and now they will go all over the South Palace, and they can't even borrow anyone. Especially Zhou Zhi, who borrowed half of my talents, but now he can't even see him. ”

Seeing Wen Ping more and more aggrieved, Wang Xu really couldn't cry or laugh, and gradually figured out a lot of things in his mind.

"Zhongye! Zhongye! You're honest and honest enough! They say borrow. Do you really believe it? ”

"The last general just thinks that the army is related to the safety of the country, and he can't help but help!"

"Do you know why they all asked you to borrow it? Because as you might think, they can't borrow anywhere else! The main force is full of talents, where will it really be so strict, if it all comes to that point, I am the one who is in a hurry! If it is not expected, it must be Zhou Zhi who asked you to borrow it first, and then Gao Shun, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao followed closely! ”

"How does the lord know?" Wen Ping was stunned.

"You don't have to think about it to know that Zhao Yun and they must have been instigated by Zhou Zhi!"

"Good Zhou Zhi, the last general will settle accounts with him!" Wen Ping is angry. Get up and leave.

"No need, he's forcing you to come to me!" Wang Xu waved his hand. said calmly: "Actually, he can be regarded as helping you, he wants to force you, this stuffy gourd, to take the initiative to ask me for someone, after all, those people under you are really not very good and embarrassed." Xu Shu and they don't lend you people, they should have seen this, otherwise why would they avoid you so collectively. ”

"Help me?" Wen Ping was enlightened.

"Yes, help you! Since the Diannong General's Mansion has been made like this, how can I not make arrangements, and since I have arranged them, how can I not do it in one step? Wang Xu shook his head with a smile, stopped talking nonsense, pondered for a moment, and then continued: "Originally, I wanted to slow down this matter, but the matter has come to this point, and I can only arrange it." ”

As he spoke, he closed his eyes and paused.

"Now it's up to me to say, you will remember, and then you will personally go to the provinces to spread the news!"

"No!"

"First, summon General Xuanyi Yan to return to the capital, promote him to General Diannong Zuo, as your deputy, in charge of the relevant logistics affairs of the army, Huo Jun will be promoted to General Yingyang, replacing Yan Yan's position as the deputy general of the Qinglong Legion! Second, Wu Yi, the general of Pinglu, was summoned to return to the capital and promoted to the right general of Diannong, in charge of affairs related to Tuntian and the reserves, and Yang Huaiba was promoted to general of Pinglu, replacing his position as deputy general of the Eastern Army. ”

"Third, below the generals of Diannong, there are four generals in Diannong, who are equivalent to miscellaneous generals, and Huangfu Jianshou, the son of Huangfu Song, Liu Pan, and the new geniuses Yang Yi and Zongzhu in the big examination are assigned by yourself. Fourth, Diannong Zhonglang will set up the eighth captain of Diannong, the same position as the partial general, and you will select talents by yourself in the future, and hire them after submitting them to Shangshutai for confirmation. ”

"As for officials below this level, it is the same as the usual official selection system of each province, so I don't need to repeat it!"

As Wang Xu said such a long list of names one after another, Wen Ping's face was already smiling from ear to ear.

"Don't worry, the last will understand, the last will understand!"

"Okay, now you, the general of the pawn farmer, are worthy of the name, but you have to do things well, you should understand how important your responsibilities are, and what will happen if you go on a business trip!"

"The last general will never live up to the master's entrustment!"

"Hmmm! It's because it's you that I'm relieved! Wang Xu smiled, and then waved his hand: "Okay, go and get busy with you!" ”

"No!"

"Huh! Wait......" Wen Ping was just about to leave the hall, but Wang Xu suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but stop him.

"What else does the lord command?" Wen Ping bowed and looked up.

Wang Xu looked at him, pointed to his chest and said meaningfully: "Zhongye, you are now the general of the Chu State, one of the three major generals' mansions, in the future, don't be limited to doing your own affairs, and in the affairs of the court, you must also put more thought into it!" ”

"Thoughts?" Wen was slightly puzzled.

Wang Xu thought for a while, and felt that there were some things that should be awakened to his confidant, so he continued: "Do you know why the governments refuse to lend you people, but force you to come and ask me for people?" ”

"It's not very clear!" Wen Ping shook his head.

"Because among the top-level provinces and ministries of the Chu State, only you are the least able to play with your mind, so they chose you! As for the reason for choosing you, one is to help you and prompt you to ask me for someone, and the other is to find a step for me! ”

"Steps?" Wen Ping didn't react for a while, with a little doubt on his face.

This time Wang Xu smiled and didn't say it too thoroughly. Just said softly: "The huge Chu State." Every time a talent is promoted, he is in an important position. It takes a reason to convince the public! This time the sudden large-scale use of talents, even I can't resist alone, a country is not so easy to govern, and the important ministers of the country are not so easy to be, understand? ”

Wen Ping is not stupid, but his mind is used to do things, and he doesn't think about this, so he doesn't understand at this time. Immediately understood: "The last general understands, thank you for mentioning it!" ”

"Do you know what to say when you go out to give orders?"

"I know, the people on the list were asked by the last general to come to the lord, and the last general tried his best to protect it, and the lord was overwhelmed, so he agreed!"

Wang Xu smiled and didn't speak again.

Wen Ping saluted respectfully again, and then slowly retreated!

Since then, the three major generals' mansions of the Chu State have begun to operate in a truly orderly manner. The effect is also evident when the entire system is set up. Military and political officials not only feel that their burdens have been lightened, but the responsibilities of various ministries and governments are also more competitive, efficient, and effective.

Although Zhou Zhi made a little fuss and put Wang Xu in a few ways, under his reorganization and rectification, it only took a few months for the border guards to really make a qualitative change.

He let the general Huang Quan take over the Jiaozhou army, with Jianwen general Wu Ban and Zhang Yi and Ma Zhong as the deputies, the entire Jiaozhou was reorganized and armed, and those scattered border posts, mountain roads and villages were all assigned to the Jiaozhou army system, resulting in as many as 80,000 Jiaozhou troops, which were commanded by Huang Quan and others.

As a result of such a unified deployment, the soldiers can change guards, have close ties with each other, have unified command and dispatch by senior generals, and are in good order, which not only greatly strengthens the defense force of the entire Jiaozhou, but also gives the soldiers in those border areas a real sense of belonging and security.

Everyone understands this problem, but it is really difficult to do, and I don't know what method Zhou Zhi used, whether it is a fox or a fake tiger, whether it is soft and hard, or persuasion, but in the end, he can mobilize the entire Jiaozhou local Taishou and Thorn Shi to help, and really complete an extremely cumbersome thing in a short period of time.

And, not only this place, a small number of defenders in the western border of Yizhou have always been independent, obeying the orders of the local Taishou, and also obeying the orders of Xiangyang, but now he has also unified the collection and set up the Yizhou Army, mainly by Zhang Nan, his old generals Zhao Rong and Yuan Long as deputies, and gave a lot of authority, and the local Taishou has also become a cooperative relationship, and the situation is almost the same as the Jiaozhou Army.

In this way, Wang Xu's policy of expanding the border can be said to have been greatly promoted.

It must be known that Wang Xu made requirements for the border areas from a very early stage, so that they should form a good alliance with the barbarian ethnic groups, strive to naturalize education, or crack down, or pacify, in short, control as much as possible, and then build roads, open up and expand the national territory, and naturalize the ethnic groups.

In the past, the local Taishou was busy with its own affairs, and it was not too good after all, although there have been achievements over the years, but it is not conspicuous, but now it has made the entire Yizhou Army unified deployment and unified planning, coupled with the assistance of the local Taishou and the assassin history, the future effect will inevitably be very different.

In addition, the same is true in the Nanzhong region, Zhou Zhiling Jufu and the barbarian generals Yang Feng and Meng You, who have been in the army for many years, took over the Nanzhong Border Army from Li Hui, the governor of Nanzhong, and all of them were reorganized into the Nanzhong Army, with the same responsibilities as the Yizhou Army.

In addition, the western army was formed in the area bordering Xiliang in western Xinjiang, with Jianwei general Zhang Ren as the main officer, and the generals He Yi and Chen Ying as deputies, commanding the entire affairs of the western army.

The border armies from Northern Xinjiang to Hangu Pass were merged into the Eastern Army, which was dominated by Jia Kui, a general of Shotsheng, and Chen Shi and Deng Kai, the former generals of Chu, as deputies.

The last remaining eastern border army of Jingzhou, which stretched from the south of Nanyang to Guiyang County in Jingnan, was also merged into the Eastern Army by him, but because he really couldn't get a suitable general, he and Zhang Jing jointly held this position.

When a few months later, Wang Xu saw the results he reported, he was really overjoyed.

He suddenly found that after the border army was integrated, its role was far more than just guarding those outposts, mountain roads and dangerous passes, and when necessary, if the command was unified, then it would be a powerful combat force.

Not to mention, the Jiaozhou Army is the five border armies of the Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern and Yizhou Army, which makes him feel as if he has obtained a few legions for no reason, although the strength is not particularly strong, but after all, it is a kind of force, which can be completely included in the overall strategic deployment and planning.

The accurate number of the border army after the expansion has also been really counted, including the 80,000 Jiaozhou army and the 80,000 navy army, a total of as many as 300,000, but the distribution is extremely scattered.

In the autumn of 211 AD, two and a half years after the end of the Chu-Wu War, the huge state of Chu finally fully perfected the state system, and its strength reached its peak, with eight main army corps after replenishment and expansion, two guards corps, plus the border army, and the total strength of the country reached nearly 1.2 million.

At the same time, Wu and Wei were defeated in the earlier "Chu Wei" and "Chu Wu" battles, and were robbed and destroyed by Wang Xu on a large scale, moving, burning, and destroying, thus causing heavy losses to the two countries.

This situation gave Chu an advantage, and the two wars and the past two years and the past two years finally allowed Chu to win the best opportunity to go to Xiliang...... (To be continued......)