Seven hundred and eleven five generals
On the issue of the specific military leaders of the major military regions, many differences arose at the meeting.
Some people recommend themselves, some people recommend people, some people question some candidates, and some people see that no one is happy, so they see that they are more suitable.
In the end, taking into account many considerations such as military ability, combat achievements, moral character, and close relationship with Liu Bei, Liu Bei gave his own views on the leaders of the five military regions except the Central Military Region.
He believes that Zhang Fei should be the military leader of the Northwest Military Region.
The reason is that Zhang Fei followed Liu Bei very early, has sufficient military and administrative experience and foundation, and also has a cultural foundation, is loyal to Liu Bei, has brilliant military achievements, and is one of the best military generals of the Han Dynasty under Liu Bei.
Moreover, Zhang Fei is very good at using cavalry to fight, and the Northwest Military Region is facing many known and unknown challenges such as the Qiang people, the Western Regions and the Xianbei people, and a tough military leader will have a good deterrent effect on the local area.
Zhang Fei had served as the Taishou of Longxi County, fought against the Qiang and Xianbei people, and was also very familiar with some military threats and political ecology in the northwest.
This opinion was put forward by many people before Liu Bei, and after Liu Bei finally put forward his opinion, there was no controversy, so the person in charge of the Northwest Military Region was basically determined to be Zhang Fei.
followed by the person in charge of the Northeast Military Region, this person in charge, Liu Bei's suggestion was to take the lead.
The reason is also very simple, Zhao Zhao is also one of the earliest cronies to follow Liu Bei, and Liu Bei has a very close relationship and high loyalty, and he has lived in Youzhou, and has also fought in Bingzhou, has rich experience in the border army, and also has excellent military exploits, and also has certain political experience.
Although the threat of the Xianbei and Wuhuan people has basically disappeared through Liu Bei's intensive cultivation in this area, there are still Goguryeo, Buyeo, Wofu, Dongsui and other countries and ethnic groups in the area east of Liaoze, and these countries and ethnic groups have various competitive and cooperative relations with the Han people in Liaodong.
Previously, Liu Bei had no time to take care of this, so he appointed Gongsun Du to command the region east of Liaoze, and was fully responsible for the development of this region and military warfare.
In recent years, Gongsun Du led this area, recruited troops to form an army, pulled up an army of about 20,000 people, and the combat effectiveness was quite good, and launched an attack on the Goguryeo, Buyeo and other regimes, and stabilized the survival status of the Han people in Liaodong.
But that doesn't mean it's all right.
Liu Bei did not trust Gongsun Du, nor did he trust the Gongsun family, and the current Gongsun clan's leadership of the Liaodong region was more like a semi-independent leader, and this semi-independent tendency far exceeded the separation tendency of the Central Plains Prefecture.
The special methods of the special period, Liu Bei at that time was beyond the reach of the whip, and now, he has enough strength to extend his rule to Liaodong, he believes that this area must be included in the rule of the central Han Empire, and some preliminary construction.
If it is handed over to the Gongsun family, it will easily develop into the future "Yan regime", so Liu Bei plans to hand it over to Zhao Zhao to solve it, and Zhao will be responsible for establishing central rule over this area.
He believed that with the ability to lead the move, it should not be a problem to get Gongsun Du and stabilize Liaodong, and Xiahou Dun, who served as the assassin of Youzhou, could also provide sufficient logistical support for the lead.
If Gongsun Du was dissatisfied with this arrangement, or had any intention of opposing it, Liu Bei thought that they would definitely be able to solve Gongsun Du by joining forces, and they did not need their own intervention.
As for the future, it is also Liu Bei's goal to eliminate Goguryeo, Buyeo, Wofu, Dongsui and other countries and ethnic groups, and complete the complete purging of this area.
This was followed by the Central Plains Military Region.
In addition to the Central Military Region, this is the most populous and economically prosperous area, and it is also one of the areas where Liu Bei predicted that the resistance was more fierce in the middle of the Dutian operation.
The daily security here is still good, and it is also the area with the best economic development, so Liu Bei arranged for the regular army of the four armies to be garrisoned.
This area is basically a plain area, with few hills and mountains, which is very suitable for the joint operation of large corps
Seeing that it was difficult to reunify, some people recommended themselves and wanted to fight for this position.
In the end, everyone's opinions gradually tilted to Xu Huang.
Xu Huang was not the first general to follow Liu Bei, but Xu Huang's military exploits were good, he was good at leading many armies to perform difficult tasks, he could fight tough battles, and he had strong psychological quality.
He is now one of the few generals in the Han army at this stage, and in terms of military position, he is still above many old people.
In terms of cultural literacy, Xu Huang is also among the best in the army.
Here's an interesting thing.
It is since Liu Bei determined that the promotion of officers must be subject to cultural examinations in addition to merit, and in every promotion examination, Xu Huang ranked first in the same period, and his ability to do questions was quite good.
And he is good at mathematics, he likes mathematics very much, it is said that the way he usually relaxes his nerves after leading the army is to take a book of mathematics study problems to study and do problems, which can be described as a scholar among generals.
In addition, he has always had a reputation for being calm in commanding troops, meticulous in marching and fighting, very rigorous, and always carrying out orders, and he is one of the few generals who can achieve [the army crosses the border without the people knowing].
Therefore, some senior senior staff members in the military department of the General's Mansion commented that Xu Huang has the style of Zhou Yafu, and he is a general who can be entrusted with big things and has a strong ability to resist pressure.
Liu Bei's important senior counselor Xun You particularly admired Xu Huang, and praised Xu Huang many times in front of Liu Bei that he could be entrusted with big things, don't despise him because he is not qualified enough, but give him enough space for development.
Based on this, Liu Bei was as good as a stream, and based on everyone's opinions, Xu Huang was determined to be the general person in charge of the Central Plains Military Region.
Then there is the Western Shu Military Region, equipped with three armies, and the main combat area is Shu.
Because of the complex terrain and poor traffic environment, as well as the large number of Nanban tribes in the south of Shudi, it is generally considered to be the area most likely to break out in a new round of major battles in the next two or three years.
In the battle in Shu, the cavalry is not the most important army, the general who is good at mountain warfare and water warfare is the best candidate, and considering the special traffic conditions in Shudi, this town guard candidate is really quite important.
While everyone was discussing fiercely, Cheng Yu suddenly mentioned something.
"Yu once heard that when the general rebelled against Shu and returned to Liangzhou, there was a Xiongwen, which has been spread all over the world, and there is a sentence in it, the guards or bandits turned into wolves and jackals, Yu thinks that this is very correct for Shudi."
Cheng Yu pointed out that since ancient times, the rebellion in Shu has been very serious, and the most worthy reference is the Shu land secession incident led by Gongsun Shu that year.
The occurrence of that incident fully shows that if there is no absolutely trustworthy person to guard Shudi, there will be a secession incident, and there will be a secession regime, which will cause chaos.
Therefore, Cheng Yu advocated that Liu Sheng, the general of Liu Bei's clan, who is currently the general of the Shence Army and the Taishou of Bajun, be the head of the Xishu Military Region.
Judging from his status as a relative of the Liu clan and Liu Bei, it is most suitable to serve as the head of the Xishu Military Region.
In terms of military ability, Liu Sheng is not the best among Liu Bei's earliest subordinates, but it is not bad, it is better to say that among the subordinates who have been with Liu Bei for so long, there is no bad one, and those who are bad can't get along.
In Ba County, Liu Sheng did a very good job, got along well with the people, and quickly put down the rebellion when there was a rebellion in Ba County before, handled it properly, and was a competent general.
The ability is sufficient, the identity is passable, and the loyalty has been tested for a long time, so after comprehensive consideration, Liu Bei nodded and decided to appoint Liu Sheng, the general of the clan, as the head of the Xishu Military Region.
Finally, it is the Jiangnan Military Region.
For the general person in charge of the Jiangnan Military Region, Liu Bei already had a candidate in his heart, so he directly said the candidate.
Guan yu.
Regarding the candidate proposed by Liu Bei, everyone was quite puzzled.
Guan Yu was born in Hedong County, grew up in Youzhou, is one of Liu Bei's earliest teams, and is also a fierce general who is good at cavalry combat
The circle is remarkable, the army is rigorous, and it is well received.
But how could he be suitable for Jiangnan to fight?