Chapter 192 Shen Dan’s conjecture about the formation of the army
Why did Shen Dan smile in his eyes after hearing that Mi Yang appointed Lu Yi as the county magistrate and in charge of the mobilization of military rations?
This is the special nature of the post of Jun Cheng.
The post of Jun Cheng originated from the Qin Dynasty. As the name suggests, he is the second-in-command who assists the prefect. In border areas, the Jun Cheng is called Chang Shi.
Although in the official definition, Jun Cheng is the second-in-command in the county.
However, unlike other official positions in the county, most of the county magistrates were directly appointed by the central court and were not subordinates removed by the prefects themselves.
Originally, it was difficult for officials airborne from the central government to have a voice at the local level.
In addition, most of the county magistrates were personally appointed by the central government and had the responsibility to supervise the prefects, so they did not receive the respect of the prefects.
Over time, the post of the county magistrate became useless, and most of its powers were divided between the chief clerk and the meritorious officer.
Today, the world is in chaos, the central government's control over local areas has been greatly reduced, and the post of county magistrate is even more unpopular.
Among the scholars of the time, there was even a proverb: "I would rather be a Cao than a Cheng."
Since Jian'an, even the governors of many counties have been directly appointed by the prefects.
However, after hundreds of years of being unpopular, in the current local government system, the post of county magistrate mostly does not have administrative power, and is just a false position with a high status.
Most of them are held by some famous celebrities and play the role of an auspicious baby.
After all, he has the two positions of Chief Registrar and Meritorious Officer, so he is afraid that some county magistrates want to do administrative work, and he has no place to do so.
Mi Yang appointed Lu Yi as the county magistrate instead of the chief registrar or the meritorious officer. The name was called reuse, but in fact it was a hint to Shen Dan that he had no intention of intervening in the county affairs.
Moreover, after Mi Yang appointed Lu Yi as the county magistrate in front of everyone, he was only responsible for the raising and mobilization of food and grass, and he also announced his true intention in front of everyone.
That is, he is only interested in ensuring the stability of the army's food and grass. As for other government affairs and personnel, he has no intention of intervening.
Mi Yang's arrangement is completely in line with his performance as a famous general.
Mi Yang's current plan is to lower the Shen brothers' vigilance by playing hard to get.
But after all, Mi Yang is not without reputation at present, and he is a young nobleman. If this is the case, it will be easier to handle.
Mi Yang is now very famous in the world. Under such circumstances, if Mi Yang acts too weak or doesn't care about anything, it will arouse the suspicion of the Shen brothers.
So you have to pay attention to a degree in everything.
Since people in the world currently have the impression of him as a famous general, Mi Yang can just take advantage of this inherent impression.
In front of Shen Dan and Shen Yi, Mi Yang showed that he cared about the military but not about political affairs.
The purpose is to tell the Shen brothers that as long as they, the Shen brothers, do not interfere with his military operations in Hanxing County, then he does not need to interfere with the political affairs of the two Shen brothers in Hanxing County.
After arranging Lu Yi's specific duties, Mi Yang said to Shen Dan: "When I left Chengdu, the king once told me that I must practice well with my troops in Hanxing County and fight in battle.
soon."
"Your Majesty has an order, and I dare not neglect it. Before the three armies are moved, food and grass go first. If you want to build a large army, food and grass are the top priority. At this point, I hope that Lord Shen can help Lü Juncheng."
Listening to Mi Yang's words, the smile in Shen Dan's eyes became even bigger.
Mi Yang's words seemed to illustrate his importance in Liu Bei's mind.
But the words "the war is imminent" also reveal Liu Bei's plans for his future, which is to follow the army in the Northern Expedition.
As a prefect who would leave Hanxing County soon, how could Shen Dan refuse Mi Yang's request?
Shen Dan immediately showed a serious look on his face and said to Mi Yang: "Please rest assured, Mr. Fu, Dan will definitely assist Mr. Lu to raise enough food and grass for Mr. Fu as soon as possible."
Mi Yang nodded at Shen Dan's promise, and then he said to Shen Dan: "I am a soldier who is not used to living in the county government, so I want to train my troops in the valley outside the city.
Currently, the military camp in the river valley is being built. After the construction is completed, I and my family will move to the military camp outside the city, and the county government will take care of it, Lord Shen."
Hearing Mi Yang say this, Shen Dan almost laughed.
Originally, he was worried that Mi Yang would live in the prefect's mansion in the city in the future. In the future, it would be too troublesome for him to ask Mi Yang for instructions on important government affairs.
Now Mi Yang offered to move to a military camp outside the city and entrusted him with taking care of the county government. Shen Dan was very satisfied with what he meant.
Regarding Mi Yang's request, Shen Dan pretended to decline, but Mi Yang's attitude was very firm.
Then Shen Dan stood up and bowed to Mi Yang and said, "I hope you can rest assured. Dan will definitely live up to your high expectations."
After hearing what Shen Dan said, Mi Yang's face showed a relaxed look, and he asked Shen Dan to go to work first.
When Shen Dan saw this, he led all the officials in the prefect's mansion to retreat.
Seeing how Shen Tan left and dozens of officials from the prefecture's mansion followed obediently behind Shen Dan, Mi Yang had an unknown smile on his face.
After Shen Dan and other officials left, Meng Da immediately came out and reminded Mi Yang: "What Shen Dan said just now that all the officials in the prefecture were appointed by Liu Feng is a lie."
In response to Meng Da's reminder, Mi Yang waved her hand nonchalantly and said, "I know."
Meng Da saw that Mi Yang knew about it, but he didn't get angry on the spot. It seemed that Mi Yang had a deeper plan, so he stopped talking.
Before Fazheng died of illness, he wrote a letter to Meng Da.
In that letter, Fa Zheng stated to Meng Da that he would plead with Liu Bei to spare Meng Da's life, but then Meng Da would assist him under Mi Yang.
Because they fled together, Fazheng and Mengda had a very close relationship.
It was precisely because Fazheng was still alive that Meng Da obediently chose to surrender after Zhang Fei's troops came to the city.
Because in Mengda's view, Fa Zheng could definitely save his life, and the subsequent development was indeed as Mengda expected.
As for what Fa Zheng mentioned in the letter, asking Meng Da to help Mi Yang, Meng Da had no objection in his heart.
On the one hand, it is because of the relationship between Fazheng and Mi Yang, and on the other hand, Mi Yang's future is unlimited.
Although he is currently only a Sima under his command, as Mi Yang grows step by step, Meng Da may not be able to make a comeback one day.
With this kind of mentality, Meng Da is still willing to work for Mi Yang.
Of course, Meng Da is not a loyal person. If Mi Yang's future development is not as expected, Meng Da will naturally find a way out for himself.
Regarding Meng Da, Mi Yang was in a state of disbelief. Meng Da was talented, but his quality made Mi Yang unable to trust him.
Therefore, after stopping Meng Da from speaking, Mi Yang ordered Meng Da, Ding Feng, and Ding Feng to go outside the city to urge the army to set up camp as soon as possible.
As senior generals, letting Meng Da and the others take charge of this matter is a way of putting their talents into full use.
After the few people he didn't trust left, Mi Yang stood up and looked at his subordinates who were left in the hall.
Lu Yi, Deng Ai, and Zhang Yi are the core team he can trust at present.
There is another person, Wang Hong, who was originally appointed as the magistrate of Shangyong County by Liu Bei.
After Wang Hong arrived in Shangyong, because Liu Bei abolished the three eastern counties and merged them into Hanxing County, Wang Hong was appointed as the magistrate of Fangling County, and Shen Dan served as the magistrate of Shangyong County.
So he is not currently in Shangyong City.
Mi Yang finally looked at Lu Yiyan and said, "After I leave, Ji Yang will be left alone in the city, so be more careful."
Just now, Mi Yang publicly appointed Lu Yi as the county magistrate and put him in charge of the army's food and grass matters.
The nature of his duties required Lu Yi to stay in Shangyong City and act as a bridge of communication between Mi Yang outside the city and Shen Dan in the city.
From a certain point of view, in the next time, Lu Yi will stay away from the army and stay alone in Shangyong City for a while.
This has certain risks, because as a person Mi Yang trusts, Lu Yi has long been interested in taking action against the Shen brothers.
But when Lu Yi faced Mi Yang's worries, there was no fear on his face.
He was only worried about Mi Yang being deceived and doing nothing, so how could he worry about Mi Yang entrusting him with a heavy responsibility?
Lu Yi bowed to Mi Yang and then replied: "If you trust me, you will definitely live up to your expectations."
"Although the prince of Fu is at peace in training his soldiers and the army needs all the food and grass, he will definitely do his best to raise them so that the prince of Fu will not have to worry about a shortage of food."
After Lu Yi said this, Mi Yang reached out and patted Lu Yi on the shoulder.
After Shen Dan led all his staff out of the hall, a close aide beside him whispered to Shen Dan: "Brother, how do you think of the new ruler?"
This confidant is a close clan brother of Shen Dan. In the past, because this clan brother was quite resourceful, he was highly regarded by Shen Dan.
Although Shen Dan initially moved his wife and most of the clan members to Chengdu, those people were mainly old, weak, women and children.
As for some of the young members of the clan, Shen Dan certainly stayed to assist him in managing Shangyong government affairs.
When asked by this clan brother, Shen Dan gave his own opinion, "It is a good thing that Mi Zisheng has the appearance of a famous general and concentrates on military affairs."
After saying this, Shen Dan ordered the clan brother again: "While Mi Zisheng is in the county, let the clan members restrain themselves and don't let some common people collide with him, otherwise the situation will be difficult to control."
Already."
"Furthermore, if Lu Yi only asks for the raising of food and grass, all the officials in the order government must try their best to meet his request."
"I didn't expect that within a year, Mi Zisheng would lead his army and leave. We just have to be patient for another year."
Hearing what Shen Dan said, this Shen Dan's clan brother bent down to accept the order, and then left to deliver the order.
After this clan member left, Shen Dan turned around and looked at the hall behind him.
He was far away from the hall now, so of course he couldn't see what Mi Yang was doing in the hall, but it didn't affect his guess.
Judging from Shen Dan's perspective, Mi Yang may have been sent to the place by Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, for training.
Once there is a war in the north in the future, Mi Yang will definitely lead his army to participate in the war based on his past achievements.
Under this speculation, Shen Dan did not have much doubts about Mi Yang's actions today.
As long as he can meet Mi Yang's requirements, Mi Yang will not make things too difficult for him, just like Liu Feng and Meng Da before him.
After looking at the hall for a while and feeling like he couldn't think of anything, Shen Dan turned around and left.
It's a pity that Shen Dan doesn't have a God's perspective. What he doesn't know is that before he arrived in Hanxing County, Mi Yang had already had a plan to eliminate it.
After Mi Yang arrived in Hanxing County, Wang Hong, who was far away in Fangling County, learned the news.
After learning that Mi Yang had arrived with an army, Wang Hong couldn't suppress the joy on his face.
Wang Hong originally followed Zhang Fei to Shangyong City.
After arriving in Shangyong City, because Zhang Fei's army was still there at that time, Shen Dan was quite polite to him, and would discuss and implement government affairs with him together.
Later, Liu Bei abolished the three eastern counties and turned them into counties, and appointed Wang Hong as the county magistrate of Fangling.
When Wang Hong came to Fangling County, he was hampered by the local wealthy Deng Fu at every turn when handling government affairs, which made it impossible for his decree to be implemented smoothly.
Now that he heard the news that Mi Yang had arrived, Wang Hong felt that his backer had arrived, so of course he would be happy.
But he didn't act rashly. He knew that he was currently surrounded by Deng Fu's spies.
Moreover, Deng Fu was closely related to the Shen brothers. Long before he arrived in Hanxing County, Mi Yang warned him that he must be careful and not easily arouse the wariness of the local wealthy families.
Under this warning, he could only wait for Mi Yang to take the initiative to contact him.
He has a very important piece of information in his hand, which he wants to give to Mi Yang.
In the river valley outside Shangyong City, camps have been set up.
Under the command of Meng Da, the military camps of more than 10,000 troops were set up in a very orderly manner and were fully prepared for attack and defense.
After the military camp in the river valley was set up, Mi Yang, as mentioned before, led a group of cronies and family members to move to the camp in the river valley.
He only left Lu Yi in Shangyong City, and together with Shen Dan handed over the food and fodder matters for the army.
After arriving at the military camp in the river valley, Mi Yang immediately made arrangements for the training of more than 10,000 troops under his command.
Before the army begins training, the first thing to do is to establish an organizational structure.
Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there have been frequent wars across the world, so the original military system of the Han Dynasty has undergone many changes to adapt to the needs of actual wars.
And because the military systems in different places are different, the organizational structures of the military in different places are also different, but generally they still follow the following organizational structure.
In the Han Dynasty, an independent combat unit was called a battalion, and the establishment of a battalion was about 2,000 people.
The military system of the Han Dynasty was mostly calculated based on multiples of two and five.
The most basic unit in the Han Dynasty army was the corps. Every five men had a corps commander. There were two corps, and every ten men had a commander.
A team of five is formed, and there is one team leader for every fifty people. Two teams are a camp, and there is a camp leader for every one hundred people.
Two villages form one qu, and there is one military commander for every 200 people. Two qus form one, and there is one military commander for every 400 people.
Finally, usually every five units form a battalion, which is an independent combat unit. Usually the leader of the army is a general or a captain.
Although most battalions consist of 2,000 people, each captain or general leads different troops depending on their status.
For example, when Guan Ping was a captain, he commanded 3,000 troops.
For example, Mi Yang, with Liu Bei's permission, was able to command more than ten thousand troops as a partial general.
According to the general army organization, the 10,000 troops under Mi Yang's command should be divided into five battalions.
But based on the actual situation, Mi Yang is prepared to make some minor changes to his army organization.
(End of chapter)
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