Chapter 3044 Old changes in the new troubled times
Chapter 3043 Old changes in the new troubled times
The eighth year of Taixing, winter, December.
Jiang Jiong in Longyou received some guests.
In other words, guest troops.
The leader is Guo Huan, a native of Xiping and a prominent local family.
Following Guo Huan were two well-known marshals in Xiping, Tian Le and Yang Kui.
Tianle and Yangkui have some Qiang ancestry. Although their names are similar to Han names, in fact, it can be seen that they still have more or less Qiang appearance. This is normal in Longyou, Longxi, Xiping and Xiliang.
Comparatively speaking, Guo Huan has a more pure Han appearance, so it is Guo Huan who mainly communicates and communicates with Jiang Ji.
Guo Huan brought a letter of introduction from Yang Fu, and the three of them brought a total of 2,500 troops, including about 600 to 700 armored soldiers, and the rest were Qiang cavalry.
After Zhang Liao quelled the Qiang rebellion and occupied the snowy area, Yang Fu has been working in the Xiping area as his successor, and now he has gained a little. Under Yang Fu's guidance, Guo Huan and others led their men
The troops went to Chang'an, preparing to find Fei to surrender.
There are more than two thousand people, neither too many nor too few. They have spent a lot of money on food and clothing all the way from Xiping. Therefore, after arriving at Longyou, they also want to ask Jiang Ji for some food and grass support...
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During this period of time, the Xiping area has gradually calmed down due to the communication and trade between the Han people, the Qiang people, and the Tibetan people. Most of the Hu people have begun to get used to and accept the existence of the Han people, and they also like the Han people's business.
Every time a Han caravan arrived at their tribe, the Hu people would hold a bonfire party. A group of people would gather around the bonfire to sing and dance, just like a grand festival.
Well, the Hu people also have their own customs and festivals.
As Xiping got better and better and developed steadily under Yang Fu's governance, the people of Xiping gradually felt pressure.
This pressure is invisible.
If they want to eat and wait for death, then Guo Huan and others do not need to leave Xiping at all. Because they only need to cooperate with Yang Fu obediently, and they will die slowly in the warm water.
Xiping's enlightenment has been carried out quietly, even extending to the snowy areas. The appearance of Buddhist scripture seekers in Chang'an can already illustrate this point. More and more barbarians know the goodness of the Han people, so how can they do it again?
How to deal with local celebrities?
And how did the local surnames get their money? They got it from exploiting the Han and Hu people!
Could it be that, as the local surnames claimed, their ancestors did good deeds every day and year after year, persisted in giving alms, built bridges and roads, and built water conservancy projects, so they had money?
You can deceive barbarians, but you cannot deceive Yang Fu.
Yang Fu is in Xiping. The official shops have better quality and more reasonable prices, and the same is true for the caravans. So the local surnames can either return to their roots honestly and find some snacks in the gaps between Yang Fu's fingers, or they must
Find another way...
rebel?
Those who dare not, and no Hu people are willing to listen to them. Back then, the Hu people couldn't survive, so the Hu people rebelled. Now that their lives are getting better day by day, why do they want to start a rebellion?
Therefore, the only way left for the local surnames is to find ways to obtain military honors, otherwise the taxes they have to pay on their fields will be like boiling frogs in warm water, and they will eventually be boiled to death in the pot. After all, the current local tycoons and large landowners in the Han Dynasty still have
There are no endless tax avoidance methods that have emerged in later generations.
The government's taxation model is actually very rough, but these big local households are even rougher!
Yang Fu had no reason to stop the local big businessmen who were interested in "progressing", and from the perspective of civil politics, it could be regarded as one of Yang Fu's achievements. Therefore, after confirming that Guo Huan and others had indeed defected to Feiqian,
After expressing their willingness to serve under Fei Qian's tent, he issued a letter of introduction and also provided a wave of food and grass for them to come all the way to Longxi.
However, when Guo Huan and others arrived in Longxi, they heard the "bad news" that Cao Cao had sent troops to attack Guanzhong!
this……
Before Guo Huan and the others came to visit Jiang Ji, they had been secretly discussing for a while. They heard that Cao Cao had summoned a million troops and that Chen Bing was in Heluo and Taihang areas. He was very determined to invade Guanzhong, so
When they appeared in Longyou now, they couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
It’s not about advancing, it’s even less about retreating.
"Thief Cao sent troops here. Although it is huge, he actually has less than 100,000 soldiers to fight. Cao Cao just wants to revive his reputation and establish his prestige to rule Shandong... Think about it, this is
If Cao Cao really has millions of powerful soldiers, then why is the land of Shandong still struggling all day long? Apart from Yuzhou and Yanzhou, the two places are relatively obedient to Cao Cao, and it is difficult for Cao Cao to manage other prefectures and counties! In the land of Youbei,
Between Qingxu and the south of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, hahaha... one million, one million farmers are almost enough!"
Jiang Ji laughed heartily, not caring at all, and did not shy away from discussing the matter in front of Guo Huan and others.
Guo Huan and the other three looked at each other, "This... one hundred thousand is quite a lot..."
"Well, Beigong also said that there were tens of thousands of warriors who dared to fight..." Jiang Ji waved his hand and said, "There are many differences between soldiers and soldiers. Take a simple matter as an example, the brave men under your command... Forget it,
That’s all, it’s empty talk... Go and call a few of your men who are good at shooting, um, call five people..."
Facts speak louder than words, and Jiang Ji is ready to teach Guo Huan and several others a lesson.
Both the Qiang and Hu people are good at shooting, so there is no problem.
Guo Huan quickly called five people, and then followed Jiang Ji and his party to the Wuwei school grounds.
Jiang Ji led Guo Huan and the others to sit on the general stage, and then casually said to the instructor in the school: "Set up ten human targets, equipped with wooden shields, set with leather armor, use armor-piercing arrows, and shoot this Ji Liang."
The archers will be assessed at the top, top, middle, middle, middle, and bottom, and each of those who are waiting to retreat will come..."
The instructor hesitated, "Colonel, there is no one to retire this season..."
"Then one more middle-to-lower one!" Jiang Jiong didn't insist on a certain percentage.
Soon, ten people stood under the school grounds.
The military academy on the side was reaffirming the rules of the game.
Fifty steps, step and shoot.
A human-shaped grass target, covered with leather armor, with a round wooden shield standing slightly in front of the target, covering half of the target's body.
Twenty armor-piercing heavy arrows per person.
rapid fire.
If the arrow hits the body, it scores two points. If it hits the shield but does not penetrate the shield, it scores no points. If the arrow penetrates the shield, it scores one point.
The person who shoots all the arrows the fastest will get ten points.
Five points will be added to the second place, and no points will be added to the rest.
If the arrow misses the target, two points will be deducted.
The rules are not complicated, and even Guo Huan's good shooter, who participated in such a competition close to actual combat for the first time, was eager to try and clearly understood.
The military academy looked up at Jiang Ji, who was on the general stage. Jiang Ji nodded. The military academy shouted and got ready, then took out a copper whistle from his arms and held it in his mouth, "Beep——"
Almost at the same time, ten people in the arena opened their bows and shot arrows at the same time!
For a moment, all I could hear was the sound of bowstrings and the whistling of arrows!
In the first few rounds, the speed of the ten people was about the same, and most of them could hit the target, whether it was the torso or the shield of the grass target, but as time went by, it became obvious that they were higher.
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The soldier at the top of the ranking seems to be a ruthless arrow-shooting machine. He shoots two arrows in one breath. Then he takes a slow breath, grabs two arrows, puts one on the bow, and shoots the other with his little finger and ring finger.
Hold it and hang it by your side. After shooting an arrow, you immediately turn your fingers and put the arrow on the bow. Then shoot the second arrow. Take another slow breath and grab two more arrows...
The soldiers in the middle and lower ranks shot arrows meticulously, shooting an arrow with one breath, grabbing the arrow, and shooting another arrow with another breath...
Everyone's breathing rate and shooting frequency are somewhat different, which results in the speed of shooting. However, Jiang Ji's soldiers are generally relatively stable. Twenty arrows can be fired between twenty and forty breaths.
They all finished shooting in a short time, and among the other half of Guo Huan's men, the fastest ones could only keep up with the speed of Jiang Ji's soldiers. Others only shot half of the arrows, and several of them failed to go out.
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Jiang Ji smiled and said nothing.
Guo Huan and others communicated with each other through their eyes.
The results of the game speak for themselves.
The good archers under Guo Huan were indeed not bad. One of them shot more than ten arrows into the head of the target in succession, almost piercing the head of the target, and the rest of the arrows landed on the target. However,
He spent too much time aiming, and his speed was not as good as the average ones under Jiang Jiong.
"This is the person who is good at fighting..." Guo Huan said with emotion, "On the battlefield, if the arrow hits the vital point, it will be injured if it does not kill you. The faster you shoot, the faster you will win..."
Tian Le on the side asked, "I wonder how many good archers there are...?"
Jiang Jiu said with a smile, "It's not how many, but all of them! There is an assessment every quarter. Those who meet the standard can be called good bows, and those who are bad will be removed! Those with the title of good bows will get extra food and wine according to their level, and the soldiers' pay will also be different. In addition,
, there are also some men who are not good at shooting by nature, so these people compete to become strong crossbowmen, giant axemen, and halberdiers, all of which have different rewards."
Yang Kui's eyes widened, "So, everyone under the general's command is... I wonder what the test for this giant axe-wizard is?"
Jiang Ji looked at the burly Yang Kui and guessed that he probably used a battle axe, and was not good at bow shooting. He didn't point it out, but smiled and said: "Easy, just chop wood! All the firewood used in the army in a season is all."
It was cut out during the giant axe's test..."
"Chopping firewood..." Yang Kui muttered and repeated, then remained silent.
Killing people is like chopping firewood, which is not a joke.
Wood has joints and tumors, big and small, just like the joints of human limbs.
Most people who think that chopping firewood is easy have never actually used a hatchet or an ax to chop firewood. If they don’t know the texture of the wood and have the wrong strength and angle, they will be exhausted and unable to chop a few sticks!
After walking around the school grounds for so long, the arrogance of Guo Huan and others disappeared without a trace, just like the lingering snow under the scorching sun. Both their words and demeanor became much more humble.
"It's good that you are willing to surrender to the army, but you have also seen..." Jiang Ji said with a smile, "There is still a gap between your soldiers... So, there are two ways. One is to use your soldiers and the next one."
Years of recruits enter the camp for training together. However, after the recruit camp, they may be assigned to different places according to the needs of each county. Not all of them may still be under your command... The three of you will go to the Chang'an Martial Arts Hall.
After you study and pass the assessment at the military academy level, corresponding soldiers will be assigned to you...the expenses for these trainings are all paid for by the lord..."
"If you don't want to be separated from your men, then another way is to take your people and go to Yinshan Mountain by detour to Shangjun. Only in Yinshan Mountain can there be a training camp for reorganized troops. You can receive training together with your soldiers.
, then you can be with your men, but you have to pay for the training yourself..."
Unknowingly, Guo Huan's worries about Cao Cao's attack seemed to disappear.
Who has heard that during a war, the troops who come to serve must be trained before they can go to the battlefield?
Anyway, Guo Huan had never heard of it before.
"Could it be said that... this Cao... well, Cao's thieves invaded, and the general in Longyou doesn't need to send troops to support Guanzhong?" Guo Huan couldn't help but ask.
Jiang Ji smiled and said: "These things...well, it is common sense after joining the training camp...it doesn't hurt to talk about it first. Under the lord, the soldiers are divided into three categories, the main combat soldiers, the mobilized soldiers, and the reserve soldiers. On weekdays, the prefectures and counties
The middle soldiers are the main combat soldiers. When something happens in the county and the main combat soldiers cannot handle it, the mobilization troops are recruited. Generally speaking, the mobilization troops are two or three times the main combat soldiers, which is enough to deal with ordinary wars. If mobilization
If the troops are still not enough, we should recruit reserve troops and mobilize the main combat troops from surrounding counties to support... Now, haha, Chang'an's third auxiliary company has not yet ordered the recruitment of troops... I am just sending some food, grass and baggage to Chang'an...
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This three-level military system cannot be established just because it is established.
Not to mention the main combat soldiers, they are basically equivalent to the soldiers currently in the army, while the mobilization soldiers are veterans who have been retired from the army to local areas since Feiqian came to power, except for some
If they are physically disabled and unable to continue fighting, most of them will have a name in the local area and receive an extra portion of money and food during the Chinese New Year and holidays. When encountering special circumstances, these veterans will immediately respond to the local call-up.
, temporarily participate in the battle. During the battle, the money, food, and military pay are the same as those of the main combat soldiers, but there are no additional honorary rewards such as good archers and giant axemen.
The reserve army recruits soldiers every year. Those who are unable to join the army due to age, physical fitness, or the number of recruits are full, etc., will join the local reserve army after asking about their personal wishes.
Participate in short-term training during the off-season, and the main combat soldiers will serve as instructors for training. When recruiting soldiers next time, you have the right to select the best soldiers to join the army. On weekdays, it is under local inspection and management. Sometimes, when thieves are captured, the inspection will also call in reserves.
Troops are dispatched...
This new military system is not implemented in all places. Instead, it starts from Guanzhong in the north, and then slowly expands to Longyou, Longxi, and Hanzhong. The next step is the more remote western Sichuan Snow Region.
Northern Territory and other areas.
Needless to say, the advantages of this kind of military system are obvious, but the disadvantages are also obvious. If you don’t have three to five years of hard work, you can’t even think about mobilizing troops and reserve troops. At the same time, you have to spend a lot more money and food in peacetime...
In addition to additional expenses such as money and food, a strong grassroots organization is also needed, and inspections that are independent of civil affairs have grown from scratch, from small to large, from simple street patrols to responsible for the security of an entire rural neighborhood.
, criminal cases all require the accumulation of knowledge and the advancement of personnel.
The division of agricultural, engineering, and inspection positions may become a source of redundancy in a few decades or a hundred years, but in the current era of the Han Dynasty, this is conducive to the refinement of social division of labor and fills the gap.
Areas that were originally out of reach of the central government made the originally chaotic, simplistic, and even ignorant local clan control orderly, promoting the development of productivity.
Take the recruitment of soldiers as an example. Originally, it might just be that the clan leader felt that there was no labor force in the village, or that the benefits should be reserved for his own family, and people with other surnames could not participate, etc., so he did not say a word and stopped people from joining the army. But now
The patriarch’s words don’t carry that much weight…
These veterans who returned from joining the army have become a new local support point, helping local officials to compete with the original local bosses, breaking the Han Dynasty's three to four hundred years old practice of local governors having to compete with local powerful officials wherever they go.
In turn, it forces local powerful people and local surnames to participate in this new round of local power division.
It's like even though the three-level military system has not been officially launched in Xiping County, the successive inspections of retired soldiers in Xiping and snow areas have made Guo Huan and others who originally had a surname in Xiping feel uneasy, and also prompted
Guo Huan and others arrived.
Following Jiang Ji's explanation, Guo Huan and the others generally understood.
Guo Huan indeed looked inside Long You, and there seemed to be no tense atmosphere of war. For this reason, he was still uneasy before...
This world... is really different!
Suddenly, he felt a little embarrassed.
Before he came to Jiang Jiong, he thought that no matter how he looked at it, Cao Cao would definitely win. Cao Cao had the emperor's righteousness in his hands, so his morale must be high. In addition, Cao Cao fought in all directions and conquered many states and counties, and his record was impressive.
Over there, there are clear goals and capable subordinates. On the other hand, here in Fei Qian, the subordinates are not even in a state of tension, and they have no decent countermeasures. There is not even a curfew in Longyou, so how can we fight?
How can war be such a child's play?
The moment before meeting Jiang Ji, Guo Huan was still hesitating whether to join this war. Even Guo Huan thought that if Jiang Ji could listen to the advice, then after he met, he would have to
After giving some good advice, Jiang Ji realized that the current situation was dangerous and extremely dangerous, and then he either took control of Longyou to protect himself, or helped Fei to hide in the fire and water, and then acted according to the situation. As a result, he looked like this...
What else does this point to?
What else can you give me?
The troops in Longyou are already so elite, but what about Guanzhong?
And what is the Yinshan training camp that Jiang Ji mentioned, and what is it like?
Guo Huan couldn't help but feel a little shaken. Presumably, those people in Shandong who sat in a well and looked at the sky were probably just like his previous thoughts, deceived by what they saw and just thought they were getting something!
Cao's millions of soldiers?
ha!
Although Jiang Ji did not say how many main combat troops, mobilized troops, and reserve troops were in Chang'an, Guo Huan felt that he could get a glimpse of the situation just by looking at the strength of the soldiers displayed by Jiang Ji...
"A certain Yuan led his troops to Yinshan for training!" Guo Huan made up his mind, "I have 800 soldiers under my name. They are all old acquaintances for many years and cannot bear to be separated. There are also more than 800 stragglers who have been newly recruited not long ago.
I took them to Yinshan... I'd like to trouble Colonel Jiang to worry about it..."
Tian An and Yang Kui also hurriedly expressed that they had the same choice as Guo Huan, but there were fewer soldiers they could bring or were willing to bring to Yinshan for training at their own expense. They were less than a hundred soldiers, and the rest were recruited temporarily.
, and threw them all to Jiang Jiong in one breath.
No matter it is a troubled time or a prosperous time, only if you can learn true skills, you may have real benefits!
Those who are incompetent may still be able to make a living in prosperous times, but they will definitely be the first to be abandoned in troubled times!
Guo Huan decided that he must learn more skills in Yinshan, so as to ensure that his status in Xiping is maintained...
