In the past, Xu Huai hid behind the scenes. Except for making plans and leading the troops in battle, other tedious matters were left to others. Most of his time could be spent studying, practicing martial arts, and flirting with Liu Qiong'er.
When he returned to Shuozhou this time, he said he wanted to take a good rest first, but he couldn't leave the lobby after having lunch.
Xu Xin'an, Tang Pan and others all returned to the military camp.
Nowadays, people are in panic, and no one can stay idle. City defense and drills must be done, even more rigorously than usual.
Yuan Lei, Zhong Jitang and others led 400 Tongbai Mountain soldiers. Before the reorganization plan came out, Xu Xin'an and others took them to familiarize themselves with the situation in Shuozhou City.
Zhou Jing, Han Qi and others each led a small team of cavalry out of the city to conduct reconnaissance, ensuring that they grasped the movement within a thirty-mile radius of Shuozhou. It cannot be said that the large cavalry army was pressing on the city, and there was no one here aware of it.
However, Xu Wukun, Xu Wuqi, Zheng Tu, Pan Chenghu, and Guo Junpan had nothing special to do immediately. Su Laochang ordered the porridge delivery and hurried back.
Needless to say, Xu Wuqi, in recent years, he and Su Laochang have been secretly protecting Xu Huai and secretly guiding the Xu family to develop in the direction of Tibetan troops. Xu Wukun, Pan Chenghu, and Guo Junpan can also be said to be pragmatic, capable, and knowledgeable.
World affairs, but Xu Huai said that he wanted to reshape the generals and make the Tongbai Mountain soldiers into elite troops who cared about their family and country and recognized from the bottom of their hearts the mutual dependence between the army and the people. If they thought about it, they were completely blind.
I even felt that what Xu Huai said was a bit nonsense.
Zheng Tu couldn't hold back his words. He grabbed Xu Huai in the lobby and asked:
"Don't be in a hurry to make out with Miss Liu—nearly 90% of the three to four thousand people in Shuozhou City are rebel soldiers, and there are quite a few who followed them in Datong, burning, killing, and looting. How do you want them to change their ways?
Let alone others, Pan Cheng, Master Ya used to be a famous gangster in Tongbai Mountain, but his hands were stained with countless blood. If we say that they are good people, they themselves would blush, right?"
"Ahem!" Guo Jun turned his head and coughed.
Pan Chenghu pretended to hit Zheng Tu with something and said, "Can you speak more reservedly?"
"Isn't this to make the questions in everyone's minds clearer and clearer, without going roundabout ways?" Zheng Tu said with a smile.
Zheng Tu and Pan Chenghu laughed and revealed their doubts, while Xu Wuqi and Xu Wukun also looked suspicious.
Not to mention how the 3,000 bandit soldiers who were recruited changed their appearance, but they and the 400 soldiers who had just entered Shuozhou City were all the 400 soldiers from the Huaiyuan Township Camp who participated in the suppression of bandits. They had killed a river of blood in Tongbai Mountain. What would happen to these two groups of people?
Getting along harmoniously, how to truly integrate into one, is already a headache.
If this problem cannot be solved, it will always be a big hidden danger.
The affairs of commanding and running the army have always been complicated. Xu Wuqi has experienced so many things in his half life, and he can't say that he can understand the secrets. He also can't guess how Xu Huai will solve this difficulty.
Xu Huai sat in front of the brazier, placed the teapot on the iron stand, and said: "Master Pan used to say a sentence, 'Princes will think, it is better to have seeds.' This sentence is familiar to everyone, and I don't need to do anything more.
Explanation, but there is an old saying that says, 'For every man who slaughters dogs for justice, there are many scholars for whom he is unfaithful'! I wonder if you have heard of it?"
The real source of the rise of banditry in Tongbai Mountain was the sharp confrontation between Xu Huai and Xu Huai.
He captured clan soldiers there and eventually led the Huaiyuan Township camp to suppress bandits.
In the past year, from Tongbai Mountain to Lanzhou, and then from this strange battle situation to rescue so many remnant soldiers, Xu Huai's thinking about this confrontation between the upper and lower ranks has become more and more mature.
After arriving in Lanzhou, one of Xu Huai's core goals was to recruit as many soldiers from Tongbai Mountain as possible to prepare for the coming chaos.
Naturally, Xu Huai thought twice about how to restrain and motivate these rebel troops who were heavily guarded by the imperial court.
At this moment, he did not directly express his thoughts, but threw out a sentence that he was very familiar with, but actually did not remember who had heard it mentioned before, hooking everyone's thoughts.
"..." Pan Chenghu, Guo Junpan looked at Xu Wuqi, and Liu Qiong'er. They had never heard of this old saying, but it was interesting to think about it.
"Master Pan, Master Crow fell into the trap of bandits. My fifth uncle, uncle seven, and uncle Wu Liang all fell into bandits. My father, Xu Wuxuan, was a famous bandit leader in Tongbai Mountain before he joined the army. Uncle Seventeen and his heart
An and the others were guilty of abandoning the army in the past. Everyone took off their clothes and looked at them. No one could say that they were innocent; Master Zheng was a butcher and a rogue in Huaiyuan Town - maybe this was why he was called
Master Pan, Master Crow feels more at ease sitting with us, and feels that he will not be disliked - do you think this is the reason, who can look down on anyone sitting here?"
There was not much water in the iron kettle, and it boiled quickly. Xu Huai picked up the iron kettle and made tea for everyone, and said slowly,
"But we must find a word to summarize us all. Wouldn't 'dog-slaughterers' be more appropriate? Speaking more broadly, there are 3,400 Tongbai Mountain soldiers in Shuozhou at this time, and how many of them are not dog-slaughters?
Generations? If you think about it further, among the three thousand people who fell into the grass as bandits, there are some extremely vicious people. But how many of them? How many of them did not fall into the grass because they were desperate, and how many of them did not suffer hardships, bullying, and cruelty.
They have been holding back too much resentment for a long time, and they can't vent their anger, so they take desperate risks? Speaking of the people in Huaiyuan countryside, how many people are struggling not only for themselves and their families, but also for their lives.
Are we here to be well-dressed and well-fed, instead of being bullied and harboring resentment and ill-will in our hearts? Apart from the fact that we were once village soldiers or bandits, what are the real differences between us? Another question, why do so many dogs be slaughtered in a righteous manner? On the one hand, slaughtering
The emotions of the dog generation are more simple, and there are not so many twists and turns in their hearts, but more fundamentally, think about it, who is the person who has suffered the most injustice in this world? Can 3,400 people be cast into one body? We must start from
Find the root in this. After finding this root, the 3,400 people will understand why they need to help the women and children of Shuozhou, and why they need to restrain the hands that indulge in killing and looting and the knife in their hands.
The evil thoughts that arise? Only after finding this root cause, 3,400 people will understand what home we are protecting, what country we are defending, and where our roots lie!"
Huaiyuan has always been plagued by banditry, but the copycat forces that only know how to kill and loot cannot survive long in Tongbai Mountain.
Guo Junpan and Pan Chenghu were able to pull poles in Laoyatan and Xiemashan for more than ten years. In addition to compromising with the surrounding clan forces and not invading their neighbors as much as possible, they also used internal resources to help them.
Helping those in need, cutting off evil and eradicating evil are the banners to win over people's hearts and restrain subordinates.
However, in their own minds, once they kill a bandit, they will become a bandit for life. When they accept the recruitment, they feel that they are a dwarf. At this time, when they heard Xu Huai talk about some root problems, they couldn't help but wonder.
"We need to think through these principles first, and it is best to write them down in writing, and then discuss them on a larger scale - this needs to be done quickly, but don't expect everyone to figure it out soon. We have time
There are still some," Xu Huai said, "However, if we talk too much about principles but do not actually take action, the generals will be bored and feel that we are just talking empty words and telling lies, and that we are selling sheep's heads to dogs. We respond accordingly.
This principle must be thoroughly reflected in military discipline. For example, if everyone is a dog-slaughterer, then the generals bullying the soldiers and soldiers must not happen again. Externally, the weak cannot be bullied. Bullying also suffers.
The common people; in the army, rewards and punishments can no longer be treated favorably. A bowl of water must be leveled, soldiers who violate discipline must be dealt with, soldiers who violate discipline must be dealt with, and generals who violate discipline must be dealt with.
They should be fair and strict. In daily training and even marching operations, generals should listen more and follow the reasonable suggestions of the officers and soldiers below. Don't insist on going your own way. I feel that I know best in the world. Let everyone speak up. Even strive to give way.
Everyone should speak up more, and don’t make everyone feel that they are humble soldiers who are ashamed to speak up. In order to ensure that these things can be carried out, I would like to expand the scale of the Zhufengtang Guards in the next step to ensure that each team has two
To three Zhufengtang guards - they do not have to be generals, they can serve as battalion commanders and deputy generals. This can ensure that our battalion commanders will focus mainly on leading troops and marching operations.
, other matters, including the restraint of military discipline, can be left to the Zhufengtang Guards! While we are carrying out these basic works, it is meaningful to talk about the establishment of troops and horses, and only then can it be possible to change..."
Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, Xu Wukun, Su Laochang, Zheng Tu and others were all silent and thinking.
When Xu Huai and Xu Wuqi personally led the team to sneak back to Lanzhou to ambush Yue Hailou, Guo, Pan, Xu, Su and others stayed in Shuozhou and had a serious discussion on how to organize the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain.
Generally speaking, they still have to follow the Dai Viet military system.
Although the main strength of the imperial army is five battalions with 2,500 infantry, and the number of cavalry is smaller, and the commander of the capital is generally the commander, it is not unusual for the number of troops to be less than five battalions or more than five battalions.
Generally speaking, if there are less than five battalions of soldiers and horses, Du Yuhou will be the commanding officer; and if the imperial army exceeds five battalions of soldiers and horses, in addition to the capital commander, one or two Du Yuhou will be added as deputy generals.
They imagined that Shuozhou soldiers and horses could be organized into six battalions of regular soldiers, of which the first battalion was a guard cavalry with 300 people; the other five battalions were also guaranteed to have a certain amount of cavalry, so that they could independently complete scouting, reconnaissance, and quickly send messages.
As well as protecting the flanks and other combat tasks. In addition to the 2,600 regular soldiers, other Tongbai Mountain soldiers were organized into the engineering camp and were responsible for the construction of offensive and defensive fortifications and equipment.
But they never thought that the military and horse reorganization actually had more basic work to do...
