Regarding Li Mi's initiative to join Wagangzhai, the leader Zhai Rang was indeed very happy.
This is just like a top student who came from a wealthy background and took the initiative to join a small company he opened after graduation. Is it a sense of accomplishment?
Of course, Li Mi is not only from a top family, but also has outstanding abilities. He can help Wagang Village improve its strength, which is even better.
Not only Zhai Rang, the leader, but also all the senior officials of Wagangzhai welcomed Li Mi's initiative to join.
To put it tackily, Li Mi’s initiative to join is a recognition of what they have done.
Although in the current era, the distinction between officers and soldiers and thieves and bandits is not so absolute, there is still something wrong with being called a rebel.
Although Li Mi's initiative to join could not free them from their status as rebels, it still made them feel that the Wagang Army had become a vassal force.
If not, how could Li Mi, who comes from a top family, take the initiative to join?
Therefore, the banquet to welcome Li Mi to join took two full days to break up.
Li Mi was also very satisfied with the respect of Wagang's senior officials, but what made him regretful, or rather unhappy, was that the second boss was not on the mountain.
Privately, he also asked Zhai Rang, the leader, why the second leader was not here?
Sure enough, Zhai Rang looked a little stiff and replied with a smile: "Brother Wu Dong has been busy recently, so he probably won't be able to go up the mountain for a while!"
Although he was full of doubts when he first arrived, Li Mi did not continue to ask questions. It would not be too late to investigate later when he became familiar with it.
The big leader Zhai Rang paid great attention to him and directly made him the first military advisor.
Looking at Zhai Rang's complacent expression, you can tell that he is quite satisfied with this.
By the way, in the widely circulated story of the Three Kingdoms, which prince is not assisted by powerful advisers?
No matter how you put it, the Wagang Army can be considered a powerful force at the regional level.
Before, Zhai Rang always felt that he was missing a powerful strategist around him.
Although Xu Shiji has grown up very quickly, his age really makes people feel a little unreliable, or that he cannot pretend to be compared to Zhai.
Now that Li Mi has joined, it just makes up for this shortcoming.
Fortunately, this was just Xiao Jiujiu in Zhai Rang's heart, and he had never mentioned it to outsiders. Otherwise, if Li Mi knew about it, he would be furious.
Co-author, who has not yet officially provided advice for Wagang, has become Zhai Rang's top vase to show off.
Li Mi is also an action man. Since he has become the first military advisor of the Wagang Army, he must perform well. Otherwise, as time goes by, his halo will fade away. Who knows what the attitude of Wagang's senior officials is?
With the help of his student Wang Bodang, he quickly learned about the situation in Wagang Village.
But the more I understood, the more surprised I became.
The strength of the Wagang Army was unexpectedly strong. It was not a ragtag group of people as he had thought before. In terms of training and combat effectiveness, it was not much worse than the local defenders of the Sui Dynasty. It was definitely considered a group of rebels.
This is the only one.
After asking Wang Bodang, I found out that it was the second master's contribution.
The main force of the cottage has no worries about food and clothing. It is terrible for tens of thousands of brothers to have nothing to do. If one mistake is made, big trouble may occur.
In addition, Wu Dong, the second leader at that time, was in a period of rapid expansion, and the quality and combat power he displayed made the senior leaders of the Wagang Army feel very unhappy.
Whether it is for better development or to gain a breath, in short, consciously or unconsciously, the Wagang Army has formed a relatively complete training system.
Of course, in the ninth year of Daye, many rebel soldiers from Yang Xuangan's tribe were absorbed, which was also the main reason why the training and combat of the Wagang Army gradually became regular.
After hearing the last sentence, Li Mi's face turned a little dark, but he didn't say much.
Fortunately, the Wagang Army is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and neither the neighboring Luodu nor the surrounding areas are easy to plunder.
The hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers who were previously feared in the hands of Sui Emperor Yang Guang did not dare to act rashly, and their power and territory had always been compressed into a small area.
At present, without the threat of the elite soldiers of the Sui Emperor, Zhang Xutuo is left alone in Luodu, which does not make the Wagang army too afraid. This is the time to make a big difference.
Afterwards, under the guidance of Wang Bodang, he inspected the logistics situation of Wagang Village.
Didn't Wang Bodang say that everyone in Wagang's army didn't have to worry about food and drink? He wanted to take a closer look at how to do it without worrying about food and drink.
As a result, Li Mi didn't know what to say for a moment when he saw the huge granary deep into the mountain and the vast majority of it filled with various grain supplies.
Isn't this kind of food reserve too abundant?
But what Wang Bodang said next made him feel like his brain was congested.
With today's technology, storing food is not an easy task.
For convenience, or to be able to store it for a longer period of time, the grains in the granary are processed products.
For example, dry vermicelli made from flour, sorghum flour and arrowroot flour, as well as other miscellaneous grains and edible wild fruits and vegetables, have been either simply or deeply processed, and then stored in granaries in various ways.
Of course, it also means to guard against someone reaching out to the granary.
Li Mi was speechless after hearing this. The food situation was much better than that of the army.
He has never seen such a force that would use things like dried fruits, vegetables, fish, and meat as food reserves.
In addition to food reserves, there are also equipment reserves.
Then, he saw some strange equipment, including regular military equipment, ranging from generals to low-level sergeants.
But Nima, what kind of wooden armor, paper armor, bamboo armor, etc., what are these things?
But after hearing Wang Bodang's introduction, Li Mi was shocked again.
Even though the armors made of these strange and weird materials look unreliable, their defensive power is no worse than the armors of the regular army. Even if there is a difference, it is only a little.
On the contrary, the practicality of these armors is stronger than iron armor or steel armor in some aspects.
Of course, there are also special iron armors and steel armors in the equipment warehouse, but the standards are very different from those of regular military personnel.
There is no such complicated process, it seems to be just a piece of iron and steel, pressed directly with a mold.
According to Wang Bodang, these armors and weapons are basically provided by the second master's territory.
Li Mi was not frightened. Looking at the whole world, although there were many forces capable of making their own armor and weapons, they definitely did not include the newly rising rebel army.
Besides, he has never heard of any news about a new iron furnace or steel furnace. Is the second master's territory too mysterious?
Although Wang Bo was his student, Li Mi still carefully inquired, with such resources in the hands of the second master, wouldn't the Wagang Army be worried at all?
worry about what?
Now it was Wang Bodang's turn to be puzzled. The second master could provide these supplies, so Wagang would naturally feel quite relieved.
There are so many things going on here, it's not that easy to explain.
Besides, the Wagang Army has some talent reserves here, and if necessary, it can start construction at any time.
Of course, you don’t have to count too much on output and quality.
As for some of Li Mi's worries, Wang Bodang didn't take them seriously at all. He smiled and reassured that something could never happen.
With the second master's personal strength, the territory he controls at this time, and the resources he can use, he is much stronger than Wagang Village.
These tile hills are actually well known to everyone.
The current situation is that Wagang Village needs the help of the second master, not that the second master needs the tiger skins of Wagang Village.
As long as the second master doesn't take the initiative to leave Wagang Village, no one in the Wagang Army will doubt the second master's intentions. There is no need at all.
If one day the second boss really wants to part ways with Wagang, Wagang Jun's life will probably be difficult for a while.
After all, the comfortable life has been too long, and no one wants to live a life that requires hard work.
Now everyone in the Wagang Army understands, so what if they can capture the entire Luodu?
After all, the supplies that can be looted are limited, and it still needs to be managed well to promote production, so that it can be truly sustainable.
But there are very few people in Wagang who have such management ability.
Rather than taking advantage of the family members and local powerful people, it is better to let the second-in-command take over the management.
Li Mi didn't like hearing this very much.
He was half teasing, half probing, could it be that the second master still had the talent to run the place?
Wang Bodang obviously didn't know how to answer this question.
In the end, he just said that if the teacher is free, he can go to the second master's territory and have a look, and then he will understand that there are some things that cannot be explained clearly.
Li Mi curled his lips secretly, he had no intention of going to the second master's territory to check for the time being.
The first thing to do is to propose a feasible direction strategy based on the actual situation of the Wagang Army at this time, so that Zhai Rang and other senior officials can see his strength and capabilities.
After some understanding, he admitted that the foundation and strength of Wagang Village were much stronger than he imagined.
However, with such a powerful force, the Wagang Army has been hesitant to move forward, and naturally there is a problem with its development strategy.
After careful study and calculation, he seriously proposed a plan to send troops to the leader Zhai.
"Big Dragon Head, if we follow this plan and successfully capture the three granaries and open them to store grain, the number of the Wagang Army will quickly expand several times!"
"At that time, whether it is to deal with the pressure from Luodu Zhang Xutuo or to send troops to sweep across the hinterland of the Central Plains, we will have greater certainty and room for maneuver!"
After hearing this, Zhai Rang smiled bitterly and said: "Dharma Master, do you really think that opening a warehouse to release grain will attract many refugees to join the Wagang Army?"
"Isn't it?"
Li Mi raised his eyebrows, but he was quite unhappy in his heart. Damn, are you so respectful to others?
This is the first time he has made a suggestion. Shouldn't Zhai Rang be overjoyed and praise it...