Everyone left, but Jushou frowned and spoke to Yuan Shu.
"It's okay. These armies will have to be organized sooner or later. This time we go north to annihilate the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes. It will definitely not be completed in a day or two. We just take advantage of this period to train troops. After completing the goal, the five troops will
It should not be far from becoming an army."
Yuan Shu smiled slightly. The reason why he wanted to form troops now was that he was actually considering using war to support war and using these foreign races to train his own troops. This would be much easier than building them out of thin air in the future.
"But now that the main force is divided, the combat effectiveness of each force will be reduced. Will it be inappropriate for the Wuhuan and Xianbei people they are about to face?"
Although he understood what Yuan Shu said, splitting the main force to other places and forming new troops would definitely affect the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. Once faced with the enemy's main force, he was afraid of danger.
"It doesn't matter, any elite is not trained, but actually fought. Now we still have an advantage against the Wuhuan people. Even if there will be some losses, it is acceptable. When the Wuhuan people are wiped out,
Only when people face the more powerful Xianbei people in the future will they not suffer greater losses."
Yuan Shu shook his head. In this battle, he not only wanted to win Xianbei and Wuhuan, but also trained more elite soldiers for the Han Dynasty. Only in this way can he ensure the safety of the north in the future. For future considerations, even if there are some casualties now,
worth it.
"Now that my lord has seen this, I have nothing to say."
Hearing what Yuan Shu said, what could Ju Shou say? Anyway, the family has a big business, so fighting the Wuhuan people should be regarded as training for the army. It is worthwhile to train a few elite soldiers.
"Well, have Zhou Yu, Lu Su and Fazheng arrived?"
After solving the problem of Huang Zhong and the other five, Yuan Shu asked Zhou Yu about their movements. Compared to Huang Zhong, these three people were more important.
"I have told them to wait in the side hall. Do you want to meet one by one, Lord, or do you want to meet separately?"
Jushou glanced at Yuan Shu and reported the news about the three of them.
"Come in together, there's nothing else to talk about anyway."
Yuan Shu thought for a while and decided to let the three of them come together for an audience.
"promise."
Jushou clasped his fists and left directly, then brought Zhou Yu and three others who were waiting in the side hall to see Yuan Shu.
"Zhou Yu."
"Lu Su."
"The law is right."
"Greetings, sir."
The three of them saluted Yuan Shu with clasped fists.
Yuan Shu looked at the three young men in front of him with joy in his eyes.
The one on the far left, Zhou Yu, is extremely handsome, with red lips and white teeth, and an unyielding sparkle of wisdom in his eyes. If he were placed in the current role of a proper cream boy and a national idol, he would indeed be the beauties of the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin.
Next to Zhou Yu is Lu Su. Lu Su is also handsome, but compared to Zhou Yu, he is not as good as him in many ways. Although he seems a little indifferent, the light of wisdom flashes in his eyes inadvertently. Anyone who dares to underestimate this person will definitely
There will be unimaginable consequences.
The one on the far left is Liu Bei's mastermind. The young Fa Zheng has a serious face and a determined look in his eyes. It is obvious at a glance that this person has a tough mind and it will definitely be very difficult for outsiders to shake his true heart.
"Well, the three of us are up."
After hearing Yuan Shu's words, Zhou Yu and the others stood up directly. While Yuan Shu was sizing them up, the three of them were also sizing up Yuan Shu, Yuan Gongli, the future leader of the Han Dynasty.
"Why, there are flowers on my face?
Do you think of me like this?"
Seeing the three people looking at him, Yuan Shu smiled slightly.
"Everyone in the world says that Guan Hou is a genius. Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible to reunite the disintegrated Han Dynasty in a short period of time. I just want to see what kind of person he is who has such great power."
Hearing Yuan Shu speak, Zhou Yu smiled slightly and spoke out what was in his heart.
"You are Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, right? Can I think you are flattering me?"
Glancing at Zhou Yu, he didn't expect him to say such words. Yuan Shu was also a little surprised.
"It's not flattery, it's just a matter of fact. Your ability is now obvious to all, and Zhou Yu doesn't know how to flatter you."
Looking at Yuan Shu, Zhou Yu blushed a little. Although what he said was true, he was still a little embarrassed to be said so by Yuan Shu.
"Haha, it doesn't matter whether you mean to flatter me or mean it from the bottom of your heart. I'm very happy to hear it. Do you know why I want you to come here now?"
Yuan Shu did not dwell too much on this topic and directly changed his painting style to the theme.
"Lord Jushou has already mentioned it to us. Now that Tadun from the north is marching southward, the lord is going north to crusade, and he wants us to go with the army."
Lu Su glanced at Yuan Shu and directly told them what Ju Shou had told them.
"Yes, I just want you to go north with me, but do you know why I didn't pick anyone else but you?"
Yuan Shu looked at Lu Su, the Governor of Soochow who was known as the most honest man in the world.
"Your Excellency probably wants us to experience the cruelty of war in advance so that we can grow further."
Lu Su thought for a moment and expressed his inner thoughts to Yuan Shu.
"Yes, I asked you to go north with the army this time not only to let you experience the cruelty of war in advance, but also for a more important reason, that is, I am planning to set up a staff group, and the three of you are the candidates for the staff group.
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Yuan Shu glanced at the three of them and directly expressed his truest thoughts. Although the three of them were still young, their minds were still there. If they were on the staff, they would definitely shine with extraordinary brilliance.
Fazheng was stunned after hearing Yuan Shu's words. He thought of what Lu Su said. The reason why he came to see Yuan Shu this time was to see what kind of person the next emperor of the Han Dynasty was like and whether he was worthy of loyalty.
The second reason is because he knew that Tadun from the north was leading his people southward.
Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. Since the Wuhuan people went south, it was his duty as a Han to go north to fight. However, Yuan Shu had a staff officer come, but Fazheng was a little confused.
Not only Fazheng was in a daze, Zhou Yu and Lu Su also looked at each other, and they both saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
However, the three of them were confused, but none of them spoke. Zhou Yu looked at Lu Su with a smile on his face, but Fazheng closed his eyes, completely like a monk sitting silently.
"May I ask, sir, what is the staff group, and what does this staff group have to do with the three of us going north?
I hope you can clear up my doubts for us."
In the end, Lu Su was still an honest man. He couldn't help but sigh and asked Yuan Shu.
"I guessed that it would be you Lu Su and Lu Zijing who would ask, what is the staff group? Now marching and fighting rely on the general's emergency response and the strategic planning of the military advisor. The staff organization I am talking about is to do some things in place of the military advisor and the general.
Pre-war preparations, enemy situation analysis, and then formulating a series of battle plans based on these, and finally leaving them to the generals and military advisors to make decisions.
If an army is compared to a person, the soldiers are naturally the person's hands and weapons, the generals and military advisors are the person's head, and the staff are the person's brains.
And not only must you have the ability to make suggestions, but you must also be responsible for the training and preparation of the entire army and a series of other tasks. Do you understand this metaphor?"
Yuan Shu thought for a while and found nothing to compare with, so he could only express what he was thinking, and his metaphor was also very appropriate. These are the responsibilities of a staff officer in the modern army.
And he also needs to go a little ahead of time to formalize and rigorous the staff system, which will be very helpful for the improvement and optimization of the Han army.
"I understand. In fact, this is like the staff after the establishment of the government, but the objects they serve are different. The staff is only responsible for their lord, while the staff is responsible for the army and the big man. Am I right?"
Zhou Yu's mind was spinning very fast. When he heard Yuan Shu's explanation, he immediately thought of the most popular idea of officials keeping retainers. The princes keep their staff the same way, but the staff are only responsible for the people they are loyal to, while the staff are responsible for the army.
, responsible for the country to which one is loyal.
"Gong Jin is right. The staff is only responsible to the Lord of allegiance. The staff is a military position and is only responsible to the army and the country. When the staff system is truly formed, it will be a good thing for both the general and the country.
The purpose of asking the three of you to follow me north this time is to test the feasibility of this staff group, and at the same time to check and fill in the gaps, and to make a plan for the implementation of the system in the future."
The three of them are all extremely smart people. Now that Zhou Yu has understood it, Fazheng and Lu Su must also have understood it, and there is no need to explain it separately.
The reason why he chose three people as experimental candidates to accompany the army was because he took a fancy to them. Presumably after the Northern Expedition, the three of them would definitely give him a satisfactory answer.
"Sir, it's not easy to be an army staff officer, because we are still blind, and we don't even know what the army wants to do when it goes north this time. Only when the art of war is good, and you know yourself, you can win every battle, what do you think?"
The staff system proposed by Yuan Shu is very interesting and prophetic. You must know that if a general wants to be omnipotent, he must not only be familiar with astronomy and geography, but also be able to march and fight, and he must be able to calm morale.
This is also the reason why China has produced so few famous generals over its thousands of years of history.
But as the saying goes, one person is short of wisdom and others are strong in wisdom. It is difficult for one person to learn so many things. But once a staff group is established, it will be much easier to hand over all unimportant things to the staff to learn.
If this staff group can really be established, it will definitely be something that will be famous throughout the ages. And if the three of them can become the forerunners of the staff group, they will also be passed down forever with this system. This is a huge achievement.
It was precisely because this achievement was so great that Fazheng did not dare to neglect it and directly asked about the Northern Expedition.
If you want to do something well, the first thing you need is information. Without information, you can only guess blindly by yourself. That's why he asked about these obviously confidential things.
"This is confidential, are you sure you want to hear it?"
