In the past, Xu Huai hid behind the scenes, except for making plans and commanding troops in combat, and 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, so no one can stay idle. Things like city defense and drills have to be done, even more rigorously than usual.
Yuan Lei, Zhong Jitang and others led the 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 to ensure that they grasped the movement within a thirty-mile radius of Shuozhou. It cannot be said that the large cavalry army was approaching the city and there was no awareness here.
However, Xu Wukun, Xu Wuqi, Zheng Tu, Pan Chenghu, and Guo Junpan were not available for the time being. The thing that needed to be done immediately was that Su Laochang hurried back after giving instructions about giving porridge.
Needless to say, Xu Wuqi was mainly responsible for protecting Xu Huaishi and secretly guiding the Xu family in the direction of Tibetan troops in recent years. Xu Wukun, Pan Chenghu, and Guo Junpan could also be said to be pragmatic, capable, and knowledgeable. The affairs of the world are, but Xu Huai said that he wanted to reshape the generals and make the Tongbai Mountain soldiers into elite troops who care about their family and country and recognize from the heart that the army and the people are dependent on each other. They are completely blind when they think about it. I even think what Xu Huai said is a bit nonsense.
Zheng Tu couldn't hide his words the most when 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 were born as thieves, and many of them followed the burning, killing and looting in Datong. How do you want them to change their appearance? Not to mention Pan Cheng, Lord Crow used to be a famous and famous gangster in Tongbai Mountain. His hands were stained with countless blood. If we say 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 everyone's questions more straightforward without going round the bush?" Zheng Tu said with a smile.
Zheng Tu and Pan Chenghu laughed and revealed that it was Xu Wuqi who had doubts in their minds. Xu Wukun also looked suspicious.
Not to mention how the three thousand bandit soldiers who were recruited changed their appearance, but they and the four hundred soldiers from the Huaiyuan Township Camp who had just entered Shuozhou City and participated in the suppression of bandits were killed in Tongbai Mountain to a river of blood. What will happen to these two groups? How to get along harmoniously and truly integrate is a headache enough.
If this problem cannot be solved, there 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, 'The prince will want to be better, rather, be planted.' This sentence is familiar to everyone, and I don't need to explain it." Yes, but still, there is an old saying that goes, 'For every man who slaughters dogs for justice, there are many scholars who have a heartless heart'! I don't know if you have ever heard of it?"
The real root cause of the rise of banditry in Tongbai Mountain is the sharp confrontation between the upper house Xu and the lower house Xu. Xu Huai not only saw it in his eyes, but even used it at all. This was the reason why he was able to gather the power of the lower house Xu from Xu Wufu. He captured the clan soldiers and eventually led the Huaiyuan Township camp to suppress the bandits.
In the past year, from Tongbai Mountain to Lanzhou and then from this strange battle situation, Xu Huai had tried his best to rescue so many remnant soldiers. Xu Huai's thinking about this confrontation between the upper and lower ranks became 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 upcoming chaos.
Naturally, Xu Huai had many thoughts on 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. Instead, he uttered a sentence that he was very familiar with but actually did not remember hearing anyone mention it, which hooked everyone's thoughts.
"..." Pan Chenghu, Guo Jun, Xu Wuqi, and Liu Qiong'er looked like they had never heard of this old saying, but they thought it was very interesting.
"Master Pan, my fifth uncle, my seventh uncle, and uncle Wu Liang all fell into the danger of becoming bandits. They were my father. Xu Wuxuan was even more famous in Tongbai Mountain before he joined the army. His seventeenth uncle and his seventeenth uncle were the famous bandit leaders."
In the past, Xin'an and the others were guilty of deserting the army, so everyone took off their clothes to see who was innocent; Master Zheng had a butcher shop that was a rogue from Huaiyuan Town - maybe this was the case
My name is Master Pan, Master Ya feels more at ease when he sits with us because he doesn’t think he will be disliked - do you think there is a reason for this? Who can look down on whom among the people sitting here?"
There was not much water in the iron kettle, so it boiled quickly. Xu Huai picked up the iron kettle and made tea for everyone. He said slowly, "Yes."
"But we must find a word that can be used to sum up all of us. Is there a 'dog-slaughterer' that is more appropriate? And speaking more broadly, there are 3,400 Tongbai Mountain soldiers in Shuozhou at this time. How many of them are not?
Dog-slaughterers? Go deeper and think about the three thousand people who fell into the grass and turned into bandits. How many of them were extremely vicious? Also, how many of them did not fall into the grass because they had no way out? How many of them did not suffer a lot?
, bullying is when you hold too much resentment in your chest, and you take risks when you can’t vent your anger? And when it comes to the people in Huaiyuan Township, how many of them don’t have a good meal for themselves and their families?
Moreover, how many people are born with good clothes and fine food, but are not bullied and hold back resentment and ill-will in their hearts? Apart from the difference that they were either country soldiers or bandits, what are the differences in their nature? Also, why do we have so many righteousnesses?
Dog-butchers? On the one hand, dog-butchers have simpler emotions and don’t have so many twists and turns in their hearts. But more fundamentally, if you think about it, who is the person who has suffered the most injustice in this world? Can 3,400 people?
Forged into one body, we have to find the root from this. After finding this root, 3,400 people will understand why they need to help the women and children of Shuozhou and why they need to control the hands and knives that indulge in killing and looting.
Can’t help but have evil thoughts in our chests? After finding this root, only 3,400 people will understand what home we are protecting and what country we are defending. Only then will they understand where our roots are!"
Huaiyuan has always been plagued by banditry, but copycat forces that only know how to kill and plunder 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 the neighbors as much as possible, they could also help the poor internally.
The banner of "helping danger, cutting off evil and eradicating evil" is to win over people's hearts and restrain subordinates.
However, in their own minds, once they kill a bandit, they will become a bandit forever. They accept the recruitment, and they also feel that they are dwarves. 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 before discussing them on a larger scale - this needs to be done quickly, but don't expect everyone to figure it out soon. It's our time
"What's more," Xu Huai said, "it's just that we talk a lot but don't actually take action. The generals will also be bored and feel that we are just talking empty words and lying. We are trying to sell dogs with sheep's heads."
Correspondingly, this principle must be thoroughly reflected in military discipline. For example, we all have dog-slaughterers, that is, generals who bully soldiers. Bullying of soldiers must not happen again. Externally, we must not bully the weak. We have also experienced bullying.
The suffering common people; in the army, rewards and punishments can no longer be treated favorably. A bowl of water must be leveled. How should generals violate discipline? How should soldiers violate discipline? How should generals violate discipline?
It must be fair and strict. In daily training and even marching operations, generals must listen more and respect the officers below. The reasonable advice of the soldiers is not to have their own way. I feel that I know best in the world and let everyone speak. Even strive for it.
The purpose of asking everyone to speak more is not to make everyone feel that they have despicable soldiers and are ashamed to speak. In order to ensure that these things can be carried out, I want to expand the scale of Zhufengtangwei in the next step to ensure that every team has the ability to speak.
Two to three Zhufengtang Guards - they do not have to be generals, but they can serve as battalion commanders. The deputy generals can ensure that our battalion commanders will focus mainly on leading troops and marching.
Above all, other matters including military discipline can be handed over to the Zhufengtang Guards! While we are doing these basic tasks, we will also talk about the establishment and significance of soldiers and horses, and they may change their appearance..."
Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, Xu Wukun, Su Laochang, Zheng Tu and others were all silent and thinking.
In Xu Huai, 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 carefully discussed how to organize the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain.
Generally speaking, they still have to follow the Dai Viet military system.
Although the main force of the Forbidden Army has five battalions and 2,500 infantry, the number of cavalry is smaller, and the commander of the capital is generally the commander. However, it is not unusual for the number of troops to be less than five battalions or more than five battalions.
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Generally speaking, if there are less than five battalions of soldiers and horses, Du Yuhou will be the commander; if the Forbidden Army has more than five battalions of soldiers and horses, in addition to the capital commander, one or two Duyuhou will be added as deputy generals.
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They imagined that Shuozhou soldiers and horses could be organized into six battalions of regular soldiers. The first battalion was the bodyguard cavalry and consisted of 300 people. The other five battalions of soldiers and horses were also guaranteed to be organized. A certain amount of cavalry was guaranteed to be able to independently complete scouting, reconnaissance and rapid communication of messages.
As well as protecting the flanks and other combat tasks. In addition to the 2,600 regular soldiers, the other Tongbai Mountain soldiers were organized into the engineering camp and were responsible for the construction of offensive and defensive fortifications and equipment.
Have they ever thought about the actual reorganization of the military and horsemen, and the more basic work to be done...