Lu Bu was beaten into obedience, and his men were scattered everywhere. He no longer had any influence except himself. Especially after joining Huang Zhong's command as a pawn, getting in-depth contact with these grassroots soldiers, and feeling their extremely fanatical admiration for Wang Yan, he gave up on making a comeback.
With such relief, he integrated better and felt the difference in the army under Wang Yan's command. He was brave and foolhardy, but after all, he was a general who commanded tens of thousands of troops. It can only be said that his strategic awareness was poor, but his basic military quality was still very strong, and could even be said to be better than most of the people under Wang Yan's command.
After getting to know him carefully for a period of time, he felt that Wang Yan, the great rebel, could really conquer the world.
Enlisted in the army, you are issued cotton clothes, cotton boots, gloves, hats, and standard armor, and military apprentices help to tailor them to the appropriate compactness. In terms of food, it is quite rich. There are all kinds of pickles, eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, broth every day, and meat every week. There is quite a lot of oil and water. Two meals a day for basic training and three meals a day for high-intensity training. There is a complete rest system and retirement system.
These all illustrate one thing, that is, strong logistics capabilities.
Another point is that these soldiers are quite tough, especially the soldiers from Liaodong. They have followed Wang Yan for the longest time and have been in formation for the longest time. They practice to the death during training, not to mention their combat effectiveness in battle. Very powerful.
Even the Youzhou soldiers, who had been in formation for a much shorter time, had integrated into the army after two years and became a tough member from the bottom of their hearts.
That's not all. The army has compulsory literacy. From the top marching commander to the lowest team leader, ordinary soldiers are forced to read and learn every night. At the same time, a group of more than ten people also have to practice the method of combined attack in the battle formation and work closely together. According to Lu Bu's estimation, Wang Yan's group of sergeants could defeat twenty or thirty of his former Bingzhou troops if they risked their lives.
And reaching the level of chief and deputy team leader is not easy either. They must be literate and read well, understand policies well, and participate in tactical training organized by military deacons. They must learn tactical awareness, learn how to coordinate operations between groups, and learn how to reorganize themselves and enter the battlefield without the leadership of a hundred generals.
For higher-level generals, they will have to go to the captain's department to learn higher knowledge from the military commander Shi, cultivate more advanced combat literacy, tactical awareness, ways and means of commanding the army, and start taking management classes and ideological classes. .
This is a strict set of military promotion channels and a screening method for officers. Military merit is definitely a consideration, but other factors are even more important.
Lu Bu commented on himself that if he couldn't fight, he wouldn't be able to get ahead under Wang Yan. But those who can fight will definitely succeed. After all, it is an army, and now is the era of cold weapons. If you can fight, lead others to fight together, and play a greater role, you can get ahead.
All these things made Lu Bu become obedient in the army and obey the leadership of the leader who could kill him with just one kick...
Wang Yan also met Lu Bu's wife and children, and of course he met Diao Chan. She was indeed very beautiful, with a natural charm and enchanting figure. It's no wonder that Lu Bu couldn't forget her.
Of course, he just had a look, he had no other thoughts, he was just curious. Although at this time, concubines are still a tool for communication, but General Wang is a gentleman. Although he has done a lot of bad things, he still can't do such bad things. He is not a rich man.
Besides, he also has a lot of wives, one of whom has to be arranged from the beginning of the month to the end of the month every day, and they are all women raised by big families. They are all beautiful and educated, but Diao Chan has a different style.
After meeting Diao Chan, Wang Yan also chatted with Lu Bu about Wang Yun's serial plan. The answer he got was somewhat unexpected, because Lu Bu knew it.
Lu Bu said that after Dong Zhuo was killed and Wang Yun died, Diao Chan told him the matter. After Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo, he had already reacted. But he did not pursue Wang Yun, nor did he blame Diao Chan. Because he himself also wanted to kill Dong Zhuo.
When Lu Bu's fellow countryman Li Su lobbied him to kill Ding Yuanna and submit a petition, Lu Bu became Dong Zhuo's adoptive father. From then on, he wanted to kill Dong Zhuo. The same reason for killing Ding Yuan was ambition. Of course he doesn't want to have a father on his head.
But now Lu Bu's ambition has been hammered away, and he respects Wang Yan very much. Wang Yan expressed his relief...
Dong Zhuo's death indeed had a great impact on the situation in Bingzhou, as Wang Yan had expected. Han Sui and Ma Teng, who had come to attack Wang Yan, learned that Dong Zhuo had died and that Li Jue and Guo Si had occupied Chang'an. They stopped taking action and then diverted to Chang'an.
Afterwards, Han Sui was sent to Jincheng County, while Ma Teng led his troops and was stationed in Xi County, where Dong Zhuo built Xiwu.
In fact, they also saw that Wang Yan did not expand further. After taking Yanmen, he stopped taking action. He was only building roads and bridges, building water conservancy, appeasing the refugees, and carrying out production activities.
This made them feel that they were not in danger. After all, they did not occupy a large area of land with overwhelming force and did not hit their doorsteps. Therefore, although they attached great importance to it, they subconsciously and unconsciously relaxed.
It was because Wang Yan's expansion speed seemed very slow, which made them think there was still a lot of time. But they had never really fought against Wang Yan, the soldiers had never really fought in a battle, and they did not understand the specific combat effectiveness.
On the other hand, Wang Yan's expansion was indeed very slow. It has been more than eight years since the rebellion, and they have only captured part of Youzhou and Bingzhou. It is indeed not enough for the strength of 300,000 soldiers.
Of course, this is how the princes saw it. They did not include the land outside, or in their opinion, those were barren places that were of no use and did not pay attention at all.
But in fact, today's Northeast has all been included in the rule, and the northernmost area has reached the southern side of the Waixing'an Mountains two thousand years later, and the entire Northeast Plain has been acquired.
Fuyu and Goguryeo were all driven to the east side of Changbai Mountain to make a living in the mountains, and people continued to flee and seek refuge under Wang Yan's rule. Their way of life included finding a place to plant a few acres of thin farmland, fishing and hunting, or collecting mountain products and herbs, hunting wild animals, exchanging general money at a market specially opened to them, and then using the money to buy daily necessities.
Their savings are all the general's money, and they are controlled very hard.
In this process, they also have to pay tribute and pay tribute every year in large amounts of various materials. Neither side dares to say a word of nonsense. They know very well that they are alive because the investment in killing them does not match the benefits, not because they cannot be killed. In other words, Wang Yan didn't like them.
In fact, the population of these two parties is not large anymore. There was not much population in the first place. In the past few years, they have been killed, expelled, absorbed and annexed. Basically, what is left are the nobles of the two parties and the slaves who are under strong control. It would be good to have 20,000 to 30,000 people. At this time, Goguryeo would not be able to cause trouble to the Central Plains Dynasty four hundred years later. Goguryeo, with an army of 600,000, would be really easy to deal with them.
From the beginning to the present, Wang Yan, Fuyu, and Goguryeo have not broken out a decent battle. They are trembling with fear and dare not surrender. Because they also know that Wang Yan's policy has no place for them. Otherwise, they would have surrendered long ago. Who would want to live in fear.
It was only by absorbing the population of their two families and constantly moving people there that they were able to expand their territory to the entire northeastern plain.
In addition to the northeastern plains, there is also grassland territory. As for the attack on the grassland, after taking care of Goguryeo and Fuyu for two years, Liao Hua has been attacking the grassland in winter.
After so many years, they have conquered more than a thousand miles, and half of the grassland is under their control.
The strongest unit under Wang Yan is actually the Xiaoqi Battalion controlled by Liao Hua, which has always maintained a full strength of more than 6,000 people. In high-intensity battles, a number of people die every year, ranging from hundreds to thousands.
The service system of the Xiaoqi Battalion is also the most special. Today, the Xiaoqi Battalion no longer directly recruits militiamen, but selects and supplements from other ministries. After serving for three years, he will return to the original unit to continue serving, constantly driving the cavalry combat effectiveness of other units.
The main reason why he did not expand the scale was that it was useless to have so many cavalry. He was not in a hurry and did not want to fight a war of annihilation against the Huns like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Of course, the current Xianbei is not as good as the Xiongnu. Even if they were still hanging on, most of the Southern Huns entrenched in Bingzhou were not doing well. Liao Hua had already beaten them away.
There are currently more than 20,000 cavalrymen under the rule, accounting for less than one-third. This number of cavalry is enough. There is no need to hire so many cavalry. It will also consume a lot of money and is not cost-effective. In order to deal with the cavalry, he also had corresponding weapons such as hooks and sickles, and even dug people to train some heavy infantry. Multiple arms cooperate to fight and restrain each other. These are the basic qualities necessary for military use.
Moreover, his overall grand strategy is to build walls high, accumulate grain widely, slowly become king, and conquer the world in a steady and steady manner. There are probably only a few large-scale wars, because they are desperate fights by the enemy. Therefore, he does not want to have many or so soldiers. What he wants is enough, and what he wants is to be able to hold on to the fruits of victory.
To attack the grassland, it is enough for Liao Hua to lead the Xiaoqi battalion to fight guerrillas. Now Liao Hua is fighting guerrillas, which is called proficiency, and he is well versed in the method of harassment. Xianbei also knew that once winter came, Liao Hua would definitely attack, so of course they would organize various tribes to prepare for defense in advance. But it was useless. Liao Hua knew the terrain better than them and had too much combat experience. The Xianbei people were really bad at tactics.
Knowing that Liao Hua would come, he did organize a counterattack, but he couldn't defeat him. Every winter, many Xianbei tribes disappeared. Their food was destroyed by Liao Hua, their men were killed by Liao Hua, and the remaining women and children either died or had to defect to other tribes.
In contrast, the Xianbei people completely belong to Wang Yan's rule. They have fixed large tracts of pasture, as well as specially reserved pasture for green storage, and have doctors of agriculture who specialize in researching grass seeds. There are stables for cattle and sheep built with bricks and tiles to protect the animals from wind and rain. There are specialized veterinarians who study the diseases of livestock. Each kiosk has a market where they can buy what they need and they can afford it.
There are also schools where children from a county all learn to read, read and practice martial arts together. They only need to pay some money every year to feed and drink their children, and it is not expensive. They only need to sell some sheep.
Now they have also developed milk powder. Cow's milk can be made into powder and brewed with hot water. Just like milk, if a woman's milk is insufficient, milk powder can also replace part of it, which makes milk powder very popular. As long as a family raises a cow and transports the milk to the factory, it can be exchanged for a sum of money immediately, and it is quite a lot.
Not only that, every winter, when heavy snow blocks roads, the troops on the grassland will patrol everywhere. They will help families affected by disasters and drive away ferocious wild wolves on the grassland.
They can eat their own meat, and they can stay on the hot stove in a room with large bright glass windows in the winter, without worrying about how to spend the long winter.
Of course, the Xianbei people over there definitely don't know what the situation is here. But Wang Yan was such a thief that he ordered a caravan of Xianbei people to go to the opposite side to do business, sell the good things here, and publicize the goodness of their side.
The people must have died in the beginning, which was the disgust of the tribe leader, and Wang Yan chose people to die. Comparing one's feelings with one's own, he would kill him if he were the leader of the tribe.
After all, I was beaten so badly by Wang Yan. I heard that even the leaders who surrendered could not survive. However, Wang Yan still dared to send people here to say that it was good over there and not good over here. So how could it work? How annoying? If I don't kill him, my thoughts will definitely be unclear and I won't be able to sleep well.
People must not be killed in vain. After no one in the caravan survived and the goods were robbed, that tribe and several surrounding tribes were killed by Liao Hua in the winter of that year. The methods were quite cruel and they would not accept surrender.
It will be completely fine next time I go there. The caravan is very safe.
On the other hand, it was also because Wang Yan blocked the grassland and only his family used to do business, and the grassland was short of supplies. Coupled with the deterrence of killing, the caravan can travel smoothly in the depths of the grassland, selling goods, promoting policies, talking about how good life is, and making maps of the grassland, making a considerable contribution.
With their propaganda, many tribal herders, or slaves, because they are the property of the tribal leader. These people directly killed the tribe leader and then came to join Wang Yan.
Others waited until Liao Hua came to kill them before choosing to surrender.
As for the remaining Xianbei leaders from various tribes who united and sent troops to attack Wang Yan, they did not have the leading role and could not organize such a huge force. And because they were blocked by Wang Yan, their logistics capabilities were very weak, their soldiers and armor were insufficient, and they could not organize such a force.
Furthermore, on Wang Yan's side, there were many Xianbei men left. They all had soldiers and horses. If they were mobilized, Wang Yan wouldn't have to mobilize soldiers and horses from other places. These surrendered Xianbei soldiers could pull out 50,000 cavalry. These have been screened, and those who are not qualified enough will not be allowed to go to the battlefield. After fighting for a while, Liaodong can send out a hundred thousand troops, and Youzhou can send out a hundred thousand troops. This is a force that can penetrate the grassland.
Of course, this is ideal. After all, we still have to consider thousands of kilometers of supply lines, attacks from other enemies, etc. But the meaning is very clear. Wang Yan is not afraid of large-scale battles. It's just that he cherishes the people's power and food.
So he also has a big piece of land on the grassland.
Taking into account the vast tracts of land in the Northeast Plains, Youzhou and grasslands, from the time when the army was launched in 184 to today in 192, it has developed steadily in eight years, and actually controls these places. Wang Yan's development speed is actually not slow. .
But the princes didn't know this. Their caravans couldn't reach such a vast place, and they didn't dare to inquire blindly. The people's awareness of defense under Wang Yan's rule was quite high. If you spoke too secretly, you would be easily tied up and sent to the official. They were also very powerful in fighting. As soon as the village shouted, dozens of men with weapons would come out in no time. It was very scary. .
Dong Zhuo's death brought about changes in the situation, and there was no big war, which made Guo Jia a little disappointed. He had no use for his dragon-slaying skills. He could only do the work of the Yanmen Prefect every day, and he might as well be working in the General's Mansion. After all, they have access to all the information there. If you look at all kinds of data together, you can see at a glance how far the government has developed.
However, he also thought about it when he was free, and he found that the nodes where the general used troops were very critical, and the place was chosen well.
At first, they raised troops and went to Liaodong to seize control. At that time, the Yellow Turbans were not in peace, and Liaodong was remote and had no time to take care of it. Although Liaodong's powerful officials, officials, and Wuhuan people organized resistance, they were far behind in terms of hard power. Two night attacks of five thousand against twenty thousand laid the foundation for dominating Liaodong.
Then Liu Hong died, and Wang Yan decisively marched into Linyu. When the princes attacked Dong, they captured Youzhou. This time they marched into Bingzhou again. I thought there would be a battle between many parties, but in fact only Taishi Ci captured Yanmen Pass and fought for a month.
As of today, General Wang's operation can only be described in two words: silky smooth. There seemed to be no obstacles or hard battles.
Wang Yan didn't know what Guo Jia was thinking. If he knew, he would probably laugh it off.
Because it wasn't easy. If he hadn't been strong, the battle of the first wave of 20,000 people attacked at night would have been over. Later, the coalition forces organized by Gongsun Du attacked from many directions. If he was not strong, he would be in trouble. Earlier, if it were not for his strength, even if he could pull together hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, he would not be able to maintain it for a long time and would have collapsed long ago.
It was all thanks to his own efforts that he laid the foundation for us to get to where we are today, with so many civil servants and generals under his command...
On this day, Wang Yan was dealing with various affairs in the study room of the General's Mansion. It was already winter, and various statistics had to be carried out. All winter work had to be done in place, and production activities had to be coordinated. It was not easy at all. It's not as simple as having a wife and children on the hot bed.
The personal guard made a report and interrupted General Wang's work. After a while, Zhen Sheng, a key figure in the early stage who had not appeared for a long time, walked in.
"Sheng has met the general." Zhen Sheng saluted respectfully.
Wang Yan waved his hand, motioning for him to sit down and talk, and asked with a smile, "Where is Meng Guang coming from?"
Zhen Sheng took a letter and put it on the table and pushed it over: "Han Sui sent an envoy to write, hoping to negotiate for repairs. He also mentioned the cotton planting in Gumo many years ago. He said that the cotton harvest had been large, and the armed troops had been used to keep warm. , very good at keeping warm. I want to sell the excess cotton and ask the general if he will keep his original promise."
While he was speaking, Wang Yan also finished scanning the letter, thought about it and asked, "Where is the envoy?"
"Temporarily staying in Guanyi."
Wang Yan nodded and ordered: "Bring him to see you."
"Yes, General."
Zhen Sheng cupped his hands, turned around and went out to make arrangements...
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