Ma Liang and Fei Yi passed through the rugged mountain road leading to Wuling, while in the Dali Royal City, Liu Chan was preparing for immigration and military training.
In the palace, Liu Chan was wearing a brocade robe. Beside him, the lovable Princess Zhu Rong knelt down beside Liu Chan, accompanying him, while Guan Yinping stood behind Liu Chan. The comfort of having a beautiful woman waiting by your side is not something outsiders can appreciate.
"Mr. Lang, are you planning to immigrate? What does this unworthy flying army mean?"
Princess Zhurong delivered the fruits of the season to Liu Chan's mouth. Her beautiful eyes inadvertently caught a glimpse of what Liu Chan was writing in Zuo Bo's paper, and she was a little surprised.
Guan Yinping, who was behind Liu Chan, heard about it.
"Sir, is there going to be a war again?"
Being stuck by Liu Chan's side these past few days... the thought of a battle to be fought and a meritorious deeds to be accomplished still made her unable to help but ask.
"Of course there will be wars, but not in Nanzhong."
Liu Chan turned his head and glanced at Guan Yinping, and said, "The first is about immigration, and the second is about military training."
Immigration training?
Princess Zhurong was thoughtful.
Guan Yinping continued to rub Liu Chan's shoulders and back.
"Hey~ the immigration training thing is so boring and not very interesting."
"It doesn't mean much to you, but for the situation in South China and even my father's ambition, this move is of great significance."
"oh?"
Liu Chan's words immediately attracted Guan Yinping's attention.
"how do I say this?"
"In the Battle of Hanzhong, Cao Cao moved all the people in Hanzhong to Guanzhong. Even if our army occupied Hanzhong, it was just an empty shell. If we want to plan for Yongliang in the future, march into Guanzhong, occupy Chang'an, or even capture Luoyang, Returning to the old capital, running Hao Hanzhong is the top priority. If we can move the rebellious people from Nanzhong to Hanzhong, wouldn't it be a win-win situation?"
Guan Yinping nodded when he heard this, and Princess Zhu Rong said at the side: "It's just that the road is far away, and the migrating people are coming here. I'm afraid there will be deaths and injuries on the way, right?"
"Don't worry, princess. The migration will be carried out in batches. There will be soldiers guarding the entire journey. There will be no shortage of food and grass. The immigrants' lives will be safe."
For Yizhou today, the population is very rare, even for rebels. If the culprit was not so serious that he had to be killed, Liu Chan would demote him into a slave, and later let him immigrate to Hanzhong and work hard to build Hanzhong. Sweat and blood were shed to revive the Han Dynasty.
"Besides, all the people in Hanzhong have been moved away by Cao's thieves. Most of the plain land is ownerless land. The people who moved there can each be allocated a hundred acres of land, and their living standards are no worse than those in Nanzhong, or even worse. will be better!"
Hundred acres of land?
Princess Zhu Rong weighed it in her heart and nodded gently.
"If this is the case, I will feel relieved."
Although the land of Nanzhong allows people to cultivate and plant one hundred acres of land, the difficulty of reclaiming the land in Nanzhong is not the same as that of the plains. It is said that one hundred acres can be cultivated, but the maximum one family can cultivate is fifty or sixty acres. This is still a desperate effort. reclaimed.
"In addition to immigrating to Hanzhong, I also plan to immigrate some of my subordinates to Chengdu."
Chengdu is now short of people, and large areas of fertile land are uncultivated. Immigrating obedient Nanzhong people to Chengdu will, firstly, weaken the influence of the local powerful gentry, and secondly, add a steady stream of soldiers to the army.
“What’s the difference between immigrating to Hanzhong and immigrating to Chengdu?”
Liu Chan smiled softly and said: "This is why I want to practice Wudang Feijun!"
Not a flying army?
When I heard the name, it seemed a bit remarkable.
Guan Yinping quickly moved her head over.
The beauty has a delicate fragrance, which smells very good. Her hair falls on her ears, but it feels a little itchy.
Liu Chan said softly: "The soldiers of Nanjing select their best soldiers and form an army called Wudang Feijun. The family members of this army can move to Chengdu."
This useless flying army was naturally a plan devised by later generations Zhuge Liang to kill two birds with one stone in order to govern Nanzhong!
The local barbarians were recruited to join the Shu Han government army, and the funding problem was solved by the local powerful.
"Huayang Guozhi" records that Liang believed that the barbarians were many and ruthless, and they did not accept the tyranny of the big surnames, so they ordered gold and silk to be used to hire evil barbarians as their own tribe. Those who had more barbarians were hereditary officials. So the Yi people were greedy for goods and wanted to conquer the Han.
As a result, a local army with the character of using barbarians to control barbarians was established in the local area. The local powerful gained social status, and then they were content with the rule of Shu Han, and provided gold and soldiers, which benefited all parties.
At the same time, these local unemployed soldiers became government troops and became the core of the barbarians with centripetal force. The troops they form are familiar with folk customs and cause fewer problems. They are all wearing iron armor, can cross mountains and ridges, are good at using crossbows and poisonous arrows, and are especially good at defensive operations.
Such benefits cannot be exclusive to the local area.
At the same time, in order to completely avoid the resurgence of the separatist forces in the south, under the auspices of Zhuge Liang, the Shu Han court spared no expense and moved its troops to the south. More than ten thousand Qingqiang families were settled in Shu, forming five tribes. They were unparalleled in their duties and were named Feijun.
This is the origin of Wudang Feijun.
Today's Chengdu and Nanzhong are very prosperous. The Yi people in Nanzhong are known as warriors, so whenever there is a vacancy, the Nanzhong people will rush to report it, and they will be proud of it.
Of course, the population of Nanzhong was not large at that time. There were 20,000 households in Zanggao County, 10,000 households in Jianning County, 8,000 households in Zhuti County, and 40,000 households in Xinggu County. All at once, soldiers from 10,000 households who were accustomed to fighting were transferred to the local area. The separatist forces can be regarded as draining fuel from the bottom of the cauldron.
There are previous wise men and women who have plans ahead of them, Liu Chan just needs to copy them.
Not to mention, in this life, because of the household registration and land surveying, his control over Nanzhong was deeper than that of Zhuge Liang.
At the very least, the population that was collected was not what Zhuge Liang could compare to at the time.
Is there any reason for this plan to fail?
Princess Zhu Rong was so smart that she immediately understood the meaning of Liu Chan's words.
"If the young master has to recruit useless flying troops, then the powerful chiefs of Nanzhong will not be worth mentioning."
Liu Chan nodded slightly.
"The princess is really smart. She recruits the useless flying army with the purpose of suppressing the powerful chief. In this case, the reform can proceed more smoothly."
Whether it's immigration or recruitment of useless soldiers, they all serve the purpose of reform.
As long as the four counties of Nanzhong can be transformed into kings and the four counties of Nanzhong can be turned into the granary of Yizhou, no matter how much the price is paid, it is not a pity.
When the four counties in the south and middle become kings, the grain and grass produced by them can not only be used by Liu Chan to conquer Yongliang and Guanzhong from Hanzhong to the north, to conquer Xiangyang Wancheng from Jingzhou to the north, or to conquer Sun Wu Jianye in the south.
It is even possible to use Nanzhong as an outpost to plan Jiaozhou, Wuling, Shanyue, and even plan to go to Nanzhao and Southeast Asia.
The four counties in Nanzhong are of important strategic value to Liu Chan!
"Let's go see how Ah Hui'nan is training!"
For A Hui Nan who dared to use time, Liu Chan valued his brains and his loyalty.
This made him the first general in charge of the Fei Army, so Liu Chan asked him to do it.
According to Liu Chan's plan, the Wudang Feijun must recruit at least 50,000 people.
certainly...
It is not possible to recruit enough 50,000 people at once. This is a step-by-step process.
But even if they didn't recruit enough, the Wudang Feijun stationed in Chengdu, with tens of thousands of troops, could serve as their commander-in-chief, which shows how much Liu Chan values A Hui'nan, and how much power A Hui'nan has in his hands!
Coming out of the Dali Royal City, we walked through the three passes of the Yangchang Mountain Road. At the foot of the mountain, a huge military camp rose from the ground, stretching for more than ten miles.
Liu Chan rode into the camp together with Dong Yun, Princess Zhu Rong, Guan Yinping, Chang Yu and others.
Ah Huinan led E Huan and a group of generals, and before Liu Chan arrived at the military camp, he led the crowd to salute.
"The last general, Ah Hui Nan, pays homage to the young master."
"I'll wait to see the young master!"
...
"No need to be polite."
Liu Chan helped the soldiers to their feet. He walked to Ah Hui'nan and said, "These days, this camp has been very lively. Even I in Dali Royal City knew about the recruitment of Wudang Feijun."
Ah Huinan smiled softly and said: "Young Master's reputation in Nanzhong is unparalleled. All the soldiers who come to join the army are eager to join him. Not to mention joining the Wudang Fei Army, they can go to Chengdu. I just I simply told those rough guys about the prosperity of Chengdu, and they decided to go there, hahaha~"
After all, Nanzhong is a land of barbarians, and Chengdu is the seat of the Kingdom of Abundance. How can it not be prosperous?
What a hook! What a brothel! What a wine shop!
Although there is nothing on the surface, as long as you search patiently, you can always find clues.
The temptation of big cities is still too great for these young barbarians who have never even been to the mountains.
"However... since we have recruited these warriors, we must also carry out ideological work on them. They must pass the three military books and the examination. Otherwise, no matter how brave they are, they will not be allowed to join the Wudang Feijun."
"It's natural."
Ah Huinan reached out and took out three books from his chest pocket, which were "Barbarians and Han Chinese Family", "The Words and Deeds of the Young Master", and "Military Regulations and Military Discipline".
"The young master's great wish is also known to the general. During the training breaks, he will send his master to teach the contents of these three books. He will take the exam every five days. If he fails three times in total, he will be expelled from the Wudang Feijun."
"So... just right!"
To build a strong army, the first thing is to be able to use it.
If you train a strong army and you can't use it in the end, what's the use of training it?
For example, in the later Qing Dynasty, the Qing government imitated the West in implementing reforms, investing a lot of human, financial and material resources in training a new type of army. This new army had high hopes from the Qing government, but it eventually became the vanguard and main force in overthrowing the Qing rule.
If the incompetent flying army he trained turned out to be the source of trouble, that would not be what Liu Chan wanted to see.
After daily brainwashing by the three books "Barbarians and Han Family Relatives", "The Words and Deeds of the Young Master", and "Military Regulations and Military Discipline", even if you feel dissatisfied, if you pass the exam, you know the truth.
If nothing else, put the loyalty seal on first!
"Sir, please!"
The two walked while talking, and soon arrived at the Chinese army's tent in the camp.
The main tent of the Chinese army is very simple, with nothing else but a map of Nanzhong behind the main seat.
Ah Huinan waved his hand, and Yang Ben, who was originally from Wuyi and now worked as a planner in the army, came out. He had a book in his hand, and he obviously wanted to report to Liu Chan about the situation of Wu Dangfeijun.
"In the past few days, Wudang Feijun has recruited 12,351 soldiers, divided into five divisions. The family members of these 12,351 people total more than 100,000 people. ..."
After listening to Yang Ben's report, Liu Chan became even more aware of Wudang Feijun's situation.
"You have worked hard these days."
Liu Chan knelt down and sat on the deerskin seat, holding a wine bottle in his hand, and said: "Wudang Feijun is related to the stability of Nanzhong and the overall situation of Yizhou. You are entrusted by me, day and night, this bottle of wine, I respect you!"
After speaking, Liu Chan drank a bottle of turbid wine in one gulp.
The servants with sharp eyes immediately filled up the wine bottle in Liu Chan's hand.
"Young Master has entrusted us with this important task. How dare we live up to such trust and fail to train the Wudang Feijun into a victorious elite soldier? Please chop off my head, Master!"
Ah Hui Nan also drank a full bottle of wine.
Next, E Huan and others also drank the wine on the table.
"Okay! They are all good men and good generals!"
Liu Chan nodded heavily and said: "Tomorrow I will give a lecture in the royal city. If there is no flying army, everyone with more than a hundred generals will be there. Those with a thousand generals can enter the lecture hall and be influenced by great sages."
He, Liu Chan, naturally has to do the job of a principal and give lectures to generals who are not worthy of flying army centurions and above, so he naturally wants to win their hearts.
It doesn’t matter whether they can understand it or not, but if they come to listen, it shows their obedient attitude.
and...
Isn't it an honor for them to be able to listen to Master Liu Chan's lectures?
Who is Master Liu Chan? How can his lectures be heard by ordinary people?
What Liu Chan said in the future was the spirit conveyed from the highest level, which the entire army must learn from.
If it can reach this level, Liu Chan's influence in Wudang Feijun will be unmatched by anyone.
At that time, whether the leading general is Ah Hui Nan, E Huan, Zhao Yue, Guan Xing, etc...
As long as Liu Chan orders, they will obey!
To control an army, you must first firmly grasp it mentally and mentally!
"It is an honor for us to listen to the Master's lectures. Tomorrow all the army, including one hundred generals and above, will come to the royal city to listen to the lectures."
"good!"
Liu Chan was very satisfied with A Hui'nan's attitude and the attitude of the other generals in the Wudang Fei Army.
"I will reward you all for your hard work in training. Each of you will be given a piece of cloth and a certain amount of money and food."
He paused and said: "Wudang Feijun has recruited more than ten thousand warriors. Since they are new soldiers, let them enjoy themselves first, and then they will be willing to train."
Liu Chan waved his hand and said: "Let's have a banquet tonight, it will be a big day!"
When the generals in the tent heard this, their faces were filled with joy. E Huan was the first to jump out and salute Liu Chan: "Young Master is wise!"
The rest of the people followed, and the rainbow farts of these rough guys were really rough and direct.
But Liu Chan could still feel the respectful attitude and joyful mood.
With clear rewards and punishments and generous treatment, how could such a soldier not be used by him?
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