Lin Shengyuan and Wang Qingxiu were overjoyed when Wang Xiaolie agreed to marry Lin Xi. Busy and busy, starting various procedures for the marriage and choosing a date. But no one asked if Lin Xi was willing. Yes, what right does Lin Xi have to be unwilling?
The Dragon Boat Festival is about to be celebrated, and Liu Ziyu returns from Shou'an County.
It turned out that the news that Wu Shu had begun to retreat from Shaanxi reached Zhang Jun's ears. An east-west pincer attack was no longer possible, and Liu Ziyu was ordered to return to Fengzhou as soon as possible.
After entering Luoyang City, Liu Ziyu went to Henan Mansion Office to meet Wang Xiaolie.
After drinking tea, Liu Ziyu said: "During these days in Shou'an, I met with the military academy of Commander Jies, and I realized that Commander Jies' army is very different from other armies. When I return to Fengzhou, I will report to the Privy Council what can be done Those who have studied should be able to learn some.”
Wang Xiaolie said: "My army no longer pays attention to individuals, but to the organization of the army. The so-called famous generals are those who have repeatedly made military exploits in wars and use facts to illustrate their achievements. Which other army will pay attention to these now? It’s rare that the counselor doesn’t think what I do is despicable.”
Liu Ziyu thought to himself, if you hadn't won consecutive battles and proved with facts that Jin Jun was no match, I'm afraid I wouldn't have looked down upon this method. There are countless works written by predecessors on how to use and train soldiers, but you have to be different from others. Who would take notice of it?
Chatted for a while. Wang Xiaolie said: "There are roughly two types of people doing things in this world. One is unorganized and the other is organized. In most cases, organized is better than unorganized. The army is highly organized. If you want to have combat effectiveness, you must think of ways from the organizational perspective. Just to strengthen the organizational capabilities of the army, you must study and work down-to-earth. It is useless to talk big words. However, there are many people who like to talk big words. If they are allowed to They can understand everything from the creation of the sky to the creation of the earth, from the sun to the moon. But if they are allowed to do things, they will be in a hurry and nothing will work. What we need now are people who do things down-to-earth, not A boastful person."
Liu Ziyu cupped his hand and said, "Thank you so much, Commander-in-Chief, I'm sure I know that."
Wang Xiaolie didn't know how much Liu Ziyu understood, so he couldn't say much, so he prepared a banquet to see him off.
Human history is chaotic and chaotic, but in fact there are traces to follow. Our understanding of a matter always goes from shallow to profound, from just knowing its superficiality to understanding its essence, step by step. Things in human society always go from unorganized to organized, from simple organization to complex organization, until the organizational power begins to decrease, the entire structure collapses, and it starts all over again.
The army is highly organized, and combat effectiveness is highly related to organizational capabilities. From the Han Dynasty when one Han served as the Wuhu, to the Song Dynasty it was unable to defeat Xixia, the Khitan, the Jin Dynasty, and the later Mongolia. This can explain one thing. That is, the organizational capabilities of the Han army are declining, while those of surrounding ethnic groups are increasing.
Looking for other reasons, the Han people were afraid of death and could not fight, the soldiers who valued literature and martial arts had a low status, the army lacked horses, and so on, they are not the most fundamental reasons. The most fundamental reason is to analyze the decline in the military's organizational capabilities starting from the positioning and organization of the military.
Since Wang Xiaolie focused on the organizational construction of the army, his army has undergone earth-shaking changes. This change was reflected in combat effectiveness, which far exceeded Wang Xiaolie's own estimation, and even exceeded the estimation of others.
After sending Liu Ziyu away, Wang Xiaolie received the imperial edict. Since Wu Shu retreated to the north, he agreed to Wang Xiaolie's reorganization of Wang Yan's army.
After putting down the edict, Wang Xiaolie had mixed feelings. I remember that when I was in Kaifeng Mansion, I knew nothing about military affairs, and it was thanks to Wang Yan's help. Unexpectedly, Wang Yan would become his subordinate in a few years. Moreover, Wang Yan only had 3,000 men, so they were not considered an important force if they were incorporated into Wang Xiaolie's army.
On the sixth day of May, Wang Yan arrived in Luoyang.
Wang Xiaolie went out of the city and took Wang Yan into the city.
When he arrived at the government office, Wang Xiaolie held a banquet and invited some old people to welcome Wang Yan.
Everyone sat down, and Wang Xiaolie said: "Zhenfu is coming to Luoyang this time, and we are working together. We are willing to work together to achieve something great!"
Wang Yan smiled bitterly: "Jie Shuai, when I arrived in Luoyang, it was not the town and Fu. Recently, the edict was issued. Jieshuai was appointed as the envoy of Xuanfu in the southwestern part of Beijing, North Road in Beijing, and Henan Road in Henan. There will no longer be a town and Fu under his rule. Jin and Jun , Fangzhou and Fangzhou were originally under the jurisdiction of Jingxi Road and have been abolished."
Li Yanxian hasn't come back yet, but Wang Xiaolie already knows about his promotion.
The power of the Xuanfu envoy is slightly heavier than that of the Xuanfu envoy. He can depose subordinate officials cheaply and is a real commander-in-chief. The most important thing for Wang Xiaolie is that this position is the same as that of Zhang Jun who founded the government in Qinzhou, so he no longer has to worry about him controlling his army.
Wang Yan's governor was withdrawn, and he originally had two choices. One is to return to Zhang Jun's men, and the other is to come to Wang Xiaolie. After the Battle of Fuping, the relationship between Wang Yan and Zhang Jun was not happy. After careful consideration, he came to Luoyang.
Seeing that Wang Yan was depressed, Wang Xiao said with a smile: "After you come to Luoyang, you can serve as the staff officer of the Counselor and Envoy Department. Together with Chen Qiudao, Chen Yuyi and Wang Ruohai, you can help me with military affairs. I will set up I have established a headquarters, but there is always a shortage of secretary-general. If you are willing, how about serving as secretary-general in the headquarters?"
Wang Yan said: "I am in Jinzhou, and I still know a little about the affairs of the Commander-in-Chief Army. I am not familiar with many of the rules in your army, and I am afraid that I will not be able to do it well."
Wang Xiaolie smiled and said: "There is no one in the world who knows everything from birth. If you do it for a long time, you will know everything."
Wang Yan thought about it and nodded: "Everything depends on the commander-in-chief's arrangement."
I remembered that when I was in Kaifeng Mansion, there were hundreds of people under Wang Xiaolie. They didn't know anything, they only relied on their passion. I fell in love with him, had frequent contacts with him, and helped Wang Xiao hunt a lot. Unexpectedly, a few years later, Wang Xiaolie would have more than 100,000 troops and occupy thirty states, which was completely different. At that time, I had the "Eight-Character Army" under my command, which was so powerful that no one dared to underestimate it. As a result, after several years of moving south, the "Eight-Character Army" was no longer the size it once was, and no one took it seriously.
The changing world has really made Wang Yan deeply moved.
Wang Xiaolie said: "There are two states of Shang and Guo in front of Jin, Jun and Fang, so there is no need to station a large army. Zicai knows that my army, no matter where it comes from, must be retrained. Your three thousand soldiers Ma, go to the new military camp in Yanshi for retraining. By the way, select some officers from there to study in the military academy. The Eight-Character Army once terrorized the world, and there are countless capable people and strangers in it, so we must not bury them."
Wang Yan said: "Just make arrangements with the Commander-in-Chief. In front of an army of more than 100,000 people, three thousand soldiers and horses are nothing!"
Wang Xiaolie said: "We are facing a common enemy and we must share the same hatred! Don't stick to the idea that this is my soldier and that is your soldier. We are all the army of the imperial court! Only by putting aside our prejudices and facing the enemy with one heart can we succeed Achieve final victory!"
