Chapter 308 Military Reform
In the early morning of the next day, dozens of core personnel from both the business and military forces gathered in the prefect's mansion.
"Through the hard work and concerted efforts of all of you, and Mr. Deng and Yan, our army has finally gained a firm foothold in Liaodong. Here, I would like to express my gratitude to everyone!"
Shang Ji got up, looked at the people under his command, bowed slightly and saluted.
"The lord is too famous, this is our duty!" Everyone stood up and returned the gift.
After being courteous, Shang Ji made a short opening remark: "Being trusted by the court, Zhang Gong wrongly loved him, and entrusted the land of Liaodong to Ji. Liaodong is located in the border, and things are intricate. I am anxious and uneasy, I am deeply afraid that I will lose the trust of the people and expect the trust of the imperial court. You are all great talents, so if you have any high opinions, please just say it, and I will listen to it!"
"Your Majesty has orders, and your subordinates dare not disobey. In this case, let Yi show his shame first, and throw bricks to attract jade!"
As soon as Shang Ji finished speaking, Liu Yi, who was sitting at Shang Ji's lower left hand, stood up.
"Brother, please speak up!" Shang Ji waved his hand and nodded to Liu Yi.
"Your Majesty, all of you!"
Liu Yishi coughed lightly, clasped his fists at everyone, and then continued: "As we all know, I am Bian County in the east of Liaodong, and Wuhuan, the western town of Xianbei in the north, and Xuantu County in the east. , staring at me in Liaodong."
"In the last month, the Xianbei bandits invaded our county on a large scale, looting property and killing the people. And the performance of my Liaodong soldiers is a disgrace to the soldiers!"
Speaking of this, Liu Yi was even more furious, and looked around everyone.
Although this soldier's shame did not refer to the generals present, but after being glanced at by Liu Yi like this, everyone was inexplicably guilty and looked down.
"The barbarians are raging outside, but the soldiers of Liaodong County can only hide in the city and blindly defend, watching the people being slaughtered. If the ruler of the government is not brave enough to come forward, the tragedy of Liaodong County will be unimaginable! The subordinates believe that the army of Liaodong has already arrived It's time for a thorough rectification!"
Liu Yi's voice was impassioned, mixed with a hint of excitement. The large-scale rectification of Liaodong's military and political affairs was a grand event that Liu Yi had been looking forward to for several years. Now that it was about to become a reality, how could he not be excited?
"What the lieutenant said is very close to my heart, what do you think?"
The plan jointly proposed by the big boss and the second boss, at this time, what else can the generals say besides shouting that the prince is wise? What's more, as Liu Yi said, Liaodong County's armament has indeed reached the point where it has to be changed, and it cannot be changed.
"Junwei, I wonder if you have a preliminary rectification plan?" Seeing that everyone had no objections, Shang Jiyou turned and asked Liu Yi.
"Fujun Mingjian, I have a simple rectification note here, please read it!"
As he spoke, Liu Yi took out a booklet and was about to hand it to Shang Ji.
But Shang Ji waved his hand and said: "The county lieutenant should just say it directly, and please refer to it together with everyone here!"
In fact, Shang Ji knew the general content of Liu Yi's booklet. To hold this kind of meeting, it is natural to hold a meeting with the top core subordinates first, and the plan to rectify military affairs has been made before the meeting starts.
Liu Yi did not delay, put the brochure on the table, and said directly: "First of all, I plan to divide the army in Liaodong County into two parts. The first part is stationed in each county. It is usually responsible for maintaining law and order, protecting the safety of passing business travelers, and eliminating small Bandits and rebellious troops, etc. During the war, they will be called up and serve as an auxiliary force to fight with the main force! Let’s temporarily call this part of the army the Guards.”
"As for the second part, we select the elite soldiers in Liaodong County and conduct integrated training. Most of them live in Xiangping and are directly under the management of the Fujun. Encircle and suppress large-scale rebellions that the guards in various places cannot handle alone. This part of the army is called the war army or the main force for the time being."
Seeing that everyone was listening intently to what he said, Liu Yi paused for a while to give everyone a little time to digest.
"Secondly, this captain found that the distribution of our army's garrison was extremely unreasonable, which was a huge waste of troops.
Seriously affect the combat effectiveness, and the incompetence of Xianbei's attack on Liaodong County soldiers has a lot to do with this! "
"Junwei, please explain in detail!" Shang Ji looked solemn and motioned Liu Yi to continue.
"Before, our army adopted an average distribution method of 10,000 in small cities, 20,000 in medium cities, and 50,000 in large cities. This deployment method seriously lowered the overall combat effectiveness of our army."
"The total strength of the Xianbei army that invaded Liaodong before was only about half of the total strength of the Liaodong army's Han army. Under normal circumstances, even if the Xianbei army had an advantage in arms, the performance of the Liaodong army would not be so bad. It is precisely because of this stupid force distribution. As a result, all places were defeated by the Xianbei army, and the soldiers of Liaodong County had an advantage in strength, but they couldn't make use of it, just like a fat man with broken hands and feet, he could only let the Xianbei army wreak havoc!"
"What brother said is reasonable, I wonder how brother thinks how to improve to avoid the same mistakes?" Shang Ji nodded, and then asked Liu Yi.
"My lord, I don't think it is necessary to deploy 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers in ordinary small cities and middle cities. It is reasonable to keep the number of soldiers deployed at 4,000 for small cities and 10,000 for middle cities. Appropriately send more troops to garrison!"
"Transfer the tailor-made army to ten big cities. Depending on the location, the princes in the city are maintained between 60,000 and 100,000. As for Wangping, Liaotu, and Wuwu, several gateways to Liaodong, In addition to the 100,000 guards that should be stationed, an appropriate amount of elite soldiers should also be dispatched in case of accidents!"
"County, cut down the guards in the small and medium-sized cities. If there is a rebellion in the future, how will the small and medium-sized cities resist? A few days ago, three small cities were almost broken by the rebels!" Zhao Shen asked, standing up.
He was in charge of supporting the Juru battlefield before, and he knew the strength of Yiren now. In a few days, Yiren will definitely have the ability to break through small and medium-sized cities. With the reduction of the number of guards, it may be more difficult to fight against the growing Yiren.
"It doesn't matter, even if there are occasional frenzied aliens besieging the county seat, the nearby big cities can send troops to support them as soon as possible. Even if the city falls unfortunately, our army will come and destroy it in a small town! What's more, this prefect has other methods to deal with aliens , Jing Si doesn't have to worry about other people!"
Before Liu Yi could answer, Shang Jidao spoke first. For players, Shangji has prepared a whole set of carrot and stick policies to ensure that they will be treated well.
"The last general is worrying too much, and I ask the general to forgive me!"
"It's okay, I've said it long ago, everyone can speak freely, and we can work together to develop Liaodong!" Shang Ji smiled and waved his hand, motioning Zhao Shen to sit down.
"Brother, go ahead and talk about your vision for Zhanjun and the standards of Zhanjun!"