Before returning to Beihai, Guo Jia secretly sent people to set up the flag of Xu He's Yellow Turban troops in Qingzhou dozens of miles away from the city. Then, he cleverly let the scouts of the State of Qi know about it. He successfully aroused the fear of the Minister of the State of Ji and took the initiative to ask Beihai to leave two battalions of troops stationed in Linzi. Since Xu Sheng had already escorted Xun Yu to the capital to meet the emperor, I urgently sent Zong Bao to command these two battalions of troops.
At this time, Linzi is not in danger of war for the time being. Although Zong Bao's military strategy and courage are slightly inferior, he is loyal to me and strictly controls the army. Leaving him in Linzi to train the army and restrain the soldiers is the best candidate for my current Beihai generals. I will lead the other 4 battalions back to the North Sea.
I summoned all the generals of Qi and all the officers of duty to introduce Guo Jia and explain the incident in Linzi in detail. Everyone originally saw that Guo Jia was young and thin, but after seeing Guo Jia's grasp and planning of the overall situation, they all sighed that they were inferior. They valued my ability to know people and make good use of them more.
The most important thing for a leader is to know how to use people. At present, I seem to have a superhuman ability in this regard. I can often identify people from the humble. For example, Xu Sheng, Taishi Ci, Zhao Qing and the like were born in poor families. Once I met them, I could see the extraordinary things in them. After being promoted by me, they had amazing military achievements. In this aspect, I can be said to have sharp eyes. This time, I was even more amazing. I was able to find shocking talents from a stroll in Linzi City. As the saying goes, there are often thousand-li horses but not Bole. In their hearts, I am no less than the Bole of the world.
After that, I reorganized the army according to the famous military forces of the cold weapon era that I knew. I selected the best from the original army and reorganized the main field force of the 5th Battalion. I began to reorganize the army according to the multi-branch division model that I had thought about for many days.
The Tiger Infantry Battalion was made up of eight divisions of 4000 light infantrymen with long swords, light armor, light shields, short bows, and arrows on their backs. They would select agile swordsmen from the entire army to take up the post, with Taishi Ci as the commander.
[Main tactics: It is the main force to coordinate with the cavalry's rapid attack, sneak attack, and flank attack. In a long distance battle, a carriage can travel 60 miles a day with supplies. Without supplies, a fast march with 50 pounds can travel 100 miles a day. Under extreme circumstances, with 7 days 'worth of rations, a starry night march can travel 200 miles a day. Of course, at this speed, there is no combat power when reaching the destination. They must rest and recuperate.]
The Dragon Stallion Battalion had eight divisions of 4000 light armored spearmen. They carried spears, short spears, light armor, and no shields. They were powerful weapons against cavalry, and were also very lethal against light infantry. Led by Gao Qi.
[Main tactics: The main force that defends against the enemy's cavalry charge. They are often arranged in front of the archer battalion to use spears to prevent the cavalry from charging.] When they launched their attacks, they followed the Macedonian formation and raised their spears like a forest, with dense wings protecting them. They usually enter battle after defeating the enemy's archers.
Vermillion Bird Camp's Bow and Crossbow Camp had 6 divisions of 3000 people. The middle 4 divisions were equipped with strong bows, short knives, light armor, and spears. The other 2 divisions were equipped with crossbows. They were the main force for long range suppression and siege. Zhao Qing was appointed as the leading captain.
Main tactics: When encountering the enemy's heavy cavalry, they would first use one of the two javelins they carried as the first round of attack, then use the 5 armor-piercing heavy arrows they carried with them. When they were close, they would use the javelins to attack the enemy. The rest of the time, they would use the flying arrows to cover the enemy's light infantry, and the heavy arrows to attack the enemy's charging heavy infantry. The crossbowmen would kill the city guards and long-range enemy's dense targets.
Xuanwu Camp was overdrafted into eight divisions of 4000 heavy infantrymen. The soldiers, generals, and assistants were all equipped with sabers, heavy armor, and shields. The main force of the melee attack was Xu Sheng's original Yellow Turban Camp, which was heavily burdened with blood debts. They also selected strong, brawny soldiers who were unafraid of death. Appointed Xu Sheng as the leading captain.
"Main tactics: Using Gao Shun's Breaking Ranks Camp as a model, the main force in a frontal battle, using the enemy to advance while we advance, and the brave charge of not retreating before death to shake the enemy's frontal battlefield." When they were in formation, they were in front of the spearmen to block the enemy's crossbow attacks.
The Tiger Leopard Battalion had four divisions of 2000 cavalry. Because most of the horses in the army were yellow turban horses, only 500 of them were suitable for charging into battle. Therefore, they first made one division of five divisions of 500 cavalry as the main force, and the other three divisions of 15 divisions of 1500 cavalry as reserve cavalry. They used the horses for training. Usually, they would use official cavalry, equipped with spears, sabers, riding bows, and light armor. Other than choosing from the original cavalry, I also selected soldiers who were good at cavalry combat from the entire army. Unfortunately, I lacked soldiers who grew up on horseback. Cavalry that could fight against the Wuhuan cavalry could not be trained in a year or two. Jiang Guang was the leading lieutenant and was under Taishi Ci's control. He usually worked with the Tiger Infantry Camp to supplement each other. I will send Jiang Guang, who is proficient in horse identification, to Youzhou to buy good horses and equip the Tiger Leopard Cavalry Battalion.
[Main Tactics: It is a strategic mobile force. I want to use Li Shimin's Black Armor Cavalry and the Mongolian Cavalry as a sample. I want them to move like rabbits and move as fast as a spark. They are the main force for long distance attacks and flank attacks. They also need to have the ability to break through the battlefield head-on.]
In terms of temperance, they were usually led by the leading lieutenants and trained. During wartime, they were mixed according to the situation of the battle. This way, the soldiers and generals were not only one person, reducing the possibility of the leading generals supporting themselves. On this point, compared with the system adopted by most of the feudal lords at that time, the control was greatly strengthened. Guo Jia could not help but praise it. Usually, the Tiger Infantry Battalion and the Tiger Leopard Battalion will be my personal guard battalions and will be directly assigned to me.
In order to maintain the elite combat strength, I also set the rules for the future recruitment and elimination of the main force. Under normal circumstances, the elimination will be held every six months. The last 5% of the soldiers will be eliminated, and the lower ranking officers such as Du Bo and Jun Hou will be demoted by one rank or become officers of the city defense army. The recruitment will come from the outstanding people in the city defense army who have been trained and fought. As the soldiers and officers in the new 5th Battalion had better food than other units, a fixed income, and more opportunities to be rewarded for meritorious service, the implementation of the reward system after the two battles had made all the officers who had participated in the battle know that they had the opportunity to become generals as long as they had enough ability and hard work. Therefore, the morale of the new 5th Battalion was high after the reorganization. Most of them survived the tough training.
Based on my understanding of the training of the main force, apart from the regular battle formation training, I would place the emphasis of supplementary training on strength and endurance training. To be able to run fast and win, it was impossible to imagine that one would not have strong stamina and battle skills. They were required to complete the following strength training courses within a day:
Running 20 miles in an hour with a weight of 40 pounds;
Do more than 200 push-ups every day;
After that, they would undergo cross-country marching training for 25 kilometers with a weight of 60 pounds every 10 days.
As well as tactical training, the infantry would be divided into groups to practice the chopping and stabbing tactics for two hours;
The Bow and Crossbow Battalion threw javelins hundreds of times. Each time, they had to be more than 80 meters long. They had to shoot hundreds of arrows. Only those who could hit 70% of the target within 100 steps would be considered qualified.
The cavalrymen were fast and could chop off wooden stakes as thick as an arm with a single slash. They could shoot hundreds of arrows on horseback, and more than 40% of the targets within 50 steps were hit.
The remaining 30,000 soldiers would be reorganized into 12 battalions of city defense troops. They would be stationed in the various counties of Beihai. They would be responsible for the security of the counties and the small gangs in the territory during normal times. During wartime, they would mainly defend the city and assist the main force in battle.
In order to reduce the pressure on the army's supply in the future, the City Defense Army was divided into half camps and half troops. Usually, half of the troops would take turns to farm outside the city and half of them would engage in military training. This would achieve self-sufficient food and at the same time ensure a certain combat strength to prepare for future city defense battles and support the main force. I supplemented the rules for the main camp and promised that the various military positions in the future would be selected by the City Defense Army. I also reformed the original military service system, allowing them to have the opportunity to retire after a certain period of service and have the land permanently rented to them by the government. This also greatly increased the morale of the City Defense Army.
For the commoners of this era, being able to have food was already one of the best places in the world, and having hope in the future was even more like a big pie falling from the sky. Even if it was just a dream, it attracted countless people to bow down. Due to the limitations of the era, the intelligent Guo Jia and the benevolent Bing Yuan didn't expect me to revive the army in such a way. From their point of view, I treated the soldiers too well. After all, it was easy to put people first. However, other than the legendary era of the Three Royals and Five Emperors, no one had ever heard of such a thing. I smiled lightly at their questions and brought out the traditional thoughts of governing the country with benevolence and righteousness from my Confucius Sect. I didn't explain anything else. After all, the knowledge that came over a thousand years later wasn't something that the people of this era could easily understand. I had already given them too many surprises, so I might as well give them one more.
Whether it was the North Sea Army before I absorbed the Yellow Turban, or the North Sea Army after I absorbed the Yellow Turban, the main body of the army was a hardworking farmer. Most of them had good physical strength under the premise of eating their fill. Moreover, the strict military discipline I issued also prompted them to quickly obtain my requirements in terms of strength training.
However, this way, our army's food consumption will increase to the same level as when we were in battle. The problem of our North Sea logistics will become even more serious. If we can have more than half a year, our Beihai Army's combat strength will rise to another level.
However, the food supply is so tight that our Beihai Army has no choice but to take action. Moreover, I know that the time for another great change in the world is getting closer and closer. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao must have already left the capital.
From a political standpoint, in order to gain even greater prestige, I had to participate in this vigorous yet fruitless war and gain the initiative in terms of righteousness. Moreover, there were so many heroes and famous generals who had been passed down through the ages. If I missed this opportunity, I would never be able to meet so many legendary figures in one go. I couldn't help but feel a little anticipation.
Therefore, I have to solve the food problem as soon as possible. There is only one way to solve it, and that is to open up a passage to the south so that I can buy food from Xu Prefecture. On this passage, other than the small Yellow Turban groups and local forces that occupied the counties along the way, the most serious threat was the Yellow Turban of the Tibetan Overlord Tribe. The Tibetan tyrant tribe was entrenched in the Kaiyang generation of Langye. It dominated Langye and Donghai counties in the north of Xuzhou. Together with Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li, etc., it gathered no less than 300,000 people.
With the current strength of our army, in the short term, with Guan Hai's control in the north, we can't fight against the Tibetan Tyrannical Tribe. Therefore, after Guo Jia joined Beihai, he proposed to open up a passage to the sea in the south. After effectively controlling the southern counties of Beihai, we will transport grain from Xuzhou to Jiao County by sea and then transport it to Beihai by land. This will minimize the distance of land transportation and avoid the threat of the Tibetan Tyrannical Army to our Beihai grain purchase route. Currently, the southern counties are full of bandits, and the Tibetan Hegemony Tribe occasionally pillages. They are already in ruins, and most of the appointed county magistrates have yet to take office. The southern counties are truly a bandit paradise with no management in Beihai. In the long run, it will also be a hindrance to our Beihai Army.
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