Guan Yu used to be the chief general of the Dragoon, and he understood the importance of raising the fat of war horses, and training an elite soldier is the same reason, how can he kill the enemy in front of the battle? The food went up, all of them were physically strong, and after formal training, they were strong but not fat, and they had an advantage when they fought before the battle.

At this point, the soldiers under Liu Lan's account have more advantages than the Jizhou army, because at the same time recruiting new soldiers, Yuan Shao can only choose from the people with good physical fitness, and Liu Lan has a large choice, even if the physical condition is average, he can also be selected.

However, after all, such a situation only exists occasionally, like now Liu Lan's army recruits new soldiers, no longer as crazy as before, but there is a shortage, and some older soldiers, including Wu Chang, Shi Chang, Bai Chang, replaced with fresh blood, and they retreat, in addition to directly giving the field home to farm, they can also choose to go to the ordnance factory or even the county government as officials.

It seems that the choice is very great, but Liu Lan is actually not very satisfied with this, because the soldiers choose the most to go home to farm, and there is no thorough guarantee for them in the future, if possible, he hopes to have a similar department of civil affairs, this is actually a bit similar to the responsibilities of the county magistrate, but it is not standardized, so Liu Lan thought that he could set up a new department with Shang Cao Gongcao.

And with this, then the model of Yicang can be vigorously promoted, Liu Lan's idea of Yicang, is not only that it only plays a role in the existence of the people to avoid famine in disaster years, but is similar to the perfect pension system in later generations, including the whole people, but he has not implemented the reason, and there is no implementation of the conditions now, not to mention that Xuzhou, the largest land controlled now, is facing the possibility of being invaded at any time, even the function of Yicang is only in Liaodong can be regarded as being thoroughly promoted, And Xuzhou Guangling has not been able to implement it so far, although Chen Jiao is responsible for this matter, but it will not be effective to thoroughly implement it for a year and a half.

Therefore, in his imagination of the old-age security, in fact, it is still in the promotion of Yicang, only Yicang is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the pension system is easier to implement, at least you have to get the trust of the people first, otherwise no one cares about it at that time, how embarrassing it is.

So in this case, the places that can really be safely implemented are actually only Liaodong and Danyang County, Liaodong has the foundation of Yicang, and he has controlled it for many years, and there will be no resistance to the implementation of any decree, on the contrary, Danyang County, it is necessary to promote Yicang first, whether there will be resistance is not known for the time being, but the trouble will definitely not be greater than Guangling.

So Liu Lan has been looking for an opportunity to implement it in Liaodong first, this time Yan Rou's return to Liaodong can be regarded as providing him with a prerequisite, so that he can take charge of this matter in Liaodong, if the effect is good, then take him to promote in Danyang, for Yan Rou, Liu Lan has always wanted to transfer him to his side, this person's talent, but not much weaker than Chen Qun.

Especially Jiangnan, will be his key development area in the future, and Yan Rou, with the experience that others do not have, he almost built and developed the mine by himself, and after reaching Liaodong, Liaodong, which was a barren land in the eyes of the people of the Han Dynasty, has undergone earth-shaking changes, coupled with his development in Huangxian, it can be said that for the construction of a county, a county and even a state, he has a successful experience that others do not have.

Of course, such an experience will not necessarily make him successful in Danyang, after all, the difference between the north and the south is still quite large, and the decree in Liaodong will work, and it may not be equally suitable in Danyang, but as long as you pay attention to such differences, it will not be a big deal, and Yan Rou has successful experience in different regions of Liaodong and Huangxian, so these worries are completely unnecessary.

Many things are on the agenda, whether it is the people's livelihood or the army, fortunately, Liu Lan can now help him with more and more people, otherwise, even if he has three heads and six arms, the changes he can make are minimal.

As for the reform of the army, Liu Lan can only do it now, after all, it is the battlefield of the cold weapon era, and the experience of later generations is completely useless here, some necessary reforms can only be taken care of by Guan Yu, it will be more reasonable, of course, Liu Lan will not reform for the sake of reform, only if it is reasonable, it will be agreed and implemented.

The army is not the same as the armory.

In fact, many people do not understand the reform of the armed forces, and even the resistance is even greater.

Because the troops were at their peak, not only Guan Yu believed that the troops under their command were the strongest troops today, but even the opponents also believed in them.

So is there any point in reform? And the most crucial point is that there is no direction for reform, isn't this just a blind toss, a fool's errand? What if something goes wrong with the troops?

Of course, the troops cannot be chaotic, and the troops are not to the point where they must be reformed, but if they are not reformed at the peak of their heyday, will they not reform until the troops gradually slide from the highest peak or even to the bottom?

The interests of the troops are too many and very extensive, just like when Liu Lan moved the interests of those officials in Guangling, they could all oppose and obstruct them openly and secretly, how could these vested interests in the army watch their interests being divided?

There is a lot of resistance, but Liu Lan must change, not from above, he can't take Guan Yu, Xu Huang and others under the knife, so he can only come down.

The retirement system, from soldiers to captains, to chiefs and commanders, in addition to sacrificing and wounded, will also eliminate older soldiers every year, so that the troops can absorb fresh blood every year and maintain sufficient vitality of the troops, and this is precisely under such circumstances.

In this way, there was no big chaos in the troops, and Liu Lan's purpose was also played, and this was by no means a conservative treatment for the dying, but an initiative to change.

In the future, such a system will continue to rise, and in the next few years, it will gradually add 100 generals, subordinate governors, military commanders and even captains.

So he has the confidence to do this, in fact, other princes also have such qualifications, but they lack the courage of Liu Lan, of course, this is the biggest reason, that is, the base of the population.

But because the population that Liu Lan now controls is only slightly inferior to Yan Liang in the Kwantung region, he has more choices in the selection of officers, and because the army is originally the size of a pyramid, the people at the top are unlikely to move, so they can only use their brains from the bottom and the middle.

If it is uncontrolled development, there is no need to think too much, there are qualified generals in the middle part, as long as the troops are recruited again, but after the number of troops is fixed, then after you can't go up, you can only vacate the position and let the officers below come up.

In the past, as long as you occupied the position, you couldn't go up, and you wouldn't come down, but now there is a retirement system, and if you can't go up, you have to come down, and if you want to climb up, or don't want to be brushed down, then take out your merit book, who kills more enemies, who has great credit, at a glance, and is convinced by being brushed down.

What's more, Liu Lan's arrangements for them after they are discharged from the army are still very good, being a small official in the county, this is what many people dream of, if you are making some political achievements, it is not impossible to climb up, didn't Liu Lan give orders, and the promotion in the future will still be the same as before, but filial piety and honesty will be exempted, and the same as the army, the same as the political achievements.

This principle is the same as the army, the road to the promotion of officials, the same is the pyramid, before, you are in a position, whether it is an official or an official, you can continue to work until you can't do it, take the initiative to resign or even enter the coffin with the right, now there are requirements, retirement at the age of fifty, in this era, this age is not big, it is not small, but there will be no more like before.

And to be promoted, the same need to be assessed, this decree was issued, many people were actually surprised, although it is somewhat similar to Wang Mang's efforts to link Yulu with political performance, but there are still some differences, although Yulu will not be linked to political performance with a guarantee, but it is related to the future.

Although Liu Lan knows that such a reform is not thorough, everything needs to be done step by step, and it is impossible to eat a fat man in one bite.

It's like today's troops, isn't it just going step by step and then regularizing.

With a similar system of eliminating and retiring from the army, the atmosphere of the troops has been changed, and those soldiers who used to be oilers are now under pressure, and the situation of stealing and playing tricks has been markedly improved.

Once, they were strict with the soldiers, the charge will always be them, and they will hide behind, now, no matter at any time, they must be the first soldier, this is not only because the soldiers require them to rush to the front, more importantly, the battle is related to their future, the soldiers cowered and urged by the captain, the commander doesn't care about the future, but what is the chief, there is a chief on the battlefield, you dare to work on the battlefield without contribution, go back and turn you into a small soldier, you don't want to be promoted, or even can't be promoted, But what about hundreds of people?

In the past, for the sake of face, these situations could be turned a blind eye, but now who dares to joke with the future?

Therefore, after such a reform, many bad habits in the army can be regarded as completely changed, and the faces of the generals who had previously held an attitude of opposition to the reform have now all turned into support.

However, Liu Lan has made it very clear that in the future, not only the captains and military commanders will also be implemented, but even the generals will be the same, but it is unlikely that they will stay up to the general position and go home, but it is impossible to lead the troops, come directly to my general's mansion, and be a miscellaneous general without military power, if there is a war, go with me to the army.

As soon as these words came out, they all laughed, especially Zhang Fei, who gloated and said with a smile in front of everyone that the lord's proposal was good.

How many people were staring at him at that time, in fact, looking at the generals around Liu Lan who can really lead an army alone, there are not many, Guan Yu and Xu Huang are the two at the top of the pyramid, in fact, these generals didn't think about replacing him, this is not to say that they don't have that ability, but that they are not qualified to replace these two people.

A camping camp in Liaodong, after passing it, it was not enough to run back, this kind of hot potato, and it was asking for hardship.

Therefore, Liu Lan's words are still said to those generals who lead troops, just to tell them that there are still people behind you who can replace you at any time, after all, who are the people who can lead an army by themselves in Liu Lan's army now, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhang Jaw, Taishi Ci Lu Su, although these people are now generals in the General's Mansion, they were all their soldiers a few years ago, how dare they replace them.

A miscellaneous general, he is already very satisfied if he can receive more Lu rice every month, and if he goes further, he doesn't have that ability or strength, but Zhang Fei and they are different, and there is a threat behind them, so they naturally have motivation.

It's just that Zhang Fei's words are really confusing, and I don't know what he thinks.

But no matter what he thinks, the reform of the military system has made the troops more united, the combat effectiveness has been improved, they are more like a whole, plus Guan Yu's training, it is the whole and the individual training at the same time, so at this moment, the fight between Zhou Cang and the Jizhou army, although the number of people is several times different, but the situation on the battlefield is not so vulnerable.

Relying on the strength of the whole and the individual, they have been pressed in place without an inch, and as Zhou Cang took the lead, dancing the sledgehammer with both hands, rushing left and right, he immediately turned the originally precarious battlefield again.

Before General Guan arrived, he couldn't be defeated, what he had to do now was to suppress the morale of the Jizhou army and boost the morale of his own side.

Zhou Cang, who was in the middle of the formation in front of him, raised his sledgehammer and raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers of the Setshan Battalion, hold on!" With such a heroic performance like him, the soldiers of the Setshan Battalion behind him also became crazy one by one.

They faced the Jizhou army head-on, slashing and slashing wildly, wantonly killing the Jizhou army in front of them, especially Zhou Cang, under the double hammer dance, but whoever dared to approach his Jizhou soldiers, he would inevitably be killed by him as soon as possible, his moves were somewhat similar to Zhang Fei, but Zhang Fei in addition to the brute force of that body, there are also unique skills and killing moves, but the sledgehammer used by Zhou Cang does not have so much consideration, it is completely relying on the strength of the two arms, without any fancy smashing down on the enemy, ordinary means of attack, But no one could stop it, and they were all directly killed and injured by him under a single blow.

It's a domineering murder method.

It's just that in the moment of lightning, dozens of people were killed and injured by Zhou Cang's direct hammer.

At this moment, in the battlefield, there was such a situation where Zhou Cang shouted, and the Jizhou army cried and shouted at his mother and fled in a hurry

It's ridiculous, but this is the scene in front of Zhou Cang.