Chapter Ninety-Seven: Military Reform
"The aftermath and the matter of the displaced people, the young master has solved it. This third thing is the military matter mentioned by General Pang and General Huang. Yang Fu glanced at Pang De, and seemed to admire Pang De, a general who climbed out of the torture cavalry camp and could manage the military affairs so clearly.
"General Pang has already reported the affairs of the barracks clearly, mainly the problem of prisoners of war, recruitment, and establishment, and the problem of his war horses, I heard that the young master has solved it before?" Yang Fu didn't go to see the test horseshoe before, so he asked tentatively, and after getting everyone's affirmation and admiration, Yang Fu continued: "The three issues of military affairs are related to each other, and I hope that the young master will decide." ”
"Let's talk about it in detail, the military affairs that can give Yishan a headache are not so simple to think about." Ma Chao expressed his attitude, and everyone listened attentively, and the three of Pound, Ugly Brother, and Ma Dai were even more engrossed.
"In Fufeng County, there were originally only 10,000 soldiers. However, after the lord entered the county, he commanded 30,000 iron horsemen. The establishment of the county soldiers and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is very different, the people who lead the troops, and even the soldiers do not know the generals, the generals do not recognize the soldiers, the establishment reform, the Fufeng County soldiers and horses into an army is already a top priority, this is one of them. ”
After Yang Fu finished speaking, he took a sip of tea, and saw that everyone was listening carefully to what he was saying, so he continued: "Second, the young master went deep into the hinterland of the Qiang tribe and defeated Li Kancheng's silver thief. However, there were more than 20,000 prisoners of war, and many of them were young and strong. Now just raising them is really a drag on Fufeng County, and this matter should be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise it will cause a mutiny, and it will be a danger to the henchmen; Third, after Fufeng County experienced two major battles, there were only more than 20,000 soldiers left. In order to deter foreign clans and thieves in the county, recruitment is imminent. ”
"These three items are closely related, and they affect the whole body. As a result, the subordinates did not dare to make decisions on their own, but they had some ideas, and I hope that the young master can make a reference. After saying these three questions, Yang Fu seemed to have his own opinions on military affairs.
"Oh? Yoshiyama doesn't need to be polite, albeit bluntly. "For subordinates who have their own ideas and suggestions, Ma Chao wants to support and encourage. After all, three stinkers and one Zhuge Liang, brainstorming is the royal way to solve the problem.
The subordinates thought that if those prisoners were incorporated into the battalion, not only would the cost of recruiting soldiers be reduced, but also that those thieves or Qiang people would be better than the recruits if they were all on the battlefield. However, I have not yet solved the problem of loyalty and discipline. Perhaps, this can be resolved in the context of staffing reform. Yang Fu groaned for a moment and told everyone about his immature thoughts.
Ma Chao and everyone were in thought, and they could be said to be very accepting of Yang Fu's suggestion. Especially Meng Da, he is struggling to find a way, it seems that Ma Chao must absorb those thieves into the barracks: you know, to recruit soldiers, you still have to ask for money from him!
After a little effort, Jia Fox was the first to speak: "What Yishan said is reasonable, the general uses soldiers, loves like a cunning child, respects him like a strict teacher, and uses it like a mustard; In Fufeng County, there is already a distinction between Xiliang and the county soldiers, and if the troops are recruited again, the Xiliang army and the county soldiers will be formed. Even though the young master has the talent of a general, the region of the source of the troops has already determined the confrontational relationship between the two. And if the strong men are selected from the captives to serve as the army, then there will be no distinction between Xiliang and Fufeng County, only the Ma family's army. ”
Ma Chao nodded, especially Pang De, Chouge and Ma Dai, who were even more touched: if it was to command the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, these three people would be like arms, but if it was said that they were commanding the county soldiers, these three people were deeply laborious. Without him, just because the establishment of the county soldiers and the Xiliang army is different, and these three people are outsiders, the county soldiers will have some opinions on this. And in the last battle to defend the city, if it wasn't for Ma Teng personally supervising the battle, I'm afraid those county soldiers would still be ineffective.
"Zidu, what is the establishment of the Han Army? Can you explain it in more detail? Since he couldn't think of a way, Ma Chao wanted to understand the situation first.
And Meng Da was the leader of this county soldier before, and he was even more familiar with the establishment of the Dahan county soldiers, so he explained it immediately.
It turned out that the establishment of the Han military brigade was roughly six levels: department, qu, tun, team, shi, and wu. Wu has jurisdiction over five people, and has a military chief; Shizhi two troops, a total of ten people, set up a chief; The team has jurisdiction over five shes, a total of fifty people, and has a capital city; Tun jurisdiction two teams, a total of 100 people, set up a tun general, called a hundred generals; Qu governs Wutun, a total of 500 people, set up a Qu chief; The ministry has jurisdiction over two songs, a total of 1,000 people, and a thousand governors, also known as tooth keepers, riding governors, and ministry governors.
However, nowadays, the establishment of various places is not too strict, and some fiefs do not follow the establishment of the Han Dynasty at all. Some simply abolished the ministry and let the 100 people lead five teams with a total of 250 people, and there are also four teams of 200 people, which are directly called Yamen, Jun Sima, Du Wei or something, and they are not called the department, or sometimes called the department. The number of soldiers with them ranged from 500 to 1,000. Above it is the battalion managed by the captain, and above the battalion is naturally the army under the management of the general, with a battalion of at least 1,000 people, and an army of about 2,000 people.
It sounds like Jia Xu, Yang Fu, and Zhang Ji, who seem to understand, Pang De, Ugly Brother, and Ma Dai all seem to be stupid, and Ma Chao is also confused, just feel that this is messy?
And that's not all, when Ma Chao told Pang De that his father had made the establishment of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, he felt that there were birds flying on his head and fish running under his buttocks, and he wanted to kill those military idiots Ma Teng.
It turned out that because Ma Teng was a mobile army in the past, his subordinates were sometimes too many and sometimes few. And Ma Teng didn't have a too orthodox Han Dynasty military system in his head, so he took 100 people as an establishment, set up a centurion, and then the top was the captain, and then the top was the partial general, as for the number of partial generals under a member, according to Pound, some had to be disabled, and there were only a few hundred people left; And some of them mixed up the logistics and baggage, and the accompanying prisoners, there were more than 5,000 people......
According to Ma Chao's understanding, if it weren't for Xiliang's brave riding style and only advancing and not retreating, I'm afraid the game would have been over a long time ago. And daring to fight is not all a good thing, for example, the bloody fact is that Ma Chao was in the hinterland of the grassland, obviously there were only 5,000 people under his command, but he was still not good at maneuvering; You don't know to retreat until you run out of fights, and those people can hear their voices shouting......
Thinking of this, Ma Chao was dripping blood in his heart, and secretly vowed to reform the establishment and no longer let the blood of the warriors die worthless and unjustly.
"Eldest brother, although the eldest brother gave the eldest brother 5,000 private soldiers, the eldest uncle did not say that he would hand over all the military power to the eldest brother. In this matter, do you discuss it with your uncle first, if it leads to the disharmony between father and son, is it a little more than worth the loss? Ma Dai is still young, and he originally planned to listen more and talk less, but now that it involves such a sensitive topic, it is only appropriate for him to remind Ma Chao.
And Ma Chao was shocked when he heard this: although his father delegated power to everything, if he didn't make it beautiful, it would be no less than overhead Ma Teng, so he had to be cautious.
was feeling that Ma Dai had some vision at a young age, and Ma Chao squinted and saw Jia Fox looking at Ma Dai with a 'teachable' look: If Jia Fox didn't collude with Ma Dai to make his eyes, Ma Chao would not believe it!
However, Jia Xu's actions are also very correct. After all, this is a family affair of the Ma family, and they, the staff, can suggest and make ideas, but they can't force Ma Chao to decide. After all, the time for everyone to come to Ma's house is short, even if Jia Xu, who came the earliest, has the identities of Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, and Ma Yunlu, it is not good to say it too clearly. Only Ma Dai is his younger brother, and he is young, so it is most appropriate to say this and interrupt everyone's speculation.
Therefore, Ma Chao pretended to cough, and when everyone looked at him, he said: "This matter is not trivial, I will make a decision after discussing it with my father." That's it for today, and tomorrow I'm here to discuss. ”
"No!" Everyone turned over and retreated, and the fish rushed out.
"Well....... wait, who, that Jia fox, you stay!"