Perhaps in later generations, it was generally believed that the charioteers would not be a class of troops that should be eliminated sooner rather than later, but according to the actual needs of the present, the charioteers are really an indispensable type of troops.

The charioteers were eliminated in the Western Han Dynasty, and they were eliminated in connection with the development and large-scale use of cavalry. The current cavalry is a kind of cavalry infantry on horseback, and the cavalry with better riding skills is used as a ranger to hunt around the battlefield and as a scout, and in many cases it will also use its rapid mobility ability to cut off the enemy's food route. In terms of storming the enemy's formation, few cavalry can do this now, so it is still necessary to rely on charioteers to storm the enemy's phalanx in wartime.

The chariot troops, which were considered to be the main force in the main force at that time, were the nobles of the various arms, and now the chariot troops among the various forces are the only ones in Daqin, and the remaining parties are limited by the new establishment of the country and do not have enough resources to form it.

Lu Zhe's idea of not building charioters is now a maverick idea, and as long as the forces have resources, they are eager to build charioteers immediately.

For example, the state of Qi, whose national strength has recovered to a certain extent, has already put into action the construction of chariot troops, and wants to build a force with at least 5,000 chariots within half a year.

And other forces that are slightly less powerful, such as Yan and Zhao, also have an urgent need to build their own chariot troops, but in terms of numbers, they are far less than the Qi State planned.

The state of Chu, which suffered defeat in the battle with Lu Zhe, Xiang Liang was also urging the formation of chariot troops after he returned, and the estimated number would be one thousand times, which was the least one among the original six countries that wanted to form chariot troops.

Charioteers are indeed much more powerful than the current cavalry when dealing with infantry, imagine the scene of a chariot pulled by several horses rushing towards a phalanx full of foot soldiers, in addition to the front of the war horse rushing, the spikes of the chariot axle turn to basically crush the past a piece of broken corpses.

Will Lu Zhe form a chariot unit? To be honest, he never considered forming a charioteer, after all, the idea of cavalry being king in the age of cold weapons has been deeply rooted in the marrow. In his opinion, it is better to strengthen the construction of cavalry units with that resource to form charioteers. How can you build a class that will be eliminated sooner or later?

So, when someone asked the charioteers again, Lu Zhe shook his head without hesitation.

"Lord, all countries are forming chariot teams, we don't form ......" Mei Kai didn't understand, other forces want to form but do not have the corresponding resources and financial resources, their own masters are not short of copper, it seems that there is also a source of horses, how can they give up this main combat arm?

"The south is mountainous and forested, and the chariots are too restricted." Lu Zhe could not say that the chariot was a class of troops destined to be eliminated, and it could only be explained by the terrain.

The general who was still thinking about forming a cavalry just now was going to march to the Central Plains, and was stunned.

"Will we use it in the future?" Mei Li said tentatively.

Lu Zhe sensitively noticed that the eyes of many generals and colonels were a little different. How could he know what was going on in the heads of the generals, so he didn't think in the direction of marching into the Central Plains.

Entering the Central Plains is a matter of the future for Lu Zhe, they are not yet stable internally, and in addition, there are still Baiyue behind them, and if the threat behind them is not lifted, what are you talking about entering the Central Plains?

For a long time in the future, Lu Zhe will target the south, and he has already thought very clearly. If we don't take advantage of the fact that the forces in the Central Plains will break out into a big war, we will take down the Lingnan and Minyue regions, and I am afraid that there will be no chance after waiting for the Central Plains War to be decided.

What Lu Zhe hoped was that his forces could sweep away Lingnan, Minyue, and even the Chu State within three years, and the construction after the occupation could be slowed down. The most important thing is to avoid fighting on two fronts......

Of course, there is no definite number of how long the Central Plains War will last, maybe when Lu Zhe did not clear the south, the Qin State would have destroyed the Central Plains States again, or it could be that the Great War turned into a melee. But no matter what. Lu Zhe is still more inclined to stabilize his rear first, as long as the main force of Baiyue is eliminated first, even if the Central Plains changes, he can draw the necessary military strength to deal with it. Instead of participating in the big battle in the Central Plains now, and then the Baiyue people in the rear will come to light the fire.

When it comes to the strategy for the south, Lu Zhe also talked about the attitude of the Qin State, and many people couldn't help but laugh "hehe" when they heard that the Qin State had given a general to the Southern Xinjiang Army for the first time.

They laughed at the fact that it was just like that if they were not given an establishment, if they were given an establishment, there would be no allocation of food, straw, weapons, etc., and if they did not give the establishment, would they dismiss the troops?

"In addition to the establishment, His Majesty will let the Ninth Prince, Gongzi come over as a supervisor." Lu Zhe said very plainly.

The generals didn't smile now, they looked at Lu Zhe in disbelief, and they had an indescribable feeling in their hearts.

"Lord, you ...... Promised? The person who spoke was Zhou Kang, and he was definitely not the only one who was surprised, but he asked bluntly.

In the Qin State, as long as the army is a legion, there will be a prince as the supervisor, the supervisor of the Northern Xinjiang Legion is the eldest son Fusu, the supervisor of the Central Plains Legion is the eighteenth prince Huhai, and the supervisor of the army selected by the First Emperor to Lu Zhe is the ninth prince Gao.

They were very skeptical that Lu Zhe agreed to the Qin Emperor to send a prison army, and they couldn't understand what Lu Zhe was thinking, it was one thing to temporarily restore the relationship with the Qin State, and it was another thing to really have the prison army coming.

"Warden, will you really have the right to be a warden after coming to us?" Lu Zhe said with a smile, and then asked those who stood up to sit down again: "The south is our south, and this will not change." ”

Hearing Lu Zhe say so surely, those generals who were originally worried about Lu Zhe's change of mind finally put down their hearts.

In fact, they can't turn back, and the only result of turning back is that they are cleaned up one by one. Therefore, whether it is the Qin people or the people from the Six Kingdoms, they all know very well that there is only one way now. That is, they continued to develop and fight with Lu Zhe, whether it was to form a partial kingdom or to gain the world, they could only always exist as an independent and autonomous group.

"We need a lot of things from the Qin side, horses, cloth, and other materials, weapons and other methods, and other technologies. The premise of getting this is not to enter a state of war with the Qin state. Lu Zhe didn't need to say these words, but he should always emphasize them again, so as not to think too much about the generals and form an internal split.

"Then we will call it the Southern Frontier Legion?" The person who asked this question was Su Lie, and he didn't have any other meaning when he asked this sentence, but he couldn't understand it purely.

"Nope." Lu Zhe replied very affirmatively, and he did not want to accept the constraints of the Qin State in terms of easing relations, so he could not accept the establishment allocated by the Qin State: "I have a preliminary plan, in the future, we will have the Northern Army, the Southern Army, and the Eastern Army. ”

It's not a nice name, and there's no need for that for the time being.

The northern army is mainly aimed at a corps in the north in the future, and it is still responsible for preventing the possible southward movement of the Qin army, and the main defense area will be in Hengshan County, and it is also necessary to guard against the possible intervention of the Qi State in the south.

The Eastern Legion will be a legion in Lujiang County, mainly a front army set up against the Chu State, and in the short term as an army that will attack the Chu State and hinder its development.

The southern army will be larger than the northern and eastern armies, after all, Lu Zhe's future focus will be on attacking Lingnan, and the recovery of Changsha County is also imperative.

The strength of the Southern Army Corps will account for two-thirds of the army under Lu Zhe, and in the near future, most of Lu Zhe's resources will be tilted towards the Southern Corps, and most of the high-quality officers will be arranged in this legion, and he himself will also invest in the training of this legion, hoping to make this legion form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

Once the Southern Army is properly trained, Lu Zhe will immediately devote them to the recovery of Changsha County, and the recovery of Changsha County is only the first step, and the next step is the beginning of a comprehensive attack on Lingnan.

Three legions? So there will be three legion commanders? There are only a few people who Lu Zhe has always reused, Ji Bu, Wu Liang, and Xu Zhi are not there, and the captains frequently look at Gongwei, Mei Li, and Su Lie. These people, who have always been valued by Lu Zhe, will definitely be the candidates for the chief and deputy commanders of the three legions.

In fact, Lu Zhe had already decided that the lieutenant would be the commander of the Northern Legion, and Mei Kai would be the deputy commander of the Northern Legion; Ji Buhui will be the commander of the Eastern Legion, and Xu Zhi will serve as the deputy commander of the Eastern Legion; The commander of the Southern Army was Sima Xin, and Luo Shao and Wu Liang served as the deputy commanders of the left and right.

Lu Zhe's ideas have not been talked to anyone yet, and one of the reasons why Sima Xin will become the commander of the army is that it is impossible for the 110,000 Qin soldiers to be placed in the north, and the east does not need so many troops, and there will be more than a few consecutive battles in the south in the future, so it is inevitable that the 110,000 Qin soldiers will be included in the army formation in the south, and since the 110,000 Qin soldiers are placed in the south, the candidate for the commander of the army can only be Sima Xin.

Su Lie, Gongwei, and Mei Kai also had different moods when they saw that the lieutenants had been watching them frequently.

Gongwei was cheated by his father, even if Lu Zhe didn't care, after all, Gongao was still on the side of Chu now, and he felt that it was impossible for him to be a legion commander.

Su Lie's performance in this battle was unsatisfactory, if it weren't for He Yi's help, he didn't know what trouble would be caused, so he felt that he should be useless.

Compared with the complicated mood of the lieutenant and Su Lie's lack of confidence, Mei Kai felt that he was very likely to be promoted. Mei Hong's outstanding performance in the first battle of Danyang is one of the sources of his confidence. However, he also knew that it was not enough to become the commander of the legion, but it was not enough to become the deputy commander of the legion.

Lu Zhe saw the complicated expression on the face of the co-lieutenant, and he thought about finding an opportunity to have a good talk with the co-lieutenant.

Gongwei guarded Hengshan County, and Lu Zhe didn't want to give up, but Gongao did scold himself too badly on the side of Chu...... (To be continued......)