Chapter 160: The Last Dessert (I)

The key to Jiangling to Jinling is that it is too close, and it takes a few days to travel along the river, and a few people come and go, and it only takes more than ten days to complete the great change in Jingzhou.

From Chengdu to Jinling, the waterway is used together, but it takes a month, which is the gap.

From Shangyong down, the army from Hanzhong to Shangyong, the rapid march took seven days, the regular march took half a month, and it took three days to repair in Shangyong, and the news of the great change in Jingzhou was received.

"If Jiangling is captured, the sailors will go down the river and attack Jinling in a few days. Wang Hongyi sighed with emotion, this is the advantage of the upstream against the downstream.

On the second day, the army rose out and marched towards Xincheng County.

Xincheng County originally had a huge jurisdiction, and then it was divided into the west and placed in Shangyong County, and its jurisdiction was reduced.

Sun Chang is based on Shangyong, Xincheng, and Xiangyang.

Wang Hongyi's next step was to attack Xincheng County.

Staying to deal with Shangyong affairs is naturally a prepared bureaucratic team, and the seven counties of Shangyong are all like this, leaving 3,000 people to clean up the remnants of the forces here, it is enough.

In less than two days, the army came to the outside of the county town of Xincheng, and the army surrounded the county town, and the military camp was stationed not far from the county town, but there were still some battles along the way.

After the camp was set up, the commanders inspected the camp.

Liu Guo is the commander of Guangwudu, he is the old general of the previous generation, and now he is naturally reused, at this time, inspecting the barracks, seeing another group of new soldiers on the battlefield has adapted to the rhythm, is silently wiping the armor soldiers, cleaning the camp, carrying out patrols, and can't help but secretly bow their heads.

With the construction and improvement of the battalion system, a large number of experienced veterans have been recruited as instructors, and the training time has gradually expanded to half a year.

It can be said that as long as there are several bloody battles, 10,000 Shu troops can defeat 20,000 enemy troops, and being invincible in the world is not a dream, but a fact.

And maybe it was because of the lord's personal conquest, the army had people who wanted food and food, and there was no shortage of material supplies, thinking of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile.

During the inspection, he suddenly rushed over quickly, and leaned to kneel: "General, the prince of the country has a call!"

Liu Guo said: "Got it!"

The sudden surface was cold, and a little rain fell, and someone exclaimed: "It's raining again!"

chūn rain, this is a good thing, Liu Guo thought about it, but he had already gone to the main camp immediately.

The big tent of the Chinese army, the lights are bright, the generals are listed under the steps, Liu Guo went over, and found that half of the people came, and after a while, all the generals came.

Wang Hongyi snapped, and the tent was silent.

"Report! There is news in the county!" shouted the soldiers who had been waiting for a long time.

"Speak. ”

"According to the news, our army arrived outside the city, the county city has been a group, a third of the generals defending the city, no fighting spirit, a few of them even proposed to the Taishou to surrender, although the Taishou Lu Cong was imprisoned, but did not immediately beheaded, rumors have spread in the city, the people are panicked, and there are basically no pedestrians on the streets. ”

"What else?"

"The Thirteen Divisions and Hundred Households of the Lord have led people to semi-public activities, and they have achieved some results in plotting rebellion. ”

"Semi-public, who are these hundred households?" Wang Hongyi was slightly stunned, semi-public means that he no longer takes care of secrets, and it is easy to be discovered.

"It's a hundred households on the high road, and the army of the lord is pressing, and there is no need to hide it, at most it will be dead. ”

When Wang Hongyi heard this, he was stunned again, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Good!"

After listening to the information, Wang Hongyi's mood was still very good, and there was no pressure on pacifying the new city and county, saying that the three counties of Shangyong, Xincheng and Xiangyang were originally owned by Sun Chang, and when he was in the first city, he might be able to gather troops to resist, but after the fall of Shangyong, there was actually no room for resistance.

If Sun Chang dared to send troops to fight in the field, or resist in Xincheng County, he would not be able to ask for it.

But Sun Chang didn't, although this preserved the fundamentals, but it also made Xincheng County ripe, Xincheng County had 10,000 soldiers, and was taken to 3,000 by Chōu, and 7,000.

This strength is already very low, and after attacking Shangyong County, and then pacifying this county, the difficulty has suddenly dropped.

However, if the loss can be minimized, Wang Hongyi is naturally very happy.

After listening to the report of the subordinates in front of him, Wang Hongyi's face showed a look of imminent victory.

"You've done a good job, go down. Wang Hongyi said to the soldiers with satisfaction, send this person away, Wang Hongyi said: "There are only seven thousand in the city, and I will persuade you to surrender later, if you don't surrender, it's not too late to attack again, Zhang Qing, there is one more thing to discuss this time, you tell everyone." ”

Zhang Youzhi listened and responded: "No!"

Turning around and staring at the generals again, he said: "The lord first divides the box soldiers and the regular soldiers, and the people from eighteen to thirty must go to the guard camp every year for training and take turns on duty. ”

"Above the regular soldiers, there are three levels: jīng pawn, upper pawn, and armor soldier. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yuzhi paused, and saw that everyone was listening attentively, which is something that everyone knows.

"The lord has a reward, anyone who can behead the fourth level can go back to the city and go to the martial arts hall to practice. ”

"Lord, what is this martial arts hall?" At this time, Chai Jia took a step forward and asked.

"Beheading the fourth level, that is, the captain, although the official position is low, but it is the beginning of the military position, according to the military system of our army, in the future, they will be promoted by the ranks, and the captains and generals will be promoted from it in the future, and they must not be learned. Those who teach martial arts are teaching. ”

As soon as he said this, all the generals suddenly "hummed", and Du Gongzhen frowned and asked: "The lord yù opened a martial arts and gave him a military book?"

The Book of War is a strictly regulated book.

"No, it's just to teach them literacy and basic marching principles, and ask veterans to teach them. Wang Hongyi opened his mouth and said: "So that you can control your pride." ”

The ancients did not lack rich battlefield experience, but they lacked systematic military education, relying entirely on military books and practice.

The officer training system can be said to be a deficiency in ancient times, and of course, the same is true for the training of officials, which has long lacked a systematic and effective training system.

Everyone knows about officers, let's just talk about officials, a lot of scholars have been in the cold for ten years, and they are promoted to the rank of junior officer all of a sudden, and then they will directly become county officials, managing tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands of people, how do you say this can be managed?

Therefore, this is not a military exercise, it is a classification of 10 people in charge, 100 people in charge, 1,000 people in charge, 1000 people in charge, and 100,000 people in charge, and it is first implemented in the army, and later Wang Hongyi will popularize it to political officials -- the reason why political officials are not promoted is because the counterattack and attrition caused by changing the deep-rooted tradition are too great, and it is better to practice it in the army in a blank space first.

Ten people are in charge, and 100 people are in charge, in fact, they are all non-commissioned officers, that is, let them learn the content at this level, Wang Hongyi has no interest in teaching advanced content at once, what he learns is literacy, listening to orders, memorization, and the elementary content of the tactical level.

When Wang Hongyi said this, all the generals understood and had no dissenting intentions.

Wang Hongyi was overjoyed when he saw another chess piece falling silently, which not only strengthened the combat effectiveness of the army, but also strengthened the control of the army.

"Tell me below, after each battle, you will recommend a suitable person to teach martial arts practice, and the time can be set for one or two months!"

"No!" the generals responded.

After a pillar of incense, Wang Hongyi rushed to the county seat.

"My lord, the county town has arrived. Zhang Yuzhi, who came with him, reminded.

When Wang Hongyi heard this, he restrained his mount.

Raising his head, he looked at the magnificent county town not far away, but only snorted with a slight disdain.

In the eyes of others, it may be a very tall wall, and compared with Xiangyang and Hanzhong, it is far behind.

"Lord, it's time to give the order!" Zhang Yuzhi continued.

"Persuade to surrender!" Wang Hongyi ordered.

Directly attack the city, with the current situation, in less than three days, the city can also be captured.

Although this county town is considered to be a strong city in Jingnan, the city walls are high, but now the people in the city are full of people, and they have some chips in their hands, and they can also achieve their goals after spending some time.

But if he can solve it without spending a single soldier, why does he have to compromise some men and horses to do it?

This city is damaged and repaired, and it takes manpower and financial resources, which is really a lot of money.

Although you have money, it doesn't mean that you can be like this.

In a moment, a man-in-cheek officer, escorted by a few of his own soldiers, rode toward the city wall, galloped a hundred paces from the city, and came to a halt at a distance.

The officer shouted to the city: "Listen to the city, I have been instructed by the order of the Duke of Shu to tell you that this is the time of the Luàn, and that the Duke of Shu should be ordained by heaven to be for Allah, and to honor the virtuous and powerful, and to reward those who are virtuous and talented, and if the city guards and the generals, if they lead their troops to attach, the lighter ones will be appointed to their original posts, and the heavier ones will be rewarded." ”

"This is the heart of the Duke of Shu who loves the people and loves the people, and then dares to resist, the army enters the city, and it is too late to regret it. ”

This voice spread far away, and the city and the city were clearly heard, and for a while, the atmosphere on the city tower became strange.

No one said anything, but some people's eyes were already a little wrong.

Seeing the sudden appearance of sāoluàn above, followed by a crossbowman, and an arrow downward, Wang Hongyi's chún corner lù let out a hint of a smile: "Are you scared?"

"Someone. A moment later, he whispered to the soldiers beside him.

Immediately, a personal soldier stepped forward, and Wang Hongyi ordered: "Give them a day, and if they don't surrender after a day, attack them immediately!"

"No. ”

Nightfall.

Under the moon, the besieged county town was silent, except for the soldiers patrolling the city, the other party only besieged but did not attack, so that everyone who had been tense all day was tired.

Too much to guard Lu Cong's mansion, too much to guard Lu Cong restlessly walked back and forth in the room.

"My lord, if you don't surrender the city as soon as possible, and attack the city tomorrow, it will be difficult to get good results...... If you are asking for help from outside, it is impossible for someone to send troops to support. "Too shou Lu Cong's henchman, xiǎo persuaded with his heart.

With Wang Hongyi's momentum, now the persuaders are blatant.

This kind of truth, how can Lu Cong not know it. can give it away, it's really unwilling.

"Wang Hongyi was able to capture Shangyong before, and his strength can be seen, rather than being attacked and left to his disposal, it is better to surrender. The henchman continued to persuade.

When Taishou Lu Cong heard this, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "That's it, let's come down tomorrow!"