"The way a husband is to lead a general is to attract the heart of a hero, to reward meritorious service, and to spread the will of the people." [Three Strategies·Shanghai Strategies]
This young captain's name is Ju Jun. He is from Guangping, Jizhou. He is only 22 years old this year. With his superb shooting skills, he was selected into the Eighth Battalion of Xiyuan. Later, the Xiyuan military system was abolished and he was transferred to the Northern Army.
In the Shesheng camp, he became the Shesheng Shi who was waiting for the imperial edict. It is said that he could close his eyes in the dark, look for the sound and shoot arrows, and every shot would hit.
On that day, when Wang Bin was inspecting the Northern Army and eliminating each battalion, he found that except for the barely capable infantry battalion, the rest of the troops should be withdrawn. The news reached the Shesheng camp. Ju Jun disobeyed the military order and brought a group of Shesheng soldiers to meet Wang Bin.
Bin, Sheng argued that the reason why the Shesheng camp was weak was because it did not allocate enough crossbows. It is still unclear if good bows and powerful crossbows could be issued.
Wang Bin was greatly surprised by this young man at the time. At Xu Rong's suggestion, Wang Bin asked Ju Jun to lead people to take turns shooting with the bows and crossbows he had selected. Sure enough, among the people who were preparing to retreat, he re-selected dozens of people with poor skills but good skills.
Still a vocalist.
As a result, Ju Jun's reputation in the Northern Army greatly increased, and the emperor particularly admired this young man and directly made him a shooting commander. Seeing Ju Jun repeating his old tune and talking about the crossbow he had always wanted, the emperor did not feel dissatisfied.
He smiled and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? I issued an edict to Kao Gong the day before yesterday, instructing him to recruit craftsmen and cast more armor, swords and crossbows. They will send them to him as soon as they are finished. The infantry battalion lacks swords and can use wooden sticks to replace them.
For training, your shooting camp can start with zhama steps and train your eyesight."
"Only! Your Majesty taught you how to train troops the day before yesterday. I have studied it day and night. I have learned something. I vow to train a strong army and elite soldiers to serve the court and live up to the love of the country!" Ju Jun promised with great enthusiasm, and then
He didn't say much anymore. But he had a bold and upright temperament, and he didn't realize that what he just said had offended Wei Jie. Wei Jie was quite critical of Ju Jun, but he was concerned that Ju Jun was deeply favored by the emperor at this time and it was inconvenient to have an attack, so he had to suppress it.
Keep your anger at bay.
The so-called military training method is nothing more than the military training process that the emperor had seen in his previous life, such as forward steps, military posture and other basic movements. In the era of cold weapons, these movements may not be useful for going into battle to kill the enemy, but for the troops who formed the army for the first time.
, but it is a method to improve cohesion and execution ability in a short period of time.
After all, Wei Jie and others knew the military well. They quickly figured out the advantages and disadvantages, and after improving it, they applied it to the newly recruited Northern Army soldiers, with remarkable results.
After talking about the infantry, the emperor brought up the cavalry again: "How are the knights of the three battalions of Tun Cavalry, Yue Cavalry, and Changshui doing?"
Zhang Meng, the captain of Changshui, was not here, so the person he was asking was obviously the two captains of Tunqi and Yueqi. Jiang Xuan, the captain of Tunqi, and Wang Qi, the captain of Yueqi, looked at each other. Jiang Xuan, the more mature of them, said: "
Your Majesty, in the past few days, the sons of good families from the six counties have been sent to the capital one after another in response to the imperial edict. I also privately sent servants to Ji County with letters to persuade their relatives. However, Liangzhou has been in war for a long time and there are very few young men. Therefore, most of the applicants are the third-level assistants.
And the Qiang and Hu cavalry who are friendly to the imperial court."
Wang Qi also added: "Just now, General Xu Zhonglang led our three battalions of cavalry to practice horse riding in Shanglin Garden. The momentum has been greatly improved compared to before."
Jiang Xuan was born into a wealthy local family in Liangzhou. His ability to join the Northern Army and hold important positions was the result of Dong Zhuo's efforts to win over the Liangzhou clique since he took power. Since Dong Zhuo's execution, Wang Yun and other Bingzhou people were aggressive, the living environment of Liangzhou people in the court was very difficult.
bad.
He was just a native of Liangzhou, not a close associate of Dong Zhuo. When rumors gradually spread in the court that were unfavorable to the people of Liangzhou, the emperor was undoubtedly the life-saving straw that Jiang Xuan would hold tightly to.
But Wang Qi was different. He was from Taiyuan, Bingzhou, and was a member of Wang Yun's party. Under Wang Yun's operation, he was able to become the captain of the Yue Cavalry School. He was an important chess piece used by Wang Yun to restrict Wang Bin.
However, due to the unfavorable situation of four of the five schools of the Northern Army surrendering to the emperor, Wang Qi did not dare to take any excessive actions. Even so, he was deliberately targeted, and the most troops of his Yueqi battalion were disbanded and dispersed.
, the most thorough one.
For the emperor, Wang Qi's influence in the reformed Northern Army was really minimal and not a cause for concern. As long as he did not make small moves and obeyed the imperial edict, the emperor would not be in a hurry to depose Wang Yun before he lost power;
"I remember that when Dong Zhuo was here, Xiliang, Han Sui, and Ma Teng offered surrender orders, and they will probably go to Chang'an to see them in the near future. Liangzhou will be pacified just around the corner. By then, people's livelihood can be stabilized, Sanhe's elite cavalry can be recruited, and the Han army can be reorganized.
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The so-called Three Rivers refer to the main stream of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Cizhi River and Huanghe River. These places have fierce folk customs, fertile water and soil, and the people are good at riding and shooting. Most of the soldiers recruited in the Han Dynasty were recruited from Sanhe and other places in Longxi. In the later Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Guanlong Group was
The army that was founded to conquer the world also came from Longxi, which can be said to be a high-quality recruiting source.
"When the Northern Army's infantry cavalry, Yu Lin, and Hu Ben are all trained, my riding skills should be almost the same. By then, follow me to the Lin Dynasty to practice martial arts and reproduce the power of our Han army!"
Since Wang Bin, the lieutenant of the Northern Army, surrendered, Xu Rong, the lieutenant general of Yulin, Gaishun, the supervisor of Yulin, and Wei Jie, Jujun, the lieutenants of the school, all bowed to him.
The Northern Army's drastic reforms quickly attracted the attention of the outside world, and everyone knew that the emperor wanted to take the opportunity to take control of the Forbidden Army.
After Dong Zhuo's death, the emperor maintained rare restraint on government affairs and never expressed his stance easily. This surprised Wang Yun at first. It was not until the emperor reached out to the imperial army that Wang Yun understood the emperor's intentions. Today's court
Tang, it can be said that Wang Yun kept his word, and when he made no mistakes, the emperor's rash action against him was undoubtedly playing into Wang Yun's ambitions.
The Forbidden Army was different. This was not Wang Yun's base, and no other generals except Lu Bu took orders from him. Therefore, the emperor took advantage of the chaos in the army after Dong Zhuo's death, coupled with the old age and incompetence in the army and other reasons to rectify the Forbidden Army, so that
Wang Yun was unable to fight back and was even at a disadvantage.
The emperor attacked his weak point. Once he lost control of the army, Wang Yun's situation would be very unfavorable!
As early as the day after Dong Zhuo's death, the emperor planned to let Yang Zhong supervise the armies in Guanzhong, and when Wang Bin led the Northern Army, Gaishun, and Yang Ru were in charge of Yulin Huben, Wang Yun was vaguely aware of the emperor's intention. Although he made
Some actions, such as letting Yang Ru be transferred to the Hu Qiang school captain who was stationed in other places, secretly ordering Wang Qi to liaise with the five schools on the pretext of boycotting his relatives, were all dismantled by the emperor.
Yang Ru was ordered to station himself in Yi County, recruit people and troops, and set up farming. He soon raised a field army of 2,000 people. The Northern Army was even subjected to a surprise drill by the emperor, and almost all of them were disbanded.
Seeing that the emperor was about to raise an army of tens of thousands of people, Wang Yun felt like a thorn in his back. He believed that the emperor was deliberately targeting himself by doing this, and he could no longer let the emperor do this. After thinking hard for several days, he finally used his