For three days, Liu Bei, the governors of the eight prefectures, and the state ministers enjoyed themselves to the fullest.
Three days later, the state ministers and governors of the eight counties set off back to their respective counties with full rewards and full emotions. Their officers and soldiers also embarked on the return journey with full harvests.
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Liu Bei was generous enough and kept his word. He would give as much as he wanted, but no one would be left empty-handed. He also allocated a batch of grain for the troops of the eight counties to retreat and return.
Spare them the logistical worries.
In response, the governors and prime ministers of the eight counties once again expressed their heartfelt thanks to Liu Bei.
Before they left, Liu Bei saw each other off one by one. When Lu Kang, the governor of Lujiang, left, Liu Bei specially asked Lu Kang one thing.
"It is said that the family of Sun Jian, one of the leader of the thieves, is now in Lujiang County. I hope Lord Lu can find them, capture them all, and send them to Luoyang for trial. We must not let the rebel bandits survive to avoid endless troubles."
When Lu Kang heard this, he was shocked and immediately told Liu Bei that he would arrest Sun and bring them all to Luoyang for trial.
Then he hurried back.
Lu Kang was surprised at first, but he soon realized that Sun Jian's family was in Lujiang County, which might be an opportunity for him, an opportunity to completely establish a relationship with Liu Bei.
In the eyes of the Zhongyuan Yue family, the Jiangdong gentry were just Southern barbarians and country bumpkins, and they looked down upon them at all.
In Jiangdong, they were just characters, and they were cute and stylish. But in the Central Plains, the Central Plains scholars looked down upon them at all. In the chain of contempt among the scholars, they were at the end, a family of second- and third-rate poets in the Central Plains region.
They can all openly despise the Jiangdong scholars.
Therefore, if Jiangdong people want to get a high position in the Han officialdom, they often need to have special adventures. And even if they get there, it will be difficult for them to develop in a serious way and get ahead.
But this time, it may be a God-given opportunity for him and the Lu family.
Lu Kang had some thoughts on this.
After the governor of the eight counties and the prime minister left, Liu Beicai held an internal summary meeting in Pingyu County, where all his subordinates who participated in the battle gathered together to review the course of the battle, sum up experiences and lessons learned, and record
On file.
This is a rule that Liu Bei has set since he became an army. After every battle, the parties involved must record the battle process and leave files. After the war, a review meeting with relevant people will be held to discuss the matter together.
The gains and losses of a battle.
Summarize experiences and lessons, strive to implement the right things to the end, remember the mistakes you made, and strive not to make them again.
Because there are many records and summary meetings of combat cases, the military teaching materials in Liu Beijun are very rich. Many middle and low-level officers with good qualifications have benefited a lot from such meetings and have grown rapidly.
And generals with extraordinary talents have benefited a lot, and gradually have a tendency to grow up and become famous generals.
At this review meeting, what was worth discussing was the battle on Cheng Pu's side. Cheng Pu met with Liu Bei when he arrived with his troops, explained the entire battle process clearly, and praised Chen Gong.
For this reason, Liu Bei ordered to commend Chen Gong, rewarded him with money and silk cloth, and personally ordered Chen Gong to be summoned as a general. Chen Gong was very happy, accepted the summons, and joined Liu Bei's command.
Therefore, Chen Gong also participated in this internal military summary meeting as a witness, and felt the strong military academic atmosphere in Liu Bei's army.
He was quite shocked when he saw what he considered to be a warrior Jiujiu discussing military issues using scriptures.
As the main spokesperson, Cheng Pu made a detailed review of his preparations before the battle, the layout and arrangements during the battle, and Sun Jian's actions, and explained them on the sand table for everyone to discuss together.
He felt that he had tried his best, and had done everything he could under the premise that there were not enough elite troops and his teammates were all suspected of being a bit of a scumbag.
"If I can have two battalions of elite soldiers, I can challenge Sun Jian's Chinese army head-on, and I can also retain a team to assist Chenliu Jun soldiers and Liang Guobing soldiers, so that the left and right wings will not be affected and defeated, but I don't,
And I also overestimated the combat effectiveness of Liang Guobing and Chenliujun soldiers."
Cheng Pu believed that the main reason was that the soldiers of Chenliu County and Liang Guobing fled first.
This was confirmed by Chen Gong.
The generals held a discussion and came to the conclusion that in that case, Chenliu Jun soldiers and Liang Guobing were indeed factors that were not very controllable. Their defeat and escape was expected and not unexpected.
But Zhang Fei came up with the idea that Cheng Pu had made a mistake that was not decisive enough.
If he had enough trust in the Sanhe veterans of that battalion, he should personally lead the Sanhe veterans to press forward and strive to defeat Sun Jian's Chinese army.
After personally fighting against Sun Jian, Zhang Fei believed that Sun Jian's Jiangdong Huaisi soldiers were indeed elite, but their military skills and qualities were far inferior to those of the most elite Sanhe veterans.
If Cheng Pu was brave enough and decisive enough, he should give up the control of Chenliu County soldiers and Liang Guobing, resolutely defeat Sun Jian, and force other Sun Jian's troops to return to reinforcements.
What these ordinary soldiers of the county and country need is not the balance, but the stimulation of victory. They can fight with the wind and cannot fight the headwind that requires persistence. The only chance of victory in this battle lies in Cheng Pu's decisive defeat of Sun Jian's Chinese army.
At this point, victory is certain.
But Cheng Pu didn't, so Zhang Fei felt that Cheng Pu had some shortcomings and needed to make a review.
Many generals disagreed with Zhang Fei's view and criticized Zhang Fei for not putting himself in Cheng Pu's shoes.
Some people support Zhang Fei's view and think that what he said is right. The average county soldier just needs the stimulation of victory, and nothing else is useful.
The two sides argued back and forth without a suitable result. Finally, Liu Bei made the final decision.
"There are no ifs on the battlefield. If everything could be repeated, why wouldn't the world be in chaos? No one knows what is the most appropriate thing to do at that time, so we don't look at the process, only the results. Demou regained Yang
Xiacheng has done a great job in repelling Sun Jian."
After speaking, Liu Bei patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder again.
"Yide has also made great progress recently. The more he reads, the more he understands. For the soldiers of the county and country, the stimulation of victory is really great. They can only fight with the wind, but not against the wind. This requires certain
Insightful person, Yide, you are very good."
Liu Bei did not criticize Cheng Pu or Zhang Fei, but asked everyone to write down the results of this discussion.
In the future, if anyone still needs to cooperate with ordinary county soldiers to fight against the wind, they must refer to Cheng Pu's experience this time.
Of course, at the end of the military meeting, the generals who participated in the battle unanimously put forward the same view - except for Liu Bei's elite troops, the other ordinary county soldiers were really bad and they couldn't stand it.
I am used to seeing strong armies that have been carefully trained, accustomed to leading strong armies, and used to commanding strong armies to fight. It is really uncomfortable to suddenly change the command object and command those soldiers of the county and country that have not been strictly trained.
Things that trained elite soldiers can do with ease are extremely difficult, even impossible, for these county soldiers.
There is a very relaxing feeling when commanding elite soldiers. You can see the results after giving an order. However, when commanding those soldiers in the county and state, if you give an order, you don't know how long it will take for them to complete the order.
Cheng Pu described it as a nightmare to command the military servicemen of the county and state.
The kind of nightmare that crocodiles give you if you hear it.
It seems that the generals are also aware of the significance of Liu Bei's heavy spending on military training.
They are now like rich men who are used to living a good life, but suddenly experience ordinary life, and suddenly feel that they cannot accept it.
Liu Bei could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
"Elites are a minority after all, and training also takes time. Although we will have a training plan in the future, it will take at least two years to train ordinary elites. Elites like the Sanhe Veterans are baptized by countless wars.
A truly famous general cannot rely on an overly elite army, but must also be able to command ordinary armies. Otherwise, who should be famous, the general himself, or the elite soldiers? A famous general is one who can command elite soldiers as well as ordinary armies.
Moreover, after we have eliminated Yuan Shu, there is still another Yuan Shao in Hebei. Yuan Shao is slightly more difficult to deal with than Yuan Shu. We will inevitably have to fight side by side with ordinary soldiers from the country. When the time comes, you will still face such a problem.
I hope Demou's experience this time can bring some changes to you. Don't rely too much on elite soldiers. Soldiers need to become elite soldiers, and generals also need to become famous generals. You can only command elite soldiers but not county soldiers. But
He is no longer a famous general."
Liu Bei put forward his requirements and expectations and gave them to his subordinates to think carefully.
After the meeting, Liu Bei left Chen Gong alone, who had just joined the camp, and had a conversation with him, discussing some of his views on Liu Bei's camp and work style.
In this regard, Chen Gong expressed his feelings.
"General Zhang Zhonglang is such a brave general. I originally thought he was a general of bears and tigers, but I never thought that he could actually quote classics and discuss classic battle cases. Moreover, it seems that this is a very common situation. I am deeply surprised."
"This is the rule I set."
Liu Bei smiled and said: "Every general grows up from a soldier, and a strong general must start in the army. This is something that the ancients knew, but in my opinion, being brave is not enough, you also need to be knowledgeable.
A warrior who is only brave, but a brave warrior can only be a general of a hundred men at most. Only with knowledge can he become an enemy of ten thousand people. Therefore, in our army, every time you are promoted to a military position, in addition to having a base of military merit, you also need to pass a promotion exam.
Those who fail the exam will not be promoted even if they have accumulated enough military merit. They can only exchange for some monetary rewards, or be awarded fields with military merit. In short, the position has reached its maximum."