Liu Xiang was thinking about how to attract talents. Forget about those people from aristocratic families, they were not from the same group as him.
Although he changed his identity and became the Tinghou of the Han Dynasty, a general and a governor, he has not lost his head. His base is still the poor people.
Internally, he is still General Anping, and externally, he is the general who can overcome difficulties. The window period for developing his power has ended. Now he wants to manage the territory of the five counties he occupies so that it cannot be penetrated by needles or water can be poured out.
Anyone who dares to be a governor will die.
Hmm... If you think about it carefully, you can legitimately send troops to occupy Daijun in Youzhou. It was ravaged by the Xianbei and it is part of the recovery of lost territory. If you want to securely control this place, Shanggu County must take it, otherwise Daijun is just an enclave.
We have to find a way to kill Gao Yan, the governor of Shanggu, and Gong Qichou, the Wuhuan captain who protects the Han Dynasty.
Wuhuan Nanlou tribe must be subdued, otherwise it will be difficult to defend northern Xinjiang.
In fact, if you bribe Guo Zhong, the four counties in Liaodong can also send troops, but it is a bit risky. Just Zhao'an has been stabilized and cannot be moved there for the time being. If Gongsun Zan sends troops first, he can counterattack, then there will be something to say.
Am I a person who just takes a beating without fighting back? There is no such thing in the world.
It was such a happy decision.
Gongsun Bogui, welcome to our store.
He also has the status of being the envoy of the Yellow Turban Army, and he can also make a fuss about it. There are millions of Black Mountain troops and hundreds of thousands of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. He is their biggest leader in name.
Whether he is sending troops to defeat thieves as a Han lieutenant general, or recruiting troops as a commander of the Yellow Turban Army, he is always famous.
General Anping, the envoy of the Yellow Turban Army, General Pingnan Zhonglang, why should you choose?
He had already reached adulthood in the Han Dynasty. Being a adult means becoming an adult. All adults are required. Isn't this a matter of course?
There are still four years until the death of the Ling Emperor. During these four years, he has to hide his minions and cannot be as brave and vigorous as before. It is just a good time to use this time to manage the territory and lay a solid foundation. When the old Dong takes over, the great era will come.
It has arrived.
At that time, we can send troops south without any worries.
Take full control of Hebei, march on horseback to the Central Plains, lead the people in the north, and compete with the heroes of the world.
Sun, Cao, Liu? I can beat you now, and I will beat you in the future.
The more Liu Xiang thought about it, the more excited he became. He took action and started with disarmament. To disarmament, he had to think of a name, and he had to have a name for everything, so that most people could be convinced.
With a sudden change of mind, he came up with a plan, a competition, survival of the fittest. He wanted to hold a military competition, where the strong would be respected, the last would be eliminated, and let them roll up.
The men in the army don't have that many tricks up their sleeves, so make the competition bigger and give them a chance to show off their dignity and seize the honor alone, so they rush up screaming.
Circle the flat land outside the city, divide the areas, set up targets, mount and shoot, shoot on foot, fight at corners, run and climb, throw shuttles, there are so many other events that can be compared. Let Liu Xiang think about it.
Can you think of an Olympic Games?
The news of the competition spread, and various military units went out to work. Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in Beixin City. These are hundreds of thousands of strong men. If they don't find something to do, they have nowhere to vent their energy. Who knows what they can do.
What's going on?
Before the competition and selection, the literate people should be selected first. Even if these people are worse, they will not be eliminated. Firstly, there is a real shortage of literate people in the army. Secondly, in order to prepare for teaching literacy in the army, you have to let them see the actual situation.
Only with real benefits will they be motivated to learn. There is a huge gap in effectiveness between active learning and cramming education.
We also have to single out those with rank three or above. Most of these are officers with experience in leading troops. If too many are eliminated, who will lead them? If everyone in the army can fight, but the result is a scattered mess, then it's over.
There is no fighting power at all.
He drew up a strategy. Each of the front, rear, left and right armies was composed of 5,000 troops. The 5,000 Huqi of Wuhuan's commander were unable to move. They were still of great use.
There are a total of 10,000 beacon guards at various city gates and the Great Wall defense line. They cannot be reduced any further, as it will affect the border defense effectiveness.
The strength of the central army is 28,000 men. The guard and infantry battalions have 8,000 men each, the sound battalion has 4,000 crossbowmen, the light chariot battalion has 3,000 chariots, the heroic cavalry has 1,200 men, the Yue cavalry has 3,000 men, and the middle camp has
eight hundred.
There are 63,000 regular soldiers in the whole army, and about 500,000 to 600,000 militiamen in various places.
The orders of the military competition were passed to all directions, with Yan Rou acting as agent for the eastern front, and Cui Yi acting for the rear army in Guangyang County. The largest one was here in Beixin City, with 120,000 people participating, and nearly 200,000 civilians.
Heckle.
After Liu Xiang's pampering, the people in his territory became less and less afraid of soldiers. They pointed and chattered, and were more excited than participating themselves.
Why are you so excited if I won’t become your son-in-law even if I win? Go home to Maodong. In the middle of winter, aren’t you afraid of freezing to death when you go out? Liu Xiang was full of resentment because there were too many people at the city gate and he was embarrassed to force a way.
To damage his image of loving the people like a son, he hid and observed from a distance.
Wengcheng is fine, but it affects traffic.
The school grounds for competitions in Beixin City are getting bigger and bigger, each area is becoming more and more complete, and the sense of ceremony is getting heavier and heavier. It must be said that the larger the scale, the more it affects people's hearts.
Before the competition, there were two changes in the Anping Army. About 2,000 wounded soldiers and prisoners from the Northern Army joined the army and were dispersed and organized into various battalions. The remaining more than 1,000 people were sons of aristocratic families who had paid ransom. Liu Xiang kept his promise and released
They returned home, and some who were disabled and unable to fight or who did not want to fight were taken to work in the fields.
More than 10,000 of the 60,000 young Yellow Turbans have retired. They will move with their families to Guangyang County to farm, and will also be incorporated into the local militia.
The sixth day of February is a special day.
A year ago, Liu Xiang came to the Han Dynasty and was kidnapped on the same day. He struggled for a year, but God loved him very much and allowed him to survive, and he was still living well.
A year later, hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command competed for the opportunity to serve him.
On the sixth day of the second lunar month, we left the camp, held a grand contest among the troops, and started the battle at the same hour.
Those with military rank or above from various departments of the Anping Army serve as referees for each district, and soldiers who are literate and have military merit of three or more ranks are selected in advance as the auxiliary left.
To show our importance, the first day will be a horse riding and shooting competition. Everyone can sign up. If you ride a horse and pass the obstacle area within the specified time, you will be considered to have passed the preliminary round and can participate in the subsequent main competition.
The obstacle area was set up on the river beach. Sand and mud flats were constructed according to the terrain. Moats were dug and antlers were arranged. The horses were draft horses, but Liu Xiang was reluctant to use war horses.
There is nothing fancy in the main race, it is just an archery target on the track. The horse goes through the hundred-step track and shoots at six archery targets thirty steps away. The faster the speed, the more hits and the higher the score. It is a test of speed and accuracy. All hits.
Those who are excellent, those who are in the middle four are considered good, and the rest are eliminated.
The outstanding candidates will be selected into the Yueqi Camp, and the top candidates will participate in the finals, their names will be recorded, and after the Tiqi inspection, they will be selected into the Suwei depending on the situation.
There are a lot of people riding horses in the Youzhou Athletes Association. More than 10,000 people signed up, and more than 6,000 people passed the preliminary competition. Everyone was in high spirits. The people watching in the field also cheered. Tens of thousands of people cheered, exhaling like clouds and sweating like rain in the early spring weather.
, very enthusiastic.
When it came to the main race, they were all exhausted. They either ran too fast but failed to shoot accurately, or failed to run fast enough to shoot accurately. More than half of them were eliminated, and the rest were rated as good. Only about a hundred people got excellent. Five of them were extremely good, running at high speed.
, the arrows hit the bull's-eye, and there was a man named Taishi Ci who hit nine arrows out of six targets.
In response to the conquest, Taishi Ci moved to Youzhou and worked for Cao Yu of the governor's office. He was catching up with the big competition and participated enthusiastically to show off his skills and come out on top. Liu Xiang did not disappoint him and promoted him to Yue on the spot.
Cavalry Army Sima.
Not only was Taishi Ci greatly encouraged by this behavior, but other soldiers were also inspired, and they clamored to show off their methods, making the competition even more intense.
The Yueqi battalion selected more than 2,100 soldiers, and more than 1,800 people were selected; the Xiaoqi battalion selected 150 soldiers, and 40 people were selected; and the Suwei selected four people.
The riding and shooting competition took three days to complete.
After that there are the rifle shooting, bow and crossbow competitions.
In the preliminary round, lift a three-stone stone lock, hold it above your head for three breaths, and then fire two stone bows, firing the bow ten times in a row.
There were so many people who signed up that I didn’t even have time to record the number of people. Fortunately, it was simple and fast to open a bow and lift a stone lock, so I could pass the assessment batch by batch. After two days of preliminary selection, more than 30,000 people passed.
The main competition is an archery target, with a bow of fifty steps and a crossbow of seventy steps. Shoot ten arrows in a row within the specified time.
All hits are considered excellent, six arrows are considered good, four arrows are candidates for selection, and the rest are eliminated.
Everyone chooses a crossbow, and no one is stupid. They all know that they can shoot accurately with a crossbow. Unfortunately, they have forgotten the time. The crossbow can aim and shoot accurately, but it is slow.
Liu Xiang prepared a thousand powerful crossbows for assessment, and only selected more than 1,800 people, with more than 6,000 candidates to choose from.
After being cheated by crossbows, they were unconvinced and swarmed to the archery field. More bows were eliminated and required years of contact. Liu Xiang lowered the selection standards and wanted those who qualified in everything. He had nearly two
Ten thousand bows and arrows can equip the entire army, preparing to form an army of 14,000 archers.
Each of the four armies at the front, left, and right, as well as the infantry battalions guarding the army, had 2,000 troops, and the garrison at Guancheng at each location had 2,000 troops.
But no matter how low the standards were, only more than 4,000 people were selected. Most of these people would enter the Chinese Army, and the remaining nearly 20,000 people were all classified as candidates.
Two days later, the shooting was completed.
After riding and shooting, the referees and assistants have understood the process, and the speed of the competition has sped up a lot. The requirements for the venue and judging are also small. In an open space, whoever stands in the circle wins.
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Of course, the preliminary round is also simpler and rougher. You have to carry a fifty kilogram weight and run around the school field for nearly ten miles. Those who can run down will enter the main round. Anyone who can complete the distance will be entered as an infantry candidate.
The competition was over in two days, and there were a lot of bruised and swollen soldiers in the army. Each army selected more than 20,000 infantrymen, and there were more than 10,000 candidates.
In the final shuttle throw, Liu Xiang raised the standard. With the assistance of the spear thrower, the throw needs to be seventy steps to be considered excellent, and sixty steps is good, and the rest will be eliminated.
He planned to abandon the spear-throwing arm, and let the light infantry without iron armor also serve as spear-throwers, equipped with spears, halberds, ring-head knives and six flying shuttles. The load-bearing weight was less than 20 kilograms, which was more than 40 kilograms more than that of the armored soldiers.
Much lighter.
The army sergeants are not very enthusiastic about shuttles. It may be because it is a bit difficult and they all know their own skills. Most of them have used shuttles before. They can tell how far they are with just one throw. Less than 3,000 people have signed up to participate.
, all members were selected.
After ten days of great competition, all armies returned to camp and prepared to disarm.
Those who were selected and those who were eliminated had different moods. Some were happy to be selected, while others were happy to be eliminated. Everyone has their own needs.
Liu Xiang gave them options and let them choose.
I believe that after this disarmament, the combat effectiveness of the Anping Army will be even greater.