After listening to what Liu Ming said, Guo Jia knelt down to Liu Ming with a plop. He said to Liu Ming with emotion: "My lord is really benevolent and righteous. He actually used his own strength to save our family for generations to come."
I have no words to say but I can do my best to repay my lord and help him accomplish this great feat."
Only then did Liu Ming understand that it was not that Guo Jia had not thought of his feelings. It was just because these slaves were his own private property. As for the official affairs of the country, Guo Jia and others first thought about how to let the people bear these, and
The people had no complaints because of this. After Liu Ming understood this, he secretly sighed in his heart: If Guo Jia and other subordinates had such thoughts when doing things, it would be really difficult to do things like this. The people are not all fools.
I can do it all according to your thoughts. However, it seems that I don’t feel anything wrong with having these slaves. Is it because there is too much money, but I don’t feel it anymore? Liu Ming shook his head and drove these thoughts out of his mind.
He said to himself: Remember, you bought these slaves in the first place so that these people would suffer less and you would do less evil. You did not really want to buy slaves for exploitation.
Liu Ming helped Guo Jia up and said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, I leave all the implementation plans to you. Do you think we should recruit how many soldiers and horses if we set up a horse thief army?"
Guo Jia was happy in his heart. He finally got to the point. This was the purpose of his coming. Although his lord just solved the problems of Gongsun Du, Gongsun Yu, Gongsun Zan and others in one fell swoop, he also came up with the idea of merging the Wuhuan and other clans.
A wonderful strategy. However, it was just an unexpected surprise, and it was a long-term strategy for the future. What is urgent now is the issue of expanding our armaments and strengthening our strength.
At this time, Guo Jia was full of energy and said with full confidence: "My lord, please don't worry, my lord's intention is clear to me. Later, Jia Zi will work out a complete plan for my lord. It will live up to my lord's trust."
As for the horse thief army, it should not be too large. You can choose five thousand fine cavalry from the army. Those scattered tribes will not have too many people, and five thousand cavalry is also convenient for concealment. As for its equipment, imitate the configuration of the assault cavalry.
However, it is not advisable to be too careful in case someone sees through it. As for the box crossbow, it must not be deployed. As for our troops in Youzhou, in addition to the garrison guards in various places, based on the current situation of abundant money and valley in our Youzhou,
We can still recruit another hundred thousand troops."
Guo Jia's words of one hundred thousand soldiers and horses startled Liu Ming. Liu Ming asked carefully: "Feng Xiao, is one hundred thousand soldiers and horses too many? Do we need so many soldiers and horses?"
Guo Jia shook his head and said: "My lord, these 100,000 soldiers and horses are not much at all. Dong Zhuo, the governor of Xiliang who you asked me to pay close attention to, has now summoned 200,000 tiger and wolf soldiers, and even though I am near Youzhou,
There is no place where the soldiers and horses are stronger than ours, but there are too many hidden dangers around us. For example, Gongsun Zan has 10,000 soldiers and horses, Gongsun Du and Gongsun Domain also have 30,000 soldiers, and those Wuhuan, Xianbei and other people who are eyeing us are around us.
The clan also has soldiers and horses ranging from one to two thousand to as many as ten or twenty thousand. If all of these are combined, there will be more than one or two hundred thousand soldiers and horses. However, their equipment is not as sophisticated as ours, so we only need
With another hundred thousand troops, we can deter them."
Liu Ming nodded in agreement and asked Guo Jia: "The words of filial piety are reasonable. Let's handle it with the words of filial piety. However, can our money and food in Youzhou support many people? And the one hundred thousand soldiers we intend to recruit.
How many horses, how many cavalry? How many infantry?"
Guo Jia said proudly: "Don't worry, my lord, I have plenty of money and food in Youzhou. You'an (Guan Ning), Ziyu (Hua Xin) and others are all talented in governing the world, especially Ziyu, who is even more outstanding. Like Youan
The place he governs is just a place where the people are simple and honest. But in the place Ziyu governs, the people are rich and the city is prosperous. He has learned all the good things from the lord. He is really a talent."
Liu Ming saw Guo Jia shaking his head and talking, and couldn't help but find it funny. Guo Jia, a young man, now speaks in an old-fashioned way, and he actually commented on You'an, Ziyu, who was much older than him.
Here it comes. It’s so funny.
Guo Jia saw Liu Ming suddenly laughing, and couldn't help but hesitate a little. Did he say anything wrong? Why did his lord laugh? Guo Jia thought about it for a moment, and it seemed that he had done nothing wrong. Guo Jia was puzzled.
After understanding this, he took advantage of the fact that he and his lord were the only two people here, and that he and his lord had a good personal relationship, so he bit the bullet and asked: "Why is your lord laughing? Is it possible that Jiayou said something wrong?"
When Liu Ming heard Guo Jia's question, he felt even more amused. He explained with a smile: "Fengxiao, don't worry about it. You are right."
Guo Jia was even more puzzled when he heard this, and asked Liu Mingdao: "If it is true, why is the lord laughing?" Guo Jia thought to himself: The lord has many fantastic ideas, and he will definitely not laugh for no reason. With my wisdom, I can even guess.
No. If I don't let you tell me, my lord, how can I feel at ease? Doesn't this make me unable to sleep in the next few days?
Liu Ming had no choice but to say to Guo Jiaming: "Fengxiao, the reason why I laughed just now was not for other reasons. It was because I saw you being so old-fashioned and commenting on others at a young age, so I laughed. Please, please.
I apologize for my filial piety."
Guo Jia calculated for a long time, but he didn't expect that the final source would fall on his own head. He couldn't help but said with some displeasure: "Is it possible that your lord thinks that I am young and looks down on me? If so, Jia would like to resign here!"
"Fengxiao's words are serious. How could I look down on Fengxiao? Fengxiao is only sixteen years old this year, not yet seventeen. At your age, I would never be as good as Fengxiao, so how could I?"
Do you look down on Fengxiao? If what I did just now made Fengxiao angry, please forgive me. However, Fengxiao, don’t you know my heart? Although we are called guests and hosts, I have always regarded you as my younger brother.
. Even my second and third brothers, because they know my thoughts well, don’t they treat you as a brother?” Liu Ming quickly apologized and explained to Guo Jia, thinking: No matter what, I can’t let you go.
Good guy, you are so good now, you can still do it in the future. If you leave, who will give me advice?
When Guo Jia heard what Liu Ming said, he was sincere and deeply moved. And it was indeed as Liu Ming said. Because of Liu Ming's trust and closeness to him, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were also very close to him. So
As for now, among the lord's confidants, he has the smallest official position, but he has the greatest power. Not only can he usually hold some meetings, but also some of his suggestions are followed by those people.
Guo Jia didn't want to say any more touching words. He turned his head, secretly wiped away his tears, and changed his words: "My lord, the soldiers and horses we have gathered now are: you used to be a private soldier, the 15th infantry battalion, the sudden attack
There are nine battalions of cavalry and nine battalions of strong cavalry, with a total of 11,880 troops and horses. There are 40,000 elite troops gathered from all over Youzhou. Others are scattered in various counties, with 5,000 troops stationed in each county and 5,000 troops stationed in each county.
Each number ranges from dozens to hundreds. Together, there are more than 40,000 troops and horses. Our troops and horses scattered in various places cannot be moved and must be used to maintain local security. We can mix in other troops and horses.
Using your original private soldiers as the skeleton, plus the 100,000 soldiers and horses we will recruit, we can make a total of 150,000 soldiers and horses. Among these soldiers and horses, we will select the best and select 3,000 strong cavalry.
Seven thousand cavalry, combined with 10,000 troops and horses, form a piao cavalry camp, which can be led by General Dian Wei as your personal camp. With the other 140,000 troops and horses, we can form 30,000 strong cavalry and 40,000 strong cavalry.
Cavalry, thirty thousand archers, thirty thousand light infantry, and ten thousand heavy infantry."
Liu Mingda was surprised, how did Guo Jia know about the light infantry? So he asked: "I have no objection to Feng Xiao's formation. But where did this light infantry come from? And do I have too many personal soldiers?
a little?"
Guo Jiadao: "The light infantry is based on the lord's heavy armored infantry. Although the lord's heavy armored infantry is invincible in attacking fortresses, after all, the march is slow and the pursuit is disadvantageous, so we still need a large number of light armored infantry.
Therefore, it is called light infantry for short. As the leader of the entire army, the lord has important responsibilities. He does not have many personal soldiers at all. Think of the founding fathers under the great ancestor who had tens of thousands of personal soldiers, private troops.
"
Liu Ming was speechless this time. He nodded in agreement and asked Guo Jia to gather everyone to discuss and make arrangements.
Guo Jia happily went to gather everyone, but just as he arrived at the door, Guo Jia had an idea, thought of something, and turned back to Liu Ming, saying: "Jia has one more thing to ask the lord for instructions."
"Tell me." Although Liu Ming was surprised that Guo Jia left and returned, he also knew that Guo Jia would never look for trouble. He quickly asked Guo Jia to explain clearly.
Guo Jia's thieves said with a smile: "Lord, since we want to form an army of horse thieves to harass and destroy the Wuhuan and other tribes, and with the belief that all tribes are one family, shouldn't we also favor one over the other?"
"Why did Fengxiao say this?" Liu Ming asked, somewhat confused.
"Lord, should I also send out sentry horses to harass the other states and counties in the Central Plains?" Guo Jia simply said clearly. Guo Jia thought to himself: With such a far-sighted person as my lord, he can even be a horse thief.
You can think of a plan to merge the army with the Wuhuan and the Xianbei so that there will be no distinction between the Wuhuan and other ethnic groups and the Han people in a hundred years. How could you not think of this? You must have some worries, so you are pretending to be stupid here. Wait until I go
Allayed the Lord's doubts.
Liu Ming was shocked and said hurriedly: "Feng Xiao's words are wrong. I am an official of the Han Dynasty, how can I do such a rebellious thing? And even if I am willing, the generals under me are also officials of the Han Dynasty.
, how could they be willing to lead troops and become thieves? As for Wuhuan and the others, these generals are working for the imperial court, so they have no such worries."
Guo Jiaxin said: How is it? I guess my lord will have this concern. Then Guo Jia smiled and said to Liu Ming: "My lord, don't worry. Considering that you can come up with horse thieves, clan division, fusion and other eternal tricks, how could it be possible?"
Still can't think through this? It's just a temporary obsession and soft sentiment. Could it be that, my lord, you have forgotten Miss Xiu'er? With Miss Xiu'er's origins, my lord can do it without sending out any soldiers. As long as at the beginning,
The lord supports the girl Xiu'er with some money, food, troops and horses. Since the girl Xiu'er has the ambition to fight against the Han Dynasty, she is familiar with military books, has superb strategies and excellent martial arts, she will definitely be able to raise an army of rogue bandits. Moreover, the girl Xiu'er became a hero because of the lord.
We don’t have to worry about her betraying the lord. When the opportunity is ripe, the lord can bring in those rogue soldiers, and by then, Miss Xiuer will be able to retire with success."
When Liu Ming heard that Guo Jia held himself up quite high, he said in his heart: Hey, Guo Jia, you really think highly of me, Liu Ming. These strategies are just derived from some TV dramas I have watched. These things will not be put aside until now.
Any modern person who can go back to ancient times can say that to some extent, but they have no chance to come here or stand at my level to speak. However, this leaves Xiuer to lead the bandits.
It's not a bad thing to be a little bit in the Central Plains. It's much better to save her from always thinking about doctrines when she has nothing to do. Good guy, this Xiu'er has scared my little Yanyan recently. It makes little Yanyan keep hiding.
After asking, I found out that it was Xiu'er who was looking for trouble and asked Xiao Yanyan to write some scriptures for her in order to spread her ideas. Xiao Yanyan was afraid of being criticized after writing it.
Jie (Cai Yong) dared not write about his father-in-law's scolding. But if he didn't write, he was afraid of ruining the relationship between sisters, so he always avoided Xiu'er. In the end, he decided to start a sect on his own, and he needed to understand the truth and meaning first.
If you can't even justify yourself, how can you convince others? Even if you ask others to help write a book, it can only be a false theory, and it is not your own. Therefore, let Xiu'er improve her own theory first.
Went. Although Xiu'er's ideas are not good, the 'Golden Hairpin Alliance' beauty sorority organized by Xiu'er is actually a good thing. My Xiaoyan and Xiaoya enjoy it, and there are many taxis recently.
I came to Youzhou just because of the "Golden Hairpin Alliance"'s "List of Heroes of the World". If I let Xiu'er lead the army, firstly, I can talk about her doctrinal enthusiasm. Secondly, I can also save money.
She ruined the 'Golden Hairpin Alliance'. After thinking clearly about the pros and cons, Liu Ming approved Guo Jia's suggestion.
Guo Jiale went out in a hurry. In a short time, all Liu Ming's confidants and others had arrived.
Guo Jia explained the results of the discussion with Liu Ming just now. Of course, Guo Jia did not mention the matter of letting Zhang Xiuer steal the Central Plains. When everyone heard this, they all agreed. So the matter was settled. He also selected someone who would always be responsible for staying behind.
Zang Ba was the leader and general of this horse thief army, and he decided that after Liu Ming's new army was established, the soldiers of this horse thief army would be replaced every three months to train the new army and at the same time maintain the strength of the horse thief army.
Ming's loyalty. And decided to send a messenger to Gongsun Du immediately. And the strategy of dividing the land of the Wuhuan and other tribes can also be started immediately. First, Nanlou, Qiu Liju, Wuyan, which are close to the land under their control,
Build cities and roads, and then gradually extend them outwards.