Humane Yongchang

Chapter 486
At a time when everyone's attention was being attracted by the intensified Kyushu Public Trial Conference.

A piece of transfer order quietly floated out of Changning Palace, and millions of armored men were ordered to go to all directions!
The Huben Legion marched westward to Bashang, Yongzhou, built the White Tiger Military Region, built cities and farmland, garrisoned the Hexi Corridor, and guarded the three prefectures of Bing, Yong, and Yi on the western front of Kyushu.

Tens of thousands of Yongzhou troops surrendered, all of which were included in the Baihu Military Region.

The Red Corps returned to Yangzhou, and built the Qinglong Military Region in the Huainan area (now Hefei), built the city and garrisoned fields, and defended the capital.

The original Song Yi Army, which had been renamed the Construction Army Corps, was all included in the Qinglong Military Region.

Xiang Yu's army went north to Julu, built the Xuanwu military area, built cities and farmland, prepared for the Han Dynasty to receive the Youzhou army, and also served as the logistics, military source, and grain distribution center in northern Xinjiang.

Xiang Yu's army plus more than [-] soldiers from the Bingzhou Army were all included in the Xuanwu Army.

The Bolang Army sent some divisions into Changsha, formed the Suzaku Legion, built cities and garrisoned fields, guarded southern Xinjiang, and guarded Jingzhou.

The 12 Yizhou Army left by Liu Bang and the more than [-] soldiers and horses of the Pingxi Army were all included in the Suzaku Military Region.

Not counting the garrisons of the states and counties, the strength of the four major military regions alone has exceeded 200 million!
There are more than [-] soldiers and horses in the White Tiger Military Region.

There are more than [-] soldiers and horses in the Qinglong Military Region.

More than [-] soldiers and horses in the Suzaku Military Region
Counting the Youzhou Army in the Xuanwu Military Region, there are more than [-] soldiers and horses.

A total of 210 million soldiers and horses!

According to Chen Sheng's current plan, the four major military regions will gradually lay off 75 generals within two years after completing the reorganization and assimilation work.

In addition to the Xuanwu Military Region, there will be three armies left, with a total of 45 soldiers and horses.

The other three military regions will be gradually reduced to the original two armies, with a total of 30 generals.

The four major military regions, that is, 130 million soldiers and horses.

At the same time, the garrison troops of each state, county, and county will also be further refined.

The garrison division at the state level will not exceed [-] soldiers.

The garrison regiment at the county level will not exceed [-] soldiers.

The garrison battalion at the county level shall not exceed [-] soldiers.

In addition, the management rights of the local garrison troops will also be transferred to the Ministry of War, including the food, salary, promotion, and transfer of the garrison troops, which will be vertically managed by the Ministry of War. The local government only has certain mobilization rights and no command power.

At the same time, legislation will strictly prohibit any form of private soldiers...

At that time, the total number of all soldiers and horses in Kyushu will remain at around 150 million.

Of course, 150 million soldiers and horses are still a huge burden for the current total population of more than 2000 million in Kyushu!

But on the one hand, the legions of the major military regions will solve the consumption of part of the food and fodder.

On the other hand, under Lu Shu's unremitting efforts for many years, the grain yield per unit has achieved a qualitative leap, and when new grains are popularized, they can offset part of the military grain consumption.

Chen Sheng has reason to believe that with the passage of time, the burden of military rations on the people will definitely become smaller and smaller...

This is his current plan.

And in his next plan, the mandatory military service for men at the age of eighteen, and the retirement after three years of military service, will be written into the law of the great man.

In doing so, it is not only to live with the people, but also to hide soldiers from the people.

At the same time, it can also increase the metabolism speed of the major military regions, use efficient troop transfers to select, screen, and accumulate excellent generals with martial arts talents, and gradually exchange blood for the major military regions!

The retired generals can not only bring back the excellent style of the army to their hometown, but also bring them back to their hometown, gradually raising the lower limit of martial arts in Kyushu...

Chen Sheng's schemes are intertwined and impenetrable!

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The planning of the four major military regions is extremely hot!

Even Meng Tian, ​​who has not yet arrived in the Ministry of War, did not hear the slightest rumor in advance.

And after the various troops received the transfer order stamped with the seal of the King of Han, no one dared to neglect, arranged for food and grass, and set off quietly!
As a result, when Meng Tian received the itinerary feedback from the various armies, he was stunned.

Why did the Huben Legion go to Yongzhou?
Why is the Red Army going back to the capital again?
What, the Pingxi Legion is going south to Jingzhou?
How come no one informed me of such a big matter?
In your eyes, do you still see me as a soldier...

What, is the king himself dispatching in the center?

That's all right!
Even Meng Tian, ​​the Minister of the Ministry of War, was stupefied!
The rest of the people are naturally at a loss!

Some people woke up and found that the barracks next to their house was empty, even the ground was mopped up!
Some people wake up, and there is a towering military stronghold standing next to their house...

And this kind of sudden large-scale deployment of troops without any warning in advance has cooled the high temperature set off by the Kyushu Public Trial Conference in an instant!
Under the heavy pressure of the public trial just now, the aristocratic families who showed their chicken feet a little bit, all of a sudden withered again.

Many local tycoons who were still stubbornly resisting with their families the night before, and faced many witnesses and evidences were all pushy.

On the second day, I went to the public trial and inspection team with my family and mouth, and shouted with snot and tears: "I am guilty, I am sorry, I will report and make meritorious service..."

Obviously, compared to the unreasonable King of Han.

They are more afraid of the unreasonable King of Han!

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Youzhou, heavy snow.

Chen Ao came home after patrolling the barracks in the snow, and from a long distance away, he saw several high-headed horses with shiny fur and foggy breath in front of his house!

Looking at these good horses that he looked very familiar with, he didn't ask anything, and his heart was like a mirror.

Sure enough, just as he got off his horse, before he even had time to enter the house, he heard several loud thunderous sounds coming from the direction of the hall.

"I just said, Lao Ao can't hide from our brothers!"

"Old Ao, come quickly, Lao Teng led short soldiers yesterday and hunted down a big worm..."

"Lao Kuo, pour the wine, pour the wine!"

He crossed the porch, and from a distance, he saw a group of five big and three thick men wearing big buns on their heads and wearing red uniforms, cutting meat and barbecue in the hall of their own house as if they were masters, and the old wife stood aside with her hips akimbo, staring at them with amused and angry eyes. Helping rough guys with hands and feet...

Chen Ao sighed softly with a voice that he could only hear, raised his arms to order the short soldiers behind him to remove his armor, and then walked into his living room wearing only a thin black undershirt: "You guys are making trouble again. Which one should I get?"

These rough men in the hall are all the generals of the armies like him.

Although the relationship with him is not as good as Wang Ben who comes out of a pot by stirring a spoon, he can entrust his wife and son.

But they are also brothers Paoze who rolled out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood, and the friendship is all made out of life and death again and again, and nothing is mixed.

The atmosphere inside the Youzhou Army was no different than that of the Bolang Army.

The Bolang army was originally an army that the Ji family pulled up to fight the Youzhou army in order to suppress the popularity of the Youzhou army. It has always been deeply trusted by the Ji family. Most of the generals in the army are also very promising. Worship as Shangqing.

And the Bolang army did obey the orders of the Ji family. In the early days of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Bolang army sent troops to participate in the strategy of the Jizhou Zhou army to encircle and suppress Taipingdao.

Therefore, within the Bolang Army, there is both friendship and power.

And the Youzhou Army, as early as more than 100 years ago, had separated from the Ji family.

For more than 100 years, although the Ji family was threatened by the dog army and did not dare to embarrass the Youzhou army openly, they persevered in secretly suppressing the Youzhou army...

Even the generals of the Youzhou Army are not trusted by the Ji family, even if you have great military exploits, the rewards are only a few taels of silver.

Such a harsh external environment forced the Youzhou Army to hold together for warmth. Generals who had dissatisfaction or longed for success either switched to other armies early on, or disbanded and returned to the fields to find another way out...

The rest are mostly passionate soldiers who value robes more than power.

"Stop pretending to be a kid!"

A proud man with a broad face and big ears waved his hands while laughing and cursing: "Do you know why we came here?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wang secretly gave Chen Ao a "seize the opportunity" look, and left the hall on the pretext that there was still hot soup in the cauldron.

Chen Ao stepped forward, took a chengjiu from someone, raised his head and took a sip, and said, "Are you sure you want to listen to us?"

"We don't want to hear from you!"

A middle-aged general with a well-proportioned figure, neat beard and hair, and a temperament that is not as aggressive and rough as other generals, said helplessly: "But apart from you, no one else can talk about it!"

"Yeah yeah!"

All the rough guys nodded in unison like pounding garlic.

The corners of Chen Ao's eyes twitched, and he said helplessly, "If we can talk about this, we still need you to block the door? We have already blocked the door of your house one by one!"

He has his concerns.

He also has his own thoughts.

Anyone who is blind can see that it is the general trend for the Youzhou army to be included in the Han!
But as the saying goes, too much is too late, the more it is like this, the more he has to be steady and not to facilitate this matter.

Otherwise, you will only use too much force, stimulating this group of good guys who have rolled in the sea of ​​blood and corpses for most of their lives, and have never bowed their heads to anyone!
And in this matter, the palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are full of flesh, and the wronged party is not what he wants to see...

"We also know that you are caught in the middle, in a dilemma."

You can only get close to Zhu Zhi Chi and close ink to black, Chen Ao said that everyone would think he was pretending to be ambivalence, and the generals of Youzhou Army who were present could understand him.

The middle-aged general with a somewhat refined temperament took the initiative to mention Jiucheng and signaled to him: "So before the brothers, no matter how uncertain they were, they didn't bother you, but now it's different!"

Chen Ao looked around in bewilderment, and asked in puzzlement, "Why is it different? The army is short of food again?"

He remembered that before Xiaoxue, the big man sent another batch of food, which should be enough to last until the beginning of next spring, so why is there a shortage of food again!
The elegant general was even more puzzled than him: "You don't know?"

Chen Ao: "We should know?"

A group of tall and thick men looked at me and I looked at you, and they all gave a "tsk" with strange expressions.

The sound was so sour that it was like eating a lemon.

The elegant general was also speechless for a while, before he said: "The big man has assembled an army of more than 50 troops in Julu with Xiang Yu, the general under your command..."

Hearing this, Chen Ao waved his hands without even thinking about it and said, "Don't talk nonsense, the King of Han regards me as a hero who protects his home and country, respect me, respect me, even if you see the sky and don't do business, He didn't say a single serious word, how could he send troops to fight?"

"Take a ten thousand step back, even if the King of Han really has a problem with us, there is no need to send troops to fight. As long as the food and grass supplies are pinched, within half a year, you gangster grandchildren will starve to death!"

"If there is a day, he only needs to send one of the two major armies under his command to the north, and he can easily take over the defense line of the northern border from us... You don't think that without the general in charge Youzhou Army, or the invincible Youzhou Army from before?"

There was a crackling blow to the face, guns and sticks, which made all the rough men in the hall flush red and speechless.

Because Chen Ao is suspected of cursing the street.

But what he said was true.

In the hall, only the elegant general said without blushing and heartbeat: "That's why I came to find you now and work together to solve this matter. After all, no one can be sure. Julu's army of more than 50 people They are not the soldiers and horses arranged in advance by His Highness the King of Han to take over the northern border defense line!"

Chen Ao looked at him, and really wanted to scold him, "I know I'm afraid now? What the hell did you do?" But the words came to his lips, but he still didn't say them.

'Forget it, just accept it when you see it! '

He added in his heart, although he knew that this guy who flirted with Guiguzi earlier showed signs of voting for Yongzhou Yingzheng.

But now that Yongzhou's surname is Chen, it's meaningless to pursue those things... He is actually a little worried, whether this bunch of pig heads really annoyed his nephew.

Although my eldest nephew is benevolent, but when he starts to fight, he is really brave!

"Speak first!"

He sighed heavily, and said solemnly: "Although Naigong will not help the King of Han to oppress you, you should not point out that Naigong is helping you to persecute the King of Han!"

"whispering sound!"

"Eat meat eat meat!"

"Drink drink drink!"

A group of rough men sneered at him, turned around and went to barbecue and drink.

Because they knew that if Chen Ao cursed, the matter would be settled.

The refined and elegant middle-aged general Dudu walked up to Chen Ao with the wine cellar, touched the wine cellar in his hand, and said: "Everything else is up to you, the military rules and regulations left by General Dudu cannot be changed. !"

Chen Ao looked at him and said: "The general only once said that 'Brothers are of one heart, their profits cut gold, brothers fight against the wall, and their families are ruined'!"

The implication is that the Youzhou Army may not be able to hold on to its special status that is not subject to imperial restraint.

The elegant middle-aged general smacked his lips, as if he was savoring the taste of wine, and he seemed to be savoring the loss. After a while, he sighed softly: "The four generations of my Zhao family followed the general from Youzhou Army to defend the northern border. Our generation can only sit back and watch the Youzhou Army fall, including being ashamed of our ancestors and the general!"

Chen Ao raised his head and took a sip of wine, but did not speak.

How come his Chen family didn't join the Youzhou Army for four generations?

That's why he knew about the refined generals, flirted with Guiguzi furtively, but didn't blame him.

But is there really a need for an army that does not obey the orders of the central military?
In the past, there was a general sitting in the town.

But now that the general is gone, who can guarantee that the Youzhou army can always protect the country and not be distracted?

(End of this chapter)