Xuande

Chapter 147 Liu Bei as the Pioneer

After marching for a period of time, the army can be regarded as arriving in Jizhou and entering Weijun.

During this period of march, Liu Bei's biggest feeling was that apart from the fact that Dong Zhuo was really extraordinary, there was also the fear of the general public and local officials towards the Han army.

Liu Bei couldn't find any other more suitable words to describe this feeling.

It is fear.

The Han army marched, and the people and local officials of the Han Empire were frightened by it. This situation seems absurd, but it is the real situation.

Lu Zhi's marching route was reported in advance, and He Jin's series of material preparations were also based on this. The food and supplies needed by the army were all prepared on the marching route. If Lu Zhi deviated from the scheduled marching route, Lu Zhi It is to bear the responsibility.

During the march, especially when passing through county towns, small towns, and farms, what Liu Bei could see were the closed gates and the guarded and hostile eyes behind the gates. The people inside were guarding them like thieves. With the Han army.

Although Lu Zhi strictly restrained military discipline, Liu Bei still wanted to say that when this army was marching, the marching state of most of the soldiers was really not as good as the elementary school students queuing up to do exercises in the school.

So during this march, he accidentally remembered an old movie called Armageddon that he had seen.

There was a scene in that old movie that described the marching of a corps of the Kuomintang. It was probably taken by aerial photography. There were long winding dragons marching one after another, with no end in sight.

That was not neat in Liu Bei's eyes, and he felt no wonder they were going to lose.

But later he heard that some knowledgeable veterans said after watching the movie that their steps were not so uniform at all.

It turns out that it is neat?
Liu Bei, who was used to seeing military parades on National Day, was surprised at the time. He thought that if everything was neat, what would chaos look like?

Since then, Liu Bei has studied more about the marching ranks and steps, and has really delved into some ways, and has witnessed how an unorganized army marches under real conditions.

To put it in an image, it is the greedy snake in the video game that was smashed and its body was scattered all over the place after eating too much and growing up. There are people deserting and running away anytime and anywhere.

Not one or two people, but always one or two percent of the entire army.

For this reason, Lu Zhi also assigned Liu Bei a task during the march, which is to lead his army to supervise the march, and once he encounters those who fall behind and are about to desert and escape, they will be arrested directly to enforce the military law, so as to deter those who try to escape and have not yet escaped. The chief soldier.

The quality of this army is quite good, mainly recruited, not captured, so not many people escaped.

During the period from Luoyang to Weijun, more than 300 people ran away, and more than 100 people were arrested by Liu Bei and executed military law.

This is not bad, Liu Bei also heard that when some troops marched, because the generals were not rigorous enough, when the troops arrived at the destination, a third of them had already escaped, and even more than half of them had escaped.

How is this fighting?

Therefore, when Lu Zhi marched, he paid special attention to the control of the army's rations.

When it was relatively close to the land of Sanhe, he did not allow soldiers to carry more than one day's rations with them, and when the distance was farther, he changed it to not allow soldiers to carry more than three days' emergency rations with them, so as to prevent them from finding opportunities to run away.

Therefore, food is also the best magic weapon for the general to control the army.

Lu Zhi grasped the scale very well, so when the army arrived in Wei County crookedly, the main force was still there, and it was still possible to fight.

Then the big guys hurriedly held a military meeting with the prefect of Wei County to see how the current situation is.

At a glance, I realized that the scale of the Yellow Turban Army's troubles in Jizhou was really not small.

In the beginning, the Yellow Turban Army only made trouble in Julu County, and then spread to Anping, Changshan, and Zhao. After about two months, the Yellow Turban Army had already gained a relative advantage in the four counties, and they were able to fight everywhere. The county soldiers couldn't lift their heads.

Half of Jizhou has been affected by the Yellow Turban Army, and even the prefect of Julu County, which was the most affected, was killed, basically falling, and the situation is very critical.

However, in many places, the Han army was not completely defeated, and there were still many county soldiers resisting in key cities. Moreover, because the Yellow Turban Army massacred and plundered their wealth, some landlords rebelled. system.

They used their own resources to pull up a small army of troops and the Yellow Turban Army to fight, to protect their land and property, and attracted a lot of Yellow Turban Army troops, and the battle was not bad.

So overall, the power of the Yellow Turban Army has not lost control, the situation is still under control, and the possibility of winning is still very high.

Lu Zhi synthesized all the current information for a while, and then ordered Liu Bei to mark the situation of the enemy and ourselves on the map and give a speech on the battle situation.

This is what Lu Zhi focused on training Liu Bei.

Liu Bei lived up to his expectations, marked the current situation on the map, and then explained the current battlefield situation to the many lieutenants, military commanders and other officers participating in the battle, so that they had a general understanding of the battlefield situation.

After Liu Bei finished speaking, Lu Zhi continued to speak.

He believes that the task that the current army needs to complete is to concentrate the main force to attack Julu County. Julu County is the home of the Yellow Turban Army. The main force of the army.

The fighting power of the Han army can basically be determined to be higher than that of the Yellow Turban Army, so as long as they can have a decisive battle with the Yellow Turban Army, the threat of this Yellow Turban Army can basically be eliminated, and then the Han Army can wipe out it with a relatively easy posture. Remnant enemy, pacify Hebei.

All the officers had no opinion on Lu Zhi's general strategy.

Lu Zhi also specifically asked Dong Zhuo, who had rich combat experience.

"How does Captain Dong view this battle?"

Dong Zhuo smiled sweetly.

"What Lu Zhonglang said is also what I want to say. I don't have any other opinions. Everything is under Lu Zhonglang's arrangement."

Lu Zhi nodded.

"Since this is the case, let the whole army prepare. After replenishing food and grass in Wei County, enter Zhao State, and then enter Julu County. The soldiers will point directly at Julu County to find the main force of the Yellow Turbans and start a decisive battle."

After Lu Zhi gave an order, all the officers came out and prepared for each other, and Dong Zhuo was no exception.

Liu Bei was retained by Lu Zhi and was entrusted with the important task of pioneering.

"Xuande, I don't want you to be the vanguard, but since you have joined the army, in this army, I must not give you any special care. On the contrary, I will use you as the vanguard. The whole army, including Dong Zhuo."

Liu Bei nodded.

"Teacher, don't worry, the disciple knows the painstaking efforts of the teacher."

"Helmets and armor must be neatly dressed, and you must not leave the bodyguards, and you must protect yourself."

Lu Zhi followed up with three affirmations, then stretched out his hand to tidy up Liu Bei's helmet, and said with concern: "The yellow turban bandits don't have a strong combat force, they are just a mob. It's nothing more than a large number of people. You have a lot of cavalry. I don't worry that you will fall into a tight siege." , so everything is up to you.”

Liu Bei nodded.

"Disciple obeys."

After that, Liu Bei left the commander's account and went back to rectify the army.

(End of this chapter)