I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 178

After the establishment of the Jizhou Army, its camp was arranged near Zhangshui, and Cheng Pu, Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan and others carefully drilled the sergeants in the camp every day.

Regardless of Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan, let's just talk about Cheng Pu.

Ever since he served as captain and commander of the Jizhou Army, Cheng Pu has stayed in the camp every day, except for returning to Yecheng to report necessary matters to Liu Jian, as if he had grown up in the camp of the Jizhou Army.

According to Cheng Pu, as a general, only by eating, living and training with the soldiers of the three armies can he control the army better and at the same time unite the loyalty of the soldiers.

At the same time, Cheng Pu also advised Liu Jian, asking him to go to the barracks every month and live in the barracks for three days, just like himself, eating, living and training with the soldiers.

Of course, it is not necessarily necessary to eat and live with the soldiers and practice the same intensity, but at least it must be done on the surface.

Without hesitation, Liu Jian agreed to him immediately.

He understood that Cheng Pu would not make such a request like himself for no reason, he was doing it for his own sake.

Liu Jian said that he would not cheat. On these three days of each month, he would eat the same food, sleep in the same tent, and do the same intensity of drills as the Jizhou soldiers.

He was also a child of Bianjun, and he had been tempered no less than others since he was a child. Liu Jian was confident that he could do what others could do.

……

On this day, Liu Jian lived in the army after training. He lived in a small tent with Xia Houlan and Zhao Yun.

After a day of military training, Liu Jian had a general understanding of Cheng Pu's military training methods.

He asked Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan, "What do you think of Cheng Demou's ability to train soldiers?"

While eating gruel, Zhao Yun said: "Cheng Duwei is upright and calm in his affairs, he is really a rare general."

"why?"

Zhao Yun continued: "I was young and read few books, but since I got the "Sun Wu's Art of War" from the envoy, I have studied it carefully, and I have some progress and insight. I think Cheng Duwei's military training is quite ancient. The style of a famous general, the soldiers don't eat enough, he doesn't eat, the soldiers don't rest, he doesn't sleep, he trains and overcomes hardships, takes the lead, doesn't talk about ostentation, doesn't deduct military rations, and is deeply loved by the soldiers."

Xia Houlan said: "And the captain told us last time that it is cumbersome for the king to govern a state, but the barracks must come, even if it is only for three days a month... After all, in the future The person who leads the battle may be him, or us, or the envoy himself. If the soldiers do not know the general, the general does not know the soldier, and it will be disadvantageous for the soldier. Therefore, no matter what, he must persuade the envoy to come to the army three times a month. day."

Liu Jian nodded secretly while eating porridge.

The leader of the Twelve Tiger Officials in Jiangbiao in history is indeed well-deserved.

Moreover, not only does he know how to train soldiers, but his loyalty is also very touching.

Liu Jian commented: "Cheng Demou is extremely wise and brave, enough to stand on his side."

Xia Houlan said anxiously: "Your Majesty, when will we send troops to conquer the thieves in Montenegro?"

Liu Jian shook his head and said, "Black Mountain cannot be conquered in a short period of time, nor can it be pacified in a year or two."

Zhao Yun remonstrated: "Although this is the case, if you don't fight all the time and just train your troops, it won't have the effect of training. You need to participate in actual combat to have the effect of training."

Liu Jian thought about it carefully, and felt that there was indeed some truth.

After all, military training alone cannot increase the combat experience of the soldiers. Only after experiencing some battles can their growth be accelerated.

"Based on the two of you, how should we confront the thieves in Montenegro?"

Xia Houlan said: "According to the opinion of the officials, every time the thieves in the mountains come out to attack and harass, the most frequent attacks are the counties of Wei County and Julu westward. So you might as well let the Jizhou army lie in ambush here in advance. Attack, the Jizhou Army can unite the local counties with all the powerful households to jointly defend against the enemy, without the need for large-scale conquests, one can lose less, two can secure a complete victory, and three can also protect the local people. "

Liu Jian thought about it seriously for a while, and said: "This method is very good. I will discuss it with Demou in the next day to see if it is feasible."

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Cheng Pu also agrees with the method proposed by Xia Houlan. It is really impossible to achieve the best results just by training without going into battle.

If you don't attack the Black Mountain Army on a large scale, but just station outside the county towns in various places, and jointly defend against the enemy with the local powerful people, then small-scale battles will not cause too many losses, and at the same time, it will also increase the experience of the soldiers. .

So, under Liu Jian's guidance, Cheng Pu started to handle this matter.

The five thousand Jizhou Army gradually got on the right track, so Liu Jian began to study another matter.

That is Tuntian.

Regarding the policy of garrisoning fields, later generations have mixed opinions on this policy.

Some people say that the farming system is the best emergency measure in line with the current era, but some people say that the farming system is the most vicious slavery system.

Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, and Jiang Wei all relied on farming to solve the food problem.

The simple logic of farming is to first take over the land that was barren due to the war as state-owned, and then recruit refugees to cultivate it, and the government and farmers will share it equally.

Logically speaking, farming is a unique product of the era of war. Because of the war, a large number of refugees were born, and the barren land increased. Using the method of farming can effectively reduce the number of refugees and solve the problem of a group of people dying on the verge of starvation. The problem is, this is the benevolence of Tuntian.

But in later generations, many people called Tuntian a super-slavery system.

The main reason is that with the stable development of Tuntian, the Cao Wei government began to impose corvee on a large scale for Tuntian guests.

The Cao Wei government office confiscated the villagers to build water conservancy projects at will, and the villagers had to farm and serve corvee, which was too oppressive.

In order to effectively control the personal freedom of the tuntian residents, the Cao Wei government adopted a hostage-based system of scholar-officials for the tuntian residents. Controlling the work in various places, as long as there are farmers fleeing, the government will kill their wives and children, and even exterminate the whole family.

Moreover, the mature land reclaimed by the Tuntian people was eventually annexed by the Cao clan, wealthy officers, and gentry tycoons as time went by.

History seems to draw a circle. The fertile land of ordinary serfs in the Han Dynasty was annexed by the lords, and turned into abandoned fields in the hands of the lords in the troubled times. Howe merged...

Liu Jian felt that the method of garrisoning land was indeed an effective way to reduce refugees and maintain social stability when the world was in chaos. Although Cao Wei's garrisoning land did gradually evolve into a system of slavery, this did not mean that there was a problem with garrisoning land itself. It can only be said that the Cao Wei regime squeezed the villagers too much.

Man-made faults cannot be counted in the farming system.

Nowadays, the Black Mountain Army in Hebei is extremely rampant, and in a sense, there are too many refugees.

Refugees who had no food to eat entered Montenegro. The Black Mountain army grew stronger and plundered. Bandits everywhere caused restlessness in the states. Unable to stabilize production in the county town led to more refugees, and the refugees could only enter Montenegro because they could not eat enough... ...the vicious cycle again.

At the moment, in addition to forming the Jizhou Army, it is also necessary to block the source of troops for the Black Mountain Army.

In a sense, the implementation of Tuntian can greatly limit the growth of the Black Mountain Army.

(End of this chapter)