Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 513 Cutting off the retreat

In the military camp in Ji County.

After only three days, the servants and warriors who were training in the military camp were already able to stand in line.

They have military qualities themselves and are no strangers to military training.

When Wei Yan arrived at the military camp, he saw nearly a hundred corpses hanging on the railings on both sides of the military camp's training ground. In addition to flies, he also saw white maggots leaking on the ground.

He raised his hand and grabbed a corner of his cloak to cover his mouth and nose, frowning as he watched the servants and auxiliary soldiers who were lined up for training on the parade ground through the fence.

Feeling uneasy, he raised his eyebrows and looked at the mummies hanging in a row for forty or fifty steps from time to time.

He said to Yuan Chen who was beside him: "The Grand Marshal is too harsh in his punishments. I'm afraid something bad will happen to this army."

Gao Jun, who was leading the way, stopped and turned to Wei Yan and said, "General, what you said is not right. There are only 17 bodies of soldiers who violated the order. The rest are the heroes and their sons who followed Tian Yan in the rebellion."

Seeing Wei Yan thinking, Gao Jun said, "When they entered the camp, they formed groups of three from the rebels, selected a hundred new soldiers, gave them sticks and ordered them to beat and kill the rebels. Thirteen of them refused to obey, so they were shot to death by the military supervisors. Another four tried to escape at night, but were killed by the night patrol soldiers."

After hearing this, Wei Yan put down his cloak, and Yuan Chen's face changed drastically.

Wei Yan turned his head and stared at the new soldiers on the parade ground, asking, "What else did you do?"

"All the soldiers selected for the camp are unmarried. After entering the camp, they form teams of 100 people and elect ten squad leaders themselves."

Gao Jun raised his left arm and pointed at the corpse hanging on the fence. "The wives, daughters and concubines of these heroes will be assigned to these squad leaders. Each hundred-man team is now equipped with a centurion supervisor, a secretary, two team officers, a deputy team officer, and four guards. Once the camp affairs are normal, the general can send people to take over. In order to familiarize each hundred-man team with the camp affairs, the general will also appoint two to three people."

Wei Yan listened and nodded repeatedly, while Yuan Chen beside him walked away and looked back at the hanging corpses.

The officers and soldiers in the camp had already been stained with the blood of the heroes when they entered the camp, and now the backbones were all assigned the wives of the heroes who were confiscated.

Now this army has no way to retreat. If it runs out of Ji County, it will be hunted down and killed by the coalition of heroes and villains.

Wei Yan followed him in, and Gao Jun led Wei Yan onto the wooden reviewing platform.

Wei Yan could not see any other responsible persons around him, and was a little surprised: "Could it be that Governor Gao is in charge of this camp?"

"That's right. Your Majesty has given me the responsibility of taking charge of the camp."

Gao Jun smiled slightly as he spoke but quickly restrained his emotions and looked serious. Wei Yan looked at Gao Jun's beardless face and suddenly felt a sense of frustration that he had grown old.

Then he looked around, took a few deep breaths to adjust his mood, and secretly clenched his fists, determined to seize this opportunity.

Yuan Chen is slightly younger than Wei Yan, but he is also about to turn thirty.

Looking at Gao Jun, who looks to be about 21 or 22 years old, many thoughts arise in my mind.

However, considering the speed at which the Grand Marshal rose and grew, there must have been many captains and generals selected from the ranks like Gao Jun.

Although many people's talents and character are not worthy of their current status, they are still young and have enough opportunities to learn and grow.

Gao Jun did not want to discuss his age with them, so he took out a booklet and handed it to Wei Yan: "General Wei, this is the military training manual. This is the order from the Lord, allowing you to watch until sunset."

"Oh? Is this the method of training soldiers used by the Grand Marshal?"

Wei Yan took it with both hands, without flipping through it, but asked in a deep voice, his expression full of hesitation.

Yuan Chen's expression also changed, but he could only restrain himself.

Seeing Wei Yan asking this, Gao Jun smiled and said, "This thing is not a secret, General, you can take a look. If you don't take a look, you will inevitably make mistakes when you take over the camp in the future."

Wei Yan wanted to see it, but he didn't want to owe such a big favor to someone, so he said to Yuan Chen beside him: "In an emergency, we have to make decisions based on our own situation."

"That's the only way."

Yuan Chen had a bitter look on his face. Now that he had seen how other people trained their troops, for a self-conceited man like Wei Yan, he was bound to speak in a low voice when he met the Grand Marshal in the future.

As for how to explain to Liu Bei... there is a prerequisite for explaining, that is, they can defend Ji County.

It was impossible for Black Bear to divide his troops to defend the city, and it was even more impossible for him to move them to Dai County. As long as the Zhenbei General's shogunate still controlled Ji County, many neutral people would remain obedient.

At a mansion in the north of the city, Black Bear led Lu Bu on a walking tour and conducted random inspections.

The mansions of the rich and powerful were confiscated and used for military purposes. Now the troops were scattered in various mansions and mansions in the city to recuperate.

During these three days, in addition to the necessary duty work, Black Bear also withdrew all the scouts outside the city.

Whether it is humans or cattle and horses, they all eat and drink to gain weight.

The technical force in the accompanying chariot camp took the recruited militiamen from the city to either build defensive structures on the city walls or demolish houses to collect materials to build equipment for defending the city.

Even the less powerful Thunderbolt Chariots had begun to be manufactured. Considering the preparation time of the besiegers, it was impossible for them to have sufficient and sophisticated complex and large-scale siege equipment.

There would be no scenes of Thunderbolt Chariots shooting at each other, so these simple Thunderbolt Chariots were used to hurl small stones like shotguns.

At the same time, they can also release special poison smoke balls and oil fire balls. These things have limited lethality, but they can interfere with the attack rhythm of the besiegers and create opportunities for those who are good at slacking off in the siege army.

Black Bear is full of confidence in the defense of Jixian County.

Yuan's army arrived suddenly, and the Youzhou soldiers were similarly attacked. It was impossible for them to carry siege equipment.

Ji County is so large that it would be useless without siege equipment.

If there are too many, it will be a burden in terms of their transportation capacity and current tactical goals.

He has eliminated the hidden dangers in the city, turned them into treasures and reorganized them into help. As long as Wei Yan can survive the initial test of will, he will be able to hold on for a long time.

He doesn't need to wait for long, it will be over by the end of the year.

Whether he defeats the Jizhou soldiers and Youzhou soldiers, or Liu Bei returns, the siege of Ji County will be lifted.

If Wei Yan could not defend Ji County even though he had attracted most of the elite main forces, there would be nothing to say.

When it comes to war, once you've got the chips on the table, you have to be prepared to take your family and jump off the roof.

Soon he inspected a courtyard, and the guards on duty at the gate of the courtyard immediately stood up straight, and the slightly noisy courtyard immediately became quiet.

Black Bear simply glanced at the guard through his mask and entered the courtyard.

In the courtyard, a dozen soldiers in single clothes were basking in the sun. At this moment, they all stood up and stood in two rows, and some of them did not forget to brush the dust off their buttocks.

In the corner of the courtyard, beside the vegetable garden, several soldiers were standing in front of wooden basins filled with picked green vegetables, similar to the original Chinese cabbage.

The black bear looked around and asked, "How is your recovery?"

The chief officer standing in front smiled and said, "Your Majesty, we just want women and wine and meat."

"I'm starting to miss women. It looks like you guys have recovered. Let's have meat as an extra meal tonight."

As Black Bear was speaking, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that the team officer came out of the house jogging with a sleepy look on his face. He didn't find it strange, as being on duty at night was the most tiring.

He said to the officer who came running over: "Please appease the officers and soldiers. What I want is to return to Ganquan Mountain on September 9th to drink chrysanthemum wine. Whether this battle can be fought and how fast it can be fought depends on the courage of the enemy. I, like you, also want to go home early."

"Here!"

The team officer responded in a hoarse voice, and he seemed much more sober.

"Resume your rest."

Black Bear waved his arms to signal them not to see him off, but the team officer still led the soldiers to the door.

The soldiers in several nearby courtyards had been alarmed and were crowding at the door or leaning against the wall with their heads sticking out.

Black Bear spread his arms and greeted them, then left the mansion and went to the next garrison point.

(End of this chapter)