Chapter 83 If nothing unexpected happens

Chapter 83 If nothing unexpected happens

Chapter 83 If Nothing Unexpected
The emperor changed the era name again.

Changing the era name is not uncommon, but it is extremely rare to see an emperor changing the era name as frequently as he does in a year.

At the beginning of the year, it was still called the first year of Yongxing, but before the first month of the year had completely passed, the era name was changed to "Yong'an".

At this moment, Emperor Sima Zhong, who had just been captured and taken to Yecheng, issued an edict to change the era name to "Jianwu". From now on, it was the first year of Jianwu (304).

The governors and powerful officials may often ignore the emperor's edict, but that involves fundamental interests. No one will not give face in such a small matter as changing the reign, after all, it is harmless.

The new official documents issued by the Luoyang court already used "Jianwu" as the year number.

Shao Xun just received a document: Luoyang Arsenal allocated a number of equipment to meet military needs.

This is the largest arsenal in the country, with everything from crossbows to whetstones - well, at least on paper, and a lot of it.

The military commander Cao Fu, the minister of the left Wang Yan, and the governor of Luoyang Mi Huang jointly issued the order. Naturally, it was impossible for them to fool Shao Xun with some rotten weapons. All of them were of high quality and at least usable.

After obtaining this batch of equipment, Shao Xun planned to directly quadruple his troops.

No matter how bold you are or how fertile the land is, I'm not afraid of you!
The troops were overstaffed, and Sima Yue would be the one who would worry about it in the future, not me. On the contrary, he had to praise me for my prompt decision and turning the tide.

With this mentality, at the end of August, Shao Xun openly set up checkpoints in the Mangshan area of ​​Luoyang to accommodate the defeated soldiers.

"Stop! I told you to stop, are you deaf?" Chen Yougen led fifty cavalrymen and quickly rushed to a group of panting fleeing soldiers, shouting angrily.

After the fifty men dismounted, they carried long swords on their backs and held crossbows in their hands, looking ferocious and ferocious.

The defeated soldiers were not stupid. They looked at these vicious people and then at the cold crossbow arrows and did not resist.

Huang Biao led a team of people, took down their equipment - if they still had any - and then took them aside for a rough screening.

The main thing is to separate the people, identify each other's names and hometowns, listen to their accents, and talk about their military experiences to see if there are any flaws.

Identifying spies is just a side job; breaking up the people and taking them away is the main task.

However, Shao Xun was quite picky. He did not accept everyone. At least he wanted those who looked strong and healthy, and preferably those who could shoot arrows.

Archers can easily become spearmen or axemen, but the latter cannot easily become archers.

Li Chong has been suggesting recruiting more archers.

There were only about 40 archers in the rear camp before, and some of them were killed or wounded in the battle. They were just replenished to 60 or 70 people in July. Now there is a good opportunity to take in the defeated soldiers. It would be a pity if we don't seize it.

"You said you were from the central army? How does that look like you?" Chen Yougen's loud voice sounded again not far away.

"He is a general under the command of the Tiger Guards of the Left Guards. He has been a soldier for nine years. It is absolutely true."

The Tiger Guards were heavy-armored infantrymen. But this fellow had only one shirt on his body, and he looked haggard and lost, which would make anyone suspicious.

"Still talking nonsense!" Chen Yougen sneered, "The left and right guards are all protecting the emperor, the officials, and the kings. The emperor has already arrived in Yecheng. How did you escape?"

The old soldier said helplessly: "The bandits were only concerned with capturing the emperor and the high officials, so who cared about us? They stole a horse and ran away in the chaos."

"Where's the horse?"

"He broke his leg halfway through and gave up."

Chen Yougen was unable to judge for a moment, because several people actually identified him as a soldier of the central army.

"How is the emperor doing?" Before Chen Yougen could say anything, Shao Xun came over and asked.

The old soldier looked at the "high official" and said, "The Ye bandits fired thousands of arrows at once. The brothers blocked them from all sides, but it was still useless. I saw clearly that the emperor was hit by three arrows and fell from the carriage into the bushes."

"A mountain collapsed?" Shao Xun asked this question for real. He just wanted to confirm whether someone was keeping the death a secret and deceiving people by using the emperor's name.

"No." The old soldier swallowed his saliva and said, "After the bandits caught the emperor, I saw someone calling for a doctor from afar to treat the emperor's injuries."

Shao Xun nodded slowly and told Chen Yougen, "Record his name and recruit him into the Wang Guo Army."

"Yes." Chen Yougen replied.

After Shao Xun left, he continued to review the Northern Expedition with the student soldiers - based on the true or false information they had heard.

This continued until evening, when more than 500 qualified soldiers were recruited, all of whom were unarmed and taken away.

Now only the first batch of defeated soldiers arrived in Luoyang, and more will appear later. Among the hundreds of thousands of people, the actual death toll is probably less than a fraction, and most of them either fled in disarray or in an organized manner.

I don’t know how many more thieves and bandits there will be in the wild.

The forts and manors would probably also make a lot of money. The weak among the defeated soldiers would be demoted to slaves and work in the fields. The strong ones would be incorporated into private soldiers, and the best ones could become guests to help the forts and manors improve their military level.

Everyone was quietly devouring the little remaining wealth of the Jin Dynasty.

When it is almost finished, this broken house will be kicked down. ******
After withdrawing his troops and returning to the city, Shao Xun asked Governor Mi to endorse him and reorganized the entire army.

First, he made adjustments to each team.

A squad consists of ten people, including the squad leader, which means that a sergeant can only manage four people (including himself), which is not very scientific.

When the hereditary military system was implemented in the Tang Dynasty, the fire chief (shichang) in the government soldiers was not included in the ten people - the five was the same as it was at that time, and the five chief was in charge of five people including himself.

In this way, each squad will need to recruit one new person, and the entire building will increase its staff by 50 people.

In addition, the flag bearer is a part-time job, and there is no such thing as a trumpeter, which is only available at the military level.

Shao Xun decided to add an additional supervisor, a clerk, two grooms (part-time veterinarians), two flag bearers, two battlefield messengers, four drummers, four scouts, eight doormen and some other miscellaneous personnel, and the total number of personnel in the building will swell to over 590.

To put it bluntly, this is aimed at enabling the building unit to fight independently.

The lower army originally had two buildings, front and back, and with the scattered personnel at the upper army level, there would be more than 1,200 people after replenishment.

After taking in the defeated soldiers, they will take advantage of the situation to expand the army. The entire army will be organized into five groups: front, back, left, center, and right, with a total of nearly three thousand people.

This is the highest goal of this accommodating of the defeated soldiers: 3,000 combat soldiers in the lower army, and auxiliary soldiers are counted separately - with the current officer resources at hand, no matter how many people there are, they cannot be effectively controlled.

In terms of the appointment of officers, Shao Xun was the lieutenant Sima and concurrently the chief of the rear clique. The other four chiefs were Gao Yi, Li Chong, Huang Biao, and Yu An.

Chen Yougen's team expanded to a hundred people and did not belong to any army, but he himself was given the title of Du Bo in the rear of the army.

Wu Qian became a leader among the laid-off people in Luoyang City and engaged in logistical support work - this auxiliary force was expected to be expanded to more than two thousand people.

As for the expansion of the upper army, after weighing the pros and cons, he did not participate too much, but only gave a lot of suggestions.

No matter how many soldiers He Lun recruits, he will still have to train them himself in the future, so there will be plenty of opportunities for him to get involved.

In this way, the East Sea Kingdom Army became strong and powerful, and became an important force in Luoyang City.

"Quanzhong--" After the reorganization was completed, Mi Huang pulled Shao Xun and just opened his mouth, he felt something was wrong.

"I haven't chosen a courtesy name yet. What does Quanzhong mean?" Shao Xun said with a dark face.

"This - Yu Yuangui mentioned visiting Cao Junsi..."

"It turns out to be this guy!" Shao Xun was annoyed and had a bad impression of Yu Liang.

"Let's not talk about this." Mi Huang observed the other's expression and decisively changed the subject, talking about business: "We have gathered so many defeated soldiers. When Zhang Fang comes, can we go out of the city and defeat him?"

Shao Xun pondered for a while and said, "They are like frightened birds, newly joined soldiers, without prestige or favors, so I'm afraid they can't fight in the field."

"Then I understand." The good thing about Mi Huang is that he is willing to listen to professional opinions and not act rashly.

Besides, he has tasted the sweetness of this.

Now when he goes out, people who see him have to address him respectfully as “Governor” even if they are unhappy about it.

"He Lun heard that you went out of the city to recruit soldiers, so he left from Dongyang Gate in the afternoon, set up checkpoints on the road, and recruited more than 1,700 people." Mi Huang said again.

"So fast? How did he raise the money?"

"Catch as many as you can."

Shao Xun nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

Lao He accepts everyone who comes. Maybe he will bring back his superior troops as a whole, instead of carefully selecting them like he did and breaking them up to add them to the teams.

It seems that he has no ambition and has never thought of turning this unit into a private army. Thinking of the fact that He Lun and Wang Bing once sought positions in the imperial guards, Shao Xun sighed: Maybe Sima Yue is not good at other things, but he still has some vision in judging people. He Lun and Wang Bing are both loyal ministers of his family.

I don't know if there were any people who entrusted their wives and children to them in history. From what Shao Xun knew, He Lun and Wang Bing might have average abilities, but they would do their best to complete the tasks assigned to them by Sima Yue, even if he died.

Thinking of this, Shao Xun, a rebellious guy, actually felt a little respect for He Lun and Wang Bing.

This is a person with his own persistence and ethics, unlike him - he has a bottom line, and all kinds of plan A and plan B are flying around.

"Since we can't fight in the field, we'll just have to defend the city and wait for news from Sikong." Mi Huang sighed regretfully. He still wanted to achieve some achievements, even though he didn't know where his lord had gone.

"Captain, please be at ease." Shao Xun said with a smile, "If we can expand the Luoyang garrison to more than 20,000, Zhang Fang will never be able to enter the city until he dies."

This is a fact.

This is not a field battle, it's a siege, and the difficulty is not on the same level.

If nothing unexpected happens, Zhang Fang only has so many people, why would he use his head to fight?
(End of this chapter)