At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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Zhu Ling led the army to set fire to the mountains in Wuling County very cruelly. After a big battle, the Wuling Man was wiped out and the most ferocious group in Jingzhou was killed.

The four counties in Jingnan declared peace, and Wulin County, Changsha County, Lingling County and Guiyang County had no local forces that could continue to fight against the central government. When Zhu Ling and Kuai Yue submitted their petitions to Guo Peng, Guo Peng was very happy and rewarded him. Zhu Ling and Kuai Yue.

Then disarmament was announced.

Guo Peng issued a decree, announcing that the size of the Jingzhou Army will be reduced from more than 5 to [-], and the establishment of the Jiangling Camp will be retained. The other reduced Jingzhou soldiers will be distributed to the four counties in Jingnan, and the land will be allocated for them to cultivate. Land, start a family and start a business.

It is necessary to maintain a considerable standing army during this pioneering period. The size of the Wei army has already increased to 50 and has begun to advance to 60.

However, maintaining such a large-scale military force and such a large-scale welfare investment for a long time is very tight financially, and it also consumes a lot of resources in the hands of Mr. Guo.

In this era of limited productivity, it is not conducive to future external development.

So someone Guo planned to study and improve the military service system in the Western Han Dynasty.

After the civil war is basically over, Guo Peng intends to develop a disarmament plan to gradually disarm.

Then keep the standing regular army of the Wei army at about 20, select the best from the best, and train them completely in the way of officers to maintain combat effectiveness and quality.

The remaining soldiers scattered out and entered the civilian population, which became his reliance to further strengthen his control over the local area, and also laid the foundation for further establishing a nationwide military service system.

Chapter 944 .950 Four Disarmament in Jingzhou

Undoubtedly, at a time when the whole country is short of population, the return of hundreds of thousands of young and middle-aged men to the folk is a great supplement to the folk population.

Disband all of them to the civilian population, lead the militiamen to grass-roots villages, work in farming during the busy season, and lead the young men to practice collectively during the slack season to hone their military skills.

In the future, whether it is to open up the Western Regions, the Northern Expedition to Xianbei, or the South to Jiaozhou, the regular army assembled by the militias in these places will be needed to play their role.

Guo Peng partly referred to the system of the Western Han Dynasty.

He designed that when there is no war, men all over the country will have to serve in the military for two years in their lifetime, one year in the capital and one year in the frontier. The state will provide food and equipment, and the rest of the time they will live in their hometown.

When the country needs it, whether it is a counterattack or an expedition, the militia who have undergone formal military training can be quickly mobilized and assembled into a regular army, and the country will equip them and all go to the battlefield.

The regular army, which has always maintained its establishment, becomes an officer, and each person leads a small army to form a powerful army unit.

In this way, when necessary, the empire can pull up a powerful army of tens of thousands of people every minute, but usually does not need to consume a lot of resources required to maintain such a large army.

The most important thing is to control the grassroots.

The tuntian farm created by Guo was the foundation of the Wei Empire's military system and political system. The tuntian farm and the tuntian people directly controlled by the government are the foundation of everything.

With the Wei Empire's current control over the grassroots, the implementation of such a military service system is entirely possible. The recruitment system is a temporary demand, and the military service system is a long-term one.

As for the future, Guo Peng doesn't have much idea or confidence in the world after his death.

If you die, you can't interfere or change it.

But when alive, always do something that can be done.

Maintaining a large number of troops for a long time and adopting the model of the Song Dynasty will cause the phenomenon of redundant troops to drag down the country's finances. The number of troops from more than 50 to 60 will become an unbearable burden in Guo's life after the country is fully pacified.

Such a thing is actually already underway.

Among the soldiers of the Wei Army, those who were injured so that their limbs were damaged and could not continue to fight, or those who had no children at home to take care of their parents, would be retired according to the requirements.

Limb damage is also divided into grades. Those with severe limb damage, severe disabilities or outright paralysis, and those who have lost their mobility can only be raised. Of course, family members still enjoy military treatment and benefits will not be reduced.

Those who can retain the basic mobility ability are different.

For example, one eye is blind, one ear is deaf, one arm is missing, and so on. Although this type of person is injured, they can still retain their mobility, can swing a knife, run and jump, etc. They will be arranged to work in other places with those who have retired normally.

The official statement is to transfer to the reserve service. The meaning of the reserve service is not to let you leave the army, but to continue to be in the military system, have the status of a soldier, and your family members enjoy the treatment of military dependents.

However, your battlefield is in the local grassroots villages, not in the frontier. Your task is not to kill the enemy, but to lead the drills of the strong men in the farm where you are located.

You set up your family and business there, and then serve as the "instructor" of your village. When the farming is busy, you will engage in farming with the young men, and when the farming is off, you will be responsible for leading the young men to practice military skills.

Training them to use knives, use spears, practice military formations, practice the use of bows and crossbows, and be familiar with the army's flags and horns is completely imparting the basic skills of the Wei army to these strong men.

In this way, when the military service system is implemented in the near future, it will not be so abrupt.

It is really difficult to maintain a large-scale standing army for a long time, and it is difficult for Guo himself to support such a situation.

However, large-scale and powerful force is necessary to maintain the empire. It is not easy to find a balance between the two. The Western Han Dynasty model is a good choice.

This pilot project was first started in Qingzhou, where Guo Peng started his career.

After the policy had good results and gave the soldiers of the active army great confidence, it began to be implemented in Yanzhou, and then expanded to Yuzhou and Jizhou.

Right now there are not so many retired soldiers that can be arranged, so this system has not been determined at the national policy level. After the scale is scaled up, this system must be fully established.

This will further strengthen Guo Peng's control over the local grassroots and further expand Guo's power.

Guo needs more and more power, enough power to clean up those guys.

It's not enough, it's not strong enough!

With the successful pilots in these four states, Guo Peng can safely carry out the first wave of large-scale disarmament in Jingzhou.

With previous experience, this wave of disarmament in Jingzhou was quite successful. Jiangxia County and the four counties of Jingnan have a lot of waste and fertile land, which is just right for these 3 strong men to develop.

Guo Peng sent staff and civil affairs officials into Jingzhou to assist in the process.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs is mainly responsible for guiding and supervising the local government to grant land, and then organize cattle, farm tools, seeds and houses to the soldiers to help them establish families and businesses in the local area.

This group of officials also worked as a group of old men and held a large-scale blind date in the army, arranging all the orphans who were displaced by the war.

The staff department is responsible for instructing these soldiers to serve as "instructors" in the villages where they live.

Instruct them how to lead the local strong men to farm in farm time, practice in leisure time, and defend themselves when necessary, and persist until the arrival of the regular army.

Generally speaking, according to the number of people in a village, two or three retired soldiers are sent as instructors. Because these soldiers are literate, they can also assist the village chief and other grassroots officials to lead the farmers to read together.

On the whole, this policy has been implemented very successfully and effectively, and it has been carried out relatively smoothly in the five counties of Jingzhou, with few people interfering, and Jingzhou officials are more obedient to Guo Peng's orders.

Probably the previous Cui Qu case had caused quite a shock to the official circles of the Wei Empire.

For fear of becoming the emperor's next target.

In particular, the status of Jingzhou officials is generally not high and the surrender is not long.

Of course, the fundamental reason is that the interests of Jingzhou have been divided, and Guo and the locals of Jingzhou have reached a compromise.

Guo has control over Jiangxia County and Jingnan County, but turns a blind eye to Nanyang County and Nan County, which are the richest and most populous.

On the surface, taxes are collected, but in fact it is their private paradise and private kingdom. There are not many self-cultivating farmers under the management of the government, and there are many highly autonomous manors and castles.

These two counties continue to maintain the Eastern Han Dynasty model, and everyone should not interfere with anyone else.

The reason why Guo can maintain the current situation is also thanks to this model.

This time, the local people of Jingzhou contributed a lot to the development of the four counties in southern Jing. They contributed money, goods, and people to assist Zhu Ling in transporting supplies, so Mr. Guo gave those who contributed a lot of rewards, as well as some political benefits.

This is pretty good, being sensible, staying honestly, can let you enjoy it for a while longer, if you insist on jumping up and fighting against me now, wouldn't that be a dead end?

If you don't beat you, who will you beat?

Right, Cui Yan?

A certain joking feeling filled Guo's heart.

The problem in Jingzhou was basically settled down in about four months from March to July of the third year of Yande, and the disarmament was completed. Zhu Ling led an elite group to continue to sit in Jiangling.

While frightening the young people, while leading the army to take on part of the responsibilities for road repairs, and at the same time also take on the responsibilities of the general reserve team.

Regardless of Zhang Liao or Le Jin who needs help, he will send troops to help.

It will be more convenient for him to go directly south from here when he enters Jiaozhou in the future.

Among the four states in the south of the Yangtze River, Jingzhou was the fastest to settle down, saving Guo a lot of money, but Yangzhou and Yizhou were not so fast, let alone Jiaozhou, which Guo promised not to touch for three years.

Well, here's the schedule.

Within three years, if Yangzhou and Yizhou are completely stabilized, they will be able to continue to forge ahead in the south and stab the real power of Wei into Jiaozhou. At that time, Zhang Jin will not be able to make irresponsible remarks.

Before the complete advent of the Little Ice Age, at least the land in the south of the Yangtze River should be initially developed, and the Grand Canal project should be counted and planned.

Within 20 years, the Grand Canal will inevitably play an unexpected role.

Whether the Wei Empire can survive this wave of small ice rivers depends on whether its preparations are complete.

Not surprisingly, Mr. Guo is sure, so no matter what, Jiangnan must open up!

arrangement!

Chapter 945 .950 Five Linzi Training Camp

The situation in Yangzhou and Yizhou is different from Jingzhou.

Needless to say, with the efforts of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, the situation in Jingnan is much better than that in the south of the other two states.

The hundreds of thousands of Shanyue bandits in Yangzhou and the barbarians in Yizhou all over the territory are very difficult.

Zhang Liao has been fighting for several years, and now Wu, Danyang and Luling counties have been basically wiped out, and the northern part of Kuaiji County has been basically wiped out.

Now Zhang Liao is leading the army deep into the southern part of Yuzhang County and Kuaiji County, and is finally clearing up the Shanyue Group entrenched in the southern part of Yuzhang County and Kuaiji County.

Because Zhang Liao launched the war quite suddenly and did not give the Shanyue Group any chance to breathe, the Shanyue Group whose activity area was in the northeastern part of Jiangdong at the beginning was considered a disaster.

They were almost uprooted by Zhang Liao, and the remaining people saw that the situation was not good, and realized that the Wei people had turned their faces and refused to recognize them, so they ran south desperately.

Of course Zhang Liao would not let them go, he chased them all the way, and used the cruel method of setting fire to the mountain to attack them thoroughly.

In the past few years, he has led the Wei army to go deep into places where the Han forces have never penetrated and truly controlled. Overcoming obstacles and advancing southward is almost equivalent to opening up new territories.

The northeastern part of Jiangdong has been wiped out, and fierce fighting is still going on in the southeastern part of Jiangdong to the north of Wuling.

The main reason is that there are many hills and lush jungles, and the whereabouts of the aborigines and the remaining Shanyue bandits are quite difficult to trace.

In order to reduce the casualties of the Wei army, Zhang Liao could only use the mode of setting fire to the mountains while developing and fighting, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive, but efficient.

Guo Peng had no doubt that Zhang Liao could successfully reach the Wuling area and wipe out all the remaining Shanyue bandits, but it obviously took time.

The same is true for Yizhou.

Man Chong's plan for Yizhou is a three-step process. The first step is to eliminate bandits, the second step is to eliminate the vassal states, and the third step is to go south to open up the four counties of Nanzhong.

By May of the third year of Yande, the first step had been completed, and the thieves who had swarmed up in Yizhou had been suppressed and wiped out by the Wei army.

Wei Jun once again demonstrated his powerful force and unshakable dominance, and Man Chong also initially established his prestige.

Then came the second step. Le Jin, Fazheng Deng Zhi and others formulated a plan and adopted a model similar to that of long distance and close attack.

Appease the areas that are far away, suppress the areas that are closer, and then forcefully find an excuse to go to war.

The plan went very smoothly. By July of the third year of Yande, the Guanghan and Shu County vassal states had been pacified, and the Wei army won a complete victory, beheading more than [-] people and gaining tens of thousands of people.

Then Le Jin began to plan to attack the people in the land of Sanba.

When attacking Yizhou at that time, the Jin people sent troops to help Liu Zhang, which caused some troubles for the Wei army and made Le Jin very angry.

After the capture of Yizhou, Yizhou surrender officials reported that this was caused by the help of the people.

At that time, Le Jin had the idea of ​​exterminating the congregation.

After being informed by Zhang Song, Le Jin learned that there was a disagreement among the Congren over whether to help Liu Zhang. Some Congren chose to help, while others refused to help, and refused to be an enemy of Wei Jun.

Obviously, it's not suitable to do it all at once, because Jinren's combat effectiveness is quite strong. If it is all at once, it is inevitable to concentrate the main force to attack him, but Le Jin does not have this condition at the moment.

So Le Jin decided to adopt Fazheng and Deng Zhi's plan.

Deng Zhi suggested that let yourself be an envoy to contact those who did not assist Liu Zhang, make friends with them, establish contact, try to win them over to fight for the Wei army, and then attack those parts that are against the Wei army together, so as to reduce the number of Wei troops. Offensive pressure.

Fazheng also agreed with this, so Le Jin decided to send Deng Zhi as an envoy to the Jin tribe.

This ancient and warlike tribe will finally usher in its own choice and end.

However, in various senses, the already powerful Wei Jun is not the object of Guo's concern. What he worries most is the issue of the Silk Road.

At the end of July, someone from Guo called the actual leaders of Cao's caravan and Mi's caravan in Luoyang, met them in his study, and taught them face-to-face.

"How about the preparations for you?"

"Return to Your Majesty, we are preparing for what His Majesty ordered. We have selected a suitable caravan and suitable goods, and we are waiting for His Majesty's order. As long as His Majesty gives an order, we can immediately start to go to the Western Regions for business."