Chapter 52 Military Reform (I)

Li San felt his body fluttering and flew back and then landed on the ground with a bang.

Xue Bing took back his feet and said to the guards beside him: "But if there are any reckless actions, they will be killed without mercy!" The twenty guards shouted when they heard this, "Get orders!" and then pulled out their hands to match the knife. But the light of the knife flashed, which made the more than a hundred people unable to open their eyes.

Li San covered his stomach at this time and took a lot of effort to get up. He looked at Xue Bing's eyes and shouted to everyone beside him: "Kill this kid for me!" But after shouting for a long time, no one obeyed his orders, so he asked with a strange look: "Why don't you take action?"

At this time, a gangster came out and said, "Didn't you say they are ordinary wealthy families? Why do everyone with their guards carry swords?" Li San slapped over and said angrily: "What's the point of carrying a sword? The world is chaotic now. Which wealthy family doesn't have any weapons? Do you have any weapons in your hands? Come on!"

The gangsters looked at the rust knife, fork and other things in their hands, and cursed in their hearts: "You will know that it is not easy to mess with when you look at the guys in their hands. If you win, you will get a beauty. We will not get any benefits, but we will not be able to lose this life for you." So they just stood there, no one moved.

When Li San saw it, he was even more angry, so he pulled out a long sword and rushed towards Xue Bing with anger. He also made a decision after observing it. At this time, Xue Bing was not armed, and because of the conflict between the two just now, the two were closer. At this time, they only rushed to Xue Bing after a few steps. Li San waved the long sword in his hand and chopped down at Xue Bing, thinking: "As long as you kill this kid, the guards will have no intention of fighting again!"

He thought very well, but Xue Bing would not let him cut his own feet so easily. He took a step forward and just got into Li San's arms. He blocked his right hand with his sword in the air. He flipped his hand and hit Li San's arm with his elbow. This move was the catcher he learned during military training and the instructors. However, it turned out that there was no chance to use it in that world, but he didn't want to use it here today.

There was only a crisp sound, and Li San's arm holding the sword showed a strange twist. The sword in his hand could no longer hold it, and it fell to the ground with a clang. However, Xue Bing didn't want to let this person go so easily. He was angry that this person teased his wife, and insulted Liu Bei in front of him. He had already made up his mind to kill this person. Therefore, Xue Bing, who had destroyed one of the other's arms, swirled in his body, turned around, and then kicked Li San's knee. This trick was originally necessary to use a skillful force to do it, but Xue Bing relied on his strength and kicked it with one kick, which was just the same effect.

"Ah!" The screams were heard for miles. Li San was hit twice in a row, but he could no longer stand and fell to the ground, screaming in pain.

More than a hundred gangsters around looked at it and felt their scalp numb. When they saw Li San's miserable situation, they thought to themselves: "It's better to die with one knife!"

At this moment, Zhang Fei led 500 troops to arrive, and his subordinates tied up all the more than a hundred gangsters and pulled them back to the camp to serve as soldiers. Later, he came to Xue Bing and looked at Li San who was lying on the ground and howling, and said, "When I was patrolling the street, I heard that Li San had found more than a hundred gangsters to come to the ferry. I knew that he must be here to find you bad luck, so I rushed over." Then he looked at Li San on the ground and said, "But Zi Han seemed to have settled the matter."

Xue Bing said: "It's just that Yide is burdened!"

Zhang Fei said, "Why are you polite? I'll leave it to me, you can hurry up first!" After saying that, he called the left and right guards and ordered them to find the ship.

After the two said so many words, no one paid attention to Li San who was lying on the ground. After Xue Bing led everyone onto the boat, Zhang Fei looked at the person on the ground.

"Yeah? Dead? Come! Go and dig a hole for me and bury him!" After giving a casual order, Zhang Fei led his troops and drove more than a hundred gangsters back to the city, but said in his heart: "Good guy, I caught more than a hundred strong men as soon as I came out! This trip was not in vain!"...

Floating and spending a few days on the boat, Xue Bing and his party finally arrived in Deyang, then turned west here and headed straight for Chengdu.

When Xue Bing and his group arrived in Chengdu, no one came to greet him because no one knew the return date. However, Yu Jin, who guarded the city this day, rushed up after seeing Xue Bing and said happily: "Zi Han is finally back. I have been looking forward to you for a long time!" Xue Bing said: "Where is the lord now?" Yu Jin said: "Yu Yu is discussing matters with everyone in the mansion, but Zi Han is going to see his lord?" Xue Bing said: "That's right! What? Is it?

What orders do you have?" Yu Jin smiled and said, "My lord once ordered the last general. If the general arrives, he can go back to the mansion to rest for a day before going to see him." Xue Bing was stunned when he heard this, as if he didn't expect that Liu Bei had already made arrangements for him. But when he saw Yu Jin, he said, "I'll introduce Zi Han to his house." After that, he gave orders to the soldiers around him, and then said to Xue Bing: "Zi Han, please!" Xue Bing returned a bow and rode with Yu Jin.

"Wen Ze is now responsible for the city defense?" Xue Bing immediately looked at the scenery of Chengdu. Seeing that the people were happy, he seemed to have no adverse reaction to Liu Bei's takeover of Xichuan, so he started chatting with Yu Jin with a smile.

Yu Jin heard Xue Bing's words and replied with a smile: "In the past month, I am responsible for the city defense. The military advisor proposed to the lord to change the defense, four gate guards, one month, and there is no fixed order."

After hearing this, Xue Bing asked again: "Where is Liu Zhang now?"

Yu Jin said: "The lord sent Liu Zhang to Jingzhou!"

When Xue Bing heard this, she thought to herself: "It turns out that Liu Zhang was sent to Jingzhou. She didn't care much when she was reading the book." Then she thought: "Liu Bei is still soft-hearted. If it were Cao Cao, she would have secretly removed this person long ago."

As he was thinking, he suddenly heard Yu Jin and said, "The lord is urgently recruiting Zihan back this time, but to discuss the matter of entering Hanzhong?" Xue Bing hurriedly said, "What news does Wenze have? Why did you ask like this?" Yu Jin said, "Since you have taken Xichuan, how can you not seek Dongchuan? The lord is discussing matters with the two military advisors day and night, but not for Dongchuan, or why?"

Xue Bing smiled and said, "Dongchuan, I will definitely take it sooner or later! However, the lord asked me to reply to this call, and I did not mention what happened, and I don't know if it is for this." Yu Jin said, "I think it must be this matter. I guess Zi Han must be among the generals on the expedition, so I ask Zi Han for help if there is something." Xue Bing was stunned, as if he didn't expect Yu Jin to ask him, and asked, "If there is something to do, I will definitely not refuse." Yu Jin smiled and said, "If you have Zi Han's words, you will be like this."

OK, it’s not a big deal. But if Zihan goes to Hanzhong, don’t leave me behind!” Xue Bing said, “Oh? What does Wenze say?” Yu Jin said, “Since I have never made any contributions since I joined my lord, I want to make some military achievements in this battle.” Xue Bing said, “So that’s it. If I go to Han, I will go with me!” Yu Jin said, “If so, Jin will thank Zihan first!” Xue Bing said, “What are you so kind to do?”

The two of them talked for a while, but they had already arrived at the mansion. The word "Xue Mansion" was still hanging on the door. From then on, they could tell who this mansion belonged to at first sight.

Yu Jin took Xue Bing outside the house and said, "Goodbye!" He turned around and went back to the city gate. Seeing that Yu Jin was walking far away, Xue Bing arranged for his personal guards to clean up his new house.

In fact, there were servants and maids in this house. Xue Bing and his party only needed to place their belongings so they could rest well.

The next day, Xue Bing got up early and after packing up, he went to ask for Liu Bei. After waiting outside for a while, the guards reported and hurriedly invited him into the backyard. Xue Bing followed the guards for a while and then entered the backyard. However, Liu Bei was talking to Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong in a pavilion. Seeing this, Xue Bing hurriedly stepped forward to see him. When Liu Bei heard the sound, he saw that it was Xue Bing and smiled and said, "I am happy with Zi Han's return." So he asked Xue Bing to sit in, and then said, "Zi Han was tired of boats and cars, why didn't he rest for a few days?"

Xue Bing said, "I heard that the lord asked me, how dare I come soon?" Liu Bei said, "But I am not in a hurry for one or two days." Then, "I will discuss with Zi Han for a day or two. Since Zi Han has arrived, I will take advantage of this time to solve the problem!" Xue Bing said in confusion: "But what's going on?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Did Zi Han forget about the military reform mentioned in Jingzhou? At that time, the lord entered Sichuan and it was not yet time to implement it. Now Xichuan is now settled, and there are many major wars, and it is indeed necessary to cultivate and recuperate. I discussed with my lord and felt that it was most appropriate to reform the army at this time, so I asked Zi Han to return and discuss this matter together."

When Xue Bing heard this, she realized that it was for the military affairs and said, "I don't know how the lord and the two military advisors are preparing to reform?"

Liu Bei heard this and said, "I have discussed with the two military advisors for a long time and have already gotten a rough idea. But I don't know what Zi Han still has!"

Xue Bing said: "Have you ever discussed the matter of streamlining the army with the two military advisors?"

Liu Bei said: "But I don't know how to streamline it?"

Xue Bing thought for a while and said, "If the general is less than sixteen in middle age, he will send him to the academy and stay for a few years before he will be charged into the army. If he is over forty-five, he will send arable land and houses to withdraw from the army and concentrate on farming."

Liu Bei nodded while listening, and said, "This is the best!"

Seeing Liu Bei's agreement, Xue Bing continued: "Although the lord has obtained Xichuan, the people in Sichuan are much smaller than other states. Now there are only one million people in Sichuan, less than half of Jingzhou, so it is impossible to recruit too many soldiers. Therefore, the troops should be concentrated and stationed in dangerous places, while ordinary counties can only leave ordinary township warriors."

Liu Bei was not very clear when he heard this and asked, "How do you say this?"

Xue Bing said: "It is not just that ordinary counties do not garrison troops, but only teach them to form a village chariot to maintain order in the city and county." This is a solution that Xue Bing thought about for a long time. Now that Liu Bei's military strength is weak and the population in Sichuan is small, it also limits Liu Bei's ability to recruit soldiers on a large scale. So he divided the army into several levels and concentrated the elite troops as mobile forces. Generally, cities and counties are guarded by new soldiers or reserve troops. In those unimportant places, they only need to use veterans or township courage to maintain order. To put it simply, it is to create an organization similar to the police to maintain peace of mind. The army is only responsible for fighting.
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