Chapter 56 Military Change (I)

Xue Bing rode a horse and rushed to Liu Bei's mansion. When he arrived at the hall, he saw Zhuge Liang and others. When Liu Bei saw Xue Bing arrive, he said, "Zi Han is coming, we are discussing the mutiny of Ba County." Xue Bing hurriedly bowed to the ground and said, "This matter has been caused by the military reform. The crime is at the last general. The last general is willing to personally lead the troops and quell the chaos."

Liu Bei said to Xue Bing: "Zi Han is wholeheartedly thinking about me, so why is there any crime? The mutiny is an unpredictable thing. Zi Han should not blame himself so much." Although Liu Bei comforted Xue Bing so much, how could he not know the urgent situation in his heart?

Zhuge Liang said: "My lord should make a decision early. If this matter is delayed for a long time, Yizhou will be in danger!"

Pang Tong also said: "The lord first took over Yizhou, and most of the lower-level officials had not returned to their hearts. Now there is a mutiny. If it is used by those who are interested, Yizhou will fall into chaos. It will be too late to regret it!"

When Liu Bei heard that everyone said this, he said, "I'll leave this matter to you all!" After saying that, he turned around and returned to the back hall. These days, Mrs. Gan's condition has become worse and he can no longer get off the bed at this time.

As soon as Liu Bei left, only Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xue Bing and Lei Tong, who broke out and came to report the situation without even resting.

Xue Bing said: "This matter arises because of me, and I should deal with it myself!"

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang hurriedly said, "I can understand Zihan's mood, but this matter has not been understood yet, so don't be anxious."

Xue Bing said: "How can I not be anxious? Because Bing's temporary mistakes have caused the lord's Jiye to fall into crisis."

Zhuge Liang said: "Although Zi Han was a little too radical when reforming the military system, Zi Han's proposal was good. Just a little modification can achieve the goal of reducing soldiers and improving combat power. But now we don't know whether this mutiny was the spontaneous behavior of the soldiers or someone secretly fueling the fire." At this point, he paused. Seeing that Xue Bing had gradually calmed down, he continued: "Zi Han went to Ba County this time and needed to find out. If someone had a thoughtful cause, we need to prepare as soon as possible."

Xue Bing heard Zhuge Liang's words and thought to himself: "But I don't think there are so many things to do in this mutiny. Zhuge Liang's intention is to conduct a major investigation of the whole province and completely eliminate those with dissatisfaction." Thinking of this, Xue Bing suddenly had a strange idea. "Is it because Zhuge Liang deliberately asked me to make such a big noise, so he would take the opportunity to pull out those people with evil intentions?" Turning his eyes to Zhuge Liang, he found that he was looking at him with a smile. The more Xue Bing looked at him, the more he felt that this was the case, so he smiled and said, "Bing has understood the meaning of the military advisor."

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang nodded and said to Xue Bing: "Zihan goes to this time, just need to deal with the affairs of Ba County. I will handle other matters in the rear." After saying that, he seemed to think of something, "As for Zihan's elite military strategy, continue to carry out. Since the general direction is completely determined, then the rest of the matter will be left to Jiang Gongyan."

Xue Bing nodded when she heard this. Now she really feels that she is gradually losing control. Xue Bing feels that the problems encountered by the military reform have become increasingly difficult and cannot be solved by herself. So just throw them to these professionals to solve them. So even if Zhuge Liang doesn't say that, he is ready to hand over the disarmament completely to Jiang Wan.

At this time, Pang Tong said to Lei Tong beside him: "General Lei is guarding Ba County, you can tell us in detail about the current situation."

Lei Tongsui replied: "There were 30,000 soldiers in Ba County. After General Xue proposed to disarmament, the unqualified ones were removed, and some elite soldiers were transferred to the first-level troops. Only 13,000 guard soldiers were left. These soldiers mutinied and recruited the third-class soldiers who were originally removed into the army. Now there are about 20,000 soldiers in Ba County."

After hearing this, Pang Tong said to Xue Bing: "How many soldiers Zi Han is going to bring to you this time? Now because of Zi Han's grading system, there are about 30,000 first-class corps nearby. I think with the combat power of the first-class corps, it should be able to deal with the mutiny of these 20,000 garrison troops." He stopped and thought for a while and said: "The nearby garrison troops can also be put into battle. Zi Han will go here, and we should solve it quickly."

After hearing this, Xue Bing smiled and said, "It's not enough to use so many soldiers. Bing will only bring five thousand first-class soldiers here!"

Zhuge Liang hurriedly said, "Zihan is not careless. Although the mutiny is a second-class garrison, the hierarchical system has just begun, and the combat power between the two may not be so huge."

Xue Bing said: "Didn't these soldiers claim that their combat power is equal, why should they deduct food and salary for us? I asked them to see why! Moreover, in this battle, we don't want to destroy this army. We just need to beat them to hurt and let these people know the actual gap between the two legions, and then we can calm the matter."

In this way, Zhuge Liang also said: "Zi Han's words are very reasonable. In addition, it can be announced to the Second Class Guard Army that as long as those who perform well, they can be promoted to the First Class Corps. In this way, the soldiers have a goal and can also bring the combat power of the Second Class Corps." At this point, Zhuge Liang's expression changed and said to Xue Bing: "However, if you want to do this, you must defeat the mutiny soldiers as soon as possible. Zi Han only has 5,000 soldiers, which is too few?"

Xue Bing said: "Five thousand is enough!"

Seeing that Xue Bing had made up his mind, Zhuge Liang said, "Since that's the case, Zi Han can order his troops and set off as soon as possible. In order to quell the incident as soon as possible. Who else can Zi Han help?"

Xue Bing nodded and said, "Just ask General Yan to walk with me!" But he was trying to find Yan Yan to lead the way. After all, he was not very familiar with the terrain of Xichuan.

After everyone finished the discussion, they reported to Liu Bei. When Liu Bei heard that Xue Bing only brought 5,000 elite soldiers, he said in surprise: "Isn't Zi Han too underestimating the enemy? Is it too arrogant to attack 20,000 with 5,000 soldiers?"

Xue Bing said: "If it weren't for this, how could the difference be revealed?"

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, but had to respond to Xue Bing's proposal and ordered him to lead five thousand elite troops to quickly rush to Ba County to provide food logistics and supply along the way. Xue Bing then took the order and left.

When Liu Bei saw Xue Bing retreating, he said to Zhuge Liang: "Zi Han is leaving, can the military advisor decide whether this matter is determined?"

Zhuge Liang said: "Zi Han will be able to calm the mutiny when he goes here, but I don't know how much time it takes. As for the person in charge, according to the words of General Yan, Fan Tong did not show any talent in his daily life. He should not be Zi Han's opponent."

When Liu Bei heard this, he felt relieved, so he laughed and said to Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong: "It is thanks to my advice that I can rest assured here!"

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tongqi said: "This is the responsibility of their subordinates."...

But Xue Bing left Liu Bei's mansion and said goodbye to Lei Tong. Seeing him walking far away, he ordered to his left and right: "Go, go to the military camp!" He rode his horse and whipped it, and rushed to the military camp.

There were 50,000 garrisons in Chengdu, of which 40,000 were second-class garrison corps, and the first-class corps only 10,000 were stationed in Chengdu. The 30,000 troops mentioned by Pang Tong calculated all the first-class corpses in several nearby training camps. Xue Bing ran all the way and came outside the military camp soon after.

The guards saw several cavalry coming, and immediately stopped them and shouted, "Military important places, no one can enter!" Xue Bing was stunned when he heard this, and then he remembered that this was something he had specifically requested. No one was allowed to enter the military camp at will, even senior generals. Unless they were holding military talismans and came to mobilize troops, they had the right to enter. The heads of the military camp were also rotated regularly and were not fixed. Moreover, these heads of generals only had the right to train, but did not have the right to mobilize. This was because the number of first-level main combat corps after the reduction was small and could not be distributed at all. So they simply concentrated the right to mobilize these soldiers. Only generals who were assigned to the war can mobilize the first-level corps.

Xue Bing was in a hurry this time and forgot about this matter. He said intimately, "Unfortunate!" and wanted to turn around and ask for the military talisman!

Just at this moment, Li Yanxing, the head of the camp, came out and saw that it was Xue Bing, and smiled and said, "Why is General Xue coming? But is it to see the training situation?"

Xue Bing turned around and saw that it was Li Yan, and said, "It turned out to be the Zhengfang." Then, "I'm not here to see the training, but there is a change in Ba County. I'll come to mobilize troops so that I can send troops tomorrow."

Li Yan frowned and said, "Can the general lead the military talisman?"

Xue Bing said: "I came in a hurry and forgot about this matter. I was about to turn around and ask for military talismans."

Li Yan said: "Your Majesty can go quickly. I will arrange everything for the general here. When the general takes the military talisman back, he can transfer the troops and horses!"

Xue Bing said, "That's how I'm going to bother you!" After that, he wanted to return.

Li Yan hurriedly said, "How many soldiers do the general want to mobilize?"

After hearing this, Xue Bing stopped quickly and dismounted and replied, "Five thousand elite soldiers are the most elite soldiers! This battle is of great importance, so I hope the righteous side will choose them carefully."

Li Yan said, "General, just go, Yan decided to do it properly!" So he turned around and ordered the troops and horses, just waiting for Xue Bing to return with his military talisman.

Seeing that Li Yan had returned to the camp, Xue Bing led his personal guards to Liu Bei's mansion. During the walk, Zhang Yi behind him said, "The general is responsible for the lord and is in charge of military reform. How can he transfer a soldier be so troublesome?"

Xue Bing did not look back, but said, "This regulation is up to me. I can't even abide by it. How can I restrain others? If everyone relies on their high position and power to mobilize their troops at will, then the elite troops of the lord will become the private soldiers of these people?" Zhang Yi stopped talking after hearing this, but just kept this in mind.

The two of them delayed a lot of time again. When they returned to the military camp, Li Yan had already ordered the military horses. Seeing Xue Bing leading the military talismans, he hurriedly led him into the camp. Five thousand soldiers stood quietly on the school ground.

Xue Bing looked at it and said to Li Yan: "Today, we should distribute our armor and weapons as soon as possible. Tomorrow morning, I will lead our troops to Wangba County."

Li Yan said: "Don't worry, General, this matter has been arranged long ago."

Xue Bing nodded, looked at it for a moment and said, "How many cavalry are there in these five thousand troops?"

Li Yan replied: "There are a thousand cavalry."

Xue Bing said: "Can the war horses be ready?"

Li Yan said: "Everything is ready!"

Xue Bing asked, "I used to make bilateral stirrups. How many have I made now? How many war horses are equipped with this item?" At this time, most war horses use unilateral stirrups. Although Xue Bing had long wanted to propose changing the stirrups to bilateral, Liu Bei's army continued to conquer and conquered until this time, he had the opportunity to propose.

Li Yan said: "The two-sided stirrups were made of three thousand pairs, and the first-level troops in Chengdu had two thousand war horses, and they were equipped."

After hearing this, Xue Bing nodded and said to himself: "I originally wanted to build an iron cavalry, but there were few horses in the river, and the terrain was not suitable for cavalry combat. I have to wait until later to talk about this matter. One thousand cavalry is enough." After thinking about it, he asked: "How many crossbowmen are there? In addition, the military advisor once made a series of crossbows, how many are there in the current battalion?"

Li Yan thought for a while and called the head of the camp Bo and asked all the questions. The head of the house said, "The military advisor once made a thousand crossbows, and they were all stored in the warehouse." After hearing this, Li Yan told Xue Bing and said, "There are two thousand archers among the five thousand soldiers."

Xue Bing then ordered: "Let the crossbowmen equip the crossbow!" Others have never used this new weapon and do not know its power. But Xue Bing has long known the power of this weapon. This crossbow is equivalent to a submachine gun at this time. One crossbow and ten arrows can be fired in a few seconds. The range is not much closer than an ordinary crossbow machine, and it is extremely powerful. It can be equipped with two types of ordinary crossbow arrows and iron crossbow arrows. Although the range is reduced when the iron crossbow arrow is made, the lethality is even more amazing. However, its disadvantages are also obvious, and it is huge. A crossbow is nearly one.

The rice is also not light and cannot be used by ordinary people. In addition, it takes a lot of effort to launch arrows. Even an adult man needs to use his feet to assist him before he can put the arrow onto the crossbow machine. To put it simply, the continuous combat effectiveness is poor. However, this problem is not a problem for Xue Bing. Just change the three-line shooting method slightly, and this weapon will become a terrifying force on the battlefield that cannot be ignored. Xue Bing explained some more to Li Yan, which led Zhang Yi to leave the barracks and look back at his home.

"Husband is going to go to war again?" Sun Shangxiang hugged Xiao Xueqing and said to Xue Bing while coaxing the child to sleep.

Upon hearing this, Xue Bing raised her head and said to Sun Shangxiang: "This time I'm just going to deal with some mutiny soldiers, and it won't take long. Maybe, I'll be back in one or two months."

Sun Shangxiang looked at the child in her arms and sighed, "If it weren't for these two children, I would definitely go with you! I wanted to go with you in the previous round, but I didn't want to be pregnant, and I didn't get on the battlefield. Now that I have a child, I can't get rid of myself."

After hearing this, Xue Bing smiled bitterly, "Why do you always want to go to the battlefield?"

Sun Shangxiang said: "I want to let all those who look down on women see us, so we can still fight."

Xue Bing thoughtfully: "If you were born into the Yang family, you might go to the battlefield to show your strength!" But he said: "You can raise these two children, let's talk about it!"

Sun Shangxiang said, "I think there is no hope in my life." Xue Bing heard this and said that Sun Shangxiang gave up this idea, but she didn't want the next sentence to almost choke him to death. "So, Qing'er, you have to be successful in the future! When you grow up, you have to kill the enemy and make achievements, so that your father and the world can see that women are no worse than them."

Xue Bing was about to speak, but she saw Xue Qing, who was sleeping honestly, woke up and smiled at Sun Shangxiang and reached out. She looked so unhappy that she made Sun Shangxiang laugh and said to Xue Bing: "Look, Qing'er seems to be very happy! Maybe your Xue family is really going to have a female general!" Xue Bing said nothing and said in her heart: "It's hard to meet a mother like you!" At this time, Sun Shangxiang made a small wooden knife from somewhere and sent it to Xue Qing's hand. The little guy got the toy and was even happier...

The army set out. Xue Bing led five thousand elite soldiers to Ba County by land. The deputy general was Yan Yan, the former governor of Ba County. Along the way, news was passed to Xue Bing from time to time.

After Xue Bing left, Jiang Wan was fully responsible for the reform. He added several more items to Xue Bing's original plan. For example, after performing well, the soldiers of the Second Class Corps will be promoted to the First Class Corps. Those who perform poorly in the First Class Corps will be beaten to the Second Class Corps.

In addition, the main generals of the local garrison corps also adopt a rotational guard system, and a general does not stay in a fixed location for a long time. Of course, some important passes are excluded.

There are countless other modifications and proposals, and as soon as Jiang Wan's policies were introduced, they immediately temporarily detained the morale of the floating military in various places. Now, as long as Xue Bing can successfully resolve this mutiny army of 20,000 people, then Liu Bei's army can officially transform successfully.

When Xue Bing saw Jiang Wan's methods, he watched Zhuge Liang and others help him clean up the stall. He remembered what he had done before. In addition to making a suggestion in the general direction, his contributions caused great turmoil during the specific implementation. He could only sigh in his heart: "I can't compare to these professionals. Let's concentrate on leading my soldiers!" Then he paid full attention to the mutiny army ahead.

At this time, almost all the classes in Yizhou turned their attention to Ba County where mutiny occurred. They were watching how long the troops sent by Liu Bei would solve this problem in the first time. In order to re-evaluate in their hearts, should they work for Liu Bei wholeheartedly or other choices. Just when these people were all focused on Ba County, no one noticed that many grassroots officials and school officials were making frequent mobilizations...

Looking at the map of Ba County hatefully, Xue Bing was thinking about what method to defeat this rebel army. Because Xue Bing hated that he had had trouble at this time, the first major political achievement in his life had an indelible stain, so he called this mutiny garrison regiment with the name of the rebel army.

At this time, Xue Bing's troops had already entered the territory of Ba County, so they ordered the troops to move slowly. The spy even ran far away and looked through everything along the road clearly before continuing to move forward.

Along the way, he had not encountered half of the ambush. Xue Bing then and Yan Yan, Zhang Yi said: "It seems that the rebels have discovered our army's few soldiers and intend to defeat our army head-on."

Yan Yan said: "General Xue said very much. These soldiers were the mutiny of Fan Tong with the slogan of "There is no difference in combat power, why should we reduce the salary?" Even if Fan Tong was preparing to set up an ambush and attack our army, other people who mutinyed with him would definitely not agree and would definitely ask to fight our army head-on. But when Fan Tong saw that our army had few soldiers, he thought that he was contemptuous, so he did not set up an ambush."

Xue Bing looked at the map and said, "What General Yan said is very much. Since that's the case, our army doesn't need to be so careful." Then he said to his left and right: "Tell me the order and the whole army will accelerate its advance."

At this time, Zhang Yi said: "Would the spy sent before call him back?"

Xue Bing said: "Just in case, these spies will not be taken back!"

Five thousand elite soldiers rushed all the way. A few days later, they finally arrived at the city of Ba County. Xue Bing ordered the entire army to leave the city twenty miles away, and then he and Yan Yan led hundreds of personal soldiers to go forward to investigate the situation in the city.

More than a hundred cavalry stopped far outside the city, circled back and forth, and looked at the city's defense. Yan Yan looked for a moment and said to Xue Bing: "The defense in the city is exactly the same as before. If we attacked for a strong force, we may not have enough military strength!"

Xue Bing said: "There is no need for a strong attack. If I am not bad, the rebel commander will lead his troops out of the city to fight me in a decisive battle."

Yan Yan nodded and said, "I think this must be the case."

The two led more than a hundred cavalry outside the city to look at the city's defense. Someone had already told the person in charge of the city. Finally, they reported to Fan Tong's office. The man hurriedly said, "Click the troops and horses and go out of the city to kill this person with me! Let Liu Bei see our strength!" Then he led thousands of troops and horses out of the city and headed straight for Xue Bing and others.

Thousands of soldiers stopped a hundred meters away from Xue Bing. Several people rushed out first, but Fan Tong and several in charge came out. At this time, they came out and shouted to Xue Bing and others: "Who is coming? Why did you explore the defense in my city?"

When Xue Bing heard this, she just sneered, but ignored it. Yan Yan said angrily: "General Xue, please ask me to take the thief's head. Most of the soldiers in Ba County are my old subordinates. If this thief is killed, they will definitely calm the mutiny." Xue Bing said: "Don't be angry, old general, please go back to the camp with me to rest. Tomorrow, I will teach these ungrateful guys a lesson." So he wanted to lead his troops back to the camp.

At this time, when the people on the opposite side saw Xue Bing leaving, someone said to Fan Tong: "General Fan, look at Yan Yan on the opposite side so polite to the scholar-like man. I think he is the head commander of the enemy. Seeing that our army is so powerful, he wants to retreat. Let the subordinates go forward and take this person down, and if you don't fight, you can retreat to the enemy."

Fan Tong said: "Although Yan Yan is old, his martial arts are still there. Isn't it that I hope Yan Yan hits the knife?"

Another person beside this man said, "Go ahead and entangle Yan Yan."

When Fan Tong heard this, he thought for a while. Seeing that Xue Bing had turned around and retreated, he said, "You two are going together, be sure to hurry up. Take this person down and come back immediately. Don't get entangled with Yan Yan!"
Chapter completed!