Chapter 64: Order

When the spring hunting ended, Xue Bing's irrelevant arrow and Huang Zhong's teasing words at the last moment became topics of everyone's laughter.

When he returned to the city, Liu Bei led the generals to the General Office to discuss matters. After sitting in the upper head, Liu Bei first ordered his left and right to prepare wine and food, and then said: "Now all the generals go out with me, and I will follow me to the barracks tomorrow."

The generals replied: "It must be followed closely by the lord."

Liu Bei looked at the civil and military officials in front of him and nodded with a smile. Finally, he looked at Zhuge Liang again, and then said: "Mr. Wu has already agreed to send troops to the Xia Dynasty to recruit all generals to discuss the issue of sending troops. During this period, our army has been busy with reforms, and the generals are afraid that they are not very clear about the current military strength, so he first asked Jiang Gongyan to explain the current situation of our army to the generals." After saying that, he said to his left and right: "Where is Gongyan?"

Jiang Wan hurriedly got up and bowed to Liu Bei and said, "I'm here."

Liu Bei said: "Let me explain it in detail to everyone."

Jiang Wan responded and said to everyone: "According to General Xue's first proposal, our army is now divided into three levels, and among them, the third-class troops will not participate in any war. The second-class troops are used as local garrison troops, or as a restraining force. The first-class troops are truly invested in the front-line battlefield, that is, the current main combat corps. And this troops will be used this time."

Speaking of this, he paused and saw that the generals were listening intently and no one asked questions. Then he continued: "There are now 60,000 main combat troops. In addition to Jiameng, Brazil and other important places, more than 40,000 main combat troops are concentrated around Chengdu. These 40,000 troops will be the main force of this expedition."

At this moment, Li Yan said: "I'm afraid that these 40,000 people cannot be sent out in total? If they are sent out in all directions, what kind of troops will be used to defend the city in Chengdu?"

Jiang Wan replied: "There are 30,000 garrison troops in Chengdu. Although these soldiers are second-class troops, they are also some veterans. Although they are not as good as first-class troops in personal abilities, they are enough for defending the city." Li Yansui stopped talking. Seeing that he was no longer speaking, Jiang Wan continued: "According to General Xue's proposal, many types of troops were subdivided into the first-class troops. Among them, there are 8,000 crossbowmen, 20,000 light infantry, 5,000 heavy infantry, 5,000 ordinary cavalry, 3,000 iron armored cavalry, 5,000 Qiang cavalry, and 10,000 other special soldiers including medical soldiers. In addition, there are 5,000 white-eared elite soldiers around the lord. These troops are all equipped with the most exquisite weapon armor, and all troops have sufficient logistics equipment to ensure that they can have enough weapons and armor to replace the damaged ones during wartime."

When the generals listened to Jiang Wan's introduction, they could only dispatch 40,000 troops at first, and they felt a little dissatisfied, thinking that this little bit of troops might not be enough. You know, when Liu Bei first decided on Xichuan, there were tens of thousands of troops stationed at any military pass. These generals who were used to carrying large armies suddenly saw such a group of people, but they only had a little bit of troops, for fear that they would have less divisions, which would lead to their combat power not being as good as others, and thus they lost their credit.

However, when I heard that these troops were all well-equipped and trained elite soldiers, I became interested again and wanted to lead this so-called elite troops with my own hands. What is the difference?

But Jiang Wan was not finished speaking, so the generals had to continue listening to Jiang Wan's introduction obediently, and Jiang Wan said again: "There are 13,000 cavalry among them. In addition to being equipped with standard armor, swords and guns, they also changed all the single-sided stirrups to double-sided stirrups according to General Xue's suggestion. Now all are equipped with neatly. A few cavalrymen of the second-class troops have also been fully equipped."

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but swallowed their saliva. Ten thousand three thousand cavalry! But no one should think about the five thousand Qiang cavalry among them. Although this unit also participated in the training plan of the first-class troops, no one except Ma Chao could command this alien army. Therefore, most generals targeted the eight thousand cavalry.

Only Xue Bing said to her, "The lord is still too few cavalrymen. If the Qiang tribe is removed, there will be less than 10,000 cavalry troops in total. This is only obtained by searching for people to buy a large number of war horses before the military reform. If you recruit soldiers normally, it would be good to have five thousand cavalry now. This is very unfavorable for the lord who will fight Cao in the north for a long time in the future. Although infantry is better at mountains and rivers, this can only make Liu Bei have stronger defensive capabilities. In terms of offense, cavalry is still more suitable for the terrain in the north."

"By the way, what kind of cavalry is that armored cavalry?" Zhang Fei, who was standing beside him, suddenly asked. Everyone then remembered that the armored cavalry had never heard of it before.

Jiang Wan said: "According to General Xue's proposal, it is a cavalry with iron armor all over his body, and war horses will also be covered with iron armor."

"The horse... is also... is wearing armor?" When the generals heard this, they all thought blankly. At this time, there were no heavy cavalry in the true sense. Most of the so-called elite cavalry only wore armor, but not horses. Xue Bing proposed to build some special vests and then put them on the war horses. This could prevent mistakes from being injured by mistakes, and also reduce the occurrence of being scratched by weapons in the chaos army, causing the war horses to go crazy. However, the heavy cavalry's requirements for war horses were too strict. Xue Bing tried his best to find excellent war horses, but he only found three thousand horses. Therefore, the iron armored cavalry unit had only three thousand cavalry. Originally, Xue Bing wanted to form a future Mongolian cavalry unit, but there were too few war horses. In addition, the cavalry technique was not possible in a short time, so he put it aside for the time being.

"Wait a armor immediately, will the running ability of the war horse be much lower?" Ma Chao has been dealing with cavalry for a long time, so he knows the best about war horses.

Jiang Wan was about to answer, but Xue Bing said first: "That's right, so this armored cavalry is not used for raids. It has only one function, that is, when the two sides face off, they will destroy the enemy's formation at the first time. Apart from that, they have very few functions."

After hearing this, Ma Chao compared the two kinds of cavalry in his heart, and finally said: "This kind of cavalry is wearing armor, and ordinary bows and arrows cannot be injured. It is indeed the best choice for assault." As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Fei shouted: "A such a useful army must be led by me, Lao Zhang! No one else is allowed to rob him."

Liu Bei was on the way and scolded Zhang Fei: "Yi Dexiao wants to make trouble. Who will lead or who will be the soldiers? There is a military advisor and others to decide. What are you fighting for here?"

Then he turned to Jiang Wan and said, "Pong Yan continues."

Jiang Wan bowed to Liu Bei again and said, "There are 4,000 soldiers among the other eight thousand crossbowmen equipped with the crossbows designed by Zhuge Military Advisor, and one thousand of them were dispatched everywhere. There are currently 3,000 crossbowmen who can go with the army. In addition, 2,000 ordinary crossbowmen can go with the army. The light infantry troops can basically be dispatched. Because the garrison corps in various places are basically composed of light infantry, this unit is not sent to various places. Five thousand heavy infantry can all be put into battle."

Jiang Wan took a deep breath and said so much. He felt that he could not hold on any longer. Fortunately, he was about to finish speaking. He let out a long sigh and said: "In the end, the medical soldiers and the special troops operating stone chariots, except for three thousand crossbow chariots guarding the dangerous places, they can all be put into this battle." After saying that, he gave a deep bow to Liu Bei, and then retreated back to his original position.

When Liu Bei saw Jiang Wan retreating, he said, "You have now got a general understanding of our army. Please tell us the general strategy of attacking Hanzhong and the tasks of assigning the generals." After saying that, he looked at Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang was instructed by Liu Bei and said, "The generals obey the order!"

As soon as he said that, the generals stood up and waited for Zhuge Liang's instructions.

"Where is Han Sheng?"

"The last general is here!" Everyone knows that Huang Zhong had already expected to call the veteran first. Huang Zhongze was ready, stepping out and responded loudly.

"I am now ordered you to lead two thousand cavalry and three thousand light infantry, thinking you are a vanguard. When you encounter mountains and open mountains and build bridges, you must send more horses to find out the truth and reality." After saying that, you called again: "Where is Wen Ze?" Yu Jin came out of the line and responded: "The last general is here." Zhuge Liang then said: "Wen Ze will be promoted to the deputy general of the Han Dynasty, and they will be the vanguard. You two lead the army out of Jiameng Pass, and then wait for the large group of people to arrive." Yu Jin was overjoyed when he heard this, took the general's order, and followed Huang Zhong to the barracks to prepare the troops.

When Xue Bing saw Yu Jin as a deputy vanguard, he felt relieved and said to himself, "I can't use it to arrange it for him." After saying that, he thought to himself, "With Zhuge Liang here, Yu Jin, this talent, will definitely not be buried. What am I worried about?"

At this time, Zhuge Liang said again: "Where is Meng Qi?"

When Ma Chao heard him call him, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Ma Chao is here!" Zhuge Liang frowned when he heard this, and still smiled, "Meng Qiqi, because of the five thousand Qiang cavalry in his headquarters, General Ma Dai, General Pang De, went out of Yangping Pass and took straight to Dingjun Mountain. Then he camped in this mountain, waiting for his orders!" The three of them stepped out and took the orders and left.

When Zhuge Liang saw Ma Chao go, he said, "Wei Yan, Zhao Yun, and Chen Dao followed the lord to take charge of the central army. He personally led 5,000 heavy infantry, 10,000 light infantry, 3,000 special soldiers, as well as Bai'er elite soldiers and 3,000 cavalry. Li Yan was responsible for escorting food and grass." Zhuge Liang then ordered one by one. All the generals took the orders and went down to prepare separately. Only Zhang Fei and Xue Bing had never called their names.

Seeing that the generals had taken orders one after another, Zhang Fei couldn't help but say anxiously: "Did the military advisor forget me, Zhang Fei? Why is it that I have not received any general orders?"

Xue Bing coughed beside him, signaling Zhang Fei to pay attention to his existence. After hearing this, Zhang Fei glanced at Xue Bing, and seemed to have discovered it, and said, "Why did Zi Han stay there?"

Zhuge Liang looked at the two of them and smiled and said, "It's not that I forgot the two generals, but that there is another order. I just don't know who will go?"

Liu Bei said: "Zihan is brave and resourceful, so I will go with Zihan. Why should I follow me to take charge of the army!"

Zhang Fei was furious when he heard this and said, "How can I not compare to Zihan? The military advisor has what orders? Even though he ordered me, Lao Zhang, if I don't do anything well, my head will be fine!"
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