Regarding the number of troops, Guo Peng does not think that the more the better is the best.

For the moment, we must also consider whether Qingzhou's grain output can support so many soldiers.

Isn’t it just to expand the army without food security?

Guo Peng discovered through secret spies in Jizhou that Yuan Shao was eager to expand his army and restore his strength, so he recruited a large number of troops, but the logistics could not keep up, so some of the new recruits would go hungry and could not get their salary.

In addition, the recruits were not disciplined or rules, and the military discipline was corrupt. Under the leadership of the officers, they caused trouble everywhere all day long, and they knew that they would plunder the common people, loot women and property.

Then there are those who are "ambition-loving" who dig tombs everywhere to search for burial objects.

It's exactly like a bandit.

Or this is the general state of the army in this era.

Can such an army win a battle?

Yes, as long as the opponent's army is worse than such an army.

Or if the combat power of a few elites on your own side is stronger than that of a few elites on your opponent, you can take the lead in defeating the elites on your opponent, and you can win.

In short, it is entirely based on peers.

There are really no warlords like Guo who set up a large camp for training and regard training as the top priority. Even if there are, they are targeting a small number of elite elites.

Mr. Guo has high requirements for ordinary soldiers and is asking them to be literate, and the requirements for a small number of elite soldiers are even higher. Those who are more literate and start to teach the military tactics and principles of marching and combat.

There is a special institution in the military camp. Guo Peng regards it as the prototype of the military academy and attaches great importance to it. He instills his will and conveys it to the will of his subordinate officers through education.

Guo Peng did not allow his soldiers to become military disasters mentioned by the Republicans, and he knew that the rules followed by an army since its establishment would be very meaningful, so at the beginning of its establishment, Guo Peng's highest requirement for the army was to abide by military rules and regulations.

Recruiting soldiers for training not only train tactics and tactics, but also train military disciplines and regulations, so that they can obey orders and use this as the standard for elite soldiers.

With such an army, you can gain an advantage on the battlefield.

At present, this number of soldiers is relatively appropriate. After the Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County are recovered, some troops will be expanded and a group of elite warriors will be rectified, and the Qingzhou is the foundation will be used to win the world.

Guo Peng arranged a number of county soldiers for each county between 100 and 200, and handed over to the county commander commander, and each county and country arranged three thousand garrisons, and handed over to the two capitals, two Xiahou, four school commanders.

The rest of the troops were stationed near Linzi County. As the main force of the elite, this was the way he arranged to garrison.

The army is usually in the camp, and the camp is under the command of Jin. Yu Jin specializes in training troops in non-war times, so that the army cannot slacken in training and must train every day.

The other lieutenants did not lead troops, but only took the order during the war. They took the military talismans granted by Guo Peng and took Yu Jin away the trained army from the camp. They were ordered to go to war. After the war, the soldiers returned to the camp and the generals handed over the military talismans.

Guo Peng often takes time to go to the training camp to observe the soldiers' accommodation, food, daily life, etc., and talks with them so that the soldiers know their existence and hear their own voices.

When paying the salary, we must come to preside over the presidency and adhere to the tradition that we have adhered to since the time of the Huwuwan Captain.

As for the army under the command of two Caos and two Xiahous, Guo Peng demonstrated his existence in another form because of its necessity.

For example, from time to time, he ordered one or two small troops to be drawn from their military camps to perform a certain task, or escort something to Linzi County to meet him, and used his command to cross Cao Ren and others to directly give orders to the officers.

Cao Ren and the others were not sure about these things. After knowing them, they were a little surprised and asked Guo Peng before they felt relieved.

For this reason, Cao Ren also came over to complain to Guo Peng, saying that Guo Peng often did this, which made him think that there were deserters in the army. Shouldn't you always do this?

Guo Peng agreed on the surface, but he still did this afterwards, showing no sign of change.

After a long time, both Cao and Xiahou got used to it. They were not surprised. When they asked if they knew where they were, they pretended that they had never happened. Instead, they also followed Guo Peng's orders, and they were all the same.

Moreover, Guo Peng never does such things during wartime.

On the other hand, while Guo Peng resolved Yuan Shao's invasion, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian also made some progress.

Zhou Ang, the general sent by Yuan Shao, took advantage of Sun Jian's absence and captured a large amount of land in Yuzhou, almost cutting off Sun Jian's retreat.

Sun Jian was very angry. After returning from the army, he rushed and beat Zhou Ang so hard that he beat Zhou Ang up.

Zhou Ang retreated back to the city to defend, Sun Jian sent troops to attack the city and won the battle. Unfortunately, Gongsun Yue, who stayed to help Sun Jian, was shot and killed by Zhou Ang during the battle, and unfortunately died.

Even so, Zhou Ang was unable to resist Sun Jian's attack. He was completely defeated by Sun Jian and escaped from Yuzhou.

Then Zhou Ang fled to Jiujiang, and together with his younger brother Zhou Yi, defended Jiujiang, defended against the coalition forces of Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, and continued to control Yuan Shu and Sun Jian for Yuan Shao.

But in the end he still fought against the Five Slags, and they were still defeated in the face of Jiangdong Tigers.

The Zhou brothers were defeated by Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, and threw away Jiujiang, crossed the Yangtze River and fled to Kuaiji to take refuge.

At this point, Yuan Shao's plan to remove the fire from the bottom of the pot has been considered a complete failure.

Of course, although it was a failure, Yuan Shao successfully resuscited Dong Zhuo's life.

All the knowledgeable people in the world scolded him in their hearts, but Dong Zhuo laughed to the sky and praised Yuan Shao, praised him for his vision, and gave him thirty-two praises.

After Sun Jian pacified Yuzhou, he originally wanted to lead his army back to the front line of Luoyang, but the matter was not over yet.

Yuan Shao and Liu Dai forced Guo Peng to fight again, so he naturally would not be ruthless when dealing with Yuan Shu.

He contacted Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, and used the reason that Nanyang County occupied by Yuan Shu belonged to Jingzhou, and incited Liu Biao to lead his army to join the war, attacking Yuan Shu and Sun Jian from north to south, trying to destroy him.

Liu Biao also felt that this was OK. Liu Biao was very upset about Yuan Shu occupying Nanyang County and not returning it to him, so he sent troops north to attack Yuan Shu and Sun Jian.

Yuan Shu was furious and scolded Liu Biao. After defeating Zhou Ang, he organized his troops to prepare for war, preparing to go south to attack Liu Biao, and by the way, he occupied Jingzhou as his logistics base.

A new war has begun.

At that time, after settling down and reorganizing the army, Guo Peng focused his main energy on the harvest of summer grain, continued to observe the situation of military farming in various places, and patrolled everywhere.

Starting from Qi State, to Le'an State, and then to Jinan State, I plan to meet and chat with Zang Hong and Cao Cao and talk about some things.

All the way, we went deep into newly established villages and cultivated farmland, personally inspected the growth and water conservancy of grain crops, asked farmers about their lives, checked their living conditions, asked if there was enough food, etc.

Guo Peng has never slacked off in this kind of thing.

Guo Peng felt very pleased to find that everything was developing as he expected.

Guo Peng felt that although he was exploiting them, at least, giving them a safe way to live without exile or starvation in this world is the best way to achieve his goals and take into account their lives.

At the same time, on the way to various counties and villages, Guo Peng realized the importance of the road.

So he ordered the accompanying officials to send people to inspect the road conditions after they went back, build multiple roads centered on Linzi County, listing Qingzhou's road traffic issues as a very important issue, and taking out a certain amount of fiscal revenue to build the road.

No one knows better the importance of transportation issues to national development than Guo Peng.

Seeing Qingzhou gradually rejuvenate under its own governance, Guo Peng was even a little proud.
Chapter completed!