Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Chapter 212 On Military System

Cao Cao had one thing to say and another to say two. Since he said he would not punish Cao Ren, then most likely he really would not punish Cao Ren.

Cao Ren thought to himself, King Wei, you can ask, let alone a few questions, you can ask ten or a hundred questions, and I will answer them truthfully.

Cao Ren was loyal to Cao Cao, and he would not hide anything about Cao Cao's problems.

"Please ask, King Wei, Cao Ren dare not hide anything." Cao Ren said to Cao Cao respectfully.

"Zi Xiao, why do you think our army has repeatedly lost to this kid Li Chen?" Cao Cao asked Cao Ren.

Cao Ren participated in the several battles between Cao Cao and Li Chen, so Cao Ren can be said to be one of the few people who have the most say in this matter.

After Cao Ren pondered for a while, he said, "King Wei, I think the biggest gap between us and Li Chen is the general."

"Take Xiazhending City yesterday as an example. That white-robed general named Chen Qingzhi commanded troops with a miraculous power. He was leading me by the nose."

"There is also the fierce general, Yuwen Chengdu under Li Chen's command, and Pei Yuanqing. Both of them are not inferior to Lu Bu in force. In order to ambush Lu Bu, we did our best and borrowed the strength of the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang. That's what killed Lu Bu."

"Now it seems that if we want to deal with Yuwen Chengdu and Pei Yuanqing, it is almost impossible."

Cao Ren's words can be said to have pointed out the problem. We can't compare the handsomeness of commanding and fighting, and we can't compare the fierce generals who charge into the battle. How can there be any reason for invincibility?

Cao Ren's words are actually very pertinent. For example, last night when Cao Ren lost the truth to the city, it was also because Yuwen Chengdu and Pei Yuanqing led five hundred elite soldiers to kill the city wall.If it wasn't for these two men killing Cao Ren on the city wall, Cao Ren was caught off guard.

Cao Ren felt that if he defended head-on, he would have no problem defending for one night.

The most difficult problem now is that there are no strong generals in Cao Ying who can deal with Yuwen Chengdu and Pei Yuanqing.You know, Xia Houdun and Xu Chu, such fierce generals, might not be able to last a few rounds in the hands of Yu Wencheng and Pei Yuanqing.

Cao Ren said, this is exactly the pain in Cao Cao's heart.However, Cao Cao has nothing to do.Cao Cao also wanted to know where Li Chen pulled out such capable ministers, and then he went to pull them out, but Li Chen couldn't tell Cao Cao about such a good thing.

"Hey."

"There are very few capable generals in this world. If you want to find a strong general who can deal with Yuwen Chengdu and Pei Yuanqing, it depends on your chance." Cao Cao said with a sigh.

Seeing Cao Cao's sad face, Cao Ren suddenly thought of something, but he didn't know whether to say it or not.

What Cao Ren wanted to talk about was about the soldiers. After the battle yesterday, Cao Ren discovered that it was not just about the generals.The soldiers of the Wei army also have big problems compared with the soldiers of the Qin army, but Cao Cao's side has been farming from the beginning. If you want to change the farm soldiers into professional soldiers, I'm afraid it will not be so easy.

Cao Ren and Cao Cao grew up together when they were young. It can be said that when Cao Ren pouted his ass, Cao Cao knew what shit he wanted to do.Seeing the change in Cao Ren's face, Cao Cao knew that he had something to say.

"Zixiao, what do you want to say?" Cao Cao asked straight to the point.

After hesitating for a moment, Cao Ren said, "King Wei, I don't know if I should say something or not."

"Zixiao, although you and I are called monarchs and ministers, we are actually brothers. I am not only your lord, I am also your elder brother."

"Zixiao, if you have anything to say, you can just say it." Cao Cao said to Cao Ren sincerely.

Cao Ren said in his heart, the king of Wei treats me like this, I, Cao Ren, have no reason to hesitate.If the farming system is changed, it will only affect the interests of some people.

"King Wei, there is a problem with our military system."

"Our army is a field soldier. They train in their spare time and participate in farming when they are busy. There is very little training on weekdays. But the Qin army is a professional soldier, which means that they do nothing except training all day long."

"In the past, our opponents were all field soldiers, so we were invincible. However, since we met Li Chen, we have always lost our battles."

"The gap in the soldiers can be said to be higher than that of the generals. Under normal circumstances, one Qin army can deal with two or three of our soldiers. The most important thing is the will. The difference in the will to fight is really big. .”

"After our casualties reached [-]%, the soldiers no longer had the will to fight. After the casualties exceeded [-]%, they were basically about to be defeated. But the Qin army was different. Even if the casualties exceeded [-]%, the morale of the Qin army was still high. "

"His Royal Highness King Wei, I think that if we want to defeat Li Chen, we must first change the field soldiers into professional soldiers." Cao Ren poured out all the thoughts in his heart like beans poured from a bamboo tube.

It was not an easy decision for Cao Cao to change the field soldiers into professional soldiers.Cao Cao is different from Li Chen. When Li Chen took over Xuzhou, it was equivalent to starting from scratch.Li Chen can formulate rules unscrupulously, but Cao Cao is different. Cao Cao has a larger territory and already has a system of rules.

If you want to change this rule now, not to mention the interests of many people will be touched first, if you really move, I am afraid that Cao Cao himself will be hurt.

You know, Cao Cao has the field soldiers in his heart, if these field soldiers are transformed into professional soldiers.Well, first of all, it is the fertile land that has been reclaimed before. Without these field soldiers to be responsible for planting, then the biggest problem is that the fertile land will be abandoned.

After the good land is abandoned, it will cause a series of problems, and the biggest problem among them is the lack of food.After the half-cultivating and half-fighting soldiers in the field became professional soldiers, the output of food would decrease, but the number of people who ate food would increase.

The reason why Li Chen dared to use professional soldiers in this era of low food production was also because he had two magical weapons, sweet potatoes and potatoes.

At this time, if Cao Cao rashly uses professional soldiers, then food will inevitably become a big problem.Tuntian soldiers are self-sufficient and even wealthy, but professional soldiers are gold-swallowing beasts.

"My lord, it is not a good choice to change the military system rashly, it will bring huge pressure to our logistics."

"However, let's select elite troops from the army and form a professional army to try. When our logistics supplies can support it, we will gradually convert the field soldiers into professional soldiers." Just when Cao Cao was uncertain When paying attention, Guo Jia suggested a best-of-both-worlds solution for him.

(End of this chapter)