Xuande

Chapter 548 The Opportunity of the Lu Family

This merry feast lasted for three days.

For three days, Liu Bei and the sheriffs and ministers of the Eight Commanderies were extremely happy and had a lot of fun.

Three days later, the prime ministers and prefects of the eight counties set off to return to their respective counties with full rewards and full of emotions. Their officers and soldiers also took full harvest and embarked on the return journey very happily .

Liu Bei is generous enough and keeps his word. He can give as much as he wants, but anyone who comes will not leave. He also allocated a batch of food for the retreat of the eight counties. Save them the hassle of logistics.

For this, the governors and prime ministers of the eight prefectures once again expressed their heartfelt thanks to Liu Bei.

Before they left, Liu Bei sent them off one by one, and when Lu Jiang prefect Lu Kang left, Liu Bei also specially asked Lu Kang one thing.

"Sun Jian's family, one of the bandit chiefs, is said to be in Lujiang County now. I hope Lord Lu can find them, capture them all, and send them to Luoyang for trial. Be sure not to let the rebel bandits survive, so as to avoid endless troubles."

Lu Kang was shocked when he heard this, and immediately told Liu Bei that Sun would be arrested and brought to justice, and then all of them would be sent to Luoyang for trial.

Then he hurried back.

Lu Kang was very surprised at first, but soon he realized that Sun Jian's family was in Lujiang County, which might also be an opportunity for him, an opportunity to get in touch with Liu Bei thoroughly.

In the eyes of the Zhongyuan family, the Jiangdong gentry are the southern barbarians and bumpkins, and they don't look down on them at all.

In Jiangdong, they are considered to be characters, they are cute in the enclosure, and they look quite stylish, but in the Central Plains, the scholars of the Central Plains look down on them at all, and they are at the end of the chain of contempt for the scholars, the second- and third-rate poet families in the Central Plains They can all despise Jiangdong scholars in an open and honest manner.

Therefore, if Jiangdong people want to gain a high position in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty, they often need to have special adventures.

And this time, for me and the Lu family, it may be a godsend opportunity.

Lu Kang had some ideas about this.

After the prefects and prime ministers of the eight prefectures left, Liu Bei held an internal summary meeting in Pingyu County, where all the subordinates who participated in the battle gathered together to review the course of the battle, then sum up the experience and lessons, record on record.

This is the rule established by Liu Bei since he became an army. After each battle, the parties must record the battle process and leave a file. After the battle, a review meeting will be held with relevant people to discuss this The gains and losses of the First World War.

Summarize the experience and lessons, strive to implement the correct things to the end, and firmly remember the mistakes made, and strive not to repeat them again.

Because there are many records of combat cases and summary meetings, Liu Bei’s army has a wealth of military teaching materials. Many middle and low-level officers with good qualifications have benefited a lot from such meetings and have grown rapidly.

And the generals who are already extraordinary in themselves have benefited a lot, and gradually have a tendency to grow up and become famous generals.

At this resumption meeting, what was worth discussing was Cheng Pu's battle. Cheng Pu met Liu Bei when the leading troops arrived before, explained all the previous battle process clearly, and praised Chen Gong.

For this reason, Liu Bei ordered to reward Chen Gong, reward him with money and silk cloth, and personally ordered Chen Gong to be called as a general. Chen Gong was very happy, accepted the call, and joined Liu Bei's command.

Therefore, Chen Gong also participated in this internal military summary meeting as a witness, and felt the strong military academic atmosphere in Liu Bei's army.

He was quite shocked when he saw what he thought was a martial artist citing classics and discussing military issues.

Cheng Pu, as the main spokesperson, made a detailed review of his preparations before the battle, his arrangements and arrangements during the battle, and Sun Jian's actions, and made an explanation on the sand table for everyone to discuss together.

He felt that he had tried his best, and under the premise that the elite troops were insufficient and his teammates were a little suspicious of his teammates, he had done everything he could.

"If I could have two battalions of elite soldiers, I would be able to challenge Sun Jian's army head-on, and I could retain a team to assist Chenliujun soldiers and Liang Guobing soldiers, so that the left and right wings would not be impacted and defeated, but I didn't. And I also overestimated the fighting power of Liang Guobing and Chenliujun soldiers."

Cheng Pu believed that the main reason was that Chenliujun soldiers and Liang Guobing fled first.

This was confirmed by Chen Gong.

The generals discussed and concluded that in that case, Chenliujun soldiers and Liang Guobing were indeed uncontrollable factors, and the defeat and escape were expected, not unpredictable.

But Zhang Fei put forward his idea, thinking that Cheng Pu made a mistake that was not decisive enough.

If he had enough trust in the Sanhe veterans of that battalion, he should personally lead the Sanhe veterans to crush Sun Jian's Chinese army.

After personally fighting Sun Jian, Zhang Fei believed that the Jiangdong Huaisi soldiers under Sun Jian were indeed elite, but they were far inferior to the most elite Sanhe veterans in terms of military skills and military literacy.

If Cheng Pu is brave and decisive enough, he should give up the management of Chen Liujun and Liang Guobing, resolutely defeat Sun Jian, and force other Sun Jian's troops to return to aid.

What these ordinary county soldiers need is not to take care of everything, but to be stimulated by victory. They can fight against the wind, but they cannot fight against the wind that needs to be persisted. The only chance of victory in this battle lies in Cheng Pu's resolute defeat of Sun Jian's army. Up to this point, win.

But Cheng Pu didn't, so Zhang Fei felt that Cheng Pu was deficient and needed to make a review.

Many generals disagreed with Zhang Fei's view and criticized Zhang Fei for not standing in Cheng Pu's position.

There are also people who support Zhang Fei's view, thinking that what he said is right, the general army of the county and state just needs the stimulation of victory, and nothing else is useless.

The two sides argued and argued, but there was no suitable result. In the end, Liu Bei made the final decision.

"There are no what-ifs on the battlefield. If everything can be repeated, how can the world be in chaos? No one knows what is the most appropriate way to do it at that time, so don't look at the process, only look at the result. Demou regained Yang. Xia Cheng was credited with repelling Sun Jian."

After speaking, Liu Bei patted Zhang Fei's shoulder again.

"Yide has also made some progress recently. The more he reads, the more he understands. For the soldiers of the county, the stimulation of victory is indeed great. They can only fight against the wind, not against the wind. This requires a certain amount of time. Insightful, Yide, you are fine."

Liu Bei did not criticize Cheng Pu or Zhang Fei, but asked everyone to write down the results of this discussion.

In the future, if there are still people who need to cooperate with ordinary county soldiers to fight against the wind, they should refer to Cheng Pu's experience this time.

Of course, at the end of the military meeting, the generals who participated in the battle unanimously put forward the same opinion-except for the elite of Liu Bei's troops, the other ordinary county soldiers are really bad and they can't stand it.

I am used to watching a well-trained strong army, leading a strong army, and commanding a strong army to fight. It is really uncomfortable to suddenly change the command object to command those county soldiers who have not undergone strict training.

What can be easily done by trained elite soldiers is even more difficult for these county soldiers, even a fantasy.

Commanding elite soldiers has a very relaxed feeling. After giving an order, you can see the results. However, commanding those county and state miscellaneous soldiers, one order goes on, and I don’t know how long it will take for them to complete the order.

Cheng Pu described commanding the miscellaneous soldiers of the county and state as a nightmare.

The crocodile would have a nightmare after hearing it.

It seems that the generals are also aware of, and also aware of the significance of Liu Bei's heavy spending on training the army.

Now they are like rich sons who are used to living a good life. They suddenly experience ordinary life, and they suddenly feel unacceptable.

Liu Bei could only shake his head and smile wryly.

"After all, the elite are a minority, and training takes time. Although we have a training plan in the future, it will take at least two years to train an ordinary elite. An elite like Sanhe Veteran is baptized by countless wars.

A real famous general should not rely on an overly elite army, but must also be able to command an ordinary army. Otherwise, should the famous general be the general himself or the elite soldiers?He who can command elite soldiers as well as ordinary troops is a famous general.

And after Yuan Shu was eliminated by us, there was another Yuan Shao in Hebei. Yuan Shao was a little more difficult to deal with than Yuan Shu. We would inevitably have to fight side by side with the general soldiers of the prefectures. At that time, you will still face such problems.

I hope that Demou's experience this time can bring some changes to you. Don't rely too much on elite soldiers. Soldiers must become elite soldiers, and generals must also become famous generals. You can only command elite soldiers but not county soldiers. It's not a famous general anymore. "

Liu Bei raised his requirements and expectations, and handed them over to his subordinates for careful consideration.

After the meeting, Liu Bei left alone Chen Gong, who had just joined the camp, and had a conversation with him, discussing his views on Liu Bei's camp and work style.

In this regard, Chen Gong expressed his emotion.

"General Zhang Zhonglang is a heroic general. I thought he was a strong general, but I never thought that he could still quote classics and discuss classic battles. It seems that this is a very common situation. The subordinates were deeply surprised."

"This is the rule I set."

Liu Bei smiled and said: "Every general grows up from a soldier, and a strong general must rise from the ranks. This is something that the ancients knew, but in my opinion, bravery is not enough, knowledge is also needed.

It's just brave, but a martial artist, at most a hundred generals. Only with knowledge can he become an enemy of ten thousand people. Therefore, in our army, every time you are promoted to a military position, you need to pass the promotion test in addition to your military merits.

If you fail the exam, even if you have accumulated enough military merit, you cannot be promoted, and you can only exchange some money rewards, or grant land with military merit, in short, the position has reached its peak. "

(End of this chapter)