At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 36, Military Institutional Reform
  October 35, the 10th year of the First Emperor's reign, Nanton County.

After Xu Fan returned with his cavalry, he immediately summoned Zhou Zhang, Chen Gang, Chen Lin, Deng Zong and other core leaders of the rebel army to discuss the next strategy of the rebel army.

"After capturing Nanton County, the rebels had thousands of armors and shields, 1200 spears, 300 crossbows, tens of thousands of arrows, 80 cattle, 50 horses, and finally 7 shi of food." Zhou Zhang said.

This number made everyone smile. Because there was enough food, the rebels now had three meals a day, and the soldiers in the army had one more meal of meat.

But even so, the daily consumption of food is only a little more than a hundred shi, which cannot be eaten at all. The rebels do not have enough transportation tools to transport the food. The food cannot be left to the Qin army. It will be burned and reluctant to part with it. This is why the rebel army has been exchanging food for cattle. , horses, carts, boats and other means of transportation.

Chen Lin reported to Xu Fanhui: "The capture of Nanton County was extremely smooth. Our army only injured 8 brothers and no one died. After capturing Nanton County, we rescued more than 500 prisoners, and they were all willing to join us." Our rebel army, with the addition of rangers and landless people from all over the world in recent days, now has a total strength of more than 2000 rebels. This is still due to the lack of weapons. If there are enough weapons, the number of rebels can be doubled. .”

Xu Fan's face became serious when he heard this. The rebel army did not have much combat effectiveness, and expanding so fast would only reduce the cohesion of the rebel army. Such an army is simply a mess, and you can't tell it when fighting with the wind. But as long as they fight against the wind, they will definitely be defeated, so the increase in the number of rebels does not make Xu Fanduo happy.

He thought for a while and said: "It is better to recruit the rebel army in small quantities than to expand blindly. Improving the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the rebel army is the most important thing."

Chen Lin didn't understand that the more rebels the better, but he still replied: "No."

Deng Zong continued: "After the capture of Nanton County, there were more than a hundred people in our army who violated military law. Most of them were minor matters. Dozens of military sticks were punished. Only 15 new rangers who joined us raped Nanton. The women and children in the county have been dealt with by me using military law, and their heads are hung in the most conspicuous place in Nandu County."

After hearing this, Xu Fan said: "Well done."

Then he looked at the crowd and said: "You must remember that we are the rebels, the king's master who mobilizes the people and fights crimes for the people. If we also bully the people, it is no different from the violent Qin Dynasty, especially at this stage, our rebel army is weak. The Qin army is strong, but without the support of the people, we are like fish in dry water, and will die sooner or later. The people are the foundation of our rebel army, and bullying the people is digging into the foundation of our rebel army. We must clean up our rebel army against such black sheep!"

"Military law, you must pay close attention. You would rather the rebels suffer than the people!"

When Deng Zong heard Xu Fan's compliment, he held his head high and said, "No!"

Xu Fan thought about the practice of later generations' armies, and then thought about the increasing number of rebels. It would be difficult for Deng Zong alone to manage the more than 2000 rebels. He thought for a while and then said: "The number of supervisors must also be expanded. Every village in the rebel army must have a supervisor."

Chen Lin's face was a little ugly, and even Zhou Zhang looked at Xu Fan hesitantly. Although he also knew that there must be supervisors in the army, was it a bit too much to appoint the supervisors to the tun level? Well, he had never seen such supervision of the army in Xiang Yan's army.

Xu Fan saw their dissatisfaction and immediately explained: "The main function of setting up this supervisory army is not to supervise the military generals, let alone interfere with the command power of the generals. If you really want to supervise the army, you only need one supervisory army, not to The supervisory army is located in the village.

"I want to institutionalize the supervisory army. The daily supervisory army and the officers jointly manage the army. The supervisory army is the comrade-in-arms of the general. The main role of the supervisory army is to supervise and approve the appointment of lower-level officers, formulate and take charge of the actual implementation of military laws and regulations. , discipline the officers and soldiers and teach us the purpose of the Rebel Army, so that all the Rebel soldiers know that our Rebel Army is not revolting for our own glory and wealth, but for the sake of the people of the world from being oppressed by Qin. Know the slogan of our rebel army, punish the violent Qin, conquer the unjust, equalize the land, and avoid corvee. Only when our purpose is understood by the people all over the world, will they support us, join us, and follow us to fight against the violent Qin. The strength of our rebel army It will become stronger and stronger, and eventually it will be strong enough to defeat Qin.

Because the force supporting us is stronger than that of Qin. Qin has a million-strong army, but we can get the support of 2000 million people. We can even win over Qin’s army. After all, soldiers are also selected from among the people. .

There are so many things that the Supervisory Army has to do, and the number of our rebels is increasing, and Deng Zong alone cannot manage it, so I want to establish a suitable system. "

Deng Zong's eyes glowed after hearing this. He didn't expect that Xu Fan would take him so seriously. This would simply make him the No. 3 figure among the rebels.

Zhou Zhang worriedly said: "It's just that the power of the supervisory army is too great."

Zhou Zhang doesn't worry about the propaganda slogans. People in this era have experienced hundreds of years of war, and of course they understand that military power is the most important in a group, and other rights are secondary, not to mention the propaganda rights that rarely appear in this era.

Standing on a righteous stand to attack the enemy, if this was still useful in the Spring and Autumn Period hundreds of years ago, no one paid attention to it in the Warring States Period when rituals and music collapsed. The Qin Dynasty could attack any country it wanted, and even No need to make any excuses.

What Zhou Zhang is really worried about is the powerful influence of the supervisory army on the army. Even officers can be appointed. Whether this army belongs to Xu Fan or Deng Zong. If this problem is not resolved, the rebel army will sooner or later be in internal strife.

Xu Fan smiled and said: "The promotion of officers is done separately. Chen Lin nominates outstanding soldiers to become officers, while Deng Zong is responsible for checking whether the soldier is qualified. This is not a decision made by one person."

Only then did Zhou Zhang understand that the supervisors and generals supervise each other.

But Zhou Zhang still persuaded Xu Fan: "For such an important matter as the appointment of officers, military law and sentencing are all powerful in the military, it should be controlled by the lord himself."

When Zhou Zhang was arguing with Xu Fan, he had long been convinced by Xu Fan. He was also the first person to call Xu Fan Lord. He really wanted Xu Fan to lead this rebel army to revive the Chu Kingdom. This could easily cause internal divisions. He immediately admonished Xu Fan about the matter.

Xu Fan smiled and said: "A person's wisdom is limited. Only when everyone adds firewood, the flames will rise. Since our uprising, we have just put our heads on our belts. Anyone can die on the battlefield, including me, so Now we must formulate a good system. Even if I die, you must choose a leader to replace me and lead everyone to overthrow Qin!"

Everyone was silent for a while, and they all admired Xu Fan. In order to maintain the rebel army, Xu Fan was even willing to divide the rights of him, the leader of the rebel army.

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