The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 608 607 The Burning Yangtze River (47)

boom! boom! boom!
The military stick landed on Huang Zhong's back one after another, and every time it fell, a blood-red mark was printed on his back, and Huang Zhong himself was lying on a long bench, clenching his back molars Beads of sweat, the size of soybeans, dripped onto the ground, soaking a large area.

The surrounding navy officers and soldiers were all sweating for Huang Zhong, and when the army stick fell, it seemed to hit them hard on the back, and their hearts ached.

After a while, Huang Zhong's back was bruised and scarred by the baton, but Huang Zhong didn't yell out a word from the beginning to the end.

Sima Yi looked at Huang Zhong, who was being scolded, with indifferent eyes, expressionless, while the rest of the people around him were full of worry.

In particular, Wenpin, the deputy commander of the Navy, was anxious like an ant on a hot pot. Seeing that Huang Zhong had been battered ten times and his back was bloody, he immediately said to Sima Yi: "General, the old general Huang is young!" The matter is high, if the fight continues like this, I'm afraid people will die. The last general is young and strong, and the remaining ten army sticks, the last general is willing to be punished on behalf of Old General Huang!"

"Wenpin!" Huang Zhong suddenly yelled out, shook his head at Wenpin, and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you. I don't care about the old man's affairs. It's just twenty army sticks, and I can't beat the old man to death. Even if I add twenty military sticks, this old man will not be timid at all!"

Hearing what Huang Zhong said, Wen Pin became even more anxious, and immediately said, "But..."

"It's nothing to worry about, General. The old man should bear all the punishments alone. Please continue to punish him, General!" Huang Zhong interrupted what Wenpin wanted to say, and shouted at Sima Yi.

Sima Yi's expression was indifferent, and upon hearing Huang Zhong's words, he said coldly: "In this case, then follow the old general Huang's wishes, don't stop, and continue to punish until the beating is over."

"Here!" The staff members of the staff are also exhausted, and the staff are also working hard on their own. These people are all big bosses in the army. If you beat them lightly, you will be punished, but if you beat them hard, you are afraid that Huang Zhong will not be able to bear it, so you beat them moderately, so that Sima Yi can see that they are really hard at work, but also can't make Huang Zhong suffer too much, so Every time I swing the club, I always try my best, but when it is about to fall on Huang Zhong, I have almost restrained my strength.

However, the punishment of the staff needs to be seen immediately, so they really hit the first few army sticks, but the next few army sticks were very strenuous, and they had to be taken back, but It is much more difficult, so it will take more effort.

The personnel who performed the stick duties first took a breath, and then several people looked at each other. Everyone had a psychological support for each other, and they all knew what to do with the ten army sticks below.

Therefore, when the army stick fell on Huang Zhong's back again, Huang Zhong didn't feel too much pain. Under suspicion, he turned his head and looked at the staff responsible for the stick, but saw that one of them threw a blow at him. The wink, nothing said, all the meanings, everything is in the silence.

Huang Zhong's eyes were full of gratitude, and he continued to lie there, motionless, silently accepting the benefits given to him by the staff.

Sima Yi's eyes were unique, like a torch, he could still see even some subtle changes, and he naturally noticed the scene of the stick staff stealing, raping and playing tricks.However, Sima Yi didn't say anything, just stood there quietly, watching the execution of the remaining ten army sticks with indifferent eyes.

However, Sima Yi muttered secretly: "Old General Huang, I really wronged you..."

The execution of the remaining Ten Army Sticks was completed very quickly. Huang Zhong's back was already bruised and bloody, and he was lying on the bench panting heavily.

After Sima Yi saw that the staff had been punished, he said coldly: "The captain of the navy, Huang Zhong, was incompetent in disciplining his subordinates, and his management of the army was lax, so that there were many loopholes in the navy. From today onwards, this general will officially remove Huang Zhong from the navy." As the governor, this general will directly take over the navy. From now on, everything about the navy will be decided by this general. Anyone who dares to disobey will be subject to all military laws. If anyone is dissatisfied with this general, just go to His Royal Highness King Yan Make a complaint."

After saying this, Sima Yi turned around and walked into the main tent of the navy camp, and at the same time said loudly: "Send General Huang back to the camp to rest, and all officials above Sima in the navy will arrive within half an hour." Come here to assemble, Ben will have something to say."

Most of the soldiers in the navy are from Jingzhou, 3 of them are the real Jingzhou navy, and the rest are reorganized from the Jingzhou army. Besides, there are no other advantages.In addition, there are many factions in the army, and intrigues often occur, and fights are also common. The entire army is relatively lax, and there is no sense of concerted efforts.

Sima Yi had been in Jingzhou for a long time, so he knew the situation of the Jingzhou army well. He saw the unfavorable factors of the Jingzhou army, so he naturally had to rectify it first.

At first, Sima Yi was busy dedicating Jingzhou to Zhang Yan, so that Zhang Yan could enter Jingzhou without bloodshed and control Jingzhou. He had weak control over the army, and some of the remaining Cai's party in the army had not been eliminated, so that It has brought great hidden dangers to the current Jingzhou Army.

When Huang Zhong served as the commander of the navy, he was also very aware of these criticisms in the army, but he suffered from the cure. He also revealed to Sima Yi the idea of ​​rectifying the Jingzhou army, but because it was at the critical moment of returning to the Han Dynasty, Sima Yi was worried. The rectification of the Jingzhou Army will trigger mutiny, so it has not been started for a long time.

But now, it has come to a very critical moment. If Zhang Yan wants to attack Jiangdong and pacify Jiangnan, he must use the Jingzhou navy, and the southern waters are widely distributed, and the water army is far lighter and faster than the army. Therefore, rectifying the Jingzhou navy has become an urgent and necessary matter.

In Sima Yi's strategic plan for pacifying Jiangnan to Zhang Yan, he clearly pointed out that although the Han army has a large number of people and sufficient food and grass, it is not fully prepared, and the various troops also lack the ability to coordinate operations. There are good and bad, and most of the elite soldiers and generals they summoned have a kind of arrogance, thinking that Jiangdong's small land can be completely conquered in a short time as long as they launch an attack.

However, Sima Yi didn't think so. He had been an undercover agent in Jingzhou for a long time.

In his opinion, there are three important reasons why the Jiangdong Sun Clan can gain a foothold in Jiangdong, although they don’t have many troops. One is that Jiangdong is very united from top to bottom. The old, middle, and young generations can basically be connected together perfectly. The veterans and ministers are loyal to the Sun family. The middle-aged and young generations headed by Zhou Yu, Lu Fan and others are the mainstay of Jiangdong talents. Growing up fast, daring to fight hard, without the constraints of veterans and ministers.

The second reason is that after the truce between the Sun family and the local Shanyue people, through mutual marriage, the Sun family group in Jiangdong and the local Shanyue people were bound together, and both were prosperous and all were harmed.Therefore, once the war breaks out, the Han army will attack the Sun family on the surface, but in fact, the Sun family will definitely confuse the Shanyue people to fight side by side. The terrain is mostly hills, mountains, rivers, and there are relatively few plains. The cavalry is not very useful. Although the infantry combat capabilities of the Han army are also good, there are many hills and mountains here, and the Shanyue people are fighting at their own gates. He is very good at fighting in the mountains, even if the infantry comes, they will not be able to deal with these Shanyue people, but will fall into the quagmire of war.

The third reason involves the contradictions within the Han army.Since Zhang Yan became King of Yan, he has always been in a high position, and the army he leads is also his direct line army, so he knows relatively little about the situation of the army at the grassroots level.But Sima Yi saw very clearly that within the Han army, the combat effectiveness of the army was not very weak, but the soldiers were divided into different ranks because of the different armies they belonged to.

For example, Zhang Yan's bodyguard army is the best in the entire Han army system, with the best welfare and the best armor and weapons, and it is enough to be a member of the bodyguard army. It's something to be proud of.

The second is the soldiers who belonged to the original five tiger generals under Zhang Yan's tent. Their treatment is the same as that of the guards, and the soldiers are also willing to be one of them. Although they are not as prominent as the guards, they are about the same. go.

Then there is the army of the regular Han army led by the rest of the generals, and then there is the motley army that surrendered and incorporated. Although the generals who lead the army will not feel much because of these, within the army, the most grassroots soldiers, They can clearly feel the difference between them.

For example, a soldier who guards the army comes out of the barracks to handle errands, and when they go to other barracks, they are all awesome, because they are the direct subordinates of King Yan, they are the direct line of the army, and they meet face to face with King Yan every day, so the rest of the army They didn't dare to provoke these people, and they avoided them when they saw them.The only one who dared to challenge the guards was Jin Yiwei.Although Jin Yiwei is not a member of the army system, it is also directly subordinate to King Yan. The guards are the guards responsible for protecting King Yan, and Jin Yiwei is the intelligence department responsible for collecting intelligence.

But if you really want to say who is afraid of whom, it is estimated that the guards are more afraid of Jin Yiwei, because Jin Yiwei is responsible for collecting all kinds of information. In three days, Jin Yiwei will definitely come to visit and arrest people directly into the cell without even having to say hello to the government office.

Therefore, Jin Yiwei is the best person and the most enviable profession.

However, the Jinyiwei under Zhang Yan has always been managed by Xu Sheng, and there are not many of them. All the Jinyiwei add up, and there are only 3000 people, and Xu Sheng has always been very strict, prohibiting the Jinyiwei from doing illegal things, and everything must be done. There are laws and regulations, so although Jin Yiwei's actions are weird, they are very aboveboard, and there is no such thing as favoritism, malpractice, public revenge, or abuse of power.

Among these three reasons, Sima Yi thinks that the external factors of the Sun Group are not terrible, but the internal factors of the Han army. If the coordination is not good, it is likely to lead to the failure of the Southern Expedition. At that time, if you try to turn the tide, you may It is difficult.

Because of this, Sima Yi suggested to Zhang Yan to postpone the date of attack, and to reorganize the various armies. If necessary, military exercises can also be held in order to improve the ability of the various armies to coordinate operations.

In addition, Sima Yi even suggested that Zhang Yan go to the grassroots to take a look, see the current situation of the soldiers at the bottom of the army, and rationally rectify the army.

(End of this chapter)