Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 972 Forming the Anxi Army

Chapter 979 Forming the Anxi Army
With a layer of window paper separated, both sides still have room for relaxation. Once it is pierced, it will be a battle of swords and blood, and blood will fly.

At this time, Xiao Lezi had already started plotting to steal Sima Dan out of Yecheng. Of course, it would not be easy to steal Sima Dan out of Yecheng. Take the last resort and get away with feigning death.Xiao Lezi began to order people to look for people similar to Sima Dan in various places, and took the method of stealing Sima Dan out.

It's just that before this action could be carried out, Ran Ming's action began.First, four military envoys were sent to reward the four major armies, and the military envoys adopted were all "hostages" left by the major generals in Yecheng.In this way, the worries of the four great generals will definitely be dispelled. At the very least, they will not be able to stand up for justice.

Even if it's just a joke, or if it's really vain, at this time, no matter how dare the four generals rebel, they will repay their kindness with hatred, they will be ungrateful, and they will be wolf-hearted.

Faced with such an almost unsolvable problem, Ran Ming was able to turn around such an unfavorable situation in a blink of an eye, and in one fell swoop became a far-sighted plan to establish the morale of the army and the foundation of the country. "Han Gao Wei Wu, how can we live!"

For a moment, Xiao Lezi was full of confidence in the future of Wei.Full of despair towards Sima Dan.Sima Dan can also be regarded as the master of the Ming Dynasty, but since he was born in Yu, how can he be born in Liang?What was even more frightening was that Ran Ming made a move that made the entire army extremely excited.That is the high-profile announcement of the threat theory of the Gupta Empire, which is to tell the whole army that although the world is fixed, I will not let the horse go to Nanshan and put swords and soldiers in the warehouse. If you want to make meritorious service, there are many opportunities.

What made Xiao Lezi even more desperate was that although he was young, he could not see the future.Because once an organization loses its goal, it will slack off, and once it slackens, it will be over.Thinking back to when Emperor Wu of Jin established the Jin Dynasty, the Jin army faced three points in the world, and every battle must be the first in every battle. A mere general of the fourth rank, 20 county soldiers, and the young and strong cavalry who had just been recruited almost overwhelmed the Xianbei army. The clan was beaten to extinction, and the state of Wu also perished like an avalanche.But [-] years later, the Jin army began to be abolished. When encountering a rebellion by the Bald Hair Department, it was not settled for several years, and two governors and four generals died.

Once Wei Guo also starts to slack off, degenerates, and loses his combat effectiveness, then Sima Dan still has a chance to make a comeback, but now, I'm afraid it will be indefinitely.

Unlike Xiao Lezi who was anxious and uneasy, Ma Dan of the Haixi company experienced a great change, but became more courageous and calm.Regarding the restoration of the Jin Kingdom, Sima Dan has long since given up any hope, and has occupied the righteousness of the world. When the Quartet returns, he is not the opponent of Ran Min and his son, let alone Sima Dan is just a loner at this time?
Sima Dan knew a little about Ran Ming, the former teacher.Ran Ming is not a tyrant like Shi Hu, nor is he a tyrant like Cao Mao, Sima has no chance at all.Being an obedient citizen like Liu Chan can live a peaceful life, but if he dares to show any dissatisfaction or ambition, he will definitely die beyond death.

At this moment, Xiao Lezi suddenly had a flash of light in his head, as if there was still hope for the great cause.Looking at Ran Ming's behavior style, Ran Ming seems to have reservations about Confucianism. What is righteous and what is evil?In Xiao Lezi's view, the truths read from the sages' books are righteousness, and the highest criterion for governing the country is righteousness according to the sages' books, and righteousness is the standard for selecting talents and officials according to the previous two!Therefore, Ran Ming, who is not prepared to use moral articles and Confucian classics as the criteria for selecting scholars, deviates from the right way and deviates.

Perhaps this is the last chance.

It's just that as a Confucian student, Xiao Lezi obviously hasn't seen the essence of Confucianism.The grassroots emperor Zhu Chongba pretended to be a Confucianism master as his ancestor in order to straighten his body. As a result, an unobtrusive Neo-Confucianism school in the Song Dynasty became the authentic literary world in the world. , Terrified, they rushed forward without any bottom line to whitewash the peace of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, the opportunity that Xiao Lezi saw was just a joke in Ran Ming's eyes.Confucianism has always kept pace with the times. Once the rulers need it, their theories will cater to the rulers.Under the idea of ​​being an official, even if people are killed, there will be countless people in Wei Guo crying and wanting to be an official.

The benefits of ancient officials are very good, from the seal on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to the official start of work on the [-]th of the first lunar month after the Lantern Festival.It was the second year of Hongshi's reign since the opening of the dynasty, and the grand court meeting also ended in a joyful atmosphere.Xie An expected that Wei Guo would definitely make a big move in the second year of Hongshi. After the Great Court Meeting, Wang Jian, Wang Ning, Wang Meng, Xie An, Li Xian, Yang Hui, Shi Yue, Xie Ai and more than twenty civil and military officials The minister was notified by the servants that Ran Ming hosted a banquet in Yaoguang Hall.

When everyone arrived at the Yaoguang Hall, the banquet seemed to be almost ready. The six-headed sheep roasted in Western Region style was put on the table. The burnt yellow skin was still steaming, giving off an attractive aroma.This banquet is similar to Ran Ming's usual habits, simple and affordable, six sheep are the main meal, and each person has four large plates of fresh vegetables, fruit plate, and good wine, of course, because Wang Jian and Wang Ning are both old By the way, Ran Ming also specially prepared a pot of minced meat—the porridge for the minced meat, which is to take care of the stomachs of the elderly.

As everyone sat down, the servant sang loudly: "Your Majesty is here!"

These participating ministers hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Everyone is free from courtesy!" Ran Ming waved his hands and said, "The court meeting lasted for two and a half hours, and I'm already hungry. Our country is getting bigger and bigger, and there are many affairs. It's not easy for everyone to meet. There are more and more complicated etiquettes, and it is even more difficult to wait for a dinner party. Well, the lamb is almost roasted, so let's not let the servants do it, who will cut the meat."

Wang Meng and Li Xian got up almost at the same time, and said in unison: "I'm coming!"

Seeing that Wang Meng had already taken a step, Li Xian could only say bitterly: "Jing Lue will cut the meat, and Xian will divide it!"

Wang Ning, the official censor, said, "How can this be done?"

"There's nothing wrong with that!" Ran Ming said, "Anyway, there are no outsiders here today." Ran Ming said again: "The job of serving wine is for Dr. Yushi!" "

Wang Ning said: "Someone is doing his part!"

Li Xian didn't divide the meat into good meat and bad meat. He cut the meat into small pieces, and then put some of all kinds of meat slices, and he didn't favor one over another.Most of the generals are bold, they eat a lot of meat and drink heavily, but the civil servants are a little cautious.

Xie An is an avid eater, but he detests the vulgarity of this kind of roast mutton. He hardly touched his chopsticks, but sipped the grape wine from the Western Regions with a wine glass.Although Xie Ai is a military commander, he is obviously absent-minded at the moment.

However, although the two were different, the overall atmosphere of the banquet was good, and it seemed very lively.Ran Ming saw that everyone was almost finished eating, and said: "There is a way that the plan for a year lies in spring, and the plan for a day lies in morning. At the beginning of the new year, we should set a tone and establish a direction. I want to hear from you all. idea!"

Shang Shu ordered Wang Jian to say: "Your Majesty is wise and mighty, and has far-sightedness. Whatever you tell me to do, I will do as you please!"

Wang Ning, the official censor, frowned when he heard Wang Jian's words. Wang Jian, how could you do this? In front of so many people, you actually flattered the emperor so much. up?
In terms of the relationship between the minister and the emperor, in the feudal era of China, except for the braided dynasty, other periods are like companies of later generations, the emperor is the chairman, and the prime minister is the chief executive officer, although since Cao Cao, the prime minister has been abolished in all dynasties The system, although some are called Zhongshu Shizhong, some are called Shangshuling, and some are called Zhongshuling, it doesn't matter, anyway, they are all prime ministers without a name.As a prime minister, one must first show one's character, but Wang Jian is like a jester. If Wang Jian's performance spreads today, Wang Jian's reputation will be ruined.

However, after Wang Jian said these words, the scene turned cold.Xu Yuan, on the other hand, ate and drank, his mouth was full of oil, as if he didn't hear it.As for Xie An, he drank leisurely, and the others reacted differently.As Ran Ming's number one confidant, Wang Meng couldn't embarrass Ran Ming too much, after all, he had to save face.

Then he stood up and said, "Your Majesty, ministers, more than half of our country's fiscal revenue in Wei depends on Nanyang. With such a huge benefit, even if you want to come to the Gupta Empire, you won't just give up. Money touches people's hearts and cuts off people's wealth. It's like killing your parents." If you want to come to the Gupta Empire, you will hurry up and prepare for the war. Maybe it will be one year, maybe two years, and it will not exceed five years at the most. The Nanyang War will definitely resume! Our Wei country must prepare early."

Wang Meng started a conversation, and the scene opened up.Although it is said that peace is the greatest praise for a general, which general is willing to do nothing?You must know that the Wei State has only been founded for more than ten years. Although the first generation of military generals are old, they are not incapable of fighting, and they are not willing to leave the army like this.

What's more, Nanyang has great interests in the military,

All the generals started to challenge Ran Ming, and if they didn't say anything, they would beat him.Xu Yuan said bluntly: "Your Majesty, you don't need to send out the navy. I will lead four cavalry battalions to cross the Congling Ridge from the Hexi Corridor and step into Huashi City!"

Hearing this, Ran Ming just took it as a joke.Wanmo said that the four cavalry battalions are useless, but in fact they are useful. If you travel thousands of miles westward, more than half of your personnel will be lost in non-combat situations. The Gupta Empire is also an agricultural civilization. Although it is not as good as the Han people in terms of city wall defense, their cities are not counted. No matter how powerful the young cavalry is, they cannot attack the city.

At this time, Ran Ming asked someone to tear off the curtain at the back, revealing a large map about four feet long and two feet wide.This map was drawn carefully when Ran Ming started to organize the Central Asia Development Company when he became the king of Qin. Although some of the terrain is not accurate, it is much more detailed.In fact, the map to the east of Yumenguan is not difficult at all. The key part is the area west of Yumen. Although these places have been included in the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty since the Western Han Dynasty, not many people know the details.Fortunately, unlike later generations at this time, there are also many desert oases within the 2000-kilometer Hexi Corridor, and there are more than 400 oases that are suitable as army supply locations.

The Protectorate of the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty was only a nominal area, and most of the areas had a name. The places that the Western Han Dynasty could directly rule were only a small area at the foot of Tianshan Mountain and Beiting.At this time, Ran Ming focused on surveying and mapping the Mesopotamia.Ran Ming has always had a dream in his heart. If China still owns the territory of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty at this time, China will have neither population pressure nor resource pressure. Such a huge place has huge resources. It would be a waste to leave it to outsiders.

You must know that during the period of Tang Taizong, the Tang Dynasty had ruled the eastern and southeastern parts of Kazakhstan, all of Kyrgyzstan, eastern Tajikistan, most of Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, the eastern half of Turkmenistan, and most of Uzbekistan.

Ran Ming doesn't think that the Tang Dynasty's army is more powerful than the current Wei army. What's more, Wei Guo doesn't have to encounter the madmen of the Green Sect like the Tang Dynasty. At this time, the Green Sect has not yet been established, and it is easy to take these places. Religious belief is needed, so why can't Taoism become a world religion?

It's just because the emperors of the past dynasties have too many limitations in their understanding of the world. Now that the Wei State has been unified, once the army is stopped from fighting, the combat effectiveness of the army that has lost its goal will drop very quickly, and it may not take 20 years. , the army was abolished.

Only through continuous wars can the army be kept full of vitality, so that the combat effectiveness of such an army can last and be invincible.

Ran Mingdao: "This year we plan to transfer some elites from the Anbei Army and the Zhenxi Army to form the Anxi Army, and at the same time establish the Anxi Protectorate. The Anxi Army was formed in advance, and a new army system was adopted. First, it was organized into three cavalry divisions, four (The new system of the Wei army has been written in the previous article, adopting a three-three system, each division has three regiments, each regiment has three battalions, each battalion has three companies, each company has three combat platoons, each row has 70 people, and each has 50 people The supply platoon, a fire support platoon, including five nine-packed rockets (or three artillery pieces), a cooking squad of ten people, and a communication guard squad, with a total strength of 390 people.)
In the new infantry division of Wei State, there is an artillery battalion and a cavalry battalion. Such a division can stand alone in battles of the scale of battle.In the cavalry division, it also includes light cavalry and heavy cavalry. The light cavalry has two horses per person, and the heavy cavalry has three horses. The cavalry establishment is much smaller than the infantry establishment.There are only 970 soldiers in a cavalry battalion, and the total number of veterinarians, medical staff, and civilian personnel is only [-]. With such an establishment, each cavalry division has only more than [-] people.

The three cavalry divisions have a total of more than [-] people, plus [-] infantry.It is the smallest of the four front armies.

After weakening the Anbei Army and the Zhenxi Army to build an Anxi Army, Ran Ming ordered the Conscripting South Army and the Zhennan Army to mobilize elites to form the Annan Army and formally attack the Indochina Peninsula.Because of the different strategic nature of Annan's army and the lack of strong enemies in the Indochina Peninsula, those indigenous monkeys were no match for the Wei army armed to the teeth.Therefore, the Annan army has a smaller establishment.

The whole army has one cavalry division and three infantry divisions.

When he heard that Ran Ming was going to expand the territory to the south and the west, Shang Shu ordered Wang Jian to hesitate again and again, and finally mustered up the courage to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, if you form the Annan Army to expand the southern border, I have no objection."

At this time, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the State of Wei knew far more about the Indochina Peninsula than those ministers in history. The rice in Zhancheng, a large amount of inexhaustible wood, spices, various gems and gold are all scarce resources of the State of Wei. These resources are worthy of Wei Guo's use of force.In ancient times, China paid too much attention to the Indochina Peninsula, because the miasma was rampant here, and the Han people could not gain a foothold here.For the Central Plains dynasty, the biggest problem in occupying this place was not the tenacious resistance of the local natives, but the climate and miasma.

The so-called miasma, if you don't know much about it, it will feel very scary, but once you really understand it, there is nothing scary.Due to the abundant rainfall and hot climate in the Indochina Peninsula, it is easy to produce a large number of mosquitoes. These mosquitoes carry a large number of viruses and pollute most water sources.Once drinking the local raw water, it is very easy to get malaria.In this day and age malaria is almost an incurable disease.Of course, it is not complicated to change this problem. The first is to enter the southern rainforest and not drink raw water, and the second is not to expose your skin to the outside.Now Wei State has produced a kind of silk as thin as cicada's wings, which can avoid mosquito bites, so the Han people went deep into the south at this time, and the non-combat casualty rate was greatly reduced. Although accidental casualties cannot be completely eliminated, the Central South Rainforest can no longer scare the Han people. .

Wang Jian continued: "However, the Western Regions are all a barren area, and the land suitable for cultivation is limited. Moreover, the Hexi Corridor is difficult to supply. Relying on Qinliang may not be able to meet the supplies of [-] troops. If food and grass are allocated from rich places, it will be consumed along the way. It will be very huge. Ten stones of grain transported to Chang'an will consume three or four stones along the way. If it is transported to the west of Yumen, it will consume as much as eighty-nine stones. Although the countries in the Western Regions are all small and have limited power, It is difficult to cause any trouble for Anxi's army, we have wasted so much energy and resources to get a barren land, will the gain outweigh the loss?"

(End of this chapter)