Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Sun Jian was advised to fake his death and plot to seize Jingzhou.

"What the military advisor said about the reduction of elite troops, is it because he wants to disarm?"

Faced with the governance method proposed by Xiao Zhe, Kuai Yue immediately reacted.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhe nodded and smiled:

"It's similar to disarmament, but instead of reducing the military, it's about streamlining the force!"

"It must be known that the current complexity of our army is the best in the world. "

"The men and horses under his command include the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou, the prisoners of Yuan Shu, and the prisoners of the Yizhou army. "

"These soldiers and horses are mixed together, and it is difficult for our army to be reorganized. "

"Therefore, I propose this method of reducing the number of elite soldiers. "

"At present, our army has nearly 200,000 troops in the entire Jingzhou plus Liu Yan's captives!"

"There are so many troops, our army can't afford to raise them now, and we can't raise them!"

"Therefore, it is better to take the soldiers and horses of the headquarters as the foundation, select the strong soldiers among them, and set up ten battalions with a total of 50,000 elite soldiers based on 5,000 people!"

"This part of the elite soldiers is specially responsible for attacking cities and conquering places, and fighting in the south and in the north. "

Since then, the elite soldiers have been limited to 5,000 people. "

In addition to this elite soldier, then seek the second soldier and horse, garrison soldiers and horses for the county, and garrison Jiangxia, Wuling, Guiyang, Nanyang, Jiangling and other places. "

"The total number of soldiers and horses in this part should be 70,000!"

"As for the remaining soldiers and horses, except for the Yizhou soldiers and horses, they are all reduced to zero, if the family has a field to send back to the township, if there is no land at home, give the field to cultivate!"

"In addition, our army should set up militia regiments in various departments, train militias, cultivate when the farm is busy, and train when the farm is slack!"

"At this time, those repatriated soldiers and horses can be used as the basis for training, training a large number of militia for our army, and cultivating a martial style!"

"After such a reform, in the future, our army will also be divided into three classes. "

"First-class elite soldiers, our army has food and salary, pensions, and field awards for war merits!"

"Second-class county soldiers, with food and salary, can rest on weekdays, go to the battlefield in wartime, and treat them as elite soldiers. "

"The third-class militia, who only serves in the military, has no food and salary, only reduces taxes, and goes to war in wartime, can also be awarded military merits. "

Speaking of this, Xiao Zhe looked at Sun Jian and said:

"After such a reform, our army can hide the army from the people, and there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in weekday wars, and if necessary, we can pull up a large number of soldiers and horses for a period of time!"

"What a Tibetan army and the people, this method of military division is wonderful!"

Sun Jian stroked his beard and smiled, realizing the wonder of Xiao Zhe's reform.

Because in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were no professional soldiers!

Except for the permanent garrison of soldiers and horses in the capital, only the frontier has soldiers who have served for a long time.

As soon as a war breaks out, it is necessary to pull the peasants into the field with arms, which will greatly affect production.

By now, the melee of the princes has made the operation of Lazhuang Ding popular, and there are soldiers everywhere, agriculture is wasted, and the fields are barren.

The advantage of Xiao Zhe's method is that the establishment of special combat arms, some small battles, can be done through these ten battalions of elite soldiers.

Larger wars can mobilize the soldiers and horses of the county, and only super-war events will involve militia battles.

Only a few hundred thousand troops are raised on weekdays, but hundreds of thousands of troops can be pulled out in wartime!

It can solve the problem of their current redundancy.

Only Kuai Yue thought about it carefully, frowned and said:

"Although this method is acceptable, I am afraid that it will cost a lot to expand the army in the future!"

The reason why the Eastern Han Dynasty did not raise professional soldiers was because it was unnecessary, and because they could not afford it.

Because military salaries are regarded as additional consumption, the consumption of raising 50,000 elite soldiers can support 100,000 or even 150,000 peasant soldiers.

There are nearly 6 million people in Jingzhou, and according to the strength of 20 to 1, raising 300,000 peasant soldiers is already up to the sky.

Converting Xiao Zhe's method of raising soldiers, he can raise a maximum of 100,000 elite soldiers and tens of thousands of county soldiers.

In the future, as soon as the army is expanded, it will immediately fall into a situation of exhaustion.

"The cost is very large, and the gain is not small, for our army, if we want to govern Jingzhou as soon as possible, the only way is to reduce the number of soldiers and appease the people. "

Xiao Zhe explains:

"Elite soldiers are the best choice for our army to maintain combat strength and resume production!"

"As for the matter of money and food, it can be solved slowly!"

The so-called consumption is nothing more than the word money and food, which may be difficult for others, but for him, money and food are not a problem.

With a series of luxury goods and those kinds of cash crops, there is no need to worry about money and food at all.

Seeing Xiao Zhe say this, Kuai Yue naturally has no problem.

Sun Jian is becoming more and more energetic:

"In addition to the reduction of elite soldiers, what is the use of conscription for training?"

By now, he has confirmed one thing, that is, Xiao Zhe is not only strategic, but also first-class in governing the country!

Sorting out complicated things in just a few words, this kind of ability is by no means possessed by ordinary politicians!

Facing Sun Jian's expectant look, Xiao Zhe explained:

"The so-called substitution of training by conscription is put forward in response to the current situation that it is difficult for our army to reorganize its troops and horses, and there are many thieves and chaos in Jingzhou. "

"Now on the land of Jingzhou, such as Nanyang County, Jiangxia, Jingnan County and other places, there are thieves and chaos, and the Wuling barbarians are also a disaster, and these kinds of chaos make the people miserable!"

"And our army is a mixed bag, without reorganization, it is difficult to fight!"

"Therefore, in my opinion, our army can use these thieves as a means of training!"

"After the reorganization, directly let these soldiers go out to crusade against thieves and barbarians, and the payment and credit will also be recorded in wartime!"

"There is no better way to make soldiers familiar with each other than a big war!"

"As long as our army continues to crusade against thieves, soldiers will become more and more familiar with each other, and they can also practice their killing skills in the fight. "

"And the thieves who crusade can bring soldiers and money and food to our army. "

"In this way, you can train your troops by recruiting and training, and you can also sweep away the rebellion in various places as soon as possible, isn't it the best of both worlds?"

As soon as they heard Xiao Zhe's words, Sun Ce and Huang Zhong, who had not spoken, both got up and said:

"Father/lord, this proposal is feasible!"

Although they were mixed, they were like Sun Ce and Huang Zhong, but they couldn't be idle at all.

Seeing that he could fight and beg thieves while recuperating and recuperating, he naturally raised his hands in favor.

Seeing this, Kuai Yue also got up and said:

"This discussion of the military advisor can indeed clear the chaos as soon as possible, and the thieves in Jingzhou have been entrenched for a long time, so they should be swept away one by one!"

From this meeting, he could clearly feel the difference between Sun Jianjun and Liu Biao's style.

Liu Biao is a relatively peaceful Huairou faction, paying attention to the entire force of all parties and seeking a delicate balance.

This kind of governance can indeed stabilize the general trend of Jingzhou, but it also leads to continuous thieves and chaos in Jingzhou. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

And Sun Jianjun is a complete hardliner!

Especially this Xiao Zhe, his methods are even tougher.

Now, as soon as he entered Jingzhou, the administration was as decisive as the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.

With such governance of Jingzhou, it is conceivable that in a few years, the land of Jingzhou will inevitably be academically prosperous, everyone will be martial, and no one will be invincible in the world!

Since joining Sun Jianjun, his originally silent heart has been slowly awakened, and he is full of energy when he says this. []

Seeing this, Sun Jian smiled with satisfaction:

"Of course, this proposal can also be made, the elite soldiers will be reduced, and the training will be carried out on behalf of the army, and the situation in Jingzhou will be determined!"

In a word, he also has a set of specific governance plans in his heart, and he wants to show his strength!

After a meeting, Sun Jian began to decide on the appointment of officials that night.

Early the next morning, a group of subordinates were invited to announce the opening of the mansion, and the first person to enter the mansion was Xiao Zhe, who was promoted from the original position of military advisor to the head of the Zhengnan General's Mansion and concurrently served as the general of the military division.

While in charge of political affairs, it is also in charge of the military reduction of elite troops, and at the same time, it also has the right to command soldiers and horses.

This appointment once again raised Xiao Zhe's authority to a level that was difficult for ordinary strategists to achieve.

is also in charge of military and political affairs, and it can be said that in addition to Sun Jian, he is the most powerful.

In addition to Xiao Zhe, Kuai Yue and Gu Yong entered the government one after another, serving as civil affairs, personnel and other matters.

After the opening of the government, the next day, the appointment of officials from all over the country was issued, with Zhong Xuan as the Nanyang Taishou, Kuai Liang as the Nanjun Taishou, and mobilized Lingling Taishou Zhang Xian to go north, appointed as the Xiangyang Taishou, and placed Zhangling under the jurisdiction of Xiangyang.

The rest of the ministries, under Xiao Zhe's suggestion, promoted Pan Jun, a native of Wuling, to serve as the Taishou of Wuling, Changsha Huanjie as the Taishou of Changsha, and Jiangxia did not set up Taishou, and Wenpin and Huo Jun were the governor and deputy governor of the town guard.

As for the Lingling Guiyang Taishou, he has been appointed by Deng Yi, a famous man from Iraq and Jingzhou.

In this way, a set of initial teams was established, and the land of Jingzhou once again ushered in the due order.

After doing all this, Xiao Zhe ordered the eight counties of Zhangbang, regardless of the poor soldiers, all those who have talent and learning can come to apply.

For a time, the entire Jingzhou land was full of talents, first Li Tong, a native of Nanyang, led the crowd to vote, and Wei Yan, a native of Yiyang, led the young people in the township to defect.

There are also many children of the poor family, such as Dong He, a native of Nanjun, Chen Zhen, a native of Nanyang, and talents from the Fei, Liu, and Huang clans of the Jingzhou clan.

So far, Jingzhou has been full of talents, which has gradually enriched the vacant officials in Jingzhou.

At the same time, while selecting elite soldiers and horses, Xiao Zhe ordered the reorganized soldiers and horses to attack the thieves everywhere, and ordered Cheng Pu and Sun Fu to be the captains of the barbarians, so as to divide Huairou and induce the barbarians to take the initiative to attack and defeat them again.

In just two months, Sun Jianjun, Sun Ce, Sun Ben, Huang Gai, Wenpin, Han Dang and other troops attacked everywhere, sweeping hundreds of thieves in Nanyang, Changsha, Jiangxia, and Nanjun.

After two months of campaigning, Sun Jian's army not only quickly integrated the soldiers and horses, but also increased the number of troops.

Until September, Sun Jian's elite army had expanded by as many as 60,000 soldiers!

Even after the cut, the total number of troops increased to 150,000.

And with the passage of time, the news that Sun Jian destroyed Liu Biao and Yuan Shu trampled the two princes under their feet in one fell swoop gradually spread.

It is like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, making the princes of the world tremble!

Yizhou, Chengdu.

"In this way, Sun Jian not only killed Liu Biao, but also defeated Yuan Shu?"

Liu Yan sat on the main seat, and looked at Zheng Du with a strange face:

"Sun Jian is only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, how did he do this!"

Since the chaos in Shuzhong, Liu Yan has been irritable during this time.

But before the problem of Shuzhong was solved, such news came from the direction of Jingzhou!

Faced with Liu Yan's surprise, Zheng Du also said with an ugly face:

"Envoy, this matter is true, after Sun Jian defeated our army in Yiling that day, he took his soldiers and horses north to Xiangyang. "

Then he seized Xiangyang and confronted Yuan Shu for many days. "

"Take advantage of the heavy rain to dig up the two rivers of Chu and Shu, and use the water attack strategy to break the Yuan technique!"

"Now it has been stationed in Nanyang and occupies the entire territory of Jingzhou!"

Listening to Zheng Du's words, Liu Yan suddenly said with a bitter face:

"Sun Jian'er has Jingzhou, and our army has been evil to it before, so what can I do?"

If he hated Sun Jian before, he secretly hated in a situation where his strength was not equal, then now in the face of the invincible Sun Jian, he is a little afraid!

If you can fight, then of course you can hate, but if you can't beat it, then you can only be afraid!

Zheng Du heard this, thought for a while, and said in a deep voice:

"My lord, the plan for today is to make up for the relationship with Sun Jianjun as soon as possible!"

"It just so happened that Sun Jian sent someone to ask our army to pay for ransom, so you might as well send an envoy to the east and bring more money and food as a gift, so that you can redeem our army's soldiers and horses, and you can also ease the news with Sun Jian's army!"

Liu Yan listened, was silent for a while, and sighed slightly:

"That's it, just do what you say, prepare 50,000 gold, 200,000 stone of grain, and send an envoy to the east!"

"Subordinates take orders!"

Hearing this, Zheng Du walked towards the outside of the house.

After Zheng Du left, Liu Yan whispered to the back of the screen:

"For Xiao Zhe, don't act now, let your subordinates stop doing it"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a deep voice say:

"No!"

Then there was only a sound of footsteps, and the room fell silent.

This person is the leader of the disciples convened by Liu Yan before, and he does this kind of thing for him on weekdays.

Originally, he planned to assassinate Xiao Zhe.

But now that Sun Jian's power has been established, assassinating Xiao Zhe will not only not help him, but will be counterproductive.

I had to give up!

With this in mind, he stepped out and looked at the east in amazement.

Now that Sun Jian is rising so strongly, can he really keep Yizhou? .