Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Guo Shao picked up the teacup and took a sip, he was so hot that he stuck out his tongue, took a breath, and then the taste was not quite right, so he frowned slightly without paying attention. He is not a person who pays attention to tea ceremony, and he is not picky at all, but he can still feel that something that he is used to drinking suddenly feels wrong.

At this time Dong Sanmei's voice said timidly: "Your Majesty, is it too hot?"

"It's okay, just let it cool for a while." Guo Shao said kindly, and then added casually, "It's best not to make tea right away when the water is boiled."

When Guo Shao heard her answer in a low voice, he ignored it, picked up a cloth bag on the table, and took out a large stack of papers inside. Then sit there and flip through it. Seeing this, Sanmei Dong carefully exited the study, not daring to disturb him.

These papers are military orders left over from the battle to destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty. It is not a military order of the Chinese army, but an important military order recorded by the civil officials and clerks sent by the "Jiangnan Qianying Military Mansion" to all levels of the establishment. Guo Shao had already read it once when he was appreciating the military merits of the soldiers, but he only read the general idea, mainly because Wang Pu and other military staff carefully studied it in order to comment on the military merits.

This "command system" is an evolutionary version of the messenger system that Guo Shao worked on a few years ago. During the War of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Guo Shao found it very useful...Compared with the previous system, after the Privy Council dispatched officials to form the "Jiangnan Qianying Military Mansion", a staff group that integrated into all levels of the army, the military orders were issued more formally, and a large number of written materials were kept, which was more convenient for the management of rewards and punishments after the war.

However, the nature of military power has not changed. The decision-maker is still the chief general, and the staff, bureaucrats, and messengers only play an auxiliary role; the main thing is that the management of effective transmission and filing is perfect, and it can also play a supervisory role.

... Now Guo Shao has a new idea. If the power of the staff group system and generals is divided, the military generals with military talents have the decision-making power, and the staff group has the executive power; the subordinates only obey the official military orders of the staff group, so the military power of the generals is not limited and weakened?

Guo Shao hurriedly recorded this idea on paper. It is even possible to further improve the distribution of power, divide the execution power of the staff group, the power of military law rewards and punishments, the power of weapons and armor management, the power of military supplies, money and grain dispatching, etc., and belong to different departments, and then integrate them during wartime. In this way, it is almost impossible for a certain force to control the army alone and launch a war.

Even for the main army in the central field, the generals who lead the troops and organize training at ordinary times can be separated from the generals who lead the troops on expeditions. When the generals are in charge of the military and go out to fight, the subordinates are not the people the general usually woos, and it is even more difficult to surround the generals to plot rebellion.

...But Guo Shao soon realized that this method is at least not suitable for the current situation.

He thought of a typical general, Shi Yanchao. Shi Yanchao's cavalry is very powerful in battle, and has always been a sharp knife of the imperial army; however, if there is no Shi Yanchao leading the troops, and those cavalry soldiers go into battle, the combat effectiveness must be greatly reduced!

Guo Shao looked at the slightly swaying shadow on the surface of the teacup, and many pictures appeared in his mind for a while.

He climbed up step by step from a pawn and a low-level general. He has experienced various battle formations, and the colorful battlefield scenes came to mind. Cold weapons battlefield, face to face fighting, very violent|violent and brutal, the role of courage and morale is very important.

He seemed to be in a chaotic battlefield, with sharp arrows flying above his head, and crazy enemy soldiers holding sharp knives and guns in front of him, stabbing people randomly! It is not easy not to be afraid and do not want to escape, especially when the murderous enemy is rushing towards you.

Privy envoy Wang Pu once went to the battlefield where the war broke out to organize people to count the wounds of the dead and wounded soldiers after the battle. One thing has been confirmed, although there is armor protection, the number of people killed by ballistas, bows and arrows at long range is far greater than that caused by melee weapons; but the decisive moment of victory is not long-range, but close-combat rush. As for the melee charge, the most important test is courage and morale... Think about the heavy horse charging head-on with dangling knives and guns, and the psychological feeling of being hit by a car in the middle of the road, and the person who can stand there and decide to go all out is not something that can be done casually.

At this time, the prestige and ability of the generals who lead the soldiers are particularly important. Familiar good generals can give the soldiers a sense of trust and security.

Guo Shao now truly understands why "soldiers don't know their generals, and generals don't know their soldiers" will greatly reduce their combat effectiveness on the battlefield of cold weapons.

So at least you can’t do that now, and you can’t spread power too much; otherwise, the actions of the army and generals will be rigid and inflexible... In order to maximize combat effectiveness, Guo Shao intends not to change the structure of military power in a hurry, and only fine-tune and improve the "heralds" and "shogunate".

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In the next room, Yulian stopped her needlework, raised her head and asked, "I told you to stay by Alang's side to serve, why did you come here again?"

Dong Sanmei said embarrassingly: "A Lang is busy reading and writing, I am clumsy, I am afraid to disturb him and make him angry."

"Then you go over in a while, don't stick to me." After Yulian said a word, she didn't say much, and continued to do her own work, as if she didn't have any thoughts about everything.

Sanmei Dong stayed for a while, then picked up a rag and wiped the furnishings in the room. She is also used to doing housework, and she does it very quickly.

But there are still many things that make her "lazy". At this time, the two pots of flowers on the window attracted her attention. The green, red, and yellow flowers in the pots are very bright and beautiful. She stopped and bent over to look closer at one of the potted flowers. It was not a real flower, but artificial; but it was so lifelike and delicate that Dong Sanmei was very curious.

Upon closer inspection, the flowerpot is carved from jade. The green leaves are made of emeralds, the flowers are gems, and the stems are gold! The material is expensive, and the carving is very fine... How much work does it take for such an ornament.

Dong Sanmei couldn't help but sighed in admiration: "It's so beautiful."

Yulian said: "No matter how beautiful it is, it is fake."

Dong Sanmei said: "Isn't it more valuable than the real thing?"

"That's true." Yulian said without raising her head, "I found that this palace is like this. There are not even trees, and everything is precious, but it feels a little lifeless after staying for a long time... But there are only such things, and they are so beautiful in winter."

Dong Sanmei said, "It's so small, what should I use to wipe it?"

Yulian said: "Don't worry about those things, there are people who specialize in these things."

Night has fallen, and the small courtyard is very quiet. In fact, there are dozens of people on duty here. But without Yulian nodding, those women could not approach Guo Shao's apartment, and of course they did not dare to make noise.

After a long time, it was almost time for Guo Shao to take a bath and change clothes. Yulian sent Dong Sanmei to work and asked her to serve Guo Shao alone. Yulian said: "I'm not bullying you, I'm giving you a chance."

Dong Sanmei blushed slightly, lowered her head and said, "I know that Sister Yulian treats me well."

Yulian suddenly asked again: "You want it yourself?"

Dong Sanmei remained silent, Yulian glanced at her: "If you really don't want to, I won't force you."

Dong Sanmei was silent for a while, then murmured: "I am willing... Alang treats me so well, I always want to repay my kindness."

"You will think about it. You think it is to repay your kindness. You are not willing, so many people are willing. If I send someone to A Lang to serve, that person will not remember me as a big favor?" Yulian laughed.

In Dong Sanmei's mind, the moment when Guo Shao met a gangster in Hedong a few years ago and covered her eyes, his palm was rough but warm, and Dong Sanmei still remembers the faint warmth. But she didn't want to mention that to anyone, including Yulian.

She thought for a while and said, "Sister Yulian, when I was young, I didn't have enough to eat, and everyone around me didn't have enough to eat. The house is dilapidated and dark, and I'm afraid every night. I'm hungry, cold and afraid in winter..."

Yulian stopped what she was doing and couldn't help looking at her.

Dong Sanmei pursed her lips and said, "No one can get out of the hard life. I heard that some people went out to become thieves, but most of them died later... There is also a place far away, there is a young lady who was taken in by a rich family and became a concubine. She survived from thirteen to nineteen and was bullied miserably; but she was kicked out by the master because she was too old.

Yulian sighed.

Dong Sanmei continued to whisper: "With our background, it's very difficult to live a better life; but I didn't do anything, and it was useless, but A Lang gave me such a good life, and he didn't beat or scold me even if he spoke softly to me."

Yulian said: "This is the way of the world. So many people have gone through all kinds of hardships in order to be able to eat enough. In the end, they can't even afford a coffin; some people have rich clothes and good food, and they don't know how to have fun. They hate things and things!"

Dong Sanmei said: "Sister Yulian, I'm not that kind of person. I'm very happy in the Guo family's mansion and in the palace. I think it's good here too..."

Looking around, she saw that the exquisitely carved window lattices, the decorations made of gold and jade, the emerald green screens, the silk curtains, and the many candles on the copper lamp holders illuminated the house brightly. Although Dong Sanmei's clothes are relatively plain, they are also made of good materials. The daughters of many wealthy families may not have as good a material as hers.

There was a smile on Dong Sanmei's face, but she had a very secret emotion, as if a person wanted to give something. She said softly, "Sister Yulian, then I'll go there first."

"En." Yulian replied without saying much.

Dong Sanmei gently lifted the hem of her skirt, stepped out of the door, and walked along the corridor illuminated by lanterns under the eaves. Arriving outside the door of the suite where Guo Shao lived, the door was open, and a warm orange-yellow light shone through the inside.

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