Chapter 487 Army Planning

Time passed in a blink of an eye, and it was a month later.

"My lord, this is the investigation report on Pingzhou's military power submitted by the generals. In addition, this is the Pingzhou military reorganization plan that was discussed with the generals at the end of the day. Please read it, my lord!"

Still in the study of the City Lord's Mansion, Liu Yi placed the two documents in front of Shang Ji.

Shang Ji took it open, flipped through the military power report document a little bit, anger welled up on his face.

Although he no longer expects any reports from the soldiers from various counties, the current situation in Pingzhou still makes Shang Ji furious.

Pingzhou (except Lelang) has a nominal strength of 6.3 million troops, but according to the actual investigation by Zhao Yun and his team, the total strength is less than 5 million, and 1.4 million troops has become a paper figure.

What's even more frightening is that the combat power of the existing soldiers in various counties and counties is so low that it is impossible to look directly at them! There are more than half of the second-tier soldiers, and there are even a small number of first-tier bastards making up for their numbers. Morale is low, the morale of the army is lax, and the few elite soldiers are also controlled by the local aristocratic family.

The generals were full of stomachs, and facing the assessment of Zhao Yun and the others, they either left their opinions on him or simply abandoned their positions and fled. The treasury was empty, and all the weapons and equipment, food, grass and military pay that should have been stolen.

"No wonder! No wonder the Xianbei people have been able to invade the bandits year after year! No wonder the Wuhuan people are able to show off their power! No wonder the Yellow Turban Army can look down on everything! With such a group of moths to guard against the Hu people in the north, it is God's blessing that the big man was not killed!" General Shang Ji The document was slammed on the table and said sarcastically.

Liu Yi stood beside him expressionlessly, and did not respond to Shang Ji's disrespectful words. He has long since despaired of the Han Dynasty!

"My lord, Zilong and the others ask for instructions on what to do next!"

"Follow the original plan! Those who should be dismissed will be dismissed, those who should be demoted will be demoted! Those who have great public grievances and bad manners will be pulled out and beheaded to show the public, and all the paws of the powerful families who dare to put their hands into the army will be cut off! Send them an order Go on, don't be shy, I'm behind them! Also let them pay attention to see if there are any buried talents, and they can't neglect the real talents!"

Liu Yi didn't speak, just nodded.

Shang Ji picked up another military reorganization plan, thought for a while, threw the document back, and said to Liu Yi: "Since my brother is here, I don't want to read it, brother just tell me!"

Liu Yi was not polite, and said directly: "According to the joint discussion between brother Yu and several generals, combined with the current general trend of the world, and referring to the opinions of the third brother, we agree that the number of troops in Pingzhou should not exceed four million!"

"Why?"

"First of all, according to the request of the lord, even the ordinary guards placed elsewhere are the elite main force, let alone the main combat army. With the superior quality of the army, we can carry out the policy of elite troops to the end. Four million troops are enough Keep Pingzhou safe!"

"According to our estimates, the most dangerous situation facing Pingzhou is nothing more than the siege of Xianbei, Ding Yuan, Gongsun Zan, and Gongsun Du. With Lulong Fortress, 500,000 troops are enough to kill Gongsun Zan and Ding Yuan. The dead block is west of Liaoxi. And our army has the advantage of the navy. Many important cities in Lelang County are built along the sea. Relying on the navy, we can contain most of Gongsundu's troops.

500,000 troops each were stationed in the eastern part of Liaodong and the southern part of Xuantu, which was enough to hold Gongsun Du firmly in Lelang.

And our army can gather the main force of the cavalry to fight a decisive battle with Xianbei. In a large-scale cavalry decisive battle, even the Xianbei people are not our opponents! "

In the end, Liu Yi also added: "Of course, this is the worst strategic situation. According to the current intelligence, it is almost impossible for this situation to happen. At least the chances of Gongsun Zan and Ding Yuan colluding are infinitely close to zero. And we also have Lu Bu of Bingzhou is a quasi-ally."

"No, we have to plan according to the worst situation, which is very good!"

Shang Ji shook his head, and said to Liu Yi: "In future strategic planning, we must first seek defeat and then seek victory. Don't be arrogant!"

"My lord's teachings will never be forgotten in my heart!"

Shang Ji smiled: "There are no outsiders here,

As far as the two of us are talking, brother doesn't have to be so serious! "

"Courtesy cannot be discarded!"

Shang Ji shook his head helplessly, motioning for Liu Yi to continue.

"In addition, the limit of 4 million troops has also fully considered the opinions of the third brother. According to estimates, to complete the goal of building an army of 4 million in the eyes of the princess, it is estimated that 150 million gold will be required to invest, and every year in the future The military expenditure should not be less than 60 million gold! Huge military expenditure is not conducive to the development plan of Pingzhou. The 4 million army is the result of repeated negotiations between me and my third brother."

After listening to Liu Yi's words, Shang Ji also frowned. Not counting the windfall windfall, Pingzhou's annual tax is only a little over 60 million yuan, and the annual maintenance cost of the army is basically the same as the total tax revenue. This does not include the salaries of officials at all levels and a series of other inputs such as disaster relief, immigration, childbirth encouragement, and education.

According to this standard, Pingzhou's annual tax payment must exceed 100 million yuan to barely say that it is financially healthy.

Now Shang Ji is extremely fortunate that someone from Wuhuan gave Shang Ji a batch of windfall wealth, otherwise Shang Ji would have to stay in Pingzhou for at least five years without moving.

"The ratio of soldiers to guards? How many special types of soldiers should there be in the army?"

Today is different from the past. The last time the system was updated, the combat power of special arms was enhanced, but the cost of special arms was correspondingly increased. Even with the financial resources of merchants, they dare not convert all the war troops into special arms.

"The ratio of three to two is more appropriate. The strength of the guards has improved, and they can also shoulder some heavy responsibilities. Many passes can be called to the guards for defense. The war army is only used as a field mobile force, with a number of 1.6 million. sufficient!"

Shang Ji thought about it for a while, and felt that what Liu Yi said was very reasonable. The guards in Pingzhou were not easy to mess with. They were all regular troops, and they could even be compared to the elite main force elsewhere. They were overqualified for pure defense. Properly handing over some military tasks to the guards can be regarded as making the best use of everything.

"What elder brother said is reasonable, but I don't know how elder brother thinks the composition of soldiers is the best."

"At the end of the day, the general thinks that the best formation of soldiers is black armored black knights, greedy wolf knights, silver dragon iron knights, fierce sun knights, wandering dragon bow knights, swallow tiger knights, Xingyao strong bows, sun-shooting soldiers, There are 50,000 Phantom Soldiers, Heavy Armored Crazy Swords, Giant Axemen, Northern Crossbows, 50,000 Giant Shield Soldiers, and 50,000 Heavy Armored Sharp Spears each. Choose regular arms to supplement!"

Shang Ji closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and then said, "Brother, why didn't you say that the phantom ghost ride is special and not suitable for large-scale training. Let's do it first. Managed by brother."

"This, this is not appropriate!"

Liu Yi said hesitantly.

The number of this special unit is obviously related to the status. As the lord, Shang Ji has 100,000 Black Armored Black Knights directly under him, and 50,000 others. If Liu Yi added another 20,000 Shadow Ghost Riders, the number of special units directly under him would be as high as 70,000. Although it was only 20,000 more than the others, the status was obviously different.

"I don't care if it's suitable or not, I just need to do it!"

With a wave of his hand, Shang Ji directly interrupted Liu Yi's refusal. He just wanted to train Liu Yi to become the number two figure in the army!

If you don't discuss political issues, it is very beneficial to have an obvious number two person in the military or government affairs system. It can help merchants share a lot of things, and can quickly stabilize the overall situation when accidents occur, and even try taboo multi-line operations.

Shang Ji is not worried that there will be a situation where he can't get rid of his tail. Let alone whether Liu Yi has this ambition, even the military situation does not allow this to happen!

The Pingzhou Army was led by Shang Ji, and the backbone generals were all trained by Shang Ji. Shang Jizhang has absolute control over the army. Although the generals under his command respect Liu Yi, the premise of this respect is that Liu Yi is Shang Ji's elder brother, wife and brother, and a trusted subordinate of Shang Ji.

Once this premise does not exist, all the generals will abandon Liu Yi one after another.

"Okay, let's make a plan according to this standard. In addition, Guo Biao's bloodthirsty tiger ben, Dian Wei's evil god guard, Chen Guan's thousand illusions, and my shadow clothes and secret martial arts should not be counted in the army system. I take control of it myself."

"Yes!" Liu Yi nodded.

Guo Biao originally had a thousand tiger and ben army, all of them were seventh-rank soldiers, and their combat power was sturdy. However, after he accepted Geng Gong's inheritance, the Huben Army also evolved. The maximum number expanded to 10,000, and several top-level army characteristics such as tenacity, madness, bloodthirsty, berserk, and lonely loyalty were added, and the combat power soared. But now there is a serious shortage of staff, only 1,000 people.

And the maximum number of Dian Wei's evil god guards is 300, but the attributes are very abnormal!

Under normal conditions, the guard of the evil god is a seventh-tier unit, but he has a very unique characteristic-the closer he is to the evil god, the stronger his combat power is!

And the upper limit of improvement is 20% of Dian Wei's personal combat power!

Shang Ji has already done a test. Under the leadership of Dian Wei, the three hundred evil god guards can basically display the strength of first-class generals in normal battles.

Dian Wei led three hundred evil god guards, and it would be no problem to kill eight in and eight out of the tens of thousands of elite troops!

And Qian Huan is a special unit that Chen Guan was promoted from civilian spies after absorbing Zhang Liang's inheritance.

This type of arms is really as his name says, ever-changing. You can adjust your appearance at any time, and at the same time, you can automatically obtain some corresponding skills according to the identity of the person you are pretending to be! Of course, this skill has a lot of water, so it can only fool the layman.

For example, if you pretend to be a Tier 4 soldier, although you have some combat skills, your actual combat power is at most Tier 3. Once a conflict occurs, it is easy to show your feet.

In addition, low-level Qian Huan can at most disguise himself as ordinary soldiers, low-level blacksmiths, and servants, who are not very popular. Those Qian Huan who can pretend to be military generals, scribes, and even officials are also elites among the elites within Qian Huan, and the number is pitifully small!

But even so, after the civilian agent was promoted to Qianhuan, Shang Ji's intelligence network developed rapidly, and a large amount of secret information was continuously sent to Shang Ji's desk.

After Chen Guan was promoted, there was another benefit, that is, the number of Qian Huan had increased significantly. Originally, there could only be a maximum of 1,000 commoner agents, but now the number has directly increased tenfold, to a maximum of 10,000.

Of course, the corresponding training cost has also increased sharply, and it costs a thousand gold to train a thousand illusions, and the requirements for soldiers are very strict, requiring an intelligence value of more than sixty.

Even Shang Ji is scratching his head due to the high cost and terrifying requirements. With his strong support, the number of Qian Huan has just exceeded 1000, and it will be out of reach for you in a short time.

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