"Greetings to the general, I wonder what else is there to call me to come?" He Baichao said deeply, while sitting and frowning.

Today is August 15th, and the Mid-Autumn Festival has not yet begun to become a festival at this time and is well-remembered by people. However, the Book of Rites records: "The emperor's spring sun, autumn sun moon", and the evening moon is to worship the moon. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the emperor had already begun worshiping the moon and worshiping the moon.

Later, noble officials and scholars followed suit and gradually spread to the people, and they had a faint sense of reunion. So He Jin specially recalled He Xian and He Bai from the West Garden today to have a banquet. After the banquet, He Xian went to contact his beloved wife to contact him, while He Bai was left by He Jin in the garden in the mansion to enjoy the moon together.

He Jin waved his hand and invited He Bai to sit down, and then said, "It's nothing important. But you and Xian'er are about to go to Qingzhou. I'm not relieved, so I summon you to ask if all the matters on the expedition are ready."

He Bai bowed and said, "Report to the general, there are 2,000 soldiers, 3,100 auxiliary soldiers, 500 craftsmen, 5,500 civilians, 4,500 war horses, 3,300 pack horses, 3,300 large chariots, two sets of weapons and armor per soldier, and enough food and grass to eat for half a month. All the matters to go to the battle have been prepared."

If you don’t know the size of your army without fighting, you will get 3,000 large chariots to carry them in all kinds of ways. With the number of 11,100 people and 7,800 horses, you will be afraid to drag a team of 20 or 30 miles long. If you encounter a road that is difficult to walk, the front and back teams will at least drag a distance of 100 miles.

No wonder the ancients often said that there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the boundless. At this time, the army was only half of five thousand troops, so it had reached such a large scale. If it sent 100,000 troops, what would it be? What would it be in a million troops?

Under the limitations of ancient communication technology and military training and command technology, let alone hundreds of thousands of troops, even an army of 100,000 people can make the command system close to paralysis. The distance is too far and the tactics are difficult to match, so many people cannot exert their combat effectiveness at all, and instead will increase the risk of logistical pressure and morale.

In ancient times, military training often relied on the generals and the formation orders were different. For example, the Qi family army trained by Qi Jiguang, and other Ming troops did not understand the mandarin duck formation. In this way, when the troops from the south and north of the sea gathered together, it was difficult to effectively cooperate in combat. It could only be a piece of loose sand and could not make up effective combat power.

It seems that ordinary cautious generals will not do such stupid things. And excellent ancient generals will not use a large number of troops. In decisive large-scale battles, they often only dispatched troops of 30,000 or 50,000 people, and the number of civilians has reached tens of thousands of people.

From this, it seems that several battles of the million-level army level in ancient China should have had a lot of water at that time. Even if the numbers are not bad, I am afraid that the regular soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, civilians and other things are all counted. Just like the Yi army, it can be called a 10,000 army... No, the Yi army is all elite, including the regular soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, and even if it is counted as a 20,000 army.

He Bai has always believed that his strategy and command are average, and he is afraid that he is no match for the famous generals at this time. However, after a long-term leadership, he found that even if the famous generals at this time were stronger than their own abilities, the quality of the soldiers under his command was probably far inferior.

It should be noted that the countries in later generations have established their own unified standardized military training exercises, and used these exercises to train non-commissioned officers in the army and military academies, while non-commissioned officers are responsible for training new recruits. Therefore, soldiers from all over the place can receive the same training, so that when they gather together, they can easily cooperate with each other. Professional non-commissioned officers provide the possibility of large forces in collaborative combat.

Although his abilities are average, he is very familiar with the rules of unified and standardized military training in later generations. For example, the private soldiers in Changshan and Zhongshan counties are all formed by combining unified training in later generations of queues and cold weapons. The upper and lower levels are unified, with consistent orders, and all the forward and backward advances and retreats are all satisfied. Even if they are randomly dispersed and reorganized, each general can command and fight easily and freely. This is the strength of their private soldiers.

If there is a single battle, one Xiyuan Xiajun may be able to fight two or three He's private soldiers, but if one garrison and one gulf, the Xiyuan Xiajun may not be able to easily defeat the He's private soldiers. If the entire army is fighting, the Xiyuan Xiajun is the elite of the whole country and has countless exquisite weapons and armor, I'm afraid that it will be only half a pound with the He's private soldiers.

After these understandings, He Bai was full of hope for his future. He had strong soldiers in his hands, and even if his abilities were slightly inferior, he could compete with Wei Wu, Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Lu Xun and others. No, maybe his opponents were only Wei Wu, Cao Cao and Zhou Yu, and the other three were afraid that the world would be unified before they even came out of the mountain.

After He Bai reported to He Jin, He Jin nodded repeatedly and praised: "I didn't expect that among my descendants of He's family, a famous general like you, has sorted out the things in the army clearly and arranged the supplies, food and grass properly. You need to know that there are people who charge and make plans. Only by being proficient in these civil affairs is the cause of victory for a large army."

He Bai said, "Thank you for your praise from the general. I have always been a little careful and have a little more knowledge of the things in the military. I also like to organize the things that need to be done clearly and do whatever I want in the future."

He Jin nodded and praised: "Only by knowing yourselves can you fight for all kinds of battles. If Tianming knows you, you will be invincible first. I feel very relieved that Tianming has such talent. Moreover, Tianming really treats Xian'er as a brother. It takes less than two months for Xian'er to follow you, and his whole body has changed a lot. Not only has he become much stronger, but he also acts more neatly and has a good look. I am very happy. If Xian'er becomes a talent in the future, it will be your contribution to Tianming."

In later generations, no matter whether good or bad or weak, as long as they enter the army, they will undergo a great change. He Bai has nothing else to do in the past two months. In addition to strengthening training, he is focusing on the issues of work style and discipline and ideological education. In later generations, work style and discipline and ideological education are the magic weapon for an army to win.

The spirit of absolute loyalty, the spirit of selfless dedication, the spirit of bravery and tenaciousness, the spirit of conscientious duties, the spirit of close unity, the spirit of strict discipline, the spirit of hard work, the spirit of decisiveness, the spirit of hard study, and the spirit of constant innovation. In addition to his own private soldiers, He Bai also firmly reflected these spirits into the lower army of Xiyuan.

He Bai believed that at this time, the combat power of the Xiyuan Army was probably half higher than that at this time last year. With good queue training, even if he doubled his combat power, He Bai dared to boast. He Xian followed the assessment of work style and discipline and ideological improvement, and it was not surprising that he became a different person. Even Zhang Zhang, the thorny head, was completely convinced by He Bai's complete incest, not to mention He Xian, who was just a novice.

He Bai also praised He Xian: "Ziquan is already very literary and is a very good scholar. Now he is in the army and practices with his soldiers, sharing joys and sorrows. He will never slack off as the son of the general, and it is natural to grow. I believe that within two years, Ziquan will grow into a talent that is both civil and military."

"Hahaha..." He Jin laughed happily and said, "I have a nephew Tianming, which is really my great blessing..."

The two talked for a long time, and He Jin asked: "A few days ago, in order to force the Empress Dowager to eliminate the eunuch, Yuan Benchu ​​ordered the governor of Bingzhou, Ding Yuan, the commander of Wu Meng, to burn Mengjin, and the capital, and led 3,000 cavalry to Luoyang City to kill the eunuchs. However, the matter was stopped by the Empress Dowager and he was appointed as the Jinwu. In the matter of eunuch, I already felt that the situation was not in my hands. Tianming thought that the matter could be accomplished?"

After hearing this, He Bai felt very complicated. He Jin believed in himself and regarded himself as his nephew, but he could not tell the truth, which really made people feel sorry for him.

He Bai had no choice but to ask: "I wonder how the general views the great affairs of elimination initiated by Yuan Benchu? What is the benefit of this matter and what harm will it do to the general?"

He Jin was silent for a moment before saying, "Yuan Benchu ​​was eager to get rid of the official. In addition to letting the Yuan clan dominate the court, he wanted to compete with Yuan Gonglu for the position of the next generation of the Yuan family head. If he could get rid of the official successfully, the whole world would submit to him, Yuan Benchu ​​and ignore Yuan Gonglu."

"What harm does it do to me? There should be no major harm. Even though the Yuan family wanted to dominate the court, I was the emperor's uncle, and there were dozens of famous families including the Hongnong Yang family and the Zhao family of Shu County. The more domineering the Yuan family, the more they were disgusted, and the closer they would be to me at that time. At that time, I would hardly have to do anything, and I would be able to get the support of all the officials in the court. This matter is not only harmless, but also beneficial."

He Bai was stunned. It turned out that He Jin had such a saying. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that what He Jin said was not bad. If it were pure political struggles, even if the Yuan family was known as the Three Dukes of the Four Generations, its power would not be too great in the whole country.

For example, when the battle against Dong was purely a dispute between the Yuan and Dong families, the Yuan clan tried every means and only gathered eighteen princes. However, there were no more than ten families who were really strong in the Yuan clan. However, there were nearly a hundred counties and states in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Yuan clan only occupied one-tenth of the power, while other aristocratic clans occupied nine-tenths of the power.

But what was not good is that since He Jin died unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo forced himself to enter Beijing, and used powerful means to control most of the elites of other aristocratic races, and only escaped the elite talents of the Yuan clan. Therefore, in the subsequent battle for hegemony, only the people belonging to the Yuan clan were trying hard, but no other aristocratic races came out to integrate various forces and fought with them to dominate the world.

When Dong Zhuo died, Wang Yun could not re-establish the authority of the court. In the end, Li Guo counterattacked and chaotic politics, which made the authority of the court of the Eastern Han Dynasty on the verge of collapse. By the time Emperor Xian of Han and the elites of other aristocratic races returned to the east, the situation in Guandong was basically settled, and except Yuan and Cao, it was impossible for them to develop independently to fight for the world. Other aristocratic races were helpless and had a hint of expectation, and joined Emperor Xian of Han to join Cao Cao's command.

In this way, Cao Cao really helped the Han Dynasty, otherwise the Eastern Han Dynasty would have ignored it in 196 AD and collapsed on its own. The dispute between Yuan and Dong was the biggest factor that caused the Eastern Han regime to lose control of the country's rights, and He Jin's death was just the fuse of this factor.
Chapter completed!