Chapter 804 – Before You Target Others, You Need to Calm down Your Own Land
For this leadership meeting, apart from addressing how to reorganize the navy, the main point was still the reorganization of the army.
The first to be reorganized was the Guards Legion Corps.
During the Battle of Yongren City, the Guards Legion Corps 1st legion was destroyed and later revived. When Swordsman City returned the 15 thousand prisoners, the losses of the Guards Legion Corps would be minimal.
The strengths of Huo Qubing were extremely obvious – he was good at cavalry warfare, he loved to strike from low distances, and he liked to take enemies by surprise.
As for siege battles, Huo Qubing was not a suitable choice for such fights.
The presence of the Heavy Armored Mountain Barbarian Infantry Divisions became more of a liability for him.
During the loss at Yongren City, one of the reasons behind their loss was the 1st legion being too mixed. As a result, they could not cooperate effectively with one another.
With that, it was not only a restraint for a God General like Huo Qubing, but it was also a restraint to a trump card like the Heavy Armored Mountain Barbarian Infantry Division.
After the discussion, they decided to change the Guards Legion Corps once more.
The 1st legion was still the one that underwent the biggest change.
First, the 1st legion Iron Armored Beast Division would be taken out and moved into the Guards Legion Corps as the direct subordinate of the Cavalry Division.
The iron armored beast cavalry was a pinnacle existence amongst heavy armored cavalry and should only be mobilized at crucial moments. Once it became the direct subordinate of the Guards Legion Corps, it would be convenient for Huo Qubing to move them.
Secondly, they would take out the two Cavalry Divisions and form three more from the prisoners to make the 3rd legion of the Guards Legion Corps.
With that, the Guards Legion Corps would have two pure cavalry legions.
The choice of Legion General was fierce General Lu Bu. Lu Bu’s courage and Huo Qubing’s flexibility would definitely procure great results.
Lu Bu and Ma Chao, these two strongest generals of the Three Kingdoms Era, were about to share the same stage.
Thirdly, the mountain barbarians gathered during the Battle of Yunnan would move into the 1st legion.
After the Battle of Yunnan, 46 thousand mountain barbarians were left from the 50 thousand. This reorganization would be to choose the best of the best to form three Heavy Armored Mountain Barbarian Armored Infantry Divisions.
With that, the 1st legion would be a pure mountain barbarian legion.
Since their establishment of the country was imminent, Shanhai City could not lack troops defending it. Hence, the 1st legion would be housed in the imperial city and become the only army housed within the city.
Ouyang Shuo gave them the name of Boulder Army as a sign of their importance.
To make it easier to manage, Shihu was appointed as the Deputy Legion General to be in charge of the daily duties of the legion. Huo Qubing would mainly focus on the battlefield and leading the other two legions. … After completing the above three points, the Guards Legion Corps would fight lighter. Internally, the Guards Legion Corps also had the sacred responsibility of defending the imperial city; externally, they were a sharp blade on the battlefield.
This trump card of the territory would deal with both internal and external matters as expected.
Making use of this chance, Ouyang Shuo also gave the three legion corps’ first legion a Deputy Legion General to be in charge of the daily matters.
This also helped to release the marshals of the legion corps to allow them to focus more on military matters. The three deputies were all chosen from within the Major Generals and was an internal promotion.
The Dragon Legion Corps 1st legion Deputy Legion General was Zhao Ponu, Huo Qubing’s most important general in history. The one for the Tiger Legion Corps was Cao Gui, and the Leopard Legion Corps one was Wei Zhang.
None of these three Deputy Legion Generals had the potential to become Legion Generals but were all exceptional. As a result, it was a good use of their talents putting them in the 1st legion. … Although the Guards Legion Corps had an additional legion, it only used up 40 thousand prisoners. Hence, the remaining prisoners could still form two full War Fighting Legions.
Of these remaining two, one was given to the City Protection Legion Corps to build the 2nd legion. Their Legion General would be Mu Guiying.
Not only was Mu Guiying a long time serving general, she was also from Mulan City and was familiar with the Lianzhou Basin. She was also a female general. With her and Er’Lai, one hard and one soft, they were a perfect fit.
Hence, on the outside, they had the two City Protection Legions on the defense. Internally, they had the Boulder Army. Even if Shanhai City became a Capital City and its population exploded, there would still be no worries that people could cause problems.
The City Protection Legion Corps temporarily did not have a marshal and would be led by both Er’Lai and Mu Guiying.
The remaining spot was given to the Leopard Legion Corps to form its 4th legion. As for the Legion General, Chen Yucheng who was the 1st division Major General of the 2nd legion was selected.
Chen Yucheng’s promotion signaled the rise of the ex-Taiping Army members through the ranks.
Out of the Shanhai City generals, the ex-Taiping Army generals were the most special as they had witnessed cannons, handguns, and other firearms.
To promote them would be to prepare the army for future changes.
Apart from Chen Yucheng, there was also Li Xiucheng and Xiao Chaogui. At an appropriate time, Ouyang Shuo would also promote them to Legion General.
Apart from that, Shi Dakai, who was left amongst the Tianjing Coup, had changed his mind and decided to move into Shanhai City. He was currently studying in the Army Military Academy.
As the strongest general in the Taiping Army, his arrival made Ouyang Shuo really delighted. He personally had a talk with Shi Dakai to totally resolve his doubts and problems and to obtain his loyalty.
Name: Shi Dakai (Emperor Rank) Dynasty: Qing Dynasty Identity: Shanhai City General Occupation: Special General Loyalty: 75 Command: 85 Force: 85 Intelligence: 70 Politics: 70 Specialty: Military Expertise(raises troops morale by 40%, raises troops closeness by 30%, raises troops combat strength by 20%) Cultivation Method: Stamp Foot Fist Equipment: – Evaluation: Military expert, courageous and fearless, righteous and loyal, pure and honest.
Shi Dakai could be said to be the most legendary General of Taiping Country. He started out at as a general at 16, leading tens of thousands of men at 19, and was given the title of duke at 20. When he fearlessly killed himself, he was only 32.
In history, Shi Dakai forced Zeng Guofan to jump into the river to commit suicide. If it were not for internal problems hitting the Taiping Country and Shi Dakai being forced back to Tianjing, Zeng Guofan might have really been killed.
Zeng Guofan was one of the four famous ministers in the Qing Dynasty, the Zhili Viceroy, scholar of the Wuying Hall.
To force such a remarkable person to the brink showed that Shi Dakai had real ability.
Not only was he able to lead troops, but his personal skills were also great too.
‘Beiping National Museum Lecture’ had listed him along with Xu Xuanping, Song Taizu, Zhang Sanfeng, Qing Jiguang, and similar masters as one of the most exceptional fist style artists in history.
Shi Dakai had invented the Stamp Foot Fist. He spread his technique to his soldiers to be used in battle, and he won every war.
What was rare was that he was not only good at military matters, but he was also good at administrative matters too.
1853 B.C., after Shi Dakai reached Anhui, he gathered the people to register and to choose basic level officials. He also held an exam to recruit talents and to form the prefecture, provincial, and county level ruling systems.
At the same time, he also strengthened military discipline to regain law and order. He helped the poor, took care of the sick, and arranged for people to return to their jobs. He set up a tax system to collect taxes and provided the foundation for the administrative and military activities of the Taiping Country.
If such a talent was not born in the Taiping Country, he would have definitely become a pinnacle existence.
As a result, it was wonder that Gaia would list him as an Emperor Rank general. Out of his four stats, none were a weakness. Even amongst Emperor Rank generals, he was above average.
To have the loyalty of such a general, obviously Ouyang Shuo would be delighted. … Apart from reorganizing the military, the meeting also arranged the border defense work of the three war zones.
After taking down Yunnan Province, Shanhai City now had three provinces and had the ability to establish the country.
At least in the next half a year or even longer, Shanhai City would not attack other areas in the China area. Instead, they would turn their eyes to the other ASEAN states and Morocco.
As they say: to fight externally, you must first solve your internal issues.
Before Ouyang Shuo could start a country war, he needed to ensure the safety of his home.
After the three provinces were connected into one, the south was either ocean or country borders. As a result, there was currently no need to worry. On the west it was similarly a country border.
The east was Minnan Province. Originally, there was no need to worry. However, he needed to slightly lift his guard because of Xunlong Dianxue. He mainly needed to defend against Xunlong Dianxue being conned by the Yanhuang Alliance.
Consequently, Ouyang Shuo arranged for the 3rd legion of the Tiger Legion Corps to stay there.
The biggest threat to the territory still came from the north. Although Chuanbei City-State, Xiangnan City-State, and Swordsman City were in a truce with Shanhai City and had also signed a trade agreement, everyone knew that there was a lot of uncertainty.
As a result of this, more than 70% of the manpower of the three war zones was arranged at the northern border.
This leadership meeting was to ensure that the three war zones were coordinated and cooperated with one another. They would not fight alone. Next would be to build many war castles at the border to form a complete northern defense line and not just all gather at one spot.
If he did not make such preparations, Ouyang Shuo could not go out to sea at ease.