The Liaodong Iron Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 272 Military Reform
At the same time as the new decree was issued, Huo Yu was still making a series of war preparations and made certain adjustments in personnel.When Liang Xi was appointed as the prefect of Xuantu County, he sent Guan Yu to lead [-] wolf cavalry into Xuantu County.

The Gongsun Zan tribe guarding Youbeiping with Yan Gang will be completely dispersed this time. Tian Kai was appointed as the prefect of Liaoxi County by Huo Yu, Shan Jing was appointed as the prefect of Shanggu County, and Zou Dan and Guan Jing were transferred to Lelang County. He was about to send troops to Sanhan, but Liu Zhengzhi was transferred back by Huo Yu to take charge of the affairs of Liaodong County, while Gao Shunzhi led the camp to garrison Xiangping.

At the same time, Huo Yu also officially appointed Tian Feng as Youzhou Biejia, and asked him to assist Xun Yu in charge of Youzhou affairs. Xi Zhi was completely liberated and was appointed by Huo Yu as a military advisor. liquor.At Zhao Yun's suggestion, Huo Yu sent Xia Houlan to Xuantu County to assist Guan Yu.

As for why Gao Shun was transferred back to Liaodong Xiangping, Huo Yu had his own ideas.On the one hand, Liaodong has a solid foundation and complete supplies. Instead of transporting all the equipment around, it is better to install it on the spot. For a general like Gao Shun who can train troops, only by letting him take charge of the training can he realize his potential.

Of course, another reason is that Yu'er is about to give birth, and the wives are all in Xiangping, so a confidant general must be sent to guard Huo Yu to be at ease!
After making adjustments to personnel, Huo Yu began to work hard in Jixian County. Liu Chong, Cai Yong, and Liu Yu, who had been fooled by him, had already completed the preparations for Youzhou College, but they did not see the book that Huo Yu promised , Chasing and nagging Huo Yu all day long.

In desperation, Huo Yu asked Zhuang Ju, who had submitted the certificate of honor, to lead a large number of skilled craftsmen from the Mohist school to join.Xiangping's Craftsman Workshop won't be able to move in for a while, so Huo Yu set up a special workshop in Jixian County with Mohists as his team, called the Ministry of Industry.

When the Ministry of Industry was first established, Huo Yu issued the first order, which was to make paper.At first, the craftsmen of the Mohist thought that the papermaking that Huo Yu was talking about was Caihou paper, but when Huo Yu vetoed it and came up with an improved papermaking method, everyone's eyes lit up, and they immediately jumped into it excitedly.

After solving the papermaking problem, Huo Yu pulled Xun You, Xi Zhicai, Tian Feng, and Guo Jia to set up the military department.The role of the military department is to be responsible for the preparation and inspection of military supplies during peacetime, and to make plans and mobilize a group of troops during wartime.But the mobilization of soldiers and horses must have a command talisman, so Huo Yu specially asked Ma Jun to make a tiger talisman for mobilizing the army, and engraved the name of the corresponding army on the front, and the word "Huo" on the north.

For the transfer of each army, the general who leads the troops must receive the corresponding token to complete the transfer.After the transfer is completed, a series of inspections are required before the Linghu and soldiers can be delivered.In this way, all the generals have no actual military power except for the personal guards around them, except for Gao Shun!

Although Huo Yu really wanted to implement the six-part system, he had limited manpower!Under such circumstances, Huo Yu issued another recruiting order in Youzhou and Jizhou.

At the same time, large-scale conscription is essential. All the recruits in Youzhou are sent to Xiangping, Liaodong for unified training by Gao Shun, because there is a good foundation and atmosphere there, and they can change clothes directly after training.As for the soldiers and horses in Jizhou, they mainly focus on training.

Thanks to the emergence of the military department, the possibility of mutiny can be minimized.Even if a certain general defected, he could only take away his personal guards.

After being busy for nearly a month, everything is finally on the right track.According to Huo Yu's request, the Ministry of Industry in Jixian County has started research, development, transformation, and production of various civilian and military items.

After lunch, Huo Yu led Dian Wei to the workshop of the Ministry of Industry, and just after entering the gate, he heard excited cheers.It turned out that these Mohist craftsmen were testing their newly improved crossbow.

The body of the crossbow has shrunk a lot, and the main components have started to be made of iron.At this moment, there are four iron crossbow bolts mounted on the ballista.The craftsman on the side pulled the winch hard, and there was a sudden creaking sound.After the sound stopped, the craftsman adjusted the angle of the ballista based on Wangshan, and when everything was ready, he immediately pushed down a mechanism.

After a sound, the crossbow shot out to hit the target three hundred steps away.Looking around, holding the shield in hand, the iron-clad target was pierced through. The shield and iron armor had no resistance against the iron crossbow. After piercing through the target, the crossbow continued to fly forward for a certain distance and then fell, head Although the head is pierced into the ground, the exposed tail is trembling non-stop.

"What's the output of this item? Can the range be reduced?" Huo Yu said from the side.It wasn't until this time that the craftsmen realized that Huo Yu and Dian Wei were so attentive to everyone.

With such a ballista power, let alone Huo Yu, even Dian Wei touched his body unconsciously.Although there is still a certain gap compared with the classic crossbows of later generations, it is already a cross-age product in this era.

The craftsmen of the Mohist School are extraordinary, they have thoroughly grasped and improved the crossbow technology in such a short period of time, and now Huo Yu is secretly glad that he agreed to Zhuang Ju's request.The improved crossbow no longer requires too many people to operate, and it is also easy to transport, which greatly improves the efficiency of putting it into the battlefield.

Because of Huo Yu's appearance, Zhuang Ju rushed over quickly, stepped forward and saluted Huo Yu.Huo Yu hastily stepped forward to support Zhuang Ju's arm and said: "The Mo family really deserves its reputation!"

"My lord, I'm overwhelmed! This ballista was designed by my lord, and we just improved it a little bit." Zhuang Ju said realistically
Hearing this, Huo Yu nodded and said again: "Is there any progress in turning the crossbow?"

"My lord, the turning crossbow is still in the experimental stage, and it should be ready soon." Zhuang Ju continued to answer.

"Okay! Is it possible to mass-produce it after it is formed?" For Huo Yu, the most concerned thing is the output. He doesn't want to be too precise, as long as it can be mass-produced and equipped for use.

Time waits for no one, the civil war on the Xianbei side on the grassland will soon end, and the Xianbei people must be wiped out in one fell swoop before they recover!
"We will do our best!" After thinking for a while, Zhuang Ju replied vaguely.

Hearing Zhuang Ju's words, Huo Yu was not angry, because the Mohists didn't know their own assembly line production methods, and even Huo Yu hadn't revealed many technologies in the Liaodong Artisan Workshop. Heart can not do without it!

But so far Huo Yu is most concerned about papermaking, so after a brief exchange with the craftsman who improved the crossbow, he took Zhuang Ju and others to the papermaking workshop.

(End of this chapter)