The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 500 General Staff

The expansion of the navy is very simple. On the one hand, the navy in the inland river can be deployed to quickly adapt to sea navigation operations. On the other hand, there are also a large number of qualified soldiers in Jingzhou, Jiangdong and Huainan.

There are two combat directions for the navy. One is to continue to harass Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou along the coast of Wei State, to restrain Wei State’s large number of defenders, and to drag down Wei State’s economy. When the time is right, large-scale landing operations.

The other is to continue overseas colonization. Now Vietnam has been completely occupied by Chu State, and Taiwan has also been included in the territory of Chu State. Zhang Wu intends to set Taiwan as a state of Chu State after completely occupying Taiwan.The next step will be the turn of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and other places. After Zhang Wu unifies China, maritime colonization will become the most important way of external expansion.

After the expansion, the total number of the navy will reach 10 people, divided into the East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet, each with 5 people.

The main mission of the East China Sea Fleet is to raid Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou and Youzhou along the Wei coast, make initial contact with Japan and the Korean Peninsula, draw maps, and collect intelligence.

The main task of the South China Sea Fleet is to expand southward, provoke civil strife in the Philippines, Malaysia and other places, and take the opportunity to invade.

Gan Ning temporarily commanded the East China Sea Navy, Zhu Huan was the deputy, and Lu Xun was transferred to the East China Sea Navy as a military adviser. Zhang Wu wanted to further train Lu Xun and let him be familiar with the navy. In [-], Lu Xun was in charge.

Ding Feng replaced Gan Ning and stationed at Shouchun, and Jiang Qin, Fu Xun, Lei Xu and others assisted Ding Feng to guard Huainan.Ma Di was recalled to Xiangyang by Zhang Wu, and after staying at home for a period of time, he was sent to Wudu to familiarize himself with cavalry operations.

Zhang Fei, Wei Yan, Liu Pan and other generals and Wuweiying also returned to Xiangyang, and Wenpin was stationed in Jianye City and took care of the defense of Guangling County.

After Zhang Wu returned to Xiangyang, he carried out another reform in the military system, abolished the post of military division, and set up a staff department in the central government to be responsible for formulating combat plans.

Pang Tong is the Chief of Staff of the General Staff Department, responsible for presiding over the daily work of the Staff Department.Lu Su was the chief of staff of the Central Army; Fazheng was the chief of staff of the Hanzhong Army; Huang Quan was the chief of staff of the South China Sea Navy; Lu Xun was the chief of staff of the East China Sea Navy;

In fact, the post of joining the army that appeared in the late Eastern Han Dynasty meant military staff, but it was generally used as the private staff of the military and political chief, similar to modern private consultants.For example, when Zhang Wu was the general of Zhennan, he recruited Ma Liang, Xiang Lang and others to join the army as the general of Zhennan, and they were his personal staff.

Now Zhang Wu has changed the name of this position and made it independent as a formal military position. The ultimate goal is to better control the army and avoid excessive concentration of military power in the hands of one person.

After this, the five armies' governor's office, the Ministry of War, and the General Staff check and balance each other, and no one can control the army alone.

The General Staff Department is responsible for formulating combat plans, and the chiefs of staff of each army are responsible for supervising the implementation of the plans; Later, the soldiers will hand in their seals.

Of course, the so-called soldiers are impermanent, and the battlefield changes rapidly, and it is impossible for the general in command to fight according to the plan he made in advance.Therefore, Zhang Wu allowed the general in charge of the army to have the power to make decisions on the fly. After discussing with the chief of staff of the legion, he could change the combat plan according to the actual situation, but he must immediately send someone to report to the central government urgently.

If the chief of staff of the legion does not agree to change the battle plan, the commander-in-chief also has the right to make a decision. After all, the general will not accept military orders abroad, and he cannot ignore the security of the country just because he is on guard against the general leading the army to rebel.

Zhang Wu believes that his vision of seeing people is fine, and those he can trust will not betray him. After the three major military institutions are in normal operation in the future, there is no such condition for the generals who want to rebel, even if you have soldiers , but you have no food.

Huang Zhong was getting old, Zhang Wu was afraid that he might make mistakes on the battlefield, so he transferred him back to Xiangyang to take care of him. Anyway, he now has many generals under his command, so he can't catch an old man and use his strength.

Huang Zhong was very reluctant at first. He was depressed and frustrated in the first half of his life, and he met the Lord of the Ming Dynasty when he was nearly 70 years old. Only then can he show what he has learned, charge forward on the battlefield, and become famous all over the world.Although the old general is almost [-] years old, he is still very energetic. He has no problem drawing a bow and archery, and charging on horseback.

But Zhang Wu persuaded him to give up the opportunity to make meritorious service to young people. After being away from home for so long, he must go back to see his son.

After Huang Zhong lost his son in his early years, he was disheartened and had no plans to have another child. Later, Zhang Wu forced Huang Zhong to take a concubine, and asked Zhang Zhongjing to take care of him, and finally gave birth to another son.

Who wouldn't want a son to carry on in their business?Especially in this era, Huang Zhong has indeed been away from home for a long time. Although he occasionally visits home, but now that his son has grown up, he needs to go back and train him personally. Anyway, he is now considered successful and famous all over the world.

Therefore, Huang Zhong returned to Xiangyang with Zhang Wu, and then resigned from the post of deputy governor of the Chinese military governor's mansion, raised his son at home, and went into battle when the war broke out.

Wei Yan took over as the deputy governor of the Chinese military governor's office, and the Wuwei Battalion was incorporated into the Central Imperial Guard.

Xu Shu temporarily commanded the Hanzhong Army as the deputy chief of the general staff and the deputy governor of the Fifth Army. After Zhang Fei and Wei Yan went home to rest for a while, they would lead the Wuwei Battalion to Hanzhong to prepare for the upcoming decisive battle.

The current situation is very unfavorable to the Wei State. Although Cao Wei's strength is still there, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the whole country, they are in a passive situation militarily.

First of all, in the Huaihe and Xuzhou areas on the eastern front, if the Chu army did not take the initiative to attack, the Cao army would not be able to fight.Because although the Chu army can't beat the Wei army head-on on the plain, the Wei army has no navy or navy, so they can only confront each other, but Wei's coastal areas are often harassed by the Chu army's navy.

Although the Chu army and navy dare not land on a large scale to seize the city, this kind of harassment will make Wei continue to bleed, such as destroying your economy, taking away your people, and so on.Now the people of Wei State all know that the people of Chu State live better than them, the people of Nanyang flee to Xiangyang, the people of Tianshui flee to Wudu, the people of Yuzhou secretly cross the Huaihe River to Huainan, and many people of Xuzhou also want to flee to Huainan. Yangzhou to go.

Cao Pi also issued an edict to prohibit people from fleeing, but it is difficult to completely prohibit this situation. Isn't there many people from poor countries who smuggle into developed countries in modern society?
What Zhang Wu lacks most now is population, so as long as the people from the north take refuge, they will be properly resettled by the government of Chu State. Moreover, the industry and commerce in Chu State is relatively developed, and the people can find jobs and support their families.

Many people along the coast of Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou would take advantage of the attack by the Chu navy and voluntarily request to flee to Chu with their boats.Especially the people in Xuzhou, who were originally close to Yangzhou, now that the armies of the two sides are confronting each other, the government of Wei State can't care about these people, so a large number of people in Xuzhou fled to Chu State.

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