Chapter 6631 Smooth and Unsmooth

Chapter 6631 Smooth and Unsmooth
Chen Xi is the type of person who makes plans early as soon as he is sure to fight the Kushans, so he has been working hard to promote the rotation system since ten years ago, constantly accumulating veterans, and then setting up a veteran resettlement office, continuously absorbing veterans into the armed forces departments and production and construction corps of factories and mines across the country.

Among them, for these retired veterans, the armed forces department of factories and mines is just a change of location from the army. In the past, they did morning exercises, evening exercises, and physical training, and now they still do morning exercises, evening exercises, and physical training, but there is less going to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but there is more hunting in the wilderness.

After all, the early large factories and mines were all located in the wild, and the number of wild beasts in the early days was still very large, and they needed to be cleared out regularly. This behavior was actually not much different from a small-scale scout war.

As for the Production and Construction Corps, there is not much to say. When they are building roads normally, if they encounter mountain barbarians and cannot be persuaded, they will use force without hesitation. Although the frequency of fighting has dropped sharply over time, and later many brothers who retired to the Production and Construction Corps had distorted skills, you can tell me whether there is any difference in organizational ability from the army.

No, really not. For example, the anti-gray teams led by Dong Zhe can easily defeat ordinary elite legions. The dynamic continuous output of a talent alone is enough to stun many normal legions. Maybe the explosive power is indeed not as good as before, but it depends on whether you can last or not.

In addition to these retired veteran backbones, the military service of young and strong men in state-owned factories and mines and local militia organizations has become much more regular. The requirements of the old men who have been on the battlefield for military service are no joke. They will really make you practice certain life-saving skills to death.

Of course, this was in the early days. After the number of retired veterans reached a certain level, local military service and martial arts performances began to develop from formalism to formality.

There is no way. When the number of regular troops increases to a certain level, local military drills will naturally roll up, and military service will naturally begin to intensify. Some recruits will even master the elite talents passed on to them by their elders during military service without ever having been on the battlefield.

Although it is only an elite talent, it means that after Chen Xi took over, the Han Dynasty caught up with the hundred-year military service of Beigui in the mountainous areas in just a few years. For some things, once they catch up with the other party on a large enough scale, it is only a matter of time before they surpass the other party.

"So, now, as long as it is necessary, the Han Dynasty can quickly gather an army of about two million people with elite talents, middle and lower-level basic command personnel, and elite veterans to support them?" Bai Qi covered his forehead. He felt that the reality was too crazy. He had thought it was ridiculous to see Han Xin commanding an army of two million in his dreams before, but now this ridiculous thing was reflected in reality.

Chen Zichuan, you are really outrageous!

"We can only mobilize two million now, but the intensity of military service has been increasing in the past two years, and with the popularization of muscle-building injections and meat, eggs and milk, the quality of the young and strong men in the Han Dynasty is improving year by year. It is estimated that this data will increase significantly in the next two years. The biggest problem at present lies in the middle and low-level command, that is, the number of backbones with high melting point is too small." Chen Xi pointed to the huge number of young and strong people and the high-melting backbones of only a few thousand, and felt a headache.

Chen Xi's original plan was to have an army of three million, with thirty thousand high-smelting backbones as middle and lower-level commanders. The soldiers with single talents would take the adaptive route in the next two years, successfully complete the talent change, and then equip the entire army with shield guards and heavy armor. In this way, as long as the generals are of normal level, there will be basically no accidents.

As it turns out, it is not a problem to have a large army of three million at present. The equipment situation is better than what he had estimated back then. The only problem is the number of high-smelting soldiers, which was not a problem before, has now become a real problem. There are only more than 80 veterans of the fourth level and above in the front and rear of the Han Dynasty. What the hell, and more than % of them are only of the fourth level of smelting. This is a real headache.

"I think it's already like this. In fact, you don't need to have too high expectations. I even think it's a bit too much for a veteran soldier who has been tempered four times to be a centurion. This is enough. The opponent is Kushan? You just need to drive this army over. The Kushan are just a bunch of scum..." Han Xin looked at Chen Xi as if he was looking at a god. You have accumulated such a strong force, why are you still considering anything? Just attack them directly.

What level is the Kushan Empire, worthy of being beaten by such an army?

What kind of mechanism does this army need? This is pure numerical value. More than half of the army may be reinforced full-armor shield guards. Any sharp soldier will die if they encounter such things. If the Miracle Legion can break out of this sea of ​​shield guards, it will deserve the title of a true miracle.

"I think they would be a little dissatisfied to see veteran soldiers who have been tempered four times serve as centurions with the natural talent of shield guard. With their level, it might be a little difficult to become a centurion in the Imperial Guard, but it is also possible. You might make them a little dissatisfied with this." Bai Qi said with a smile. Veterans also have to save their dignity!

"Ah, these young and strong men are trained by them. They are the military service instructors." Chen Xi scratched his head. He really didn't think this was a problem.

Although it sounds outrageous, the military service of the Han Dynasty was indeed like this. Take Jiang Guang for example. Although Jiang Guang was a captain of Zhongshan State, every year when the military service of Zhongshan State competed with the military service of the neighboring Changshan State, there really had to be a winner. Jiang Guang had to take off his armor and face off against Jiang Fei head-on to compete for the real winner. In this atmosphere, the veterans would do very outrageously.

Another example is Yu Mang, who has reached the fifth level of smelting. Although he is on a temporary assignment in Taishan County, he is often in his hometown, Dongwang Village. The militia service in Dongwang Village is led by Yu Mang. Under the leadership of Yu Mang, those militiamen can encircle and suppress Wang Yue, who has broken the boundary, activate the war mode, and use legion attacks to strike back.

Even though Yu Mang complained that if these militiamen were his elite troops in the Ganges battlefield, they would definitely be able to stop Wang Yue, now this group of people only has a few qualified elite veterans, and the rest are small fry. The problem is that under the leadership of Yu Mang, they can stop the militiamen who broke through the boundary. Their quality is not bad at all. They are already qualified regular troops in the battlefield of the empire.

Militiamen of this level, after switching their elite talents to adaptive and putting on the shield armor with defensive etching produced by Chen Xi, are considered the backbone on the battlefield of the empire. Basically, as long as they don't encounter legions with talents such as shock convergence and will penetration, they can rely on their relatively reliable basic qualities and thick heavy armor to hold off the enemy even if they can't win.

The problem is that at least millions of these things will explode by then. Chen Xi doesn't believe that any restraining legion can have so many. Isn't the summary of thousands of years of world war history that when there is no generation gap in weapons and equipment, ordinary weapons that can be deployed on a large scale are more likely to win than legions holding a few powerful weapons?
Chen Xi believed that the Kushan Empire must have elite legions that could easily defeat these heavily armored shield guards, but Chen Xi did not believe that the Kushan Empire could produce dozens of elite legions that could easily defeat these heavily armored shield guards. Moreover, even if there were really dozens of elite legions that could easily defeat these heavily armored legions, facing more than 500 such fully-staffed heavily armored shield guard legions, Chen Xi really did not believe it.

Bai Qi and Han Xin were really getting a little nervous at this time. Didn't the veterans who had returned from the front line do military service in factories and mines, serve in the infrastructure corps, or become militia instructors? Wasn't there anyone doing something else?
"Because these jobs pay well and are respectable." Chen Xi said helplessly, "When we made a promise to the veterans, we said that we would give them a respectable life. Let's be honest, even if they go home to farm, it's not bad to have such a deputy job."

"All the discharge certificates of veterans above the fourth level of smelting are issued by me personally. Most of them are arranged to serve as the chief security officer of large handicraft workshops in factories, mines and farms near their hometowns after their native places are determined, and they are concurrently in charge of factory and mine training. Or if they retire late, after the positions of chief security officer of nearby factories, mines and farms have been arranged, they will be arranged to be the militia captain of their township, or a county official." Liu Bei explained on behalf of Chen Xi. He knew more about this than Chen Xi.

In fact, most of the veterans of the fourth-level smelting industry work as officers in the security department of medium-sized state-owned factories and mines. As for large-scale state-owned factories, mines, farms, workshops, etc., even those of the fifth-level smelting industry sometimes cannot even get this position.

As for the captain of the militia in their township, this position is often held concurrently by these people. As for the county officials and the like, as long as the fourth-level smelting elder brother has better interpersonal relationships and the fifth-level smelting elder brother does not go too far and refuses to move, it will not be a problem for him to become a county lieutenant in the county.

As for some brothers who don't want to return to their hometown, it is easier to arrange for them. There are actually many positions suitable for this level. If they are willing to be deputy positions, there are even more. However, in most cases, the brothers who come back from the front line would rather take a full-time job in the village than take a higher-level deputy position. After all, the former's life is really happy.

To be honest, this situation is actually somewhat dangerous for local management. It is only thanks to the fact that many veterans from various counties go to the countryside for inspection, and some of the more direct and foolish brothers will come down to see if there are any stupid brothers who are bullying the locals.

Thanks to the merger of villages and strongholds, management is relatively easy. As long as you keep a close eye on them, there will generally not be a situation where veterans of this level bully the people in the village. But that's just generally the case. After all, we cannot expect all veterans to have above average morals. Occasionally, there will be some situations that even make Liu Bei furious.

Generally speaking, veterans at these levels have basically fulfilled the pensions and decent life that Liu Bei and Chen Xi promised them.

Of course, there are also situations where there are several veteran soldiers in one village. Generally speaking, when this happens, some people will transfer to other places to serve as officials. But occasionally there will be more strange situations. For example, no one wants to be an official in other places, so they are interested in the local militia captain. I don’t want to bully the people in my hometown, I just like this kind of rural atmosphere to stand out!

Go out and be an official? What the hell, just give me the highest rank. I want to be the captain of the militia in our village. My rank is higher than that of the county magistrate. I will brag about it locally, open the eyes of the villagers, do something for them, and let them know that I have made a name for myself.

It's outrageous, right? But Liu Bei has encountered this kind of outrageous situation more than ten times. Especially when there are four or five veteran soldiers in a village, there will definitely be a backlash. Being an official, a coach, or a chief of the security department in other places is useless. I must stay in the local area and work part-time as the captain of the local militia. Only in this way can I show how awesome I am!
Especially those brothers who have a good relationship with the locals, are more and more determined in this regard. Even if I have to undergo the sixth level of smelting, I will still be the captain of the local militia, let our village know about me, and let the villagers who have seen me get to know me well.

It's nothing compared to a county lieutenant with a rank of two thousand stones. I have a strong attachment to my hometown and just want to return home in glory!

Why didn't Lao Lu, a guy who was one of the top ones among the gods, become the chief of Xuzhou's military service? It was because he was determined to go back to his hometown, serve as the captain of the militia in his hometown, do some work for the villagers and let them know how well he was doing!
If you don't return home when you are rich and powerful, it's like walking in fine clothes at night, brother!
Being a lieutenant of 2,000 shi in other counties hundreds of kilometers away is not as good as being a lieutenant of 1,000 shi in my own county. Do you understand how the locals look at me? I feel so good when I work for these fellow villagers! I feel so good! I want to stand out from the crowd. Do you understand?

Why do you run hundreds of miles away to be a county lieutenant? You can only go back to your hometown once or twice a year to burn incense. It would be a miracle if the locals would remember you. I am here every day and the locals know me. This is the treatment of local aristocrats. I am so happy.

Many veterans may not have thought so far ahead, but even if they have a brighter future, once they arrive at their home, they do not want to leave. Even if they are about to become supermen, they will not change their mind and will visit the graves of their parents and ancestors during the four seasons if they can find their own ancestral graves.

Chen Xi estimated that given the current situation, even if someone really reached the level of a god and had the ability to leave the planet and destroy the galaxy with a wave of his hand, he would probably stay on this planet. Why would a god with such power stay on Earth? This is my home! What do you care about my strength and status? It’s none of your business if I go back to my home. The graves of my parents and ancestors are all here!
This is the hometown, this is the inheritance. It is precisely because of this kind of thinking that the official positions and titles prepared by Liu Bei and Chen Xi in the early years have not been issued yet, and there are even large vacancies. The two thousand stone positions prepared for the sixth level of smelting have not been issued yet, and the du bo positions of the security departments of medium and large factories and mines prepared for the fifth level of smelting have not been issued yet. Instead, the militia captains in the village often suffer dimensionality reduction attacks.

You should know that in the previous plan, the captain of the militia in the township would generally not be higher than the guards of the third level of internal energy condensation, unless it was a relatively important military town. The captain of the militia in the village would not be higher than the entry-level guards according to the plan, unless it was an important border town or a village in a dangerous place.

However, the actual situation is quite different from the plan.

Yu Mang, a fifth-level smelting Qigong master with a rare talent for third-person perspective, is determined to serve as the captain of the militia in his village.

That's right, this is not his hometown directly, but his village. There are two other people in this village who are almost at the same level as him, Zhang Du and Xue Zhou, who are deputy captains of the village militia. The reason is very simple. These three people do not want to move, they just want to compete for the captain of the township militia and stand out. As a result, because they are from the same township as Zhang Yong, they failed in the competition. After the failure, they still don't want to move elsewhere to become officials, so this is what happened.

Li Zhe, who has reached the sixth level of smelting and has mastered the underlying logic of the talent tree, can switch elite talents. He is capable of competing with Wei Shuang for the position of the chief of Bingzhou military service. He now serves as the militia captain in the township where his wife lives.

Marrying into the wife's family? No, no, no, I have to make you face up to my existence. Being a county lieutenant in the county is useless. I would rather be the captain of the local militia and concurrently serve as the county lieutenant. I absolutely cannot leave. Salary is not important. Anyway, I have more than a thousand acres and I am not short of this little money. I just like to be active in my hometown.

Zhao Ying is a super immortal. If the three empires released a ranking of immortal veterans' combat effectiveness, Zhao Ying would definitely be on the list. But Zhao Ying is now a commoner. Not only is he a township-level official, he has not even gotten the position of village militia captain, because his next-door neighbor's next-door neighbor is Jiang Guang, who was promoted from a Zhongshan captain to the neighborhood's military service captain through a part-time job.

Zhao Ying was almost angry to death, and since Zhao Ying refused to move, he was ready to waste time with Jiang Guang.

Originally, with Zhao Ying's merits and abilities, he could have chosen any of the more than one hundred county lieutenants in the country. After all, Zhao Ying had command capabilities. Although Zhao Ying's command method was to create six clones and then create more than thirty phantom warriors, and then rely on himself to command himself and lead others to attack together, you tell me whether this command method is reliable or not.

Apart from anything else, there would be no problem in commanding one or two thousand people with this set of operations. If he were to be accompanied by a few reliable veterans, he would be absolutely qualified to be the deputy general of the legion. However, Zhao Ying just didn't want to do it. He would rather hang out in Zhongshan County for nothing and was determined not to go anywhere else.

Therefore, in this case, not to mention that it would be embarrassing for the brothers who have performed quadruple smelting to be the backbone of the newbies with single talent, not only will they not feel embarrassed, they may even hope for it. After all, this will more effectively let their fellow villagers realize how awesome they are.

"I find it difficult to understand this magical era. In my era, officers would never give up any promotion in title or official position. Even if there is a situation where someone would be demoted in order to stay in the local area, it is impossible for so many people to make this choice." Bai Qi said with a headache. He was promoted from a centurion, so he knew the Qin Dynasty very well. But precisely because he knew it very well, he found it outrageous.

"Because the difference in benefits received is not that big, especially after the title reaches a certain level, the salary brought by the official position does not actually have a clear advantage. What is truly effective is the power brought by the official position. The problem is that this power does not actually have much significance if they do not seek personal gain. Instead, the society's affirmation of themselves and the recognition of his acquaintances are more important." Chen Xi said helplessly. He did not expect such an idea to arise.

That’s right, compared to the recognition from strangers, the recognition from acquaintances and relatives can make them realize their own value. After all, when they reach this level, as long as they don’t get involved in gambling, it is basically impossible for them to be short of money. Therefore, whether they have more or less financial resources does not really have much impact.

Bai Qi and Han Xin looked at each other, then both lowered their heads in thought. They began to recall their own experiences. It seemed that in addition to the excitement of receiving the bounty for the first time and being appointed as generals for the first time, what they valued more was the look of respect in the eyes of others after they won the battle.

"It seems to make some sense." Han Xin said after a while. He could not quite remember the names of his officers, but he could still remember the respectful expressions on their faces.

"The main thing is that they can live well no matter what, and it is difficult for anyone to bully them. It really doesn't matter to them whether they hold an official position or not." Liu Tong said knowingly.

The third and fourth levels of smelting are fine, but when it comes to the fifth level of smelting, you are already an extraordinary human being. As for the sixth level of smelting, you can get a place anywhere, and even the aristocratic families will want to win over you. If you have some special abilities, even if you are a commoner, you still need to take the seat. To put it bluntly, the veterans of the sixth level of smelting can meet Liu Tong.

"Many times, veterans at this level work with a certain belief in mind, rather than working for the sake of working." Liu Tong said this with some emotion, because she remembered the sealed arrow that Zhang Gan had handed over to her not long ago. When Liu Tong received this thing, she didn't quite understand it. It was not until Zhang Gan said that it was a relic of Ye Kong that Liu Tong realized what it was.

Looking at the arrow, Liu Tong actually felt a little regretful, because not only her, but probably her father had forgotten Ye Long, the little man who shot an arrow at Beique and wanted to destroy his entire clan. However, Ye Kong, as a younger generation, had always remembered this favor, and even wanted to repay her after he had become a big man in fact. Liu Tong felt extremely sorry about this.

Obviously, it was not necessary to do so. After retiring from the army, he served as the Sima of the Imperial Guard in the Weiyang Palace. Protecting himself was also a reward. It was much more valuable than dying in battle. He was a veteran of the sixth level of training, and it was the kindness of his father that continued to this day, but he died like this.

Liu Tong had some complaints about this, but after receiving the arrows, he asked someone to send the arrows and the reward back to the Ye family, and wrote a special letter in reply, saying that there was no need to do so. Of course, no matter what he was thinking when he wrote this letter, you just need to remember that Liu Tong normally does not write letters.

"Because they have enough food and drink and no lack of social care, they have other demands on themselves. This is generally a good thing. This was also one of the plans back then. It's just that the development in this area has not been smooth, and the way it has not been smooth is a bit strange." Chen Xi said with some fatigue. This is one of the very few things that cannot be said to have problems with the plan, but the development is indeed a bit strange.

“Forget it, let’s not talk about this.” Chen Xi may have noticed that the topic had gone off track. After activating the arcane mirror, he pointed to the logistics item and prepared to explain.

"There's no need to explain this. We also followed you to the Northern Frontier Ranch, walked along the Grand Canal, went to Yanzhou Agricultural Grain, and visited large farms and plantations in Yangzhou and Jiaozhou. We have absolutely no doubts about this. I only doubt that our imagination is not enough." Han Xin looked at Chen Xi as he was about to play the logistics items and raised his hand to stop Chen Xi. Just watch the rest, this is really not necessary.

"Actually, this is not about logistical reserves, but about how to transport the logistics of these three million troops to the appropriate location on time." When Chen Xi heard Han Xin's words, he did not think that he was exaggerating, because in previous years, the material reserves of the Han Dynasty were actually enough to support the logistics of three million troops. The real problem was how to cooperate with the army to transport such a large scale of food and fodder logistics.

"The army doesn't move before it moves, but food and fodder must go first. According to the marching route you planned before, a large amount of food and fodder has probably been stored in Chang'an, Hanzhong, Chengdu and other places." Bai Qi looked at the viaduct route on the map and said almost without thinking. There was nothing to say about this. Judging from Chen Xi's character, since he dared to propose such a plan, the food and fodder logistics should have been prepared.

"We have made reserves, but they are not enough. Moreover, after passing the southwest passage and entering the Ganges, we will still need to face the problem of food and fodder. Therefore, we will build large farms here to store food and fodder. As for the Ganges, it is not a problem." Chen Xi pointed to the area between Myanmar and Bangladesh, where Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang drew a circle, and said that this is the place that must be built next.

"The manpower required to mobilize such supplies is also a big problem. Although there is an overpass, the pressure of logistics transportation on such a scale cannot be easily solved." Liu Tong frowned and asked. The local reserve granary can only solve part of the problem. Moreover, given Chen Xi's situation, it is impossible for the soldiers to only eat these things. So meat, fish, chicken, duck, vegetables, and medicines all need to be allocated.

Moreover, because the scale is too large, and even if there is an overpass, it will probably take half a year for an army of three million mainly infantry to reach the Indochina Peninsula through the Southwest Corridor, even if it is fast. The materials allocated by Chen Xi are absolutely astronomical, so the number of people supplying logistics is probably more than the army going out to the expedition, and the difficulty of management will also rise explosively.

Bai Qi and Han Xin naturally would not consider the things that Liu Tong considered, because the soldiers of their time only needed to have food to eat, and they didn't need to consider meat, eggs, and milk, which were things that even nobles could not enjoy. It was outrageous that ordinary people of the Han Dynasty could eat these things now. In the end, the war had to maintain this level?

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