Chapter 290: The Waves of the Times (3)
In terms of it, transferring the gang captain Mi is not only because of his merits, but also a microcosm of the strategic considerations of the Mohist school in the north under the times. He is just a duckweed that has turned over under the waves of the times.
The infantry and knight company he was in was originally used for patrols, but it turned out that when Gao Liugang was at his foot, he needed such a maneuvering force to penetrate deep into the north.
With the success of the negotiations in Handan, the war debts borrowed by Zhao Houzhang for the war of inheritance were exchanged for the franchise of northern trade. A new chamber of commerce was being established, and various investigations and handling of smuggling were required to pay for training.
The Mohist family mixed sand to control it, but did not directly manage it. It could not only pull the merchants from Handan and Zhao on the same front, but also gradually develop the power of merchants.
Furthermore, some division commander-level officers in the Gaoliu area were promoted from Si to form regular field corps.
With the development of Bianbao, the increase in population, and some trade and vassal tribes in the north of Gaoliu, the Gaoliu area does not need to consider small-scale combat with the Hu people for the time being. Now the retired reclaiming farmers in Bianbao are enough to deal with some small-scale conflicts.
There are big wars in Yunzhong, Jiuyuan and other places. It is a farming area, which is a development direction that the Mohist family could not give up. It is also a killing move by a large agricultural nomadic mixed tribe in the northern grassland after the arrival of the gunpowder era.
Since we have to fight a big battle, the existence of infantry and knights who are light and mobile, with companies as the operation unit is not very meaningful.
Replacing officers and forming a legion suitable for future field battles is the future development direction of the Mo family of Zhao Di.
A large number of cadres who were accustomed to small-scale combat, and even-level cadres who were in the border conflict had to withdraw back to Si Shang to study again. A large number of young officers who had just graduated came to Gaoliu, in order to realize the Si Shang transformation of the Mohist charity division of Zhaodi - they must be able to fight large-scale field battles rather than small-scale armed conflicts.
The task of infantry and knights in field battle is to use their own mobility to cooperate with artillery and impact cavalry to raid the opponent's flanks, use muskets to open the gap in the square array, create chaos, and thus create opportunities for the martial knights to impact.
Zhao State has many horses. If Zhao Houzhang had the ambition of reform, the new stirrup cavalry would soon be formed. In the future, it would not rely on personal courage or equestrian skills, but on discipline, formation and cooperation.
The advantage of Zhao State is that the people and equestrians in Daidi City are not bad, and the Mohist school alone cannot gain any advantage.
On the other hand, the cavalry of Chu and Yue were very poor. Huaibei Sishang was the best horse land in the Chu and Yue area. Yue State had basically no cavalry, and the cavalry of Chu State was also very poor. The Mo family considered that the future conflict with Chu and Yue would require a large number of light cavalry officers who had small-scale harassment operations.
Because the territory of Chu is too wide, once a war occurs with Chu, the backbone, sneak attacks, food cuts, and cuts off the back roads, etc. are all the actions that light cavalry are best at.
The cavalry officers in Gaoliu area were transferred to Si Shang, which was also after Ma Geng promoted in northern Jiangsu and Si Shang. The large amount of equestrians was more acceptable than Chu Yue. However, compared with the generations, Zhao Buru's good family of self-cultivated farmers could form new light cavalry to gain a greater cavalry advantage over Chu Yue.
The impact cavalry is too expensive and it is too troublesome to train, so there is not much in Si Shang. These non-impact cavalry bullies from Yue and Chu should be more than enough.
This is also the influence of the times turbulent in ordinary people under the background of the Mohist overall strategic center of movement southward.
A person's destiny depends on his own struggle, but he also needs to consider the course of history.
He is a erotic person, likes to show off, has excellent equestrian skills, and is very ruthless. He has the right to make decisions when he is on the side fort and patrol.
If he had been in Si Shang, the several major battles fought by the Yishi Division of Si Shang were all the opportunities for strategic marching, and the main force was artillery, infantry, siege, and field battles. There was no small-scale battle. The task of the company-level cadres was to organize camps, train, and listen to the orders of the brigade commanders.
So he might be an obedient company commander, but he would not be a company commander who could seize the opportunity and make achievements.
However, in Gaoliu, it was only effective that the Mohist family had just been operating; the border fort attacked small-scale battles; the caravans patroled; the Hu people patroled; the informal group of border residents who were good at controlling horses and a group of tribes holding stones; and he stood out when he led the patrol team to patrol the border.
Now that Gao Liu's strategic layout has changed, he has become famous and wants to be transferred to Si Shang to continue learning.
Soon, the infantry and knight company where the sancang captain Mi was organized was incorporated into a newly formed infantry and knight brigade, and the brigade commander was the former brigade representative of Si Shang.
Most of the people who interfered in the Zhao State's inheritance war and specially recruited returned home. A new round of conscription work will also begin after the autumn harvest, and a large number of young people who were newly forced to serve will be incorporated into the new infantry and knight brigade.
His handover with the new company commander means getting familiar with the personnel and teaching skills such as camping, counting, and practicing.
As for the skills of finding Hu tribes based on sheep manure, water sources, horse manure piles, etc., he didn't need to teach them. The few informal border patrol cavalry teams left were masters from Hu people.
After being busy like this for more than half a month, it snowed and had a rest.
Before marriage, he and Xing'er finally had a rare chance to meet. Although they were so uncomfortable, the Organization Department had an order, and the Mo people within the Mo family followed the discipline rules since Mo Di founded the Mo family; the other reason was that they were too cold and there was really no place to go.
The two of them naturally held hands and ate a sour soup noodles on the street. This is normal in Gaoliu. Even the Mohist family encouraged that when walking, they were not allowed to be arrogant at first and respectful at the beginning and then respectful at the end, the men must be respectful at the top of the woman. The men must be kept in front of the front.
When I was trying to buy a few persimmon cakes in the street market, I heard a woman behind me shouting: "Brother! Brother!"
Xing'er had known that the people in the gang captain Mi's family had also known that there was a sister with a strange name named Junzi. She hurriedly got up, tidy up her clothes, and thought to herself what she should call her.
It doesn't matter if you look up, Xing'er couldn't help but say, "Oh..."
A woman in the distance was riding on a horse with a big braid hanging down, obviously she had never washed her for many days and was greasy.
He was wearing a thick cotton jacket, gray and not a skirt, but a pair of thick cotton pants, and two sheepskin knee pads on his knees.
She was wearing a pair of sheepskin boots, which were big and wide.
The saddle bag on the side of the horse's back was bulging, and there was a bag behind him, a short musket inserted under the saddle, and a standard cotton cloak behind him, which was originally white, but now it has turned gray.
Her face was not fair, and she was obviously exposed to the sun all year round, but her facial features were pretty good. Her eyes were as flashing as the few girls Xing'er had seen, and she felt indescribable.
The prisoner Mi put down the persimmon cake and hurriedly ran over with Xing'er. Before Xing'er could speak, the gentleman on the horse jumped down and said, "She is Xing'er. Hello."
He tidied up his clothes a little, raised his right hand and pressed it on his left hand, bent his body slightly, raised his hand to his forehead, lowered his head slightly, and made a monastery improved worship.
This is the lightest etiquette among the nine worships at this time, and it is also the female etiquette that is commonly used in the Mohist school.
Worship is a military ritual, and you don’t bend down because you are wearing armor and almost every family in the places controlled by the Mohist family serves. This kind of etiquette and hand-holding ceremony are common ways of meeting and rituals within the Mohist family.
According to the old rules that were already in place at this time, women generally worshipped, and after a slight improvement, they gradually spread.
The Mohist family itself has the shit pot of "frugality but abandoning etiquette". As they have been too much, the messy kneeling etiquette has basically been cancelled. Mainly because with the prosperity of Sishang Industry and Commerce, those who started the industry and commerce do not want to let employees spend their time on various etiquettes. It is better to let them do more work to earn more.
Holding hands is a ritual within the Mohist family. In the Xia Dynasty, there are rituals for holding hands. The Mohist family opposed grand funerals and messy funeral rituals. Therefore, the Mohist family called holding hands a handshake, because... handshake is a kind of cloak during the grand funeral at this time. The things that are put on the dead are called handshake. The Mohist family simply broke the jar and gave up, and held hands a handshake.
Su Wen was accompanied by the problem of receiving both male and female students in Si Shang School. After the improvement, it basically became the etiquette for women to meet. Xing'er was common in Gaoliu. I thought to myself, what did you say? I haven't bowed to my sister yet. I hurriedly returned one.
The prisoner Mi smiled and pulled her sister's hand, saying, "Sister, there is a bathhouse over there, don't you go and wash it?"
The gentleman nodded and said, "But you have to wash. You don't know. Along the way... I'll put down my things and take a shower first. You'll wait for me at the place where I first came to eat mutton. By the way..."
He turned around and took out a brass compass from the saddle bag and said, "Where is a coppersmith here? You can repair this for me first, and I will use it tonight."
After the prisoner Mi took over, the gentleman hurriedly left. Xing'er secretly stuck out her tongue, thinking that this sister was strange.
She had seen the compass. The Mo family regarded Yu as the sage, and the image of Dayu has always been a left criterion and a right criterion, which is not uncommon.
But compass made of brass is rare.
The brass is beautiful in color, but because the boiling point of zinc is lower than the temperature of the reduction reaction, the production of brass is only the Lingyang family controlled by the Mo family. They are used to make military medals except for making cannons. The shiny materials like the military medals brought by the gangster Mi made Xing'er curious.
"My sister learned this. This thing is like our musket and horseshoe nails, and you have to carry it with you."
After explaining a little, he said, "My sister is pretty good. My family is pretty good too... Si Shang is pretty good too. Although I am far away from home, when the land is completed one day, I will definitely build a wide road from Si Shang to Gaoliu. I want to come back and take a look. I will get on the carriage and it will not be bumpy. It will only be a month. At that time, there will be stations and shops every other section of the roadside..."
He used his fantasy of the future to describe the not-far-distance future, and also hoped that Xing'er would be at ease and not be sad because of being separated from home.
Chapter completed!