Jiang Shang used the relationship between wolves and sheep to vividly analyze the relationship between Shanhai City and the surrounding territories. Ouyang Shuo's heart brightened up after Tai Gong's reminder.
A huge plan was slowly forming in his mind.
Of course, all the plans had to be carried out after the New Year. Especially before the arrival of the third year of Gaia, Ouyang Shuo wanted to take advantage of the remaining half a month to settle some trivial matters.
First and foremost was the establishment of the Imperial Guard Corps.
When the Dragon Stallion Army had gone to Zhen 'an County, two mountain barbarian generals had done the exact opposite. They had separated from the main army and been transferred back to Shanhai City to await further orders.
They were Lei Jingtian and Shi Bao, both of them relatively outstanding young commanders in the Mountain Barbarians. This was especially true for Lei Jingtian. Not only did he receive Ouyang Shuo's attention, but he also received a strong recommendation from his superior, E Lai.
After leaving the Southwest University China Hall, Ouyang Shuo turned around and headed for the Royal City military camp to officially announce the establishment of the Imperial Guard Corps.
Not only were there only four divisions in the newly formed Imperial Guard Corps, even the core position of Corps Commander was temporarily vacant, and Ouyang Shuo was personally in charge of it.
Lin Yi's division was renamed the First Division of the Royal Guards. At the same time, Ouyang Shuo also officially designated this division as a pure cavalry division.
The Mountain Barbarian Second Independent Division led by Shi Hu was renamed the Forbidden Army Second Division, becoming the Mountain Barbarians Heavy Infantry Division. Seizing this opportunity, Shi Hu officially assumed the position of Division Commander.
The Mountain Barbarian Independent Third Division was renamed the Forbidden Army Third Division, and was also a Mountain Barbarian heavy infantry division. Ouyang Shuo chose Lei Jingtian as the division commander.
The Mountain Barbarian Independent Fourth Division was renamed the Fourth Division of the Imperial Guard Corps, which was the Armored Beast Heavy Cavalry Division that had been planned for a long time. The regiment commander was naturally the Li Tribe's number one warrior, Shan Zhu.
The mountain barbarian general Shi Bao was appointed as the deputy commander of the fourth division. With Shi Bao's assistance, Mountain Pillar was able to smoothly take over the Mountain Barbarian soldiers.
In the Rhinoceros Valley of Qiongzhou County, the first batch of 5,000 Ironbacks had arrived at Shanhai City. The Armor Workshop was also speeding up the forging of the armor and equipment, and it would be completed in a few days.
The Ironback Troop was a new type of soldier, and there had been no precedent of a large-scale troop formation. Thus, how to train these troops into shape was the biggest problem for Shan Zhu, the division commander.
The first problem was how to tame the Ironback Beast.
The art of taming horses in China had a long history. Therefore, there was no problem with taming warhorses. The Ironback Beast was different. It was a wild beast that was more advanced than warhorses, and it was difficult to train.
In addition, due to their bloodline, warhorses were naturally adapted to the hustle and bustle of the battlefield and had great endurance. As for the Ironback Beast, it was an unknown.
Fortunately, the major problems, including the feeding problem of the Iron-Armored Beasts, had been solved by Xiahou Ying, the director of the Discipline Department. The only difficult thing was to make the Ironbacks recognize the Barbarian warriors.
For this reason, Shanzhu had no choice but to ask for help from the tribe, transferring more than thirty beast tamers to assist the barbarian warriors in taming the Iron Armor Beasts, making them their most loyal and reliable partners.
The people of the Li Clan lived on Jingzhou Island and knew the habits of the Iron Armor Beasts on the island best. In the tribe, there were occasionally tamed iron-armored beasts to replace cattle or pack horses.
Therefore, each tribe, more or less, had one or two capable people who could train iron-armored beasts. This time, Shanzhu used his identity as the young master of the Li Clan to sweep away these capable people and invited them all to Shanhai City.
For the Li Clan, Shanzhu could hold a high position in the army of Shanhai City, which was also a kind of consolation and honor. Therefore, after receiving Shanzhu's request, the tribes responded positively.
In addition, Ouyang Shuo's [Savage Taming Art] had to be mentioned. Ouyang Shuo would spend two days alone to use the [Savage Taming Art] to tame every Iron Armor Beast.
Otherwise, even with the help of the beast tamers of the Li Clan, it would be of no help.
In order to train the Iron Armor Beast troops into an army, the military office even specially divided out a plot of land on the grassland in the northern suburbs outside the city and built a large training ground.
The Iron Armor Beast Division would spend the next three months in the training ground. Even the routine training arrangements of the special operations base had been specially approved by Ouyang Shuo, so they could temporarily not participate.
As for the vacant fifth division, when the time was right, another division would be formed.
The biggest difference between the establishment of the imperial guard corps this time and the previous one was that there were no soldiers drawn from other divisions, and it was completely reorganized from the three independent mountain barbarian divisions.
From this, it could be seen that Ouyang Shuo approved of the mountain barbarian warriors.
Ouyang Shuo's trust in the mountain barbarian warriors was closely related to his identity as the [Barbarian King]. He was confident that this group of mountain barbarian warriors would be his most loyal guards, and they would follow him to battle on the battlefield.
Taking this opportunity, he could further deepen the recognition of the mountain barbarian tribe toward the territory.
From then on, the three mountain barbarian independent divisions would have official designations, and they would become the trump card troops of the territory in one leap.
Next, they would collectively enter the special operations training base and receive a month of special training to make up for this missing lesson.
Ouyang Shuo hoped that the mountain barbarian warriors would not only be brave, but also sufficiently "smart." After all, warriors who only knew how to use brute force would not amount to much.
Unlike other corps, the imperial guard corps temporarily did not have a direct brigade. For the current imperial guard corps, the three thousand divine guards were the strongest direct troops.
After dealing with the imperial guard corps, Ouyang Shuo took the opportunity to meet Li Xiucheng and the other three generals of the Taiping Army in the military camp.
When they were captured, Li Xiucheng and the others were prepared to die a heroic death.
However, with the death of the emperor, Tianjing City surrendered, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom completely became history. Their hearts suddenly became empty, and they lost all their pursuits in an instant.
It suddenly seemed silly to say that they were going to die a heroic death.
After all, the lord and the dynasty they had been loyal to no longer existed.
After Shi Dakai left, Yang Xiuqing surrendered and successfully became the county governor of Leizhou County. The four generals of the Taiping Army were even more at a loss.
It should be noted that Shi and Yang were two symbolic figures among the generals of the Taiping Army. Obviously, the two of them did not show any hostility toward Shanhai City.
Otherwise, Shi Dakai would not have handed over his military power so easily and withdrawn from that battle.
Apart from that, the four of them were not mistreated during their capture. Instead, Shanhai City treated them with great courtesy. The only thing that shocked them was probably the scene of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that they learned from Shanhai City.
This was a huge blow to Li Xiucheng and the others.
The tragic experience of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in history, as well as their personal experiences, undoubtedly caused the faith that they had built up with great difficulty to collapse in an instant.
Unlike the people of Xunzhou County, these people had only come into contact with the God-worshipping religion in the wilderness. They had not had the chance to attack the dark, backward, and ignorant side of the religion.
Therefore, the people of the two counties were still grateful to Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan.
Li Xiucheng and the others had appeared in the wilderness with Hong Xiuquan. The idea that Gaia had instilled in them was to follow this man and make a name for themselves in the wilderness for the welfare of the people.
Therefore, it was difficult for Li Xiucheng and the others to accept the truth of history.
It was this bit of information that made Li Xiucheng and the others' resistance to Shanhai City grow weaker and weaker. However, it seemed that something was missing if they really wanted to pledge their loyalty to Shanhai City.
When Ouyang Shuo passed by Mulan Fortress and expressed his intention to bring the four of them back to Shanhai City, they did not refuse. Similarly, Ouyang Shuo did not treat them as captives.
They were like ordinary generals in the army, free to come and go as they pleased.
The only difference was that they did not have specific positions.
It was this opportunity that gave Li Xiucheng and the others the opportunity to observe the army of Shanhai City at close range.
With this observation, it was naturally obvious who was superior.
From Mulan Fortress, they passed through Mulan Prefecture and Blessed Prefecture. The people's lives in these two prefectures once again brought them great shock.
Developed commerce, highly efficient yamen, affluent people, and a complete welfare system … …
No matter what it was, it was a shock to their already fragile nerves.
It was as if Shanhai City was the ideal world that the Heavenly King had described and yearned for.
This feeling was really strange.
The ambition that they wanted to realize had actually been realized in the enemy's territory.
When they arrived at Shanhai City, the shock it brought was even greater.
The lofty and majestic city, reasonable urban planning, more developed commerce, more affluent people, more efficient yamen, more graceful atmosphere...
All of these showed that this was a city full of vitality and was full of heritage.
In comparison, Tianjing City seemed to be a little dilapidated on the inside.
When they entered Tianjing City, Li Xiucheng and the others were somewhat infatuated with this majestic and magnificent city.
Therefore, when they received Ouyang Shuo, everything seemed to be going smoothly.
What surprised Li Xiucheng and the others was that Ouyang Shuo didn't intend to let them return to the army directly.
Ouyang Shuo wanted Li Xiucheng and the other three to be sent to the Military Lecture Hall for three months of further training. After three months, the army would basically be organized, and it would be just in time for them to go to their posts.
There was no doubt that Li Xiucheng and the other three Taiping Army generals were talented. Otherwise, they wouldn't have grown up to be great generals one by one in the history of the world.
The only thing they lacked was that they hadn't received formal military education. Entering the Military Lecture Hall would undoubtedly help them make up for their shortcomings.
In addition to the four surrendered generals, the Military Affairs Office would also select 1,000 team leaders, 300 battalion commanders, 50 brigade commanders, and even five division commanders from all the generals in the army to be sent to the Military Lecture Hall for further training.
Ouyang Shuo wanted to take this opportunity to improve the level of the generals in the army.
This was only the first batch. Three months later, there would be a second batch of generals sent to the Military Lecture Hall for further training. Half a year later, all the generals in the army would be trained in rotation.
Obviously, Ouyang Shuo had accepted the dormant plan proposed by Jiang Shang.
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