30th of October, Shanhai City.
With the end of the war, the number of casualties and prisoners of war were accurately calculated and reported to the Privy Council. After the Privy Council gathered the information, it was reported to Ouyang Shuo.
The final statistics showed that there were still 680,000 soldiers waiting to be reorganized after making up for the casualties, dismissing the injured soldiers, and forming the three provincial guard divisions.
680,000 soldiers were reorganized into nine full corps, and there were still 50,000 soldiers left.
After discussing with Du Ruhui, Ouyang Shuo decided to form a full corps, the Soaring Eagle Army, in addition to the Leopard Army's corps and the three vacant corps of the city guards.
Ouyang Shuo did not use the remaining 50,000 soldiers to form a new corps, nor did he dismiss them on the spot. Instead, he sent them to Fallen Phoenix City.
The news of the expansion of the Yan Huang Alliance's territories had already reached Ouyang Shuo's ears. Fallen Phoenix City was being attacked by Handan City and Asura City from both sides, so they had no choice but to expand their army.
Fortunately, the Feng family was comparable to Di Chen's family. After Feng Qiuhuang took over as the clan leader, he also took over the family's resources and connections, so it was not difficult for him to recruit players on a large scale.
However, Fallen Phoenix City rarely waged war against outsiders. If they wanted to expand their army, they had to choose militia from the reserves and train them into an army. The efficiency was lower than directly reorganizing the prisoners of war.
Of course, the Yan Huang Alliance also had a similar problem.
The 50,000 soldiers that Ouyang Shuo sent were undoubtedly very precious to Fallen Phoenix City. It could allow Fallen Phoenix City to easily reorganize a corps, and it could be considered as repaying Feng Qiuhuang for helping Great Xia.
After all, Fallen Phoenix City contributed in this war, but they did not gain anything.
Even if they were allies, Ouyang Shuo and Feng Qiuhuang had a deep friendship, so he would not take advantage of Fallen Phoenix City. If he really did that, he would be destroying himself.
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Other than the prisoners of war, the biggest gain from this war was a group of civil and military officials.
Needless to say, Sage Strategist Zhang Liang and Divine General Li Mu were the biggest gains from this war. Other than that, Wei Yan under Feng Qingyang, Wang Li under South of Rosy Clouds, and Li Guang under I Am Big Bad Wolf had also gained a lot.
In addition to these famous people, there were also eight historical generals and ten historical officials. Although they were not well-known and were considered the weakest among the king-class talents, they could be considered to have solved the urgent problem of Great Xia.
There was no problem for the eight generals to serve as division commanders, and the best of the ten civil officials could serve as prefectural governors. The next best could serve as prefectural magistrates, or they could serve in the governor-general's yamen.
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In the next few days, Ouyang Shuo met with the Cabinet, the Privy Council, and the Grand Council to discuss the relevant personnel arrangements.
The first thing to be announced was the arrangement of the military generals. The reorganization of nine full-strength field legions at once was a huge burden on the dynasty's finances. It had almost depleted all of the imperial court's funds.
Even if they didn't complete the digestion of the three provinces, Great Xia wouldn't be able to sustain the upcoming war. This truce was not only an objective request, but also a last resort.
After two months of war, the manpower, material, and financial resources used would amount to three million gold coins.
Money was what war was all about, and it was not just empty words.
This was only the cost of the war. After the war, routine expenses such as updating the equipment of the new legions, building camps, configuring logistics bases, and distributing pensions to the fallen soldiers would amount to as much as five million gold coins.
Great Xia's military system was already very complete. Logically speaking, updating the equipment of the legions shouldn't be a difficult task. The difficult part was that updating the equipment on such a large scale required a huge amount of iron ore.
At this rate, the iron ore within the borders of Great Xia wouldn't be able to last for another three years.
After this round of reorganization of the army was completed, Great Xia would have six full-strength field legions, three independent corps, six full-strength fleets, one royal fleet, and 14 local garrison divisions.
After careful calculation, the total military strength would reach 3.33 million. It seemed very terrifying, but in order to guard a vast empire like Great Xia, with its long and continuous borders, these troops were necessary.
In order to maintain such a huge army, the monthly expenditure of the entire army was as high as 1.5 million gold coins. If the daily expenses such as rations and equipment were included, it would probably exceed 3 million gold coins.
If not for the fact that the Great Xia Dynasty had a large empire, developed trade, and abundant tax revenue, it would not have been able to support such a powerful army.
That was why there was such a saying: "Without financial support, any dream of a strong army is just a castle in the air."
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On November 2nd, Great Xia announced the appointment and dismissal of a series of generals.
As expected, Divine General Li Mu was appointed as the commander of the newly formed Soaring Eagle Army and was given the rank of general. At the same time, Li Mu also became a member of the Grand Council as usual and entered the core of the Great Xia Dynasty. It could be said that he had a meteoric rise.
[Name]: Li Mu (God level)
[Title]: One of the Top Ten Ancient Generals of China
[Dynasty]: Warring States (Zhao)
[Identity]: Commander of the Soaring Eagle Army
[Profession]: Special General
[Loyalty]: 78 points
[Commander]: 97 [Martial Power]: 80 [Intelligence]: 85 [Politics]: 40
[Skills]: Good General (Increases troop morale by 30, increases troop movement speed by 35, increases troop lethality by 30, increases troop endurance by 30.)
[Martial Arts]: Omitted
[Equipment]: Omitted
[Comment]: Li Mu is a good general, guarding the border for Zhao. When the market was rented, the customers were insatiable. The fire of the beacon was solemn, riding and archery were practiced. Border trouble was approaching, the first priority was to protect. Do not fight recklessly, if you fight, you will be killed. If you are afraid, you will easily burn. If you can't fight, you will lose a thousand. If you ask Mu to come out, the law will be the same as before. The soldiers are willing to fight, then martial law will be enforced. Take them by surprise, lure them to add troops. Break them in one battle, lose their courage and heart. They did not dare to violate the border for more than ten years. Such achievements are worthy of Ling Yan. If you don't obey orders, you will be beheaded. Alas, it is hard for a general to say.
At the end of the Warring States period, Li Mu was the only good general that Zhao relied on to support the crisis. He attacked the Xiongnu in the north, stopped the strong Qin in the south, turned the tide, and destroyed the enemy. It was said that when Li Mu died, Zhao would perish.
Li Mu's life could be roughly divided into two stages. First, he fought against the Xiongnu at the northern border of Zhao, then he mainly fought against the Qin. Because of the Battle of Yi 'an, he was given the title of Lord of Martial Peace.
The Battle of Zhao defeating the Xiongnu and the Battle of Fei were two of Li Mu's classic battles. The former was a classic example of a large infantry regiment annihilating a large cavalry regiment in the history of China's wars, while the latter was a classic example of encirclement and annihilation.
In 229 BC, King Qian of Zhao fell into Qin's plot to sow discord. He listened to slander and seized Li Mu's military power. Not long after, he killed Li Mu. Li Mu's innocent death caused the State of Zhao to destroy itself, causing the later generations to lament and lament.
Taking charge of the Soaring Eagle Army this time could be considered as giving Li Mu a broad platform to realize his ambitions.
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Aside from Li Mu, the commander of the Soaring Eagle Army, the five commanders of the Soaring Eagle Army also made their appearance.
The Deputy Commander of the Second Imperial Guard Legion, Cao Chun, was promoted to the Commander of the Soaring Eagle Army's First Legion. Xiahou Yuan, the Vice Commander of the Dragon Stallion Army's Fourth Legion, was promoted to Commander of the Soaring Eagle Army's Second Legion.
The old general, Li Guang, was appointed as the commander of the Third Legion of Soaring Eagle Army.
[Name]: Li Guang (King Level)
[Dynasty]: Western Han
[Identity]: Commander of the Third Legion of the Soaring Eagle Army
[Profession]: Advanced General
[Loyalty]: 70 points
[Commander]: 68 [Martial Strength]: 78 [Intelligence]: 50 [Politics]: 55
[Specialty]: Flying General (Increases troops' attack power by 10, increases marching speed by 25)
[Cultivation Method]: Omitted
[Equipment]: Slave Breaking Bow
[Evaluation]: 70 battles against the Xiongnu, every battle was inappropriately fought. Once he lost his way, his anger destroyed his liver and intestines. The ruler's thoughts were strange, the general's orders could not be suppressed. The white-haired shame of being imprisoned, the general wept.
In the Battle of Mo Bei, a lucky lord called "I am the Big Bad Wolf" completed Li Guang's side mission and subdued the old general Li Guang. This lord's territory was in the North Sichuan Province, and this time, it also joined the Xia Kingdom.
Sima Guang once said in the "Zizhi Tongjian", "Li Guang governed the masses but did not use them properly, they were all vicious. Li Guang's general made everyone do as they pleased, with Guang's talent, it was fine, but it could not be used as a law. "
Coincidentally, the Ming Dynasty scholar Huang Chunyao once had a similar evaluation of Li Guang.
"Li Guang did not have the talent to be a general, he did not have subordinates, and everyone did as they pleased. This was good for the advantage, but when faced with a great enemy, it would be overturned. Taishi Gong was proud of Guang, he used a hundred cavalry to resist the Xiongnu's thousands of cavalry, shooting them down, removing the saddle and lying down, this was a solid general's tool. If a man was a dignified and stable formation, advancing like the wind and rain, retreating like a mountain, how could Guang be good enough? When the King of Huainan rebelled, he was only afraid of Wei Qing and Ji An, but did not know about Guang. Taishi Gong was angry, so Guang said it out loud, and if Wei Qing was not worth a dime, but according to the text, the advantages and disadvantages of Guang and Wei Qing could not be concealed. "
What he meant was that Li Guang only relied on his own bravery, whether it was the army or the war, he was not much, compared to Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.
In the future, Li Guang's reputation was so great, but it was only because Sima Qian avoided the important and focused on the trivial.
Even so, Li Guang was still considered an experienced general, and he had the ambition to make a name for himself. After much consideration, Ouyang Shuo still gave Li Guang the position of Commander.
Speaking of Li Guang, he had a grudge with the commander of the imperial guards, Huo Qubing, as Li Guang's youngest son, Li Gan, was shot dead by Huo Qubing.
When Li Guang appeared in the wilderness, his youngest son, Li Gan, and grandson, Li Ling, followed him.
Ouyang Shuo originally wanted to transfer Li Guang to the city guards, but thinking of the grudge between Li Guang and Huo Qubing, he transferred Li Guang to the Soaring Eagle Army to prevent any trouble.
Li Gan was also transferred to the second army of the Soaring Eagle Army as the Commander.
Li Ling was Li Guang's eldest grandson, and he was good at riding and archery. He was once ordered to fight against the Xiongnu, and led five thousand infantry to fight against eighty thousand Xiongnu soldiers at Mount Junji. Because they were outnumbered, they surrendered.
Emperor Wu of Han mistakenly believed the rumors, and thought that Li Ling was training the Xiongnu's soldiers to exterminate the three tribes. Later, Chanyu married the princess to Li Ling, and he became the Right Commandant, in charge of the Jiankun tribe.
After Emperor Wu's death, the Han and Xiongnu were reconciled. When Li Ling was young, his colleagues, Huo Guang and Shangguan Jie, came to power, and they sent people to persuade Li Ling to return to the Han Empire. Li Ling, 'afraid of being humiliated again', refused to return, and died of old age in the Xiongnu.
When Li Guang appeared in the wilderness, this controversial figure in history was only a twelve-year-old boy. Ouyang Shuo sent him to the army's martial arts lecture hall to learn the ways of Li Guang.
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