Volume 4 is in the ascendant Chapter 405 Job Title
"You've already lost... I brought three hundred people to destroy your camp!" Lu Bu waved his hand on the sand table again.
Xu Shu: ...
Facing Lu Bu's threatening eyes, what else could Xu Shu say?
"The general is brave !"
Indeed, the two men do not have the same style. Xu Shu is not a military general after all, and prefers to command from the rear, while Lu Bu is better at taking the lead and fighting on the battlefield as a general. The two men are good at different things.
Generally speaking, a commander who is good at strategizing and can command an army of 100,000 can be considered top-notch. Someone like the military genius Han Xin can be considered "the more the better". As for a general who takes the lead in charging into the battlefield... Xiang Yu's most glorious battle back then was when he only commanded 30,000 cavalry.
It was just these 30,000 cavalrymen who defeated the coalition forces of over 500,000 in Pengcheng!
The maximum number of troops that Lu Bu can lead now is no higher than this number. If it is an army of tens of thousands, there must be a systematic command.
When Bai Tu asked his adoptive father to assess Xu Shu, he specifically secured a 10,000-to-10,000 match for Xu Shu, all with basic weapons and fighting in the wild...
It is true that Xu Shu is better in terms of military formations, especially his advantage of being better at breaking formations, but this was not of much use when facing Lu Bu.
After all, Lu Bu mainly used light cavalry to charge , often in a simple cone formation.
But even so, Lu Bu was forced to use his "unique skill" - I have taken the lead in the charge, you lose!
Xu Shu did lose.
Although he had used his troops roughly before, he had been cautious in trying to surround Lu Bu and weaken the enemy's mobile force's charge space. He had a team of soldiers with spears and heavy shields ready at all times...
However, it is true that when Lu Bu made the final charge, he bypassed or led away these arrangements, thus dispersing them.
"Hahaha, you're not bad. Well... it's a pity that it's not easy to confer general titles nowadays. But since the king has entrusted you with an important task, I believe it won't take much for you to make meritorious contributions. You will be appointed as a lieutenant general in the army first. After the matter of the Ministry of Works is concluded you will be arranged to be sent out." Lu Bu patted Xu Shu's shoulder and said.
Xu Shu was patted with a slight grin on his face, and at the same time he accepted Lu Bu's appointment.
It is not surprising that he was not promoted to general. After all, Xu Shu had limited fame and no experience in officialdom before. Under such circumstances, it was difficult to directly promote him to general in the State of Chu. The promotion to general was the result of Lu Bu's recognition of Xu Shu and his knowledge that Bai Tu had entrusted him with important tasks.
At this time, the Chu State's military was respected by the Privy Councilor, and the various departments in the council tended to coordinate civil affairs. The military ranks were the four most important, followed by the four most important, and then the four generals of peace. After that... there were a lot of generals with miscellaneous titles, and the deputy generals and the generals of the yamen were considered candidates for miscellaneous titles.
The title of General of the Central Army was specially granted to command local garrison troops, ranking above the miscellaneous titles, but he only led the local regular garrison troops or trained new troops.
As for high titles such as General, General of Chariots and Cavalry, and General of Hussars, like the Three Dukes and Three Masters, they are honorary titles and have no real power.
and……
Rumor has it in the army that the Privy Council is planning a restructuring and has been soliciting opinions from senior generals. It is said that after the restructuring, all the four titles and miscellaneous titles will be similar to "honorary titles", and the actual positions will be arranged separately.
In fact, it means separation of job titles.
It sounds new, but its implementation at this time is just a necessity rather than a rush.
"Military rank" is generally believed to be a professional military system that emerged in Europe in the 16th century. However, during the Three Kingdoms period, there were signs of separation of ranks in the armies of Wei, Shu and Wu.
It just usually only appears at the level of "general" without a clear concept of upgrade. It is closer to an "honorary title" and not like modern military ranks, which start from the lowest soldier and have clear levels.
The main reason is that during the chaotic times at the end of the Han Dynasty, the military positions were in chaos, and there were a lot of generals of the Central Army and generals of miscellaneous titles, and it was not easy to dismiss generals without reason. Therefore, during the Wei, Shu, and Wu periods, for example, in Shu Han, the military ranks were based on the four expeditions and four towns, and miscellaneous titles. They had nothing to do with the actual positions. The specific power in the army was determined by the military positions such as military advisor, commander, military supervisor, and guard...
It’s just because the positions of Four Expeditions and Four Towns will not be awarded to two people at the same time, so they are closer to the concept of honorary titles.
Bai Tu took the opportunity to discuss with Lu Bu and other senior generals and military advisors to thoroughly implement the separation of job titles and directly establish a complete military rank system. This was actually a logical progression and different from the suggestions for the city wall. Instead, everyone supported it and it had reached the stage of discussing the details before specific implementation.
Xu Shu had just joined, so he didn't know about these "rumors", but he was very satisfied with the arrangements of the Privy Council and Bai Tu's trust, and he was full of confidence in the future...
Seeing that Xu Shu had won Lu Bu's approval, Bai Tu also introduced him to other Chu colleagues who were accompanying him.
Originally, Bai Tu wanted him to return to the Jinling Ministry of Works first, but then he thought, Xu Shu's ability to make friends is his strong point, or in technical terms, he is very charming!
Moreover, he had already studied in Nanyang for a period of time. Since he wanted to recruit talents in Nanyang, why not take Xu Shu with him first?
Maybe there is a bonus to the success rate of promotion...
"Yuanzhi, when you were in Nanyang, did you know Zhuge Liang who was living in seclusion in Longzhong?" Bai Tu asked Xu Shu.
Zhuge Liang should be in Longzhong now, but Bai Tu doesn't know whether Xu Shu has already made friends with him.
"Huh?" Huang Chengyan spoke first, which surprised Bai Tu a little.
Xu Shu wanted to say something, but when he saw that Master Huang seemed to be about to speak, he looked at him first - Xu Shu now was open-minded and true to his nature, but he was not ignorant of etiquette.
"Does Master Huang know?" Bai Tu also asked.
Originally, Bai Tu had asked Huang Yueying privately and confirmed that she did not have a fiancé, so he always thought that Huang did not know Zhuge Liang yet, so he was in the dark!
"Who did the king hear about Kong Ming from?" Huang Chengyan was also puzzled. He had just mentioned it to Huang Yueying before, but Huang Yueying ignored it. After that, he served in the State of Chu, so he never mentioned it again... Huang Yueying should not know Zhuge Liang.
"Didn't I go to visit the two old men Pang Degong and Sima Hui before, and hear some things they said." Bai Tu brought up the previous excuse.
"They recommended Kong Ming to the king?" Huang Chengyan's tone was full of confusion.
He was also very familiar with Pang Degong and Sima Hui, but because he was sure that the two would not take up official positions, he only reminded Bai Tu in advance and did not go with them to avoid embarrassment.
It was precisely because of their familiarity that Huang Chengyan felt that they would not recommend Zhuge Liang to Bai Tu.
"Oh, I heard something about it on the way, and then I asked the two elders... ahem, it was because they didn't recommend this person to me at the beginning that I paid special attention to him." Bai Tu said in a bossy tone, "Kong Ming, you caught my attention," and then immediately changed the topic and said, "Does Mr. Huang recognize him too?"
Huang Chengyan hesitated for a moment and then said, "Zhuge Kongming is indeed a rare talent in the world. In my opinion... there are only a few people in our Great Chu who can defeat him, and there are only a handful of people who can compare with him. Moreover, he only came of age last year. If it is ten or twenty years later..."
