cite Han

Chapter 103

After inviting Liu Xiu, Liu Jing handed over the task of recruiting soldiers to him.

Since ancient times, rangers and villainous youth groups have been natural high-quality soldiers. Because they are all equipped with martial arts, bold and bold, aggressive and light-hearted, as long as they are trained strictly, they can become the first-class elite soldiers in the world. .In the past, the [-] infantry who followed Li Ling deep into Hudi and traveled thousands of miles were "Jingchu warriors, strange talents, and swordsmen." After that, he taught archery in Jiuquan and Zhangye, and immediately became a rare elite teacher in the world.

It's a pity that Liu Zong recruited hundreds of knight-errants and villainous youths at one time, and Cai Sheng recruited more than a hundred people. The sword bearers in Linxiang were almost wiped out, and the rest were only one out of ten.

Without such high-quality soldiers as rangers and villains, Liu Xiu had no choice but to expand his scope and recruit soldiers from the general public.

The so-called "selecting soldiers without taking them is to drive the people out of the city to fight." That is to say, recruiting troops without choosing or choosing is tantamount to driving out the mob to fight.

Compared with the people in the city, Liu Xiu prefers the fools in the countryside. He thinks that the fools in the countryside are solid in flesh and blood, not afraid of hard work, obey orders, and are easy to train.

However, not all fools in the country are suitable for soldiers, and we must carefully select the brave ones, because "those who are clever but not courageous will benefit themselves in the face of the enemy; Lose one's skills; those who are strong but have no courage will become burdensome in the face of the enemy; those who are strong but have no courage will be timid when confronted by the enemy; this is the way of all defeat." Everything else is secondary, but courage comes first.

In addition, if you want to be a soldier in the Han Dynasty, there is also a minimum standard for height.Of course, this requirement can be almost ignored.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the selection of soldiers still followed the standards of the Warring States Period hundreds of years ago. They only needed to be taller than six feet two inches, which was the standard height for a 15-year-old boy.People in southern Jing are generally shorter than those in the north, but the vast majority of men are over six feet two inches tall.

As for the soldiers, Liu Jing had intentionally recruited refugees from the north who had fled the chaos in Changsha. In the past few years, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan recruited tens of thousands of refugees from Nanyang and Sanfu, known as "Dongzhou Soldiers", and their combat effectiveness was quite good.

However, Liu Xiu persuaded him for a very good reason. If the refugees from the north were organized into a separate army like Liu Yan, it would be no problem, but Liu Jing wanted the southerners and the northerners to live together in one battalion. Like the Arabian Nights, the language, habits, customs of the two sides have nothing in common. Over time, conflicts will inevitably arise.

Liu Jing also realized that he had taken it for granted. In ancient times, people had a strong sense of region. In the Jin Dynasty, people from the south and the north would ridicule each other as "beilong" and "raccoon dog", and immediately stopped talking about it. and this matter.

Liu Jing believes that the stronger the strength, the better, and doesn't mind raising more troops.

With his instruction, Liu Xiu recruited more than [-] soldiers in various villages in Linxiang. In addition to Cai Sheng's more than [-] rangers and villainous youths, the number was not too many, exactly [-].

On the day of joining the army, Liu Jing deliberately took a rest for a day and took Liu Liang to visit the camp.

The camp is located fifty miles south of Linxiang, which is the only way to the south to Linxiang.

In recent years, with the deterioration of the situation in Yuzhang County, Yangzhou, many people from Yuzhang brought their families across the mountains and came to the Liling area of ​​Changsha to escape disaster.

Liling is located in the south of Linxiang, and the distance between the two is only more than two hundred miles. There is such an uncontrolled refugee force on the side of the couch, how can Zhang Xian feel at ease?Not only did he deploy a large number of troops in Liling, but new troops such as Liu Zong and Cai Sheng were also sent to the south to guard against refugees.

When Liu Jing and Liu Liang arrived, they found that although the camp had just been built, it had begun to take shape.

In the Han Dynasty, camps were set up, which can be roughly divided into two types. The plains are vast and there is no danger to rely on.Yueying is also called Yanyueying.

Now in front of Liu Jing is a standard Yanyue camp, with its back against the mountain and facing the flat ground, forming a semicircle protruding forward. A moat with a width and depth of more than one foot completely isolates the camp from the outside world. With the wooden fence as the wall, antlers and oars are all available.Without asking, it can be known that this must have been written by Liu Xiu.

Although Cai Sheng, Ma Zhou, and Liu Xiu were very busy, they immediately put down what they were doing and rushed to the gate of the camp to greet them as soon as they got the news of Liu Jing's arrival.

Liu Xiu is wearing a pair of armor with shawls. Thousands of armor pieces are woven with hemp rope, and ribbons are used to weave them into a rhombus pattern. .This luxurious and sophisticated armor not only made Cai Sheng and Ma Zhou salivate with envy, but even Liu Jing was quite envious.

Liu Xiu's current mental state is like a different person, with a solemn expression, sharp eyes, and great majesty.

Liu Jing couldn't help being awed in his heart, and said with emotion for a moment: "Brother Cong and Ju are completely different people at home, which is eye-catching. It seems that brother Cong was born to be a soldier."

Liu Xiu felt turmoil in his heart, and sighed: "In this world, besides Zhong Da, who else would appoint a useless person like me? If it weren't for Zhong Da, how could I be where I am today?"

"Sun Bin's broken foot can still rule the world, and his name will go down in history. Why do you always care about your body?" Liu Jing shook his head and said, then turned to Cai Sheng and Ma Zhou, and asked: "Hongchao, Zijin, you are also worthy of joining the army. It's been a while, how do you feel?"

Cai Sheng said with a wry smile: "In the past, more than a hundred people gathered together, and they were quite organized in their actions. They thought that the army was like this. Only when they really entered the army did they realize the difficulties. Just building a camp can hide Learned a lot."

Ma Zhou couldn't help but said with emotion: "Compared to elder brother, Hong Chao and I are not much better than those recruited rural idiots."

Cai Sheng and Ma Zhou were deeply impressed by Liu Xiu's display of abilities in the past few days. The two respect each other as brothers.

Liu Jing smiled and said: "Brother has studied military books for more than [-] years, is he an ordinary person? Even I can only bow down, let alone you. Now that you know your own shortcomings, you should work harder in the future."

Cai Sheng nodded and said: "Brother also said: 'The courage of a common man is not enough, and you must know books to be a general.' Every night, my son and I are recruited into the camp to study and learn."

This is exactly what Liu Jing wanted to see the most, and he felt a burst of joy, and said to Liu Xiu: "Brother Cong, please don't worry about it."

Liu Xiu smiled and said: "Although the two of them cannot read or write, they are very smart and understand righteousness. As long as they study hard, they will become good generals in the future."

Liu Jing said with a smile: "On this point, I have the same opinion as brother Cong. Hongchao and Zijin, don't disappoint me and brother Cong."

Cai Sheng and Ma Zhou looked at each other and agreed.

(End of this chapter)