Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 654 Recruiting the Army

However, the people the two brought back together with the original people only amounted to more than 9,000 people, and the Xuanjia Army was less than 10,000 people.

Li Yue, based on the principle of "it's better to have less than to waste", could only make do with it for now.

Soldiers are not expensive in large numbers, but finesse is valuable.

More than 9,000 well-equipped cavalry were enough. Huo Qubing, Li Jing, and Su Dingfang sent troops to the grassland, which was only on this scale.

Li Ling's five thousand Jingxiang infantry killed the Huns, crying like ghosts and howling like wolves.

When the time comes, it will be enough if paired with some Black Cloud Knights.

Don't look at Tuoba Shi Yijian who always boasts hundreds of thousands of riders, how many people can really fight?

Murong Chui's 8,000 men defeated Yao Chang's tens of thousands of Qiang troops.

Deng Xia's 7,000 men defeated Huan Wen's "150,000 army"...

In a big war, the number of troops that can fight is actually only ten or twenty thousand people.

Just like Liang Guo's Heiyun elite, although there are hundreds of thousands of people, each attack is only 50,000, and not all of them may be involved in the war.

How many people in the world can resist the attack of nine thousand cavalry?

Li Yue inspected the newly recruited people. Sure enough, like Murong Ling and Fu Shao, they were proficient in bow and horse, and they also knew the temperament of war horses very well. They became familiar with a raw horse in their hands in just a few strokes.

"Lu Che Fuqi, what do you know?" Murong Ling pulled over and asked.

In front of Li Yue, this man shrank and looked as strange as his name.

The Chinese language also says that it is unlucky, "Little, little people will look for water sources according to the tracks of wild beasts..."

But Li Yue's eyes lit up, this is a talent.

"Mu Duyan, what do you know?" Murong Ling called over another person.

"In my early years, I worked as a salesman with the adults, and I am familiar with the customs and languages ​​of various tribes..."

Li Yue's eyes lit up, and he knew why Murong Ling had been away for half a year. It turned out that he was going to dig for treasures.

"These people include veterinarians, Huns who know the grassland terrain, and hunters!" Murong Ling was young after all, and he asked Li Yue for credit with a proud look on his face.

"Haha, when the Dai Kingdom is wiped out one day, you will be the first to do it."

After becoming Weng's son-in-law, the relationship between the two developed by leaps and bounds.

As the saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son, and it is indeed true.

"I have an unkind request, and I hope your Majesty will agree to it." Murong Ling completely lost his previous restraint.

"But it doesn't matter." Li Yue was in a good mood. The Xuanjia Army had strong Chinese soldiers as its core combat force, and Xianbei and Xiongnu as guides and veterinarians. This cavalry went to the grassland to fight. I don't know what kind of scene it would be.

The biggest problem in conquering the grassland is not that you can't defeat it, but that you can't find people.

The grassland is very large, from south to north, from Liaodong to the west of the Western Region, and its territory is actually far above the Central Plains.

With Li Yue's knowledge of geography, whoever controls the grassland controls the world.

This world is not an acre of land in the East, but the real world!

"One day, I will go out to conquer the country. If I ask you to be the vanguard, I will seal the wolf as a surrogate, and Yan Ran will strangle the stone!" Murong Ling cupped his hands and said.

"My son, I am also willing to be a pioneer!" Fu Shao also handed over.

"Hahaha, Huo Qubing wants to be my leader? His ambition is commendable, you're right!" Li Yue saw a bit of Murong Ke in Murong Ling, who was heroic and unstoppable.

Fu Shao was a little inferior, but he was still above average in talent and was skilled in bow and horse.

"Put the rest of the recruited warriors aside first and change their names to Chinese surnames." Li Yue really couldn't stand these messy and unpronounceable names.

Registration in the military is also troublesome.

Surnames such as Murong, Dugu, Huyan and Yuwen are still acceptable.

But what kind of car is it? I really can’t put it on the table and I can’t remember it.

If you want to integrate them, name is the first step. "Father, don't worry, I will supervise the matter personally!" Influenced by Fu Shao, Murong Ling also changed his tune.

"You two go to the Shangwu Hall to select some disciples to help you. You must let them eat well and live well. I will never treat the soldiers who fight for Daliang badly."

"Leader!"

The two of them left in a hurry.

Although Murong Ling and Fu Shao are there, a few veteran generals are still needed to take charge.

Zhang Hao is so murderous that ordinary people cannot suppress him.

Li Yue retreated to the next best, and transferred the younger generation of fierce generals such as Lu Guang, Liu Laozhi, Zhuge Kan, Gao Heng, etc. to form the sharpest spear in Daliang.

The younger you are, the more energetic you are and the desire to make achievements.

In terms of training, Li Yue doesn't have to worry at all. There are many black cloud veterans in the Xuanjia Army who rolled out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

As long as these Huns, Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Di people adapt to the rhythm of the Black Cloud Army.

Another problem is equipment.

The output of Mingguang Armor has never increased. Even if there is a preliminary assembly line, a set of Mingguang Armor will take a long time to polish and sew.

However, many of the newly recruited cavalry were not used to wearing this. Their thin bodies could not bear the weight of dozens of kilograms. They only liked to wear leather armor to facilitate their riding and shooting.

Li Yue let it go. The soil and water support the people, and everything has a process of adaptation.

Anyway, what we really rely on are the six thousand black cloud elites.

But in this way, the combat power of the Xuanjia Army was weakened.

Tuoba Shi Yijian made a fortune in Mobei. After his strength grew, various grassland tribes came to invest one after another. His strength became much stronger. He definitely didn't have hundreds of thousands of horses, but he definitely had 70,000 or 80,000 horses. With a burst, he could gather ten Thousands of troops are not impossible.

Tactically, we must pay attention to the enemy.

In the military, we can never hope to defeat more with less. This is the thinking of the weak. Instead, we should use the strong to bully the weak.

In Li Yue's mind, the number of the Xuanjia Army should be between 12,000 and 15,000. It should not be too many. Too many logistical supplies would be a big trouble, but it should not be too few. Too few would not be able to severely damage the enemy.

"The Han Dynasty recruited the sons of good families from the six counties to serve as the army. There are many brave men in Daliang. Why don't your majesty recruit the sons of the good families of You, Bing and Yong?" Chang Wei cupped his hands and said.

The so-called good man is a young man who has a certain amount of wealth, is clean, and is proficient in riding and shooting.

If the warehouse is solid, you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace.

Liangjiazi is in good physical condition, capable of both literary and military skills, knows honor and disgrace, and understands righteousness. He is the best source of soldiers.

He used the flying general Li Guang who was good at riding and shooting and killed many captives, Zhao Chongguo who was a brave man and had a general understanding of the affairs of the barbarians, and Gan Yanshou who was a good family son who was good at riding and shooting and who threw rocks to pull away the enemy. They are all from good families.

Coincidentally, during the historical Fu Jian's southern expedition, he also ordered the recruitment of more than 30,000 good men and women.

Recruiting good family members from the common people is tantamount to giving them a chance to get ahead.

These people are also wasted locally.

The Black Cloud Army needs a constant inflow of fresh blood and cannot become a private weapon passed down by some people for three generations.

Li Yue said: "Yes, this matter will be left to the Ministry of War to recruit 3,000 people from good families in various states in the name of the Black Cloud Army."

At the peak of the Han Dynasty, there were 12 million households, but the number of good family members in the Yulin army was only about 3,000.

Most of Fu Jian's 30,000 good sons were young men who were forcibly recruited from common people.

Li Yue wants to recruit brave men with a military spirit who are willing to defend their home and country.

These talents are the true nobles of China for thousands of years. The heritage of the Han and Tang Dynasties is actually them. Whenever the nation is in danger or the country is in need, they will always come forward.

(End of this chapter)