A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 270 Recruitment
In the gray sky, there was continuous light rain.The rainwater gathered on the tiles to form a column of water, then washed down and hit the stone-paved street, making a clattering sound.

In the main hall of Qianyuan Palace, Wang Xu was discussing military and state affairs with Le Yi.

"Your Majesty, Bai Qi is young and powerful, and his subordinates are already old. After more than ten years, they will definitely not be his opponents. If they want to deal with Bai Qi, they can only fight hard and fight against Qin State bit by bit."

"The Huai State covers an area of ​​200 miles and [-] to [-] million people. It cannot be defeated by any other country but the Qin State. However, I am worried that the Qin State will convene the other five countries to discuss attacking Huai State together and carve up the Huai State."

Wang Xu nodded: "It is indeed possible for the Six Nations to attack Huaihe River. We have to guard against it. There are many scholars from the Zongheng School in the country. Select a few people as backup. In addition, you can also send them to various countries to provoke dissension between them. relation."

"As for fighting with Qin State more than ten years later, I think it's better to fight now." Wang Xu said calmly.

"My lord. En?" Le Yi was slightly taken aback.

Wang Xu put down the bamboo slips in his hand, stood up and said, "We can't think of delaying the matter until later, it will only make it more difficult to solve the matter."

"We expect our sons to be better than their fathers, but most of the time, sons are not as good as their fathers. Now that we have the advantage, we will try our best to solve the problems we can. If we really can't solve them, let future generations solve them."

"Your Majesty, Shengming!" Le Yi said respectfully.

"Decree to suspend the construction of the Chi Road, and order Wei Ming to suspend the southern expedition to Baiyue. Collect grain and grass to transport to Jiangzhou, Hanzhong, and Nanyang."

"Recruit another 60 troops to go to Jiangzhou, Hanzhong, and Nanyang!"

"My lord, it will take at least two years to mobilize the army's food and grass on such a large scale." Le Yi said after some calculation.

Although plank roads have been built and roads have been widened in Jiangzhou and Hanzhong, it is still difficult to pass through.It takes a lot of time to recruit food, grass and troops on a large scale, and Qin can easily detect this.

"If the Qin State notices it, just notice it. The road to Hanzhong is difficult, and it is also difficult for the Qin State to attack. Just waste food and grass together. If the Qin State cannot consume more, then the army will attack Miancheng and Lueyang, cutting off the connection between Qin Guanzhong and Bashu." "

"The Jiangzhou army marched westward and captured the land of Bashu. The land of Nanyang attacked Wuguan."

"Advance in three directions, attack Qin!"

Wang Xu quickly made a decision.

"The king thinks twice, the three-way army attacked Qin, but the three ways are not easy to fight, I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties."

"Hanzhong, Jiangdu, and Wuguan are all difficult roads and difficult for the army to march." Hearing Wang Xu's decision to mobilize grain and troops to attack Qin, the ministers in the hall tried to dissuade them.Even members of the royal family disagree.

Huai State now has 70 standing troops, including [-] in the south, [-] in Jiangzhou and Hanzhong, [-] in Hangu Pass and Nanyang, [-] around Shangqiu, [-] around Xiapi, and [-] in Jinling.Although the Huai State is three thousand miles away and is the largest among all other countries, it still has many places that need to be defended.

If another 60 troops are recruited, it will basically be a battle with the power of the whole country.Once defeated, the consequences are unimaginable.

"Your Majesty, why don't you recruit 20 troops and cooperate with Hanzhong and Jiangzhou to attack the land of Bashu? As long as you capture the land of Bashu, Qin will only have the land of Guanzhong. How can it compete with Huai?"

Under the persuasion of many ministers, Wang Xu finally decided to recruit 20 troops to attack Bashu from Hanzhong and Jiangzhou.The mountains in these two places are steep and the roads are difficult. The 20 army is already the limit, and no amount of logistics and transportation can keep up.

After discussing the plan to attack Qin State, officials from all over the Huai State immediately began to implement it.

The Huai Kingdom has a strong martial arts culture. In addition to the influence of the times, it is also the result of the deliberate promotion of the Huai monarchs in the past dynasties.Every year during the slack season of Huai State, various villages and towns will hold some contests, archery, and military formations. The winners can get rewards. If they can perform well in the county, they will be recommended to Jinling.

As long as you are selected, you will basically reach the sky in one step.This is another upward route for the Huai people.These selected warriors will be arranged into elite troops such as the Fujiko Army or join the Habayashi Guard.

Central Plains, Ying County, hundreds of men are fighting in the field with wooden sticks. These people are not fighting randomly, but fighting in a well-organized formation.

The burly men in the front row held long wooden sticks and lined up in neat rows, beating each other, while the slightly shorter ones held bamboo bows and kept throwing bamboo arrows sharpened from bamboo at each other.The men in the front row even had simple bamboo armor on their bodies.

Armor is banned in Huai country, but bamboo armor is not included, but it also needs to be reported.

Both sides in the battle have drums to coordinate, and there are even military flags to pass orders, and everyone chanted to advance and retreat together.If this is replaced with an iron armor weapon, it will be an army battle.

Soon the battle became extremely fierce, and people were constantly beaten to death, but even so, these people did not flinch.If anyone shrinks from such a battle, the family will be squeezed out and will have no status in the clan.

You must know that these people basically rely on the clan group to survive in this era of frequent wars.Although the Huai State has implemented the rule of law for hundreds of years, it still cannot fully control the grassroots.So Huai country changed a way.

These clans are competing for water sources or other things.It is also in this kind of struggle that starts from childhood that excellent soldiers are tempered.

Most of the Huai Kingdom's rule over the grassroots came from the grassroots soldiers of the Huai Army.A man in the countryside who is proficient in bow and horse, has strong martial arts skills, and can wear heavy armor and fight in battle will have a very high status in the nearby villages.

The Huai State gave preferential treatment to soldiers. According to the different ranks and titles, rewards such as land, tax reduction and exemption, corvee, cloth, salt and even bacon were given.It is also because of the existence of this system that Huai country has abundant martial arts.Of course, this is also a double-edged sword, which is easy to breed and powerful, and at the same time it is difficult to quell local rebellions.

However, in the eyes of King Huai, these are still acceptable.

The fighting continues near the fields, again over water.Farmland cultivation time is limited and must be completed within this specified time. Otherwise, food production will be reduced after this season. This is related to the belly of the people, so all parties will not give in and have to fight every year.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of gongs from the river bend in the distance, and immediately after that, a large banner of Ying County inspection and a group of soldiers appeared, rushing towards the two sides who were fighting.

When the two sides in the scuffle saw the flag, they didn't care to fight any more, and hurriedly scattered and ran away.According to Huai law, gathering people to fight with weapons requires hard labor.

"Inspection, the people here are strong and strong, and they are the best soldiers. The inspection is just the right time to recruit soldiers again!" the official next to him said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)