Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Recalling that sentence, Niu Er felt incomparable anger rising in his chest!
During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he fled into the mountains and could only watch his father die of illness and his elder brother fall to his death.
When natural disasters and plagues occurred, they were unable to escape and had to leave their homes. They could only watch their younger brother die of illness, and even their old mother almost starved to death.

Precisely because of his past losses, Niu Er cherishes his present life even more.

Own a house and fields, have a wife and children, serve your mother...

In the past, it wasn’t that Niu Er could only accept his fate, but that he didn’t know how to resist.

But this time, Niu Er felt so clearly for the first time that behind him was Wujun, behind him was his home, and behind him was his family!
Niu Er tied the straps of his leather armor tightly. His face, which always had a silly smile in the past, now looked a little more determined under the dim oil lamp as he spoke.

"Mother, the war is about to spread to Wu County. Please forgive me for not running away anymore."

On Niu Er's back, his wife was hugging him tightly, and two half-grown boys were lying on the couch not far away.

Standing in front of Niu Er was an old lady who was leaning on a crutch, had one leg that was a little unsteady and had mostly white hair.

The old lady was actually only in her forties, but she looked like she was in her sixties or seventies due to the vicissitudes of life she had experienced. Only her eyes were still bright, and she shouted in a low voice.

"Son~"

Niu Er's tall and strong body immediately knelt down in front of the old lady.

"Mother, I'm here."

The old lady reached out and stroked Niu Er's face, feeling extremely reluctant to let him go. Then she patted Niu Er's shoulder heavily and said.

"We are all rough people, wandering here to escape for our lives, but we also know that we can live a few years of peace and security thanks to the kindness of Lord Liu. How can we abandon Lord Liu and run away for such a great favor?"

"My son went to the battle to protect not only Lord Liu, but also our own land. I understand, I understand..."

Niu Er nodded heavily, tears welling up in his eyes, and said.

"Don't worry, mother. The boss said that if I die in battle, not only will I receive a large subsidy, but Lord Liu will also raise those two boys until they grow up..."

"The only thing I'm worried about is mother. I hope you can take good care of yourself and forgive me for my unfilial behavior."

The old lady pressed her hand on Niu Er's shoulder and said.

"How can a man shed tears? Take back those tears! How could I not know that if I don't fight, the thief's butcher knife might fall on me, on your wife and children?"

"Yu Yi, Yu Xiao, I should go..."

"Go! Go!! Even if my son unfortunately dies on the battlefield, Lord Liu will definitely not treat us military households unfairly. Lord Liu is trustworthy, so my son must not have any concerns."

"Fight bravely and never forget your principles!"

Upon hearing this, Niu Er kowtowed three times to his old mother, and then said a few words to his wife...

"Clang clang clang!"

The sound of a gong was heard far away outside the house.

Immediately, Niu Er hugged his wife, looked at his two sons who were still sleeping soundly on the couch, then took the long spear, raised the lit torch, and strode out of the house in the cover of night.

The old lady and her wife subconsciously walked to the door and watched Niu Er disappear into the night. Only the lit torch was getting farther and farther away.

This scene also took place in various places of the "Thirteen Military Settlements of Wu".

As the sound of the gong rang out, torches appeared from various houses in the dim night and gathered in the direction of the gong sound from all directions.

As the commander of the "Wu Thirteen Military Colonies", Liu Ji did not need to count the troops. He only needed to watch his 500 men, who had been trained for nearly half a year, almost instinctively forming a neat military formation, and he knew that no one was absent.

Maybe this is normal.

The lord supports the military households with kindness, so how can the military households not die for him?

What's more, today's military households are not only fighting for their lord, but also for themselves.

"set off!"

Liu Jigao shouted, then led the assembled soldiers, holding torches, and walked in the night.

This scene also happened in hundreds of other military settlements scattered in different areas of Wu County.

Where military settlements were set up, the surrounding areas were mostly reclaimed land that had not yet been cultivated. Military settlements were established with 500 to 1,000 households in each settlement.

Moreover, the chief of each military settlement was appointed by the elite soldiers in the army. In addition to supervising the farming of the military households and soldiers, they also practiced various military coordination methods from time to time.

This "military household system" improved by Li Ji almost brought the advantages of Wu County to the extreme. A large number of cultivated fields, a large number of refugees from outside, a large number of elite soldiers...

In addition, sufficient money and food and stable public support are also needed.

Perhaps, the appearance of the "military household system" seems somewhat similar to the military farming system, but its core is undoubtedly completely different.

It was not the case that the Jiangdong noble families dismissed the soldiers to serve as civilians, but that they hid the soldiers among the civilians and the civilians became soldiers as well.

At present, there are just over a hundred military settlements in Wu County.

This was not the limit of Wu County, which could only set up a hundred or so military settlements, but after a strict screening of brave men, a hundred or so military settlements were initially established.

Otherwise, relying on the preferential treatment of the "military household system" and Liu Bei's support among the people, I'm afraid there would be military settlements everywhere in Wu County.

Every citizen is a soldier. Not to mention that the firemen will create sparks when cutting vegetables, the food in Wu County cannot withstand such a destruction.

After all, the population of Wu County alone exceeded three million, which was almost equal to the total population of Lujiang, Jiujiang, Danyang and Yuzhang counties.

Population equals war potential!

If we ignore the quality and logistics, it would have been easy for Liu Bei to mobilize 200,000 young and strong people on the basis of the "work-for-relief" policy that had originally lasted for a year.

Now, with an order from the government office.

Taking advantage of the cover of night, all the soldiers in the military camps moved and gathered with astonishing efficiency.

The smooth and spacious official roads inside Wu County ensured that the marching speed would not be seriously affected during the night...

These military garrison soldiers are civilians on weekdays, but they are more than just soldiers!
Perhaps they could not be considered elite without any experience in fighting, but after half a year of training and living together day and night, the soldiers in a garrison had already become familiar with each other and had a friendship similar to that of fellow townsmen.

This means that the combat power they can exert is bound to be far greater than that of ordinary county soldiers!

When the anti-Wu coalition army completed its final gathering by water, nearly 140,000 troops were heading towards Yangxian along the Lishui River.

In addition to the 10,000 garrison troops that were openly transferred from all over Wujun, there were also 50,000 military households and soldiers who had already hidden in Yangxian.

At this moment, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, Gu Yong and other civil officials and Xiahou Bo were stationed in Wu County to stabilize the rear.

Jia Xu arrived at the Yangxian front with Xu Sheng and Gan Ning.

Jia Xu was secretly amazed at the qualities displayed by the military soldiers.

This also made Jia Xu completely understand why Li Ji was so confident in fishing. The real confidence did not come from himself, nor from the intelligence agency that had infiltrated Yangzhou.

The real confidence comes from these 50,000 military households and soldiers who are loyal to Wu County and whose will and beliefs are completely different from those of ordinary soldiers.

"What kind of monster has Zikun created?"

Jia Xu, who was inspecting the military households and soldiers with Xu Sheng and Gan Ning, was secretly amazed.

It is different from the murderous eyes of the elite, and also different from the lazy and timid look of the common soldiers.

Instead, there was a kind of determination and pride in the eyes of these military soldiers, as if they knew very well what they were fighting for and were willing to die for it.

After taking a general tour and getting a preliminary understanding of these military households and soldiers, Jia Xu suddenly remembered something Li Ji had said unintentionally once.

"This is just a preliminary military household system, so let's keep it like this for now. When Ren De Academy gradually expands, we will select batches of students to integrate into the military household system for ideological education, and then we can truly inject soul into it."

'Then they will know why they are fighting, instead of just falling on the battlefield with the crowd...'

Even with Jia Xu's intelligence, he couldn't think of how to inject souls into these military soldiers.

However, Jia Xu could sense that Li Ji was probably trying to build an elite force that was completely different from any that had appeared in history.

After Jia Xu completed this inspection, he felt relieved.

Originally, I thought the plan was somewhat dangerous, but now I feel that I seem to have overestimated the anti-Wu alliance.

With the nearly 140,000 troops of the anti-Wu coalition, which were of mixed quality, they might not be a match for the 50,000 soldiers even in a head-on confrontation.

"Zikun, you are really not a good person. Not only were those Jiangdong noble families kept in the dark, but even a gentleman like me was kept on guard against you?"

Jia Xu said this with gnashing teeth. (End of this chapter)