Chapter 196

There may be female soldiers

Lu Bu tried hard to suppress his surprise, and asked calmly: "It seems that everyone has a lot of objections, so let's discuss with each other, find a few representatives, and tell the main issues."

After some whispers, a head of the family raised his hand and asked, "Why should we select female soldiers?!"

Lu Bu replied with a deep face: "I want to ask you, in such an era where there are many uneasy battles, will those thieves let go of the butcher knife because the person in front of him is a woman? Will he not steal her food and money because the person in front of him is a woman? He is more likely to take off his pants because the person in front of him is a beauty! Now that thieves are rampant, many men cannot protect themselves, so how can they protect their women? So the best way is to let the women also arm themselves and resist foreign enemies with their men!"

Lu Bu's words made a lot of sense, but most of the heads of the family here were inherited from poetry and books, and were taught by Confucius to be extremely discriminatory to women. On the one hand, they felt that women were useless in the battle and that they affected the morale of the army. On the other hand, they felt that women were in the military camp and affected the morale of the army. Even other auxiliary ministers in the cabinet disagreed with Lu Bu's proposal.

Lu Bu then turned his rescue gaze to Empress Dowager He, who smiled and said, "Dear, my family, I want to establish an imperial guard in the palace to protect my palace, the queen and the princess, all composed of strong and strong women, I wonder if it is possible?"

The heads of the family said in unquestionably: "It would be better for the Queen Mother and the Princess to be female guards, of course."

Queen Mother He continued to ask with a smile: "Since that's the case, should you be protected by men or women?"

Empress Dowager He's question was very clever, leaving the heads speechless.

In this way, under mutual compromise, it was stipulated that the proportion of women at all levels was one-tenth of male soldiers, and the female soldiers were responsible for protecting all generals, officials, wealthy businessmen and medical care matters.

Another head of the family asked, "What about our own family soldiers?"

Lu Bu praised: "Your question is a good question. The reason why I stand here to tell you that everyone is a soldier is that I don't want you, the great families, to defend the enemy alone, but to unite all the people to work together to fight against foreign enemies.

In addition to your Wubao, other Han Mu landlords and ordinary self-cultivated farmers have also formed Wubao to form a horn with your Wubao and support each other. Isn’t it also beneficial to your family’s Wubao defense?

You should also be responsible for defending the county town and county town, because most of the business in the county town and county town is in your hands, and you cannot completely hand it over to the county soldiers and county soldiers of ordinary people for your defense. Therefore, you must draw a part of your family soldiers to the county soldiers and county soldiers. In this way, you do not have to suffer losses because the city is broken by the enemy!"

Speaking of this, Lu Bu added a request: "I suggest that you think carefully about how to live in harmony with the local Hanshu landlords and ordinary people. If you just take advantage of tricks and offend the people, although the situation is great now, if the enemy generals come over, those ordinary people are unwilling to help you, sooner or later, you may be defeated by the bandits and then their whole family will be destroyed. Isn't this an exaggeration? Look at the Wubao near Heishan, are there still people living there now?"

Another head of the family asked: "Do our tenants and slaves also join the reserve army?"

Lu Bu looked at him with a serious face: "I said that all healthy men and women, regardless of their age, are all included in the reserve militia. This is the basis for the whole nation to be a soldier.

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"But those Tingwei Township Wei are all outsiders. I'm afraid that they can't command my tenants and slaves?"

Lu Bu said coldly: "Since you are a member of the army, whether you are prepared, combat readiness or garrison, you must obey the military system and obey the command of the superiors, otherwise you will be beheaded or sceptered, and you will never give up easily. At this time when the enemy is in front of you, no one will be able to affect this plan of the whole nation's soldiers because of your own selfishness!"

Seeing that the heads of the family were gloomy, Lu Bu said to them and gave them peace of mind: "You are invited here because you are the most powerful and prestige in the local area. Your lieutenant, township or county lieutenant can be completely used by your children, but most of your children have not undergone formal military training and may not be able to compete for those positions for the time being.

It would be better to do this. I will first delegate some soldiers from the Central Army to serve as the positions of Tingwei, Township and County Guards. You will send the children of your clan to the Central Army for training. After a year, the children who have passed the training will be sent back to be Tingwei, Township and County Guards."

After hearing what Lu Bu said, the heads of the family were all smiling. As long as they could control military power, we would not be afraid of any tricks Lu Bu's Central Army did.

Seeing their faces, Lu Bu knew that they had begun to use their own selfishness, so he reminded him: "There are two points in the appointment of the imperial court's official positions that you need to pay attention to.

First, the avoidance system. Those who are the lieutenant cannot serve in the pavilion where they are in their home, those who are the township where they are in their home, and those who are the county lieutenant cannot serve in the county where they are in their home. This avoidance system is the fundamental principle that has been implemented since the founding of the Han Dynasty and cannot be violated, including those pavilion chiefs, township magistrates, and county prefects.

Second, those who serve as the Tingwei, the Townshipwei, and the Countywei must send their sons to the Central Army. If they do not have a son for the time being, they must send their families of direct males like their younger brothers. Don’t worry, they will not let them fight on the front line, but stay in the rear for logistics support."

The avoidance system has been implemented for hundreds of years. These heads of family have long been used to it. They also think that anyway, their children have become officials and have mastered the army, so it doesn’t matter there. They also have some doubts about the second point: “Isn’t this a disguised hostage?”

Lu Bu sneered: "Now thieves are everywhere, and those thieves are rampant. If they don't take their sons to the Central Army, what will the court control them if they affair with the thieves and betray the court?"

All the heads of the family were speechless and agreed to the reason Lu Bu said.

"How to arrange military rations and military pay?" A head of the family asked a question about everyone's vital interests.

Lu Bu patiently explained: "The village soldiers have no military rations and military pay, and they all raise their own expenses. The local pavilion chiefs and township magistrates recruited from local aristocratic families and landlords. When the enemy attacked, the village soldiers had no obligation to support him.

The county soldiers' military rations and pay are one-quarter of the regular army. The remaining insufficient parts can be obtained through military farming. The wasteland near the county town is allocated to the county soldiers, and they take turns to reclaim the wasteland, and all the harvest is controlled by them!

The military rations and pay of the county soldiers are one-half of the regular army, and the remaining insufficient parts can also be obtained through military farming. The wasteland near the county town is allocated to the county soldiers, and they take turns to reclaim the wasteland, and all the harvest is controlled by them!"

"Uh, General Lu, are there so many fields there for them to open up wastelands and farmland?" asked a head of the family. Nearly half of the fields in the entire Sili area were in the hands of the aristocratic families, and most of the remaining wasteland was occupied by Han Hao's military farming corps.

"The fields within a radius of two miles of the county town are all strategic land, all allocated to the county soldiers and county soldiers. If it is wasteland, it is just a matter of it. If it is your fields, the government can redeem them from you." Lu Bu said coldly: "The military farmland is close to the city, which makes it easier for them to quickly change between farming, training, and fighting. This is a strategic arrangement. No one can break this rule. The destroyers will deal with it with military law!"

"How to allocate weapons, armor, horses and other weapons?" A head of the family noticed that Lu Bu did not talk about this issue.

"I know that many families among you have opened iron ore and opened iron shops to build weapons and armor. In the future, you can continue to build weapons and armor, and then sell them to governments at all levels, and then distributed them to county soldiers and county soldiers! As for the township soldiers, they use county soldiers and weapons eliminated by county soldiers, while the county soldiers and county soldiers use weapons, armor, and horses eliminated by our central government soldiers." Lu Bu replied: "In order to save money, I propose to start with the county soldiers to use the equipment eliminated or seized by the central army, the county soldiers use the old weapons of county soldiers, and so on."

"But in that case, will the combat effectiveness of the county and township soldiers be greatly affected?" asked a head of the family.

"The old weapons are used because there are not enough new weapons. If there is great progress in steel smelting in our Sili area, we can slowly use standard weapons and armor for all soldiers, whether they are central officers and soldiers, county soldiers, and township soldiers." Lu Bu said in a longing.

"Standard? What does this mean?"

"The same weapon, the values ​​of armor are the same. Only in this way can a series of matters such as production, distribution, supply, and maintenance be followed and targeted. Imagine that the Qin State swept the six countries and unified the world with the power of one country. Part of the reason is that their weapons and armor were all made with the same high standards."

Everyone nodded and looked forward to it. They were all familiar with history and knew that the tyrannical Qin had many military powers that were not inherited by the Han Dynasty. If General Lu could bring some military systems from the Qin Dynasty, it would greatly shorten the time for pacifying the world, which would also be beneficial to these families.

"Since the general's opinion, the Central Army is a little more elite than the county soldiers. Can the county soldiers be selected as the Central Army?"

"I set up township soldiers, county soldiers and county soldiers to use these soldiers to defend the local area. In addition to defending Yecheng, the Central Army's greater task is to fight Dong and then attack any betrayal and unfaithful princes, as well as those families who are unfaithful to the court! In addition to selecting elite troops from the enemy's surrendered soldiers, the Central Army can also select elite troops from the county soldiers to supplement them."

Lu Bu said: "Now the Central Army has 80,000 combat soldiers and 80,000 auxiliary soldiers. It seems huge, but in fact it is not enough to fight against Dong Zhuo's tens of thousands of cavalry. The court still needs further recruitment."
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