Lu Fang's leisurely days of spending time with his beloved wife and upgrading his realm and skills are finally over.
The admiration and hatred values are still increasing sharply every day, but it was him who proposed "50,000 people are enough" in the first place. Lu Liang and Xu Jinnian should have left this matter to him as a matter of course.
After these days of reorganization, the capital was established, and there were more than 80,000 troops in the two counties of Tongchuan.
Only this number is the total of the previous Chengdu, Tongchuan Forbidden Army, Xiang soldiers and city guards, as well as the city guards who came one after another. The quality is uneven.
Lu Fang advocated the policy of elite troops, so Lu Liang asked him to select 20,000 people for training first to test the effectiveness.
"Thirty-Six Volumes of Military Training" has already been published in volumes and distributed to every officer in the army. With this treasure in front of him, Lu Fang's prestige in the army will not be low.
In addition, he had previously helped Luliang suppress bandits and successfully led his men to capture the Chengdu government office. Although he was not assigned an actual military position after capturing the Chengdu government office, he was well-known in the military.
As for his status in the minds of Luo Songtang, Wei Haobi, Shan Tai, Shen Jianbao and others, it goes without saying.
Lu Liang just went through a symbolic formality and summoned Luo Songtang and other core officials in the Chengdu Prefecture for a meeting at the Jiedu Prefecture Yamen. He proposed to transfer 20,000 elites from various armies to form a "Mighty Battalion" and let Lu Fang serve as the "Mighty Battalion".
"Commander", no one raised objections during the whole process. Shen Jianbao and others were very supportive of this and seemed quite excited.
The seventeenth prince is blessed by the old gods and is a man of great ability. They all know it in their hearts.
As for the measures such as land reclamation, plowing, water conservancy construction, and road reclamation that are now coordinated by Mrs. Xu, as well as those new food seeds, weren't they all created by the seventeenth prince?
Although it is still early for the harvest in Chengdu County, don't forget that there are still experimental fields on the west side of the mountain and wild river.
The crops in the experimental field had matured some time ago, and the harvest surprised them.
Not to mention anything else, as long as we firmly hold Chengdu and Tongchuan counties, and gradually reclaim wasteland, it is not impossible to use the land of these two counties to raise soldiers that can rival the whole country.
As long as there are people, there is no need to worry about lack of food.
That is to say, they were all worried before, wondering whether Lu Fang's being too good would lead to his superiority over Lu Liang, so no one proposed to let Lu Fang take the actual position. Now, Lu Liang proposed it himself, in their view
Of course it's a good thing to come.
Brotherly love.
The trust that the Ninth Prince has in the Seventeenth Prince will definitely make the rebel army even more powerful.
In this way, the military order that Lu Fang was appointed as a powerful commander was quickly conveyed.
Lu Fang formed a mighty army and stationed it in the former Yongkang Army barracks. They drilled diligently and made sure to become elite quickly.
The officers and soldiers of Chengdu and Tongchuan counties, from the vice-president level down, are entirely at the command of the seventeenth prince if they are needed to form a mighty army.
In other words, Lu Fang's mighty army will be built as the best among the best. Not only the soldiers, but also the generals will be chosen by Lu Fang.
And Lu Fang had no intention of selecting soldiers one by one.
That would tire him to death.
It is said that if a soldier is raging, a general will be raging in a nest, and the reverse is the same.
An army led by capable generals is usually not far behind.
That night.
Lu Fang sat in Liang Siqi's room.
He sat in front of the desk facing the window. Liang Siqi, the former Princess Rong, stood behind him and gently squeezed his shoulders.
She looks less and less like the cold princess she once was, and looks more like a gentle woman immersed in love.
Watching Lu Fang flip through the information of the lieutenant generals in front of her one by one, she had a faint smile on her lips and had no intention of expressing her opinions out loud.
Even in fact, her attainments in the art of war and her ability to recognize people may be even higher than Lu Fang's.
Lu Fang would write a name on the paper next to him from time to time, and then add a few scribbled comments.
He has never seen many generals in the army. It is not easy to choose people.
"trouble!"
This continued for about half an hour, and Lu Fang suddenly put down the pen in his hand.
Liang Siqi then asked softly: "What's wrong?"
Lu Fang sighed softly and said, "I haven't studied the military configuration of Chengdu and Tongchuan counties before, but now I realize that they are intricately linked."
"Um?"
Liang Siqi blinked her eyes.
Lu Fang continued: "Not to mention the two forbidden armies of Changning and Guang'an in Tongchuan County, the three armies of Huai'an, Yongkang and Longquan in Chengdu County are complex. They all have their own forces behind them. Although the rebel army is small now,
But it’s no different from a small imperial court. Although at today’s meeting, Mr. Luo and the others all agreed with me on forming a mighty army..."
He curled his lips, "But it is estimated that it will not be that easy to draw troops from these three imperial armies. Unless the three armies are drawn in a balanced manner."
"But if this is really the case, it would be difficult to control."
Liang Siqi exposed Lu Fang's words, "Are you worried that they will secretly compete with each other?"
Lu Fang nodded lightly.
After all, he is not Lu Liang.
When the time comes, these people will be mobilized into the mighty army. Who knows whether these people will listen to the nobles in Chengdu County or to him?
Either don't form it, or form it, he just wants to form an army that all obeys his orders.
"What about drawing from the rebels?"
Liang Siqi said again.
Lu Fang frowned and shook his head slowly, "The rebels are more mixed, and..."
There is probably no problem with the loyalty of the rebels who came from various places. These people are also Lu Liang's real helpers. If they are trained, there will be no problem.
But he had a deeper plan.
If Lu Liang wanted to ascend the throne, he had to fight for it. In addition to fighting on the battlefield, he also had to win the hearts and minds of the people.
After all, Liang Hanmin has been quite sage since he ascended the throne, and he has won a lot of people's hearts now.
The people would not support Lu Liang wholeheartedly just because he usurped the throne and Lu Liang was a legitimate heir.
The rebels still need to show some performance.
The war on the border is an opportunity for performance, and Lu Fang doesn't want to miss it.
He insisted on organizing an army in order to have troops to support the border areas. However, if he took away all the rebels, he could not guarantee whether Lu Liang's voice in Chengdu County would be affected.
"Then this matter is indeed difficult to handle."
Liang Siqi said, "Otherwise... you might as well put in more effort and recruit strong men from among the people?"
She burst out laughing suddenly, "Your "Thirty-Six Strategies for Military Training" can be said to be the essence of military training. Even if you are a new soldier, you can quickly practice it, right?"
Lu Fang turned around and rolled his eyes at Liang Siqi, "How can it be so easy?"
But the thought popped up in my mind again.
He slammed the roster on the desk and said, "No matter what, just pick these people!"
Twenty thousand people!
As long as 20,000 elites are trained, Lu Liang can always protect himself in Chengdu and Tongchuan without fear of Liang Hanmin suddenly sending troops to attack.
Even if the border war ends suddenly, we can still cope with it for some time.
In the process of training 20,000 people, he believed that he could select the people he wanted.