Liu Mingzhi's eyes were stunned for a moment, and then he looked excitedly at the documents Song Qing placed on the desk.
"The battlefield is full of troops. Are there 100,000 new soldiers forming an army?"
Song Qing was not surprised that Liu Mingzhi immediately guessed the purpose of his trip, responded with a heavy nod, and pushed the document forward.
"Your Majesty is wise, it is exactly one hundred thousand new soldiers who have formed an army."
Young Master Liu suddenly stood up from his chair, reached out and picked up the paperwork on the table and said three good words in a row, and also praised Song Qing.
"Okay! Okay! Okay! Brother, you are really my timely rain for me!"
"Your Majesty said something serious, I just did my duty."
Liu Mingzhi waved his hand with a smile, opened the documents in his hand and wandered gently in the study.
Song Qing looked at his third brother, who was pacing back and forth while looking through documents, exhaled softly, sat on the chair and waited calmly.
I don't know how much time passed, but Liu Mingzhi closed the document in his hand and looked faintly at his elder brother Song Qing who was sitting on the chair.
"Can a hundred thousand soldiers and horses see blood? Do they dare to see blood?"
Song Qing frowned subconsciously when he heard this, looked thoughtfully for a moment, and nodded with a slight hesitation on his face.
"Just from a training perspective, the problem shouldn't be big, but I can't guarantee that there won't be any problems.
After all, no matter how powerful the recruits are, they are just recruits. Soldiers who have not seen blood on the battlefield will never be called true elites.
The sight of blood will be a watershed moment that cannot be ignored for them!
Your Majesty is also a soldier, so he should know better than anyone that there is a huge difference in morale between soldiers who have seen blood and those who have not.
Therefore, I would never dare to judge whether all of the one hundred thousand soldiers and horses can be transformed into truly elite troops."
Liu Mingzhi's wandering pace gradually stopped, holding the document and gently tapping his palms.
"Yes! There is indeed a huge difference between soldiers who have never seen blood and elites who have seen blood.
My requirements are not high. After these 100,000 recruits form an army, I will be satisfied as long as 80% of them can become truly elite troops.
The place they are going to is the battlefield where the Western Expeditionary Army fought bloody battles. If 80% of the soldiers and horses cannot become real elite soldiers, then the control power of our Western Expeditionary Army in Tianzhu, Dashi Country and other countries will also be greatly reduced.
Subtle.
In this way, my young master's plan of letting new soldiers replace the older veterans of the Western Expedition to guard the territory may be self-defeating.
After all, although many of the soldiers in today's Western Expedition Army are already old and weak, their deterrent effect on barbarian countries such as Tianzhu is obvious.
Compared with a group of young and strong recruits who have no battlefield experience, it is hard to say which one is stronger and which one is weaker.
If I were asked to make a choice now, I would prefer the former.
After all, 50% of the elite soldiers and horses of the current Western Expedition Army were brought out by me, young master, and I know best their combat effectiveness.
Although today's 100,000 recruits are all young and strong, compared with them, they are nothing more than toddlers.
But what? Talents come out from generation to generation, and the new generation is better than the old one.
If I don't give these 100,000 recruits a chance to hone their skills, they will never be able to grow into a truly elite army.
On the one hand, the army must innovate and replace people sooner or later, sooner rather than later; on the other hand, I am worried that the deterrent power of a hundred thousand recruits is not enough to deter the barbarians from Tianzhu and other countries, and it will make the Western Expedition self-defeating.
With these two roads in front of us, brother, to be honest, I feel very hesitant in my heart!"
After listening to Liu Mingzhi's worried words, Song Qing thought about it for a while and understood the difficulties Liu Mingzhi was currently facing.
With these two paths in front of you, it is indeed difficult to choose!
"Your Majesty, it would be great if we could train our troops first and then let them go to the battlefield of the Western Expedition. But now that I, the dragon, have unified the world, the world is peaceful.
In such a world where the country is peaceful and the people are safe, where can there be an opportunity for them to train troops?
But as far as this matter is concerned, I have slightly different views from His Majesty’s, and I don’t know whether I should speak out or not?”
Liu Mingzhi raised his eyebrows and directly put the documents in his hand on the table, picked up the pot and poured two cups of herbal tea.
"Tell me about it, maybe your opinion includes things that I haven't considered, brother!"
Song Qing was silent and sorted out his thoughts, and in a short time he thought of what he wanted to say.
"Your Majesty, I think that the reason why you have such thoughts is that you are too worried about the Western Expedition.
Although all the 100,000 soldiers and horses rushing to the battlefields of the Western Expedition this time are new recruits with no combat experience, there is one crucial aspect that Your Majesty may have overlooked."
"Oh? Tell me in detail."
"Your Majesty, after these 100,000 new soldiers went to the battlefields of the Western Expedition, they did not fight alone, but there were hundreds of thousands of elite veterans who led them to quickly grow into elite soldiers.
Your Majesty, the number of troops you want to replace from the Western Expedition Army is at best only hundreds of thousands of older elite soldiers.
Even if our Dalong army of 400,000 troops for the Western Expedition dispatches hundreds of thousands of old soldiers to return home in honor, there will still be more than 200,000 elite soldiers and horses left.
They are all elite troops in their prime and experienced in hundreds of battles.
With more than 200,000 elite soldiers and horses leading 100,000 recruits to grow into an elite division, I feel that Your Majesty has nothing to worry about.
Therefore, it is indeed understandable that His Majesty is worried, but is His Majesty perhaps a little too worried?
I hope your majesty will not take your humble opinion seriously."
Liu Mingzhi glanced at Song Qing, who looked at him with eyes full of confusion, and drank her herbal tea in silence without making any immediate reply.
Liu Mingzhi himself had not considered the situation that Song Qing had just mentioned, and he had considered it more clearly and in more detail than Song Qing.
It can be said that among the ideas that Song Qing just expounded, Liu Mingzhi had considered at least two or three times in private.
How could Liu Mingzhi not know in his heart that there are more than 200,000 elite troops stationed in Tianzhu and other countries as guides, and these 100,000 recruits will soon become a real elite army.
But this is not the result that Liu Mingzhi wants to see. What he wants to see is that these 100,000 recruits form an army of their own, so that they can be left to future successors.
If one hundred thousand new soldiers are still classified as part of the Western Expeditionary Army, what is the point of ordering one hundred thousand new soldiers to independently seize command?
The relationship between the military and the military is already complicated enough now. Once the 100,000 new troops get entangled in it, it will be difficult for the new king to succeed in the future.
But judging from the current situation, if we want to stabilize the control of Dalong soldiers and horses in Tianzhu and other countries without any worries, there seems to be no other way.
Liu Mingzhi pretended to drink tea and thought to himself for a long time. When the tea cup bottomed out, he let out a faint breath and looked happily at Song Qing next to him.
"Big Brother's words make sense, and those words directly enlightened me, brother!"
Song Qing vaguely felt that Mr. Liu's mood was not as simple and clear as it seemed on the surface, but he couldn't think of anything for a while, so he had to suppress the doubts in his heart.
"I don't dare, I don't dare. This is just my duty."