To be honest, Zhao Xun didn't want to become a new military captain. Once he became a new military captain, he would be tied here and could not escape for the time being. But Li Yu decided in one decision that he would let him go without even giving him a chance to refuse.
He became a captain of the first battalion of the New Army.
Forget it, take it one step at a time, maybe this is not a bad thing. Zhao Xun comforted himself secretly. But he still felt that something had happened, otherwise Li Yu should not let himself become the captain of the first battalion, but should keep Zhao Xun away from the new army.
The army is the one. After all, everything about this new army was provided by Zhao Xun.
"Wei Chen, immediately send someone to Yanzhou Mansion in the name of Zhao Yan to contact the Huolin Army and ask them to support 3,000 soldiers and bows. By the way, let Shuiziying escort them. Don't let any accidents happen.
Wei Dong sent an order to all of us to keep a close eye on Du Yuan and Gongsun Yang.
Also, the surrounding situation must be closely monitored. The messenger camp must not reveal my identity. Fortunately, I put on makeup, which makes me a little different from my usual self. You five sentry commanders should also pay more attention.
, even if you are alone here, it is easy to be exposed." Zhao Xun said seriously.
Recruiting new soldiers was easy. I heard they were paid, and each person also had a five-guan settlement fee. Within three days, as many as ten thousand people applied. Of course, during the registration period, Zhao Xun paid for everyone's food and accommodation.
, this is also the reason why there is an endless supply of young and strong men.
If it is said to be three thousand, there will be no more recruitment. Soldiers are more valuable than more. Zhao Xun is still very clear about this. Three days have passed, except for some people with special abilities, Li Lingfeng will not continue to recruit troops. Next is five days of emergency training.
, select three thousand capable people from them. Of course, everyone must be verified before they can stay. This is what Li Lingfeng made clear to Li Yuyan.
The uncomfortable military postures, long and short runs and other messy training every morning, noon and night make these recruits want to live and curse secretly. If they didn't have three meals a day and enough food, these people would have stopped long ago.
They did it. On the first day, nearly a thousand people quit. Li Lingfeng didn't force it. After giving them one thousand yuan and ten kilograms of coarse grains, he let them go home. These deserters were moved and ashamed.
The next day, hundreds of people couldn't bear it anymore, and they were still given a thousand dollars and more than ten kilograms of grain to let them go home. During the training, six school lieutenants accompanied the training, and officers from all over the Shunzhou Army also watched.
He was disapproving at first and was secretly surprised later. The meaning of this was naturally not open to outsiders. The Huolin Army’s treatment of these young men also made some officers secretly heartbroken. Li Yuzhi
The people below also gradually learned that the Shunzhou Army had a new army that was more benevolent and righteous. Why was it said to be benevolent and righteous? The new soldiers bought the people's things, not less than a penny, and even helped the people who encountered difficulties.
This is actually the most basic requirement that the Huolin Army recruits must meet when training. I don't want you to be great, but you must not harm the people. You will kill every one and never give mercy.
"I'm not as good as me! The Shunzhou Army is not as good as either!" After learning about the performance of the new army, Li Yu said to the others with a lonely expression.
Five days later, the new army only had 7,000 people, but Li Lingfeng still only wanted 3,000. After a series of assessments, 3,500 people were finally left, and the rest were allowed to go home, and each was given two thousand coins and twenty
Although they were reluctant to give up, these defeated young men still returned home, but the benevolence, righteousness and style of the new army were also spread.
The reason why we need five hundred more people is that we need five hundred scouts and war horses? Zhao Xun captured 400 horses when he came, and later captured a lot more. Although most of them were given to Li Yu, some were left behind.
into your own hands. These five hundred people are the candidates for the scouts.
Presumably Zhao Xun's actions in the Shunzhou Army made Zhao Kang's actions in the Qingyang Army much more convenient. With Li Muzhi's property and the assistance of Li Muzhi's internal personnel, Zhao Kang quickly established the
Three thousand new soldiers were given the same good treatment and rigorous training. These three thousand soldiers were
It was allocated by Bao Shuyang. After Zhao Kang saw it, he kicked out two thousand old and weak soldiers, recruited another two thousand, and reorganized it. In addition, the Qingyang Army of 13,000 people was placed in the hands of Li Muzhi and controlled
With three thousand, Bao Shuyang held ten thousand people. Of course, after giving three thousand to Zhao Kang, he still had seven thousand.
The Qingyang Army is different from the Shunzhou Army. The Qingyang Army is composed of mountain bandits, and they all obey Bao Shuyang's orders. However, although Bao Shuyang, a bandit, cannot be said to love the people, he does not harm them. In short, he treats the people.
Not bad
What makes Zhao Kang a little confused is that this Bao Shuyang has no sense of the overall situation and is completely like a bandit leader. He only knows how to occupy a territory and live his own life peacefully. Even Zhao Kang can't convince him in the name of Li Muzhi.
Fortunately, Bao Muyang also knew that many of his supplies needed to be purchased or obtained from Li Muzhi. He knew Li Muzhi's energy very well and did not dare to act recklessly. In the end, Bao Muyang agreed with Zhao Kang's opinion and worked with Zhao Kang.
The Shunzhou Army joined forces and Nan
Resist the Mohe Army and occupy the Black Snake Army in the north. Bao Muyang is not an idiot. He also knows that once the Shunzhou Army is finished, he will not be in a good position. So he will leave this kind of matter to Zhao Kang and handle it himself.
Still living the life of the master of his own side.
"Tell me, how did Bao Muyang become the leader of a force?" Zhao Kang shook his head and said.
Lu Ziliang smiled and said: "Most of the Qingyang Army is composed of mountain bandits from Shunzhou Prefecture. You must know that Shunzhou Prefecture is adjacent to the Khitan people in the north. It is a frontier fortress with many horse thieves. In the past, Bao Muyang was a heroic and righteous man, so he had a good reputation on the road.
.With the support of Li Huaiyuan, everything responds to one call. This is the role of reputation. Sometimes, reputation is more useful than others."
"By the way, Captain Zhao, now we can send people to the Shunzhou Army to contact the Shunzhou Army and form an alliance. At the same time, let our people also establish commercial channels. We can't just rely on Li Muzhi's supplies to support the army. Once Li Muzhi gets there
If something goes wrong, we will be in big trouble."
"In addition, Lord Du Tong said that all cavalry battalions must expand their troops. I think the expansion here, except for the Nufeng Camp, will have to wait for a while for the other battalions." Lu Ziliang said.
"Master Military Advisor, what you mean is that the place where we will expand our army is here in Shunzhou Prefecture?" Zhao Kang said thoughtfully.
"Yes, you must know that our Huolin Army now maintains a lot of soldiers. In addition, there are more than 13,000 prisoners of the Mohe Army. All of them are good cavalry materials. Based on the current situation of the two mansions, it has been
It cannot afford to raise too many soldiers and horses, and Shunzhou Prefecture is the hope for military expansion. The area of Shunzhou Prefecture is half larger than that of Yanzhou Prefecture, and there is grassland to the north, which is convenient for
Raise horses and facilitate the development of cavalry. Similarly, in order to resist the northern forces, we also need a strong cavalry team. Therefore, the cavalry expansion is just after Shunzhou Prefecture. Therefore, we try to recruit as many young men who can ride horses as possible.
Or start training them in riding skills, so that they can be incorporated into various armies in the future, so as not to be in a hurry."
"By the way, when we set off, Your Excellency said that in addition to educating our soldiers on Fire Lin Army-style military regulations, we also need to unify the standard equipment. What do the military advisors think?" Zhao Kang asked. Zhao Xun had told him
, just ask Lu Ziliang if you have anything, he is a smart man.
Lu Ziliang smiled and said: "Sir, you are so calculating! This is also to facilitate our rule in the future. We need to get our reputation out first. Let's do this. The Fire Lin Army is unified with black armor and red internal thoughts. The same is true for us. No matter what the armor is,
But the inner bottom must be red. But don’t use the banner of my Fire Lin Army. This must be explained clearly to the people below. This time, my Lord’s intention is to quietly move down to Shunzhou Prefecture to deal with Youzhou and
The court’s reaction.”
Zhao Kang said with some worry: "Is the imperial court going to take action against us? But have they forgotten that they allowed us to regain our lost territory?"
Lu Ziliang sneered: "The imperial court? In the eyes of the imperial court, not to mention the loss of several prefectures, even a state, they will not care. Those big shots value their own interests more. However, even if they want to take action, they will not care.
It will happen after we defeat the Mohe Army in Weizhou Prefecture and Shunzhou Prefecture. Now, they are waiting to see us fight with the Mohe Army."
Ten days later, equipment for 3,500 people arrived. As for the underwear village, Zhao Xun paid for the people in Gaoling County to make it. They were also red underwear. During the Warring States Period, in the land of Yanzhao in the north, red was popular!
For this reason, the people of Gaoling County also earned a fortune in craft expenses, and their lives improved a little.
Shuiziying transported the supplies to the outside of Gaoling County, and after being handed over by the Shunzhou Army, turned around and left. Several strategists from the Huolin Army proposed that taking advantage of the internal discord within the Beihai tribe, they would be stationed fifty miles northwest of Yanzhou Prefecture.
The new city Beifeng City was established. Shuiziying and Zhongziying were responsible for patrolling the surrounding security.
Because Zhao Xun deliberately released the soldiers of the Beihai tribes, some of the actions of the Beihai King spread, and coupled with the Beihai King's handling of the territories of more than ten tribes, all the Beihai tribes knew the secret intentions of the Beihai King, and immediately
There began to be disagreements with King Beihai. Some military orders were implemented with no speed at all, and he even refused directly. In this regard, King Beihai was furious, but he had no choice but to deal with it slowly.
The planned Beifeng City is more than 600 meters long and is a military fortress. It is more than fifty miles away from Yanzhou Prefecture in the southeast and more than seventy miles away from Shunzhou Prefecture in the southwest. To the east and north are the territories of Beihai tribes.
To the west is the sphere of influence of the Khitans. Once the city is reduced to 100%, the pressure on Yanzhou Prefecture will be greatly reduced, and basically there will be no more
The city was under heavy siege. Shunzhou Prefecture would also receive certain protection. Beifeng City would pose a threat to the Khitans and add an insurance policy to Shunzhou Prefecture. Zhao Xun approved this plan without hesitation.
Not to mention anything else, just building this city is equivalent to expanding the Yan Kingdom's territory to the north by more than fifty miles, which is completely worth it!
"The training of the Fire Lin Army is really different! I admire it!" Xin Ming said with admiration.
"Master Zhao, you actually want to take these three to five hundred thousand people for your own use, don't you?" Xie Tong said slowly. Xin Ming looked at Zhao Xun closely, while Zhu Lei and Yang Qiu also looked at Zhao Xun
, but there was no surprise or worry.
Zhao Xun smiled calmly: "What's the use of talking about this? Let's defeat the Mohe Army and the Black Snake Army."
Xie Tong still said calmly: "I thought about it for a long time, and I decided to work with you because I believe you can manage Shunzhou Prefecture better."
"Me too!" Zhu Lei and Yang Qiu said at the same time. After saying that, they looked at each other and smiled.
"There is discord within the Shunzhou Army, and Mr. Li is not far away from ruthlessly rectifying it. If this continues, the Shunzhou Army will be doomed. I agree with Xie Tong. I have seen the situation in Yanzhou Prefecture and the situation after the establishment of the new army.
, only then did we realize that compared with the Huolin Army, we were not saving hundreds of people in Shunzhou Prefecture.
My last name...forget it, don't talk about it, I'm willing to do it with you. In fact, I don't want to go on like this. As you said, a good man should use his sword in all directions and ride his horse to kill the enemy chieftain! By the way,
I think Mr. Li should know your identity, Mr. Zhao." Xin Ming said calmly.
Zhao Xun was overjoyed. It seemed that what he had done for more than a month was not in vain. In addition to the new army defeating several scattered horse thieves sent by the Black Snake Army, it also gained the trust of several young generals. However, Xin Ming's words also made
Zhao Xun frowned for a while.
"Okay! In this case, we will work together to defeat the Mohe Army in the future and return the blue sky to Shunzhou Prefecture. Of course, we can also achieve something and become famous." Zhao Xun said loudly with a smile.