This time it's not really about bringing the recruits into battle, it's about weeding out a large number of people again.

With the expansion of Wen Zhao's forces, increasing the number of troops has become inevitable. But Wen Zhao has always believed that only elite soldiers can fight the world.

Of course, this so-called elite soldier is only more disciplined and well-equipped than the soldiers under the command of the rest of the princes, and it is impossible for everyone to be like the special forces of later generations.

Most of the soldiers who can stay now are people who really want to make contributions and are not afraid of death. Those who threw away their weapons and lay on the ground, drinking like dogs, were a little angry when they heard that they had been eliminated.

However, under the captain's shouting, no one dared to refute it, but he was full of grievances and anger and remained silent.

The captain ignored everyone's performance, but secretly praised his master's method of selecting elite soldiers in his heart, which was really different.

first used the good land and family reunion as the temptation, and eliminated a large number of people who had no fighting spirit; Then, the cruelty on the battlefield was used as intimidation, and some people with weak minds were scared away.

Later, he pretended to lead everyone to attack the Qiang, and by watching the posture of the soldiers when drinking water, he eliminated those soldiers who were not vigilant.

Especially the last selection, it was completely amazing.

Just imagine, more than a thousand untrained recruits, tired and thirsty. And next to them, enemies can appear at any time.

In such a situation, what is the vigilance of those who still lie on the river's edge without any scruples, licking the river like dogs?

Instead, those with their weapons at their side, crouched beside the river, and drank water in their hands while observing their surroundings. These people are undoubtedly very vigilant soldiers.

There is no child's play on the battlefield, and if the soldiers lack vigilance, they will die on the battlefield sooner or later.

Rather than let these unwary young men die on the battlefield in the future, it is better to leave them in Tuntian, Liangzhou, to enrich the population here.

Some people may say that innate vigilance is not strong enough and can be cultivated through nurture.

However, the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change.

What's more, these are troubled times, and after simple training, these soldiers may go to the battlefield at any time. Even if their personalities can be changed through training, those soldiers who are naturally vigilant will undoubtedly become even better.

It was with these in mind that the captain was amazed by Wen Zhao's method of selecting soldiers.

In fact, this method of selecting warriors was changed by Wen Zhao by drawing on the battle examples in the Bible in later generations.

According to the Bible, Israel was God's chosen people.

At that time, Israel's enemies were so powerful that Gideon prayed twice to God to show him the proof for sending him to save Israel. On both occasions, God heard Gideon's prayers and strengthened Gideon's confidence in victory.

When Gideon led the Israelites against the Midianites, the Israelites numbered only 32,000, while the Midianites numbered 135,000.

When Israel and the Midianites were numerically outnumbered, Jehovah felt that the Israelites were too numerous to show his glory even if they defeated the Midianites.

Gideon, who listened to the word of the Lord, told the Israelites: "Whoever is afraid or afraid, let him leave Mount Gilead and go back." So twenty-two thousand people returned, and only ten thousand Israelites remained.

This was Jehovah's first selection of Gideon's army.

But when Gideon's warriors were reduced to 10,000 of the 135,000-thousand-kilometer men, Jehovah felt that there were too many of them, so he said to Gideon: "There are still too many people, so take them down to the water, and there I may test them for you." ”

So Gideon took ten thousand Israelites down to the water, and three hundred of them licked the water in their hands, and the rest fell down on their knees to drink.

Then Gideon chose only three hundred, and the Israelites, who were licking the water in their hands, fought against the Midianites, but the others were all dismissed by Gideon and returned to their respective places.

In this way, only three hundred people were left in the second selection.

Later, Gideon divided the three hundred men into three teams and gave them the trumpet and the empty bottle, each with a torch in it.

At the beginning of the third watch, when the three hundred Gideonite warriors came to the enemy's camp, they blew their trumpets and broke the bottles, and with torches in their left hands, they cried out in unison: "Fight for the Lord!" Fight for Gideon!"

In this way, the camp of Midian, which was suddenly robbed, was in chaos, and the enemies killed each other and fled one after another. And the children of Israel gathered themselves together from all the land, and pursued after the Midianites.

In that battle, Gideon captured the two kings of Midian, killed 120,000 Midianite soldiers, and scattered their whole army.

In the Bible, there are many examples of winning more with less, but there are not many examples of selecting warriors like this to defeat the enemy by robbing camps.

Aside from the mythological factors inside, Gideon's selection of elite soldiers and his methods of attacking the Midianites are very worthy of reference. It was after reading this paragraph that Wen Zhao thought of this plan for selecting soldiers.

In this way, less than fifty thousand of the 500,000 people were chosen. These 50,000 soldiers and horses were gathered and trained by Chen Jing and Zhong Xuan, but the rest were scattered to various counties and counties in Liangzhou.

After the autumn harvest, a large number of people will flock to Liangzhou to enrich this desolate, remote, and sparsely populated place.

Wen Zhao spared no effort to migrate the people because he knew that the reason why Liangzhou was in turmoil in history was not only due to the Qiang people's rebellion.

The sparse population of Liangzhou also led to the Han family's lack of control over Liangzhou.

Imagine that in later generations, an ordinary medium-sized city would have a population of 200,000 to 500,000. Now the entire Liangzhou of Nuoda, the total population is only about 300,000, what is this concept?

It is a little inappropriate to describe Liangzhou with wide land and sparse population; It is truly appropriate to describe it as a thousand miles of uninhabited.

When a large but bordering area lacks enough population, it is impossible to maintain stability here.

It was for the sake of Liangzhou's long-term stability that Wen Zhao made a move to various counties in Liangzhou.

As long as the population of Liangzhou increases, the government will definitely send more officials to strengthen its jurisdiction over Liangzhou.

The number of soldiers in each county is completely related to the population of the county. As long as the population is sufficient, the county soldiers in the counties of Liangzhou will naturally gradually increase.

Although on the frontal battlefield, the combat effectiveness of the county soldiers is not worth mentioning. However, if they were to hold on to the city against the Qiang invasion, they would be able to do the job.

In this way, Liangzhou can naturally become a stable rear area in Guanzhong, as well as a natural horse farm and training place.