PS: Two more chapters first, and four more chapters in the evening

"Your Highness, there are a total of 20,000 recruits conscripted into the army in the six states this time, after all, the number of young and middle-aged people in the six states is limited, but relatively speaking, there are many soldiers enlisted in Pengzhou, Yangzhou, Huaizhou and Tongzhou, Lu Fei said that there are only 10,000 recruits in Pengzhou alone, plus a total of about 25,000 recruits in Huaizhou, and the number of recruits reported by Ye Qingyun is a little more than Lu Fei, a total of 30,000. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

In the camp tent of the Qingzhou battalion, Niu Ben reported the conscription during this period to Xiao Ming.

"Seventy-five thousand!" Xiao Ming was a little surprised when he heard this, this number had exceeded his expectations, after all, this time the recruits were recruited out of their own volition, not by force.

Niu Ben nodded, with a proud look on his face, he said: "We lost 3,000 soldiers in this battle of Weidi, and now these soldiers have been replenished, and the number of troops in the feudal country is 160,000, including 100,000 infantry, 40,000 cavalry, and 20,000 chariot soldiers. ”

"160,000 people, well, the annual military salary must be close to two million taels, not including the silver consumed by war horses and equipment." Xiao Ming sighed and said, if it weren't for the war, he really didn't want to maintain such a huge military force, and the number of recruits recruited this time was almost as large as the number of veterans before.

Niu Ben said: "Your Highness, the number of our soldiers is not much, according to the last general, now the King of Wei, the King of Yan, the King of Liang, and the King of Zhao are all conscripting, and some even directly catch the strong men into the army. ”

"Your words are right, it's just that these vassal kings are now angry and resentful, this king can't follow them, a stable rear is the foundation of the expedition, and the soldiers are not expensive, now the number of troops has reached the number in the king's mind, and the four states that are now taken can feed these 75,000 people."

"Yes, Your Highness." Niu Ben said.

"Also, you can't slack off on the training of these recruits, you have to train them as strictly as you train the Qingzhou Army." Xiao Ming said.

"Your Highness, if the last general can't do anything well, it's better to go back to farming." Niu Ben laughed a few times, and then he pointed to the school field outside and said: "Your Highness, please see, that is the training of recruits, according to the training manual, when these recruits just enter the barracks, they must first train their physical strength, endurance and discipline, when the body is strong and can strictly abide by discipline, then they will enter the musket loading and shooting training." ”

Xiao Ming looked outside and beckoned Niu Ben to walk with him to the school to observe the training of these recruits.

Different from the traditional training methods of soldiers in the Great Yu Kingdom, Xiao Ming's army now belongs to the modern army, so the training and subjects are naturally different from the feudal army.

Because of this, recruits do not start training immediately after entering the army, but first start physical training, after all, if a soldier is powerless, his survival rate on the battlefield is still very low.

In general, training a feudal army into a modern army requires several requirements, one is the modern national concept and the national concept, the second is the high martial spirit, the status of soldiers is no longer low, the third is to have strict discipline, the fourth is scientific training, which includes such as the reasonable distribution of physical fitness, diet, sleep, the fifth is strict drills, such as shooting, drills, standing in line, folding quilts, doing internal affairs, and the sixth is the selection of grassroots officers and the theoretical study of military schools. The seventh is standard equipment.

Now for the Qingzhou Army, these seven points have all been satisfied, and this means that the Qingzhou Army has completed the transformation from a feudal cold weapon unit to a modern army with hot weapons.

After observing the physical training of the recruits on the school field for a while, Xiao Ming and Niu Ben walked towards a boot camp where they were resting, and the soldiers of the recruit camp were sitting on the ground at this time.

And the long history of the army in dark green military uniforms is explaining to the recruits what a nation is and what a country is.

When the recruit battalion commander Shi saw Xiao Ming and Niu Ben coming over, he immediately shouted: "Everyone stand up and salute!"

Under the order of Changshi, the recruits immediately got up and saluted Niu Ben and Xiao Ming in a uniform manner, seeing this, Xiao Ming showed a satisfied smile, according to Niu Ben's words, the first thing these recruits did when they entered the camp was to learn to obey orders.

"Go ahead." Xiao Ming said that he wanted to hear how the long history of the army popularized ideological education for the soldiers.

After the soldiers sat down, the long history of the army talked about Valhalla, and being a soldier between words is a noble thing, and dying on the battlefield is the most glorious place for a soldier.

Next, the long history of the army will be the history of the Great Yu State being bullied by the barbarians, and the soldiers gradually became excited, after all, the brutality of the barbarians is not far away from them at all.

After arousing the emotions of the soldiers, Changshi sang the battle song of the Qingzhou Army in a timely manner, and the soldiers sang with Changshi with excitement.

After observing the work of the army commander in the army, Xiao Ming was relieved, he looked in the direction of Jinling City in the south, and in a few months he would move forward.

The Great Yu Kingdom had already suffered too much, and he used the army in his hand as a sharp sword to cut through the darkness that shrouded the Great Yu Kingdom.

"Your Highness, you are still satisfied with the training of this recruit." Niu Ben said with a smile when he sent Xiao Ming to the gate of the Qingzhou camp.

"Reluctantly." Xiao Ming didn't want Niu Ben to be too complacent, he reminded: "The only thing that makes this king dissatisfied is the selection of grassroots generals, you have to strengthen this, this king looked at the list in Bowen Academy, many generals are generals, there are still some generals like Zhu Sansi, after a few days, this king will split the military academy from Bowen College to expand the training scale of grassroots generals, this time you choose some more outstanding generals with no background to study." ”

Niu Ben nodded when he heard this, it was not that he deliberately gave preferential treatment, but that most of the generals at the grassroots level were illiterate, and if they wanted to enter the academy to study, they had to know how to read first, and it was for this reason that he chose the first person who could read and write.

Now that Xiao Ming brought it up, he had to explain.

"The reason?" Xiao Ming frowned, and he said: "In this way, let these generals know how to read and write to this king, and this king will personally teach them to read." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Niu Ben was a little envious, these guys could let King Qi teach in person, and it could be regarded as green smoke on the ancestral tomb.

Xiao Ming naturally has his own considerations for such hard work, if these generals from the generals are still in charge of the army, his army will inevitably have a situation where the generals are grouped, so if such a modern army mutinies, this is a very serious matter.