Compared to the training scout battalion, the formation of the death battalion is undoubtedly much easier. These selected prisoners are death row prisoners, murderers, Jiangyang thieves, and green forest bandits, all of whom are ruthless and cruel by nature, even if some of these prisoners kill people by mistake, but they have always seen blood, and they are definitely more courageous than other prisoners, and their bloodthirstiness is stronger than others.

Organizing these people into death camps can stimulate their courage to die and their instinct to survive. Once a person has the courage to die, he will be fearless and can exert extraordinary combat effectiveness. In addition, the human instinct for survival is very strong, and in order to live, human beings can develop a lot of potential.

The training of the scout battalion is completely different, this is a branch of the army with extremely high requirements for comprehensive technology, every soldier in the scout battalion requires a high level of individual combat ability, foot station and cavalry combat must be competent, requires superb riding skills, superb riding and archery skills, the ability to complete the task alone, strong adaptability, flexible response, can survive alone in the field, and has a strong reconnaissance, tracking, disguise, lurking and infiltration capabilities.

Among this group of prisoners, the only ones who have not undergone special training but are the most in line with the requirements are the hunters among the prisoners, the pressure on Duan Wei is definitely much greater than Guo Xin, the number of these hunters is not much, to train the scout battalion into a full quota of three hundred people, it is necessary to select more than two hundred people from other people to supplement it, although these people have become a barely qualified soldier after three years of basic training, but it is not easy to train these people into qualified scouts.

Regarding Zhao Ziliang's appointment, Duan Wei didn't dare to refuse, he hugged his fists and said: "King, although these people have been trained for three years, they are qualified as ordinary soldiers, but if you want them to become scouts, you have to go through at least one year of special training, Weichen is worried that the training progress will not meet the requirements of the king."

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "It's okay, you just need to train, Lone will draw scout officers from the army to your jurisdiction, assist you in training them, and when you are qualified, it will come in handy!" ”

Duan Wei was relieved at this time, and hugged his fists and agreed: "Yes!" ”

After all the review items were completed that day, Zhao Ziliang recruited all the generals and schools to his own line, which was set up in the office of the No. 1 military camp, and more than a dozen lights were lit around the lobby, illuminating the entire hall brightly, and the generals and officials stood on both sides.

Zhao Ziliang asked, "When will the ordnance and equipment arrive?" ”

Du Zongwen stood up and replied: "Back to the king, the men and horses escorting the ordnance and equipment have arrived in Zhang Sancheng to guard and capture, according to the itinerary, they can arrive in ten days at most!" ”

Zhao Ziliang played with a jade pendant in his hand, his expression seemed to be contemplative, and after a while, he said slowly: "A prisoner is a prisoner after all, even if he is dressed in armor and equipped with weapons, he is not a soldier in the real sense, let them be loyal to Lonely, do you generals think it is possible?" ”

The generals were all thoughtful, but Fan Xichao stood up and hugged his fists and said in a deep voice: "The king, the minister can guarantee that the generals and officials of the ministers and other prisoners are loyal to the king, as long as the backbone of this thorn army is loyal to the king, it is almost equal to the loyalty of this thorn army to the king!" As for the prisoners, it is unlikely that they will be loyal to the king at this stage, but if they can conquer the city under the command of the king, they can be invincible, and they can be honored, and honor can make people loyal! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and nodded: "Honor can make people loyal, well said!" ”

Li Muchen stood up and arched his hand: "King, the minister has been ordered to place people among the prisoners, as long as there is any change among these people, the minister can get the news as soon as possible!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang glanced at Li Muchen, and his gaze swept over the generals again, "Hun, Gao Chongwen, Fan Xichao, can the three of you be sure that you can control these people?" These days, Gu has watched their drills, it is indeed forbidden and the military discipline is strict, but sometimes what you see with your own eyes may be fake! ”

The three of them clasped their fists and said: "The ministers will guarantee their heads and will never ask questions!" ”

Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "Okay, from tomorrow to carry out the reorganization, here is a specific and detailed preparation plan, the three of you can implement it according to what is written above, and complete it within three days, regarding the appointment of generals and colonels at all levels after the reorganization is completed, after you complete the reorganization, Lone will issue a list of appointments, Lone will give you seven days to complete the establishment of combat units at all levels to complete the run-in, and according to the usual practice, Lone must appoint a supervisor to combat units at all levels, the three generals have no opinion, right?" ”

Hun and the others immediately clenched their fists and said: "The ministers don't dare, everything is only the king's order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang stood up and said in a deep voice: "Complete the re-establishment within three days, complete the run-in within ten days, and change the outfit after ten days when the ordnance and equipment arrive, and set off after the refitting is completed!" ”

Gao Chongwen clenched his fists and asked, "King, where are you going?" ”

"Far West!"

After speaking, Zhao Ziliang looked at the three Hun and said, "Presumably you have been guessing for a long time, what is it going to do if you want to train these more than 50,000 prisoners into an army, and today is also the time to tell you!" In Western Qin, Lone has been handed over to his eldest son, Zhao Lei; Datang, Gu also let the second son Zhao Ting supervise the country, Gu is also old, Gu hopes to conquer the Western world in his lifetime, and this thorn army is one of the main forces of Gu to conquer the Western world! ”

"Now that the army has not yet set off, Lone can give you the opportunity to choose, if you are willing to go to the west with Lone to fight, you will stay, if you are unwilling, Lone will not force it, your official position will be reappointed, not lower than the current official position! The generals and officers who follow the three of you to train these prisoners can also choose to stay or follow Lone to fight in the West! Lone gives you ten days to think about it, and reply before the army leaves! However, this matter is confidential, and no one is allowed to spread it, not even relatives at home are allowed to mention this matter, otherwise once the military aircraft is leaked, it will be killed! Well, if nothing else is done, go back and rest early! ”

The next day, Hun, Gao Chongwen, and Fan Xichao began to reorganize the 55,000 thorn army according to the new establishment with their subordinate officers and officers.

According to Zhao Ziliang's order, 36,000 of the 55,000 men were organized into three armies, namely the First Army, the Second Army, and the Third Army, each with a standard combat strength of 10,000 and a baggage weight of 2,000. Of the 10,000 combat troops, there were 7,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry. The remaining 19,000 men were to follow the army as a supplementary regiment, and as long as there was any battle damage, the lost troops were immediately selected from these 19,000 men.

Each army has 3,000 cavalry is not much, but it is not less, these cavalry are also composed of prisoners, because the Mobei grassland and the Mobei Plateau and the land of the Yellow River in Jiuqu have been controlled by the Tang Dynasty over the years, so the Tang Dynasty is not short of horses, three out of every ten households have horses, it is very easy to ride a horse for the people of the Tang Dynasty, the number of people who can ride horses is countless, it is not difficult to find out 10,000 people who can ride horses among the more than 50,000 prisoners, after three years of training, 10,000 cavalry has already been trained.

The reorganization was completed in three days, the run-in after the reorganization was completed in seven days, and a large number of ordnance and equipment arrived ten days later, and a convoy of carriages with no end in sight drove along the riverbank, carrying swords, swords, halberds, armor, uniforms, shoes and socks, bows, crossbows and arrows.

After the new weapons and equipment were replaced by the soldiers of the assassination army, the weather was really different, and they all looked very energetic, these people actually had some sense of honor, and now they were wearing new armor, and they were issued with knives and guns, and they all puffed up their chests and killed awe-inspiringly.

"King, I've thought about it and decided to follow the king on an expedition to the west!" Hun, Gao Chongwen and Fan Xichao asked to see Zhao Ziliang together two nights before the opening and said.

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Oh? What about the others? ”

Hun said: "They are also willing to go!" ”

"Why? I don't know if you can come back this time, you all have families, and this trip is not something that can be returned in a short time! ”

Fan Xichao hugged his fists and said: "King, fighting on the battlefield can prove the greatest value of the existence of our generation of soldiers, and it is also the lifelong wish of the ministers to follow the king's conquest, and the ministers and other families have settled down, so we can rest assured that we can go with the king!" ”

"Well, the herald will leave the camp the morning after tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

On the sixth day of the seventh month, Zhao Ziliang took the Dragon Guard, the Escort Army and the Thorn Army, a total of 60,000 horses, set off to Guizi Town, through Bodaling into the territory of Western Qin, the grain and grass needed along the way did not need to be purchased, and all the surplus grain obtained from the Tuntian of the Thorn Army in the past three years had been brought, and Zhang Xianfu and others sent it to Bodaling before they stopped and returned.

Zhao Ziliang's army of 60,000 people arrived in Xinjing in late July, Zhao Lei took the civil and military officials of the Western Qin Royal Court out of Xinjing 30 miles outside the new capital to greet him, this is not only Zhao Ting and the ministers of the Western Qin Dynasty respect Zhao Ziliang, but also to express a kind of awe, everyone knows that although Zhao Ziliang abdicated, no one dares to say that he has no influence on Western Qin, and now the military power of Western Qin is still in his hands.

Looking at the crowd in front of him, Li Muchen, who was riding a horse beside Zhao Ziliang, asked, "King, since you want to conquer the Western World, why don't you use the Western Qin soldiers and horses?" Even if it is possible to send a garrison or a forbidden army from the Tang Dynasty to conduct a conquest, why use these prisoner troops? Wechen couldn't understand why the king did this! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Because there are too many discipline and moral constraints that the regular army needs to abide by, if the big cannibals have a little bit in common with us culturally and ideologically, the rest of the Western world is almost completely different from us, and it is almost impossible to rule and change them with benevolence, ideology and culture, and make them obey our rule, while the prisoner army does not have too many military discipline and moral constraints that need to be followed!" ”