readx; "The Jingyang Merchant Gang has recruited the militia again! The monthly salary is ten taels of silver! On the day that Zhu Youzhen ordered the expansion of the army, the news spread in Qinwangzhuang, and soon spread to various prefectures and counties in Shaanxi within a radius of hundreds of miles through itinerant vendors. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Soon, there was a long queue at the militia enlistment office, with at least thousands of able-bodied lads rushing to sign up. Among them are workers, farmers, and juniors who are in elementary school. In addition, there are also some vendors who don't even do small business and directly join the registration team; The flow of people on the Xiqin Highway and Jingqin Highway also increased suddenly, and many outsiders also hurried to Qinwangzhuang, for fear of missing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

It stands to reason that in troubled times, the common people are most afraid of war, and they are also most afraid of being forcibly conscripted, because being a soldier means going into battle to fight, which means death, so there is a strange appearance of "not being born again male and female". The military household system established in the early Ming Dynasty has already existed in name only, and in order to replenish the troops, the officers and armies in various localities have also adopted the method of recruiting or conscripting troops, but the results have not been satisfactory.

Qin Wangzhuang is the only exception, and the people here know that the so-called "militia group" is actually the same thing as Qin Bing. Last year, the Qin soldiers defeated Li Zicheng, and even tens of thousands of thieves could not break through Qin Wangzhuang, which greatly boosted the morale of the people in the city and gave them a firm belief in their hearts, that is, joining the Qin soldiers was definitely not to die. On the contrary, with powerful firearms in hand and rigorous training, you will be able to better defend your hometown and your loved ones. What's more, the monthly salary of ten taels is also a big temptation for most people, so the registration is very enthusiastic.

Of course, since only 1,500 people were recruited this time, they still had to go through a strict selection process. The selection criteria are still the same as in the past, first of all, literacy, which has basically brushed off most of the foreign applicants. Then it is required to be completely out of production, concentrate on training and accommodation, and eliminate a lot of those who are not too strong-willed; In the end, it is to catch the right fight, whoever is stronger, who can defeat the opponent in two strokes, who will advance, and no one can say a word.

In less than a day, Xie Sheng presented the list of the newly recruited 1,500 Tuan Yong, which is actually the list of Qin soldiers, to Zhu Youzhen. Zhu Youzhen was very satisfied with Xie Sheng's work efficiency, and then let Xie Sheng do all the things such as placing new soldiers, being included in the system, distributing weapons and equipment, arranging training, etc., which was also intended to train him.

The only thing that needed to be arranged by Zhu Youzhen personally was that he decided that the camp of the 1,500 recruits would be set up outside the outer city of Qinwangzhuang. On the one hand, it is because with the increase in the population of Qinwangzhuang, there is less and less open space in the city. On the other hand, Zhu Youzhen believes that for soldiers, both the living and training environment is more difficult than that of civilians. This is not because he has no conditions, but on purpose, that is, to let these recruits endure more hardships and temper their strong will, so that they can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

The specific location of the camp is chosen by Xie Sheng. Zhu Youzhen looked at the topographic map and found that the camp was in the northwest of Qinwangzhuang, about a thousand steps away from the city wall of Qinwangzhuang, and the terrain was slightly higher than the surrounding area. In this way, it can not only form a zigzag horn with Qinwangzhuang and Jingyang County, but also condescendingly resist the enemy, which can be called an advance and can be attacked and retreated. It seems that Xie Sheng has made a lot of progress in military literacy in the past year, and he is not much better than those Qin generals.

As for why he wanted to recruit 1,500 recruits no more, no less, Zhu Youzhen naturally had some considerations. He was well aware that maintaining a standing army would require an astonishing amount of manpower, money, and material resources, so it was necessary to maintain a reasonable ratio of soldiers to civilians.

In peacetime in previous lives, the regular armies of countries generally did not exceed 1 per cent of the population. But now are troubled times, and the battle may start at any time, so naturally it is not possible to recruit troops according to that ratio. Moreover, the level of weapons in the previous life was already very developed, and the role of people was relatively reduced, so it was okay to have fewer troops. However, in this era, cold weapons are still dominant, and firearms cannot be fully utilized, so a higher ratio of soldiers to civilians is also needed.

But the more the military is not always better. The so-called "raising soldiers for a thousand days", this soldier is usually really raised, there is no output, it is completely consumption. The more soldiers there are, the fewer people are engaged in productive labor, and the more difficult it is to raise them.

Back in World War II, Germany and Japan turned entire countries into war machines. Germany's population was only 70 million, and the standing army was 13 million at its peak; Japan also has a population of more than 70 million, and the number of soldiers at its peak is more than 6 million. With such a reckless use of military force, it can be said that except for women, children, the elderly, and the sick and disabled, almost all young and middle-aged men have gone to serve in the army, and the impact on social production can be imagined.

Of course, in that kind of situation, all countries are mobilizing frantically, the Soviet Union mobilized 50 million people, and the United States also mobilized 20 million people. But the United States and the Soviet Union, both with large populations, can afford this attrition. And Germany and Japan are just such a few people, and they will be gone after fighting out, so the more they fight, the more they can't do it, and they will eventually fail completely.

Zhu Youzhen is now facing the same problem. Qin Wangzhuang now counts only tens of thousands of prisoners, and if 10,000 soldiers are also conscripted, the entire economic system will collapse. However, there were too few soldiers and there were really not enough soldiers, so Zhu Youzhen weighed it again and again, and finally determined the strength of the army to be 3,000, with the ratio of soldiers to civilians being less than 10 percent. In the next step, Zhu Youzhen planned to gather the displaced people with great fanfare and increase the total population of Qinwangzhuang, so that the military and financial resources could be fully guaranteed.

Compared with the recruitment of new recruits, the expansion of the special combat team is much simpler. The scope of selection was very small, that is, the original 1,500 Qin soldiers. Yan Ling singled out more than 300 warriors with high military quality, calm character, and absolute love and loyalty to the King of Qin, and selected 150 people from these more than 300 according to his own unique criteria.

This almost drained the elite and backbone of Xie Sheng's subordinates, but Xie Sheng had no complaints, and joked: "If it weren't for His Highness's life, I would really want to return to the special combat team and be an ordinary team member to protect His Highness!" ”

The newly formed special combat team reached 200 people. Among them, Yan Ling personally led fifty of the best skills, as Zhu Youzhen's personal guard. Yan Ling's request to them was: no matter what time or place, these fifty people must form a three-dimensional protective net against Zhu Youzhen, so that the assassins could not enter within Zhu Youzhen's 20 steps. He himself is inseparable from Zhu Youzhen, even if Zhu Youzhen goes back to the back house to sleep, he has to be on guard at the closest place he can go.

The remaining 150 people are responsible for the safety of Rui'er, Bao Yulian, Li Zhenyan, Zhu Cunqi and others, and strictly protect important places such as the palace and the arsenal.

After listening to Yan Ling's introduction, Zhu Youzhen said with satisfaction: "Yan Daxia is so tightly arranged, the assassin should have no chance to take advantage of it." However, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and the equipment of our special combat team must also be the best. Let's go, accompany me to the arsenal and see what Sun Yuanlong is up to! ”