Chapter 173: Recruitment
Liu Yin is obviously unwilling to wait, God knows where the next round of war will burn, he has just taken over the new army, there are too many things to do, the first point is to let the new army form a joint force in battle, the tiger battalion and the tiger cavalry battalion originally belonged to the Royal Forest Army, with first-class equipment, especially the Tiger Cavalry Battalion, which can be called the first few formed cavalry in the Shu army, but these Royal Forest Army have not been trained on the battlefield, and if the combat effectiveness is not as good as Fu Yan's half-battalion of people.
So the top priority now is to reorganize Fu Yan's Yang'an camp. The Han army does not have the number of the first battalions of the later generations, the emperor's imperial forest army has a special name, such as the Yulin Army, the Tiger Army, the Hubu Battalion, etc., and the elite divisions of the field troops also have special names, such as the White Ear Army and the Wudang Fei Army, but the vast majority of the troops do not have a number, and most of the field troops are named after the leading generals, such as Jiang Weijun and Zhang Yijun, while the garrison army is called by the name of the station, such as the Jiangyou garrison and the Langzhong garrison. The battalion led by Fu Tong can be called Fu Tuo Battalion, or Yang'an Battalion, although Yang'an Pass has fallen, Fu Tuo still likes to call this army Yang'an Battalion, because Yang'an Pass is a pain that will never go away in his heart, and to maintain the number of Yang'an defenders, Fu Tuo is to tell all his subordinates that they will not be ashamed of blood and will not give up.
The reservists on Bing Cao's side could not be counted on for the time being, and Liu Yin decided to recruit troops on his own to solve his urgent needs.
According to the principle of conscription in the Han Dynasty, for example, only good families were recruited into the army. In the Han Dynasty, it refers to those who are not in the army or the children of non-doctors, witches, merchants, and hundreds of workers, and are the sons of good families. In later generations, slaves and prostitutes were regarded as untouchables, and commoners were regarded as good citizens. Therefore, it is used to call the children of good people. Distinguishing between good and bad is an important hierarchical line. In accordance with this principle. The scope of conscription is much narrower.
Therefore, Liu Yin first broke the stereotype, recruiting soldiers does not pick their background, just look at physical fitness, as long as they meet the standards, no matter whether they are good or poor, they will all be conscripted into the army.
After the fall of Hanzhong, many people in Hanzhong became homeless and came to Shuzhong. Now the imperial court is mainly focused on the war against Wei, and all the manpower and material resources are inclined to the front line, so naturally it is impossible to guarantee that these displaced people can receive relief, and the displaced people are hungry and cold, and countless people die of hunger.
Since Liu Yin recruited troops in the eastern suburbs of Chengdu, countless displaced people and untouchables have poured over, and there are crowds of people, although they all know that going into battle to fight is to die, but the biggest advantage in the army is that there is food and salary. will not starve to death, plus Liu Yin does not choose his background. Therefore, the number of people who signed up was overwhelming, and there was an endless stream.
Although Liu Yin sympathized with the plight of these displaced people, his army was not a refugee shelter after all, so Liu Yin issued an order to the generals and colonels in charge of recruiting soldiers to strictly follow the requirements of recruitment, and only recruit qualified soldiers, and no one was allowed to show favoritism.
The assessment of recruitment is actually very simple, as long as you can lift a two-hundred-pound stone lock or pull a two-stone strong bow, you can pass the test. But don't underestimate these two selection requirements, ninety percent of the recruits are planted in these two projects, physical fitness is a hard requirement, Liu Yin is not compromised in this regard, there is no strong physique, there is no way to deal with high-intensity combat.
Of course, if you are superb in archery or strong in martial arts, you don't need to conduct a simple strength assessment. However, many homeless people prefer to try their luck at stone locks or two-stone strong bows rather than defeating a few powerful soldiers in a fight or shooting a bow at a target red heart a hundred paces away.
After passing the examination and registering, you can receive a set of crimson straight-lined military uniforms of the Han army and become a member of the Shu Han New Army. For those who failed the assessment, Liu Yin also ordered each person to distribute one liter of rice, which could be regarded as some compensation.
Many of the men who received the military uniforms were elated, and those who walked out of the crowd with rice bags were dejected, in stark contrast.
The recruitment proceeded quite smoothly, but it only took three or four days to recruit two or three thousand people, and the Yang'an battalion was short of two thousand people, and this number was quickly filled. According to the regulations of the imperial court, any army has an upper limit on its establishment, and it is not allowed to exceed its establishment, and the army's food and salary are paid according to the number of people who are fully established.
However, the generals' private soldiers are not included in this establishment, the food and salary of the private soldiers are paid by the head of the family, and have nothing to do with the imperial court. I don't dare to say anything about one block and ten, but it is definitely not a big problem to take a private soldier out and resist two or three ordinary officers and soldiers.
Liu Yin naturally could not blatantly expand the number of private soldiers in the Anping Palace, this Yinping Resistance Battle, the private soldiers were killed and wounded, and they were also in urgent need of replenishment, Liu Yin selected some outstanding additions to the private soldiers among the enlisted soldiers.
Being able to be a private soldier in the Anping Palace, that means better treatment, more food, many people are even more eager to join Liu Yin's private army, but Liu Yin's selection is stricter, and many people can only sigh.
Liu Yin's selection of private soldiers is not only to assess whether there are two strengths, can lift a stone lock or pull a two-stone bow, but also to assess the comprehensive quality of recruits.
Liu Yin handed over the affairs of training people to Fu Yan, Gao Yuan, and Deng Pu, and he was responsible for recruiting new soldiers, but there was more than one recruitment point in the eastern suburbs, and Liu Yin had to do it himself, so he naturally had to go back and forth between the points.
At a recruiting point, Liu Yin personally assessed several recruits, found that their martial arts are good, under inquiry, only to know that these recruits were originally hunters, hunting in the mountains for many years, have practiced a good skills and excellent archery, because the Wei army invaded their hometown, forced to make a living, can only be reduced to the homeless people came to Chengdu.
Liu Yin was very satisfied and summoned them to his own soldiers and set off to the next recruiting point.
There was a huge crowd of people in front of them, and the crowd gathered around to watch a young man shoot an arrow, but the arrow looked like a meteor, and the arrow hit the red bull's-eye with great accuracy. (To be continued......)