Chapter 275: Expansion of the Army

"What? Let me go back with Elder Qi? I'm not going back." After listening to Yun Juan's words, Yun Na immediately screamed.

Yun Juan frowned and said, "If you don't go back, what are you doing here?" ”

Yun Na said, "Didn't my aunt stay here?" I'm going to stay with my aunt. ”

Yun Juan snorted and said, "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking?" You want to stay with me, you just don't want to be separated from the little boy surnamed Ling. ”

Yun Na's face was suddenly dyed with a layer of red, and she lowered her head, not daring to meet Yun Juan's gaze.

Yun Juan sighed and said, "Xiao Na, our Bailing clan is not allowed to intermarry with foreigners, so you and the little girl surnamed Ling are destined to have no results, so it's better to make a decision earlier." ”

Yun Na lowered her head and said, "But isn't Sister A-Yao married to a foreigner?" ”

Yun Juan said: "That's different, A-Yao is a person who grew up outside the clan, and the clan rules can't control her, if she grew up in the clan, it is impossible for her to intermarry with outsiders." ”

Yun Na raised her head and said, "But aunt, I really don't want to go back, if I go back, both Fengzhi and Fenglin will come to me, I hate the two of them to death, I don't want to be good with them at all, Xiaofeng is much better than them." ”

Yun Juan said: "Nonsense, Fengzhi and Fenglin are both blessings in our clan. How could the little boy surnamed Ling compare with them. ”

Yun Na said: "Sister Ayao is also a teacher, and her ability is much stronger than Fengzhi and Fenglin, but she is not as arrogant as them, she is kind to everyone, and she is soft-spoken, like the two of them, in the clan, it is like the eyes growing to the top of the head, and I don't know how many girls in the clan have been harmed, and I have several good friends who have been harmed by both of them." Xiao Feng is not as good as them, I heard that in these few battles, Xiao Feng has made a lot of achievements, and he is about to be upgraded to a thousand commanders, and his subordinates can manage a thousand people, Feng Zhi and Feng Lin are comparable to Xiao Feng. ”

The more Yun Juan listened, the more she felt that it was not a taste, and she was also taken aback, and said, "Xiao Na, what are you talking about, should you have had a ...... with that Ling Feng?"

Yun Na's face suddenly burned like fire, and said, "Auntie, what are you talking nonsense, I won't... I won't ......," he said, his voice like a mosquito, almost inaudible.

After listening to Yun Na's words, Yun Juan was a little relieved, in fact, she also knew that Yun Na was right, Fengzhi and Fenglin are the young generation of the Bailing clan's Zhushi, and they are also very domineering in the clan, with empty eyes, except for the big Zhushi and several other Zhushi, even the elders and elders are not in their eyes, because they are all very lustful, and all the young girls they fancy can't escape nine times out of ten, and they are often abandoned after playing.

But firstly, because of their transcendent status, and secondly, now the Zhushi of the Bailing clan is facing the crisis of being cut off, and there are only two of them in the younger generation, and the Zhushi, elders, and elders of the clan also hope that the two of them can give birth to a new generation of Zhushi with the daughters of the clan, so they also turn a blind eye to the behavior of the two, as long as they are not looking for a married woman, they will ignore it, but on the contrary, they also persuade the victimized daughters to rest and be peaceful. Some people even hope that the two of them can spread rain and dew and give birth to a new generation of Zhushi.

And this indulgent attitude also fueled the arrogance of the two, at first they also coaxed people with sweet words, and then developed to the point that when they fell in love with the woman, they directly overtook the bow hard, this time Yun Juan brought Yun Na out, also because before leaving, both of them began to focus on Yun Na. However, Yun Juan also knows very well that if she can hide for a while, she can't hide for a lifetime, and once Yun Na returns to the clan, she will definitely not be able to escape from the palms of the two.

It's just that Yun Juan grew up in the Bailing clan after all, and the clan rules are almost as inviolable as heaven to her. Knowing that after Yun Na went back, she would definitely not be able to escape, but Yun Juan still couldn't accept Yun Na's marriage with foreigners, and at the same time thought that she had the responsibility to correct Yun Na's violations, so Yun Juan could only make a heart, and said: "It's decided, it's useless for you to say anything, go and pack your things immediately, and after a few days, follow Elder Qi back to the clan." ”

―――――――― dividing line――――――――― dividing line―――――――― although the New Year is approaching at this time, the plateau is still very busy, after receiving the envoys of Qi and rewarding the soldiers, the next thing is to expand the army. After all, Daijun is not at peace at present, and is still facing a considerable crisis, and strengthening military strength and armament is the top priority.

Now the standing army of Daijun is about 70,000 people, which is still the army formed when Gao Yuan first entered Daijun, which basically matches the situation at that time, and is not a reckless force. And now, although it has only been more than a year, the situation has changed a lot, plus more than 400,000 immigrants from Yan State, the population of Daijun has increased significantly, and has obtained compensation from Yan State, seized a large number of materials and livestock from the Xiongnu, and now it has basically opened up the trade route with Qi State, and the financial situation is also very loose. Therefore, all the conditions for the expansion of the army have also been prepared, and a certain number of regular troops can be expanded without affecting production.

First of all, the strength of one army was added to each of the three counties of Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Shanggu as the army that stayed in the place. Although there is now a legion stationed in each of the three counties of Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Shanggu, the legion is not a local army, and as soon as there is a war, it will immediately converge and concentrate. And there are no regular guards in the local area, and only Daijun has an army dedicated to staying in the local area. After these wars, this weakness also began to be somewhat exposed, but fortunately, the opponents in these wars were not strong, so there were no major problems. Therefore, it is also necessary to establish a special left-behind army in each county.

Of course, the left-behind army of each county still belongs to the commander of the garrison corps of each county in terms of establishment, in fact, there is a left-behind army in Shanggujun, which is led by the veteran general Huang Chong, about 3,000 people, which is under the command of the Shanggu legion. However, the establishment of the three newly built armies is still full of 5,000 men, but there is no logistics army, but it is mixed with infantry and cavalry, with 2,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry troops. Therefore, the main responsibility of this army is to focus on garrisoning the locality, maintaining local law and order in peacetime, and adopting a mixed formation of infantry and cavalry, which is more suitable.

Of course, the left-behind army of each county is recruited by the garrison corps of each county itself, and the plateau only determines the establishment and number, and the next thing is to organize the captured Huns into the army, which is also something that the plateau has planned for a long time.

After two battles against the Xiongnu, the number of Xiongnu captured by Daijun is now about 35,600, of which there are about 7,800 young men and women, and more than 13,400 young women, and the rest are old people over 50 years old and children under 15 years old. The Huns who were captured in the early stage were mainly engaged in hard labor at Yanmen Pass, while the Huns captured from Yinshan were temporarily imprisoned.

The Huns were originally martial and warlike, and all the people were soldiers, regardless of men, women, old and young, as long as they could ride horses, they were warriors, and almost everyone could fight well. The use of such a group of people as coolies is obviously too wasteful, and only on the battlefield can their value be maximized.

Therefore, Gao Yuan decided to form an army of the Huns, as well as the people of the steppe peoples such as Ah Ran Shi Qimo and Tiger Babby, to fight for themselves, and this army was handed over to Jiang Huanwu to command, and Jiang Huanwu was officially promoted from a commander to a general who could lead an army alone.

And Li Yinghong also put forward a request to the plateau, that is, he wanted to select a female soldier from among the Xiongnu women and directly lead it by himself. Now Li Yinghong has two deputy generals, Han Xiurong and Wu Hongling, and more than 30 female soldiers, all of whom are villagers of Yanbei Village, but Li Yinghong feels that the number is too small to form an army, and the Hun women are also able to fight and are not inferior to men, so of course Li Yinghong will not let go of this opportunity, and also hopes to really pull the army under his command.

After listening to Li Yinghong's plan, Gao Yuan also agreed, but asked Li Yinghong that the selection standards for female soldiers should not be lowered, and they must be the same as men, rather than indiscriminate, after all, forming an army is to go to the battlefield to fight, and on the battlefield, the enemy will not show mercy to your subordinates because you are a woman.

At this time, it was close to the end of the year, and all the road repairs, canals and other projects in various places were suspended, and the Xiongnu laborers were all brought back to Daijun for resettlement. Therefore, after making a decision, Gao Yuan immediately ordered that all the Xiongnu captives, as well as the people of the steppe peoples such as Ah Ran Shi Qimo and Tiger By, be recruited to the martial arts arena, and he and Jiang Huanwu would lecture them together.

Gao Yuan and Jiang Huanwu stood on the high platform, Ah Ran Shi Qimo, Tabby and other people from the grassland people were on both sides of the stage, and the Xiongnu stood in front of the high platform, standing in a large area of black pressure, everyone stared at the plateau and Jiang Huanwu on the high platform, but they were uneasy in their hearts, not knowing what kind of fate they were going to face, so they couldn't help whispering, and the whole martial arts arena was a "buzzing" sound.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Gao Yuan took two steps forward on the high platform, raised his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said in a loud voice: "You people, all of whom were captured by us in the war, according to the rules of the grassland, you are all my slaves now, and I decide that your life and death depend on me, and maybe the rest of your life will be spent in hard labor, until you die for this." ”

At this time, Gao Yuan said: "However, I can give you a chance to get rid of your status as slaves and live a normal life, that is, to become my soldiers, and fight for me, use your efforts to fight bravely on the battlefield, change your fate, and live a normal life." ”