"Lord, after a month's time, Pingzhou has worked hard and is ready to go on the expedition, and please check it out!"

Liu Yi put on his helmet and armor, dressed in a military uniform, and reported loudly to Shang Ji.

"Good, good! Brother has worked hard! ”

Shang Ji said a few good words again and again, and looked at the army behind Liu Yi with satisfaction.

This expedition to North Korea is different from the past, because the space equipment has basically been abolished, and the logistical pressure has increased dramatically, even with the support of wooden oxen and horses, it is impossible to dispatch millions of troops at every turn as before.

According to the repeated negotiations between Shang Ji and Liu Yi, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia and others, the final number of troops was determined to be 2.7 million!

Of course, this is the main force of the army, and it is also the main force for the siege of the city. After these 2.7 million troops, there were a considerable number of auxiliaries. Once the main force captures a certain city, clears the resistance in the city, and ensures that there will not be too many hidden dangers, the city will be handed over to the later auxiliaries to defend it, ensuring that the field group always has sufficient troops.

At the same time, the auxiliary troops also undertake part of the task of escorting grain and grass to maintain logistics.

And among the 2.7 million troops, 700,000 are super elites who have survived a hundred battles on the National War Continent with Shang Ji, and the lowest are sixth-order soldiers. These 700,000 troops will also be the main force in the main force of the attack on North Korea, playing the role of a fist.

In addition, because Korea is mountainous and hilly, and cavalry is not used for deployment, the proportion of cavalry in the army on this expedition has dropped to less than 20 percent unprecedentedly.

You must know that the proportion of cavalry in the Pingzhou Army generally exceeds 50 percent when going out to fight, and this time it is directly cut in half.

Since it was a foot soldier as the main force, Zhang He's Hundred Battle Phantom Pawns, Yang Cheng's Mountain Barbarian Infantry, and Liu Yi's Xingyao Strong Bow naturally became the middle force of this war.

In particular, the mountain barbarian infantry, specializing in mountain warfare, although it is only a special class of Xuan-level troops, but in the mountainous and hilly combat zone, the general prefecture-level troops are not necessarily the opponents of the mountain barbarian infantry.

However, the restrictions on the expansion of the mountain barbarian infantry are somewhat harsh, and the mountain barbarians must be used as soldiers. Fortunately, Liu Yi had already made preparations during Shangji's expedition, negotiated with the person in charge of Yanhuang who stayed behind, and got a full 300,000 high-quality mountain barbarian soldiers.

The original 100,000 plus the current 300,000 are enough to have 400,000 mountain barbarian infantry, and the combat effectiveness is quite considerable.

At the same time, Zhang He's Hundred Battle Phantom Pawns also expanded to 200,000, plus 200,000 Star Bright Bows, 100,000 Northern Tiger Battle Crossbows, 200,000 Sun Shooting Pawns, 100,000 Guards Divine Blades, 50,000 Ice Shield Battles, 50,000 Dragon Spearmen, plus some other troops, together to form the 2.7 million army on this expedition.

Although the number of troops is not large, it is far from the super-large-scale combat of tens of millions on the national war continent, but Shang Ji is still full of confidence in this battle.

Two million and seven hundred thousand troops, not to mention the 700,000 elites of a hundred battles, and the remaining two million troops are not easy to mess with.

Although they did not participate in the melting pot of national warfare, Liu Yi and others did the most during their stay in Pingzhou, training the army.

Several top generals, with abundant material supplies, trained the army for a year without distractions, and the effect is naturally undoubted.

With more than 2 million main troops, more than a million auxiliaries, and an even larger number of servants, the Pingzhou Army's manpower preparations were completely ready.

While inspecting the army, Shang Ji asked Liu Yi about the situation: "How is it?" What is the fighting spirit of the officers and men in the army? ”

"Enlighten the lord!"

Liu Yi clenched his fists and said with full of anger: "The lord is benevolent, the officers and men in the army are all grateful, and they are all willing to break their bones for the lord, and all the soldiers are waiting for the battle like a rainbow, just wait for the lord to give an order!" ”

Although Liu Yi's words are a bit exaggerated and suspicious, they are by no means untrue.

In fact, a large number of previously announced policies to benefit the people are in full swing, and Pingzhou's military and people's hearts are rapidly improving at a speed that is visible to the naked eye. It is naturally nonsense to say that every Pingzhou person is willing to go to the soup for the sake of Shangji, but if there is an invasion by foreign enemies, the probability of Pingzhou residents spontaneously forming a righteous army to resist is far higher than that of other forces.

And because the Pingzhou army has always had an invincible record and rich rewards, the whole of Pingzhou, including the civilians, have certain expectations for the war. Enlisting in the army and achieving class leapfrogging through military merits is the most common way for the children of poor families and cloth clothes in Pingzhou to get ahead.

This state of affairs was very similar to that of the Qin State before the Shang Dynasty crossed, and all the soldiers and civilians were happy when they heard the war and enthusiastically supported the war.

By the way, another way to develop is to show extraordinary talent in academies at all levels and be admitted to Xiangping Academy or Yingchuan Branch.

"How's that going about the conscription? This is the first time we have recruited farmers in a large-scale war, do the people complain? ”

In the previous war, there was space equipment, and the logistics of the Pingzhou army were quite simple. But now, in order to supply the needs of more than 2 million troops to fight on the front line, even if there are a large number of horses, vehicles, wooden oxen, flowing horses and other equipment to assist, it is still necessary to have at least the same number of soldiers to assist in supporting logistics.

A little calculation shows that the total manpower of the Pingzhou army, including the regular army, auxiliary soldiers, and farmers, is nearly 7 million.

According to the usual practice, Shang Ji can claim to be a country with an army of 10 million to conquer and not a subordinate, and if he is thick-skinned, he can say that it is an army of 20 million.

"Don't worry, the people not only do not resist the conscription, but they are vying to sign up, and if there is a need, it is easy to requisition and double the people's strength."

Deng Yan, who was on the other side of the business, reported loudly.

Although nominally it was a levy for conscription, because of the fact that the merchant money was so much hot, Pingzhou made a new rule, and all the people who served in the conscription could not only be exempted from a certain amount of taxes for the next year according to the length of service (this year's one has been exempted), but also receive a considerable remuneration.

And in order to ensure the safety of the servants, the Pingzhou Army also conducted simple training for the servants—really simple training, and the combat effectiveness of these servants is estimated to be inferior to the original Yellow Turban Army.

However, Shang Ji is a local tyrant, and he is not short of money or equipment, so he directly equips these servants with equipment of quite good quality. If it is changed to the princes of the interior, these weapons and armor or something will not be cold to equip the regular army.

Of course, because he is a servant, his job is to transport grain, grass and equipment, and the equipment of these servants is based on the premise of simplicity and portability, mainly light leather armor and swords, and there are basically no heavy weapons.

In addition, Shang Ji also issued an order that all servants who killed enemy troops during the war would enjoy the same treatment as the regular army, and those who performed well would also have the opportunity to be transferred to several elite main forces to complete the transformation from servants to soldiers.

Many civilians who did not have the opportunity to join the army regarded conscription as an important stepping stone to enter the Pingzhou military system, and they all rushed to sign up.

If the limit is requisitioned, let alone only three million, even if it is ten times more than that, there is no problem.

This is also one of the important reliance for Shang Ji to dare to decide to swallow Lee's North Korea in one bite!