The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 198 Enrolling the Army
In fact, what Li Yuan said was true in history, and it was a plan offered by Yuan Shao's advisers. During the Battle of Guandu, Xu You's family was arrested for breaking the law. Therefore, he betrayed Yuan Shao and took refuge in Cao Cao, offering a plan to Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shao's army. In the area of ​​food, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao after using this strategy.

Cao Cao's eyes shone brightly after hearing the words. He is a smart man, and if Li Yuan mentioned it a little bit, he would know what to do.

"Thank you, General Li, for your advice!" Cao Cao clasped his fists.

The next day, Li Yuan led the army back to Xuzhou. He gave up Beihai, Jinan, Jibei and Licheng to Cao Cao, hoping that Cao Cao could resist Yuan Shao's southward march.

This time Li Yuanjun assisted Cao Cao in attacking Liu Bei for a total of two months. It can be said that it ended very quickly, and he successfully drove Liu Bei out of Beihai. The most important thing is to recuperate and get ready to attack Liu Biao in Jingzhou with Sun Ce.

After returning to Xiapi, Li Yuan did not rest, but went to Xi Zhicai to discuss the matter of expanding the recruitment of troops, because now Xuzhou and Yuzhou have sufficient food and grass, the people's hearts are stable, and the people are getting richer and richer. There is already enough foundation for them to recruit More soldiers, according to Xi Zhicai's statistics, Li Yuan's military strength is about [-], which is indeed a little small for him who owns two states.

In the governor's mansion, Xi Zhicai was reporting to Li Yuan, "My lord, after careful statistics by my subordinates, Xiapi now has the largest number of troops, with a total of 400 people, including 7000 infantry battalions and 700 flying cavalry troops. , 1000 people in the Tiger Guard camp, and 700 people in the trapped camp."

Xi Zhicai made the statistics very carefully. Li Yuan nodded slightly after hearing this. In fact, there are not many troops in Xiapi. You must know that Liu Bei can support an army of about 3 people relying on Beihai. It's not a problem, but Li Yuan has always practiced the strategy of elite soldiers, so he doesn't plan to form so many soldiers and horses in Xiapi.

Although there are not many troops in Xiapi today, except for the infantry battalion, which is regarded as a regular army, whether it is the flying cavalry army, the tiger guard battalion or the trapped camp, they are all special arms with very strong combat effectiveness, and the tiger guard battalion is even more special. Will go out to battle, mainly responsible for protecting Li Yuan's safety, led by Xu Zhu himself.

Xu Zhu has followed Li Yuan for a long time. It can be said that he was the first to follow Li Yuan, much earlier than Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, so Li Yuan trusted him very much, and his martial arts were so strong that even Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong would not dare to follow him. It is said that Xu Zhu will win steadily, so it is most appropriate for Xu Zhu to lead the Tiger Guards.

"How is Gao Shun's camp training going?" Li Yuan asked.

"I have trained in the camp for several months, and I have already made some progress, but the equipment required is too demanding. It takes only half a year to build [-] sets of heavy armor, and the rest may take two years to deliver." Xi Zhicai expressed his appreciation for Gao Shun's talent. I appreciate it very much, but [-] sets of heavy armor are too much. Now he has asked people to buy iron ore everywhere and asked craftsmen to expedite their construction, but the progress is still a bit slow.

"It doesn't matter, you tell Gao Shun not to worry, I will use it after he is fully trained in the trapped camp." Li Yuan has very high expectations for the trapped camp. The equipment used in the trapped camp can be said to be the best in the entire army. Lian Hu The soldiers of the guard battalion were not so good either, which even made many generals jealous for a while.

"My lord, the second batch of horses sent by Yuan Shao has arrived at Xiapi." Xi Zhicai received Yuan Shao's envoy two days ago and handed over the horses to Zhao Yun for use. There are [-] horses in total, and now there are still [-] horses left before they are delivered.

"That's right, the second batch has been sent so soon. You asked your junior brother to continue to recruit new flying cavalry soldiers. With the addition of these two thousand horses, the flying cavalry army can form a force of 700 people." Li Yuan was very satisfied. , In his mind, the number of flying cavalry should be around 8000, plus the third batch of horses sent by Yuan Yuanshao, just enough to form a cavalry team of 700.

"My lord, how many troops do you plan to build in Xiapi?" Xi Zhicai asked, knowing that Li Yuan was going to start recruiting more soldiers.

"The base of Xiapi can form 3 to 3000 troops, but I don't need so many people. As the saying goes, the number of soldiers is good but not too many. The number of troops in Xiapi can be expanded to 40. Flying cavalry, tigers The guard camp and the trap camp no longer recruit recruits, and the infantry battalion recruits another [-] recruits. The recruits must be between [-] and [-] years old, and they must not be the only child in the family. If they have brothers who are soldiers, they will no longer be recruited. If there is a father serving in the army, no more recruits will be recruited, and Li Tong will be in charge of recruiting recruits for the infantry battalion."

Li Yuan’s conditions can be said to be very considerate of the feelings of the people. The only child at home needs to take care of his parents, so he doesn’t have to go to the battlefield, lest a black-haired person send a white-haired person, and his parents become helpless. Not recruiting, after all, there is always a need for a man to preside over important events at home.

The reason why Li Yuan only recruited new recruits from the infantry battalion was because the Flying Cavalry Army and the trapped camp were already saturated, and it was impossible to recruit more, and the equipment requirements were too high. It is not easy to recruit people, so Li Yuan does not plan to expand the Tiger Guard camp.

"What about the rest of the places?" Xi Zhicai asked again.

"Shouchun, Qiao and Lujiang all increased their troops to 2, Xiaopei and Langya increased their troops to 5000, Runan increased their troops to 5000, and Guangling increased their troops to 1." Li Yuan calculated carefully For a moment, if he increases his troops in this way, his military strength will quickly grow to 12, which is fully double the original. Although there are more troops, from conscription to training, it will take a year for these recruits to officially become combat power at the earliest time.

If Li Yuan really succeeds in expanding his army, he will definitely be able to compete with Yuan Shao after the unification of Hebei. However, the more troops there are, the more difficult it is to command. Many, so raising an army is a matter of burning money.

"My lord, are all the [-] troops in Lujiang forming a navy?" Xi Zhicai asked doubtfully.

"That's right, we all need navy troops. In addition to dealing with Liu Biao, we may also have a showdown with Sun Ce in the future, so the number of navy troops must not be small." Li Yuan thought more long-term. After defeating Liu Biao, he and Sun Ce had a very close relationship. Possibly becoming an opponent, the Jiangdong navy is stronger than the Jingzhou navy, so he must form more navy in advance.

"Yes!" Xi Zhicai began to write documents by hand and sent them to the counties and counties, so various places in Yuzhou and Xuzhou began to recruit soldiers and hoard food and grass. Li Yuan's strength will soon be greatly improved.

(End of this chapter)