Chapter 2588: Yue Yun Li Ke, military reform
Jizhou, Changshan, Zhending training camp.
The person in charge of this camp is Yue Fei's son Yue Yun.
Yue Yun also started conscription after arriving in Changshan, but his recruitment mode was completely different from Xue Dingshan.
Xue Dingshan recruits troops from civilians. The total quota is only 10,000, but the number of applicants is as many as 10,000. Therefore, one or even multiple rounds of selection will be conducted to screen out the unqualified ones and select those with the best quality. Thousands of people formed an army.
Of course, there will definitely be many recruits who meet the requirements but are not selected due to insufficient quotas. Xue Dingshan will send these people to other training camps;
Yue Yun is completely different from Xue Dingshan. He recruits soldiers directly from veterans and county soldiers, two types of reserves.
Of the 300,000 troops laid off by Great Qin's last disarmament, nearly half of them were surrendered troops from Hebei, so Hebei also had the largest number of veterans.
Not only have these veterans participated in training, but they have also been killed in battle. Many of them have seen blood. Their overall quality is naturally far beyond that of the new recruits. After being gathered together, they can become an army with only a little training.
Therefore, the new army formed by recruiting veterans is not only the fastest to form an army, but also has the strongest combat effectiveness among the 700,000 new troops.
On the other hand, the recruits who were recruited by Xue Dingshan from civilian backgrounds had to undergo more than half a year of training, no matter how good their conditions were.
But even so, without any experience against the enemy, the combat effectiveness will not be too strong. Only after you have seen blood can you truly transform into an elite soldier.
Therefore, in terms of recruiting soldiers, if Xue Dingshan recruits first-level soldiers, then Yue Yun recruits fifth-level soldiers, which is not much worse than the regular army.
On the other hand, Xue Dingshan had to train this new soldier from scratch and make him become stronger bit by bit, and the time and energy he expended was far beyond what Yue Yun could compare to.
Xue Dingshan and Yue Yun obviously have similar military ranks, but why are there such big differences in conscription treatment?
This was actually Xue Dingshan's own choice. He could naturally recruit soldiers from veterans to form an army as soon as possible, but he took the initiative to ask for orders to train new soldiers.
Not only Xue Dingshan, but also many young generals such as Wang Xuance and Chen Tang also made the same choice.
As for the reason, it is because although the new soldiers are just a blank slate, it is precisely because they are weak that the credit for building them into a strong army is greater.
In addition, if you are in charge of everything from training to army formation, this army will have your own brand.
Even if he leaves in the future, this army will become his political assets and help him in his future promotions.
Civil servants rely on political achievements to speak for themselves, and soldiers naturally rely on military merit. But military merit is not just killing the enemy. Leading a strong army is also a great achievement.
Looking at Gao Shun's trapped camp and Zhang Liao's broken military camp, even if they are no longer under their command, as long as the two battalions win the battle, the names of Gao Shun and Zhang Liao will still be mentioned.
Therefore, although training new recruits is more laborious, the more you pay, the rewards you receive will be proportional to it.
Yue Yun naturally knew this, but his talent was in martial arts. His talent in the art of war was more than one step behind Xue Dingshan's, and training soldiers was not his strong point.
Yue Yun naturally wanted to build an elite battalion similar to his father's Beiwei Army, an elite battalion with its own mark. However, even if he studied in secret, his progress in the art of war was still limited, so he naturally had to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses.
Although the potential of veterans has been discovered, their future growth may not be as good as those of carefully selected recruits, but they have received militarized training, have combat experience, dare to fight and kill, and can in the shortest time Train into an army.
While Xue Dingshan was still screening the new recruits, it only took Yue Yun three days to recruit 10,000 troops. After a little training, they could go directly to the battlefield.
Yue Yun is not good at training soldiers, but choosing to retire can give him a big step ahead at the starting line, and if everything goes well, he can even lead step by step.
As long as he is far enough ahead and has made enough contributions, Xue Dingshan is destined to be unable to catch up with him.
Seeing that the veterans who participated in the training began to gradually restore military discipline, Yue Yun nodded with satisfaction. After all, this army is related to his future military exploits.
"General, after three days of recruitment, the Zhending Camp in Changshan, Jizhou has been recruited. All the 10,000 troops meet the recruitment standards.
Next, there will be one month of recovery training, and after that, there will be six months of consolidation and strengthening training.
This is a training plan. "
After speaking, Lieutenant General Li Ke handed the report to Yue Yun.
Yue Yun took it and started to climb over it seriously.
Li Ke looked at the superior general Yue Yun, and a complicated look flashed in his eyes.
More than ten years ago, during the Battle of Yanmen Pass, Li Ke was just a low-level county soldier, but he met Yue Yun's mother and son while maintaining law and order.
At that time, Yue Yun pointed at Yue Fei, who had returned from victory and was running alongside Ying Hao, and said that this was his father.
Li Ke thought he was referring to Ying Hao, so he naturally didn't believe Yue Yun's words, but seeing how cute he was, he thought of teasing the child.
Unexpectedly, this child couldn't help being amused at all. Not only did he brazenly say that he wanted to be a general when he grew up, he also said that he would take me as his personal soldier, go to the chamber pot every day, and even kicked himself.
Li Ke naturally didn't take it seriously, and in the following ten years of military career, he was gradually promoted from a small soldier to the rank of captain;
Just when he was about to completely forget this memory, Yue Yun suddenly appeared in front of him, and he recalled this memory from more than ten years ago.
The naughty kid back then has actually become a general now, with a military rank two levels higher than him.
It took him more than ten years to be promoted to captain, but it only took him two or three years to become a general.
However, he did not make himself a personal soldier, but promoted him to his adjutant and was promoted to one level.
The reason why Yue Yun promoted Li Ke to be his adjutant was naturally not because of his childhood jokes. After all, he was only five or six years old at that time and had long forgotten his heroic words.
Li Ke is an officer who graduated from the twelfth phase of the Jiulong Guards and served under Yu Jin for five years. He is deeply influenced by Yu Jin in terms of military training and training.
Yue Yun himself was not good at training troops, but he had to train tens of thousands of troops, so he could only find an adjutant who knew how to train troops to assist him.
In the process of selecting adjutants, Li Ke came into Yue Yun's sight again, which also reminded him of the dark history of his childhood. In addition, Li Ke himself was indeed very capable, so he chose to promote this young adjutant. Old friend.
Yue Yun was very satisfied with Li Ke as his adjutant. After the Changshan training camp was established, there were too many affairs that Yue Yun could not manage.
Yue Yun was basically the boss, letting his adjutant Li Ke run around, but he also managed the army in an orderly manner, which also showed that he had not made the wrong choice as the adjutant.
Yue Yun felt dizzy when he saw the document. After pretending to read it, he quickly said: "Adjutant Li's arrangement is very reasonable, so let's do it."
After that, he signed his name on the plan.
Li Ke did not leave after taking the plan. After much hesitation, he still advised: "General, regarding Master Yu Yuan and his disciples, I think the general's handling was not appropriate."
The biggest surprise of Yue Yun's trip to Changshan was Yu Yuan and Yu Hua's master and apprentice, and it was these two people who gave him the biggest headache.
Yue Yun's Changshan Camp was all built according to the standards of a strong army, directly comparable to the regular army, and the court documents also clearly stipulated that recruits could only be recruited from veterans of Jizhou.
But in the process of expanding the army, two powerful masters joined the army, namely Master and Disciple Yu Yuan and Yu Hua.
Yue Yun saw at a glance that Yu Yuan was a master, so he started to test him, and the result was a deadlock.
For such masters at the same level as himself, Yue Yun naturally wanted to stay in his army, but Changshan Camp could not recruit troops from civilians. According to regulations, it could only recruit troops from reserves.
If Yu Yuan and Yu Hua were left behind, Yue Yun would have violated the military order, but he was not willing to recommend the two of them to other military camps to help other generals.
Therefore, Yue Yun could only deceive the two of them, first leaving them in Changshan Camp, but did not register them as military members, and then quietly reported to the Yecheng Ministry of War, preparing to go through the normal procedures and make an exception to keep these two people in his army. , and this obviously takes time.
But Master Yu Yuan and Yu Hua are not stupid either. They have been in the army for so many days, and Yue Yun has not applied for military registration for them. As time goes by, they will obviously become suspicious. After all, they are not related to Yue Yun.
"I also want to retain these two masters, why is it inappropriate?" Yue Yun asked in confusion.
Li Ke explained: "General, I believe that there is a high probability that Jizhou will not break the recruitment rules set by the imperial court just because of two people.
Even after receiving the general's message, Yu Yuan and Yu Hua's master and apprentice will be transferred to other training camps instead of letting them stay in our Changshan Camp.
But these are not the key. The key is that it has been delayed for a long time, but it has not been implemented. What will Master Yu Yuan and Yu Hua think of the general? If unnecessary misunderstandings are caused, will they continue to stay? "
Yue Yun was instantly alert. He only wanted to keep Yu Yuan Yu Hua, but ignored the feelings of these two people waiting for so many days. After all, with the abilities of these two people, they will definitely be reused wherever they are incompetent.
After some thought, Yue Yun decided to confess to Yu Yuan. It was his confession that made Yu Yuan feel his sincerity, so he decided to stay in Changshan Camp.
Yue Yun was naturally overjoyed about this, and promised to list the two as special talents and report them directly to the court, and would never let them start as low-level soldiers.
Military expansion operations across Da Qin are in full swing.
At the same time, Luoyang, inside the palace.
Wang Meng reported with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, in just seven days after the military expansion order was issued, the number of people who signed up to join the army has reached 1.5 million. Wei Chen believes that registration can be completed in advance."
"What? Why so fast?"
Ying Hao's face was also full of surprise. After all, it had only been seven days since the military expansion order was issued, and 1.5 million people had signed up to join the army. This was a bit too fast, and the information fermentation alone must have taken more than that long.
"Our reserve system in Daqin is perfect. Whether before or after the founding of the People's Republic of China, we have never recruited soldiers on a large scale among the people. The common people have no way to serve the country if they want to.
Now that I finally have the opportunity to join the army, naturally they are flocking here, scrambling to sign up, for fear that they will not be able to apply. "
Hearing Wang Meng's words, Ying Hao suddenly realized that this was not just joining the army out of revenge.
They were suppressed so hard before that even if they wanted to join the army, people had no way to join the army, and they yearned even more for joining the army. But now they finally have the opportunity. Regardless of whether they can successfully recruit him, they just need to sign up first.
After Ying Hao pondered for a while, he said: "It cannot be ended early. People have the desire to serve the country, but they always cannot find the words to vent it. It is inevitable that they will also feel resentment. Regardless of whether they can enlist in the army, it cannot dampen the enthusiasm of the people to join the army."
After hearing what Ying Hao said, Wang Meng immediately realized the disadvantages of early registration deadline, quickly admitted his mistake and made corrections.
Wang Meng proposed a plan to recruit county soldiers from the common people who entered the final round of screening but were ultimately unsuccessful, and gave each of the other unsuccessful common people ten kilograms of rice as a show of encouragement.
Ying Hao thought for a while and nodded in agreement. After all, even if rice was distributed to one million people, the total would only be ten million kilograms.
One hundred kilograms is one stone, which translates into one hundred thousand stones.
For the current Great Qin, a hundred thousand stones of grain and grass, but a drop in the bucket in the granary, can gain the gratitude of millions of defeated people, which is considered to be worth the money.
"Prime Minister, taking advantage of this military expansion, I want to reform the military system." Ying Hao said in a deep voice.
