Zuo Liangyu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, pointing to the recruiting officer who was recruiting soldiers in the camp.
"The auxiliary soldiers you selected are all hungry soldiers among the wandering bandits. These people have little strength. Many of them have never even seen blood. Why did you choose these people?"
Chen Wang's eyes followed where Zuo Liangyu's hand pointed to the camp.
At this time, many people had gathered behind the recruiting officer in the prisoner camp. These people were the ones who had passed the selection process.
"The elite cavalry and horse troops among the rogue bandits all fought out from the battlefield. They all saw human blood and saved a lot of lives."
Zuo Liangyu's eyes flashed. He really couldn't understand Chen Wang's criteria for selecting soldiers.
"On the plains, even ten hungry soldiers cannot defeat one elite knight."
"Recruiting auxiliary troops, most of the battalion generals are brave and brave, selected from the elite cavalry and horse troops among thieves."
"There are many horse soldiers and elite cavalry in the prisoner camp. Why don't you choose people from among them?"
Almost all of the selected hungry soldiers were skinny and barely clothed.
They are all on the thin side, which makes people worry about whether they can even hold a spear, let alone fight in armor.
As for those bandits with slightly stronger physiques, they were all excluded without exception.
Zuo Liangyu turned to look at Chen Wang. He didn't understand why Chen Wang chose his troops like this.
Even if you really want to choose auxiliary soldiers to transport baggage, carry armor and do chores, you should at least choose some with stronger physiques.
These selected hungry soldiers did not even meet the minimum selection standards.
"If you don't select troops from among the elite cavalry and horse troops, what are you going to do with the remaining elite cavalry and horse troops in the prison camp?"
Zuo Liangyu leaned on the back of the chair and asked.
"It is impossible for these people to be repatriated, you should know that."
Chen Wang had thought about this question Zuo Liangyu asked a long time ago.
The Ming court's attitude towards the captured bandits was basically to repatriate them to their place of origin, or to hand them over to local officials for local resettlement.
But that is for hungry soldiers, troops and the old and weak.
The old bandits among the rogues, that is, the fine cavalry and the horse army, usually first see if they can be recruited into the army.
Those who are unwilling to join the army will be directly killed.
When Yang He was in office, he still advocated giving priority to pacification, so he made many promises to recruit people.
However, after Hong Chengchou took office, he changed Yang He's previous policy and advocated focusing on suppression.
The old bandits among the rogue bandits have always been exterminated. Only after they are completely defeated will they consider recruiting some of the honest ones as additional troops.
There are strict restrictions on surrendering troops and generals, and there are many constraints to prevent them from rebelling again.
"These people have been thieves for a long time, and they can no longer live as ordinary people."
Chen Wang had already decided on the fate of these people from the beginning.
He planned to use these elite cavalry and the heads of the cavalry army to establish authority among the new army.
Among the rogue bandits at this stage, those who are capable of elite cavalry and horse troops are more or less burdened with murderous crimes.
Killing all ten of them, there must be someone unjust.
But if you choose nine out of ten to kill, there will definitely be fish that slip through the net.
"If we let them return home, it won't be long before they rebel again, which will affect more places and cause more negative consequences."
Chen Wang knew the consequences very well, and he also knew what forced these people to rebel.
But he has no ability to change these things now. All he can do now is choose the lesser of two harms.
When we have the ability and methods in the future, we can fundamentally change this problem.
Zuo Liangyu's expression moved slightly. He felt the murderous intention on Chen Wang's body, and couldn't help but tremble slightly in his heart.
The atmosphere fell silent for a moment.
"Since they can't be released into the countryside, and you have no idea of recruiting them, I am short of some auxiliary soldiers in the camp. Give me these people."
After a long time, Zuo Liangyu finally spoke again, breaking the silent atmosphere.
"There are more than 500 fine knights in the prisoner camp outside Chunhua City. I can pay four taels of silver for each of them to buy their lives."
"I can recruit fifteen hundred people for the horse army, two taels each."
The elite cavalry among the rogue bandits are all veterans who have fought for many years, and all of them have lives under their hands.
Many of them were originally from camp soldiers or guards, and were quite outstanding in both riding and martial arts.
Because anyone who was a little worse had already died under several encirclements and suppressions by officers and soldiers.
The Jingqiu who are still alive among the rogue bandits are all those who were killed in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Training troops is not easy. Where is the opportunity now for people to train troops well?
Zuo Liangyu has seen clearly these days that although he is illiterate, he has led soldiers for many years.
Chen Wang sent people to select soldiers among the prisoners. He knew the characteristics of the soldiers selected.
Coupled with the four rounds of soldiers that Chen Wang had trained before, Zuo Liangyu had already seen some tricks.
Most of these selected prisoners had accents from Sanshui, Chunhua, Zhenning Qingyang Mansion, etc. They were all new thieves, that is, those who were kidnapped.
These people are basically hungry soldiers who are used as cannon fodder, and are pushed out to serve as human shield pioneers during wars.
He has no merits and his courage is very weak.
The reason is very simple. Those who were more courageous and dared to risk their lives either died in front of the battle, or were selected as infantry or cavalry troops. They could not remain hungry soldiers.
The only advantage that can be considered is that he obeys orders honestly.
From the eyes of those people, all Zuo Liangyu saw was fear.
Those people were afraid of the recruiting officers, afraid of the soldiers guarding the camp, and afraid of orders.
"Commander Zuo has been very helpful to me in recent days. How can I collect money?"
Four taels per person, more than five hundred people, is more than two thousand taels, and two taels for the horse army is three thousand taels.
The total has exceeded five thousand taels, which is already a large amount.
The 170,000 yuan obtained before was due to the defeat of the Chuang army and the interception of most of the Chuang army's baggage.
How can ordinary people have so much money?
The head skills of rogue bandits are not valuable now, and one head cannot be exchanged for even one tael of silver.
The Ministry of War verified that it was a fine cavalry that was killed, but it was only one or two at most, and there was no more.
Officials who verify military merit basically keep downgrading military merit for large-scale gains, because all kinds of silver rewards require money.
Chen Wang is not short of money now. The five thousand taels of silver and Zuo Liangyu's favor are more important now than Zuo Liangyu's favor.
The road of supporting soldiers and self-respect is not easy to walk, and we must win over more people.
Historically, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong supported each other and maintained their status and army, and then gradually became a separatist force.
It was later that Zuo Liangyu became the "Long-Legged General".
Now Zuo Liangyu's banner can even make the thirty-sixth battalion fearful.
Chen Wang thought for a while, and finally decided to persuade Zuo Liangyu.
Although Zuo Liangyu had bad records, he was not bad to him.
She even told him a lot of things sincerely.
Although Chen Wang knew a lot about these things, he only knew them so clearly from the perspective of a third party for future generations.
But in this era, these things and key points are undoubtedly the truths that Zuo Liangyu has learned through hard experience.
"If General Zuo hadn't given me some advice during these days, I'm afraid I would have made quite a few mistakes in the future."
"I don't have much experience and little knowledge, but I know one thing very well."
Chen Wang looked at Zuo Liangyu, bowed slightly, clasped his hands in a salute, and said sincerely.
"The fine cavalry and horse troops among the rogue bandits have indeed seen blood, and they dare to fight hard in battle."
"But they have been disorganized and chaotic for a long time. They don't know what military discipline is. They have no respect for discipline. They have never been real soldiers."
"Throughout the dynasties, all the powerful armies in the world followed orders and prohibitions, and maintained strict discipline."
