Political power comes from the barrel of a gun, and Liu Bei understands this truth better than anyone else.
So after Guan Yu and others each led a battalion to guard the place, Liu Bei used the remaining five battalions as the basis to recruit warriors to join the army within Liangzhou.
Not only Han people, but also Qiang and Hu people who are willing to join the army, he also accepts them, but they can only join the army in an individual capacity, and they need to accept the reorganization of the army and cannot disobey the army's instructions.
During the recruitment process, many locals in Liangzhou chose to join Liu Bei's army because of Liu Bei's reputation. In less than half a year, about 10,000 people came to join the army. The number was limited by Liu Bei's various recruitment thresholds. Eventually six thousand people were successfully recruited.
This group of people included Han people, as well as Qiang and Hu people. Liu Bei arranged for them to start a new round of reorganization with the original five battalions, expand them to seven battalions, and engage in intense and exciting military training sessions.
In this recruitment process, there was also a section based on one's own cultural level. Among the group of people who had read books, Liu Bei saw a few familiar names.
For example, Ma Teng from Fufeng Maoling, and Yan Xing from Jincheng County.
Regarding these two familiar names, Liu Bei thought for a moment and then ignored them and stopped paying attention to them.
If they are really talented, they can stand out on their own and become officers.
If there is no ability, there is no ability.
Later, Ji Jian and Cheng Dazhi arrived late with 673 Liu family soldiers from Youzhou.
As soon as Liu Bei arrived in Liangzhou, he ordered them to follow him to Liangzhou. Obviously, the distance from Youzhou to Liangzhou was far, so they hurriedly hurriedly traveled all the way, and it still took them half a year to get here.
After not seeing each other for a long time, Liu Bei hugged Ji Jian and patted the shoulder of Cheng Dazhi who was looking at him eagerly.
Ever since Liu Bei went out to explore, Ji Jian and Cheng Dazhi had been staying at his hometown for him, looking after his family and business, and protecting his mother. After his mother came to Luoyang, there was no need for them to stay in Youzhou to look after his home and nursing home. , but Liu Bei didn't think of them for a while.
It wasn't until Liu Bei came to Liangzhou to start further raising troops that he finally remembered Ji Jian, Cheng Dazhi, and the Liu family soldiers from his hometown, and quickly wrote a letter asking them to come, and then they came.
Ji Jian looked at Liu Bei with complaints and told him about his longing and pain for so many years. Liu Bei smiled bitterly, apologized to Ji Jian, and asked about the situation at home.
"The situation at home is still very good. The Liu clan has developed to a large scale. Your uncle is good at managing the industry, and your property has increased several times. Of course, I have never slacked off on military training.
This time when I came to Liangzhou, I also asked everyone for their opinions. Six hundred and seventy-three people were willing to come to Liangzhou to make contributions, and the rest wanted to stay in their hometown to be with their families. You said you wouldn’t force it, and I didn’t force it either. , just bring these people, hope it will be enough. "
"Of course it's enough. All of them can be corps commanders or even take on higher military positions. They are all good candidates for officers. What's not enough?"
Liu Bei hugged Ji Jian fiercely: "Jian, thank you for all your hard work for so many years."
Ji Jian's nose felt sore and he started to cry again.
"It's worth it if you still remember me! Wow ah ah ah ah ah..."
Good guy, when Ji Jian cried, half of Liu Bei's shoulders were wet with tears.
"Don't cry, don't cry. Okay, you're here just in time. I have an important task to give you."
When Ji Jianli heard the word "mission", he immediately stopped crying, wiped his eyes, and stood up straight.
"You say!"
"I still have a job vacancy here, and I'm working in the Animal Husbandry Department. I remember that you like horses very much. You were also responsible for raising the horses in our hometown in Youzhou. You should be very good at raising horses. I will take this task. I leave it to you to raise horses, cattle and sheep for me, can you do that?"
Ji Jian blinked.
"Isn't it a war?"
"Raising horses means fighting, and fighting means raising horses. How can we fight without horses? It's not convenient for me to leave this matter to others. I don't believe in others. You are the only one I believe in most. So, can you take this position and serve me?" ?"
Liu Bei stared at Ji Jian.
Ji Jian immediately expressed his stance.
"able!"
"Well, that's right!"
Liu Bei patted Ji Jian's shoulder with a smile, and handed over the position of animal husbandry to Ji Jian, who would be responsible for carrying out the animal husbandry business of the Prefecture Mufu for Liu Bei. As for Cheng Dazhi, he was arranged as Ji Jian's deputy. Assist Ji Jian in developing animal husbandry.
And the 673 Liu family soldiers from Youzhou they brought were received by Liu Bei with a sumptuous reception banquet.
Then he went up to meet them one by one and called out their names one by one.
The soldiers who were called out were all very surprised, some were so excited that they burst into tears and shed tears in front of Liu Bei.
Later, Liu Bei discovered that among the 673 people, there were more than 500 that he could name by name, and the remaining more than 100 people he did not recognize. He did not have this number of people in his memory. When he asked Ji Jian again, he I learned that the original 600-odd people had some changes over the years.
Some people fell ill and died, some were older and wanted to go home to take care of their children, so they did not continue to serve as Liu family soldiers. Others did not want to leave their hometown, so they did not follow.
But even if they stay in their hometown and don't follow him, they are still loyal to Liu Bei.
It is worth mentioning that more than 300 people whose names were changed or given away by Liu Bei were all present, and no one was left behind.
Liu Bei was very happy.
"You have never forgotten me, and I have never forgotten you. You are my fellow villagers and soldiers of my Liu family. I promise you that as long as you have a mouthful of food from me, you will not go hungry!"
The soldiers cheered and gave Liu Bei sincere cheers.
Except for a few of them who were singled out to follow Ji Jian because they were considered good at raising horses, the rest were incorporated into the newly formed Liangzhou soldiers, and basically all took up the position of grassroots officers.
Liu Bei's army already has experience and rules and regulations on how to train troops. The "Infantry and Cavalry Drill Code" is something that his officers must understand thoroughly before taking office.
For officers who are familiar with the "Infantry and Cavalry Drill Code", as long as they take office, they will be trained according to the content of the drill ceremony. Whether they are Han or Qiang Hu people, they will be treated the same and have the same requirements. If they make mistakes, they will all be punished by the Military Justice Department, which shows that The majesty of military law.
Every time when the military pay was distributed, Liu Bei would visit the military camp in person and personally supervise the distribution of military pay to each soldier.
For the "model soldiers" who are selected in the military camp every quarter and have outstanding performance in all aspects, Liu Bei will personally build a high platform, personally pay and reward the soldiers, and praise and encourage them in front of the entire army.
This will boost military morale.
In addition, the military has strict military rules and disciplines time and time again, including not disturbing the people, not plagiarizing, not killing others rashly, not fighting each other among comrades, etc.
Jia Xu was a clever man and used Liangzhou tunes to compose Liu Bei's military regulations and disciplines into a catchy song called Military Discipline Song, which he taught the soldiers to sing.
Liu Bei was so happy that he asked the entire army to sing a military discipline song before lunch and dinner every day, and they could eat only after singing.
The military judges of the Military Justice Department may also randomly inspect soldiers to sing military disciplinary songs anytime and anywhere, in order to require the soldiers to engrav the military rules and regulations in their minds and never forget them.
The first step in training troops is to practice military discipline. If military discipline cannot be practiced, no matter how strong it is, it will only be an army of beasts and cannot be used for much purpose.
In Liu Bei's plan, he wanted to train this army under his command into a real elite who abide by rules and disciplines. Based on this, he would use these tens of thousands of troops as the foundation to comprehensively reform the country's fallen military.
(End of chapter)
