As soon as the military recruitment system was promulgated, it immediately caused an uproar.
The poor man was overjoyed when he saw it. In the Great Xia Dynasty, if a poor man wanted to get ahead, he had no other choice but to live in poverty for ten years. Now that you can become an official and gain a title by joining the army and killing enemies, what else is there to consider?
For the sake of our children and grandchildren, and for our parents, we have to fight no matter what.
The key issue is that if you join the government, you will be given food and money.
As for rich people, that would be a big worry.
It is no exaggeration to say that nine out of ten officials in the Great Xia Dynasty were as virtuous as He Ruda, with three wives and four concubines, embracing each other on the left and right. Most of their children and grandchildren are also cross children, and they probably have to let the girls do it by themselves when driving at night. Going into battle to kill the enemy?
Doesn't it matter if it's none of your business?
Sorry, it is stipulated in the law promulgated by Liu Mo. After the war, you fat country squires, when you see them
These soldiers with "military merit" titles must pay great courtesy.
If there is any disrespect or insult in words or actions. Fight as you like, it’s not illegal!
Not only that, soldiers with military merit will also receive more preferential treatment. For any "civil service" position, priority will be given to families with military merit. Medical treatment is free, private schooling is free, and the government will give you money and rice every month.
As a result, not long after the recruitment order was issued, tens of thousands of people rushed in, repeating a few words, "I want to be a soldier, and I want to kill the enemy and serve the country! The Great Xia is mighty! Governor Liu is a thousand years old!"
There is such a phenomenon on earth, green tea picks Diao Si, and Neptune picks female Diao.
There are many people willing to join the army, so they need to be screened carefully.
Those with strong strength and size are classified into one category, and will be trained into shield-bearing infantry in the future.
Those who are agile are grouped into one category and later trained into scouts.
Those with strong archery talents are put into one category, and will be trained as archers in the future.
Those who are talented in riding horses are classified as proper cavalry.
Others who have no fighting talent must also play their role. For example, someone who can cook can be a cook, someone who can raise pigs can be asked to raise pigs, someone who has raised horses can be a groom, a blacksmith can continue to be a blacksmith, and there is a "artistic troupe" with acting talent!
We have the resources for soldiers, a bumper harvest of food in the first half of the year (no surprise there will also be a bumper harvest in the second half of the year), and Xing Luo's funding, it's enough. What is lacking now is generals who can train and lead troops.
You can't always have Liu Mo do it yourself, right? The robots are too busy.
As a result, Liu Mo immediately wrote a letter to the Sixth Prince asking for someone.
The other young generals don't matter, but these three are named: Zhu Min, Lu Sheng, and Sun Kan.
Zhu Min is Liu Mo's sworn brother, no need to talk nonsense. Lu Sheng is Zhu Min's brother, and a brother's brother is a brother. As for Sun Kan, Liu Mo once supported him and worked together for a while in Xingluo, and they admired each other.
With the assistance of these three generals, Liu Mo will surely be able to take charge in future wars.
Needless to say, the Sixth Prince's preference for Liu Mo goes without saying. Back then, the following criminals kidnapped Bai Chengzong, married the enemy's prince and daughter, disobeyed orders, and privately led troops to Xingluo.
Not only were these matters ignored, but they were also given the post of governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
It only takes a few subordinates and one sentence.
Moreover, the Sixth Prince not only sent these three generals, but also sent more than 20 non-commissioned officers, large and small, plus 500 elite soldiers to accompany Liu Mo.
Governor Liu was deeply grateful for his favor and was unequivocal. As soon as the generals sent by the Sixth Prince arrived, he organized all his troops into four major battalions.
That’s right, the four camps.
Zhu Min is the commander (division level), commanding the main force of 20,000 infantrymen, supplemented by cavalry: the fifth military camp!
Sun Kan was the commander (at the division level) and commanded a battalion of 3,000 heavy cavalry with a strength of 7,000.
Lu was promoted to the garrison and commanded the main siege force, the Jianrui Battalion, which numbered 10,000 people.
And Zhao Da was the commander-in-chief of Qian, commanding the scouts as the main force and the light cavalry as the supplement, with a vanguard camp of 4,000 people.
Can Zhao Da be an officer? Absolutely.
He has been with Liu Mo for so long, he is loyal, he has been on the battlefield and killed enemies, he is also smart, so there is no problem in training him to become a general.
After recruiting new soldiers, the total number of troops under Liu Mo's command reached 45,000.
How to train new soldiers will be the job of the four generals. Liu Mo only made one request: as fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, as aggressive as fire, and as motionless as a mountain!
Regarding generals, Liu Mo taught him everything he had learned by heart, a classical military work that was also the earliest extant military book: "Thirteen Chapters on the Art of War by Sun Tzu."
Either you don't fight the battle, or you win if you fight it, no matter who the opponent is.
At the same time, for his own safety, Liu Mo arranged for the four generals to take turns staying on duty at night to act as bodyguards to protect him in the face of assassins from Guanhua Palace.
Time flies, and the golden autumn of September is coming soon.
Because he was too busy, Liu Mo didn't even celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is very important to Daxia people, nor did he hold a Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival.
At the critical moment of life and death, poetry meeting?
And this month, Xingluo also sent envoys again. In addition to continuing to exchange cattle, sheep, and animal skins for new salt and other Daxia supplies, they also brought another good news: Ayina gave birth to a boy successfully, and the baby was born. The name Ilias means the power of true God!
"What a son!" Liu Mo smiled bitterly after hearing the news. "It's a pity that as a father, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you even once a year."
As usual, Liu Mo was having dinner with several wives.
"The barbecue is going to burn." Su Xiaowan warned.
"It doesn't matter," Liu Mo said, "It's just as delicious if it's baked!"
This was just a common joke, but Su Xiaowan could tell that Liu Mo was in a bad mood.
"Husband, why are you unhappy?"
"Too many!" Liu Mo sighed, "The assassins of Guanhua Palace, the new emperor of Great Xia, Yang Yizhi..."
And the recent riots in Rongcheng!
News of the war has spread among the people, and with Liu Mo's recruitment order, the people are happy to believe that there will be an unprecedented war. Fear and suspicion also spread.
Liu Mo placed the new residents of Rongcheng and the poor people on the west side of the city, trying to isolate them from the native Rongcheng people as much as possible, but this arrangement was far from enough.
There seems to be irreconcilable conflicts between the two sides. The gap between rich and poor and xenophobia are just trivial matters.
The biggest contradiction is that the people of Rongcheng believe that they are the people of Daxia and cannot go against the Emperor of Daxia in any case. The enemy is of course Daxia's mortal enemy: the Zhou Dynasty.
Yes, Liu Mo had reason to believe that "rumors" of forming an alliance with the Zhou Dynasty to fight against the new emperor of Daxia had spread.
The new residents of Rongcheng believe that Liu Mo is their reborn parent to save themselves in times of famine and disaster, and they unconditionally support any decision Liu Mo makes. For this reason, the dispute between the two parties evolved into a violent conflict.
According to reports, a fight broke out in a restaurant east of Rongcheng. A new resident of Rongcheng was killed and two diners in the restaurant were scalded.
Burnt food is nothing compared to that.
But he didn't intend to bother Su Xiaowan with his thoughts. She already had enough on her mind. After being unable to conceive a child for a long time, she began to make the same mistake as Lin Shiqi, and she was almost going crazy.
The family dinner ended in wordless silence. When the maids came to clear away the dishes, Li Heng anxiously came to report: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, there is a letter!
