After Zhao Yanhuan prepared everything, news finally came in July about several major families in Nanzezhou. The total number of private soldiers of these families was about 150,000.
This number is already frighteningly high. No matter how big Nanzezhou is, it is only one continent. A wealthy family in one continent can have 150,000 private soldiers, which is more than the imperial garrison.
Aristocratic families are not qualified to support private armies. Although aristocratic families all have private armies, and the court turns a blind eye, in the first few decades after the founding of the country, aristocratic families would never dare to raise so many private armies even if they were raising private soldiers.
The private soldiers of the aristocratic family were definitely not weak in combat effectiveness, but Zhao Yanhuan thought that her own soldiers were stronger, so she thought about it a little and made sure that she could fight.
Of course, we can't start fighting right away. We need to be gentle first. It's best to defeat them one by one. Of course, Zhao Yanhuan is not afraid if we can't come together.
When there are more soldiers under his command, it is necessary to have a general to lead the troops. Zhao Yanhuan named Luan Hu, while Luan Xiong and Zhao Huaer became generals and led the troops respectively.
Originally, Zhao Yanhuan wanted Peng Xuan to lead the army. Peng Xuan was a rare talent in command of Jiang, but Peng Xuan was worried about Li Qing's safety and refused to leave Li Qing.
Zhao Yanhuan was not worried about his mother's safety, so he did not force Peng Xuan to leave. Instead, he allocated 10,000 people to Peng Xuan. These 10,000 people were responsible for protecting Li Qing and were all managed by Peng Xuan.
After having soldiers in hand, Zhao Yanhuan discovered that there was no shortage of trained civil servants under her, but she lacked enough generals.
Originally, in addition to Luan Hu, Luan Xiong, and Luan Bao, Luan Bao and her uncle Zhao Yibao were staring at Dong Guan's treasure house and couldn't get out for a while.
Zhao Yanhuan sighed. It seems that the military academy will also be put on the agenda. Only by paying equal attention to both civil and military affairs can we go far. Zhao Yanhuan is planning to set up a military academy to train military generals as soon as Nanzezhou settles down.
With a hundred thousand troops in hand, together with logistics and supplies, they marched to Nanzezhou in a mighty manner.
There were so many people that Zhao Yanhuan, who was far away, had already alerted the four larger aristocratic families in Nanzezhou before he even reached the place.
On the surface, Nanzezhou has four major families: Lu, Bai, Jin, and Li. In fact, the three families of Lu, Bai, and Jin are all dependent on the Li family. The Li family is the real emperor of Nanzezhou.
Originally, the four major aristocratic families in Nanzezhou did not take Zhao Yanhuan as Nanzejun in their eyes at all, but they just had the name of Nanzejun. How could they compete with the aristocratic families that they had managed for hundreds of years?
But now, the heads of the Lu, Bai, and Jin families are all gathered in the study of the head of the Li family, and everyone has a solemn look on their face.
The head of the Lu family spoke first: "I thought that Nan Zejun was just a businessman and a woman. When she came to Nan Zezhou, she could only hang around. I didn't expect that she would have so many soldiers in her hands!"
The head of the Lu family still finds it incredible. Is it so easy to recruit soldiers? Not to mention the huge expense of raising soldiers, these soldiers alone are not so easy to recruit.
I really think that just anyone can recruit soldiers by setting up a sign. Unless the imperial court recruits troops, ordinary kings and princes are not qualified to forcefully recruit people.
Without forced conscription, if you want the people to take the initiative to serve as soldiers, you must either give them enough money or have enough prestige. With a shout of encouragement, the people will be willing to join you as soldiers for the sake of reputation.
These two reasons, no matter which one is the reason why the other party can gather such a huge army in a short period of time, means that the other party is very difficult to mess with and is not the soft persimmon they thought.
The head of the Bai family said with some worry: "The other party recruited a hundred thousand soldiers before they came. This is obviously a bad person. The head of the Li family, how do you think we should respond?"
The head of the Jin family also frowned and said: "The other party is not only difficult to deal with because they summoned 100,000 soldiers so quickly. The spies from my family came back yesterday and brought very bad news."
The head of the Jin family looked solemnly at the other three heads of the family who were attracted by his words: "The 100,000 soldiers summoned by Lord Nanze are fully equipped with armor and weapons!"
"The most important thing is that many soldiers are strong and strong, and they don't have the weakness of ordinary people from long-term hunger and fatigue. They are well-disciplined and are not stragglers."
As soon as Patriarch Jin said these words, the three Patriarchs Lu, Bai, and Li took a breath of cold air and became even more worried. Not only did the opponent have one hundred thousand soldiers, but these soldiers were not just a ragtag group of soldiers, but soldiers who were already capable of fighting.
They are all families with private soldiers. Those who have recruited private soldiers know very well that the soldiers they have just recruited are weak and do not understand discipline. If they really fight, they will just give food to an army with a little training.
Therefore, if it is just a rabble gathered in a hurry, even if hundreds of thousands of soldiers come, the four major families will not be afraid. But the current situation is the worst. The soldiers summoned by the other party are not a ragtag group, and may even be very powerful in combat.
The head of the Bai family frowned and said repeatedly: "This is really difficult to deal with."
The three heads of the family, Lu, Bai, and Jin, couldn't help but look at their leader, the head of the Li family. The head of the Li family felt aggrieved and knocked the two iron bladders spinning in his hands, extremely upset.
"Where on earth did such a powerful person come from? No one has discovered before that all the officials in the court are trash!"
"The newly-appointed Lord Nan Ze was able to raise a hundred thousand powerful troops with no shortage of weapons and armor in such a short period of time. He obviously has ambitions for a long time. It's hard to detect this. It's really..."
The rest of the family, Mr. Li, was concerned about the precarious majesty of the imperial court and did not really say it out loud. However, he did not say that the other three heads of the family understood what Mr. Li meant.
The head of the Lu family couldn't help but look at the head of the Li family expectantly: "Tell me, can we report it to the court? She has obviously been disobedient for a long time. Otherwise, how would she be able to immediately equip 100,000 soldiers with armor and weapons? If the court knew about it, she would definitely It can’t be tolerated.”
The head of the Li family couldn't help but sneered: "Report to the imperial court? All memorials reported to the imperial court go to the hands of Prime Minister Dong Guan first. This Lord Nanze is Dong Guan's most trusted person. Do you think Dong Guan can let our memorials reach the emperor?" before?"
"Even if we bypass Dong Guan and deliver this memorial to the emperor, given how favored Dong Guan is in front of the emperor, the final result will definitely be that we get burned."
"Since the new emperor came to the throne, Dong Guan has squeezed out countless important ministers, including many from aristocratic families. But every time the emperor has not indulged Dong Guan, our memorial will not only fail to bring down Lord Nanze, but may also cause him to be burned. .”
"Why did Mr. Nanze dare to summon a hundred thousand soldiers so arrogantly without hiding all his disobedience? It's just that he is arrogant."
The head of the Bai family couldn't help but said angrily: "This won't work, and that won't work either. Could it be that we just sit back and wait for Mr. Nanze to come and uproot us!"
