In early April, Xiao Yuan went to the Qinzhou camp to inspect the army.
Today's Qin State pays the most attention to military affairs. The establishment of the regular army has always been set at a minimum of 800,000, and there is a tendency to expand to 1.2 million.
Therefore, there are many new recruits.
Xiao Yuan was not wearing royal robes, only wearing brocade clothes and hair tied with jade hairpins. Accompanied by senior generals such as Su Yi and Peng Shuang, he walked around and looked everywhere.
In the military camp, waves of soldiers could be seen everywhere, jabbing their halberds under the shouts of the generals.
Although there has been no fighting recently, the officers and soldiers of the Qin army have never stopped training, and their military discipline is strict.
Not long after, the group of people arrived near the school grounds.
It just so happened that two teams of close combat infantry were practicing with each other here. One of the young men performed extremely well and felt like he was outstanding.
Seeing this, Xiao Yuan could not help but become interested. He pointed at the young man and said, "Call that soldier over."
There was a general beside him who understood, and immediately took a few steps forward, shouting loudly: "Xue Ding!"
"Yes!" the young man responded, ran over quickly, knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "I have seen the king! Generals."
"Well, Xue Ding, what a good name." Xiao Yuan nodded: "Get up and talk."
"Yes!" Xue Ding stood up and took a cautious look at everyone. Standing in front of him were the king, Su Shuai, and a group of senior generals. Naturally, he was confused and couldn't help but feel anxious.
As for his appearance, he was not handsome, but he looked very sunny and extremely young.
After sizing him up, Xiao Yuan drew out Peng Shuang's battle sword without saying much, then thrust the sword edge at Su Yi's waist, unsheathed his battle sword, and threw it towards Xue Ding: "Go on!"
The latter raised his hand to hold the hilt of the sword, somewhat at a loss.
All the generals also looked at each other.
Xiao Yuan said with a smile: "Come, let me see our soldiers' ability to fight on the battlefield!"
After hearing this, everyone finally reacted and turned pale with shock, fearing that Xiao Yuan had made a mistake. Su Yi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this..."
"It doesn't matter." Xiao Yuan interrupted him, took off the King of Qin Sword and handed it to Su Yi, tightened the ribbon again, and then got into a posture, "You all step back and leave some room for the two of us."
The generals were worried, but they did not dare to disobey the king's orders, so they could only retreat and make room. Peng Shuang couldn't help but said to the young man: "You boy, don't get hurt." Your Majesty, do you hear me?"
"Don't listen to him." Xiao Yuan said with a smile: "Just practice, but you have to use your best."
"Yes!" Xue Ding accepted the order, and immediately held the sword with both hands, opened his posture, and treated him seriously.
Xiao Yuan took the lead in launching the offensive. With a movement of his body, he rushed forward and slashed with his sword.
With a clang, the swords collided. The two of them used force at the same time and were shaken apart, and then they hit each other again.
Instead of fighting, Xiao Yuan used the same tactics as on the battlefield, intending to see the quality of these recruits.
The two fought another dozen moves. Under the fierce attack, Xue Ding staggered back and fell to the ground. At the same time, Xiao Yuan's sword pointed at his neck.
When the generals saw this, their hearts suddenly dropped, and they all secretly let out a long sigh.
As soon as Xiao Yuan put away his sword, Xue Ding immediately got up and knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty Shenwu!"
"Good boy! You must give in to me." Xiao Yuan smiled heartily, stretched out his hand to pull him up, and smashed his chest armor with his fist: "Good job! How old are you this year?"
"Back to your Majesty, my subordinate is exactly seventeen years old this year." Xue Ding said.
"Seventeen years old, I am a good son of Qin!" Xiao Yuan sighed, threw the sword in his hand back to Peng Shuang, nodded to Xue Ding again, very satisfied with this soldier: "You go ahead ."
"Yes!" Xue Ding cupped his fists, then respectfully handed the sword back to Su Yi, saluted and left.
After he left, a group of generals also gathered around Xiao Yuan. Su Yi said with some fear: "My lord, you are the king of a country, how can you do this?"
"Okay, okay." Xiao Yuan smiled, glanced at the generals and said, "We old brothers have been through life and death, fought all the way, and fought hard until today. It's not easy."
"Your Majesty..." Looking back on the military life following the king, the generals couldn't help but feel a wave of emotion.
Next, Xiao Yuan inspected other parts of the military camp. On the way, he also said casually: "The young man named Xue Ding just now is a recruit, right?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, he is a soldier of the Third Army." Ning Zhan returned.
"It's good that the recruits have such martial arts skills." Xiao Yuan was very optimistic.
Hearing this, Ning Zhan also immediately said: "Xue Ding, this boy, impressed the general very deeply. He was outstanding in the martial arts performance in the army many years ago. He is a new recruit, but he has extremely high military qualities."
"Well, such a general is worth cultivating. When you have time, study his military skills to see if there is anything special about him." Xiao Yuandao.
"Yes, I will remember it."
At this time, Su Yi began to say: "Your Majesty, our army now has about 800,000 soldiers. Although the army is strong, I still have a suggestion."
"Say." Xiao Yuan glanced at him.
Su Yi said seriously: "Selecting top soldiers from these 800,000 soldiers to form an elite division will be a weapon for the country."
"This elite division, even if it is an ordinary soldier, must be able to shoot a hard bow, wear armor, hang a sword on his waist, carry an arrow pot on his back, place it on a gun, win several days of food, travel hundreds of miles day by day, and fight when he encounters the enemy."
Carrying such a heavy load, you can travel hundreds of miles a day, and you can join the battle immediately after marching. You must also be able to shoot a hard bow. The hard bow at that time required extremely high arm strength. How is this different from the special forces? It reminded Xiao Yuan even more He killed the Wei Wu soldiers in his previous life.
Before he could speak, Su Yi said again: "With this elite division, they can penetrate the battlefield at will and take them by surprise. In the war against the Ling Kingdom, they can lay a certain chance of victory on the big battlefield."
"Well..." A faint light flashed in Xiao Yuan's eyes. After thinking about it, he said decisively: "This plan is feasible. Soon, I will issue a military order. On the basis of the elite division, the military pay of these soldiers will be ordinary." Soldiers are better than lower-level officers, and officers are better than generals.”
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is wise!" Su Yi bent down and cupped his fist.
That night, the bright moon was in the sky.
After Xiao Yuan inspected the military camp, he ordered to reward the three armies. At an open-air feast, he began to drink and chat with the soldiers below.
Such a founding monarch was in the military all year round, leading his generals to conquer the north and south, and conquered the country today. In the minds of the Qin army officers and soldiers, he was supreme and a god-like existence.
This is especially true for the generals of various ministries. It can be said that these people were all soldiers under Xiao Yuan at the beginning. They followed him all the way and now they only recognize Xiao Yuan in their hearts.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Xiao Yuan randomly named a general and asked him to chop off his own head, he would not hesitate.
