Recruiting someone would not only take a fancy to this person, but also indirectly weaken Shang Guo's strength.
The most important thing is to let Lian Angxiong share his decades of experience in fighting.
And as time goes by, the territory becomes larger and larger, and some places really need generals who can command troops to guard them.
To put it bluntly, the army in Yang Qian's hands can fight and kill.
The generals I have trained with my own hands are all rare talents.
But, after all, they are immature, and many generals can only rule one area, but not the overall situation.
In other words, many of the generals in Yang Gan's hands can fight a battle without any problem.
But in terms of the overall strategy, there are big flaws.
At present, only Ran Jing and Tian Zongneng have certain strategic strength.
Throwing him to the Military Academy was simply to synchronize his thoughts and combat concepts. In this way, he could command as directed.
Therefore, recruiting Lian Angxiong can be said to kill four birds with one stone.
Since Lian Angxiong has joined, there is nothing to worry about.
"Okay, I will not only write Shang Guo's military strategy, but also Liao Guo's military strategy, as well as so many years of experience in leading troops to fight."
Yang Gan gave him a very sensible look.
Taking a deep breath, Lian Angxiong said.
"Then why don't you go to the Academy? In such a short time, you have learned what you need to learn."
Yang Gan smiled.
"I would like to ask you, what is the combat philosophy of our frontier army?"
Lian Angxiong immediately said, "Use the minimum cost to obtain the maximum results."
"anything else?"
"Soldiers' lives are precious and our troops must not be wasted wantonly."
"continue!"
"The military merit of taking prisoners is higher than the military merit of killing enemy soldiers. The more slaves there are, the less we, Yuntong, need to perform corvee service."
"Snap, snap, snap!"
Yang Gan clapped his hands.
"That's good. Our border army still has many rules. For example, bullying is not allowed in the army."
"After conquering a city, you are not allowed to rape women or plunder wantonly."
Lian Angxiong frowned.
"Your Majesty, generally after a city is conquered, although it will not be plundered on a large scale, it is still your own land after all."
"But it is also normal to rob some beautiful women and present them to the king or even the generals."
"The general really can't figure it out."
Yang Gan glanced at him, took out a cigarette and lit it for himself.
"Does General Lian know what guarantees the combat effectiveness of the army?"
"Of course it's salary, promotion and women."
Yang Qian shook his head in disappointment, "General Lian's words are wrong."
"I would like to ask General Lian, how many percent of Shangguo's elite will be killed before it collapses."
Lian Angxiong thought carefully.
"An ordinary army has almost no combat effectiveness if it suffers 20% casualties, but an elite army can survive 30% to 40% casualties without being defeated."
"If it were a war to destroy the country, there would be almost no deserters."
Yang Gan couldn't help laughing.
"Although our border army has never been defeated since its creation, I can guarantee that the soldiers I lead will fight until not a single soldier surrenders."
"Because they know why they join the army. They have faith and a purpose, not just to have enough food and clothing to live a comfortable life."
"Especially women. If all the plundered women are thrown into the army like cargo."
"The result is that women weaken the soldiers' willpower, and the locals will have a deep hatred for our rule because of these things."
"Maybe when the army was there, we didn't resist because we were afraid of our soldiers, but one day we were negligent, or were provoked by some people with ill intentions, it would cause turmoil."
"So, the army I lead needs to remain pure."
"Our border troops have rest time every month. Some of the troops stationed all year round also have their families go there. There is almost no separation of relatives."
Lian Angxiong looked at Yang Qian blankly.
"This this......."
He had no way to refute at all, because there was really no place to refute what Wu Anjun said.
Lian Angxiong is a traditional general.
It is normal and even more common sense to have rigid thinking. You cannot change a person's thinking in just ten days.
Even at his age, it is impossible to change his thoughts and ideas, but since coming to Yuntong so far, he has shown signs of change.
The biggest change is that I can finally listen.
Seeing the confusion on Lian Angxiong's face, Yang Qian knew that his three views had long been shattered to pieces, and this was the process of reshaping.
After changing his aggressive tone, Yang Qian said softly.
"The Central Plains is a mess right now. No one has the ability to clean up this mess alone. But once someone wants to clean up, someone will definitely jump out and block it."
"General Lian, the general trend of the world is like a rolling torrent. From hundreds of vassal states to the current four major vassal states and several small vassal states, the situation is already very clear."
"Unification is the only way out. The key point is who will unify it. I wonder if General Lian has read the historical materials I compiled?"
Lian Angxiong drank the drink suddenly and nodded, "I've seen it, it's sobering."
"Haha, it's all compiled from data collected from various countries. In fact, we descendants of Yan and Huang have the same ancestors. Fighting life and death has no meaning at all except that more people die."
"And when there is a war, it is the people who suffer. Today I will kill you, and tomorrow you will kill me. How can the relatives of the soldiers not have hatred for the victor who rules them?"
Lian Angxiong said in a loud voice, "What should the scholar-bureaucrats do? What should the royal family do?"
"Kill what needs to be killed, close what needs to be checked, and disappear what should disappear."
Lian Angxiong was stunned. "That's a noble, even a royal family. How can you kill him at will?"
The corners of Yang Gan's mouth were cracked, and his teeth were white.
"In a world of great strife, what are we fighting for?"
Lian Angxiong hesitated.
"Our lives and interests?"
"Wrong, very wrong."
"What we are fighting for is the continuation of our Central Plains people's bloodline, what we are fighting for is the cultural prosperity of our Central Plains people's lineage, and what we are fighting for is that we, descendants of the Yanhuang people, can stand proudly in the world."
Yang Gan's words shocked Lian Angxiong speechless. Sima Xin was stunned at the elevator entrance. His eyes widened and he turned to look at Wu Anjun in disbelief.
The two of them felt like ten thousand grass and mud horses galloping past.
Good guy, Your Majesty, you are so hidden. I always thought you were on the fifth floor and we were on the third floor.
But now you have entered the atmosphere, and the layout is not one-dimensional at all.
Yang Gan looked at Lian Angxiong with burning eyes.
"I'll give you two choices."
"First: Either stay in the Military Academy for three months."
"Second: Either I will send you a mission now, but you need to bring ten people from Tianshou Division with you at all times."
After the three words "Tian Kaishi" were spoken, Lian Angxiong's eyes shrank instantly.
He didn't know who Amagakiji was. Although he had heard people mention it, many people kept silent.
When he asked, even with Ran Jing's status in Yuntong County, he couldn't say anything more. He just talked about the affairs of Tianshou Division and asked less.
"It's better for you to know less about Tianshousi's affairs."
"You choose one."
Yang Gan immediately changed the subject. Tianshou Division only needs to be responsible to Yang Gan, and it doesn't matter if the others don't know. Besides, almost all current generals and officials know about Tianshou Division to some extent.
It's just that they know too little, that is, Ran Jing may know a little more.
"I don't want to go to the Academy anymore, you'd better give me tasks."
Yang Gan nodded. Lian Angxiong's choice was not beyond his expectation. Such an experienced general asked him to familiarize himself with the fighting methods of the frontier army.
Yang Gan snapped his fingers, the room door opened, and Xiao Yu walked out, holding a large box.
"This is?"
Yang Qian waved his hand politely, "Why don't you open it yourself and take a look?"
Lian Angxiong immediately opened the box and saw inside a set of official uniforms, a bronze sword, a seal, a jade pendant and an official document.
He looked up and wondered.
"What's this?"
Yang Gan said bluntly, "Recruiting you here will not make you feel wronged in terms of money, but in terms of status, it is really not worthy of your status."
"So, the king and I asked for a lord to come over. From today on, you are Lord Xinping. Of course, our rules in Yuntong are different from other places."
"The feudal lord can give you a salary and some privileges, but no food. I hope Mr. Xinping understands!"
Lian Angxiong was shocked, and his face gradually turned red.
No matter in any vassal state, it is very difficult to be crowned a king. Even if a member of the royal family wants to be crowned a king, it is extremely difficult.
Because although the feudal lord has no real power, he does have a fiefdom. The average fiefdom only has a few thousand fiefdoms, or tens of thousands of fiefdoms, which is already the ceiling level.
This is a real benefit, who doesn't want it, but the land is always limited, so generally no king will be granted unless there are special circumstances.
To be honest, Lord Wu An has given enough. Being able to get a title is recognition of oneself. The most surprising thing is that a title can actually ask the king for another title. This is already a fantasy. Something like that.
Most importantly, it’s an affirmation of yourself.
When he first came here, his jaw almost dropped when he heard that private individuals were not allowed to own land. But after many people explained it, he finally understood the benefits of state ownership of land.
Lian Angxiong's family is not rich enough to rival the country. As long as he doesn't squander it, he doesn't have to worry about it for three generations. What he likes most is life in the military.
Pulling the box over, he felt a little emotional. Although his head was full of black hair, there was no way to hide the vicissitudes of life in his eyes.
He has been fighting for Shangguo for many years, but he is only a general. Although he is on the same level as Li Lu, he is still half a level behind him.
Unexpectedly, only about half a month after arriving in the Xia Kingdom, I was granted a title of lord. Although there was no settlement, it was a title. How many lords would there be if all the vassal states in the Central Plains were added together?
The feudal lord of Yuntong County has money and food to take, as well as a share of many by-products. Even if some of the by-products are not used, you can get a lot of money from selling them.
This is a recognition.
I have to say that sometimes military generals are more direct than civil servants.
