There are many talented people among the refugees, and there are many who can read and practice martial arts.
As for those who know how to farm, they are all available.
Li Yuexian selected more than thirty field envoys and assigned them to various places. Their main tasks were to encourage farmers to cultivate mulberry trees, reclaim wasteland, and appease the refugees.
Try out the reactions from various places and let the leaders of the major beggar army adapt.
Everything should be done step by step.
Stabilizing the fields stabilizes the population and the hearts of the people.
In this war, there were many people who made meritorious service. In addition to being rewarded with food and fields, Li Yue conducted "interviews" one by one. If there were no big problems with loyalty, intelligence, force, and conduct, he was awarded General Heiyun as a reserve officer.
For several days, Li Yue told them stories to instill Chinese ideals and national justice into them.
There are too many people in China who are famous throughout the ages, and there are too many spiritual wealth that inspire future generations.
From Huo Qubing's "The Huns are not destroyed, why should we take care of our family" to Su Wu's nineteen years of shepherding sheep?
Yue Ji sorted out Ma Yuan's deeds for Li Yue alone, which was particularly suitable for the current situation.
"Ma Yuan once said: A man should die in the wilderness, and his ears should be buried with his body wrapped in horse leather. How can he lie in bed and do evil in the hands of his son and daughter? Everyone, if the heroes of our ancestors are like this and can chase two or three of them, their lives will not be in vain!" "
As he talked, Li Yue couldn't help but get involved in it.
Ma Yuan recounted his vast and turbulent life, conquering Longqiang in the west, conquering Jiaozhi in the south, attacking Wuhuan in the north, and sweeping the surrounding areas of the Later Han Dynasty. At the age of sixty-four, he was still on the way to conquer the Wuxi Barbarians. He died of illness in In the army, it is truly possible for men to return to their hometowns as if they were dead on the border and wrapped in wild horse leather.
There are many stories and idioms about him, which are fun to tell.
After finishing speaking, Li Yue awarded them the small iron medals of General Black Cloud. Every person who came forward had to say: "China is in ruins and the people are in dire straits. You should work hard!"
"In life, I am a black cloud general, and in death, I am a black cloud ghost!" There was something different in the eyes of the black cloud general who received the OEM.
After that, the training became even harder, and many people actively asked to study and practice calligraphy with Xin Can.
The atmosphere in Heiyun Mountain is quite good, vibrant and positive.
Except for Bo Wu, there is basically no privilege or class. Senior generals such as Wei Shan, Xu Cheng, Liang Xiao, etc. are not very particular about food and clothing. They are no different from the soldiers. They only have ten days of rest every month to spend time with their families. Reunion.
Li Yue even set an example by not focusing on the color of his clothes and the taste of his food. Li Yue would eat whatever the soldiers ate.
The food, clothing, housing and transportation are no different from those of ordinary soldiers.
The atmosphere of Heiyun Mountain also started from Li Yue's example.
After promoting a group of officers, it is reasonable to expand the army.
Heiyun Mountain is no longer a land of hundreds of miles, Xingyang County has become a place of actual control, and the entire Yuzhou is a sphere of influence.
Five or six thousand men and horses are naturally not enough.
After discussing with Cui Jin, Zhou Qian, Wei Shan, Xu Cheng, Liang Xiao and others, the troops were expanded into battalions, with each battalion having 2,500 people.
They are respectively the forward battalion, the heroic cavalry battalion, the middle base battalion, the guerrilla battalion and the scout battalion.
The scout battalion was independent and under the direct control of Li Yue. It was no longer under the responsibility of the Bing Cao. The backbone battalion and the Zhenshan battalion were added.
Among them, the Zhenshan Camp was stationed in Xuanyuan Mountain, with a strength of 4,000 troops, composed of the elites of the former Xuanyuan Mountain, to guard against the Xiongnu army of Liu State in Yangcheng in the south.
The previous setup was slightly confusing.
According to the military system of the Han and Wei dynasties, there were only about 400 people in one unit.
There are a thousand people in the Black Cloud Mountain Division. Since the army needs to be expanded, the establishment at all levels should be more standardized.
There are five people in a team, with a team leader. What are the two groups and what lengths are they set up for? Teams are made up of five people, and one team is composed of fifty people. The two teams are called villages, and there is a village leader for one hundred people. The two villages are divided into two groups, and there is one military lord for every two hundred people. The two songs are divided into divisions, and there is one captain for every four hundred people. Five troops form a battalion, with about 2,000 people.
Each battalion has five captains, five commanders, and five officers. The captains are in charge of combat and training, the commanders are in charge of logistics, and the officers are responsible for military discipline and the ideological status of the soldiers.
Officers at all levels are appointed from among the black cloud generals.
Wei Shan, Xu Cheng, Liang Xiao, and Cao Kan are all school captains and do not lead the army on weekdays.
Cui Jin is the commander of Xuanyuan Mountain and leads the Zhenshan Camp alone.
Bo Wu is the nominal commander of Heiyun Mountain, and Chen Duan is the commander of Chenliu's beggar army, officially under the command of Heiyun Mountain.
Not counting Zhu Xu, the strength of the Black Cloud Army increased to 16,000.
Li Yue's principle has always been to be sparse rather than indiscriminate, and to adopt the line of elite soldiers. The signboard that the Black Cloud Army finally put up cannot be destroyed.
Liang Du rebelled, and the only ones who could really fight were the tens of thousands of Gaoli Imperial Guards on hand.
Li Nong's 100,000-strong army was wiped out as soon as it went up, and the strength on the books was just to flatter himself, which was of no practical significance.
Li Yue tried his best to make every Black Cloud Army fully equipped, including armor, war horses, weapons, crossbows, shields, maces, bones, etc.
The 400-plus armored soldiers in the forward battalion even had double armor.
Each person in the Xiaoqi camp had a war horse, plus a mule or a donkey. There was no other way. Horses were more valuable than people these days. There were only more than 3,000 war horses in the army, and most of them were supported by the Zheng family.
The middle camp is equipped with a large number of crossbows with a longer range.
The guerrilla battalion is basically donkey and mule cavalry...
Everyone in the newly established backbone camp was equipped with long and heavy weapons such as maces or axes. Li Yue's memory of Liang Du's axe-wielding warriors has always been fresh in his mind.
To build such an army, the economic pressure is extremely high.
Not only the equipment, but also the fodder for each of the horses, donkeys and mules was an astonishing amount.
But it’s not possible without these things.
The Jie people and Qiang people are mainly cavalry, so you can't fight them on the plains with two legs, right?
In addition, the strong men and women under the rule of Heiyun Mountain must train in the leisure time. They do not need to be proficient in swords, spears, bows, crossbows, arrays, chariots and riding. They must be able to do it.
Spring plowing is coming to an end, and the military expansion order is issued.
As if a stone stirred up a thousand waves, countless people flocked up and down the mountain.
The reputation of the Heiyun Army is well known. The army can obtain land by virtue of military merit, which is a fatal temptation for the people around it.
Goushi, Zhongmou, Yuanling, and Qingzhuang from Mi County all heard the news and came. Even Zhang Yu's base camp, Xuchang, had people fleeing.
This also allows the Black Cloud Army to be selective.
More than fifteen but under forty, the height should not be less than six feet two inches, which is about one and a half meters, and he can climb up Heiyun Mountain carrying forty kilograms of stones.
The requirements are not strict. Back then, Gaoli's imperial guard was almost exhausted even when he went up the mountain wearing iron armor.
However, no matter how high the requirements are, people still flock to them.
How can a person without the strength to tie a chicken survive in this world? The harsh living environment has also tempered many people.
Even a sixty-year-old farmer can easily carry a weight of forty or fifty kilograms and walk several miles over mountains and ridges.
In an era where everything depends on hands and feet, climbing Heiyun Mountain carrying forty pounds of rocks is not worth mentioning.
The number of people selected directly exceeded the designated number, and the Black Cloud Army once reached a scale of 19,000 people.
Many of them have scars on their bodies and a bit of ferocity in their eyes. They have either been on the battlefield or fought with wild beasts. At first glance, they are good at killing people and setting fires.
Those who win the Central Plains may not win the world, but the Central Plains is definitely the place with the most wars in history.
From the struggle for hegemony in the late Han Dynasty to the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, the flames of war in the Central Plains have never been extinguished.
Countless killings have trained a strong soldier.
Wei Wu soldiers during the Warring States Period, and Cao Wei's tiger and leopard cavalry.
In the Tang Dynasty, the flames were even more fierce. Wu Yuanji's Huaixi Army, Zhu Wen's Xuanwu Army, Qin Zongquan's Caizhou Army...
Looking at the fierce and eager faces, Li Yue decided to accept them.
Those with tall people and strong horses will be selected into the second battalion of middle and backbone, those who are good at riding and running will be selected into the second battalion of brave cavalry and guerrilla, and those who are fierce and desperate will be selected into the forward battalion.
Those who have courage and strength will join the pro-army.
(End of chapter)
