Speaking of these 10,000 elite soldiers, Liu Ge had an unconcealed pride on his face, "Have you ever heard of the 'nationality militia'?" ”

Zhou Shu's eyebrows moved, "What my cousin said was 'returning to the field'?" ”

The founding emperor of Daliang was born as a military general, and he was invincible in war, and when he sat on the throne, he governed the country with his own hands. The country will be in turmoil, the surrounding countries are eyeing each other, and the remnants of the former dynasty are inciting the people to make trouble in order to restore the dynasty, and wars are frequent.

In order to resist internal strife and external invasion, they could only recruit troops on a large scale, which further aggravated the people's resentment.

The founding emperor was exhausted, and died before he could set up the crown prince. Several of his sons fought for the throne, which led to a civil war, and finally the father of the first emperor came out on top and ascended the throne to inherit the throne.

This second-generation emperor was not a little stronger than his father, and as soon as he came up, he used thunderous means, first suppressed several active restoration armies, and then took it by surprise, severely damaged the armies of Yuan and Wei, and then opened a warehouse to release grain, and widely implemented benevolent government.

After more than ten years of governance, the Xiao family can be regarded as sitting firmly. It's a pity that the good emperor didn't pay for his life, and when he was only forty years old, he died due to overwork.

Although the first emperor is not as capable as his father, he has a pair of Bole eyes, is very good at manipulating people, and there are many talents in the court, and there are many virtuous ministers, where can he use him to work in person? Because of this, he often wanders out of the palace when he is free.

Although these three have very different personalities, they can't get rid of the habits of military generals in their bones, and they attach great importance to military power. As a result, the army is bloated and consumed. By the time the first emperor realized that the vast army of the Great Liang State had become a treasury killer, he was already nearly sixty years old. I didn't have the spirit to rectify it, so I irresponsibly threw this problem to the next generation.

When the saint was still the crown prince, he began to streamline the army. Within a few years of his accession, he had reduced millions of troops and classified them as "militiamen." Nominally, they are still the generals of the Great Liang State, "returning to the peasants in their spare time" and "congesting Rong in wartime", and they can receive a small amount of silver and rice as idle wages every year.

Every three years, militiamen between the ages of 16 and 45 participate in a drill organized by the state government or serve for a fee. It was used to build the embankment of the city. In case of emergency. The governors of each province can hold a military talisman in their hands and summon the militia to replenish their military strength.

Now that the four seas are peaceful, there has been no major war in the past 20 years. The governors of the provinces had enough troops in their hands, and there was no great famine, when the walls were built and the embankments were repaired. There's no reason why free labor isn't available. Pay an extra sum of money for the militia to do.

In the first few years, there was also a symbolic gathering to practice for a few days. In recent years, even the drill has been canceled.

To put it bluntly, these militiamen were completely disarmed and returned to the fields. The eyes of the people are bright, and they call them "returning soldiers" bluntly.

"That's right. It's the soldiers who return to the field. Liu Ge laughed loudly, "You kid has never been a soldier, and you don't know the truth of being a soldier for one day and a soldier for life." Some people, if you don't let him fight, his heart will itch, and his hands will itch even more. ”

Zhou Shu now understood that these 10,000 elite soldiers were the integration of the Guitian soldiers recruited privately by King Ji'an and Liu Ge.

Once you have been a soldier, it is difficult to get rid of the morale of the soldier. Although many people are willing to go home to live a quiet life, there are also a considerable number of people who like the military camp and can't let go of their status as soldiers. If they have the opportunity to participate in the war, they will definitely not miss it, and some even become bandits in order to live a war addiction.

The opportunity to re-enter the army, coupled with the huge profits that are much higher than the idle salary, is an irresistible temptation ~ for those who have returned to the field. There are also hundreds of thousands of soldiers who have been cut down year by year in Shandong and the surrounding provinces, and it is indeed not difficult to recruit 10,000 elite soldiers from them.

No wonder he couldn't find the army of the king of Ji'an, it turned out that the wool came out of the sheep. Although it is the old wool sheared by the imperial court, these old wools are the same as the new wool, they have received formal military training, and the king of Ji'an and Liu Ge used guerrilla tactics, which do not need large-scale drills, and they can be used in batches and training with a little run-in.

I have to say that they are really clever in this loophole!

"You and my father have been planning for so many years, and you have only managed to muster up such a small number of troops?" He pretended to be stupid and continued to talk.

"What do you kid know?" Liu Ge snorted, "The soldiers are not many but fine, of course, the soldiers are not the key, the key depends on who leads the troops." The Praetorian Guard has only 5,000 people, and Lao Tzu can't win the battle with 10,000 elite soldiers? ”

Zhou Shu rarely heard him drag a sentence, who knew that he would bring his own boast in the next sentence, he was too lazy to cooperate with him, and then asked: "What if you win the Janissaries?" The governor has hundreds of thousands of troops, and the Great Liang State still has thousands of troops.

If you capture the flag but lose the land, then what is the use of capturing the flag? ”

"If you capture the flag, won't you be able to command the world?" Liu Ge rolled his eyes and scolded, "How could a goblin like Zhou Zhenzhong give birth to such a stupid son as you?" ”

Zhou Shu was not annoyed, "Having a flag can naturally command the world, provided that we have the ability to keep this flag." Among the people who accompanied the sacrifice to heaven this time, there were many royal relatives and nobles, wouldn't they capture the flag?

There are always one or two generals who are good friends with them, right? In the eyes of the people of the world, they are orthodox, and they are more commanding than my father. If they pull out an army in the name of King Qin's escort, my cousin's 10,000 elite soldiers will not be enough. ”

"After talking for a long time, you kid finally got to the point." Liu Ge smiled, "Don't worry, this kind of thing won't happen, because we are nominally Prince Yong's soldiers." ”

"Prince Yong?!" Zhou Shu exclaimed, "What, Prince Yong is also involved?" ”

This matter cannot be left unfazed, if Prince Yong really participates in the rebellion, the matter will be in big trouble. You must know that the altar and memorial used to worship the heavens were all built by Xiao Zheng.

Although Xiao Zheng may not know Prince Yong's intentions, Xiao Zheng is surrounded by Prince Yong's people, and they may not help the abuse. If you take advantage of the superintendent to do something on the memorial service and the altar, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Liu Ge seemed to be very satisfied with his reaction, and said with a smile: "It can't be said to be participation, it can only be said to be cooperation." ”

"What do you mean by that, Uncle Cousin?" Zhou Shu asked in a hurry.

"How so?" Liu Ge scratched his head like a bird's nest, "You should have heard that the first emperor used to hesitate between Prince Yong and the current saint in order to canonize the crown prince.

As a result, Prince Yong almost accidentally injured the current saint when he was hunting, lost the hearts of the people, and lost to the current saint ......"

"So Prince Yong wants to regain the throne?" Zhou Shu asked.

――(To be continued......)