Happy families have the same happiness, while unhappy families have their own misfortunes.

- Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (one of the most outstanding writers in the history of world literature)

"Expand the number of ashigaru in the Yanhuang Standing Army to 60,000?" Sanada Nobuyoshi, who did not have a look of surprise on his face, asked with concern: "My lord, on the premise of not mobilizing peasant soldiers, can our Yanhuang family recruit 40,000 ashigaru in a short period of time?"

"The total population of our Yanhuang family is about 3240,000, of which the number of young people who can be recruited should be no less than 800,000. Bai Feng, who was well aware of the situation in Mutsu Province, said casually: "It shouldn't be difficult to recruit 40,000 ashigaru from 800,000 young people." ”

"My lord, our Yanhuang family does have millions of young people, but these young people are not concentrated in one place, but are distributed in various regions of the Mutsu Kingdom, and among them, there are actually only 500,000 young men around Sanhe City that can be directly recruited by us. ”

Sanada Nobuyoshige, who has a deeper understanding of the current situation in Mutsu Province, said on the matter: "Of the 500,000 young people, two-fifths of them are those who have fled from Ueno Province alone. ”

"Xinfan, what I don't quite understand is, why should we throw away the 200,000 young people who fled and don't count?"

"My lord, these young men from Ueno Country have been the people of our Yanhuang family for too short a time, and I don't think their loyalty can be trusted. ”

"Xinfan, you are wrong about this. Bai Feng shook his head and denied Sanada Nobushi's statement: "In my opinion, these people who have experienced a life of fleeing can better understand the hard-won life of living in peace now than those who are accustomed to the rule of our Yanhuang family. ”

"Therefore, as long as we treat them equally, they will definitely live up to our trust! If I can, I will give priority to recruiting young people among the refugees; I believe that with the absolutely generous treatment of our Yanhuang family, we will definitely be able to recruit a large number of ashigaru!"

After listening to Bai Feng's words, Sanada Nobuya said with a face full of shame: "The lord is wise, but his subordinates are stupid and fail to think of this. ”

"Xinfan, don't worry, you're still too young, and it's normal that you don't think about it comprehensively. Bai Feng, who didn't care about Sanada's lack of letters, comforted him and said: "These things are all learned from practice, and with the accumulation of experience, you will understand sooner or later." ”

"Thank you, my lord, I will always remember my lord's teachings in the future!" Sanada Nobuyoshige, who was deeply moved, was even more grateful.

"Shinfan, early tomorrow morning, after leaving 3,000 soldiers to garrison the port, you will lead the remaining soldiers of the Yanhuang Standing Army to Sanhe Castle, and when you arrive at Sanhe Castle, you will convey my recruitment order to Shinnao-kun, and let him take full responsibility for recruiting new soldiers. ”

"Hey!" Sanada Nobuyhiro immediately swore a promise: "My subordinates will not disgrace their mission and bring your orders to Lord Shinnao!"

"Well, remember to tell Xin Zhijun that our Yanhuang family's upcoming expansion of the army is far more than the Yanhuang Standing Army, and the expansion of other armies is also imperative;

"Hey!" Sanada Nobuyo, whose eyes lit up, immediately understood what Bai Feng meant.

After discussing the matter of recruiting troops, Bai Feng and Sanada Nobuyoshi had a detailed discussion on the specific establishment of the Yan and Huang Standing Army; from an elite army with a full strength of 20,000 soldiers to an oversized army with a full strength of 60,000 soldiers, the growth rate of the Yan and Huang Standing Army was not unfast.

At the very least, the most realistic question facing Sanada Nobuyoshi was how he could increase the combat effectiveness of his 40,000 recruits as soon as possible.

Using 7,000 veterans to bring 40,000 recruits is also a very difficult task for the veterans of the Yanhuang Standing Army, especially in the situation that the Yanhuang family is in urgent need of a large army to fight, Bai Feng does not have much time for the veterans to train those newly recruited recruits.

Although the strength of the two Roman legions, the two Lucy legions, the two banner legions, and the two Essini legions was enough for the Yanhuang family to sweep away all the invading enemies, it was also something that Bai Feng had to do to cultivate more combatable armies for the Yanhuang family.

Otherwise, in the future, once Bai Feng commanded the reinforcements of Rome City and withdrew from the Yanhuang family, what should the Yanhuang family, which had no army to fight, do to maintain the hegemony of their own family?

The expansion of the Yanhuang Standing Army was only the first step for Bai Feng to develop and strengthen the Yanhuang family's army; after the Yanhuang Standing Army successfully completed the expansion, the Southern Standing Army and the Quanshan Standing Army, which had not participated in the frontline warfare for the time being, would become the second batch of expanded armies.

The Sanada Standing Army and the Iwashimizu Standing Army, which had been stubbornly defending Gaoshuiji Castle and Bian Shinishi Imperial Palace, and had been struggling to resist the attack of the Uesugi and Date coalition forces, were not only the meritorious troops of the Yanhuang family, but also the last group of expanded troops, and the treatment was naturally better than the previous two groups.

What Hakumine prepared for the Sanada Standing Army and the Iwashimizu Standing Army was not only the recruits recruited by Nanbu Shinnao, but also a batch of weapons and equipment transported from Rome City, and the weapons and equipment mass-produced by the Rome City Equipment Manufacturing Center were absolutely superior to the Yamato Empire in terms of quality!

Of course, Bai Feng, who has always been known for focusing on the development of the descendant army and the rapid assimilation of the collateral army, will naturally not be stingy with his own descendant army, the Yanhuang Standing Army, which is the descendant army of the Yanhuang family;

The so-called Romanized army was nothing more than bringing back to Rome the Yanhuang Standing Army of Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Nobuyoshige; first, the officers and men of the Yanhuang Standing Army were systematically trained with the systematic military buildings in the Roman city, and then they were equipped with the standard weapons and equipment of the Roman Youth Army.

Building a Romanized standing army of 60,000 for the Yanhuang family is of great significance to the Yanhuang family, whose standing army will not exceed 200,000 in the next three years, and this real elite division will become the guardian army of the Yanhuang family!

Bai Feng, who had started preparations in advance, also put a lot of effort into the establishment of the Yanhuang Standing Army; the Yanhuang Standing Army, which was supposed to adopt the usual establishment of the Yamato Empire, was formed by Bai Feng into a typical imperial legion with the name of the Yanhuang Standing Army!

The Yanhuang Standing Army, with a full complement of 60,000 soldiers, will form three combat divisions with a full complement of 20,000 soldiers, and the establishment of each combat division is basically copied from the legion establishment of the Tianlong Empire: 10 soldiers are squads, 10 squads and 100 soldiers are squadrons, 500 soldiers of the 5th Squadron are brigades, 2,000 officers and men of the 4th Brigade are wings, 10,000 officers and men of the 5th Wing are brigades, and 20,000 soldiers of the two brigades are divisions.

Compared with the standard corps establishment of the Tianlong Empire, this kind of establishment of the Yanhuang Standing Army is nothing more than the transformation of the divisions and regiments in the Tianlong Empire's legions into brigades and regiments, and the regiments into divisions.