Chapter 53: An Army of 100,000

"Meet the envoy!" Xu Xuan and Zhang Fei stepped forward and saluted, followed by the officials of Longshu County, as well as dozens of warrior masters in armor. These samurai were lieutenants and generals in the army, all of them with strong muscles and bones, and their muscles and skin glowed with a faint golden light.

They used to be ordinary soldiers, and they rose to prominence in the battle with the mountain barbarians, so they obtained the golden bell jar of the exercises given by Gao Cheng, and until now, most of them have the strength of more than three levels of training, and there are several talented warriors who have obtained more advanced exercises and reached the fifth level of training.

Gao Cheng has always rewarded the soldiers under his command for meritorious service, and rewarded them with cultivation exercises, giving these ordinary soldiers the opportunity to change their fate, so the military heart of the entire Lujiang was firmly grasped by Gao Cheng.

The warriors who followed Xu Xuan and Zhang Fei showed extremely respectful expressions when they saw Gao Cheng, looking at their expressions, even if Gao Cheng gave an order to die at this time, they would not hesitate to do it.

Gao Cheng's eyes swept over everyone, showed a smile, and said: "No need to be polite, this time I came to Longshu, ready to inspect the army, Yide, you lead the way in front, let's go to the barracks first!"

"Envoy, please!" Xu Xuan and Zhang Fei turned around and got on their horses and led the way in front.

The camp of Longshu is located at the foot of a large mountain in the west, which is a branch of the Dabie Mountains that extends into the territory of Longshu.

However, after Gao Cheng led his elite to break through hundreds of thousands of mountain barbarian armies a few years ago, these barbarians learned a lesson and did not dare to plunder again, so they could only send some barbarians sporadically to collect grain, grass and various iron materials under the mountain.

"Envoy, now the Longshu battalion, there are already 100,000 troops, each of them is often trained, has seen blood soldiers, in addition to the 100,000 regular soldiers, if we encounter a big war, we can also recruit 100,000 Tuntian soldiers from hundreds of thousands of Tuntian barbarians......" Xu Xuan rode a horse and followed Gao Cheng's side, and whispered about the situation of the Longshu camp.

When the drama on the side heard this, he couldn't help but nod slightly, his eyes fell on Gao Cheng's body, and he secretly said in his heart: "The lord's internal affairs and soldiers are quite extraordinary, but he has some of the demeanor of Emperor Guangwu, the ancestor of the past, with the mountain barbarian captives and the displaced people in the fields, not only can the people be settled, but also can quickly accumulate grain and grass! Now in just a few years, Lujiang has millions of stones of grain and grass, and countless money and grain have been accumulated! Once the world is in turmoil, Lujiang soldiers and horses will be dispatched, and Yangzhou will soon be able to dominate!"

When Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty reigned before that year, the famous general Zhao Chongguo once worked in Tuntian in the Western Regions, reduced a large amount of military expenditure, money, food, and forced labor, and also allowed the people under his rule to get a certain amount of training and improve their ability to resist enemy attacks. Count it all in one fell swoop.

However, the first requirement of Tuntian is to have a large amount of wasteland that can be reclaimed, and Zhao Chongguo was able to successfully Tuntian in the Western Regions because the Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, and if they are placed in the Central Plains, all fertile land is the owner's thing. As for Lujiang, Gao Cheng got a large amount of land after cleaning the Linhu Zhang clan and deterring many wealthy families in the county. This is the foundation for the implementation of the Tuntian policy.

In Linhu and Longshu Tuntian for several years, Gao Cheng not only had 200,000 foot soldiers, but also 150,000 sailors, occupying large areas of Chaohu and Pengze respectively, and his power increased dozens of times compared with before. It really has the power to unify Yangzhou.

Gao Cheng rode a horse and listened to Xu Xuan's introduction, and was very satisfied. After planting the field for several years, he finally had the capital to explode the army, and when the world was in chaos and countless princes lacked grain and grass, he had a large amount of grain and grass in his hands, which was a huge advantage!

The dull horn sounded, Gao Cheng and the others came to the barracks, and as the horn of the soldiers gathered, countless soldiers in armor poured out of the camp tent and formed a military formation outside the camp gate in an orderly manner.

"Swordmen, Spearmen, Archers......"

Gao Cheng looked at it, and saw that the 100,000 army was quickly arranged neatly according to the type of troops, and when the three horns were about to stop, the 100,000 army had been assembled.

Since the last time he broke through the mountain barbarians, Gao Cheng has not come to Longshu, I didn't expect that after such a long time, Zhang Fei and Xu Xuan were able to train the soldiers to such an extent, it is really unbelievable!

"Baojian, Yide, you have really worked hard! You have really made great contributions to Lujiang!" Gao Cheng sighed.

Zhang Fei said: "The envoy has won the award, my old Zhang does not have such a training ability, and it is all thanks to the assistance of Captain Chen to train these soldiers to this extent!"

Gao Cheng's eyebrows moved, revealing a hint of surprise, and said, "Captain Chen, who is this?"

Xu Xuan hurriedly stepped forward and said: "I was about to recommend this virtuous man to the lord, when the lord broke the mountain barbarian army, and then Jiang Gongyi sent tens of thousands of homeless people, I recruited some soldiers from the homeless people to guard the mountain barbarian prisoners, and when the Tuntian order was promulgated and the mountain barbarian prisoners were placed, these soldiers were trained into county soldiers. ”

"Among these people, there are some soldiers with outstanding qualifications who dare to fight and kill, and one of them is not only powerful, but also quickly succeeded in cultivating the exercises rewarded by the lord, and is also literate and has a good ability to train soldiers!"

"Thanks to the assistance of this person, General Zhang and I were able to train 100,000 soldiers into fierce soldiers, and block the mountain barbarians on the mountain, not daring to go down the mountain again to plunder!"

Gao Cheng was a little curious in his heart, according to Xu Xuan's statement, this person has extraordinary strength and the ability to train soldiers, this is the posture of a famous general! He hurriedly asked Xu Xuan to call someone over.

Soon, a young man in iron armor strode over, Gao Cheng's eyes swept away, and he was startled. The person in front of him is deeply imposing, heroic, and he is the first extraordinary general he met after he came to this world, Chen to Chen Shuzhi.

"Meet the envoy, General Zhang, and Xu Xianling!" Chen Zhi looked calm and saluted respectfully.

Gao Cheng laughed, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab his shoulder, "Captain Chen, it's been a long time, last time during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, I had a few encounters with you in Yingchuan, I wanted to get acquainted but never had the opportunity, I didn't expect that we would meet here again today, it's really fate!"

While speaking, Gao Cheng secretly slapped a subtle trace of Zhenyuan on Chen Zhi's shoulder, and Zhenyuan had his spiritual power in it, and immediately sensed Chen Zhi's true strength.

"Gang Qi is incomparable, contains spirituality, and is ever-changing, this is the heterogeneous phase of the sixfold peak of Gang refining! Only half a step away from stepping into the seventh void realm!"

Gao Cheng's heart fluctuated, and his expression became more eager, as if he had met a good friend he hadn't seen for a long time.