I have to say that Tang Wang's training level is still very good, and not long after the heralds ran out separately, the junior officers in Sanyang City arrived one after another.

Ye Fu was in a high position, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, he spoke: "Today, together with Tang Tong, I briefly inspected the city defense situation in Sanyang and inspected the troops in training. Most of you have seen me today, and some of you have even spoken to me and eaten at the same table. However, it was only now that I heard a more realistic opinion. I've heard that you're not happy with the new recruits you've recruited? ”

Tang Wang lowered his head and didn't dare to talk.

Since he is below, naturally no one dares to pick up Ye Fu's words.

Ye Fu didn't mean to ask them to say it, but said to the transcript officer sitting behind the small table under the hall: "My words below, not a word is broken, and they will be recorded for me." I will only say these words once, and I must let everyone in the dangerous mountain army know what I mean. ”

The transcription officer hurriedly responded.

Ye Fu glanced at Tang Wang, and his eyes swept over the subordinates standing respectfully, "I know that in the past, when I recruited soldiers from the Liaodong Army, I recruited them all from each other, and they made money by themselves, recruited soldiers for battalions, and served with the army. When Salhu was in the time, there were those who recruited a lot of soldiers, and even a leap could lead to thousands of generals. In your opinion, it may be something that should be shared, and it should be praised for sharing worries and solving problems for the imperial court. But in my opinion, this is simply ridiculous! ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of many people below were not quite right. But because of Ye Fu's prestige, no one dared to stand up and say something directly.

Ye Fu didn't care about them, he just said to himself: "Recruiting soldiers, the first thing is not to recruit, but to recruit." First of all, he has to be a soldier! Let you recruit your own troops, and you will see what kind of 'soldiers' were originally filled with each battalion? Either you are old or weak. During the training, he stood in front of the army, okay, most of the people called him father in the annals, and they thought he was old. Can such a soldier fight? Or, is he worthy of being called a soldier for such a soldier? ”

Speaking of this, Ye Fu looked at Tang Wang's side again, and continued: "What else, the soldiers I recruited know each other. Yes, that's right. But when there is a war, the tailwind is fine. What if it's a battle that doesn't go with the wind? One person runs, a family runs, and all the people in a village run. The soldiers are all grouped together because of the homeland, and when the time comes, you can't care about it, and you can't manage it! I don't ask you, have you ever thought of such a situation? Tang Wang, I only ask you, have you ever encountered such a situation? ”

If you don't, it's nonsense.

Tang Wang had to nod yes, and there was no more than half a word.

Ye Fu laughed, "Also, my rules, recruits are not allowed to be recruited privately, and all of them are uniformly distributed by the new training office." Don't think that I'm doing this to restrict you, and it's not that I don't allow you to expand your strength. If everyone's strength can come up, this is obviously a good thing! ”

Ye Fu's words can be regarded as speaking to most people's hearts.

The generals recruit their own troops, which is to put it bluntly, the soldiers are loyal to a certain general, not to a certain dynasty or the emperor. Soldiers are generals, as they have been since ancient times.

Ye Fu is not allowed to recruit recruits privately, and all soldiers are uniformly deployed by the new training department, which invisibly lets everyone know that from the beginning of these recruits entering the army, the loyal ones are not others, but Ye Fu.

Many people think in their hearts, my soldiers are loyal to me, and I am loyal to you, this is a joint relationship, and it is also the default relationship between superiors and subordinates in the army. And it can't be that my soldiers are loyal to you, skipping a link, making these people feel bottomless in their hearts.

But Ye Fu obviously wouldn't solve this bottomless problem for them, but said: "I know the conventional practice, but the establishment of the new training department was also decided by me after careful consideration. As for the reason, I might as well tell you today. ”

"The first thing is the overall quality of the soldiers. Master Tang mentioned to me that the range of soldiers is so wide that communication with each other is problematic at some point. This is indeed a problem that needs to be solved urgently, and in the future, I will ask the new training office to popularize the official dialect of Beijing during the training of recruits, so as to minimize the impact of language barriers. But in addition to this, I think the advantages of unified recruitment are still obvious. Instead of a battalion, all soldiers must meet the basic requirements. In this way, there will never be a situation where the soldiers are too weak, or they are either old or young. ”

Of course, when this article is said, some people are still unconvinced.

After all, if you want to set a standard, you can unify the standard. Why do you have to do everything in a big way, and the new training office will do it all?

I only heard Ye Fu continue: "I know that many of you are not convinced, but let me tell you, there are now a total of three brigades under the jurisdiction of the Dangerous Mountain Army, which are responsible for the defense of the entire large area of Sanyang, Phoenix City, and Qingtaiyu, and the front line of the enemy, and the responsibility is heavy. Don't mention it, just this time, Tang Wang, if the new training office doesn't give you a supplementary reserve, how much time will you need to make up the shortage of soldiers for me? At the same time, quality must be guaranteed. ”

Tang Wang lowered his head and pondered, and did not answer immediately for a while.

Ye Fu smiled: "Go back and count slowly!" And you, too, do the same for yourself. If there is no new training office to replenish your troops, I am afraid that you will not be able to achieve full strength by now. ”

No one refutes, or rather, no one thinks about how to refute it.

"Well, since there is no objection to this, then I will move on to the second point." Ye Fu leaned back and continued: "This second point is basic training. All soldiers who meet the basic requirements are required to undergo three months of basic training in the new training service before they can be transferred to the various combat units. That is to say, for example, you are on the front line, this battle has just been fought, and a large number of soldiers have been lost, and then the Tartars attack again. You say, where are you going to find so many qualified soldiers in one moment? Yes, indeed, draw a standard, there will be many ordinary people who meet the standard, and under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, and there must be those who are willing to be soldiers. However, when they went to the battlefield, they couldn't understand the password, whistle, and gong sound, they couldn't read the flag, they didn't know how to protect themselves, and even when the other side attacked, they would run around with their heads in their hands, and they were even more panicked than the common people. Even if such a soldier is pulled into the battlefield, which of you would dare to use it? ”

yes, who would dare to use it?

The soldiers who have been trained, and the civilians who touch the gun for the first time, the combat effectiveness is by no means equal.