If there are no soldiers to lead, will he not become a bare-bones general?

When Cao Shuang heard this, he smiled bitterly, he didn't lack anything in his hands now, except for the lack of soldiers and major generals, and he really couldn't give Cao Liang too many soldiers and horses.

Cao Liang said generously: "The last general is willing to lead the people of the headquarters to go." ”

Xiahou Xuan shook his head and said: "The Yue cavalry battalion now has only more than 1,500 horsemen, and the five Xiongnu tribes are many powerful and brave, how can you be the enemy?" At least bring some more people to take care of what happens. ”

Since Xiahou Xuan said so, Cao Shuang couldn't say anything if he didn't express it anymore, so he had to say: "Okay, Ziming, you can order the troops yourself, you need that team, you can just speak." ”

The reason why Cao Liang dared to lead the people of the Yue Cavalry Battalion Headquarters to Bingzhou was not because he entrusted the state, but because Bingzhou itself had an army, and as a Xiongnu Zhonglang general, how could he have no troops to adjust, so after arriving in Bingzhou, Cao Liang was not too worried.

But since Cao Shuang said so, Cao Liang is naturally more and better, but when it comes to the specific soldiers and horses, Cao Liang is a little worried, of course he knows that Yongliang's soldiers and horses can't move, and now the entire Yongliang defense line is overstretched, how can there be extra people and horses to let him take away.

As for Cao Shuang's Chinese army, Cao Liang didn't want to take it, the Chinese army was the Son of Heaven's guards, so he was naturally very arrogant. Cao Liang went to merge the state, not only to quell the rebellion, he had his own "ambition", while quelling the Xiongnu rebellion, he must cultivate an army loyal to himself, so that he will have the capital to confront the Sima family in the future.

Cao Liang's eyes rolled, and he thought about it, and said to Cao Shuang: "General Meng will not give up, can you hand over the five schools of the Northern Army to the command of the last future?" ”

"The Fifth Colonel of the Northern Army?" Cao Shuang was stunned for a moment, the fifth school of the Northern Army is the joint name of the four battalions including the Yue cavalry battalion and the infantry, tuncai, Changshui, and shooting sound that Cao Liang is now commanding, due to the establishment of the new five battalions, the five schools of the Northern Army have long since declined, and they have long become the existence of chicken ribs.

"What combat effectiveness can the Fifth School of the Northern Army have, Ziming, are you sure you want to take it?"

Cao Liang said: "Yes, the last general has thought about it, now the strength of the battalions in the army is tight, and it is not suitable to transfer it for the time being, only the five schools of the Northern Army have been idle for many years, and this time to quell the Xiongnu rebellion is just what to do." ”

Xiahou Xuan kindly reminded: "Ziming, I know that your training ability is good, this time the Yue Cavalry Battalion has performed extraordinarily, but the other four battalions are far from the combat effectiveness of the Yue Cavalry Battalion, and there is no time to retrain them for you. ”

Cao Liang smiled slightly, and said: "Thank you for the mention of Brother Tai, General Qiqi, the last general still has two requests, I hope the general can grant it." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

"At present, none of the lieutenants of the four battalions of infantry, tuncai, Changshui, and archery are used, and the general is asked to transfer them to other posts, and the candidates for the captains of the fifth battalion will be arranged by the last general." Most of the lieutenants of the five schools of the Northern Army are idle, except for Cao Liang, the other battalions are simply overstaffed, these captains have not even been to the barracks a few times, can they still be expected to lead troops to fight?

You must know that although the five schools of the Northern Army have declined, the five captains are real fifth rank officers, with a rank ratio of 2,000 stones, and non-prominent people generally do not hold this position.

Therefore, although Cao Liang named the five schools of the Northern Army, he did not want a few captains, and only by arranging his henchmen to be the captains of this school, Cao Liang could really put his mind at ease.

Cao Shuang nodded without hesitation, of course he knew that these captains were all decorations, and if they really wanted to let them fight, it would be a mess, so Cao Shuang immediately approved Cao Liang's first request.

Cao Liang said: "This is the first, the second is that the five schools of the Northern Army have been abandoned for many years, and the number of establishments varies, and the final general requested that the establishment of each battalion be increased to 2,000 to meet the needs of counterinsurgency. As for the shortages of each battalion, the last general will collect them on his own, and the imperial court only needs to provide armor, ordnance, and war horses. ”

The establishment of the five schools of the Northern Army has been in a state of reduction, taking the Yue cavalry battalion under Cao Liang's previous command as an example, the establishment is only 700 people, and half of them are still on empty salaries, and the real number of people is less than 500 people, and among the other battalions, there is almost no big difference, most of the cavalry battalions are 700 people, and most of the infantry battalions are 1,000 people.

This bit of soldiers and horses is naturally not enough for Cao Liang, and if Cao Liang really wants to command the five schools of the Northern Army, most of the current soldiers have to be abandoned, and they must not be replaced.

Just like the previous Yuecai battalion, before Cao Liang became the captain, the entire Yuecai battalion was like a waste, but after Cao Liang eliminated the soldiers and replaced the fresh blood, the entire Yuecai battalion took on a new look.

With the experience of commanding the Yue Cavalry Battalion, Cao Ying still has full confidence in how to reorganize the five schools of the Northern Army, so that an army that is rotten to the roots can re-form combat effectiveness, which is not too difficult, and what Cao Liang really values is the establishment of the five schools of the Northern Army.

Now is not the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world is full of heroes, the princes are numerous, whoever has money and food can pull up a group of people, after Cao Wei established the country, the control of the army is extremely strict, anyone who privately collects the army is a big crime of rebellion, it is to destroy the three clans, how dare Cao Liang risk the world's disapproval.

The establishment of the Yuecai battalion was 700 people, so Cao Liang could only recruit people and horses within this range, and none of them could be exceeded, until the battle of Hanzhong, in order to deal with the war, the cavalry of the Xiahou Babu was temporarily incorporated into the Yuecai battalion, so that the number of the Yuecai battalion surged to 1,500 people.

However, it was only a temporary mixture, and after Cao Shuang's approval, these cavalry were really incorporated into the Yue cavalry camp.

This time, Cao Liang could be regarded as a lion's mouth, and immediately asked Cao Shuang to have a strength of 2,000 people per battalion, and the sum of these five battalions was a full 10,000 people.

And Cao Liang also played a little trick, that is, the soldiers sent by Cao Shuang don't want to, he wants to personally train troops loyal to him, but the grain, grass, heavy armor, ordnance and other materials needed by the army have to be provided by the imperial court. Although Cao Liang has his own money, this war is for the imperial court to quell the rebellion, and there is no reason for him to pay out of his own pocket.

However, it seems that Cao Shuang has no soldiers to send to Cao Liang now.