Li Fei Shouyu wondered very much, some time ago, they recruited people along the way to transport supplies for the army, and under the premise of offering generous rewards, the mountain people all enthusiastically participated, and this time they came to recruit troops, why did the mountain people in Luzhou not cooperate so much? Is it because of these tolerances? But without these tolerances to lead the way, it would not be easy for them to find here. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to complete the arduous task of recruiting soldiers with quality and quantity, Lifei Shouyu felt that he had to find out what these mountain people were worried about first, so that he could prescribe the right medicine and recruit enough qualified soldiers.

"You, come here."

Li Fei Shouyu looked at a man with a serious face.

"General, what's the matter?"

"Why do these ordinary people refuse to sign up for the army, do you have any troubles?"

"General, if you are a soldier and fight a war, you will die, and the mountain people are timid, of course they will be afraid."

"Nonsense, to be honest."

Li Fei Shouyu was furious.

"General, the little ones don't dare to tell lies, a few years ago, Luzhou had recruited troops many times to chase down the bandits in Hulu Valley, but the bandits were extremely strong, familiar with the terrain, and the soldiers suffered a lot of losses, almost every village was filial, and every family had a funeral, and it was reasonable for the people to be afraid, oh, by the way, there was really no way to take these bandits, and finally had to order to give up the gourd valley and move all the people in the valley to the vicinity of the state capital."

"I was actually killed by bandits."

Li Fei Shouyu nodded lightly and asked, "How many bandits are there near Hulu Valley?" Where are the nests? ”

"General, this small one is really not clear, but I am afraid that the history of the assassination is not clear, but it is estimated that it should not be less than three or five thousand, otherwise, it is impossible to make the officials and soldiers suffer so much, as for where the bandits' lair is, no one really knows."

Although this answer is all nonsense, but Li Fei Shouyu knows that this is the truth, he also worked as a bandit when he was in Yingzhou, and naturally understands the advantages of bandits in the mountains, the mountains and forests are the home of bandits, and the bandits' nests are easy to let outsiders know, and the number of people does not want to be mastered by the official army, which is necessary for the survival of bandits.

"The people are not afraid of death, but afraid of death in vain, Luzhou has been defeated several times to recruit and suppress bandits, a lot of soldiers have died, but the bandits have not injured a few, I don't want to be such a soldier."

Li Fei Shouyu's tone was angry, pointing directly at the incompetence of relevant officials in Luzhou.

"What the general said is very true, but the people are ignorant, how do they know that the general's command ability is outstanding, and he is not comparable to those people in Luzhou."

Tolerance nodded and patted his ass.

Li Fei Shouyu looked at Zhang Erniu behind him and sighed: "Erniu, the people are in such a situation, what do you think we should do now?" ”

Zhang Erniu thought for a while, and then suggested: "It's better to coax these people, just say that the purpose of this conscription is to train soldiers, not to fight, let alone suppress bandits, so that they can rest assured." ”

"Coaxing the common people?"

Li Fei Shouyu shook his head again and again, objecting: "How can this be done? Are all the people in Luzhou stupid? You can't keep the fire in the paper, and it's a shame that you can come up with such a bad idea. ”

"But if the people don't sign up all the time, won't it be difficult for us to complete our recruitment plan, and I really can't think of a better way than to deceive the people temporarily."

Zhang Erniu looked helpless

Li Fei Shouyu was helpless, and personally pulled a few people who looked relatively healthy, and talked with them heart-to-heart, publicizing the policy and purpose of this recruitment, but these people still seemed to be full of vigilance, did not trust Li Fei Shouyu very much, and were always reluctant to join the ranks of recruits, which made Li Fei Shouyu very helpless.

"The people are reluctant to join the army, this is our policy has not been done well, and we must think of a solution to this matter as soon as possible."

"General, why don't you report to General Li! Maybe he has a way? ”

Li Fei Shouyu nodded lightly: "Okay! You immediately go to Hulu Valley and tell General Li about the situation here, remember, all the situation must be reported truthfully. ”

"Yes, General, I'll go here."

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In the direction of Hulu Valley, a large number of people and craftsmen who had lunch were preparing to enter the valley, at noon, the open fire in the valley had been completely extinguished, and the smoke was gradually dissipating, at this moment, only scattered thin smoke was still drifting in the valley.

In fact, at this time, it will cause harm to the people's bodies when they are busy entering the valley, but the task of building a barracks is extremely urgent, so naturally they can't take care of it so much.

"General, the fire in the valley has been basically extinguished, and the personnel can enter."

A soldier with a face covered in soot walked out of the valley and reported the situation to Li An.

Li An nodded and ordered, "Let the people and craftsmen follow me into the valley." So saying, he was the first to go into the valley.

At this time in the valley, although the open flames are all extinguished, and the smoke is not very large, the crackling sound of burning wood can still be heard occasionally, and a breeze blows through, which will expose sporadically burning fire mahogany blocks, of course, since most of the combustibles have been burned, these sporadic sparks will not do much, let alone cause large-scale re-ignition.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

As smoke still remained in the valley, some people were choked and coughed.

Although Li An loves the people, the task of building the barracks is imminent, and for the overall interests of the Tang Empire, it is necessary to make the people work hard.

"The construction of the three valleys should be carried out at the same time, so that the people can start construction as soon as possible."

Li An fanned the smoke from his nose with his hand and gave the order to start work.

"Yes, General."

Building a barracks is not a villa, there are no particularly high requirements, as long as a variety of functional areas can be used, try to be simple and clear, carved beams and paintings and other red tape is absolutely not needed, so, planning is very easy, Li An personally inspected the valley, went back only a few hours, the valley planning drawings were drawn, and after copying many copies, handed over to the craftsman leader in charge of construction.

At this moment, the leaders of these craftsmen are holding the design drawings planned by Li An, and leading a large number of people to their respective areas to carry out intense construction.

Clearing the ashes, leveling the land, compacting the ground, bringing in stone and wood, different people are carrying out different tasks according to the division of labor, and the three valleys are all in full swing.

In addition to the two checkpoints at the east and west entrances, which are relatively tall and require more manpower and powerlessness, the buildings in the valley are all general houses for military people to live in, which do not require any decoration and are mainly durable and durable, for this reason, it is still very easy to build, according to the current progress, it is easy to complete the construction within ten days.

"Big brother, this place was originally just a barren land, but it won't be long before it will become the camp of my Pingnan Army, in addition to the training ground and residence, there will be a lot of open space left."

"Yes! If we continue to increase the number of recruited troops in the future, we will not be afraid that there will be no place to live, and there will be no problem with 20,000 troops stationed in the valley here. ”

Li An smiled lightly: "The elite soldiers and horses of the entire Jiannan Dao are only 30,000 and 900 people, and a small gourd valley, you are thinking about 20,000 soldiers, how is this possible?" Besides, the treasury is tight, if I propose to recruit 20,000 soldiers, Your Majesty may not send me, and you must remember that the soldiers are not many but the fine, and the will not be brave but the strategy, and taking the way of the elite soldiers is the most shrewd choice. ”

"Yes, big brother, we get it."

"General, General......"

Li An heard that someone seemed to be calling him, so he quickly stopped and turned to look.

"What's going on?"

"General, there are some problems with recruitment."

"If you have a problem recruiting troops, say it quickly."

The so-called whatever you are afraid of will come, Ang Lee is most worried that there will be problems in the recruitment process, and there will be problems as a result.

The soldier took a few breaths and told Li An about all the problems encountered in recruitment, and sought solutions.

Hearing this, Li An frowned and paced through the valley, thinking about how to deal with the problems encountered in recruitment.

This time to recruit troops, he had already boasted in front of Li Longji that as long as he let him do it, he would definitely be able to quickly recruit 3,000 elites to quell the rebellion for the Tang Empire, and now, the recruitment has just begun to encounter such a predicament, which naturally makes him feel psychologically panicked.

"Big brother, the people are reluctant to join the Pingnan Army because they don't trust us, as long as we explain patiently, they should change their minds."

"Big brother, these people are frightened by the bandits, why don't we go to suppress the bandits first, kill hundreds of bandits, take the heads of these bandits to recruit troops, and see if these little people dare to defy us."

Li An shook his head helplessly: "We only have six hundred Longwu troops now, and the strength of the troops is not small, but you know the combat power of the Longwu army, far less than the border army can fight, and moreover, they are all northerners, and they are very unsuitable for the climate of Luzhou, taking them to the mountains to suppress bandits, there is no difference from sending them to death, if you want to exterminate the bandits, you must rely on the Pingnan army that is about to be recruited." ”

"Big brother, the common people are unwilling to join the Pingnan Army, what good way can we have, we can't tie them to the barracks with ropes! If you really can't do it, you can only ask the Luzhou Assassin Shi to help, and force the people to join the army according to the number of people in the village. ”

"Big brother, let the people take the initiative to join the army, this method is not very reliable, after all, fighting a war is to kill people, there is not enough benefits, who wants to die?"

Li An shook his head again and again: "Using the method of coercion, can the soldiers and horses raised be the elite we want?" If we want to recruit the elite troops we want, we must get the common people to join the army on their own initiative, and we must make them willing, which is what we need to do now. ”

"What the eldest brother said is, but the military salary we have offered is already generous enough, do we still want to continue to increase the military salary? That's all the money the court gave us, is it possible, the eldest brother wants to play His Majesty and ask for more money. ”

Li An shook his head lightly: "The more military salaries, the more you can attract people to join the army, but at the moment, the people are most worried about death in vain, if you can't let the people relieve this worry, even if you give more military salaries, it is useless." ”

"If you want to relieve the worries of the people, it is not necessary to exterminate the bandits first, but the Longwu army is not up to the task, how can this be good."

Li An paced back and forth in the valley, pondering for a long time: "It seems that the only way to give it benefits and calm its heart is first." ”

"Big brother has already figured out a way?"

Li An nodded and said: "The best way is to give the people benefits first, and do a good job of propaganda, and also intimidate them appropriately to make them nervous." ”

"What the hell is the solution?"

Li Kunxiong and Li Feiyu were confused.

Li An smiled lightly and told the two of them the method he had come up with.

It turned out that Ang Lee took three specific measures in order to let ordinary people voluntarily join the army.

First, the first military salary will be issued, and at the same time as signing up to join the army, you can receive the first month's military salary, so as to increase the enthusiasm of the people to join the army with benefits.

Second, a large-scale propaganda offensive was launched to tell all the people about the brilliant results and rewards that Ang Lee had achieved in Ulju and Dongnu in the past, so that the people could understand Ang Lee's abilities and be full of hope for their future, so that they could join Ang Lee's army with confidence, and at the same time, make it clear that they would not fight within three months, and that they would not fight until the soldiers had enough combat effectiveness.

Third, exaggerate the threat of the southern barbarians to Luzhou, and tell all the people that most of the mountain bandits near the Hulu Valley are southern barbarians, and there has been a rebellion in the land, and more barbarians will invade Luzhou, and when the time comes, all the land in Luzhou will be swallowed by the barbarians, and if we want to avoid this situation, we must immediately join the army and train strictly to defend our homeland.

After listening to Li An's plan, Li Kunxiong and Li Feiyu all agreed, and the soldiers sent by Li Fei Shouyu were also very excited, and immediately returned to prepare to report to Li Fei Shouyu.

"Big brother, as soon as these three-phase measures come out, the people of Luzhou will definitely join the army enthusiastically."

"Yes! The eldest brother is always smarter than a few of us, and it is always okay to listen to the eldest brother. ”

Both of them were impressed by the method that Li Ang came up with, this kind of little trick is really nothing to Li An, but Kunxiong and Feiyu would not have thought that this is the gap in ability, and Li An's ability is stronger than them.

As Li An expected, after revealing the three major measures, Li Fei Shouyu's team quickly recruited twenty qualified recruits, and the number of people who signed up for the army was as high as more than 100, which surprised Li Fei Shouyu, and immediately told the other groups of people the news to do the same.

The five hundred soldiers of the Longwu Army, all of whom have experienced the battle of Zimu Road, and the situation of the battle of Zimu Road is absolutely very realistic, and some of these people are from the Hengye Army and White Wolf Mountain, and they are more aware of what happened in Ulzhou, so they are very good at explaining the glorious history of Li An.

The recruits originally encountered resistance from the people of Luzhou, but after the implementation of Li An's three major measures, the situation was immediately reversed, and more and more qualified recruits were recruited, all of whom completed or exceeded the task, and returned to Luzhou City one after another with the recruits raised. (To be continued.) )