Chapter 23 General Conscription

After Deng Yulong returned to Nanzheng, he went straight to the official office.

At this time, Xiao He was busy dealing with business.

"General, Yin Gai ignores military discipline and should be killed, you did the right thing. Although King Han felt pity, he finally understood this and approved of your decision. ”

In fact, Liu Bang only agreed with half of it, but Yin Gai had been killed, so he could only accept this fact, and did not blame Deng Yulong for asking. If Liu Bang had led the army, Yin Gai would definitely have been punished for being late, but it would definitely not be so seriously beheaded.

The two of them had a hurried meal before immediately plunging into work.

Deng Yulong came here to finalize four matters.

The first is to send troops into Bashu, at present, the Han army only controls most of Hanzhong County, and the Bashu region is still in a vacuum without the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and bandits and thieves appear in some places. The Han army had to send troops to take full control of Shu County and Ba County, and then put civilian officials under control.

Second, on the matter of conscription, it is necessary to determine how many soldiers should be conscripted in each region and the specific selection criteria. The recruited soldiers had to be initially selected locally before they were centralized in Hanzhong and managed by the generals.

According to the proportion of the population, of the total 80,000 soldiers conscripted, 18,000 were in Hanzhong County, 42,000 in Shu County, and 20,000 in Ba County. At the time of conscription, all men of appropriate age must participate in the primary assessment, and those with better assessment results are selected as recruits, and it is expected that the recruitment will be completed in one month in Hanzhong County, and it may take about three months in Shu County and Ba County.

Third, the types and quantities of weapons, grain and grass logistics, and the conscription of 80,000 soldiers plus the original 30,000 soldiers and horses, should be equipped with corresponding weapons and equipment according to the number of people in each branch of the military.

Fourthly, the standard of treatment of soldiers and officers of all ranks, including the usual salary and food standards, as well as death and disability pensions. Deng Yulong's standard of treatment was based on the upper limit of the estimated revenue of the three counties of the Han Dynasty.

These four things, Deng Yulong is very specific and detailed, Xiao He, as one of the people with the strongest ability in internal affairs in Chinese history, is also very meticulous and thoughtful in doing his work, after this period of contact, Deng Yulong admires his ability very much.

The two of them determined every detail in each category face-to-face, part of which was Deng Yulong's plan that had been prepared, and the other part had to be discussed.

When it was dark, the two of them hurriedly had dinner and continued to work, and it was not until 6:00 a.m. (8:30 a.m.) that all the details were finalized.

After finishing his business, Deng Yulong went back to the mansion.

"The Great General is back!"

When the master returned, Xing'er, Chunlan and the servants were all very happy.

"General, have you had dinner?" Apricot asked.

"I've used it, just prepare hot water for me!"

Xing'er ordered people to prepare immediately, and said, "General, the chair you ordered to make has been made." ”

Deng Yulong came to the study, looked at the finished chair, in line with the size standard he require, after sitting down, he felt much better, and in the future, he tried not to kneel and sit on the chair as he did now.

Looking at the master's happy look, Xing'er and Chunlan felt weird, why would the general like to sit like this?

Soon, Deng Yulong found that after changing to a chair, the height of the table was obviously inappropriate.

"Then you ask someone to make a new table, and the height of all the tables in the bedroom, dining room, and study will be increased by fifty."

The two women looked at each other, and the general was really unusual.

"General, no one in the world uses a table like this," Apricot said.

"I'm the master here, everything is done according to my needs!" Deng Yulong said domineeringly. In modern times, as an ordinary person, he has no domineering capital at all.

"Yes, the slave maid will let people do it as soon as possible!" Xing'er had to respectfully accept the order.

The next day, Deng Yulong set off early and returned to the barracks.

He immediately raised his account and sent Zhou Bo, Kong Ju, Li Shang, Chen Bi, and Wang Su, five people, with a total of 15,000 troops, to the south of Bashu to assist the court officials in controlling each county and county and quelling all illegal armed forces.

The specific candidates for generals and soldiers were all discussed with Xiao He yesterday.

Among the remaining 15,000 soldiers, 3,000 soldiers guarded the capital and the palace, 3,000 soldiers were scattered in various counties of Hanzhong County, and the last remaining 9,000 soldiers concentrated on training.

From this day on, Deng Yulong gave specific explanations to the corresponding officers on the training of non-commissioned officers, first explaining theoretically, and then supervising the training for which the officers were responsible, correcting mistakes in a timely manner, and then examining everyone's ability.

For his own great career, Deng Yulong devoted himself to his work with full enthusiasm, and three months have passed unconsciously.

On this morning, 20,000 recruits gathered in the big open space outside the gate, and these soldiers were all recruited from Ba County and had just arrived to report for duty.

Half a month ago, Shu County had recruited enough 42,000 recruits, all of whom had already come to report, and two months earlier, Hanzhong County had already recruited 18,000 recruits in full.

"General, this is the leader of one of the tribes in Ba County, named Fan Mu, when he was recruiting troops in Ba County, he took the initiative to bring tribal men of appropriate age to join the Han army."

Chen He introduced to Deng Yulong that he was in charge of the list of personnel at all levels of the Han army.

There are two rosters of soldiers recruited by the imperial court, one is the official office in charge of the prime minister, and the other is handed over to the general, and the one given to the general is received by Chen He, and then handed over to the main book for storage in the archives after the general has seen it.

"The Ba people have seen the general!" Fan Mu saluted Deng Yulong respectfully.

Deng Yulong looked at Fan Mu, the other party was dark-skinned, although he was not tall, he was very strong and looked energetic.

"You led the entire tribe of 800 men to serve as soldiers, which is worthy of praise, this is a meritorious performance, first recorded in the merit book, after the recruits have completed their training, this general will definitely reuse you."

"General Xie!"

Ba County is now Chongqing and eastern Sichuan, mainly mountainous and hilly, less land suitable for farming, this period there are still many people living in the mountains to hunt for a living, although Ba County was ruled by the Qin Dynasty a hundred years ago, but there are still many places are still tribal system, but this does not belong to the kind of tribe in the primitive society, each tribe everyone has to obey the imperial court, there are taxes and military service obligations, the Qin Dynasty according to the actual local situation, let the tribal leader assist in the management of the people within the tribe.

Fan Mu was thirty-eight years old and the patriarch of one of the large tribes.

Deng Yulong planned to form a team of 7,000 people suitable for mountain warfare, and he had discussed with Xiao He more than three months ago, using the tribal hunters who still lived in the mountains in Ba County as the source of troops.

These people have lived in the mountains for a long time, are familiar with the mountain environment, and are good at moving in the mountains and forests, which is the most suitable.