Xun Yu suddenly asked, "Lord, what should be done with the missing soldiers this time?"

"Missing?" When Liu Zhang heard this name, he suddenly thought of a movie called "Assembly Number" in later generations, and thought of the brothers of the Ninth Company who died on the battlefield were characterized as missing for various reasons, and their families were ridiculed and spurned......

"All missing soldiers will be treated as killed in battle, the pension will be paid in full, and the martyrs' families will enjoy the treatment of martyrs!"

Xun Yu said: "But...... It would be a lot of money, and if these soldiers were really killed, if they were deserters, wouldn't it ...... "Since ancient times, the dead and the missing have been two very different concepts, and the fallen are the heroes of the country, admired and richly paid; The disappearance is almost the same as a deserter, not to mention being scolded by others, there is no bereavement pension, and even the family will be convicted for it.

Liu Zhang looked up at the people in the room and said firmly: "There are no cowards or deserters in our Yizhou Army, only heroes who die generously......"

And again: "I know their bodies have not been found, but what does it matter? Any situation can happen on the battlefield, such as water battles, soldiers wear heavy armor, once they fall into the water, if the rescue is not timely and the water is poor, they may drown, and the corpses of these soldiers cannot be all salvaged; For example, the siege battle was smashed by rolling logs and stones beyond recognition, and it is difficult to recognize...... These soldiers died on the battlefield for the sake of the Han people, compared to their efforts, what is this pension? It is already my sin not to be able to bring their bodies back, and if I take care of this pension, I will not be at peace for the rest of my life! I know that these people may still be alive, they may be cowardly and afraid of death and become deserters, and they may even betray ...... But I prefer to believe that they are killed in battle, everyone knows how huge the gap between the bereavement of the dead and the missing in Yizhou is, if we deal with it as missing, we can save a little money, but if they are really killed, then how can we face them under Jiuquan in the future? Once treated as missing, not to mention that the family members will not receive the bereavement benefits they deserve, they will also be misunderstood, neglected, and ridiculed by their neighbors, leaving them to live in a huge shadow. I have made it a rule here, from now on, unless there is substantial evidence that the missing soldiers have fled or surrendered, they will be treated as killed in action! ”

Xu Huang and other generals in the army stood up and bowed deeply to Liu Zhang, Xu Huang said with gratitude: "The lord is benevolent and righteous, and the soldiers of the whole army on behalf of Huang are grateful for the lord's kindness!" The lord greatly solved the worries of the soldiers, and the general believed that as long as the news was disseminated, the morale of the soldiers would inevitably rise sharply, and the cohesion of the officers and men of the whole army would be greatly strengthened! ”

Liu Zhang waved his hand and said, "What are these soldiers generously joining the army for?" Don't you just want your family to be safe and secure, and have no worries about food and clothing? If I can't even do this, how can I be the master? ”

Xun Yu immediately understood, in fact, it was the same reason as buying horse bones, and believed that after Liu Zhang's decision was widely publicized and implemented, the officers and soldiers of the whole army would definitely be dead set on him. However, he couldn't help but be a little worried in his heart, whether this move would make the soldiers feel lucky, and if the battle was unfavorable, would they flee or even surrender to the enemy? As long as he is not caught, his family will not be implicated, he can still enjoy the care of the government, and he can become a glorious "martyr". But he didn't bring it up, otherwise these military generals present would not have bitten him to death? As Liu Zhang said, the missing soldiers may surrender and escape, but they may also be killed, if they are treated as missing, it is too unfair to them, and these soldiers who lead the troops to fight are absolutely unwilling to see it.

Liu Zhang understood Xun Yu's worries very well, and said with a smile: "Wen Ruoda doesn't have to worry too much, the so-called defending the family and the country, the first thing people think of when they join the army is to defend their families, and then they fight for the country." The family in the rear is the eternal concern of the soldiers, it is difficult to give up, and they will not give up easily for the sake of their families. Because once they choose to give up, they will hide in Tibet for the rest of their lives, separated from their families! He coughed for a moment and then said: "Of course, we must not be too careless, we must vigorously publicize it in the army, strengthen the ideological education of soldiers, let them understand the responsibilities and obligations of soldiers, and let them know what they are fighting for......

Liu Zhang is not very good at resuming production and revitalizing business, and he does not interfere indiscriminately, and let Xun Yu handle it. When leaving Jingzhou, Jingzhou Thorn Shi Kuailiang also presented a report on the recovery of the economy, Liu Zhang had agreed to implement it, and at this time he handed over the excerpt to Xun Yu, so that he could pass by, and it could be regarded as learning from each other's strengths!

Finally, the integration of the forces was discussed. Now the Yizhou Army, no, it is no longer appropriate to call it the Yizhou Army now, because Liu Zhang's forces have covered Yi and Jing Erzhou, and the tentacles have even extended into Yangzhou, so a suitable name should be taken. Liu Zhang smiled and told his subordinates that he didn't take any names, as a member of the Han clan, his army was naturally the Han army! However, at present, although the great Han emperor has fallen, the princes have established themselves to fight for hegemony, and no one puts the young Han emperor in their eyes, but except for the Yellow Turban Yu Party, no prince openly opposes the imperial power of the Han family. Of course, no matter how Liu Zhang characterizes his army, in the eyes of the princes, he has only one label for this army - Liu Zhangjun! The Han army was just a new garment on the emperor's body. But Xun Yu and a group of people like Wenwu agreed with Liu Zhang's words, regarded Liu Zhang as orthodox, and put themselves under the halo of justice, and the other princes were naturally chaotic ministers and thieves, and everyone could kill them, although in the eyes of other princes, this is a means, it is to deceive themselves and deceive the world, but ordinary people will not see it this way, they only know that Liu Zhang's is indeed the Han clan, with the expansion of Liu Zhang's power and influence, in the eyes of ordinary people, Liu Zhang represents the Han royal family!

Liu Zhang's army now has a total of 410,000 soldiers and horses, more than half of which are surrendered soldiers, and the morale of these soldiers is extremely low, and most of them are farmers who have just taken up arms, if they do not want to be slaughtered on the battlefield and become a tool for others to be promoted, they must be trained for a long time, strictly, and systematically. At this point, everyone has already reached a common understanding, and Liu Zhang has also decided that in the next year, he will not take the initiative to start a war, but instead digest the big cake in Jingzhou with peace of mind, and the other is to reorganize the huge army surrender team.

The method was quickly taken out, and the soldiers and horses in the Hanzhong, Nanyang, and Jingdong theaters were reorganized and trained on the spot, and a large number of veterans were transferred from the original Yizhou army in the jurisdiction to serve as low-level officers such as captains, chiefs, and Dubo, so as to strengthen the control of the surrendered army;

Ten training camps were set up in Xiangyang, Jiangling, and Jingnan, and all the troops who were stranded in Jingzhou were disrupted and entered the training camps for training for more than half a year, and at the same time they were also responsible for public security in the hinterland of Jingzhou.

The soldiers of the Yizhou Recruit Training Camp have completed all the training and have been officially incorporated into the army, and now the training camp has been vacated, and the rebels captured during the rebellion brought back by Liu Zhang to Yizhou and Zhao Wei are also disrupted, and they can enter these four training camps for training. When the training is completed, he will be integrated into the armies together with the soldiers who came out of the Jingzhou training camp and officially become a member of Liu Zhang's army.

410,000 soldiers and horses seem to be a lot, but no one knows what will happen to the situation in the world in a year, even Liu Zhang doesn't know, because his little butterfly flapped its wings, and the general trend of the world is very different from history. It is enough for 410,000 soldiers and horses to hold the land of Yizhou and Jingzhou, but Liu Zhang and a large group of people under him are not willing to be in a corner of peace, and they must continue to open up until they complete the grand wish of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty. It was obviously impossible to achieve this wish with 410,000 soldiers and horses, and for this reason, they could not stand still, but must continue to recruit and train them into a group of tigers. However, it is not advisable to blindly use the army with reckless force, and once a large number of able-bodied people are conscripted into the army, the number of producers will be greatly reduced, and the lack of grain revenues and excessive taxes will appear one after another, which will greatly increase the burden on the people and cause unrest in society. Therefore, the most important issue is how much conscription can maximize the strength of Liu Zhang's army without increasing the burden on the people.

Xun Yu thought that with the potential of Yizhou, he could only recruit another 50,000 troops at most, otherwise it would affect the production of the Agricultural Bank. And out of these 50,000 people, the barbarians must reach 30,000. Liu Zhang knew that Yizhou was his foundation, and it was very important to maintain the long-term peace and stability of Yizhou, so he decided to compress this number, and issued a decree in Yizhou from today to recruit 30,000 soldiers within a month, and once this number was reached, the conscription would be stopped.

Under the rain and dew of the New Deal, the life of the barbarians has been greatly improved, but the living habits that have been passed down from generation to generation in the mountains and jungles for many years still have to affect them, and it is a very troublesome thing to make them accustomed to being busy in the fields for thousands of years of hunting for a living, because they are not skilled in farming, although the government has a support plan, but the harvest is still not very ideal, which makes some barbarians very frustrated. This sentiment is still under control, but if it continues to develop, this part of the barbarians will be dissatisfied, and they may probably gather a crowd to make trouble, or burrow into the deep mountains and forests again. As the master of Yizhou, Liu Zhang naturally did not want to see such a situation, and in order to guide them, it was best to call these people into the army. The barbarians are mostly strong and unruly, which is an excellent source of soldiers, in contrast, Liu Zhang prefers them to hold their weapons rather than hoes, so that he can not only get a good source of soldiers, but also strangle the uneasy factor in the cradle as much as possible, why not? As a result, Liu Zhang ordered the conscription to be mainly barbarians.

Compared with Yizhou, Jingzhou's war potential is even greater. Since the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Central Plains has been in constant turmoil, hundreds of people have moved their families into Jingzhou, which has greatly increased the population of Jingzhou, and after Liu Zhang's battle to cut down Jingzhou, a lot of farmland has been destroyed, many people have lost their homes, and there is no way to make a living, relying only on the government's relief is obviously not a long-term solution, according to Xun You and Guo Jia's estimates, it is not a difficult thing to recruit 70,000 or 80,000 recruits in Jingzhou. In this case, Liu Zhang's total strength will directly exceed 500,000, but he finally resisted this temptation. Yes, with the current situation in Jingzhou, not to mention 70,000 or 80,000, even 100,000 can be easily levied, but it is not a long-term way to fish with all his might, and he only approved the figure of 50,000 conscription.

Theoretically speaking, a year later, Liu Zhang will have 490,000 elites, and the goal of excavating the Qinling Mountains and reviving the Han Dynasty is undoubtedly one step further!