0591: Suzaku Battalion
Law-abiding, fifty steps, ten husbands, twenty women, and ten children. Men and women were those who guarded the city, and there were six crossbows and four soldiers.
This is a record from [Mozi], and it is also the earliest record of female soldiers in the land of China. But think about it carefully, from the early Spring and Autumn Period, more than 140 vassal states, until the remaining Warring States Seven Heroes fought against each other. It seems not surprising that frequent wars have led to the presence of women on the battlefield. In fact, the description of this record can be called that all the people are soldiers, not only women, but also the elderly and children as long as they can hold weapons, they all have to go to the battlefield, how tragic?
Of course, in addition, there are many deeds of women appearing on the battlefield, but most of them are assisted by men, such as repairing fortifications, carrying grain and grass, cooking and even ...... Military prostitutes.
In addition, there is actually a women's unit under Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and there is such a paragraph in the [Historical Records]: "The woman who came out of the east gate of Rongyang City at night was 2,000 people. "Yes, a women's army of 2,000 people, this is the golden cicada's plan to get out of the shell when Liu Bang was trapped in Rongyang City by Xiang Ji in the past. Let this women's unit go out of the city from the east of the city, and run away with dozens of people.
Well? Requisitioned from among the people? This may sound likely, but it's unlikely. Because if more than 2,000 women were recruited from the city, then it could be said that there was basically one person from every household. In this case, will the people of Rongyang still follow Liu Bang? The hatred of killing his father and taking his wife, no matter how much Liu Bang was loved by the people at that time, it was impossible for the people to voluntarily sacrifice their wives and daughters, right?
And there is a difference between men and women, as long as the Chu army fights with this women's army, it will naturally be able to find that the other party is completely female. After all, a woman disguised as a man may not be able to find, but two thousand people ...... How could it not be found? In this way, if Liu Bang did not have such a women's team before, Xiang Ji would definitely guess Liu Bang's thoughts.
However, Liu Bang's women's unit is too mysterious, and there are really records of female soldiers going into battle to kill the enemy, but there are more foreign races, such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, or later Western Xia, Tufan, etc., all of which have formed women's units. It wasn't until the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the later period that a huge female army appeared, with a total of 100,000 people! Well, although their fate was very miserable......
The reason why this is so, as Li Yi said, is that if women and men are compared as soldiers, the disadvantages are very obvious. Even if you don't have to compare anything else, strength and endurance alone are enough to kill. After all, it's just a small soldier, and most of the time it's strength and endurance. In such a situation, who would use a woman as a soldier instead of a man?
Well, it's not for nothing, but not much, though. How so? Basically, there will always be a few people in the emperors of all dynasties to train the palace maids into soldiers. But that kind of thing is not so much for protection as for satisfying the evil taste of the emperor.
This is also the reason why Lu Wen said that, but because Li Yi came up with a full set of plans, Lu Wen didn't feel that Li Yi was really just trying to satisfy his bad taste. After all, if that was really the case, it would be impossible for Lu Wen to take on this task. However, just Lu Wen understands that it is obviously not enough.
"Son-in-law, what do you mean by making this Suzaku Camp? Isn't it meant to be for your own fun? But 3,000 is too exaggerated, right? And also according to the configuration of the Wushuang battalion? How much does that cost?! Although the current situation in the territory is very good, even if you want to have fun, you have to have a degree, right? After the news spread, Cai Yong came directly to the door, and what he did was to question him.
Well...... In the entire Luoyang City, I'm afraid only Cai Yong dares to do this, right?
"My uncle laughed, how could my son-in-law be for fun? And with so many wives and concubines around his son-in-law who are better than immortals, how could they make a female barracks for fun? Li Yi chuckled when he heard this.
"It's not for fun, do you really think those women can go into battle after some training? It can even be compared to the Musou Battalion?! Hearing Li Yi's words, Cai Yong immediately retorted angrily.
"I know that Lingqi's martial arts are far superior to those of ordinary men, and even Gongzhi's son is no match for them. But is Lingqi an ordinary woman? In the entire territory and even the whole world, how many people can be like Lingqi? Cai Yong shook his head and sighed, "Moreover, if the virtuous son-in-law just doesn't want Lingqi to mix in the barracks, he can get an ordinary women's unit to be his commander, according to the configuration of the Wushuang Battalion, it is too much." ”
Well, according to Cai Yong's thoughts, the reason why Li Yi did this was not only for his own fun, but also for Lu Wen. This is also very understandable, it is a very strange thing for a woman to stay in a barracks full of men all day, even if she is a military marquis or even a Sima in the army.
In fact, this is the second thought that pops up in the minds of those who know about it.
"Don't be angry, uncle, although the son-in-law intends to do this, there is a reason." Li Yi said with a smile when he heard this, and as he spoke, he said something about the training method he had studied.
"With such training, even a weak woman can become an elite soldier. And in the eyes of the son-in-law, women are better than men in some aspects. Li Yi explained with a smile, "Moreover, isn't it better and more convenient to use female soldiers to protect the female relatives in the family?" In some ways, women's loyalty is also more likely to increase than men's. ”
"This ......" Cai Yong heard this, and a trace of hesitation suddenly appeared on his face. Because it sounds like Li Yi's training method is really good, not only suitable for women, but also more likely to train it into an elite as he said.
After a long while, Cai Yong shook his head and sighed, "Virtuous son-in-law, you can do it yourself, as long as it's not nonsense...... After speaking, he left directly.
Looking at Cai Yong's departing back, Li Yi smiled helplessly, and then got up and walked to the conference hall. There, Xun Yu and the others were still waiting for Li Yi's explanation.
Finally persuaded everyone, Li Yi returned to the inner courtyard, but he wanted to have a good rest, but after seeing the puzzled eyes cast by Cai Yan and other women, he immediately smiled bitterly. Obviously, he had to explain again.
Well, now Li Yi really regrets it, why should he add such a sentence if he has nothing to do. Because if I hadn't added that sentence, I'm afraid there wouldn't be so many things now, right?
Still, huh...... Well, Li Yi admits that he did have a disgraceful idea at that time, but this is also human nature. After all, if you can choose, who doesn't want to face all pretty beautiful girls?
"In fact, there is another advantage to this, if the Suzaku Camp can indeed meet the standards of the Musou Camp, then can women also become the masters of the academy, or even the doctors of the hospital? Even if it is only the lowest level, it is enough to greatly increase the talent in the territory. Li Yi put his arm around Cai Yan and kept explaining to the women, "And when they leave the barracks, with the money they have accumulated over the years, they will be able to marry a better family." Even their children will become better because of their parents' talents......"
"Humph! I think the biggest purpose of the lord to set up the Suzaku camp is to make it easier for the lord to do that shameful thing unscrupulously anywhere, right? Diao Chan muttered with a small mouth when she heard this.
As soon as these words came out, without waiting for Li Yi to refute, the women beside him immediately nodded one after another, and almost echoed it.
"Am I the kind of person who is extravagant?" Li Yi glared at Diao Chan angrily and said.
"Hehe, although the gentleman has always practiced good governance, the local officials and the common people also respect the gentleman very much. But when the word "exclamity" is applied to gentlemen, I'm afraid they won't object to it, right? Hearing Li Yi's words, Cai Yanjiao, who was lying in his arms, smiled.
"Yes, yes, if the lord is not a prostitution, I'm afraid no one can be considered a man, right?"
"And I heard that many people in the people are saying that the lord likes the little girl the most......"
"I've heard about it too~"
As soon as Cai Yan spoke, all the women immediately chattered and laughed, obviously Cai Yan was first, but they didn't have to worry about Li Yi being angry.
"You girls!" Li Yi heard the laughter of the women, and immediately pounced on the women angrily, "Since you all said so, then I'll be ridiculous!" ”
For a while, screams and laughter continued to sound in the courtyard, and finally turned into bursts of seductive moans.
Things seem to have subsided under Li Yi's explanation? Naturally, it is impossible, on the contrary, this matter has a tendency to become more and more intense. Especially, when Lu Wen officially recruited soldiers from all over the country, the scale and the remarks seemed to be not to recruit soldiers, but to choose concubines for Li Yi.
Under the entire rule of Li Yi, from the state to the Sili, from the Hu people after sinicization to those refugees who fled to Li Yi's rule, as long as there were unmarried women in the family, they were sent to the local officials in charge of the matter, and after some screening, they were collectively sent to Luoyang.
But it's no wonder, after all, this kind of thing sounds like Li Yi wants to choose some beauties. Even if it's just the identity of a soldier, but a personal guard! Will there be fewer opportunities to get close to Li Yi? If something happens to Li Yi, even if he can't be included as a concubine, his life will change dramatically in an instant.
In this regard, Li Yi was also quite helpless, and could only comfort himself with the words "time will prove everything". Well, what else could he do?
But having said that, among the effects of this incident, there is also one thing that makes Li Yi feel more comforted, that is, whether it is the people under his rule or the officials, there is no complaint or even scolding because of this incident. At most, it's just some ridiculous words.
This is the result of Li Yi's good governance over the years and the reputation he has created.
However, those hostile forces will naturally not let go of this matter, such as Ma Teng. After the news came out, soon Jing Zhaoyin and other places spread all kinds of rumors about how Li Yi was lustful. It's just that the effect doesn't seem to be as good as Ma Teng expected.
"Why is this happening?! Didn't Dong Zhuo make a big fuss by those scholars because of his absurdity in the past? ! Ma Teng couldn't understand.
"It's been said a long time ago that this thing won't work. That Li Yi has been practicing good governance for many years, and he has gathered nearly a million people. Even if this kind of person is lustful, the people will not care. Zhang Ning on the side said lightly, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone. Because this matter was insisted on by Ma Teng under her opposition.
"Alas, don't I also want to share my wife's worries?" After Ma Teng heard Zhang Ning's dissatisfied tone, he hurriedly changed his sycophantic attitude and said.
"Well, I naturally know the heart of a gentleman." Zhang Ning nodded when he heard this, and then took out two volumes from a stack of Jian Ce and handed them to Ma Tengdao, "Shoucheng, these two things are more critical, you can deal with them yourself." What should be done, I have already written on it. ”
After speaking, he no longer paid attention to Ma Teng, but re-immersed himself in various government affairs. Jing Zhaoyin's situation became more and more chaotic, which made Zhang Ning have to take over the handling of various government affairs in person, but unfortunately, she herself was not good at these, but ...... In her opinion, it is better than letting Ma Teng toss blindly.
Hearing this, Ma Teng didn't speak, but silently took Jian Ce and left. But just as he walked out of the door, Zhang Ning's voice came out of the house, "Shoucheng, Zhong Xuan, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, has come to visit you a few times during this time, but I pushed you back." You have to pay attention, too, because maybe the doctors are starting to sit still again......"
"Hmm." Hearing this, Ma Teng nodded without looking back, and at the same time made a sound that he could only hear, and strode out.
At the same time, Zhang Yan of Montenegro was in the dock fort.
"Li Yi actually plans to form a women's unit? And it is required to be a beautiful woman? Zhang Yan looked at the information in his hand strangely and muttered.
After a long while, Zhang Yan suddenly muttered to herself, "Perhaps, those lustful rumors about Li Yi are true?" ”
"Lord, I think this matter should be true, but for the sake of stability, I should investigate first." Zhen Yan said respectfully when he heard this.
"Hmm...... But is it really useful to curry favor with Li Yi through beauty? Zhang Yan groaned when she heard this.
"My lord, beauty is just a means of showing affection. If the lord really led more than a million people in Montenegro to take refuge in Na Li Yi, would he really refuse? Zhen Yan hurriedly said when he heard this.
Hearing Zhen Yan's words, Zhang Yan glanced at him and Zhen Yao, who was silent on the side, and after a deep groan, he sighed and said, "In that case, I'll leave this matter to you, first inquire about the specific situation, and then think about what to do next." ”
After speaking, Zhang Yan said in a deep voice, "In addition, send someone to Youzhou to tell that Gongsun Zhan, and let him hurry up to quell the rebellion in Youzhou!" If we continue like this, we're all doomed! In the end, Zhang Yan's tone was full of dissatisfaction and anger.