Rewards, publicity, hype, conscription......

Behind this series of actions, it has attracted the attention of people with hearts.

The various officials in the court of Cangguo have already sensed some of the smell of war, because whether it was rushing to aid Shen or Zheng in the Northern Expedition, they did so before the war.

It's just that, compared with the previous two times, this time it is more gentle, and both the army and the preparation of strategic materials are very secretive.

Are you going to war with Dasheng Kingdom?

There is such a question in the hearts of the officials, if there is to be a war, the opponent of Cangguo can only be Dasheng State.

At present, there are 80,000 soldiers in Cangguo, and if we recruit more soldiers, it will exceed 100,000, and it is extremely abnormal for a country with more than 3 million people to raise so many troops in the peaceful era.

So, the only possibility is to go to war.

Such a speculation made the merchants of various countries restless, because in the war and chaos in the past, there was no humanity and rules at all, especially these rich merchants, who had no security in the war, and after being captured by the army, they could easily prevaricate by making an excuse that they died in the war.

As a result, some businessmen began to retreat, although the interests are large, after all, they are not as important as small lives.

Just when the outside world was suspicious, the court of Cangguo issued an official document, saying that it was only for defense needs to build a new army, and only when the army was strong could Cangguo ensure domestic stability and provide a stable environment for merchants from all over the world.

Impeccable reasons.

In this way, the dissent in the imperial city finally died down a little.

At least, from the current point of view, Cangguo and Dasheng really have no reason to go to war, and there is a big gap in the strength of the two sides.

Besides, with the current strength of Cangguo, it is also the bottom of the major vassal states, and in the case of the medium-sized country of Dasheng State, there are more than 500,000 troops on the bright side.

More importantly, at present, the pre-military system is generally practiced in various countries, which is similar to the reserve in later generations, and those soldiers who have retired from the army and some government troops who have been trained are all registered, and once the war is in a state of stalemate, they will be called up and a new army will be quickly raised.

It sounds like it is similar to the peasant soldier system, but in terms of the quality and rules of the soldiers, there is a huge difference.

It can be said that the reserve army system is an upgraded version of the peasant soldiers, and once they are formed, their strength is not much weaker than that of the regular army on active duty.

So in comparison, the strength of Cangguo is not strong, and it is impossible to deliberately provoke any war.

The impact of conscription has weakened a lot at once.

Just when the imperial city of Cangguo was boiling, the four major legions had already begun a vigorous transformation.

First of all, it is the expansion.

The establishment of the four major legions was expanded from 5,000 to 20,000, and the rebel army of Zheng Guo and the newly recruited soldiers were incorporated together.

Second, it is the reorganization of the services.

As we all know, in the Northern Expedition, there were two kinds of weapons that were very frightening to the enemy, that is, catapults and repeaters, after seeing the power of these two, after some discussion among the generals of the major legions, it was suggested that in each of the four major legions, there was a weapon team, mainly to control the crossbows and catapults.

This suggestion was supported by Yang Mu, so he ordered the Ministry of Industry to speed up the production of these two kinds of ordnance, and in each of the four major legions, a team of 3,000 people was placed, named the Combat Weapons Team.

Finally, there's the matter of adding new troops.

This is a brand new army, composed of the elite drawn from the four major legions to form the backbone, and then selected from the new recruits to form a brave soldier, after a variety of assessments, qualified to join.

The screening conditions are, under the age of 40, more than 7 feet 5 inches in length, strong physique, more than ordinary people, agile and agile, advancing and retreating, daring to climb hills, taking risks, overwhelming the enemy, and chaotic public.

Compared to the size of the other four major legions, this legion is not very impressive, only 10,000 people at full strength.

However, the high price of building is the total of four legions!

It's named - Kirin Army!

It's not a regular infantry army, it's a whole new branch of the army - cavalry!

Originally, the generals were also skeptical of it, and in the battlefields of various countries, the greater role of the horse was a flexible means of transportation, and when the two armies were at war, it played a small role.

It is no wonder that, just like ancient China, before the Zhao Wuling King Hufu cavalry shooting, the land of China did not form such a military branch as cavalry, until the Zhao State rose strongly with cavalry, broke through the forest and Hu in the north, built the Great Wall, and built the high gate for the fortress. After destroying the Zhongshan State that had been oppressing it, and the cavalry troops of the Zhao State achieved great success, all countries began to pay attention to it and look at the scenery.

During the Warring States period, cavalry was used as an auxiliary wing force of infantry, cooperating with vehicles and infantry to drive deep into the long distance, cutting off the enemy's food routes, chasing the enemy's defeated soldiers, or attacking the enemy's two wings, or covering the front and rear of the enemy, becoming the most active military force at that time.

Until the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, a large number of northern nomads entered the Central Plains, the use of cavalry reached a higher peak, and all warring parties used cavalry on a large scale, cavalry became the most important type of troops on the battlefield, and cavalry also developed to the era of heavy cavalry.

Due to the constant military collisions with the northern nomads, the cavalry was greatly continued, and during this period, a very important thing was invented - the stirrup.

The stirrup can be said to be an epoch-making invention that has greatly contributed to human civilization.

The appearance of stirrups makes the close-range combat of the cavalry easier, and has the place to borrow strength, which is conducive to the long-distance march of the cavalry, and can more effectively play the advantages of good mobility and strong impact of the cavalry.

As a result, it directly led to the emergence of knights in the west, the emergence of cavalry armies in the east, and the heavy cavalry was once very popular.

After the Sui and Tang dynasties, whether the cavalry was strong or not had become an important measure of a country's army.

For example, in the Song Dynasty, the horse-producing areas in the northwest were basically lost, so the Song Dynasty could never meet the needs of buying horses in the border land, changing horses or setting up shepherds, or Wang Anshi's change of law, so there was never a strong cavalry, which was always pressed and rubbed on the ground by the northern nomads.

Then to Mongolia, and then to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the strength of cavalry was a very important reason, and the Han army, which was not good at horse warfare on the frontal battlefield, could basically only barely compete with the strength and number of troops.

Historically, the slip of the tongue that "the Jurchens are less than 10,000 and are invincible" is not groundless, and the Manchu army mentioned here refers to the cavalry.

Of course, this whole set of truths, Yang Mu couldn't explain it clearly to the generals.

However, the facts can prove it!

So, a strange competition appeared.