As the saying goes, "the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved", and today's Gao Ming is not a novice in war, of course he understands this truth.

Therefore, when the millions of troops gathered under the city of Luoyang, he sent people to hurry back to Chang'an, mobilized 100,000 quintals of grain, and at the same time drew 10 million copper coins from the treasury to requisition the people and buy grain and grass.

And when he led the army from Luoyang, he also ordered people to buy grain and grass along the way, and at the same time issued orders to more than a dozen Zhechong prefectures such as Puzhou, Jingzhaofu, Longzhou, and Ningzhou to recruit "volunteers".

The so-called "volunteers", as the name suggests, are not forcibly conscripted like military service, but are based on the self-will of the other party.

For Gao Ming's "alternative" recruitment, whether it is Li Ji, who was appointed by him as the deputy marshal, or Hou Junji and Ashinadur, who are the generals, they all feel that they are not very reliable.

But they forgot one thing, that is, in Datang, where all soldiers are farmers, since Gao Ming promulgated a new tax law and exempted agricultural taxes, it can be said that the entire Datang has become a supporter of Gao Ming.

In addition, Gao Ming treated the soldiers who conquered the Turks and the Liaodong Peninsula, and the subsidies continued every year, for the soldiers, where to find such a good prince

Therefore, when the order to recruit reinforcements from the Zhifu Prefecture was given, everyone knew that Gao Ming was recruiting troops, and when the army had already been mobilized, all the states along the way were boiling.

"His Majesty the Crown Prince is recruiting us"

"It is at this time to repay the prince's great kindness, and if you don't go at this time, when will you wait"

"Go Together"

For a while, regardless of whether they were in the military or not, men from more than a dozen states and counties flocked to Zhefu, squeezing it out, and all of them rushed to sign up, all asking to join the team of Gao Ming.

However, the ordnance and weapons of the Zhefu were simply insufficient, and in such a situation, the principals of the various Zhefu had to send someone to report the matter to Gao Ming and let him make up his mind.

When Gao Ming received the news, he immediately cried and laughed.

"If I'm not mistaken, the weapons of a dozen or so Orifu can arm at least 200,000 soldiers and horses, how many people have applied to become volunteers?"

"Going back, including those without military status, there are about 600,000 people"

"Ugh"

Hearing the other party's words, it was Gao Ming's turn to be shocked.

You must know that the Tang Dynasty can be regarded as a militarily powerful dynasty in history, and at its peak, the conventional strength reached more than 700,000.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty was a real threat to all countries, and all nations came to the court

But now Gao Ming is only recruiting soldiers in more than a dozen states and counties, and he has actually recruited soldiers close to this number, how can he not be surprised

But he soon came back to his senses, and then turned his head to look at his deputy commander Li Ji.

"What do you think about this?"

"Back to the crown prince, now we have 600,000 troops, but we only have 500,000 people, if we add another 600,000 troops, I am afraid that the logistics will be difficult to keep up."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Ji immediately hugged his fist at him, and then said his thoughts.

"There are also those who have not joined the military, who have not undergone formal training, and it is difficult to form a reliable combat force, but they need to consume food and grass like normal soldiers, please consider this."

Li Ji actually meant not to agree, but he didn't say it directly, but let Gao Ming think about it.

Gao Ming also understood what Li Ji meant, so he immediately nodded.

"I understand, the herald obeyed the order, immediately reported to the various folds, and gave priority to recruiting those with military status to enlist in the army, and those without military status, there are old people who need to be supported, there are young sons who need to be taken care of, and only sons in the family are not recruited, after removing these three conditions, the rest of the merit is recruited to become people's husbands, and the order goes."

"No"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the herald immediately agreed, and then mounted his war horse and galloped away.

Looking at the herald who quickly disappeared into the distance, Li Ji also smiled and arched his hand towards Gao Ming again.

"A good one three do not levy, the prince is merciful"

Hearing Li Ji's flattery, Gao Ming suddenly laughed, "Hahahaha, it's just human normal, why not set off?"

With that, he waved his horsewhip.

"Driving"

With a low shout, the red warhorse suddenly neighed, and then quickly ran forward.

Seeing this scene, Li Ji smiled slightly again, and also whipped the horse and chased after him.

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