In the second year of Guanghe, in mid-November, the civil strife among the Banyu barbarians, which had lasted for more than a month, was finally resolved in a slightly peaceful way, and did not cause the Banyu barbarians to rebel.

On this day, the weather was still warm, and from time to time there was a lot of chill brought by the autumn wind, and an army of more than 20,000 people slowly drove towards Jiangzhou County, Ba County. Most of the people in this army are equipped with the Han army's standard Xuan armor, and the weapons used in the phalanxes of each army are also distinct.

However, there were also nearly forty percent of the soldiers, unarmoured, armed with wooden shields and crossbows, wearing the unique costumes of the Han army, mixed in the middle of the Han army, and followed the Han army all the way.

That's right, this army is the Han army that returned from Langzhong County, in addition to most of the Bajun soldiers brought back by Fuquan, the rest is the 5,342 Banyu barbarians who were selected from the recruitment after the Han army's strict selection, and the 342 people who exceeded Liu Hong's regulations were all Banyu barbarians who did not meet the requirements of Fuquan's recruitment.

On the return journey, Fuquan ordered Guan Yu to lead 3,000 soldiers to stay in Langzhong, although this time he had almost smoked thousands of the most elite barbarians in Banyuman, but he still did not take it lightly, and still left Guan Yu and a group of men and horses to guard Langzhong. Considering the special geographical location of Langzhong, no matter what kind of accident happens, as long as Langzhong is guarded and the Micang Road and Jinniu Road are controlled by the Han army, there will be no big waves, and there will be no chaos in the banzhong, which will affect half of Yizhou.

It is precisely this reason why Shu Han let Zhang Fei defend Langzhong in history, after all, anyone who captures Langzhong County can use Micang Road and Jinniu Road to attack Yizhou. And Yizhou's mountainous natural hazards will also lose their advantages in front of these two ancient roads, so Langzhong is not only an important place in Ba County, but also the transportation hub of the entire Yizhou.

In the army, most of the more than 5,000 barbarian soldiers looked at the direction of Jiangzhou County with a longing face, fantasizing about what they would look like in the future as a Han army. They are all strong and energetic, and at first glance they are candidates for soldiers who have been carefully selected, and with a little training, they will undoubtedly be a strong army.

Ten days ago, Fuquan officially ordered the recruitment of troops after the first batch of recruited Banyu barbarians were sent by the Banyu Barbarian Qu Marshal. Considering that the Ban Yu barbarians are good at mountain walking, strong foot combat, and weak horse control, Fu Quan finally discussed with his subordinates, and the recruitment index set for the Ban Yu barbarians was to wear heavy armor, hold large shields, swords and spears, carry strong crossbows, bring ten-day rations, and travel 100 miles in half a day.

In fact, Fuquan's recruitment criteria are set for the Ban Yu barbarians, which is a bit of an imitation of Wei Wushu's meaning, after all, there are many Ban Yu barbarians who come to recruit, and if they are according to the usual Han army recruitment standards, most of them can be selected. That's why such a high standard was set, after all, aside from the iron shield, the Han army's standard armor is not light at all. This kind of iron armor with "cloak" and "vertical edge", the whole armor is made of more than 600 pieces of armor, weighing more than 40 catties, plus heavy shields, they need to carry about 50 catties of weight, and need to march 100 miles in half a day, this standard can be described as extremely harsh, and the standard of the elite infantry Wei Wushu selected by Wu Qi is almost not far behind.

It was precisely because of this harsh condition that many of the self-proclaimed Ban Yu barbarians who were easy to recruit were defeated with hatred, and also made the first batch of Ban Yu barbarians who came to send troops to be recruited, Qu Shuai, who was stunned, they didn't expect Fuquan to be so strict in selecting soldiers. I thought that by sending a group of clansmen, I could easily get the cost of recruiting troops in the Han Dynasty, but I didn't expect that in the end, they brought three batches of people back and forth to make up the number of 5,000 qualified recruits.

Of these 5,000 people, the Banyu people who surrendered with Dukang accounted for almost 20%, and I had to admire the physical fitness of these Banyu barbarians who fled with Dukang, and more than half of them could be selected by the Han army. Except for a few barbarians who complained and refused to obey orders, the rest of the people were very happy that they could join the Han army.

The barbarians who were originally extremely fighting with the Han army suddenly became very happy because they wanted to become the Han army, which seemed to be full of inconsistencies, but in fact, it was not, because these barbarians were interested in the rewards they could get after they were recruited.

In the environment of the conscription system, it is already a matter of course to rely on money and rewards to recruit soldiers and horses, and the barbarian soldiers who come to recruit are accustomed to this. Most of these barbarian soldiers who are willing to enlist, most of their families are not wealthy, otherwise they would not have sworn to follow Du Kang to resist, after all, if they didn't have no money and couldn't meet the taxes demanded by the officials of Ba County, they wouldn't necessarily be opposed. Now, although the funds for recruiting troops have to be deducted by Qu Shuai, the money they have in hand is still very considerable, so they will be happy.

As for the few Banyu barbarian commanders who surrendered, they were all appointed by Fuquan as fake military marquis, and they were inserted into the newly formed barbarian army, after all, these people were also the commanders of the Banyu barbarians before, and it was impossible to recruit them into the army without giving them a suitable position.

In this way, the position of the fake military marquis is just right, the position in the army is not low, and he is a deputy, which can not only appease these barbarians, but also prevent these people from holding real power and disagreeing again. And when they turn positive, it is estimated that they will no longer want to betray the Han, after all, he has eaten enough imperial food in the army and enjoyed the fancy world of the Han family, and if he wants to rebel again, he will be kicked in the head by a donkey.

In the distance, the familiar county town of Jiangzhou faintly emerged, and the soldiers of the Han army who had been marching for a few days couldn't help but shout. In this regard, the generals of the soldiers of all departments did not stop it, and Fu Quan did not give an order to reprimand. If it weren't for Fu Quan, as the main general, to pay attention to his appearance, he might have shouted, after all, the march was about to end, and everyone would be excited to set up camp and take a good rest.

Ten miles outside Jiangzhou County, I saw a group of people waiting from a distance to stand and watch, and when I looked closely, it was a group of officials from the Ba County Bureau, as well as officials from Jiangzhou County, who should have received the news from Fuquan that he was going to return to Jiangzhou City today, and specially came to wait.

The crowd in front of him gradually became clear, and suddenly, Fu Quan saw that there were many female dependents next to his subordinate officials, and the woman in the lead was someone he was familiar with, she was Liu Jian.

How did she get here?

"Wei Zhiwu's soldiers take it by degree, the armor of the three genera, the crossbow of the twelve stones, the negative arrow is fifty, the top is placed on it, the crown is with a sword, and the food for three days is won, and the day is in the middle of the hundred miles. The pilot test will restore the household and benefit the farmland. Excerpt from "Xunzi Parliamentary Chapter"

The way of selecting troops in the article is my own idea, carrying a weight of fifty catties, and traveling a hundred miles in half a day feels like it should be almost the standard of the ancient elite infantry.