Of course, with the return of Chen Hai, the recruitment of the Lu army also began to speed up.

In just half a month, Guo Ye's recruited 5,000 people!

When this data was put on Guo Ye's desk, even Guo Ye was shocked, why are there so many people!

Guo Ye looked at Ding Ruchang on the ground, Ding Ruchang smiled bitterly: "My lord, first, Shandong is too poor now, many ordinary people can't eat, being a soldier, at least you can ensure three meals a day, not starving to death, and some military salaries can supplement your family, so there are naturally more people who are willing to become soldiers; Second, the adult's fame is too great, now that Jinan City has spread, the new governor is the flying general who fought the foreign devils, which one has ambition, and the young man who wants to get ahead does not follow the adult and win a reputation in the future? Third, the twist bandits entered Shandong, but the damage to the Shandong territory was not light, and many ordinary people wanted to be able to join the army and drive the twist bandits out of Shandong, because there were so many talents who signed up to join the army. In the past half a month, the number of applicants we have registered has approached 20,000, and these 5,000 people are also carefully selected by us, the youngest is not less than 16 years old, and the oldest is not more than 35 years old, all of whom are shrewd and capable, and have a vigorous ......."

Guo Ye shook his head with a wry smile and replied: "No, no matter how good the soldiers are, we can't recruit them all, five thousand people, how can we afford them now?" Eating, drinking, and Lazar, plus the expenditure of money, the number is too huge, the court will not give us a penny, if we sit and eat empty, it won't be long before it will be over! ”

Ding Ruchang's face was full of embarrassment, the soldiers were recruited, and he couldn't afford to raise them, which was really speechless......

Guo Ye gritted his teeth and said, "From today." Stop recruiting, organize 5,000 men into two regiments and cavalry battalions, train them with all their might, take out the most severe training, send people to audit, and rank the last 2,000 men. Eliminate them all, I just need elite soldiers! ”

Ding Ruchang was taken aback and replied: "General, this, you might as well dismiss them now, so that they will not be disappointed, and after we recruit them, we will want to dismiss them." But it's difficult, if you don't do it, these people will make trouble! ”

Guo Ye said in a deep voice: "No, all of them are recruited, I still know some of the little tricks below, there must be unqualified people among them, who want to fish in troubled waters." There are even shoddy ones. I just want to use the most severe training to squeeze out all the water in it, and it's a big deal to take out 10,000 taels of silver, and all those who have been laid off. Reissue five taels of severance pay, in a word, I only need elite soldiers, 3,000 people, one to top two! ”

Guo Ye is right. Even under his rule, there will still be cheating and tricks, especially the middle and lower-level officers below, who are all selected temporarily, who knows what the temperament of these people is?

In this way, the strength of 5,000 people was assigned to two regiments and one battalion, but these two regiments and one battalion were really bloated, and Guo Ye had to temporarily disrupt the original organizational arrangements and resettle them.

Five thousand people were divided into fifty companies for strict training, almost the elite of Baoding Town brought by Guo Ye, each supervised a hundred people, even so, it still couldn't be managed, Guo Ye had to call Kurha over, and the four hundred cavalry of Kurha, except for one hundred cavalry into the cavalry battalion, the remaining three hundred people were all arranged into various companies to assist the soldiers of Baoding Town in training!

As soon as it came up, it was a large-scale military training, fifteen miles of cross-country running, ten miles of weight-bearing running, military fighting, military skills, all of which pressed the recruits up! Of course, in order to replenish enough energy for these soldiers and maintain their physical strength, during the training of the army, all the people are open to provide food, not only to keep you full, but also to eat pork, and even to the top of the ranking, to provide beef!

All the company commanders all threatened that the treatment of the training army is so good, as long as there is a chance to stay, there is a chance to eat meat and drink wine! However, the training of the army absolutely does not raise waste, only the real elite are qualified to enjoy all this! Those who rank in the bottom 40 in the assessment results during the training will all be eliminated, and there are only 3,000 people in the entire training army, no matter what you come from, as long as the training is not qualified, all will be eliminated!

Almost all the recruits are desperate, a hundred out forty! Such a ratio is really terrifying! However, they also know that the treatment of the training army is really good, it is much higher than that of the green battalion soldiers, as long as the recruitment is successful and stays in the barracks, then there is an iron rice bowl, and the family, wives and children do not have to worry about having no food!

There is almost no need for the generals above to put pressure on these people, these people have already begun to train desperately, there is pressure, there will be motivation, there will be motivation, there will be results!

In the blink of an eye, nearly a month has passed, almost all of the people's achievements have been revealed, the quality of this batch of soldiers is so high, it is really jaw-dropping, under heavy pressure, almost everyone's potential has burst out, those with excellent results, and even have begun to approach the soldiers of Baoding Town, this is the advantage of the last elimination system, natural selection, survival of the fittest!

Looking at the report sent by Chen Hai, Guo Ye smiled with satisfaction, during this time, Jiang Chen Hai was not tired, he became the head shopkeeper, and the burden was almost all on this little brother's body, and this tempering also made him mature a lot.

Guo Ye said in a deep voice: "Yes, Xiaohai, there has been progress." The order is to go down, each company, the top five in the performance assessment, all concentrated, I want to focus on training! The rest of the personnel did not move, and the thirty-five people behind were all dismissed, and they were given severance pay, five taels of silver per person, and these people worked hard for a month, and they also needed to be compensated for something. ”

Chen Hai hurriedly nodded in agreement and asked, "Brother Ye, the guns and ammunition that Minister Hua Ruohan ordered for me have arrived, should we immediately devote ourselves to training?" ”

Guo Ye nodded and replied, "Yes, everyone receives a rifle and ten rounds of ammunition, how to train, you should know, right?" According to the old rules, train their marksmanship, if the marksmanship is not up to par, directly cut out, let the alternate candidate be replaced, in the future war, firearms are the first, without superb marksmanship, it is not good to be a soldier! ”

Chen Hai shouted: "Yes, Brother Ye! ”

Guo Ye looked at this summary and was very satisfied, not only the newly recruited training army, but also the four hundred cavalry of Kurha, in this training, they were also very well sharpened, the originally lazy Mongolian cavalry is now clearly disciplined, and it is completely different from before!

What kind of general, what kind of soldier will there be!

(To be continued.) )