On the day when Lu Bu led the army back, Li Mu, the head of the mercenary union, came to see Li Zheng.

As a veteran under Li Zheng, Li Mu is in charge of the mercenary union, but he has been very busy in the past few years. Just like Zhao Wu, Li Mu's ability is insufficient, and many things are not at ease, so he has to handle them personally.

"Lord!"

Li Mu bowed respectfully, and then knelt down and sat down at Li Zheng's signal.

"How do you have time to see me today?" Li Zheng smiled: "You, you're almost the same as Zhao Wu, where are you so busy?" If there's anything to do, just leave it to the people below to do. ”

Li Mu smiled: "Isn't it reassuring." ”

Li Zheng shook his head, expressing helplessness.

"My lord, please see," Li Mu said with a stack of words on the ground, "Your Majesty has come to see your lord this time, just for this matter." ”

Li Zheng opened the text, took a closer look, and thought about it slightly.

It turned out that the number jù on the text presented by Li Mu was the specific casualty of the mercenary soldiers registered in the mercenary union over the years.

Mercenaries are a dangerous industry.

Official missions, in particular, are the most dangerous, although lucrative.

After the system was upgraded, the requirements for various raw materials were also higher, and the official tasks issued by Li Zheng related to the collection of raw materials and herbs of various dangerous wild animals had to be found in the more wild mountains and old forests.

In this era, many mountains, forests and wilderness were primitive environments and extremely dangerous. If you're not careful, you'll die.

Therefore, it is inevitable that the mercenaries will be killed and injured.

Seeing this article, since the establishment of the Mercenary Guild, its casualty rate has been very stable since then, but this year, it has been rising in a straight line!

Li Mu said that although mercenaries have been engaged in this industry since they started to put their heads on their waists, they are also the people under Li Zheng's command, as long as they don't make mistakes. should have a certain amount of life support.

Therefore, Li Mu consulted the opinions of many outstanding mercenaries and other major figures in the mercenary union, and finally proposed to the lord Li Zheng to open up the defensive equipment to the mercenaries.

"What do you mean. Open the first tier armor to mercenaries? ”

Li Zheng asked.

Li Mu nodded and said, "The casualties of mercenaries have a lot to do with large beasts, if the mercenaries can be equipped with armor, they must be able to greatly reduce this casualty and improve the survival rate of mercenaries." ”

Li Zheng bowed slightly. Then he said: "There is always a reason for the skyrocketing mortality rate of mercenaries. It has been stable for so many years, and this year is so abrupt, there must be a reason. Your mercenary union, have you found anything in your investigation? ”

Li Mu frowned, shook his head and said, "The mercenaries who were killed and wounded this year were all wiped out. Often, after a team goes out, no one comes back. As for the solitary ones, it's even more impossible, so we haven't got any specific information yet. After all, the mercenaries are operating in the deep mountains and old forests, and they want to find a reason. It's too hard. ”

Li Zheng nodded, but his heart jumped suddenly.

He seemed to grasp something, but it was only fleeting.

Immediately, Li Zheng paid attention to it, and made a decision in his heart: "Okay, I agreed to the request of the mercenary union and the mercenaries." ”

After a pause, Li Zheng said again: "You first tell me about the scale of the mercenary union now, and then I will make a decision according to the situation." ”

Li Mu showed a smile and said, "Now the mercenary union has spread to any county in the lord's territory. Each county has a branch of the guild. At the end of last year, the total number of registered mercenaries reached more than 30,000, and there were thousands of large and small mercenary teams."

After listening to Li Mu's detailed explanation. Li Zheng bowed slightly, thought for a while, and said: "The number of mercenaries is more than 30,000, but it is impossible to equip all mercenaries with armor, you have to understand this." ”

Li Mu nodded.

"Well, you'll have my warrant later. Go to the military warehouse of the Central Legion and extract 2,000 sets of first-order heavy armor and 3,000 sets of first-order leather armor, for a total of 5,000 sets. The number and probability of the mercenary's task completion and the mercenary's level and contribution will be distributed as appropriate. ”

"Whoa!"

At the end of May of the first year of Jian'an, Li Mu, a first-class major general and head of the mercenary union, wrote to Li Zheng, requesting that a certain number of first-order armor be opened to the mercenary union.

There are three reasons for its public announcement.

First, the official tasks issued by the mercenary union are becoming more and more demanding, and the raw materials and wild things involved need to be captured in the poor mountains and bad waters. The environment in these places is treacherous, and the beasts are ferocious, especially in the recent period, there have been incidents of total annihilation of mercenary teams. In order to avoid and mitigate such casualties, mercenaries need to be better equipped.

Second, the Mercenary Guild is a subordinate body of the military department, and should also enjoy some military treatment.

Third, as the army gradually changes to second-order armor, the first-order armor is facing the elimination of the situation, and it is better to use waste and equip it with mercenaries.

Speaking of the second-order armor, Li Zheng has already obtained its drawings a long time ago. However, because the number of second-order warhorses is too small, it has not been mass-produced.

However, since the beginning of this year, at the request of Li Zheng, the forging center has begun to mass-produce second-order armor. It is mainly based on the production of Hetu war cavalry armor.

Li Zheng was going to gradually recognise the soldiers in the second-order Hetu battle cavalry armor for the infantry soldiers, so the first-order armor soldiers were facing a situation of elimination.

As for the first-order warhorse, there is no way to completely change the outfit. The armor of the second-order war horse, except for the soldier part, can be used to change clothes, but the mount part can not be used.

Because of the difference in size between the second-order war horse and the first-order war horse, it is not suitable at all, even if you reluctantly change your clothes, I am afraid that it will become a drag on the mount.

So for the time being, the cavalry troops can't completely change their outfits, but the foot soldiers don't have this restriction.

The army changes its outfit, and the first-order armor that is replaced is basically useless, unless it is rebuilt. And to distribute it to the mercenaries, it is also to make the best use of it.

There was also a vague feeling in Li Zheng's heart, which prompted him to agree to Li Mu's request.

As soon as the news of this heavy dà came out, immediately, the mercenary union was boiling!

Subsequently, the terms and restrictions on receiving armor were soon issued to the branches of the various mercenary guilds. After all, armor is a military weapon, very dangerous, if it is not properly managed, causing some unnecessary trouble, it will not be good.

So you have to have a degree

It is located in the southeast of Yizhou County (not Yizhou, but a county of Yizhou, also called Yizhou County), east of Yongchang County. In terms of geographical orientation, it is located directly south of Yizhou and north of the Indochina Peninsula.

The southern part of Yizhou is vast and sparsely populated, and the environment is mostly primitive, in which all kinds of rare wild and medicinal resources are very rich, and many wild objects and medicinal materials required for official missions can be found here. And here is close to Jiaozhou, next to Jiaozhi County, so the southeastern corner of Qiqi County, close to Jiaozhi County and the new Xike County of the Indochina Peninsula, has become a gathering place for mercenaries and mercenary teams from many surrounding counties.

Half of the mercenaries here are originally from the southwest of Zhuxi, and now they are slave Han Chinese. These people are well versed in the way of survival in the jungle and know the jungle best, so as mercenaries, they are like fish in water, and many of them have made a fortune because of this.

Therefore, although Xike County was newly built, it quickly became prosperous because of it.

"Brother Erniu, what's the good thing about being in such a hurry?"

Several mercenaries were slightly drunk, with their chests and abdomen exposed, and they knew at a glance that they had just come out of the restaurant. These people saw that many of their peers on the street were in a hurry, and they felt strange in their hearts, and hurriedly stopped an acquaintance.

"How many of you don't know yet?" The second cow was surprised for a moment, and said, "Our General Li has given an order to equip our mercenaries with armor!" Do you know what armor is?! ”

"That's good equipment for a soldier!"

"You didn't coax me?!"

"Dog's only coax you!" Er Niu scolded and said, "This is a quota, and for the first time this year, there are only 5,000 sets of armor for our mercenaries!" See, those guys are all going to the armor! Don't stop me, I'm going to hurry. ”

Before he finished speaking, Erniu ran away.

Hearing this, several people looked at each other, shouted, hurriedly threw off their pace, and ran towards the mercenary union like the wind.

"First-order armor, I envy the dead!"

"That's it, look at those who are soldiers, that one is majestic, tsk, now we also have a chance to be majestic."

"Just like a bear, still majestic?"

In the hall of the branch of the Xike County Mercenary Union, it can be described as full of people and lively.

Countless mercenaries crowded together, almost crowding the empty hall, and outside the gate, there were many mercenaries standing on tiptoe and looking through, unable to enter the door.

"Mercenaries, please be quiet!"

The person in charge of the Xike County branch came out at this time and shouted: "Everyone, be quiet, don't crowd, regarding the equipment of the first-order armor, our mercenary union will post a notice immediately!" ”

Hearing this, the mercenaries immediately turned around and swarmed out of the hall again.

The mercenary union is close to the county office, and next to it is the county square. The notices of the mercenary unions are always posted on the notice board next to the square.

In just a few moments, hundreds of mercenaries gathered around the notice board, all looking forward to it.

The person in charge of the mercenary guild walked out of the hall with the flow of people, and the mercenaries hurriedly got out of the way, went to the side of the notice board, and posted the notice, and then turned to face the mercenaries and began to explain.

"First of all, this time, our lord General Li is equipped with 5,000 sets of armor for the Mercenary Guild, including 2,000 heavy armor and 3,000 leather armor."

"Our Xike County Branch, as the largest and most important guild branch in Yizhou, has obtained a quota of 1,000 sets."

"Next, I'll explain to the big guy the conditions and requirements for getting armor."

"Based on the general situation of all the mercenaries in Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Yizhou and Guanzhong, only mercenaries above the first and third level are eligible to obtain armor equipment."

"This is a prerequisite. Second, the contribution to the Mercenary Guild must reach more than 3,000 to be eligible for armor. ”

"Third, if the contribution value does not reach three thousand, if the merit value can reach one hundred, you are also eligible to obtain armor."

"Fourth, the top ten mercenary teams in the Xike County Branch will receive armor." (To be continued.) )