"Brother Jing, it's so hard to make Li Xin wait!" Li Xin saw that the person on the horse was really Li Jing, and the joy in his heart could not be expressed in words.

Li Jing on the war horse also saw Li Xin's appearance, and soon saw the rabbit leg in Li Xin's hand, not only did he not have any displeasure on his face, but a warm current surged in his heart, which is enough to show that Li Xin attaches great importance to himself, and after seeing his arrival, he didn't even have time to prepare for these details.

"The Grand Governor." Li Jing jumped off his horse, bowed his hand to Li Xin, and said, "The Governor of the Metropolitan is going to the Western Regions, and there are few soldiers and horses in his hands, so I don't know if I can have an old soldier under my command?" ”

"The old pawn can't do it, but there is a lack of a general, can Brother Jing serve as it?" Li Xin saw that Li Jing came late at night and knew his plan, but when he said it from Li Jing's mouth at this time, he was still very happy in his heart, and he didn't want to say it.

"Thank you, Governor." Li Jing laughed and laughed.

"Please." Li Xinli suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Brother Jing is not coming, even if my Li Xin is a delicious food, it tastes the same as chewing wax, wasting some of that kid's skills, and now that Brother Jing is here, it just so happens that you and I will have this bonfire, drink some wine, eat something, and chat for a night, how about it?" ”

"Dare to disobey." Li Jing didn't want to think about it, nodded and said. He also has a lot of things to talk to Li Xin, in the past, it was because of his identity, but now that he has become Li Xin's subordinate, before going to the Western Regions, there are some things to make clear, he is eager to go to the Western Regions to make contributions, since Li Xin gave him this platform, he naturally has to make good use of it.

"Brother Jing, please." Li Xin said to Ma Wu with a smile: "Ma Wu, from now on, Brother Jing will be the deputy general of our Western Army, and he is also the deputy commander of the military academy with the camp. ”

"I've seen the general." Although Ma Wu and the others were dissatisfied with Li Jing's attitude, when they saw him come to chase Li Xin late at night, this bad attitude disappeared without a trace, but they still had some doubts about his ability.

"Everyone's free!" Li Jing waved his hand and couldn't wait to ask: "Metropolitan Governor, what is this military academy with the camp?" ”

"When I Li Xin first joined the army, I found that there were very few literate officers and soldiers in the army, although the generals and colonels in the army were all pointed out by the imperial court, but you also know that most of these people were born in families, especially above the captains. At the beginning, I was very young, and these guys didn't agree with me, so I established the Suiying Military Academy, teaching them martial arts and marching strategies while fighting, and letting people teach them to read and write. These people may not be able to compare with military masters like Brother Jing, but as long as Brother Jing can be successful, all the people will unite together, maybe even Brother Jing can't bear it! Li Xin said with a smile. There is also some smugness in the tone, there are still very few people who think like Li Xin, and even fewer take action, and there are broom treasures in any era.

"The general's foresight is shocking, and Li Jing admires it." Li Jing glanced at Li Xin deeply, and he knew at this time why Zhang Chuchen, the red-whisked woman, said that Li Xin was different from others, and I am afraid that no one else would teach the art of war to the officers and soldiers in the army like Li Xin. Although this is one of the means of cultivating one's own cronies, it also benefits the other side and improves the combat effectiveness of the entire army.

"There is no one in the hand, so it has to be." Li Xin smiled bitterly. The key is that he has too few people on his hands, otherwise, where would he need such trouble.

"Although the general has 30,000 troops in his hands, but to deal with bandits and aliens in the Western Regions, and more importantly, the Western Turks, I am afraid that these 30,000 troops will be much less." Li Jing said with some worry. He is not worried about his military power, Li Xinneng can invite him thousands of miles, so he will not make a fuss about this.

"That's exactly what I want to tell Brother Sù Jing." Li Xin said proudly: "30,000 soldiers and horses are naturally not enough, but I have already played the Son of Heaven, and I think the Son of Heaven will promise to add some soldiers and horses, but it will not be too much, after all, in that place in the Western Regions, it is very difficult to transfer grain and grass, and it is good to increase it by one or two thousand." However, these 50,000 soldiers and horses are obviously not enough, and I am ready to establish a local anti-militia group, choose its elite to join it, and serve the people when I am busy and serve as soldiers when I am free. This is the Protector of the People's League, and for the first year or two, the Protector was still the Protector League, and after two years, the Protector was the army. Join our army, this is not a regular army! I don't think the emperor will say anything, in addition to the Protectors, there are mercenaries. ”

"Mercenaries?" Li Jing was a little curious, I don't know how many wonderful ideas there are in Li Xin's heart, a people-protecting regiment can make the army of the west have a lot more soldiers, and the court has nothing to say.

"In layman's terms, it's just using money to hire errands, or to escort caravans, or to go to war, etc., these people are made up of foreign warriors." Li Xin said with a smile: "If you want to be a mercenary, the protectorate of the Western Regions must be registered and distribute vouchers, these mercenaries can guard the business trips along the way, get money, and can also participate in the army's battles against the Turks and get rewards, but once the war breaks out, any mercenary must unconditionally join my army to conquer the west and obey the dispatch of the army to conquer the west." Li Xin explained the mercenary system in detail.

"General, this is turning people into soldiers, and bandits into soldiers!" Li Jing immediately saw the composition of those mercenaries, it was clear that they were the brave warriors of the major tribes, these people often harassed the trade routes, and now Li Xinxin's mercenaries restrained these people, if these people make money, they must obey the dispatch of the Duhufu, if they continue to be thieves, not only the soldiers and horses of the Duhufu will send troops, but even other mercenary teams will do something to these guys. killed each other, and in the end, both sides were defeated, and it was Li Xin and others who won.

"As a last resort." Li Xin smiled bitterly: "At a certain time, I will include these mercenaries and militiamen in the army, this is a strong force." ”

"The general wants me to manage these mercenaries?" Li Jing thought for a while and looked at Li Xin and said.

"Not bad." Li Xin nodded and said: "Brother Jing, I know how talented you are, but my subordinates don't know, I can let you be my deputy, and you can use the soldiers and horses in my hands as you like, but what I give you is a fixed number, and these people have no fixed number." If you manage 100,000 mercenaries, then I can raise a legion of 100,000 and teach you to command, and if you can raise a million people, then the million men will be under the command of the general. ”

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, Li Xin was testing himself, giving him the most powerful platform, and the entire Western Regions was the backer of the Protectorate, and the test was Li Jing's ability.

"The general trusts the general like this?" Li Jing said with some surprise. He could guess that the mercenary was Li Xin's strongest weapon in the Western Regions, and what Li Jing had to do was not only to form a mercenary team, but also to ensure Li Xin's absolute domination over this mercenary team, just like an army, the difference was that this team was temporarily excluded from Li Xin's regular army.

"If Brother Jing can't do it, this plan can only be canceled temporarily." Li Xin nodded and said, "I'll give you whatever you need." Money, people, food, and weapons were all given priority. Brother Jing, can you have confidence? ”