Chu Tian's dream of recruiting special troops was about to come true, and the sixth-level infantry battalion was finally completed.

Zhou Yafu followed Chu Tian to the sixth-level infantry battalion with dark circles under his eyes.

Zhou Yafu didn't sleep all night. Recruiting the Xiliu Battalion, Zhou Yafu, as the commander, is the most direct beneficiary.

There is an elite army that can be commanded, like a fish in water.

Although both of them were suffering from insomnia because they were about to be able to recruit soldiers from the Hosoyanagi Battalion, they were still excited when they arrived at the Level 6 Infantry Battalion. This is probably the simple happiness of men.

Chu Tian excitedly looked at the infantry that the sixth-order infantry battalion could recruit: first-order light infantry, second-order elite light infantry, third-order Xuzhou light infantry, and fourth-order Xuzhou heavy armor infantry.

These classes are all regular troops, and there is no restriction on generals, that is, even if you do not recruit historical generals, you can recruit the above troops.

For a special class like the Hosoliu Battalion, only by recruiting specific historical generals can the conditions for recruitment be met.

The heavy infantry turned out to be a fourth-order unit.

However, the protagonist of Chu Tian's attention this time was not the heavy infantry, but the fine willow battalion.

[Class]: Fine Willow Battalion

[Rank]: Sixth-order infantry

[Attack]: 19 [Defense]: 14 [Speed]: 6

[Skill]: Advanced Fen Xun (when you are caught in a bitter battle, you can greatly increase morale, you can only use it once a day), Advanced Shield Array (when forming a shield array, Defense +5), Advanced Gun Array (When forming a Gun Array, the damage to cavalry is greatly increased), Order Prohibition (Chaos probability is greatly reduced)

[Characteristics]: There is Yafu in the Hosoliu camp (when Zhou Yafu is the main general, attack +3, defense +4, speed +1)

[Military salary]: 6 taels / month

[Must be equipped]: ring-headed sword or sword, halberd or spear, infantry crossbow or bow, leather armor or iron armor, shield, quiver

[Additional Equipment]: Iron Guard, War Horse

[Training period]: 2 months

[Maximum number]: 10,000

The requirements of the Xiliu battalion are very demanding, and they must have a short weapon, a long weapon, a long-range weapon, and a pair of armor and shields.

Obviously, the Willow Battalion can be used in both long-range and close combat.

Moreover, the amount required for a soldier of the Willow Battalion was very high, six times that of the first-order light infantry. After all, the attributes of the Hosoliu Camp are too high.

Wouldn't 10,000 fine willow camps cost 60,000 taels of silver every month?

No wonder there is a saying that when the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold.

The training cycle of the Hosoyanagi camp is also very long.

"How about recruiting five hundred infantry from the Willow Battalion?"

Chu Tian asked for five hundred places for the infantry of the Xiliu Battalion in one go.

Zhou Yafu was a little incredulous: "Will there be too many five hundred fine willow camps?" 3,000 taels of silver a month......"

"After the training of the Xiliu Battalion was completed, the distribution of the saff began. Two months later, we had already begun to visit the villages and towns near Kaiyang County. When the time comes, it is completely possible to feed the war with war, and pay the military salary with the captured gold and silver. ”

Chutian's arrangement of recruiting soldiers and horses was in line with the strategic plan, and it was not an unplanned expansion of the army.

As soon as the Hosoyanagi battalion comes out, it can be put into the battlefield, and it can defeat ordinary infantry regardless of the level difference.

Chutian drew 500 people into the sixth-level infantry battalion and transferred them to the infantry of the fine willow battalion.

"His physique is not suitable to be a member of the Hosoyanagi Battalion."

The instructors of the sixth-level infantry battalion singled out those who were not physically qualified.

Only then did Chu Tian understand that the source of soldiers in the Xiliu Battalion was still a hidden condition, and only those who met the physique could become soldiers in the Xiliu Battalion.

Harsh!

Using the best sources of soldiers, having complete equipment, and a commander with historical facts, it is strange that the trained army is not elite.

Of the 500 township warriors and light infantry convened by Chutian, less than 200 were qualified to be transferred to the infantry of the Xiliu Battalion, and there was still a shortage of 300 people.

"Immediately recruit troops in all villages and towns, and find three hundred people who are suitable to become the infantry of the Xiliu Battalion, and I don't believe that the military salary of six taels of silver per month will be paid, and no one will apply."

Chu Tian couldn't help but feel distressed when he thought of the Yulu of the Xiliu Battalion, which was higher than the current Fenglu of the bronze-level heroes of Xia Town.

As soon as the notice of recruiting the Hosoliu Battalion was posted, it caused an uproar in Xia Town.

The average professional soldier can eat enough for a month, and it is good to have one or two taels of silver to support his family, and six taels of silver a month can make his family live a well-off life.

For a time, there were 2,000 strong men in Xia Town and nearby villages and towns who were conscripted, and they could barely scrape together 300 qualified soldiers.

Coupled with the previous two hundred, this only gathered the five hundred people of the fine willow camp that Chu Tian wanted.

The restriction of special classes is not only in terms of income, but also in terms of population. The larger the population, the more suitable soldiers.

If you want to recruit 10,000 Willow Battalions, first of all, you must have a population of hundreds of thousands, and secondly, you must be able to afford to pay 60,000 taels of silver per month.

In all dynasties, the expenditure on border passes cost millions.

Although Zhou Yafu was also a little distressed about the expenses, he only had to lead the troops to fight and didn't care about the source of military salaries.

His soldiers were replaced by the Hosoliu Battalion, and they still felt very cool.

Chu Tian appointed a silver-level infantry general, Chen Dao, to manage the elite light infantry of the second order.

After most territories are upgraded to the town level, it is not uncommon for bronze and silver generals to be ranked, and heroes of gold level or above are still rare.

"Five hundred infantry from the Xiliu battalion, five hundred second-order infantry, five hundred Xuzhou longbowmen, and two hundred light cavalry. 1,700 people in total. In addition, the city defense unit was recruited. ”

Chutian maximized the territory's war potential and gathered forces for the spring offensive.

He distinguished between the field legion and the city defense legion, of course, the size of the troops in Xia Zhen was far from being a legion now.

During this time, he had fifty flying ladders built in preparation for the attack on the other lords' towns.

After Xia Zhen annexed Liangshanbo and established Liangshan Town, Chutian's territory had a population of 30,000.

It takes a year to capture Langya City, which has a population of hundreds of thousands, which is far from enough.

Chu Tian, Fang Xuanling and others estimated that it was necessary to have at least 300,000 people of territory and 20,000 professional soldiers to be sure of capturing Langya City, and they could not attack it by force, but could only outwit it. Otherwise, the towering walls of Langya City will be a nightmare for all soldiers.

Zhou Yafu was already a little impatient, waiting for the completion of the infantry training of the 500 Xiliu Battalion. Prior to this, Zhou Yafu was still training the old department.

"Ding! The Last of the Romans, Lord of the Holy See, becomes the first lord in the world to own a third-level town! ”

A system announcement sounds.

The player's territory in the Eastern Han District suddenly boiled after hearing the news.

In the past few months, the lords of the Eastern Han District have been ranked first in the world, but now they have been caught up by the lords of a Holy See district?

"The Last Roman...... Maybe this guy recruited the famous Roman general Scipio the Great......"

Chu Tian found that the lord "The Last Roman" had actually climbed to the first place, surpassing not only the other lords of the Holy See District, but also the lords of the Eastern Han District.

For a while, the big lords of the Eastern Han District were a little annoyed, how to ignore the internal competition in the Eastern Han District, but they couldn't let the Romans climb on their heads.

All the lords in front of the Eastern Han District will upgrade their third-level towns in the next few days to compete with the "Last Romans" for the first city in the world.

Just five days after the first third-level town appeared, several lords in the Eastern Han District also had third-level towns.

Chutian's Xia Town has also reached the upgrade conditions of a third-level town.

"In five days, the gap is not too big, and you can snatch the reward of the world's first city."