—178 A.D.——

Liangzhou.

According to Lu Bu's thoughts, since the strategy of ambushing the rebels in Liangzhou in Meiyang has been set, then the next thing is the performance time of Li Ru and Jia Xu, the two "smart people", using some strategies that are difficult to understand but very powerful, such as increasing troops and reducing the stove, luring the enemy to go deeper, ambushing on all sides, closing the door and beating dogs, etc., to bring those rebels together, and finally, they will appear in the finale, turn on the "Wushuang", and directly beat all the thousands or tens of thousands of people away, the whole process is perfect.

But who will tell him that as a general, why should he personally go to villages outside the county to recruit soldiers?

"Village Chief!" Lu Bu poked the painting halberd—this one was newly forged after Kai Wushuang melted it down—to the ground, and the tremor produced even made the nearby trees, stone tables and chairs tremble: "Are there any warriors in your village who are willing to follow Uncle Ben to fight?" ”

This is an unnamed village under the jurisdiction of Fuping County, Beidi County, Liangzhou, judging from the new and old houses and the clothing of the villagers, it is not rich, but it is not called poor, maybe it has a name, but Lu Bu is too lazy to remember.

Think about it, there are at least ten counties in a state, and each county has a dozen or twenty counties, and the villages under the jurisdiction of each county are often in the dozens, so ...... Write down the names of the villages one by one? It's not a guy with a good head like Jia Xu and Li Ru, it's better not to ask for trouble.

"Oh......" The village chief was an old man with gray hair and a wrinkled face, who turned a blind eye to the dangerous halberd, just looked Lu Bu up and down, and finally nodded as if confirmed: "If it were you, the general, there should be twenty-six young people who jumped out to follow because of admiration." ”

Admire?

As Lu Bu tried to understand the meaning of this sentence, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps and the clash of armor and weapons outside the courtyard of the village chief's house, and it sounded like there were about twenty people.

When he walked out of the courtyard gate, he saw twenty-six young men standing outside, loosely lined up in two groups, most of them wearing thick cloth clothes, and carrying simple equipment such as hoes, logging axes, hunting bows, and other simple equipment that were not so much weapons as farm tools, except for the one who looked like the leader, dressed in light leather armor and holding a single knife of pig iron.

"Well, that kid is deeply hidden," Lu Bu was frowning, and then he heard the village chief say to him: "Twenty-five peasants, one militia, a total of three hundred yuan, the general can take them all." ”

"Too little!" Lu Bu exclaimed, ten dollars per person?

After these words came out, Lu Bu felt that those "peasants" looked at him a lot more eagerly, and the village chief also looked quite surprised-could it be that he had said the wrong thing?

"Well, if the general had never personally recruited troops in the village, and had always taken the lead when he charged, he might indeed not know about it," the village chief smacked his lips, or gave up his plan to take the opportunity to increase the price: "The three hundred dollars are actually for the old man, and those young men can't get it at all, and the money they themselves have to spend is far more than this amount." ”

“…… I would like to hear about it. Lu Bu chose a Li Ru who would speak and respond in this situation.

"If the old man is not mistaken, the general must have come to form a new army, otherwise, just send a conscription notice in the county seat, there is no reason to deliberately recruit 'new soldiers'." The village chief said.

"Could it be that the 'veterans' recruited in the county are recruited?" Lu Bu asked.

"That's right," the village chief said, "a meteorite fell from the sky, the aura was revived, and those who awakened the 'Wushuang' either served the imperial court or became a lone ranger, but the little soldiers who did not awaken the Wushuang did not change?" Not really—their ability to escape for their lives has been greatly strengthened, and those who do not want to return to their hometowns after escaping the battlefield will gather in the county town and county government to wait for recruitment, and naturally they are counted as 'veterans'. ”

"It's not so much a 'veteran' as a 'deserter.'" Lu Bu scoffed.

"The general really charged ahead and never looked back," the village chief shook his head: "If the person who is seriously injured and has to crawl away from the battlefield is also called a deserter, then the threshold for 'warrior' is much higher." ”

"Wait? Those officers and generals don't rescue the wounded? Lu Bu asked again in surprise, and once again felt the eager eyes of more than twenty "peasants".

"The wounded? They have already been judged to be 'killed'," the village chief paused: "Could it be that in the new army that the general wants to establish, there are doctors arranged, and they are willing to use the kind of 'talisman water' for a hundred yuan?" ”

"There are ......" Lu Bu recalled those logistics reserves: "It's the kind of yellow paper with strange patterns written on it?" ”

After feeling the almost adoring gaze of the "peasants" again, Lu Bu finally settled the account: "In the hearts of those generals, instead of spending a hundred yuan to treat a seriously injured soldier, it is better to spend twenty to fifty yuan to recruit a new one?" ”

"Not only that, but the old man said that the money that the soldiers themselves have to spend is not only the equipment they are equipped with, but also the 'military salary'," the village chief said: "The longer the battle, the stronger the strength, and the soldiers who can be equipped with better weapons and equipment, the more military salaries will be paid. If you die, you can not only give equipment to other soldiers, but also save this military salary, but the heavy infantry or sharpshooter who lost his armor and escaped with serious injuries will become similar in strength to the militia after recovering from his injuries, and in the long run, although he can recruit troops quickly in the county, he will recruit some veteran soldiers, and there is almost no room for improvement - so, the general really came here to form a new army from scratch, and will never give up on anyone, right? ”

Lu Bu keenly felt that in addition to these twenty or so "peasants", there were dozens of sturdy men snooping around, although their steps were vain and weak, but they had hidden habits that could only be cultivated in combat all year round, and they were listening quietly, waiting for Lu Bu to respond to the village chief's question.

Lu Bu suddenly realized that this was ...... Over the years, the soldiers who were "killed" in the battle between the border army of the Han Dynasty and the Hu people, after they returned to their hometowns to recuperate from their wounds, engaged in agriculture and business, and became the "military service population" in the government statistics.

If a unit with a specific scale and personnel never replaced, its combat effectiveness will soar into the sky, although the combat effectiveness of individuals is not as good as the "unequaled generals", but it is no problem to fight with the weaker "unequaled warriors" for a dozen moves, and the tradition of comprehending the "unequaled" can be one enemy and one hundred will not be applicable at all in front of this army.

Similarly, its maintenance costs will be as high as heaven, although Dong Zhuo is the commander of the rangers in Liangzhou and Bingzhou, and he is very rich, but it is still very difficult to get him to agree, if it is Li Ru, or Jia Xu, who is only famous and has not met, come forward......

Wait a minute?

This time, in order to counter the rebellion of Bian Zhang and Han Sui, Dong Zhuo could no longer rely on the stragglers of the rangers to fight, and deliberately sent Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Guan Hai, Niu Fu, Hua Xiong and other generals to recruit troops, while Li Ru and the civilian officials who could not do anything were preparing logistics.

What did Li Wenyou say at the time? - Let it go, don't save money for the lord.

How can a soldier who is ten or twenty dollars a soldier "not save money"? Mass recruitment? Of course not.

Forming a fixed number of people, well-equipped, invincible, invincible and invincible super elite is the right thing to do!

Lu Bu used his brain at unprecedented speed, and thought of his words before the enthusiasm in the eyes of those "peasants" subsided, and then poked the halberd on the bluestone ground with force, and the crisp cracking sound attracted everyone's attention.

"As you all know, Liangzhou has to be invaded by the Hu people several times a year, and under the stubborn resistance of all the soldiers and civilians, we have very few looted villages and county seats, and finally the Qiang people bow down and accept the rule of the Han Dynasty, and the remaining wild Qiang and rebel Qiang are not enough to worry about." Lu Bu's words greatly praised the soldiers who were listening covertly, making them slightly excited.

"Not long ago, the Hun King Tan Shihuai led the three-way army into the Kou, but was repelled by the three Zhonglang generals, although the losses were large, but the soldiers were all heroes-" Lu Bu said this, and vaguely heard someone whispering: Those Zhonglang generals are completely rice buckets, without Lord Dong to repel the forward, they would have been defeated Yunyun a long time ago, and they knew that this time it was stable.

"Now, Bian Zhang and Han Sui of Xiliang, taking advantage of the plague in Luoyang and the inability of the government decree, have blatantly colluded with almost all the rebels to enter the Kou, intending to occupy the entire territory of Liangzhou!" Lu Bu waved his hand: "Uncle Ben's name is Lu Bu, Fengyue...... The order of the lord Dong Zhuo is to recruit warriors who are willing to resist them, including an elite army that directly belongs to Uncle Ben! ”

At this time, Lu Bu thought of Li Ru's evaluation of his combat methods: If there is no will to trap the battle, but there is no unparalleled means, such a reckless method of warfare will inevitably lead to death and no life.

"Ambition! There is death and no life! In order to avoid affecting the surrounding "peasants", he turned the lightning that would have spread into a dazzling thunder that was entangled with red and pitch black and shot straight into the sky: "[Trapped camp]! ”

"But is anyone willing to follow Uncle Ben!?" Lu Bu turned around, and the thunder covered his body, like a god and demon.

Many of the young people who were listening to the audience walked out one after another, and together with the "peasants" who had "jumped out," there were fifty or sixty people, and they vaguely formed a formation headed by the "militia" at the beginning.

"Under the 'swordsman' Zhang Ke," the militiaman arched his hand, "and the comrades present are willing to follow Lord Fengxian, but there are still nearly a thousand robes in the surrounding villages and towns, please stay here for a while, and I will send someone to contact them as soon as possible." ”

Oh...... The "deaths" of the entire system must have been caused by the serious mistakes in the decision-making of those "lieutenant generals", and it is no wonder that they were willing to go to the county to accept recruitment.

Lu Bu turned his head to look at the village chief, but saw the old man rubbing his hands and making a "five" gesture...... Taking the opportunity to raise prices?