"On top of that, I'm going to reorganize the Praetorian Guard. WWW.

Zhou Yue's faint voice sounded, and everyone around them was bright, because in today's situation, the entire Northeast is already under control, so a large-scale expansion of the army is necessary, otherwise, whether it is the Ming army in the southeast, or the Tang Dynasty in the direction of Shanhaiguan, or the imminent Mongolian army, it is possible to easily subvert their princely forces, and only after resisting these three challenges can their princely forces truly occupy a place.

And Zhou Yue formed the Praetorian Guard Battalion at this time, so maybe it will soon be expanded into the Praetorian Guard Legion, after all, although He Qingming's Tsing Yi Legion and Ma Yunmeng's Black-Coated Legion are both very trustworthy to him, but no matter what, he must have an army in his hands that can be directly commanded, and it must be the legion with the strongest combat power.

In this way, it is impossible to recruit new recruits to form a Praetorian Guard battalion, and it must be drawn from the first two legions, so it is natural that many people want to join the Praetorian Guard Battalion, because this is tantamount to proof of their own henchmen.

Therefore, after a moment of calm, everyone began to talk about themselves, because this will be Zhou Yue's descendants, seeing that their princes are becoming stronger and stronger, and it is even possible to establish a stronger dynasty in this general trend of competing for the world in the future, who will refuse this kind of good thing?

At this time, even He Qingming was a little moved, she was a strong person, seeing that the Praetorian Guard Battalion that Zhou Yue had formed now was bound to be the strongest, so of course she preferred this kind of challenge.

As for others, such as Wang Huang, Xiao Jun, Mao Yu, Hu Ke, Xia Zhi, Han Yi and others, not to mention, they were originally the backbone of Zhou Yue's personal guard camp, how could they miss it at this time?

Regarding everyone's enthusiasm, Zhou Yue only smiled slightly, raised his hand to let them calm down for a while, and then continued: "I have already thought that the combat mode of our large army will not change, Qingming, Yunmeng, the two of you will continue to strengthen the legion, especially the black-clothed legion, the cavalry is very strong, but the infantry and archers are too weak, you have to come up with a plan, oh, Lao Chen, do you have anything to say?" ”

At this time, Zhou Yue looked at Chen Yuanli and said, he had been silent just now, as if he had something else to say.

"Well, yes, that's the case, I have a different opinion, the infantry and archers of the Black-Coated Legion are indeed very weak, but the reason why they have not been significantly strengthened in the past month or so is that on the one hand, it is because of the lack of military funds, it is difficult to recruit strong troops, and on the other hand, General Yunmeng and I think that our Black-Coated Legion is not suitable for engaging in that kind of hodgepodge of all-round arms, such a legion, one Tsing Yi Legion is enough."

When Chen Yuanli said this, he took a deep look at He Qingming, who had a cold face and no expression, obviously, they had a big dispute over this issue before, He Qingming pursued multi-arm cooperation, while Chen Yuanli and Ma Yunmeng preferred separate troops, after all, they inherited from Ma Chao's Xiliang cavalry, which could not be erased no matter what.

"Therefore, there is only one requirement for our black-clothed legion, that is, cavalry, a large-scale cavalry cluster of 50,000 people, this is the royal road, if in the previous battle, if our black-clothed legion has 50,000 iron cavalry, then we don't need the Tsing Yi legion to make a move, we can take down Duan Hong and Wang Zeng's 150,000 army ourselves, this is the gap, in addition, we must use a large-scale cavalry cluster to fight against the Mongolian army next, otherwise, it is difficult to resist at all!"

"I don't agree, this is completely different from the overall strategy formulated by the military division at the beginning, it is still difficult for us to compete with the Mongol army in the field, so we must focus on the fortified city, supplemented by cavalry, which is also the fundamental purpose of our construction of the White Tiger City, after all, time is running out, we simply do not have more time to form a large-scale cavalry, of course, if Deputy Commander Chen can form an elite cavalry of 50,000 people within a month, then I have nothing to say."

He Qingming finally spoke at this time, and it was-for-tat, it can be seen that the contradiction between the Tsing Yi Legion and the Black Legion has risen to the surface, but this is also a demonstration of Zhou Yue, because once Zhou Yue agrees to Chen Yuanli's construction, then, it is very likely that the 10,000 heavily armed wolf cavalry of the Tsing Yi Legion will be transferred to the Black Legion, where can He Qingming agree?

"Ahem!"

Zhou Yue coughed dryly, first gave He Qingming a comforting look, and then looked at Ma Yunmeng and asked, "Do you want to develop the whole cavalry?" But what's the plan? ”

"Yes, in the north, cavalry is the king, although we don't have enough ability now, we must also develop along this road, which is not only the foundation of resisting the Mongol army, but also the foundation of the future against the Tang Empire." Ma Yunmeng bowed slightly to Zhou Yue and said very seriously: "In the past month or so, we have been studying this issue, and we have made great progress, and now, as long as you agree, we can pull up no less than 30,000 Cossack cavalry within a month!" ”

"Cossack cavalry?"

Zhou Yue was slightly stunned, and the others also whispered, the Cossack cavalry can be described as famous, in real history, it was after the decline of the Mongol Empire, active in Eastern Europe, the most famous in Central Asia, and even in World War II, they all played a huge role, but they are all light cavalry, armed with sabers, famous for their rapid advance and retreat, all along, in this black city world, Zhou Yue has never heard of it, I didn't expect it, Ma Yunmeng actually didn't know how to win over the Cossack cavalry.

"Tell me more!"

"Yes, these Cossack cavalry actually belong to the tribes of the Slavs, some of them belong to the Tsarist Empire, some of them are wanderers, they make a living from bandits, and occasionally accept hires to fight for a certain force, before that, I sent someone to contact these Cossacks and negotiated the hiring price, about 30,000 Cossack cavalry are willing to accept the hire, however, the employment price is 3 million gold, and the time is one year, and we can't make the decision on this matter, you still need to decide." Ma Yunmeng said calmly.

"3,000,000 gold, 30,000 Cossack cavalry?" Zhou Yue repeated, and began to understand a little why He Qingming would object, because three million gold is enough to train 50,000 heavily armed wolf cavalry, and it is also lifelong, which is of course more cost-effective than hiring Cossack cavalry.

However, the hoplite wolf cavalry needs to be cultivated, and every hoplite wolf cavalry has to be drawn from the army, such as from the infantry and light cavalry, which in itself is a big obstacle!

Therefore, Zhou Yue and the others are not short of gold, but lack of people, otherwise, they would not have so far, they only have more than 10,000 heavily armed wolf cavalry in their hands.

And the Cossack cavalry, although expensive and hired for only a year, was able to develop a scale in a short time.

"Okay, I agree, ask Liu Yue to allocate three million gold to the Black Legion, and from now on, all the Black Legion will be converted into cavalry clusters, and all the infantry and archers before will be stripped off, and then all the Scorpion battle camps will be drawn from the Tsing Yi Legion, and they will be used as the skeleton to form the Scorpion Legion, with a total of 50,000 people, Claire, you are the commander of the legion, and at the same time the city lord of Shenyang Heicheng, Zhou Da, Tuesday is the deputy commander, the legion station, Shenyang Heicheng, in addition, ask Liu Yue to allocate one million gold for military expenses, and expand it as much as possible."

Zhou Yue gave an order again at this time, not only agreed to Ma Yunmeng's request, but also pulled up a legion again, which made everyone a little trance, but this is the proper meaning of the question, Claire is his confidant, loyalty needless to say, even as long as Zhou Yue is willing, there is no problem with Jinwu Zangjiao, in addition, Claire's resourcefulness is not weaker than Cai Yan's, which can be regarded as Zhou Yue's little selfishness.

After all, Cai Yan is now in his power, his prestige is too high, He Qingming, Xiao Guanyin, Ma Yunmeng, Liang Xiaoxue, Gongsun Erniang, etc. are all very obedient to Cai Yan's orders, although Cai Yan has become his woman, but he must find someone who can check and balance, and Claire is the best candidate!

In addition, the Scorpion Legion, except for Claire, no one can control it, because this Scorpion Legion is based on the Scorpion Battle Camp as the core, and the main professional Scorpion Assassin in the Scorpion Battle Camp, Scorpio Swordsman, Scorpio Heavy Crossbowman, Scorpio Dead Soldier, Scorpion Heavy Cavalry, the recruitment sources of these major arms are all in Claire's hands, and when she killed the descendant of the Scorpion King, Claire collected enough Scorpion King essence blood, and there was no problem at all to get a Scorpion Legion of 50,000 people.

The infantry and archers who were cut from the Blackcoat Legion were very weak, but if they had Claire's Scorpion Blood, they would soon be able to grow into elite Scorpion soldiers, and at that time, the overall strength of the Scorpion Legion would be able to keep pace with the two legions of the Tsing Yi Legion and the Black Legion!

This can be regarded as a trump card of Zhou Yue!

And Shenyang Black City is also very important, presumably with Claire's wisdom, it is enough to run such a black city! Especially when she is still holding the big killing weapon of the forbidden heavenly fire, no one dares to despise it.

"My lord, this"

A wisp of flush also appeared on Claire's somewhat pale face at this time, and her expression was full of surprise, it was nothing to become the commander of a legion, but it was very different to become the master of a black city, this is the lord in the Western world!

Zhou Yue smiled and waved her hand to stop Claire, "Don't let me down!" ”

At this time, the people around came back to their senses, although they were envious, but they couldn't say anything, because no one could control this Scorpion Legion that appeared out of thin air, this is the lineage that Zhou Yue brought back from the Western Regions, from top to bottom, all the soldiers' loyalty to Zhou Yue is unimaginable, and all the soldiers are ancient people, except for Zhou Yue and Claire, only Zhou Da, Tuesday, and others can control it, in fact, in the previous Tsing Yi Legion, He Qingming can only be controlled by Zhou Da and Tuesday.

And in this way, Zhou Yue is equivalent to having three major legions, and against the Mongolian army, he finally has a certain amount of resistance!