Most of these Qi army captives who were escorted back to Jingzhou from Heluo were young and strong soldiers, and there were also many elite Jinyang soldiers from the Six Towns.

The elite soldiers of Jinyang have rich combat experience and considerable combat effectiveness, and theoretically they are very good soldiers, and they can be incorporated and supplemented into the Jingzhou army, and they can become qualified sergeants without any careful training.

But for these professional soldiers in the six towns, to be honest, Li Tai doesn't like to be incorporated into the army very much. Because in addition to good combat quality, these town soldiers can be said to be faulty everywhere. And there is a very crucial point, that is, because of their rich combat experience and knowing how to judge the situation on the battlefield, these town soldiers are almost not able to fight hard battles.

Li Tai's idea seems to be a bit of a situation, and he dares to look down on the world-famous soldiers of the Six Towns, but this is his real feeling since several battles with the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi.

This is not obvious in the soldiers of the six towns of the Western Wei Dynasty, because the number of town soldiers in the Western Wei Dynasty is much smaller than that of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and they all highly comply with their respective generals.

Especially after the Battle of Bishan, the surviving Xianbei soldiers in the army were almost all large and small military leaders and generals with their cronies, so when they fought, they were only the generals who looked at the horses, and their generals usually had a relatively high status in the Western Wei Dynasty.

The Eastern Wei and Northern Qi dynasties were not, inheriting most of the Six Towns sergeants, and could even be called a special social class in their social structure. Its organizational form is not subordinate to the heads of various armies like the Western Wei Dynasty, as early as the Gao Huan period, a system was established by the overlord cavalry Cao and the foreign soldier Cao to dispatch the troops.

It is human nature to be greedy for life and afraid of death, and it is even more biological instinct to seek advantage and avoid disadvantage, because of rich combat experience and excellent military quality, these elite soldiers of Jinyang do not even need to look at the overall situation in the battle formation, and can judge whether the battle situation is good or bad simply through the military orders they receive and the changes in the left and close formations.

Once encountering an unfavorable situation in the war, it is absolutely impossible for these ghost soldiers to stay on the battlefield and wait for the end of being gathered and annihilated.

Therefore, when a certain phalanx suddenly collapses on the battlefield, the first to flee is often the army with more veterans. It's not that the recruits have the courage to see death as if they were at home, but they don't know how to judge the development of the war, and they don't know how to get out of the battle efficiently and safely.

Therefore, Li Tai did not intend to incorporate a large number of prisoners of war into the combat team without examination, but only selected the best among them, selected some prisoners of war with outstanding martial arts such as mounted archery and technical attack, or special abilities such as observation and water searching, and recruited them into the team to undertake some elite tasks.

Because of the strict selection criteria, although the selection of these prisoners of war was far less grand and majestic than the drill and review of their own troops, it was also wonderful. For example, the good horsemen who collected and surrendered the fierce horses, the sharpshooters who had no missing arrows, the strong men who could carry the peaks, and the fighting masters who could hardly get close to the idle dozen people, were all pulled out of the prisoner of war camp.

Although the people in Jiangling are not skilled in martial arts, when they see that the standards for the reorganization of the army in Jingzhou are so strict, they can't help but be amazed for a while. Especially seeing that these Northern Qi captives were so skilled and powerful, but they were still inevitably captured by the Jingzhou army, they each overestimated the combat effectiveness of General Li's men and horses in their hearts.

In addition to the selection of brave warriors, some of the original commanders among the Qi army captives were also selected, and if they had the ability to coordinate the organization and train the battalions, they were also able to enter the military government, or train the township regiments, or assign them to the prefectures and counties to listen to and undertake the public security tasks of arresting thieves and catching thieves.

Of course, even so, only a small number of prisoners of war were selected, which was only one-tenth of the total, and most of the rest remained in the camps. Most of these prisoners of war are Ding Zhuang, even if they don't have enough food every day, it is a big consumption, and a large amount of idle manpower is a huge waste, of course Li Tai does not allow such a thing to happen.

Next, the governor's office and Cao each reported the shortage, and then a group of prisoners of war were transferred from the prisoner of war camp. The Jingzhou Governor's Office has jurisdiction over all industries and is prosperous, and there are not too many high-quality laborers.

However, before distributing the cao for military service, it is still necessary for the battalions to inspect the prisoners and have a skill, and if there is one, even if they can be registered in the work register, and sent to the workshop for use, they can redeem themselves as a people in the future, and live a normal life under the governor's office.

This series of arrangements was actually a preferential treatment for the prisoners of war, and although they were able to serve their strength, they did not violate Li Tai's preface and the virtue of a good life.

If they are accepted by another force, most of them still have to engage in their old profession, but as a prisoner, it is inevitable that they will not be given how well-armed, and there are many wars in the latter three kingdoms, or they are afraid that they will be killed and wounded in a few wars.

Li Tai invited these Jiangling people to come and watch the incorporation of prisoners of war, because he wanted to show them the benevolent policy of the Jingzhou Governor's Office towards prisoners of war, and when the two sides used hostile force in the coming year, they should not have any psychological burden, and surrender when they should surrender, otherwise Lao Tzu may kill you if he can't control his strength.

But it may be that Li Tai's expression is too vague, or these Jiangling people feel that no matter how good they are, they will not fall into the same fate as these big-headed soldiers, so they are still interested in selecting military skills and martial arts, and when they wait to the back, they are a little uninterested, and they begin to look left and right, whispering.

At this glance, someone found an acquaintance, looked at a subordinate official of the governor's mansion and said, "Isn't it Liu Fan and Liu Baoyi?" How did you end up here? ”

Liu Fan is also quite famous in the Southern Dynasty, at this time, several Jiangling people came up to greet and ask, Li Tai saw this and beckoned Liu Fan to invite him to the table, and then said with a smile: "Although Liu Zhonglang is a talented man in the south, he is now attending the palace, which benefits my government a lot." There is no shortage of Liu Zhonglang's old friends, and today I will give Zhonglang a day off, so that Zhonglang can say goodbye to the old good money. ”

Before Li Tai broke through Nanzheng City, he used this Liu Fan under his command, and now he is serving as the governor of the palace to engage in Zhonglang. After hearing this, Liu Fan first thanked Li Tai, and then answered questions with the gathered crowd one by one.

Today's collection of prisoners of war is almost over, Li Tai led the crowd back to the city, and all the people in Jiangling went to Hongbin Building to rest, but Liu Guangde, the son of Nanyang Liu Zhixuan, was specially invited by Li Tai to hold a banquet in the governor's mansion.

Liu Guangde seemed to be looking forward to such a meeting, and after the government official conveyed Li Tai's invitation, he accepted it with a happy face, and immediately followed into the mansion.

After entering the house and sitting down, Liu Guangde first praised Li Tai's calligraphy mat, and repeatedly expressed his admiration and love for this calligraphy style.

Li Tai listened carefully to this sycophant, and then directly pointed out the original intention of inviting Liu Guangde to be a guest here today: "During the banquet, I was deeply touched when I heard Liu Lang's words about Nanyang Xianqi. In life, we may not know where we are going, but we must understand where we are from. If you don't know this, what kind of beast?

In previous years, Nanyang sank into the wilderness, the general trend was declining, and the manpower was difficult to stop, so he had to leave the country to protect the inheritance of the bloodline, but although Nanyang is not yet a great rule, it has also been barbaric and dispersed, and the order is gradually rising. ”

Liu Guangde was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then his eyes turned red, and he lowered his head and sighed: "People are not plants and trees, how can they be ruthless?" First Sangzi, don't dare to forget one day, but it is only a pity that the body is implicated and the branches are spreading, and it is difficult to make a plan for it! ”

Li Tai already felt that Liu Guangde had some thoughts about him, but he didn't expect this to be a little seductive, and he directly confided in him that he wanted to move back to Chubei but had many concerns, and it seemed that he was also disappointed in the king of Xiangdong because of his uncle's death.

However, it took at least 100 years for the Liu family in Nanyang to move away from their homeland, and now they also have a lot of family business and many clansmen in Jiangling, which can be regarded as an out-and-out wealthy family in Jiangling, otherwise Liu Zhixuan would not have been poisoned by the king of Xiangdong.

If such a wealthy family wants to move away from Jiangling at the moment, it can be said that it is a direct attack on the backlash of the king of Xiangdong, even if Li Taiken comes forward to protect it, Xiao Laoqi may not be willing to give him this face.

However, Li Tai originally did not plan to promote the return of these families who moved out of Nanyang, but only wanted to use this layer of local complex to deepen the bond with each other, and then strengthen the influence on the political situation and situation in Gangneung.

"Although things can't be expected to be achieved overnight, as long as you are willing to work hard, there will always be a day of success. I also know that although the two places are like a wisp of nostalgia, they are located in two countries, and they are not governed by one country, and the masses will inevitably have a distant heart. ”

Li Tai first comforted Liu Guangde with a few words, and then said: "Although the living are attached and difficult to go, the souls of the deceased ancestors can only be kept in peace after returning to their homeland." What's more, the hometown has been desolate for a long time, and now human affection is no longer an obstacle, if you don't enjoy the ritual food, the people of Gangneung may be ashamed of filial piety! ”

Liu Guangde was originally just worried about his family's situation in Jiangling, and he had a little idea of wanting to serve and protect Li Tai in his heart, but he was afraid that the king of Xiangdong would be embarrassed and harmful, so he was hesitant in his heart.

But when he heard Li Tai's emotion, he suddenly had a kind of thinking that suddenly opened up, but he was a little confused, so he hurriedly said: "I implore General Li to give me advice!" ”

When Li Tai saw this, he said very green tea: "I don't know what the feelings of the king of Xiangdong are, but seeing that there are many tombs of famous clans in this township and there is no wild grass and lack of sacrifices, I am deeply sympathetic. If Jiangling Shiliu is willing to return to his hometown to repair the ancestors and make sacrifices, the governor's office will not only not obstruct it, but will praise it, promote the famous religion, and supervise the world's style! ”

In order to strengthen the interaction with people in Gangneung, it is obviously not enough to rely on the exchange of official envoys. What's more, Li Tai also wants to develop a lot of eyeliner in Gangneung, so it is even more necessary to have frequent contact.

Most of the famous clans of Jiangling moved from Nanyang, so most of the tombs of their ancestors stayed in Nanyang, and Li Tai couldn't control the living and the dead? Xiao Laoqi himself mourned his son only last year, and he couldn't stop the people in Jiangling from returning to their hometowns and going to the grave.

(End of chapter)