Sun Ning's move of entering the new battalion to check on this time was still quite effective for the recruitment of the entire new battalion.

After everyone knew that His Majesty the Emperor really attached such importance to the new camp that it could establish great achievements in the future, the number of people who came to apply for the war increased explosively.

On the last day of the 10-day conscription, more than 50,000 men of school-age came to enlist, which was ten times the number of soldiers and horses needed.

After a good selection, although most of them were not selected for various reasons, the number of soldiers and horses left behind in the end also reached more than 7,000, which is still far more than 5,000.

For such a result, Yan Hu, who was fully responsible for his affairs, was a little embarrassed, and even had the intention to keep these qualified recruits in the battalion.

It's just that when he reported this idea to the emperor, Sun Ning shook his head and denied it: "If you say that the new camp only charges 5,000, there must be no more people." What the army talks about most is a letter of faith, which is the bottom line and must not be changed. ”

"But Your Majesty, the remaining more than 2,000 people are also elite, and it is a pity to resign them all, and it may also hurt the enthusiasm of the people in the city to serve the country." Yan Hu couldn't help but plead.

"Who said they were just let go back? Since they are elite, then they will continue to stay in the army for my use, but not in the new battalion, but they can be put in other barracks, and then give them the status of a low-ranking officer. ”

Sun Ning has his own plans: "In this way, not only can the combat strength of the soldiers and horses of other battalions in Yuzhou be improved, but also the status of the new battalion will be more prominent, and it can be used as a way to promote meritorious generals in the future." ”

Yan Hu was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, he nodded again and again: "Your Majesty Shengming, the minister is stupid." ”

"Also, the next step is the drill of selecting qualified soldiers and generals for the new battalion, you have to be more attentive and not slack off in the slightest. If I am free, I will often go to the barracks to boost the morale of the soldiers. ”

Sun Ning said with a straight face: "What I want is a real tiger and wolf army with strong combat effectiveness and at the same time able to absolutely obey the orders of the imperial court." Therefore, this discipline and obedience are even more important, especially the latter, under the military order, life and death will be put aside! ”

As he spoke, he took another volume of text and handed it to Yan Hu's hand: "This is the various practice methods that I have drawn up in the past half a month, you can take it for good life and refer to it, and then use it in the next exercises."

"Only those soldiers who can pass these drills are qualified to stay in my new battalion. You tell everyone, who will go this time, don't look at the past achievements, don't look at your own strength and martial arts, and don't look at what your background is, just look at the results of this exercise, and then the 7,000 people will eliminate 2,000, leaving the most elite 5,000 people and horses to become my new battalion! ”

Yan Hu saw that Sun Ning said solemnly, and immediately responded: "The minister understands that the minister will do his best with General Chen to train the elite." ”

"Well, do it well, and do it quickly, because we don't have much time left." Sun Ning said, deliberately came down again, and patted Yan Hu's shoulder vigorously, thinking that it was encouraging.

"Wechen obeys His Majesty's will." Yan Hu bowed down again and agreed, and then said tentatively, "Your Majesty, is it time to give Xinying a name that fits its identity?" The minister thought that this would encourage the morale of the soldiers even more. ”

"Well...... Sun Ning almost blurted out "wild wolf", but in the end he still held back.

That is the name of his own mercenary team in later generations, and he is domineering, but it is very inappropriate to put it here in the imperial court.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "There were three battalions of Yulinwei before, right?" ”

"Yes, they are the sun, the dragon and the tiger."

"Then inherit its name, and this battalion will be called, Hold the Sun!" Sun Ning quickly decided.

The sun, the sun, also refers to the Son of Heaven.

Champion, arch guard.

The meaning of holding the sun is the guard who guards the Son of Heaven.

In the name of the new battalion, its status is naturally self-evident, which is enough to make any soldier rush to practice with all his might.

Yan Hu was busy claiming yes, and his mood was even more agitated.

Because before the fall of Luoyang, he was actually a general in the Japanese camp, and he didn't expect that many years later, this forbidden army team with the responsibility of guarding and protecting the Son of Heaven would be reborn in Yuzhou, and he became the main general of this battalion.

Sun Ning watched the other party leave with a heartbeat, revealing a hint of a smile. This name is specially given for Yan Hu, because only in this way will he spend all his attention on training this new battalion of soldiers and horses, even if the method he gave for training soldiers and horses is very different from the method in the current Dayue army.

Yes, Sun Ning's so-called method of training troops that took half a month to formulate is actually the training method of officers and soldiers of later generations that he understands, and the gap between the times will naturally make everyone feel uncomfortable.

However, he knows better that this is the most effective method of military training that has been finally perfected by those generations of later generations who have learned from the thousands of years of military training and combat experience of their predecessors, and it is much stronger than the simple military training of today.

Therefore, Sun Ning is looking forward to what a huge chemical reaction will occur when this modern military training method is applied to ancient soldiers.

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Sun Ning, who was full of expectations, didn't know how much trouble his idea had brought to Yan Hu and Chen Qingyun.

This training has never been a simple matter, and it is a difficult process that requires leading officers to teach their subordinates according to their own experience and correct the thinking of some ordinary people.

But right now, even Yan Hu and other generals are extremely unfamiliar with this new training method, and if they want to teach it to the officers and soldiers below, it will naturally be more difficult.

Because many things are actually different from the conventions they have been accustomed to for a long time, so they can only continue to polish themselves over and over again, and then instill them in the people below little by little.

If it weren't for the will and military order conveyed by His Majesty the Emperor, many officers would have to go out of training.

It is also thanks to Sun Ning's current status in the army that everyone can grit their teeth and change their original traces and habits little by little according to this awkward way of training.

And after practicing like this for more than half a month, the miraculous result appeared.

Those soldiers from ordinary people who had no military experience were trained very well, and their progress far exceeded that of ordinary soldiers, and with the passage of time, their progress was getting faster and faster, and in the end, the veterans who had been newly selected into the new battalion were left far behind by them.

In this way, as July was about to pass, the drill of the new recruits of this battalion was finally completed.

As a result, most of the veterans were eliminated and could only return to the camp separately, but nearly 4,000 of the original ordinary people were left behind and became a member of the camp.

Among them, naturally includes Nie Long and Wei Ting.