The Warrior Battalion, though it claims to have 5,000 warriors.

But in fact, there are only more than 3,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people, and some of them are not suitable for those who are fifty or sixty years old, have gray hair, and are unable to move, and some of them are disabled.

There will be no more than 2,000 people who can really be favored by Yuan Yao and be called a soldier.

Moreover, these two thousand people are only with normal limbs, and many of them are a little older, or very thin and not suitable for training, and they can really be called elite soldiers.

It is estimated that there is not one in ten.

Being able to find 300 people is pretty good.

But even if there were only three hundred people, Yuan Yao was very pleased.

Soldiers are more valuable, not more.

As long as he can draw 300 elite soldiers from them, he can also make good use of them and carry them forward.

Leave with the men and horses of the Warrior Battalion.

Although there were only 3,000 old and weak, Yuan Yao was all included in his command.

After these soldiers and horses left the school grounds, Yuan Yao arranged for Ji Ling to take over these soldiers, and appointed Ji Ling as the governor, in charge of the whole army, and Ji Ling was responsible for commanding them.

Although Yuan Yao didn't know much about marching and fighting, he still knew how to select soldiers and train soldiers and horses, not for anything else, because he was also a veteran.

He divided the three thousand old and weak into three classes.

More than 1,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, as third-class soldiers, do not need to participate in battles, only responsible for logistics, only need simple drills on weekdays, and follow military discipline immediately.

There are more than 1,000 people left who are in good health and can barely keep up, Yuan Yao called them privates, who need to practice for two hours a day, and at the same time improve the food of these people, so that they can have meat to eat and a full meal.

And the more than 400 elite veterans selected from these 3,000 people, Yuan Yao classified them as first-class soldiers.

These people are basically veterans who have been in the army since Yuan Shu's crusade against Dong Zhuo, participated in various battles, and experienced dozens of battles, large and small, not only have rich experience, but also have stronger military literacy.

Although most of these people are already around thirty years old, Yuan Yao still cultivates them as elites, not only renting them twice as much food as others, but also paying them additional military salaries.

The salary is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers.

The reason why Yuan Yao wanted to do this was mainly to improve the combat effectiveness of his subordinates.

You must know that in this era, most of the conscription system is adopted, and joining the army is compulsory.

Only a few soldiers and horses under the command of the princes adopted a conscription system.

Most of the soldiers and horses under Yuan Shu's command were people who fled during the famine that year, and joined Yuan Shu's command for a bite to eat, and very few military salaries were paid.

It is precisely for this reason that in history, before Yuan Shu's defeat and the collapse of his power, many soldiers and horses, and even generals, began to rebel.

As far as Yuan Yao knew, Yang Feng, Lei Bo, Chen Lan and others under Yuan Shu all defected because of military salaries.

Yuan Yao was naturally reluctant to let his men and horses step into this footsteps, so it was still necessary to be better for his soldiers and horses.

As long as he is given enough treatment, these soldiers will follow him with all their hearts.

Another purpose is that he plans to train these people as much as possible, if he can't ensure daily nutritional intake, high-intensity training may be counterproductive, so it is also necessary to ensure that there is meat food supplements every day.

When Ji Ling heard Yuan Yao's arrangement, he was still a little puzzled, after all, if he did this, the three months of grain and grass allocated by Yuan Yin might only last for a month and a half.

However, Yuan Yao insisted again and again, and there was no harm in doing this to Yuan Yao, on the contrary, he was able to get the love of the soldiers, and Ji Ling did not do it right, but just treated Yuan Yao, the son, differently.

I didn't expect Yuan Shu, who has always been picking and searching, to give birth to a son who is so generous.

After a few days of tidying up the soldiers and horses, Yuan Yao also moved away from the prince's mansion, and at the same time, because he was in a hurry to go to Lujiang, he did not stay too much in Shouchun.

Soon began to lead his more than 3,000 old and weak soldiers to Lujiang County.

Lujiang County is just southeast of Huainan County, and it is not too far from Shouchun City.

The distance between the two places is at best more than 300 miles, but two years ago this was not Yuan Shu's territory.

At the beginning, the Taishou here, named Lu Kang, was loyal to a loyal minister of the court in the late Han Dynasty, but because its geographical location was too close to Yuan Shu, he was targeted by Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce to crusade against Lu Kang, and promised Sun Ce that as long as Sun Ce conquered Lujiang County, Sun Ce would be appointed as the Taishou of Lujiang.

Later, although Sun Ce conquered Lujiang County, Yuan Shu was afraid of Sun Ce's strength and reversed himself, so instead of letting Sun Ce serve as the Taishou of Lujiang, he continued to let Sun Ce help him fight other territories, which was also the beginning of the feud between Sun Ce and Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu did not let Sun Ce serve as the Taishou of Lujiang, but gave him another general, Liu Xun.

Liu Xun was ordered to serve as the Taishou of Lujiang and help Yuan Shu guard the rear.

It's a pity that this Liu Xun is not a capable person, and in the past two years, he has not played a very good role in serving as a taishou in Lujiang.

Instead of consolidating Lujiang into an iron plate and becoming an important grain producing area for Yuan Shu, it was because of Liu Xun's dereliction of duty and letting thieves run rampant, which made the people of Lujiang County lose their hearts more and more.

Even many people fled to Jiangdong to avoid trouble because of the rampant banditry.

Yuan Yao was not in a hurry to go to Lujiang, the reason why he left from Shouchun so quickly was just that he didn't want to go to the troubled waters of Yuan Shu, and going to Lujiang was just an expedient measure.

Three hundred miles away, according to Ji Ling's estimate, the march can be reached in ten days, the governance of Lujiang County, Anhui County, but Yuan Yao is not in a hurry, but instead trains his soldiers and horses while walking, and conducts drills every day.

Originally, it only took ten days to arrive, but Yuan Yao walked out of twenty days before arriving in Anhui County.

Although Yuan Yao came to Lujiang to suppress bandits, and he was ordered by Yuan Shu, when he came to Lujiang, he was bound to visit Liu Xun, the Lujiang Taishou.

Although Liu Xun doesn't have any skills, he has handled the relationship well, and when he suppresses bandits, he can help this guy a little.

Even if you don't send some soldiers and horses to help, you can still ask for some grain and grass from this person's hands.

No matter how you look at it, it is very necessary.

Yuan Yao asked Ji Ling to set up camp outside the city of Anhui County, and he took Ji Ling and a few other personal soldiers into the city to visit Liu Xun.