"Figured it out?" Li Zicheng sat on the handsome couch, stared at Gao Yigong and asked.

Gao Yigong stood at the bottom, with a solemn face, without the slightest "cynical" appearance when he was with Li Yan.

"Well, figured it out." Gao Yigong said loudly: "I am not willing to be a deputy general for a lifetime, even if I am a handsome auxiliary soldier, it is also handsome." ”

Li Zicheng twisted his beard on his chin when he heard this, squinted his eyes and said, "But complaining that I buried you?" ”

"The subordinates don't dare!" Gao Yigong said, although he did not complain that Li Zicheng did not reuse him, but he still had a lot of grievances in his heart, thinking that he had brought more than 10,000 people to Li Zicheng, which injected vitality into Li Zicheng in danger.

"Guoxun, you have to be aware of my hard work" Li Zicheng said meaningfully: "You are my brother-in-law, if you are in the court, then you are a relative, the whole army does not know how many eyes are staring at you, if I deal with it a little inappropriately, then I have to end up with a reputation of nepotism, so for you, I am not harsh, it is really forced by the situation." ”

Gao Yigong nodded suddenly, and arched his hand and said: "The difficulties of breaking the king, the subordinates naturally know, don't say it's me, it's Li Guan's team, Li Zongliang is like this, how dare I complain about the king?" However, I am not willing to be a deputy general all the time, and I have nothing to do all day, so I want to ask for the position of auxiliary commander, so as not to let others chew their tongues. ”

"What's the point of being an auxiliary officer?" Li Zicheng looked at Gao Yigong suspiciously and asked: "You know, the auxiliaries are all the forerunners, and they are the ones who are killed and injured the most in every battle, what is the point of being this commander?" ”

"King Chuang, there are only 2,000 elites in the camp, but the total number of troops has reached more than 20,000, can you only rely on 2,000 elites to sweep the world? If we can train all these 20,000 homeless people into elite soldiers, won't we be able to achieve ten times greater results than now? Gao Yigong opened his mouth and persuaded.

Of course, this is tempting, 20,000 soldiers is not a joke, if Li Zicheng really has 20,000 soldiers in his hands, not to mention directly destroying the Ming Court, at least he will dare to directly open a film with the main force of the Ming Court.

However, training troops is not a matter of a word, he has no base, it is mobile warfare, weapons and armor are all captured, so it is difficult to train elite in the true sense, so the army has to let the displaced people fight in the front, wasting a lot of strength, in fact, it is also forced by the situation.

"Guoxun, training troops is not a sentence, and the complexity is far better than leading troops to a strategic place." Li Zicheng frowned and said, he is relieved to lead the troops with high Yigong, but it is indeed difficult to make Li Zicheng believe that he is this talent.

"King Chuang, everything always needs someone to do, if you don't do anything, aren't we going to be rogues for the rest of our lives?" Gao Yigong retorted.

When Li Zicheng heard this, he didn't feel like Gao Yiyi said it, thought for a while, and seemed to have an answer, so he laughed and asked Gao Yigong: "Who taught you these words?" ”

Gao Yigong was stunned when he heard this, but he was also a sincere man, and immediately said: "It was taught by Brother Li Yan, but I feel that what I said is also very reasonable." ”

Li Zicheng had already guessed that Li Yan had taught him to say such things, and seeing that Gao Yigong had not deceived him, he nodded with satisfaction, and gently read Li Yan's name in his mouth, as if he was thinking about something.

Before long, Li Zicheng opened his mouth and said, "Does Li Yan want to be your military envoy?" ”

"That's right, Brother Li Yan said that if King Chuang can approve this matter, he will be sure to train an elite soldier for King Chuang!" Gao Yigong said with full confidence, and it could be seen that he had confidence in Li Yan.

"Do you want to go to the front camp? This Li Yan has some meaning, that is, the thoughts in it are difficult to figure out" Li Zicheng seemed to be talking to himself.

As the commander of the army, after fighting for so many years, there are many mutineers under his hands, many self-reliant, and many heroes of the world have died.

Li Yan's little Jiujiu, Li Zicheng is a keen observer, but he didn't care very much, but felt that Li Yan was smart, knowing that if he went to the front camp, he was afraid that it would be difficult to show his skills, after all, the gang of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals in the front camp have always despised literati, and martial artists pay attention to seniority, Li Yan was just a sentry before, how could he be good at pointing fingers in front of them?

However, Li Zicheng also has something to worry about, it turns out that Li Yan seems to know how to win people's hearts very well, the martial artists in the front camp have always been arrogant, and they have some prestige among the lineage, ordinary soldiers are actually not very interested in these generals and marshals, and if Gu Junen is around these people, they naturally know how to win people's hearts.

But Gu Junen is sleek and sophisticated, and he helps Li Zicheng to give advice, which is also what makes Li Zicheng trust, but Li Yan is not, he has the ability, but it always seems that Li Zicheng is not put in the center, but takes his own interests as the starting point.

Such a person is easy to use, but it also makes Li Zicheng quite worried, after all, with your own interests as the starting point, you have to come up with enough benefits, otherwise it is easy for this person to have problems, which is why Li Zicheng wants to suppress Li Yan this time.

"How many soldiers do you want?" Li Zicheng's words have changed from you to "you", and Li Yan has obviously been counted.

Gao Yigong asked these words, Li Yan didn't communicate with him about the specific number of people before leaving, Gao Yigong scratched his head in embarrassment, and then held back a sentence for a long time: "Five thousand people......"

"Nonsense!" When Li Zicheng heard this, he immediately reprimanded Gao Yigong: "Do you know what the concept of 5,000 people is?" If it is training, it needs to consume food, armor and equipment, these are not a sentence, open your mouth to 5,000 people, not very old, but not small! ”

"That'...... The three thousand? Gao Yigong thought about it, and reduced the number of people by two thousand to ask.

Li Zicheng was about to be bargained for Gao Yigong, smiled, pointed at Gao Yigong and said: "The elite who broke into the camp is only two thousand, if you can train five hundred elite soldiers, it is enough to make me happy, three thousand people, don't say it's you, even I don't have such ability!" ”

"Two thousand!" Li Zicheng stretched out two fingers: "I'll give you 2,000 people, if you can practice it, I will give it to you again, if you can't practice it, you will honestly go to Li Jin to be a deputy general, don't mention such a thing again, is it okay?" ”

"Medium!" Although the 2,000 people disappointed Gao Yigong, Li Zicheng let him lead the troops independently, and he also knew how to accept it when he saw it, so he immediately gave up his hand.

"That's right, remember, you're the boss! Look like a manager! Don't act like a lieutenant! Li Zicheng beat to the first level of high school.

In fact, there is something to say about this, the reason why Li Zicheng did not object to Gao Yigong as the commander of this newly built army is because he suddenly found that this seemed to be a good move.

After all, Gao Yigong belongs to his "relatives", and his loyalty to him is not said, and Li Yan is friendly with Gao Yigong, let him stay with Gao Yigong, not only can give full play to his ability, but also let Gao Yigong watch Li Yan, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?

Besides, Li Zicheng didn't believe that Li Yan could train two thousand soldiers and horses in front of him, so that the young man would suffer a little, and then he would take the opportunity to beat him again, polish off his sharpness, and let him be more serious, so that it would be much more comfortable to use.

......

When Li Yan waited until he was overjoyed by Gao Yigong, he knew that the matter was done, Gao Yigong didn't have any city government, and everything was written directly on his face.

"How many men did King Chuang promise you?" Li Yan grabbed the elated Gao Yigong and asked.

"Hehe, it's not much, it's only 2,000 people, but at least I can lead an army alone!" Gao Yigong said excitedly.

"What? Two thousand? No, it's too much! Li Yan frowned when he heard this, and said, "A maximum of 1,000 people is already the limit." ”

When Gao Yigong heard this, his face suddenly fell, and he said quite angrily: "There are more than 2,000 people?" If you look at the management teams in the front battalion, which of our subordinates is not this number, we are in the rear battalion, and our combat effectiveness is already worse, so why can't we ask for more. ”

In fact, in the eyes of the generals of the camp in this era, "Tuduo" is not "Tujing" is a common phenomenon, 100,000 troops are pressed in black, and they all seem to have a sense of deterrence, of course, this is not a phenomenon unique to the camp, the Ming army also has this phenomenon, anyway, the more soldiers and horses, the better, but some of the Ming army is a last resort, after all, the quality can only be made up by quantity.

However, Li Yan is resolutely opposed to the supremacy of quantity, in fact, the role of numbers in the era of cold weapons is far smaller than that of the era of hot weapons in later generations.

Not to mention that in this era when orders are transmitted by heralds, banners, and drums, even the command efficiency of 10,000 people is questionable.

Secondly, the battlefield is only so big, even if the 100,000-strong army is deployed, it will be a problem, once the troops are piled up together, and it is difficult to transmit information, and everyone does not know what is happening in the front and back, the slightest disturbance may lead to the collapse of the whole army.

This was the case with Fu Jian in the Battle of Weishui.

Therefore, out of this consideration, Li Yan insisted on taking the line of elite soldiers, and it would be a great thing to be able to train into 3,000 elite troops in the true sense, and 3,000 elites were enough to smash 20,000 or 30,000 sloppy training troops in this era.

And the number of Ming courts that can really be called capable of fighting does not exceed 100,000, and among these 100,000, they also have to guard against the Jiannu in the north, and it is undoubtedly the most reasonable for the camp to take the route of elite soldiers.

"Anyway, it's a thousand people at most, and if it exceeds this number, I can't guarantee that I can practice." Li Yan said bluntly to Gao Yigong.

Reducing the number of soldiers, it was obvious that Gao Yigong's heart was slashing meat, Gao Yigong gritted his teeth and thought for a moment, and then said: "One thousand two hundred...... May I? ”

Li Yan couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, Gao Yigong was very obsessed with the number of soldiers and horses, so he had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay, then there will be 1,200 people." ”

Gao Yigong reluctantly nodded in agreement, and then planned to return to Li Zicheng.

In this way, this army that no one in the camp reported hope was born, even if this army became the starting point of the later modernization of the army, but at least no one took this army seriously at this time.

An army without cavalry, without archers, that is, the life of cannon fodder, field battles are not to be thought about.

Of course, Li Zicheng doesn't matter, after all, this army is used as a "whetstone", 1,200 displaced people, he won't feel much distress if he dies, in this era, the most important thing is this kind of soldier, and he can immediately conjure up 20,000 or 30,000 for food.

In order to distinguish it from the typical battalion army that the "Old Eighth Team" had already broken into the camp, Li Yan personally named this army the "Reserve Army." ”

The so-called "reserve effect" refers to the army that serves as a reserve, at least in Li Yan's explanation of Li Zicheng, this army is described as a "reserve" general existence, as for its actual situation, no one can say clearly.

Because this army is now an empty shelf, lacking people, generals, armor and weapons, food and grass, anyway, there is no shortage of anything, except for Li Yan and Gao Yigong and the two hundred cronies that Gao Yigong brought out from Li Jinjun, there is no one.......