-- The Great Zhou Dynasty practiced a military system and conscription at the same time, and several standing armies maintained in peacetime were recruited from good families, and weapons and food were provided by the imperial court as a lifelong occupation. Basically, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion entered the camp in their twenties, and they had to work until they were forty or fifty years old, and they did not return home until they were old and weak. When they retire, they will receive a large amount of money from the imperial court, plus the booty they usually accumulate, and after returning to their hometown, they can basically live well as a headcatcher or a bodyguard and a homeguard.

Since most of them have experienced more than ten years of military careers, these professional soldiers are of course extremely excellent in terms of fighting skills, combat experience, mastery and proficiency of various weapons, and a few of them can even grow into innate warriors. Even if the rest can't reach this level, their combat effectiveness is by no means comparable to that of ordinary Jianghu warriors - even under the same equipment.

Not to mention that the imperial court has always spared no effort in arming the standing army - chariots, horses, armor, bows and crossbows, etc., are all the best equipment. Therefore, the strength of these standing armies is actually far more powerful than those "ancient armies" in Huang Chang's previous life, if there is no Xianmen force to intervene, they are the main force used by the Ji family of the Great Zhou Dynasty to deter all the princes and families in the country, as well as other small countries - only the big countries are not afraid of this, the strength of the big countries depends on the strength of each other's Xianmen backers, and the number and quality of immortal cultivators play a decisive role.

Of course, this kind of standing army is strong and expensive, and each of them is built by the imperial court at great expense, and then requires a lot of money to maintain it. Even if the Great Zhou Dynasty is the co-ruler of the world, it can't afford to raise too many such standing armies. It is mainly concentrated around the capital of Pickaxe, and some will be arranged in some important military places.

So what to do when the government in other places needs military support - in this Xianxia world, there are strong people everywhere, and if the government does not have enough military support, it is impossible to achieve domination. This is one of the reasons why most of the magistrates in today's kingdoms are often monopolized by members of wealthy families: local rulers, such as county commanders or county guards, are allowed to create their own personal guards according to their official position, but there is a limit to the number. Moreover, the equipment and food are all provided by themselves, and if there is no big family behind them, they will definitely not be able to support too much.

In addition, if they needed to use more troops, they had to conscript the county soldiers - temporarily conscripting the Ding Zhuang army in the city, which was also allowed by the rules of the imperial court, but was to be disbanded after the military operation was over. The local officials had to take care of the money, food, and supplies spent in the process of requisitioning them -- not that they had to bear it personally, but at least the local government had to be able to afford it. Of course, the combat effectiveness of the army formed in this way cannot be compared with that of the standing army, but in most cases it is sufficient.

As for those princes, the security of their own fiefdoms is, of course, the responsibility of the army they formed, and the court basically doesn't care. If it is managed, it will often have to take the opportunity to take it back -- with the standing army directly under the imperial court as the backbone, supplemented by local conscription of county soldiers, and the army of the princes is both wooed and guarded, which is the most important military system of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Linquan County, as a place directly under the jurisdiction of the Great Zhou Imperial Court, also stationed such a standing army near the county town, with the banner of "Flying Bear Army". However, the commander of this army was not under the jurisdiction of Linquan County, but was directly governed by the Great Zhou court. If you want to mobilize this army, you must have the order of the imperial military department and the tiger talisman seal in the hands of the emperor himself.

Of course, Guo Shouhuan, as the county guard of Linquan, can still ask this army for help when he is really in trouble, such as this "Salvation Incident", after all, the fundamental goal of the Flying Bear Army stationed here is to stabilize the place and deter them. However, the procedures for the transfer were more cumbersome: he needed to write a joint letter with Sima Jie, the commander of the Six Gates, explaining to the imperial court that there was indeed a need to send a standing army here, and that he could only contact the army after obtaining the permission of the military headquarters and the consent of the Son of Heaven himself - but he could not make the situation too serious, so as not to affect his reputation in the court.

Therefore, Guo Shouhuan originally didn't want to play this card, and would rather use his personal connections to ask Kunlun Mountain for help, spend money to recruit county soldiers, and even spend a lot of money and food to temporarily hire heroes to fight the Salvation Sect, rather than trouble the regular army of the imperial court. It was only later that the situation here deteriorated and it was impossible to completely conceal it, and it is said that the bigwigs of the hostile factions in the DPRK and China had received reports from other sources. At this time, no matter how strong he is, it is good if he can suppress the situation, but if he can't suppress it, it will inevitably be another big hat of "misleading state affairs with selfish intentions".

After thinking about it again, I had to ask for help, which can be regarded as proving that I am indeed doing my best to calm the situation. Fortunately, Guo Shouhuan came out of the pickaxe capital after all, and he still has some old relations in the capital. After some twisting and turning, he helped to suppress the court's attack in the background of the capital, and at the same time temporarily gave him the authority to mobilize a part of the Flying Bear Army to assist in the battle - but this is only this chance, if he messes things up again, it must be a combination of accounts before and after.

Therefore, Guo Shouhuan is also a desperate gamble this time, and if he doesn't succeed, he will become a benevolent. Originally, he planned to go out with him personally, but he was finally persuaded by Sima Jie and a few of his soldiers and strategists - saying that if the whole army was exhausted, the county town would be empty, and if the opponent took advantage of this fundamental place, it would be called a chance to turn the tables at all.

In the end, it was discussed that the county guard would lead some of the county soldiers to guard the city, and the responsibility of the battle would be mainly the leader of the Flying Bear Army who came to lead the troops this time, and Sima Jie of the Six Gates. The former mainly commanded his own army, while the latter led the elite of the Six Gates, as well as many martial arts masters and casual cultivators recruited this time.

Ji Ruo naturally participated in this operation as the main member, and the group of warriors she brought, the people of Yaojiazhai, also set off with them as a matter of course. At this moment, Huang Chang was escorting beside a beautifully decorated small fragrant car with clear oil - this car was usually used by Guo Shouhuan's family to tour the mountains and rivers, and it was a little abrupt to appear in the marching army. But as Ji Ruo's county lord, he didn't want to mix in with a group of rude soldiers and show his face, so it was understandable to act in such a small car.