"Please, General."

Being ahead first, Li Yu looked at the soldiers training bravely in the barracks, and shouts full of power were extremely loud, and his heart was filled with pride. These were his soldiers, the power that truly belonged to him, and the foundation for his better survival in this world.

As a general, Li Yu could have one thousand personal guards, and another five thousand to ten thousand directly affiliated troops. In a sense, these two troops were Li Yu's private soldiers. In this Warring States Period, the king allowed the nobles to have private soldiers, let alone generals, who were all soldiers that could be collected during war. The general's personal guards and the direct troops were allocated by the state's finances. The military pay for the personal guard camp was first allocated to the general's hands and then sent to the personal guards by the general. This is a great deal.

After the Battle of Handan, Li Yu originally wanted the chief guard Xu An to command five thousand cavalry on his behalf, but Xu An refused to accept it and must follow him to guard him. Li Yu did not force him, so he asked Xu An to continue to command one thousand of his personal guards, and then let Xu An's younger brother Xu Zhan lead five thousand cavalry. Both of them followed Li Mu's side and died, which was considered to have watched him grow up. The other four cavalry commanders were all generals brought back from the border before, and their loyalty and ability to lead troops were beyond doubt. These five thousand cavalry were Li Yu's team and must be firmly grasped.

Although Li Yu is now in the position of general, commanding the city guards and the palace guards, and has no power for a while, those are based on the trust of King Zhao, and he has just entered the court and has no help at all. Therefore, Li Yu's real team is only one thousand personal guards and five thousand cavalry, and his father's bottom has been dug up by him. There is no way. In this chaotic world, there is no way to know when he has not held the power in his hands.

"Brother Xu, how was that war merit monument made?" The war came to an end. With the concession of King Zhao, Li Yu asked someone to organize the war merit monument that he had proposed before and prepared to erect outside Handan City, so that the people of Zhao could see the soldiers who died in defending Zhao. This was also a means to inspire the people. Li Yu, who is the city lieutenant, was fully responsible for this matter.

"The craftsmen are already carving the soldiers' names, and they will be completed in half a month."

"Well, let me know when the time comes, the king will come in person. Also, I see that the soldiers are very hard to train. I need to supplement them with some meat. If the money and food are not enough, I will take a thousand gold from my reward. If it is not enough, I will ask me for it." Li Yu still attaches great importance to the health of the soldiers under his command. If the horse wants to run fast, he must let the horse eat. Anyway, King Zhao has just given him five thousand gold, which is enough for a while, but he has already considered finding something to make money. It is not his style to eat the whole country.

"Follow the order."

Without disturbing the soldiers' training, Li Yu and several lieutenants discussed the next training and left, leaving for his personal guard camp.

When he came to the personal guard camp, the training scene that Li Yu saw was more intense than the cavalry battalion. If Li Yu's request for the cavalry battalion was a wolf that was indomitable, then his request for the personal guard camp was a fearless tiger and leopard. For this reason, Li Yu specially allocated three thousand golds to strengthen the training of the personal guard camp. He was preparing to increase his strength significantly in a short period of time, and he would even smash it with money.

With physical fitness, personal skills, and cooperation, Li Yu's requirements for the personal guard camp were very strict. He had never joined the army in his previous life, but he also learned about the training of modern soldiers through the Internet. It was still okay to draw a tiger. Xu An was a little dissatisfied with those strange training events, but he was a little surprised after experiencing them himself. As a professional soldier, he could naturally clearly feel the targetedness of those training events.

Without Xu An's resistance, Li Yu was more at ease with the guards. These thousand guards were selected after strict selection and "political review". He also stated that anyone who didn't work would be eliminated and added from the cavalry battalion. In this era of professionalism of soldiers, not fighting for steamed buns and fighting for breath is the greatest honor for soldiers. How could they let themselves be eliminated? With the stimulation of financial rewards, it was extremely desperate to train.

After about two years of defense of Handan, Li Yu's personal guard battalion returned to its physical fitness level before the war half a month after the war, and even improved slightly, and his morale was slightly higher than during the war. It was considered that through high-intensity training, the momentum after the victory was completely transformed into combat effectiveness.

Of course, while Li Yu was desperately training the personal guard camp, he also gave them high enough military pay, which was three times higher than the soldiers in the cavalry battalion. You should know that the military pay of the cavalry battalion is already the top line among the regular army. Of course, the extra money was paid by Li Yu himself. During the Warring States Period, the personal soldiers were not among the national army, and their military pay was allocated to the general by the state, and then distributed by the general. Therefore, the personal soldiers were completely the general's private soldiers, and their life and death were related to the general, which led to the allusion of the master's humiliation and death.

After the inspections of several camps were completed, it was almost time to go, Li Yu had lunch with the soldiers in the personal barracks. The food here was good. At Li Yu's request, the food in the personal barracks was three meals a day. In addition to breakfast, there must be meat for lunch and dinner. With such generous benefits, only half a month later, the soldiers in the personal barracks were all extremely strong and their combat effectiveness was at least twice as high as ordinary soldiers. Of course, the money they paid made Li Yu feel a little distressed.

After lunch, Li Yu patted his stomach and took the guards to stroll around Handan City. Looking at the bustling streets with people coming and going, Li Yu had to admire the people of this era's ability to adapt to war.

At the end of the Warring States Period, a war broke out almost every once in a while, and the people were used to it. Anyway, they still lived after the war. No matter how fierce the resistance was, the loss of the war would have little impact on the lives of the people. There was no such thing as massacre in the city this year. The Warring States Period maintained some gentleman style of the Spring and Autumn Period for hundreds of years. Even Bai Qi, the god of war who killed people in the wild, only killed soldiers and never caused any damage to the people of the enemy country. After all, occupying the city requires those people to maintain it, otherwise what is the point of occupying an empty city? In addition to occupying the country, wars these days are population, which is also the reason why the population still grows in the warring states.

It was only half a month after the war in Handan City ended, and its former prosperity had returned to its previous prosperity. Businesses and travelers from all over the country entered and sold all the intimate goods to the people of Handan City.
Chapter completed!