Lu Tao smiled lightly: "Although these soldiers work in the fields, they are still serving in the military. They only need to be recruited. If they abandon their hoes and pick up their swords, all the people will become soldiers."

Su Changning was surprised: "Is this true?"

Lu Tao then explained a series of measures by which Xie Furang allowed the soldiers to disarm and return to the fields, retain their military service status, reclaim wasteland for personal ownership, and exempt them from taxes for three years.

Su Changning is now a minister and worries about state affairs every day. He immediately understood the cleverness and said in surprise: "It's wonderful. Only a genius can come up with such a wonderful measure. It relieves the heavy burden of military tax and allows the soldiers to be self-sufficient. 2.

When farmers are lightly taxed, the people will be rich and the country will be strong. Thirdly, troops will be kept at all times to serve as farmers in leisure time and as soldiers in time of war."

In fact, Xie Fu was not the first to come up with the military system of integrating soldiers and farmers. The military system that originated from the Northern Wei Dynasty and has been followed to this day is not exactly like this.

The government military system sounds nice: go out as soldiers, enter as civilians, and hide soldiers in the army. But in fact, it is military service imposed on farmers.

Just imagine, you usually work in the fields, but suddenly you have to go to the battlefield empty-handed and naked. How much fighting power does the temporarily recruited army have? It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a ragtag group of people.

Such a ragtag army without complete equipment may still be useful in suppressing riots and suppressing bandits.

When we come to the battlefield between countries, how can we fight against those troops who have experienced hundreds of battles and are well-equipped? I am afraid that a ragtag army of tens of thousands of people will encounter an elite division of 5,000 people. Seeing the radiance emanating from the opponent

The murderous spirit came out, and he ran away without even daring to fight.

It is a joke to ask farmers to fight formal wars.

Of course, not all Zhechong soldiers are just gangsters. Some wealthy and famous families maintain soldiers in the name of government soldiers. The wealthy families secretly support them with food, wages, weapons and equipment. They are armies composed of real soldiers, such as Suzhou Zhechong.

Mansion, Zhechong Mansion, Changzhou.

However, such an army has become the private army of wealthy and famous people, and is used by wealthy and famous people. It is difficult for the court to recruit them into the battlefield.

Dadong Kingdom nominally has ten guards. Apart from the elite guards guarding the capital, only twenty-three out of ten of them can actually be sent to the battlefield, and these two or three are firmly in the hands of local wealthy families.

The actions taken by Xie Fu seem to be similar to those of Youfu's military system, but they are actually very different.

One is a farmer carrying military service, and the other is a soldier who has been discharged and returned to the fields. They are real soldiers, and once they are recruited, they become a real army.

Lu Tao said solemnly: "Seriously! I have recruited a force of 60,000 troops! I will then obey the imperial court's orders."

Su Changning was taken aback. He let out a cry, and then asked softly: "Mr. Lu, are your 60,000 soldiers and horses fully equipped and what is their combat strength? You must know that this time we are fighting a tough battle. We are not going to fight."

Suppress the riots."

Lu Tao laughed loudly: "These 60,000 people are originally well-disciplined soldiers, not just a mob as Mr. Su thought." He said in a low voice: "Mr. Su, I won't hide it from you. These 60,000 people are from Jiangnan East Road and Huainan.

The net worth of a local family."

When Lu Tao said this, Su Changning understood that these soldiers were elite private troops cultivated by local wealthy families who spent financial and material resources, and they were only in name known as Zhechong government soldiers.

"Master Lu, are there any shortages of food, grass and equipment?" How can we lack these two things in a war?

Lu Tao smiled lightly: "There are three major granaries in the south of the Yangtze River, the Jinling granary, the Suzhou granary, and the Hangzhou granary. They are all full. The people's homes have abundant grain stores, and they can be levied at any time without the court having to worry."

Su Changning said happily: "Okay, in terms of equipment, I can raise 3,000 war horses, 8,000 pairs of leather armors, 3,000 infantry armors, cloth back armors, Fu silk armors, and white cloth armors for you, totaling 11,000.

vice."

Armor is no better than a weapon and is expensive to make. Lu Tao is so loyal to the country. This is the greatest sincerity Su Changning can show.

Lu Tao smiled slightly: "I'm afraid they won't wear it?"

Su Changning was confused: "Why is this?"

Lu Tao smiled lightly and said: "These 60,000 soldiers and horses wear armors ranging from bright light armor and red iron armor to fine scale armor and mountain wen armor. How can they think so highly of your leather armor and cloth armor, Mr. Su?"

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"this……"

But Su Changning was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He was completely frightened. There was a huge difference between having armor and not having armor. Today's battle of defeating more with less relied on well-equipped equipment.

Seeing Su Changning's expression, Lu Tao couldn't help but feel a little proud: "Not only that, half of the horses he rode came from Wenren Ranch, half of the weapons used were forged by the Su family in Jiancheng, and the arrowheads used were armor-piercing arrows made by the Su family in Jiancheng.

, can penetrate ordinary armor and kill the enemy."

Su Changning was so surprised that he opened his mouth wide and couldn't even say the word "ah". It was so ordinary that it would not be an exaggeration to say that he transformed from a human soldier into a heavenly soldier.

Why should such an army be afraid of the Beidi army? You can imagine a picture of them standing in armor and allowing the enemy to grab and chop them with swords, but they are also invulnerable.

It took a long time to recover from the shock: "Where can I find so many war horse armors?"

Lu Tao said lightly: "This is all because Master Xie spent his family wealth and purchased from everywhere based on his personal connections to create such a fully armored division."

Su Changning sighed: "It is unimaginable that the power of the imperial court can overwhelm the country..."

Lu Tao echoed: "Yes, it's unimaginable and amazing. I thought only gods could do it, but the reality is right in front of me."
Chapter completed!