Although Geng Yan had a young talented aura that was too strong, many people under the fifth army hated him and secretly called him "Little Child Cao".

But I would never dare to call him in person. After all, Geng Yan has outstanding martial arts skills, and except for Ma Yuan, the rest can be knocked down.

So when he heard Geng Yan invite the Fifth Lun to recruit soldiers, the thief Cao Cao's clerk Zhao Zhi couldn't help but refute him: "Geng joins the army, if the soldiers are so easy to recruit soldiers, why bother recruiting them?"

The Qin and Han dynasties had abundant martial ethics, and one of the secrets was the conscription system.

You have to ask the fifth relationship: whether the recruitment is fragrant or not, it is of course fragrant, but the requirements for the government are too high: the recruitment must be linked to the strict household registration system, and then combined with military merits, titles, land and houses, etc. to allow the conscripts who unconditionally serve the court to have the enthusiasm to fight.

Once the dynasty is over, and the relevant supporting systems are lax, many problems will occur in the conscription system. For example, the Han family has been in two hundred years, and their military merits and titles, land and houses have long been abolished, and the household registration system has also become more and more common as the tyrants merge, and the refugees have become more and more common.

Therefore, when Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, he began to recruit soldiers, even recruit Qiang and Hu cavalry, using a large number of prisoners and evil young men to join the army to expedition the Western Regions of the Xiongnu. However, the results were hard to describe, as Geng Yan said: "It is not as useful as a good family."

After all, most of the people recruited were unemployed vagrants. They looked strong and flexible, but they could not bear the hardships. They were far less likely to train than honest farmers. Although they were dressed and angry all day long, they were very fierce when fighting on the street, but when they went to the battlefield, they were frustrated and collapsed when they encountered setbacks.

In the new dynasty, the conscription system was even more serious. The household registration and civilians could not even finish the heavy labor service, and there was no time to train. Due to financial difficulties, the military soldiers of the county and state were often suspended from trials. In fact, they had become recruiters and mercenaries who served for others.

When encountering war, you have to temporarily arrest the strong men, but those foreign wars are unpopular and there is no reward mechanism to support them. What is the purpose of fighting? The conscripts miss their homesickness and frequent escapes, so they can only be escorted as prisoners. This is General Gengshi and the main force of the royal army of the Taishi Eastern Expedition. Feng Yan only won 20% of the troops and led the heavenly soldiers.

It is too difficult to rebuild a corrupt system. Faced with this new situation, it is no longer appropriate to insist on recruiting troops. After the fifth reunion entered Weicheng County, he suspended the arrest of strong men and instead recruited soldiers from refugees. Unlike the cities recruited soldiers in the Hanwu period, the refugees were also farmers at the source. After losing land in disasters, they were forced to wander and seek survival. Their request was very simple: survive.

Zhao said: "There is no need to raise money at a high price. You can attract hundreds of people with a full meal. This is a good thing that only happens in troubled times."

So the Fifth Rein immediately abandoned the veterans of the county soldiers and began to build a new army based on refugees. First, it was a temporary measure, and people could not be suffocated to death by urine. Second, he and his old team were more familiar with dealing with the bottom of society.

Third, young and strong refugees will take military service as their job, so they will not cause harm to the thieves. In the future, they will not be too attached to the countryside.

In the end, these refugees have entered the guise of the fifth reunion, so they don’t want to run out. They will basically join the army in their lives. After ten years of war, even the youngest new recruits will become veterans of war.

But Geng Yan was not used to it. Because Shuotuo (Shanggu) was repeatedly affected by Hu, although the people were small, the level of armed forces was very high. All the tests were not abolished. Every young and strong man would order swords and even ride and shoot, which was quite similar to the six counties such as Longxi. In order to defend their homes, they were also very enthusiastic. Therefore, they were able to maintain the conscription system and owned two thousand cavalry.

Although the county sentiment of Shuo was used to put Wei Cheng on his head, the child seemed a little young, but the military source was too single.

It takes many years of hard work to temper the poor militia into a battle-making army. If there is a large-scale war and there is insufficient recruitment during this period, recruitment is the only choice.

So the fifth reunion was not angry and agreed to Geng Yan's request, only letting people control the five counties and recruit 100 households and all the people.

It was the slack season, and the fifth-largest Yin endured it for half a year without making any trouble or adding taxes, giving the people the opportunity to recuperate. He gained their initial trust and it was time to start doing things.

"Don't rush to deny it, let's see what he can practice first."

The fifth reunion heard Geng Chun talk about Geng Yan's deeds: "Bozhao is not only brave in martial arts, but also learned military tactics. When he was sixteen, he traveled to the most remote county. It happened that the left division of the Xiongnu invaded the border and trapped him and a group of people in Guangning County, and even the county priest died in battle."

"Bo Zhao then appointed himself as a fake priest, and led more than a hundred riders to attack the Huns at night, burned their felt tents, and forced hundreds of riders to retreat. He fought fiercely overnight, and he killed more than a dozen people, but he was not injured. He became famous in one fell swoop, which made the county people amazing."

This made the fifth reunion quite expectant. The young man from the white horse does have the temperament of a "military aristocrat". Such talents, even if they only come to Weijun to play, will be played with him. Even if he really trains 500 people and cannot take them away after the war, he will still work for the fifth reunion.

The weather became hotter and hotter. In early June, Feng Yan returned to Yecheng from Shangdang with a wet sweat. As soon as he met, he hesitated and told the fifth reunion that things were not going well.

Wu Lun frowned and said, "Is that Bao Yongn recognizes Jingtong this friend?"

"Or Shangdang Dayin Bule formed an alliance with me? Don't let my old subordinates pass by?"

"No."

Feng Yan likes the routine of suppressing the first thing he wants to promote and suppress the Han Dynasty. He hid it and did not talk about it, because he had to test the fifth tendency of reunification. He only sighed: "After my hard advice, everything went well on Shangdang. Dayin and Bao Gongcao both admired the fifth master and were willing to borrow the road. The rice and grain provided only must be borrowed by Wei Chengjun."

This is no problem. After all, one or two thousand stones are not a small amount, so he must have - this time it is the kind that does not mix chaff or grass.

Feng Yan said carefully: "It was the route of Zhu Tufeng's brave marching, but something went wrong."

After the ups and downs, is there any end? The route was drawn by you for help. Isn’t that your problem? Could it be that General Gengshi thought Feng Yan was “dead” and the desolation was cold?

But after Feng Yan said in detail, it really had nothing to do with him.

Feng Yan said: "But it was the newly appointed Shiwei Dayin Tiankuang who ignored the text from General Gengshi's mansion and did not agree to let Zhu Tufeng pass through the border and directly blocked the county!"

Wu Lun was stunned: "Tian Kuang? The one who was originally in Yiping (Beihai) but was transferred back to Guanzhong because he was too active in resisting the Red Eyebrows and asked the emperor for military power in Qingyan Prefectures?" Now the Shiwei County where Tian Kuang is located is Zuo Fengyi of the former Han Dynasty. It is the only way for Zhu Tufeng to bravely leave Shangjun and cross the river and enter Hedong. He has no grievances and no grudges with Tian Kuang, why did he stop him for no reason?"

Feng Yan replied: "Shangmen sent people to inquire, and it seemed that Tian Kuang thought that the Eastern Expedition Army should go through Guanzhong and pass Hangu, and should not be deviated. For this reason, he even blamed the court for this!"

It was a little trouble now. Fortunately, Di Wulun had already submitted a memorial in advance and said hello, and the excuse was that the thieves in Qinkou Mountain would not be able to suppress them. Wei Chengbing was not enough, and he hoped that the king's army would help him by the way. The emperor also hoped that he would keep the ancestral tomb of Yuancheng and stabilize Hebei, and would turn a blind eye.

But Tian Kuang exposed this matter, causing troubles. Five Powers may take the opportunity to slander the fifth reunion. What's even more, if more than a thousand pigs cannot come and cannot attack them on both sides, he is afraid that he will fight Wu'an Li along the path.

I wonder if Tian Kuang was worried that Zhu Tufeng would indulge his vassal and harm his jurisdiction, or was determined to be loyal to the new house. Anyway, Tian Kuang left his name on the fifth small notebook.

"It's time, I still want to be loyal to Daxin, I'm sick!"

Wu Lun cursed in his heart, but fortunately, Feng Yan was repressed again and told Di Wu Lun that although there was such a small episode in this matter, it had been successfully resolved!

"Thanks to Zengshan Lian, the horse officers, helped Zhu Tufengyong cross the river directly from the small ferry crossing in Shangjun. Although it took half a month to reach Shangdang!"

...

"Marrying with the Ma family is really my best choice."

Wu Lun breathed a sigh of relief and tasted the sweetness of this in-laws again.

His third uncle, Ma Yuan, was in Shangjun, located north of Guanzhong, in the northern Shaanxi area of ​​later generations. This time, he opened the door of convenience at a critical moment, and did not let the plan of the fifth reunion be ruined.

"In this way, Shangjun can also serve as a retreat for the Changling people. It seems that they need to strengthen their connection with the other side and let the Fourth Xian go to the north to visit relatives."

Although there was no danger, Zhu Tufengyong was a little slow after taking a detour. They had been trekking for three months, and the conditions would not be very good after arriving in Shangdang. At least they had to rest until July before they could start fighting.

The successful completion of this mission made Di Wulun increase his trust in Feng Yan a little bit, so he asked him to continue to go to Shangdang to contact Wan Xiu and agree on the time to send troops.

Since the conditions are complete, the combat strategy against the Wu'an Li family must be released as soon as possible on the Dayang of Yecheng.

Discussing battles requires maps, and having such a pair of father-in-law and son-in-law feels that they are good at this.

In the past two days, Ma Yuan seemed to have a huge increase in appetite, so he asked the grain officials to send more rice to his camp. The raw ones did not need to be cooked. He also ordered a lot of chickens, not egg yolks, only beat them into egg whites, and put them into the barracks in a small pot.

Ma Yuan watched the map of the three northwest counties yesterday. The three counties are from Wu'an and Wushi, and the road is narrow and very dangerous, so the horse and rivers that fight peacefully are different.

When he thought about it, he suddenly had inspiration and gathered rice into a mountain in the wooden frame, glued it with egg whites to identify the high hills such as Qinkou Mountain and Tashan Mountain. At the foot of the mountain was a canyon path, so that the terrain could be clearly seen, and he would not be stunned when he saw the mountains at a glance.

"Boyu will definitely be a big surprise."

After completing this masterpiece, Ma Yuan felt quite accomplished and personally took the Mishan map to the big barracks. The fifth reunion summoned the main military officers and held a gathering meeting there today.

As soon as I entered the door, I found that Geng Chun, Zhao Feng and others who came early were surrounded by Di Wulun and were amazed. Even Geng Yan, who had always been arrogant, stared at him curiously, without turning his eyes.

When Ma Yuan walked over and saw it, he was stunned. It was a three-dimensional map made of clay. It not only depicted the concave and convexity of the mountains and rivers, but also made a clear and clear road line, but even some plant markings of forests were pasted. As far as information is concerned, the city walls and towns of the three counties were visible at a glance, and a few pieces of broken iron were even placed to indicate the Wu'an Iron Mine Workshop.

The fifth reunion was placing a small flag representing the strength of oneself and the enemy, pointing to the situation and analyzing the terrain and roads, causing all the military officers to shout: "What a good thing, the thief is in our eyes!"

The son-in-law looked up and saw Ma Yuan arrive, and smiled and said, "This is the new map I made. Captain Ma, come and take a look."

The two of them were still called their official positions in front of others. When there was no one, they called their father-in-law and Ma Yuan only had the chance to call him the name when he was drunk.

Ma Yuan looked at the masterpiece of the fifth reunion and then looked at his own Mishan. It was too simple and really a shameful person.

So everyone heard Ma Yuan's complaint and harsh something behind him, slowly exiting the barracks, and then there was a crackling sound of smashing things from outside.

After a while, Ma Yuan entered again, with a few grains of rice on his hands, but his face was as usual, and he smiled happily: "Fifth Great Yin, continue the military discussion."

He rubbed his fists and covered the rice by the way: "I have been holding it in for a long time and can't wait. I want to go into the mountains and eliminate the 'bandits'!"

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Chapter completed!