When Yu Yue said this, he changed the topic: "On the contrary, it's Liu Yi. He has about ten thousand underground legions in the capital now. If he directly acts as a vanguard, and can command several other groups, he will be able to form considerable combat effectiveness. By then,
He fought from east to west, and Liu Daogui's Jingzhou legion attacked from west to east. Although the demon thieves still had hundreds of thousands of troops, they had lost their vigor and elite soldiers. The remaining mob might not be able to withstand such an attack. Failure would be very serious.
It’s going to happen soon. It’s a pity that we can’t eat this fat in time.”
Tao Yuanming smiled slightly: "Not necessarily. As long as you can go to Yuzhou, join up with the reinforcements from your hometown, use Luo Longsheng's troops as the backbone and core, quickly pull up a team, and at the same time recruit stragglers from all over Yuzhou, I guarantee that three
Within a month, you will have an army of 20,000 to 30,000 people, enough to be used as an important part of the pursuit army, or even as the vanguard."
Yu Yue looked at Tao Yuanming with some disbelief: "Recruiting 20,000 new troops in two or three months? Is it such an exaggeration? I ask myself, I don't have this ability."
Tao Yuanming smiled and waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about it yourself, Luo Longsheng will help you recruit troops. However, the money for recruiting the army will cost Yu Gong."
Yu Yue's eyes lit up: "If Lord Luo has this ability, it's only God who helps me. The most important thing our Yu family lacks is money. The normal military salary provided by the army can be doubled here. Moreover, I
Like Liu Yi, I can allow them to plunder the loot after the victory. I still have this authority."
Tao Yuanming smiled slightly: "But I want to remind Mr. Yu that these recruited stragglers are mostly ruthless people. They have made promises and must fulfill them on the spot, otherwise they may mutiny. They are not like the villagers and tenants.
, they are attached to you personally, and your family is also under your control. These people often live alone, and it is difficult to verify their origins. Because of the troubled times, they become bandits, and then these bandits gather into groups, with hundreds of people, thousands of people.
The remaining people are a common cause of trouble, and most of the names they use are pseudonyms, because their identities cannot be verified, so these people cannot be treated in the same way as good people, especially tenant farmers."
Yu Yue gritted his teeth: "Even if he is one of ours, didn't he betray me this time? I have thought about it now anyway. These low-level bitches don't know kindness and are only interested in profit, so use advantage.
You can just come here to lure them, and you don’t have to invest your emotions to treat them as members of our Yu family. Don’t you just want money? I will give it to you. However, does Army Master Luo have enough means to control these people and prevent them from mutiny again?
Woolen cloth?"
Tao Yuanming said calmly: "Don't worry, Army Commander Luo has very rich experience in dealing with the villains and inferior people you mentioned. When the time comes, he can install spies in the army to monitor each other and retain them.
The salary of the sergeants allows them to plunder and even provide convenience, and then disrupts the organization from time to time, rearranges the army, and prohibits them from connecting with each other. Of course, this kind of mercenary army cannot be maintained for a long time.
Years later, a group of them must be eliminated and replaced to prevent their influence in the military from becoming entangled."
Yu Yue laughed: "It sounds good. Sure enough, such a villain must be governed by someone like Army Master Luo. However, if this method of controlling the army kills people or causes an accident, what should we do?
?”
Tao Yuanming shook his head: "I have said before that these people's names are often pseudonyms and cannot be verified. Even if they die, you can still recruit someone else to take their place. This is a way to take advantage of free money.
It can be used to clean up the disobedient thorns in the army. Your mistake last time was to allow these sergeants to form a tandem, and allow their leading officers to lead their subordinates to cause rebellion. In this way, the whole army will respond to one call.
opposite."
Yu Yue's eyes widened: "There is such a saying. This is really the first time I heard it. So, as long as I can supervise and control the captains, brigade commanders, generals and other officers who lead the team, I can control them."
The whole army is living here? Is there any good way?"
Tao Yuanming nodded and said: "Those who are promoted to officers, especially those who reach the level of brigade commander, can no longer be unknown people. They must be officially registered with the imperial court's military status, and they are often assigned with military merits.
With some land and even families with wives and children, these people should not dare to rebel easily, but if they really encounter the kind of warriors who don't care about the life and death of their whole family, like the few you have, they will still be able to do so.
Possibility of rebellion.”
"To control these people, first of all, we must not let them get along with the sergeants, let alone make all the soldiers willing to die for them, and we must not let them respond to everything at once. As long as they can be connected in series, there is no big problem.
Secondly, it is to let the sergeants understand that the benefits they receive, the achievements they record, and the rewards they receive are given by you as the court and as Yu Gong, not by the officers who are directly in charge of them. Moreover, if they listen
If you, Duke Yu, work for you, you will be able to get good rewards like these officers in the future. Even if you are disarmed and return to the fields, you will be allocated much more land and houses than ordinary people, and you will have a stable life."
"In addition to the benefits and treatment given to the sergeants by the state, your Yu family can also provide more generous treatment. For example, retired sergeants who are willing to settle in Wudi can be allocated more land than the imperial court.
And it can be tax-free for about two to three years. If you cooperate with the Yu family and have the Yu family pay the taxes on their behalf, you can pay even less. You can also centrally arrange for some of the helpless women who were lost during the war to be wives and concubines for them to start a family. These are your Yu family's
The favors that I think are not worth mentioning are enough to make many sergeants sacrifice their lives to serve them for generations. However, don’t let these favors belong to these officers and not to your Yu family."
Yu Yue gritted his teeth: "I didn't know these secrets of army control before, but you are so frank with me and tell me directly. Why is this? Mr. Tao, I'm afraid the relationship between us is not that close.
"
Tao Yuanming said calmly: "Because we are cooperative allies, allies should be honest with each other and tell everything they know. Luo Longsheng, I will lend it to you. If you succeed in the future, I hope I can also borrow your recommendation."
, return to Jingzhou and work hard for your own career. Luo Longsheng will also follow me back. However, we will let you secure the position of governor of Yuzhou first. Of course, this position will not only depend on your achievements in countering the rebellion, but also
Judging from your connections and connections in the capital, this is something I can't do. Maybe I will need to use your connections when I want to apply to be the governor of Jingzhou in the future." ()
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