The 120,000 troops may be enough for the Han Dynasty before the Battle of Guanzhong to cope with the situation of all parties, but for the Han Dynasty after the Battle of Guanzhong, this is a bit stretched.
It is also for this reason that when Cao Wei offered to negotiate peace with the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang chose to accept it temporarily.
Because after three battles in Guanzhong, the Han Dynasty was in urgent need of recuperation and replenishing its military resources.
If the feud with Cao Wei continues and the two countries continue to fight, the Han Dynasty will be killed by Cao Wei sooner or later.
During the nearly two years of truce between Han and Wei, the Han Dynasty got a rare chance to breathe. Prime Minister Zhuge Liang also took this opportunity to recruit troops to replenish the supply of troops.
Now the total strength of the Han Dynasty has reached 180,000.
The newly added 60,000 new troops are currently training at major campuses in Chang'an and at Lantian Camp.
This is also the reason why after Liu Chan obtained 5,000 Liangzhou war horses, he had to train a cavalry without stopping. Now, although the Han Dynasty has obtained two more territories in Liangzhou and Hetao.
For the same reason, more troops are needed.
Iron cavalry——
Before the Three Kingdoms, there may have been many.
However, with the development of the times, after the Three Kingdoms, there were more domineering cavalry. Zhuge Liang had no way of understanding these cavalry, but Liu Chan did.
Good luck.
Zhuge Liang actually agreed to Liu Chan's request and allowed Liu Chan to train a cavalry of 5,000 men on his own.
Of course, there are reasons why Zhuge Liang made such a decision.
The current Liu Chan is not the Liu Chan before the Battle of Guanzhong.
Maybe he can really train soldiers and horses.
After all, the more than 10,000 people who walked out of Ziwu Valley were trained by Liu Chan, and these soldiers and horses could actually guard Wuguan, Tongguan and Pubanjin at the same time.
Zhuge Liang naturally would not bury the emperor's talents.
Besides, there are only five thousand people. Even if the training is not successful in the end, it will not have any impact on the Han Dynasty as a whole.
Now, Liu Chan is training cavalry in the West Campus.
In the Lantian camp, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang also began training for his new recruits.
The more than 10,000 war horses that Wei Yan sent back from Hetao were sent directly to Lantian Camp, and Zhuge Liang also wanted to train a cavalry force.
Zhuge Liang of Lantian Camp, let’s not talk about Liu Chan of Chang’an West Campus for now.
His final standard was a cavalry force of 5,000 men, but now there were only 3,000 men on the West Campus. He had no intention of asking Zhuge Liang for more cavalry and then gathering up 5,000 men.
Because he had no intention of causing trouble to the Prime Minister.
In addition to these three thousand people, Liu Chan locked the remaining two thousand people on the Chang'an Imperial Guard.
At present, there are more than 15,000 Chang'an Imperial Guards. These people were brought from Chengdu. They are the army responsible for guarding Weiyang Palace. The general who leads this army is Lu Peng.
This is also the reason why Liu Chan called Lu Peng here.
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Although Liu Chan doesn't understand military matters, he still has some simple methods for selecting people.
After some impassioned instructions, he officially began the assessment.
The first level of the assessment is naturally riding skills.
A group of ten people is better than riding a horse.
As a cavalryman, if you can't even ride a horse, what's the use of you?
In addition to passing the riding skills test, there are also tests on archery and martial arts.
After setting the standards for the assessment, the assessment was handed over to Guo Huai and the others. After three days of assessment, more than 2,400 of the 3,000 soldiers in Xixiaochang passed the assessment. Only
More than 500 people were eliminated.
This data naturally makes Liu Chan very satisfied.
Originally, he thought that he would be very satisfied if he could choose half.
But it’s not surprising when you think about it, after all, they were originally cavalry.
After completing the assessment at the West Campus, Liu Chan led four generals to the Imperial Guard Camp because he still needed to select more than 2,500 people.
The assessment at the Imperial Guard Camp made Liu Chan a little depressed.
Because after more than ten days of assessment, although he selected more than 2,000 people to make up this 5,000-strong cavalry, their foundation cannot be compared with the more than 2,000 people in Xixiaochang.
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Of course, they are better than those eliminated in the West Campus.
These are soldiers from the Guards Battalion.
"Lu Peng!"
In the Xuanshi Hall, Liu Chan turned his face and said angrily: "Is this the soldier you are leading?"
Lu Peng immediately tensed up and did not dare to say a word.
"If the enemy army reaches Chang'an," Liu Chan continued, "are you going to use them to protect Chang'an and Weiyang Palace? Huh?"
As he spoke, Liu Chan slammed the jade cup in his hand onto the main hall.
"You will eventually be convicted!"
Liu Chan became angry, and Lu Peng was frightened and quickly knelt down to plead guilty.
Looking at Lu Peng on the ground, Liu Chan said again: "Listen to me. I will give you three months to reorganize the imperial guards. After three months, I will personally inspect it. If it is still in such a bad state, this
If the Imperial Guards are all under your control, then don’t do it.”
"Do you understand?"
Liu Chan was really angry this time, because Lu Peng was the general he promoted, but when he went to the Imperial Guard Camp to select cavalry, he was really angry.
If the riding skills are not good, it is understandable. After all, the Guards Camp only has 500 horses.
However, archery, martial arts, etc. are simply vulnerable.
When choosing cavalry in the Imperial Guard Camp this time, Liu Chan did not put riding skills first. He thought that as long as he dared to ride a horse, it would be enough, and then through continuous training, riding skills could be developed.
But archery and martial arts.
Isn’t this a skill that every soldier should possess?
If they don't have these, how will they go into battle to kill the enemy once war breaks out?
"The general will obey the order!"
Lu Peng hurriedly responded that the emperor had given him three months, and he would still have a chance, because although these imperial guards disappointed the emperor in this assessment, they were not all useless, but they were just a little lax in their daily training.
That’s all.
As long as the training is strict in the future, through three months of additional training, their combat effectiveness can still be tapped.
"You remember it," Liu Chan said, "the imperial guards are responsible for guarding the imperial city. Don't think that because the war will hardly reach the capital, you can neglect training."
"You will eventually be convicted!"
"What I want is not your knowledge of the crime;" Liu Chan said angrily: "What I want is the result. What I want is the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Guard."
"No!"
This was the first time Liu Chan got angry. Lu Peng was naturally frightened. After exiting the Xuanshi Palace, he summoned all the generals of the Imperial Guard and made new arrangements for the following training.
It used to be training once every two days, but now it has been changed to training twice a day, with training in the morning and afternoon.
And what’s more important is that in the past, training was more about just going through the motions, but now every training is very strict, and I don’t dare to be negligent.
Originally, Lu Peng was going to participate in cavalry training, but because of the laziness of the imperial guards, he could only train his imperial guards first. As for the newly formed cavalry, Guo Huai, Yang Tongshan, and Tian Mu were in charge.
Emperor Liu Chan has been staying in Xuanshi Palace all day these days, thinking about what he will eventually train this cavalry into.
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This chapter has been completed!