Lu Bu's strongest strategy

Chapter 212 Conscription
After Lu Bu took a bite of the rabbit, he couldn't help but be full of praise.

"Smooth but not greasy, delicious, really good."

Xu Si pointed to the potatoes in the jar and said with a smile, "Wenhou, potatoes and rabbits are made together, and the taste is quite different. It's really delicious in the world."

Lu Bu nodded, turned his head to look at Han Hao, and asked slowly, "General Han, you also understand the situation in Yanzhou now. This Marquis wants to recruit soldiers from refugees. How many soldiers can he recruit?"

Han Hao thought for a while and said slowly, "Yanzhou has hosted hundreds of thousands of refugees in total, and most of them are young and strong."

Having said this, Han Hao sighed, his eyes a little sad.

Everyone present naturally knew why most of the tens of thousands of refugees were young and strong.

Because those refugees with weak physiques fell to the ground and couldn't get up when they were fleeing in various places.

The refugees who can persist to Yanzhou are naturally in good health, even if they are women, they are all strong, otherwise, they will definitely not survive in Yanzhou.

Han Hao's tone paused, and he continued, "If there is enough food, among the 10 people, 3 to 4 soldiers and horses can be recruited, and among these people, they have all been trained and joined After entering the army, with a little training, you can become a qualified soldier."

Knowing that Han Hao was referring to the 4 refugee guards that Xu Si mentioned just now, Lu Bu nodded, "General Han, you mean that among the refugees, a maximum of [-] can be recruited?"

Han Hao nodded, "If there are too many people, no one will cultivate the reclaimed land. Therefore, the general does not recommend this. No one will cultivate the land. All the efforts we have made, I am afraid...!"

Although Han Hao didn't finish his words, everyone already understood what he meant and nodded.

Everyone has been recruiting refugees, and after so long, they are just waiting for the day of harvest!

If everyone becomes soldiers now and no one cultivates the land, the previous efforts will be absolutely useless.

After spending so much food, all of them turned into soldiers, and the land was left uncultivated. This was not what Lu Bu wanted.

Lu Bu shook his head, "This won't work. We must guarantee the number of people who cultivate the land before we can recruit soldiers."

Hearing this, Chen Gong frowned, and said with a wry smile, "Marquis Wen, if we don't recruit enough troops as soon as possible to stop Jizhou's attack, no matter how much land we have, it will be in vain!"

Chen Gong's idea is to recruit more soldiers. As for the land matter, we will talk about it later, and get over the immediate difficulties first.

Han Hao frowned when he heard this, but he didn't refute. Instead, he turned his head to look at Lu Bu.

Although all the people present are the highest level in Yanzhou, there is only one person who can finally decide the outcome of the matter.

Lu Bu turned his head to look at Han Hao, and asked slowly, "General Han, from among the refugees, can you recruit at most [-] troops?"

Han Hao nodded, "This is the addition of all the numbers from Juye and Dingtao."

Chen Gong frowned, "General Han, besides these refugees, can the local people also recruit some soldiers?"

Han Hao shook his head with a wry smile, "Mr. Gongtai, the final general is not clear about the local affairs. However, after several wars in Yanzhou, the local people have been severely reduced. If you want to recruit soldiers, you may be able to recruit some, but Definitely not many."

Hearing this, Chen Gong sighed, "It seems that we can only find a solution from those refugees."

Han Hao said with some displeasure, "Mr. Gongtai, in addition to the number of people mentioned by the last general just now, many of the remaining people are women and old people. If you continue to recruit soldiers, I am afraid that no one will cultivate the land." gone."

Chen Gong sighed, "Then you can't just watch Jizhou soldiers and horses attack and be unable to resist."

Han Hao was silent for a long time, then suddenly said, "Marquis Wen, how is the situation in Xudu?"

Hearing this, Chen Gong's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands suddenly, and said with a smile, "Yes, we have also recruited a lot of refugees in Xudu. We can recruit soldiers from there!"

Lu Bu frowned, "Gongtai, Xudu, how many refugees have we recruited?"

Chen Gong thought about it carefully, "Most of the refugees over there came from Luoyang and Chang'an, and there are a lot of them. In addition, the number of refugees in Runan and Jingzhou is almost [-]."

Hearing this, Xu Si said with a smile, "If 5 of these 1 refugees are transferred, it shouldn't affect the overall situation, right?
If possible, we can recruit [-] soldiers and horses, which should be able to deal with the situation in Jizhou. "

Chen Gong frowned, "It should be possible to recruit [-] young and strong refugees over there, but there is no one to train them, so the recruits are all new recruits, and training is still needed."

Hearing Chen Gong's words, Lu Bu nodded, "It's true, they are all ordinary refugees, and they need to be carefully trained to recruit them."

Chen Gong said with a wry smile, "I can't control so much now, first recruit enough soldiers, the veterans will lead the recruits to train, it should be very soon."

Lu Bu pondered for a long time, then said slowly, "Yanzhou can recruit [-] refugees, but half of them are in Juye and Dingtao."

At this point, Lu Bu paused for a moment before continuing, "So, Juye and Dingtao's refugee guards cannot move."

Hearing this, Chen Gong was taken aback, "Marquis Wen, why can't you move?"

Lu Bu said slowly, "There are thousands of soldiers and horses on Shiyuan's side, and Qingzhou is very powerful, so I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to only use these thousands of soldiers and horses to deal with it.

Therefore, these refugee guards are still reserved for Shiyuan, so that we don't have to worry about the situation in Qingzhou, and we only need to concentrate on dealing with the troops coming from Jizhou. "

Chen Gong frowned, "But there are only 3 refugee guards here, plus our current strength, it's not enough to [-]!"

Lu Bu thought for a while and said slowly, "Recruit [-] refugees in Xudu, and then ask Wenyuan to leave the veterans with the necessary personnel, transfer all the rest, and leave these recruits to train there."

Speaking of this, Lu Bu paused, "If we add the 17000 soldiers, we will have 13000 soldiers and horses. Then, we will call in [-] refugee guards from General Han to make up [-] soldiers and horses."

Hearing this, Chen Gong was stunned, and asked tentatively, "Marquis Wen, do you want to use these [-] soldiers to deal with Jizhou soldiers?"

Lu Bu nodded, and said slowly, "Gongtai, you don't have to worry. If Jizhou soldiers and horses come, our army is not an opponent. We can use the advantage of the city wall to deal with the enemy."

(End of this chapter)