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Jia Xu, who had just walked into the big tent, clapped his hands and praised: "In this way, our army will have an inexhaustible source of soldiers. At the same time, the number of troops we declare to the outside world is mainly regular soldiers, so as to avoid the suspicion of other princes." .

Calculated on the basis that one elite cavalry requires two auxiliary soldiers, our army now has a total of nearly 4000 cavalry, and there are also [-] auxiliary soldiers.

And these auxiliary soldiers must also learn horse riding, archery and other skills. After a few months, they can fully meet the standards of ordinary cavalry.

An ordinary infantry is equipped with an auxiliary soldier. The auxiliary soldiers are also trained in leisure time. The auxiliary soldiers also need to go to the battlefield in wartime. Hehe, as long as our army's food and grass can persist, our army's combat effectiveness will only become stronger and stronger. "

"With competition, there will be progress."

With Jia Xu's nod, Chen Feng has more confidence in his own system.

"Auxiliary soldiers compete with auxiliary soldiers, and auxiliary soldiers compete with regular soldiers. In this way, soldiers will think about how to improve their combat skills.

A few days ago, I had a discussion with Mr. Wen He. Looking at the various armies in history, Mr. Wen He and I both believed that the Qin Army was the most elite, and the elite of the Qin Army came from their set of military merit systems. "

"The twentieth-level military title system?"

Zhang Liao is quite familiar with this system. Although hundreds of years have passed, the influence of the Qin army is still there. Isn't there still a Qin Hu on the grassland struggling to support it.

"Yes, under my command, regardless of origin, only military merit."

Chen Feng originally wanted to move out the military rank system of the later generations of the army, but it is obviously inappropriate now.

"For meritorious service, one must be rewarded, and for demerits, one must be punished. I have money and land, and it depends on whether the soldiers are willing to fight for it..."

With Chen Feng's order, all the soldiers in the army set off a wave of learning, and the recruits knew that this opportunity was hard-won.

Moreover, the auxiliary soldiers below might replace them at any time, so in order to keep their share of rations, and for the sake of their parents, wives and children, they worked hard to train.

For them, the happiest thing every day is to be able to eat three meals, and they are full.

Meat dishes are offered once every two days. Although most of them are fish, they are also meat. I am afraid that there is no other place to find this kind of treatment and benefits except in western Liaoning.

The veterans had a different idea. They already had certain military merits, so after the twentieth-level military merit title system was implemented, some of them had their own titles.

This not only means that their treatment has been improved, but more importantly, they are people with titles, and this status is different. As long as there are wars in the future, they will be able to gain more military merits.

The most hard-working ones are those auxiliary soldiers. The treatment of auxiliary soldiers is really nothing compared to regular soldiers, but it is not bad compared to the treatment of soldiers from other princes.

Right now, food is in short supply in western Liaoning, so it is impossible for Chen Feng to distribute food to everyone.But refined salt and copper coins are hard currencies, and they can be exchanged for food wherever they go.

More and more outside caravans came to Liaoxi with their goods, in order to exchange for the refined salt of Liaoxi.

Most importantly, all the auxiliary soldiers saw the hope of survival and the opportunity for promotion.

The power of hope is huge. They are ants struggling to survive in the troubled times. As long as they are given a ray of hope to survive, they will be able to persist until dawn.

"Our army currently has 8000 infantry, [-] cavalry, and [-] navy."

When the conscription work came to an end, Zhang He was reporting the latest situation to Chen Feng: "4 infantry auxiliary soldiers, 6000 cavalry auxiliary soldiers, and [-] naval auxiliary soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of the recruits is negligible for the time being, and they are expected to receive training within five months.If we can last until the beginning of next spring, the combat effectiveness of our army will surely rise to a higher level. "

"The army can only do this. It cannot continue to expand for the time being, otherwise our logistics will be in danger of collapse."

Chen Feng is quite satisfied with the current number of troops. Although it is much smaller than the [-] troops of Yuan Shao or Cao Cao back then, the quality of his troops is constantly improving.

"Wenhe, tell me about the logistics and caravan situation."

"The textile factory has been put into production, and it can produce hundreds of wool blankets every day." Jia Xu picked up a piece of cloth with numbers written on it: "In terms of ordnance, we can make three thousand swords, five thousand spears, and arrows every day." More than thirty thousand.

The production speed of armor is relatively slow, no more than a thousand pairs per day, but this number is increasing, mainly because our refined iron production has encountered a bottleneck.

We have found all the coal mines that can be excavated in the surrounding area. Moreover, the excavation of coal mines requires a lot of manpower. Although there are nearly 15 people in western Liaoning, it is still not enough. "

"It is already very good to be able to achieve this effect within a few months."

Chen Feng is very satisfied with the current results. After all, he has only been in this world for more than half a year. Now he is finally a legitimate prince, and his strength cannot be underestimated.

"Until the beginning of spring next year, after we win Liaodong, our army's ordnance production will double." Chen Feng's desire for Liaodong is no longer a matter of a day or two, it is the territory he must win.

"Autumn has arrived, and the grassland tribes are about to move."

Jia Xu took out a piece of information.

"According to the information provided by our caravan, the Xianbei people have plans to plunder Youzhou, while the Huns are gathering at Hetao, as if they are going to hold some grand event."

"Huns, you must keep an eye on the Huns."

Hearing the change of the Huns, Chen Feng quickly replied: "The Xianbei tribe closest to us has a good relationship with us, at least our caravan has received corresponding courtesy from them.

Therefore, rabbits do not eat grass beside their nests, and we cannot move the Xianbei people for the time being. Moreover, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Xianbei people will not have any plans to go south in a large scale.The Huns occupy the river loop with fertile water and grass, so they have to guard against it. "

"What's more important is that they are relatively weak." Jia Xu added: "And there are many internal conflicts. When are you going to do it?"

"In winter, when the first heavy snow falls, we can head towards the grassland."

"Winter? Here, my lord, winter is definitely not suitable for using soldiers. You should think twice..."

When Zhang He heard that he was going to send troops in winter, he quickly dissuaded him. The winter in the grassland is not so easy to deal with. He hoped that Chen Feng would change his mind, but seeing Chen Feng's firm eyes, he knew that his lord had already made a preliminary plan.

Chapter 83 The Coming of Winter 1

Under Chen Feng's insistence, the plan to send troops in the cold winter has been finalized, and it is estimated that there is still one or two months before the first heavy snowfall. The entire western Liaoning and Yanmen are now preparing for this plan.

Chen Feng naturally knew what the cold winter of this era meant, especially for those tribes on the grassland.

In the cold winter, what they can do is to bring their war horses to the tent to warm up the fire. When there is no firewood, they will burn the horse dung. If there is no food, they will slaughter the cattle and sheep.

Then, they just prayed in the tent, praying that their longevity would bless them, that wolves would not come to attack their tribe, that their cattle and sheep would be less frozen to death, and that they themselves could persevere in the spring of next year.

In such a harsh environment, not to mention the herdsmen of the grassland tribes, even the wolves who are called the overlords of the grassland may not necessarily survive.

They have to follow the yellow sheep to migrate together, and sometimes even have to take great risks to attack the herdsmen's sheepfold.

Every year when the cold winter comes, a group of people and livestock will freeze to death on the grassland. In such a harsh environment, not to mention the Han army, even the grassland cavalry dare not send troops. Whoever dares to send troops will be frozen to death. .

Even in Bingzhou, Youzhou and other places with slightly better climate conditions, many people will freeze to death every year due to severe cold. Even in a peaceful and prosperous age, this is an unavoidable fact.

"The plan to dispatch troops in the cold winter must not be changed."

Chen Feng and Jia Xu were sitting opposite each other, and the whole army guessed that Jia Xu would not persuade him to do so.

"My enemies will not give me the slightest chance. Cao Cao may attack Jizhou after the spring, and the Yuan brothers may attack us when the weather is better.

The Gongsun family in Liaodong may come to plunder our supplies, refined salt and people when the next summer comes.

And those grassland tribes have already started to go south this autumn, and when the next autumn comes, their war horses may even gallop on my territory in western Liaoning.