Xiangping City, in the camp of the county soldiers.
It was rare for Liu Hao to come here today.
"My lord!"
"Lord Prefect!"
Upon seeing Liu Hao, Dian Wei and Taishi Ci immediately ran over.
"How is the training going? How is the combat strength compared to those private soldiers in Gongsun Manor?”Liu Hao asked.
"Don't worry, my lord. After more than a month of training, the combat strength of the soldiers has improved a lot. They will definitely not be inferior to the private soldiers of the four great clans.”Dian Wei said confidently.
"Do we have cavalry?" Liu Hao suddenly thought.
"All of them are infantry, but many of them can ride horses. If they have horses, it won't be long before they can form a cavalry.”Taishi Ci said. He preferred cavalry to infantry.
Hearing this, Liu Hao frowned. Although this was Liaodong, it was not easy to buy horses. First of all, he had no money.
A batch of ordinary warhorses cost two to three gold coins, while top-tier warhorses cost ten gold coins. With Liu Hao's current financial resources, he simply could not afford to build a cavalry.
Even if he had money, he didn't have any channels to buy horses. Liaodong didn't have a horse farm at all. Most of the horses were sold by merchants from other races. However, to build a cavalry, a lot of horses were needed. Ordinary horse dealers couldn't get so many horses.
"I'll think of a way to deal with the warhorses.”
Although it was difficult to solve the problem of horses, cavalry was a must. In a battle in the wild, a cavalry was much more powerful than infantry.
"Dian Wei, gather everyone.”Liu Hao said to Dian Wei.
"Yes!"
After a while, all 3,000 commandery soldiers stood up.
With the new weapons and armor, the soldiers looked much better than before, and their combat power had also increased.
"Bring it up!"
A few soldiers carried three sheep up. Liu Hao had personally roasted them. The strong fragrance made the soldiers salivate. Even Dian Wei and Taishi Ci wanted to take a bite.
"There are only three sheep, and you have three thousand people.”Liu Tinghao said loudly.
After a pause, he continued,"Today, I want to select some people from among you. These people will have meat to eat every day in the future, and their pay will be twice that of ordinary people.”
Hearing Liu Hao's words, the soldiers below were in an uproar. Many of them didn't even get to eat meat once a year, so they didn't dare to think about eating meat every day.
"I don't need trash. Now, start running around the training ground.”
The training ground was usually used for training soldiers. One circle was about 1,000 meters long. In order to eat meat every day and get double the pay, these people ran desperately.
"Lord Prefect, why are you doing this?”Taishi Ci asked doubtfully.
"You'll know when you watch." Liu Hao smiled but did not answer.
"My lord, I also want to eat this roast mutton every day.”Dian Wei swallowed his saliva and said.
"I've selected these soldiers to be led by you. Taishi Ci will take over the position of commandant.”Liu Hao said unhappily.
"Lord Prefect, Ci's qualifications are still shallow, I'm afraid he's not competent enough.”Taishi Ci said in surprise. A commandant was not a small official position.
"You have to believe in yourself. No one is born with it. I've already received a letter. In a few days, your mother will arrive in Liaodong.”Liu Hao patted Taishi Ci's shoulder and said.
"Taishi Ci greets my lord!" Taishi Ci suddenly knelt on one knee and said.
"Haha, quickly get up. I've gained another tiger general.”Liu Hao said happily.
"Ding dong! Congratulations to the host for subduing HuaJin General Taishi Ci and obtaining 1,000 luck points.”
After Liu Hao subdued Guo Jia, Xi Zhong, Dian Wei, and Zhou Cang, he obtained a total of 3,100 luck points. He spent 500 on exchanging for the Wandering Dragon Iron Halberd for Dian Wei, 1,000 on exchanging for the wine-making technique, and also exchanged for some wine. He was left with 1,500 luck points.
Now that he had subdued Taishi Ci and obtained another 1,000 luck values, he had a total of 2,500 luck values. He was prepared to make good use of them.
Basically, the system could exchange for anything. However, he could not explain how he obtained some big items.
Half an hour had passed, and almost half of the soldiers were exhausted.
"My lord, are you choosing soldiers with good stamina?”Taishi Ci had been watching for a long time, and he could see some clues.
"Not entirely. What do you think is the most important thing in an army?”Liu Hao shook his head and asked Taishi Ci.
Taishi Ci thought for a while and said,""Order and ban!"
"No, the most important thing in an army is the spirit of the army. Only with an unyielding will can an army be called a true elite.”
"Such an army, even in the face of desperation, will fight to the last soldier.”
When two armies fought, they would already be defeated when they lost 30%. This was also why there were so many examples in history where the smaller army won.
Xiang Yu had gone all out in Julu, using 50,000 troops to defeat 400,000 troops. This had completely destroyed the morale of the other side. He had basically been chasing after the Qin army. The Qin army only wanted to escape and had no intention of resisting.
If the 400,000 Qin soldiers could really fight to the last soldier, no matter how strong Xiang Yu was, he would not be able to win the Battle of Julu.
"Look at that soldier. Although he is exhausted, he is still running with his willpower. The one lying on the ground over there, although he was very tired, he still had energy left, but he could not hold on any longer.”Liu Hao pointed at the soldiers and said.
Taishi Ci fell into deep thought. Liu Hao's words had a huge impact on him.
Dian Wei basically didn't listen to Liu Hao's words. He stared at the three roasted lambs. Liu Hao looked at them and shook his head slightly.
Two hours later, all the soldiers had fallen.
"Dian Wei, bring all the people I called out to you tomorrow.”
"Yes!"
Liu Hao chose a total of 50 people, not the 50 who ran the furthest, but the 50 who persevered until their last bit of stamina was exhausted.
In the end, some people still had stamina, but when they saw others fall, they also fell. Although such people had good stamina, Liu Hao didn't need them.
Physical fitness could be trained, but it was very troublesome to train one's willpower. It was related to one's personality and the environment one grew up in.
"My lord, can we eat roasted sheep now?”Dian Wei had been staring at the three roasted lambs for a long time.
"Go and eat. The fifty people I just selected will form an independent army.”Liu Hao thought for a moment and then said,"Let's call it the Hundred Battle Armored Soldiers. We'll expand it when our forces expand.”
The Hundred Battle Armored Soldiers were an army under the Qin Kingdom's Wang Jian during the Warring States Period. They were the most elite soldiers of the Qin Kingdom. Liu Hao gave this name to his army because he naturally hoped to nurture them into the most elite army under him.
"Yes!"
Dian Wei's expression turned serious. Although there were only 50 people, it was of great significance.
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