With the support of everyone, Li Ruoyu's money and food were guaranteed.
Among the southwestern provinces, only Sichuan and Hunan were relatively rich. Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou were poor and relatively backward.
Therefore, although the Gui Army was brave and good at fighting, it was difficult to develop because of economic constraints.
Old Jiang's equipment was enough to arm an entire Gui Army, or even more. One could imagine how poor the Gui Army was in the past.
As long as the problem of money and food was solved, Li Ruoyu could build an army with peace of mind.
It had always been his dream to conquer the world with brave wolf soldiers.
When Yuan Chonghuan was guarding Ning Yuan, he didn't ask for anything from Chongzhen, only 6,000 Octagon Wolf Soldiers.
In the end, not only did the 6,000 soldiers defend Ning Yuan and stop the 100,000 strong Houjin army, they even killed Nurhachi.
From then on, Wolf Soldier became famous in one battle.
Li Ruoyu also knew that in the future Songhu War, the Gui army would send 60,000 troops to the Songhu battlefield, and all the national troops would be relieved when they learned of the arrival of the Gui army.
Following that, the 40,000 men of the Gui Army formed a suicide squad and fearlessly charged at the Japanese army, covering the successful retreat of the friendly forces.
In that battle, more than 40,000 soldiers of the Gui Army were completely wiped out, causing heavy losses to the Japanese army and killing nearly 20,000 enemies. The Japanese army was so scared that they did not even dare to pursue the national army.
From then on, the Japanese would rather run into any troops than Guangxi monkeys.
Li Ruoyu imagined that if he could form 300,000 or even 500,000 to 600,000 Gui soldiers, with the bravery of the wolf soldiers, they would definitely be able to dominate the world.
Li Ruoyu sent all the warlords back to their territories to collect military rations for himself. After all, they were familiar with the local area and knew how to collect them.
Of course, he would never let them leave alone.
Hence, he found Li Zongren and Huang Shaogong and asked Li Zongren to send troops to follow them. In name, it was to protect them, but in reality, it was to monitor them.
Huang Shaogong sent a capable local official to follow them. In name, it was to help, but in reality, it was to slowly take over.
When everything was ready, the warlords could be laid off. What awaited them would be early retirement, which could be considered a good end for them.
After everything was arranged, Li Ruoyu asked Bai Chongxi to help him expand his army.
His requirements were very simple. The soldiers he recruited had to be honest, loyal, and strong.
Bai Chongxi smiled." Don't worry. As long as you raise enough money and food to support them, I can even recruit a million soldiers for you." Which of us Guangxi people is not loyal and honest? Which one of them wasn't as strong as an ox? Which one of them wasn't a man who could come and go as he pleased?”
Li Ruoyu laughed out loud.”
A day later, Li Ruoyu brought Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei, and the others to Liu Province.
Many years ago, Li Zongren opened a military academy crash course in Liuzhou to train talents for the Gui Army.
However, Li Ruoyu knew that this crash course was just a superficial copy of the science, and the ability of the people trained was limited.
If an army wanted to be truly powerful, it needed to have talents who mastered theory and practice.
Li Ruoyu had always regarded the Japanese as his potential opponents. Japan had a military university and a non-commissioned officer school, both of which were places dedicated to sending talents to the army.
In fact, many of the generals in China were trained by the military schools in Japan. They were now vassals of a region, comparable to He Yingqin and Yan Laoxi.
Now that the Gui Army was about to expand, they lacked a large number of military talents.
Yan Laoxi's army consisted of a large number of talented people who had returned from studying in Japan. Old Jiang's subordinates were mostly Huangpu elites, and Zhang Hanqing's subordinates were as strong as clouds, not to mention the Japanese who were very powerful to China at this time.
Therefore, the first thing Li Ruoyu did was to rebuild the military academy and make Liu Province's military officer crash course a place that could truly nurture talents for the Gui Army.
"Commander-in-chief!" When the principal saw Li Ruoyu coming in person, he immediately straightened his back and saluted.
Li Ruoyu nodded and looked around at the slightly dilapidated military academy."Did you read the telegram I gave you?”
The principal nodded vigorously and said excitedly,"This humble servant has been here for six years, and finally, the news of the expansion of the military academy has arrived. I was so excited that I couldn't sleep last night!”
Li Ruoyu smiled." You can't not be able to sleep. If you fall, who will run the military academy for me?"”
The principal smiled awkwardly." Commander-in-chief, you must be joking. I'm just your assistant." With such an open-minded officer like you, many of our Bagui children, no, now in the entire southwest, are willing to serve you!”
"Oh," Li Ruoyu replied,"From your words, you've already found a teacher?"”
The principal nodded vigorously." I received your telegram yesterday and immediately invited many students to come. They either came back from studying in the United States or Germany. It was just that he had never had a chance to use it, so he had been idle at home!”
"But when they heard that we were going to build the largest military academy in the southwest, they immediately rushed over when they received my call yesterday!”
The principal shouted, and more than 20 people walked out from the room behind him.
Each of them had a weathered face, and their eyes were filled with the vicissitudes of life.
Li Ruoyu glanced at each of them. He could tell that they were all real soldiers. They stood straight and their bodies seemed to be filled with strength.
The principal smiled and said,"Let me introduce you. This is…"
"No need for introductions, we all know each other!" A middle-aged man interrupted with a smile.”
"Oh? Do you know me?" Li Ruoyu asked with a smile.
Everyone laughed out loud. Commander-in-chief, if you don't mind, from today onwards, we are willing to contribute to your grand cause. Even if he had to sacrifice his life, he would not hesitate!”
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