Mu Yun's handsome face turned red when he heard this, but he was overjoyed in his heart. Although he had long guessed that Wang Li would invite him, he was still very excited when this moment truly arrived.
The western foreign races had been wreaking havoc in the northern borders for hundreds of years and had always been a huge problem for the Chu clan. Mu Yun hated the western foreign races the most.
The San Pass Cavalry were the best cavalry in the world, and the San Pass Governor, Wang Li, was the heroic general who had defeated the two foreign races, Xijiu and Xiongnu.
Therefore, if Mu Yun were to choose his own master, Wang Li was currently his only choice. Moreover, Eldest Senior Brother Wang Jian was Wang Li's fourth brother. With this relationship and his own abilities, Mu Yun was not afraid that he would not be put in an important position.
However, Mu Yun was only here to deliver a letter for his master. His martial arts skills had yet to reach a high level, and Mo Yuan did not allow him to leave the mountain to join the army. After hearing that Wang Li was recruiting him, although Mu Yun was happy, he was still a little hesitant.
After pondering for a moment, Mu Yun knelt down on one knee and cupped his fists. With a serious expression, he said,"Mu Yun greets my lord. In the future, I will follow my lord to wipe out the foreign races.”
Although his martial arts skills had not yet reached a high level, the battlefield was the best whetstone for martial artists. Moreover, his idol, General Wang Li, had lowered his status and personally invited him to join the Wang Family Army. Mu Yun could not refuse.
"Hahaha, with Mu Yun's help, there's no need to worry about not achieving great things!”Wang Li laughed.
"Congratulations, my lord!" The generals congratulated him.
Everyone knew that the Fourth Master, Wang Jiandao, was not bad. It was a good thing that the Wang Family Army had another general!
"Haha, congratulations! Mu Yun was Master Mo Yuan's disciple, so there was no need to talk about his martial arts skills. He might as well take on the position of military marquis first!”
The military marquis was in charge of two hundred soldiers and Mu Yun had taken up this position the moment he arrived, which was already very important!
Mu Yun naturally knew that his lord valued him, but he also knew that the Wang Family Army had a strict promotion system. How could it be destroyed by him alone?"My lord, you can't. I'm willing to start from a small soldier.”
Wang Jian saw through Mu Yun's worries, so he advised,""Mu Yun, you are my junior brother. Wang Jian can guarantee your ability with his life, so you don't have to do this!”
When the generals heard this, they began to persuade him. Seeing that the Wang Family Army was harmonious and united, as if they were a family, completely different from what he had imagined, the sense of belonging he felt instantly increased.
"My lord, Yun insists on his decision and is willing to start from a small soldier. I hope that my lord will grant his wish!”Mu Yun bowed to Wang Li and said sincerely.
Wang Li sighed when he heard this." Alright, Mu Yun, since you insist, then this is the only way."”
"There's one more thing I hope my lord can fulfill!”
"Mu Yun, tell me everything!"
"Most of the Heavenly Saint Army soldiers are civilians who can't survive. I really can't bear to kill them. When I entered the camp, I heard the generals discussing that the Great Xiongnu army is at San Pass and the Young Master is guarding the pass alone. I'm willing to follow the army to rescue them.”
After hearing Mu Yun's request, Wang Li pondered for a moment and immediately agreed,""Since Mu Yun is so kind, as the lord, how could he not allow it? Wang Hu and Ling Kong are about to lead 3,000 cavalrymen into San Pass to rescue them. Mu Yun, you should follow them!”
"Thank you, my lord!" Mu Yun said happily.
Wang Li nodded when he saw this. Mu Yun's words made him think of another important matter, so he turned to Yang Chong and said,
"Military Advisor, Mu Yun is right. The Heavenly Saint Army is mostly commoners who can't survive. They only joined the rebel army because they were deceived by the Heavenly Saint Association. In my opinion, the strategy for dealing with the Heavenly Saint Army should be changed.”
When Yang Chong heard this, he thought that he knew that his lord's soft-heartedness was acting up again, so he smiled bitterly and advised,"My lord, I'm afraid the imperial court won't be able to explain this!”
Yang Chong naturally did not object to the surrender of the Heavenly Saint Army. San Pass was vast and sparsely populated. Yang Chong also hoped to use the captives of the Heavenly Saint Army to fill up the population of San Pass. However, the imperial court had explicitly stated that those who joined the Heavenly Saint Army would die. Moreover, the grain required to surrender the Heavenly Saint Army was a small burden to San Pass!
"It's fine. I believe the Imperial Court will understand the difficulties of my Wang Family Army!”Wang Li's eyes flashed with a strange light as he said with a playful tone.
"My lord is benevolent!"
The reason why Wang Li wanted to recruit the Heavenly Saint Army was not because he was soft-hearted. Everything he did had only one purpose, and that was to strengthen the Wang Clan.
The reason why he wanted to recruit the Heavenly Saint Army was to implement a plan that he had discussed with Wang Teng. The guilty are guarding the border.
Two years ago, Wang Teng gave Wang Li the Nine Strategy for the State. One of the strategies was to use Guanzhou as a base. When the world was in chaos, whether to attack Yuzhou in the west or North depended on the specific situation.
At first glance, this plan didn't seem to have any problems. After all, Guanzhou was the easiest and only possible territory for the Wang Clan at that time.
No matter how poor Guanzhou was, it still had a population of a million. It was indeed enough to raise 100,000 soldiers as the initial capital.
However, Wang Teng had neglected one point. The three sides of Guanzhou, whether it was Yuzhou, North Province, or Haizhou, were much more than Guanzhou in terms of wealth and population. The war potential of Guanzhou was far greater than that of Guanzhou.
The Wang Clan could indeed train 100,000 elites, but if the other prefectures were to mobilize, it would not be difficult for them to gather 100,000 troops to defend the city.
It was still fine for a field battle since the Wang Family Army was an elite force, but what if the enemy refused to come out?
Could it be that the Wang Family Army was going to waste their limited manpower on attacking the city?
In the end, Guanzhou's current war potential was too poor. Although the geographical location was excellent, it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the population was insufficient, resulting in an awkward situation where they could protect themselves but could not make progress.
Wang Teng couldn't hope to win every battle in the future. In order to increase the war potential of Guanzhou, there was only one way, which was to increase the population.
However, the speed of absorbing refugees to expand the population was too slow, so Wang Teng later came up with a faster method, which was the plan of " sinners guarding the border."
Why should the sinners guard the border?
It was very simple. All the sinners were exiled to Guanzhou for labor. Although the sinners were nominally working and guarding, it was actually a way to increase the population of Guanzhou!
This plan had not been implemented before because Wang Li had been waiting for an opportunity to rapidly increase the population, which was the chaos of the Heavenly Saint Army.
Although the imperial court had explicitly ordered the death of the rebels, the Heavenly Saint Army now involved nearly ten million people. It was impossible to kill all of them, right? Therefore, if the Heavenly Saint Army was finally pacified, they would definitely slaughter a small portion and pardon a large portion.
No matter how small the population was, there would be at least 2 - 3 million people. If all of them could be absorbed by Guanzhou Province, the war potential of Guanzhou Province would definitely double. Guanzhou Province would not have to worry about population anymore!
But how could he obtain these people?
Sins guarding the border was the best reason!
Guanzhou was poor.
After all, Guanzhou had a small population.
Who asked Guanzhou to be so rampant?
There were too many rebels in the Heavenly Saint Army and there was no place to settle them!
This was also the biggest reason why Wang Li had been constantly expressing his loyalty to the Chu family and pleasing Emperor Chu all these years. If Wang Li was not loyal and reliable enough, why would the Chu family willingly hand over the Guanzhou to the Wang family? Why would he help the Wang Clan to send troops to Guanzhou?
The 100,000 soldiers of the Heavenly Saint Army were no longer soldiers. They were 100,000 able-bodied men, the future citizens of Guanzhou.
Although the imperial court had canceled the killing order, San Pass was located in a special location. Coupled with the help of the imperial court, Wang Li was confident that he would not be punished by the imperial court even if he kept the captives of the Heavenly Saint Army.
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