After successfully convincing Taishi Ci and his mother, Xia Cheng's trip to Huang County was considered a complete success.
After that, he spent another day helping Taishi Ci and his family settle their household registration.
In the Han Dynasty, one needed to pass talismans and a place to go when going out.
Talismans and checkpoints were certificates made of bamboo, cloth, bronze, and other materials. They were equivalent to the "travel passes" and "customs clearance documents" of later generations, used to prove the identity of the staff.
Every official who went out on official business would be subjected to a strict identity check at every post house, relay station, pass, or ferry.
The only things that could prove their identities were the talisman and the place of passage.
The Biography of Wang Mang in the Book of Han also described: "When officials and people go in and out, take cloth money to pass the talisman. If you don't take it, don't leave the kitchen.”
It was the same for commoners to travel far across the border, even if they took the official road.
After passing the checkpoint and returning to Beihai, Xia Cheng first settled Taishi Ci's family in a new residence.
Then, he went to the military camp to meet Zhang Fei and Guan Hai.
"In the few days that I left, did everything go smoothly in the camp?"”
Guan Hai stepped forward and cupped his hands in response,""Milord, everything is normal in the camp.”
Recently, he had gotten used to and fallen in love with the feeling of being an official.
In the past, although he was the Yellow Turban canal commander, he not only had to shoulder the responsibility of leading the army in battle, but he also had to consider the food, clothing, and accommodation of the 50,000 Yellow Turban followers.
Now, he didn't have to worry about these worries anymore. He only needed to listen to orders.
More importantly…
"From now on, our family is no longer a thief!”Guan Hai licked his dry lips, sincerely grateful to Xia Cheng and Liu Bei for giving them a chance to change.
"Hahaha, don't worry, Zi Mou. With me, Old Zhang, in the army and Brother Guan Hai's cooperation, nothing will happen these days.”Zhang Fei also grinned.
After a few days of grinding, he had already accepted Guan Hai.
Since they had already obtained a good general, they would start the next step of their plan.
After the encouragement of the army, there would naturally be stricter training and restrictions.
Then, by giving them better weapons, they could become a reliable army that could defeat powerful enemies.
The 50,000 Yellow Turban soldiers would be reorganized and elite soldiers that could be trained would be selected.
50,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, excluding the old, weak, women, and children who had almost no combat strength, could still have more than 20,000 young men.
Xia Cheng had Zhang Fei and the others do a repeated selection process and finally picked out 3,000 strong men to mix with some of the veterans to form a new army.
In ancient times, when officers trained soldiers, they would also pay attention to inserting a group of veterans.
This could help the recruits understand how to deal with the situation on the battlefield and improve their combat effectiveness to the greatest extent.
Of course, it wasn't that they couldn't recruit more recruits.
The reason why he only chose 3,000 people was because Liu Bei's foundation was still a little weak.
They had only recruited 2,000 soldiers previously. If they were to recruit more now, they would need to control the number.
After all, the quality of an army was important, not the quantity.
If the war could be won only by numbers, then the once mighty Yellow Turban Army would not have fallen to its current state.
As for the remaining people, they did not give up completely.
It was impossible for any army to be composed entirely of combat soldiers.
A war was not as simple as swarming together.
For a battle, in a regular army, be it cavalry, infantry, baggage, coachmen, or even cooks, they had to be well-equipped.
This was also why the three armies in ancient times were actually referred to as the front troops who rode horses to fight (mainly responsible for opening roads and building bridges).
The central army that commands the battle.
The rear troops of the military supplies (mainly responsible for military supplies and the families of the soldiers).
According to the records of the Rites of Zhou, Xia Guan, Xu Guan: An army of 12,500 men is organized into six armies, three armies for a large country, two armies for a small country, and one army for a small country.
The State of Jin was originally a large vassal state. In theory, the State of Jin could only have three armies. However, Duke Wen of Jin had six ministers as the three armies, so in fact, he had six armies.
The six armies were divided into two central armies, two upper armies, and two lower armies. The upper army was also known as the left army, and the lower army was also known as the right army.
Therefore, the three armies referred to the middle, left, and right armies in ancient times.
After reorganizing the army, it was time for training.
After all, the Yellow Turban soldiers who had surrendered were farmers who had put down their hoes and picked up their spears.
Their only advantage was that they were all physically strong. This was the most important thing.
Without a strong physique, it was difficult to survive on the battlefield, let alone become an elite soldier.
Survival of the fittest. Those who could not withstand it had long been eliminated in the previous battles.
During the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, the people were tough and brave. Therefore, since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the people were very keen on military achievements. The common people practiced martial arts and joined the army.
Before Guangwu was revived, most of the adult men in the country would receive military training for a certain period of time.
Although after Guangwu's revival, the imperial court had abolished all the county soldiers, in reality, they hadn't completely abolished the county soldiers and exempted the people from military service. They had only reduced them.
Many people had a basic foundation.
However, if they wanted to become the treasured swords and elite soldiers that Liu Bei could rely on in the future, they still had to go through training and tempering.
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