Tibet

Twenty recruitment points were set up in front of Zhuque Gate. In front of each recruitment point, Taipei students and soldiers were registering. The speed was still very fast. Each male applicant was divided into two categories: A and B. Category A has military service or military training experience, or Anyone who has practiced martial arts is fine, while Category B is ordinary people, mainly used as logistics workers.

Before registration, a simple test is required, which requires lifting a fifty-jin stone lock above your head. This is the minimum requirement. If you can't lift fifty kilograms, there is no point in joining the army.

The registration process was very fast. The person in front was registering, and the person behind was holding the lock. People kept leaving with shame on their faces.

Li Ye watched silently for a moment. There were more Category A civilians than he thought. He originally thought it was only 20 to 30 percent, but in fact it reached 40 percent. This was related to the martial culture of the Tang Dynasty. When many children grew up, His parents would send him to learn some martial arts.

This is also related to the former Fubing system of the Tang Dynasty. Now the Fubing system has been destroyed, but some practices of the Fubing system still exist, which is to use the leisure time to gather together to practice martial arts and archery. Most farmers have participated in military training.

At this time, a soldier rushed over and said: "General Qi, an army of more than 2,000 people has arrived from outside Nancheng. It seems to be the Tang army. General Pei invites His Highness to come over."

Li Ye was a little surprised. How could there be Tang troops in Guanzhong?

He got on his horse and ran towards Mingde Gate with hundreds of soldiers.

An army did come outside Mingde Gate, about two thousand people, led by two generals. One of the generals was holding hands and talking to Pei Xiu. Li Ye also recognized the general who was talking to Pei Xiu at a glance, Pei Huan. The eldest son of his third uncle Pei Jian.

Seeing Li Ye coming out of the city, Pei Huan hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Pei Huan, general of the humble Hexi Army, comes to see your highness!"

Li Ye patted his arm and smiled: "Why are you here?"

Pei Huan smiled bitterly, "We fought against the Yan army in Fengxiang before, but unfortunately we were defeated. The main force retreated to Lingwu, and the other part of the army went to Hanzhong. We were one of the troops that retreated to Hanzhong. We heard in Yang County When His Highness attacked Wuguan, we rushed over, but His Highness had already led his army to the north. We pursued him all the way from Shangluo Road to Chang'an, and it turned out that His Highness had already captured Chang'an."

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "You are here at the right time. It is the right time for me to employ people!"

Li Ye looked at another general and saw that this man was about thirty years old, with a strong back and a strong body. He looked like a brave general at first glance.

The general hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Li Sheng, the humble Hexi Army General, is here to see Your Highness!"

Li Ye was stunned. Could it be that he was Li Sheng, the famous ZTE general in history?

"Are you from the Li family in Longxi?"

Li Sheng bowed and said: "I am from the Li family in Longxi. I joined the army in Zhangye and served under the general Pei Fang."

Li Ye was overjoyed. Li Sheng arrived just in time. He immediately said to Pei Xiu, "Take them to the military camp to settle down. I will appoint them to their posts later!"

Pei Xiu waved and smiled: "Everyone, come with me!"

More than two thousand soldiers marched into Chang'an City

The efficiency of the twenty recruitment points was quite high. One hundred thousand militia soldiers were recruited that day, including 40,000 Category A militia soldiers and 60,000 Category B civilian husbands. Li Ye selected 10,000 tall and well-built civilian soldiers from the Class B civilian husbands. The strong civilians were reclassified as Category A. As a result, 50,000 newly recruited soldiers joined the Tang army.

Li Ye immediately ordered the opening of the armory, took out a large number of armors and weapons, and armed one hundred thousand new soldiers.

The Armory Warehouse was a former weapons inspection warehouse. The armors built over the past century in the Tang Dynasty were all stored here. Although most of them had been consumed by the border wars and the Anlushan Rebellion, there were still two to three hundred thousand sets of armors in stock until It was only consumed later.

At this moment, a surprise was discovered in the armory.

Li Ye and Black Spear Xu Zongran hurried to the armory. They saw countless Mo knives piled up in the square, with scabbards, and a large number of heavy armor next to them. Two thousand sets of heavy armor and Mo knives were actually found in the armory. , which simply surprised Li Ye.

Su Zhen laughed at the side and said: "Your Highness, these are actually heavy armor and Mo Dao equipped for the Longwu Army. However, the Longwu Army did not consider setting up heavy armored infantry, so they did not ask for them. Later, they planned to give them to Fan Yang's Army in Anlu Mountain. , but Yang Guozhong firmly objected, and they were kept piled in the armor warehouse, possibly buried under other armors. An Lushan did not discover them until we took out 100,000 sets of armors, and then we discovered them."

Black Spear carefully inspected the weapons and armor, and found that they were all new. He could no longer contain his excitement, stood up and said to Li Ye: "Your Highness, my humble duty requires that two thousand new swordsmen be selected from the entire army."

Li Ye nodded, "Absolutely, but it is recommended to focus on veterans who have been on the battlefield!"

The heavy armored infantry must have the psychological quality to regard the enemy as a piece of grass, and must kill like pigs and dogs, otherwise the soldiers will be frightened by the bloody and cruel killings.

Black Spear readily agreed, "I'm going to pick someone for my humble job!"

Soldiers of the Modao Army must be over 1.9 meters tall in Anxi. In the Central Plains, the standard can be lowered. They must be over 1.85 meters tall, have long hands and feet, strong physique, and as strong as an ox. Two thousand people are selected from the 50,000 soldiers. , it should be possible.

Before dawn the next day, Nan Jiyun was the instructor and was responsible for intensive training of the 50,000 new militia troops in Xineiyuan.

Generally, recruit training takes three months at the fastest, but they only have a few days, and there is no way to follow the regular training steps and can only train the essence.

After discussion, everyone agreed to mix new recruits and veterans to expand the establishment. For example, the number of first-fire soldiers was ten, and now it is expanded to twenty. The number of soldiers in a group is fifty, and now it is increased to one hundred. The brigade commander originally commanded One hundred men now command two hundred men, and so on.

Then, actual combat training for attacking and defending the city was carried out in the Taiji Palace Imperial City, including civilians carrying weapons, etc., and also participated.

There are three battlefields set up in the Tai Chi Palace, and each time 6,000 people participate in the two-hour actual combat training. Of course, they are not real swords and guns, but training weapons such as blunt knives and bald spears, as well as arrows without arrowheads. Yes, there are a large number of training weapons in the armory.

Of course, training is also very dangerous. If you don't pay attention, you will be hit on the head with a blunt knife, and you will fall off the palace wall. If you don't fall on the protective mat, you will break your hands and feet.

Li Ye was right to worry. After just one day of training, dozens of people were injured during training, and two people fell from the top of the city and were unfortunately seriously injured and died.

But Li Ye no longer cares about so much. Only by undergoing intense actual combat training can recruits adapt to the battlefield as quickly as possible, learn to cooperate, learn to obey, and learn to fight.

In order not to affect the training of soldiers and the subsequent war, Li Ye also gathered thousands of maids, eunuchs and old concubines from Taiji Palace and Daming Palace into Xingqing Palace.

For several days, the Taiji Palace was filled with loud shouts of killing, day and night, and the entire city of Chang'an was enveloped in a tense atmosphere before the war.

At night, the lights in the Imperial City of Tai Chi Palace were brightly lit, and the shouts of killing were loud. Li Ye stood on the city wall, watching the night battle training in the city.

The three thousand troops led by Li Sheng attacked the city very sharply, which would make the inexperienced soldiers panic, but at the same time, it would also allow the defenders to grow up quickly.

At this time, Li Xiyue, the commander of Li Ye's personal soldiers, walked over in a hurry and said to Li Ye in a low voice: "Your Highness, you have something interesting."

Li Ye perked up, "How did you find out?"