Auxiliary soldiers?

Yang Mo couldn't understand it for a moment. In his impression, since Cao Cao wanted to send a surprise troops, it was the best to send cavalry.

Aren't auxiliary soldiers a troops that appear only when fighting position wars and attrition wars?

When Xun Yu saw Yang Mo's surprised look, he knew that he would have been wrong.

It was explained patiently now.

Yang Mo suddenly realized what the auxiliary soldier Xun Yu was from Qizhou.

There are many troops in the Northern Sui Dynasty.

The most prestigious and most treated is naturally the emperor's personal guard - the Imperial Guard.

The one with the least status and the worst treatment is these auxiliary soldiers, which are called bad soldiers in Taiyuan.

There are not many cities in the Northern Sui Dynasty that have bad officials, so Yang Mo learned about this when he knew bad people.

Those with organization are called bad army, and those without organization are called auxiliary soldiers.

And there is still a big difference between the two.

For example, this time when Jeju attacked Taiyuan, according to the Northern Sui law, there was no need for orders. With a word from Meng Tian, ​​they would go to the battlefield at any time and become bad troops acting as cannon fodder or suicide squads.

Although they did not have military pay, the weapons and military supplies were provided by the government office or Meng Tian.

But the auxiliary soldiers who are also bad at human attributes are much worse.

There is no military pay, no food, and weapons to go to the battlefield, find a way for yourself.

There is no armor, if you are poor and have no clothes, you can only have a bare butt.

Therefore, in many anti-rebellion battles in the history of the Northern Sui Dynasty, in which the officers and soldiers who were dressed in distinctive helmets and uniformly dressed in an array, before the war began, the army that rushed to the front was often dressed in a group of farmers dressed in ragged clothes and even holding hoes and sickles.

These are the auxiliary soldiers.

This is the first time that Yang Mo has heard that there is such a military service in the Northern Sui Dynasty.

Xun Yu looked calm and believed that the existence of this kind of military service was natural and nothing was strange.

"Aren't such an army just cannon fodder? What kind of combat effectiveness can it have?"

Although Yang Mo served as the military affairs supervisor in Taiyuan, he had never led troops to fight.

Therefore, I didn't know much about ancient wars.

"In a war, the auxiliary soldiers often determine the outcome. Many times, the official army just takes on the job of defeating the opponent and cleaning the battlefield."

Xun Yu was very confused about Yang Mo's lack of knowledge about the auxiliary soldiers.

How could the Li family hand over the military affairs of Taiyuan to a person who does not know about military affairs?

Although it was only on the surface, Meng Tian was responsible for Taiyuan's military affairs in secret.

With Meng Tian here, Xun Yu was not very worried about the Battle of Taiyuan.

As one of the top nobles in the Northern Sui Dynasty, the Li family was operated for many years as their base camp.

The city is strong, with countless food and grass, and soldiers are well-trained.

The Yellow Turban Army was attacked for thousands of miles, just looking for death.

Even if there are really 300,000, most of them will be given away.

"Although the auxiliary soldiers need to bring their own weapons and food, their combat power is not weak. The Northern Sui court stipulated that the auxiliary soldiers were mostly people with records of criminals, but in the prefectures and counties, the restrictions on the auxiliary soldiers were relaxed in order to eliminate bandits."

Xun Yu patiently explained to him: "Most of the auxiliary soldiers are good-family children."

"Most of the good family members?"

Yang Mo didn't understand even more.

Shouldn’t good families join the normal army through normal channels?

Why would he take the initiative to be an auxiliary soldier?

"Yes, because after becoming an auxiliary soldier, the family will no longer bear corvee service within three years."

The more Xun Yu explained, the harder Yang Mo could understand.

In his impression, the people in ancient times lived a very hard life, but wasn’t corvee work every day in feudal society?

He knows and understands how to break his legs in order to avoid military service.

But in order to prevent his family from servicing, he would rather be an auxiliary soldier on the battlefield and be cannon fodder. This is the first time he has heard of this.

"Sir, I have only heard that harsh government is more powerful than tigers. Is this corvee service so terrible?"

After Yang Mo said that, Xun Yu's expression darkened.

He had no previous distracted expression because of Cao Cao's affairs and was worried.

He nodded: "The evil of labor service has been a difficult task since ancient times."

As if to make Yang Mo understand, Xun Yu suddenly asked: "Young Master also knew Chameng rice?"

"Chancheng rice?"

Yang Mo thought about it and had some impression, but he couldn't remember it any longer.

"It was one thing the boy named Tanfu said."

Xun Yu recalled the process of chatting with the boy and felt lost.

"What's up?"

As he talked about corvee service, he suddenly talked about the rice in Chameng. Although Yang Mo was strange, he knew that Xun Yu was definitely not a change of topic.

Listen patiently.

"When I was talking about food with the young man, Tanfu said that before his time, there was an emperor called Renzong who had vigorously promoted Chameng rice."

"Renzong?"

Yang Mo immediately thought of someone: "But Zhao Zhen, the Song Renzong of the Song Dynasty?"

Emperor Zhao Zhen has a very good reputation in history.

When he was in power, he supported Wang Anshi's new Qingli policy.

The beginning of "Yueyang Tower Notes": In the spring of the fourth year of Qingli, Teng Zijing was exiled to the Qingli county in Baling County, which was the year name of his reign.

"Although I didn't say what it was called, I just talked about the Zhao Guan family."

After Xun Yu said that, Yang Mo was sure: "That's Zhao Zhen, this is an emperor with a very famous reputation in history."

Then I immediately remembered what Chameng rice was.

"As he said, Champa rice was named after Champa country. It grows early in nature, is premature, is drought-resistant, and has fine grains, and is suitable for high-rise fields."

Xun Yu sighed: "In theory, with this magical object, the harvest should be higher, and the people are very welcome."

"Yes, isn't it?"

However, Yang Mo remembered the Chameng rice in his heart. After returning to Taiyuan, he would immediately send someone to find such rice.

“It’s not.”

Xun Yu shook his head: "On the contrary, according to Tanfu, the people are not only unwilling to plant this kind of magical object, but they are not even willing to take land and are willing to be refugees."

"What?"

Yang Mo completely disbelief. In this world, he had never seen a nation that loved the land more than the Chinese people.

What's more, if there are such high-yield rice, why don't you plant it?

It would be fine if you don’t plant it, or you even want to abandon the land and run away?

Just as he was about to refute, he suddenly thought of the topic he had just talked to Xun Yu and asked tentatively: "Is it because of corvee labor?"

"Yes, the corvee service system in the Northern Sui Dynasty was even more cruel."

Forehead...

Yang Mo was instantly uneasy.

Although Xun Yu is a very good person and a gentleman, he is from a noble family after all.

What he carries about is the world's affairs. In essence, he and Wangying are actually all of them: they are both rulers and vested interests of the feudal dynasty.

Even he felt that the Northern Sui Dynasty's corvee system was very cruel, but in reality it was probably even more terrifying than harsh policies.

Sure enough, after Xun Yu patiently explained to Yang Mo, Yang Mo was silent.

Along the way, he had a gloomy face and didn't say a word.

After arriving in Taiyuan, Li Bai's face did not improve when he saw him going out of the city to greet him.

Li Bai was very puzzled, what's wrong with the eldest brother?

Why did you look like you came back after a trip?

Although the Jeju army was on the way to conquer Taiyuan, the information they obtained has confirmed that they did not have 300,000.

Not only did it not have 300,000, it even seemed that it was beaten out of Jeju.

Meng Tian even promised that he would be sure to deal with them.
Chapter completed!