After the heroes of Water Margin arrived in Youzhou, Zhu Di treated them as well as possible according to the wishes of the imperial court.
This benefited them greatly and strengthened their determination and belief to serve the court.
They are very grateful.
The imperial court could ignore what they had done in the past, nor did it care that they all came from humble backgrounds.
Some of their treatments are even better than those of ordinary soldiers.
What else could not satisfy them?
Zhu Di was also very curious about why the court made such a decision.
Therefore, in the next few days, he secretly observed the so-called 108 generals.
Gradually, I got to know them all a little better.
It was unexpectedly discovered that these 108 people, including Song Jiang, of course, all had extremely outstanding qualities.
They may not be masters of martial arts, but they must have something extraordinary in some way.
For example, Shi Qian’s martial arts skills are average, but he is a thief who can steal things.
Maybe in the future I could let him steal information.
There are also some generals who are particularly proficient in water battles.
Some people are very good at hiding.
But if we talk about who is more powerful in terms of military force.
They must be Lu Junyi, Lin Chong, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and others.
After roughly grasping their intelligence, Zhu Di said to Yao Guangxiao, Guo Jia and others: "The court was right to recruit this group of bandits.
Among them, many are proficient in martial arts. Of course, if compared with generals like Xu Chu, they are still a little behind.
However, with their help, we can make up for the lack of mid-level generals after recruiting soldiers."
If those people among the 108 generals were to be left to their own devices, they would indeed be lacking in ability.
But if they were to serve as mid-level generals or even lower, it would be more than enough.
With their joining, not only Youyun, but the entire Qin State will not be short of middle-level generals.
Hearing this, Guo Jia smiled and said, "Your Majesty, no matter what they did in the past, they are now generals of our Great Qin.
We treat them well now in the hope that they can show their true abilities when they go into battle and kill the enemy.
If they are just for show, then these people are not worthy of being an army."
Yao Guangxiao frowned and said, "Those 107 people all obey Song Jiang's orders. This is not appropriate. Otherwise, why not divide them up and manage them separately?"
Zhu Di shook his head and said, "The court has issued an order to let Song Jiang and his men lead their own army. If the war is over, we can suggest to the court that these 108 men be dispersed."
In fact, once the war was over, the imperial court would do the same without his suggestion.
Because the imperial court would not allow any small groups to appear in the army.
An existence like the Four Kings is no longer a small group.
So naturally it was not within the court's consideration.
But if they die, then the generals under their command will definitely be divided and managed.
"I wonder how many soldiers the prince has recruited? How many soldiers are there in Youyun territory now?" Guo Jia asked.
Zhu Di said bluntly: "Including the 100,000 soldiers brought by Song Jiang and the 150,000 soldiers just recruited, our army currently has 600,000 troops."
Six hundred and fifty thousand...
At first glance, this number seems like a lot.
However, we have to take into account that the number of troops currently deployed by the Jin State is already twice that of Zhu Di's troops.
This does not guarantee whether there will be a possibility of further reinforcements if the war in Jin State does not go well.
But no matter what, the pressure on his side was much less.
The greatest pressure is at Hangu Pass.
At present, as Huo Qubing led the reinforcements there.
There are about 600,000 Qin soldiers standing ready for battle.
But what they were facing was an enemy force of 1.5 million!
The army that could be mobilized from Hangu Pass and Youyun was almost the entire country's army.
The Minister of War Cao Cao also calculated that even though soldiers were being recruited all over the country.
But conservatively speaking, being able to recruit an army of 500,000 is already very good.
The key point is that this is when there is a lack of armor and supplies.
In recent years, the Qin State has been emphasizing military training and even launched an expedition to Japan.
But what developed rapidly was only its naval warfare capabilities.
For example, in land battles, there is still a lack of arrows, war horses, armor, etc.
At first glance, five hundred thousand may seem like a lot, but when they are dispersed to Hangu Pass and Youyun, how many will be left?
How many civilians will be needed to supply the army?
Normally, taking into account the food and fodder drawn, three civilians can feed one infantryman.
To support one cavalryman, the number of civilians must at least double.
Although most of the civilians did not have to go to war with the army, they could just stay at home and farm.
But how many civilians are there in the entire Qin State?
This battle has emptied the Qin Dynasty of all its wealth.
Nowadays, officials from all departments of the imperial court have to visit the Ministry of Revenue every day.
Whenever they saw Heshen or some officials in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, they would come forward and ask for money.
Heshen gave them all the same answer: no money.
There is no life and no money.
Do you really have no money?
Not necessarily.
This was before the war even began, but the amount of silver and money needed across the country was already like a bottomless pit.
If you don't save money carefully, no matter how much money you have in your treasury, it won't be enough to sustain such extravagance!
So Heshen issued a death order to all officials in the Ministry of Revenue.
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