I rebelled in the Song Dynasty

Liu Sheng still let Bian Ning and Ai Zhuang go. He didn't want to leave a reputation for killing. The most important thing was that he didn't want to violate his original oath. He had already killed too many people. If he killed them again, he would alienate his subordinates.

All the big families in Shuozhou were dragged over by Liu Sheng overnight.

Kneeling in a row, they did not expect Liu Sheng to be so decisive.

All of them banded together to drive up food prices because they felt that Liu Sheng did not dare to attack them.

No matter which side wins, they will be needed to maintain local rule.

But I never thought that Liu Sheng didn't care at all and wanted to kill them all.

A group of fat-headed, big-eared, pot-bellied gentry knelt among them, vividly interpreting all aspects of life. Some kept kowtowing to Liu Sheng and praying for a way out.

"General, we were wrong. We were really wrong. We will never dare to do it again. I hope the general can give me a way to survive."

Someone kept cursing.

"Liu Sheng, you will be punished by God for killing like this. He will be killed by the neck in his lifetime."

There are also people who are constantly embodying their own value.

"General, you can't kill us, otherwise the people's livelihood in Shuozhou will be ruined.

The Shuozhou you want won't be a lifeless Shuozhou with nothing!

If you stay with me, I will definitely take care of the entire Shuozhou for you. "

I saw more and more people being dragged over, almost occupying the entire school grounds.

At this time, a group of military officers led by Wang Liao were also begging for mercy.

"General, the people's livelihood in Shuozhou will really be in chaos."

Liu Sheng said nonchalantly: "Starting from tomorrow, the inspected properties will be merged into the government offices and managed by the government."

Seeing that Liu Sheng was determined to kill, everyone stopped trying to persuade them. At this time, Qi Guanhan said: "General, it will relieve your anger if you chop them down, why not keep them as coolies."

Liu Sheng looked at Yan Qi Guanhan and didn't find anything unusual, but he felt that it made sense. It would be great to keep these fat people as coolies. Next, his plan would require a very large population. These big families It just so happens that if you act as a slave, you won't feel bad if you die.

Qi Guanhan could always come up with some ideas at critical moments to make Liu Sheng change his mind. Mi Xing looked at Liu Sheng, but Liu Sheng also looked at him and lowered his head in fear.

Even if they were kept as slaves, Liu Sheng did not keep all of them. Those with a bad reputation and those who insulted Liu Sheng were not kept, and the school grounds were full of people killed.

The entire elite class in Shuozhou was almost wiped out by Liu Sheng, which needed to be filled.

Liu Sheng decided to improve the status of soldiers and use retired soldiers to fill the vacancies. He discussed this with Wang Liao and Qi Guanhan for several days, but they did not come up with a charter. They always had differences on some things.

Although Liu Sheng has the soul of future generations and many ideas that transcend this era, they are not in line with the current public sentiment. The most basic one is the literacy rate. 70.00% of people cannot even write their own names, and some even have no names. , shouting a king five, a platoon can pop up...

However, Liang Shouyi brought some news. Cai You returned to Song Dynasty, and the Zhong family army captured Wuzhou. The road between Liu Sheng and the Song Dynasty was completely smooth. However, the Zhong family army could not garrison Wuzhou and Liu Sheng was needed. Separate men and horses to garrison.

In addition, although Cai You returned to Beijing, he had arranged for civilians to transport grain to Liu Sheng. However, it would take some time to block the road due to heavy snow. Fortunately, the big families in Shuozhou had the habit of stocking grain. Liu Sheng valued the grain given by Cai You more. ordnance.

Ordnance Cai You also gave some, but Cai You didn't mention a word about the [-] sets of infantry armor Liu Sheng asked for, which made Liu Sheng a little disappointed.

Another news brought back by Liang Shouyi was not so good. The Khitans retreated, but not all of them. They only retreated the cavalry, leaving nearly [-] infantry to recuperate in Yingzhou. The scouts sent out by Liang Shouyi You can often meet each other.

"It seems that the expansion of the army is imminent. Whether it is to garrison Wuzhou or defend against the Khitans, a large number of troops are needed." Liu Sheng decided to expand the army. An army of more than [-] people is far from enough if he wants to defend two states and defend against the Khitans. of.

But before that, we have to eliminate the craftsmen in the army. We have to say that everyone in the Song Dynasty Xiang army is a talented person. Everyone has a skill in farming, forging iron, making pottery and building houses.

Liu Sheng asked them to return to their profession, and those who knew how to farm were allowed to work in the fields. All the craftsmen signed contracts with the government, and they were considered iron rice bowls. Some of them wanted to return to the Song Dynasty. They had family members there and couldn't let go. Liu Sheng was not embarrassed and paid them travel expenses and wrote ultimatums to let them go to Yanmen.

Going east and west, after weeding out the older and injured ones, there were less than 3000 people left who followed Liu Sheng out of Yunzhou. Together with the young and strong Huairen and the cavalry battalion, there were a total of 6000 people.

"Recruit troops, recruit troops quickly, we can't wait any longer, 6000 people are too insecure." Liu Sheng said to everyone.

Although the road is blocked by heavy snow, what if the Khitans attack? Although the gunpowder pot is powerful, it is not omnipotent. There are people in Khitan who know gunpowder and have tasted the methods of gunpowder. They may not be able to come up with restraint methods, not to mention it is still snowing! Bringing more uncertainty to gunpowder.

Soon every village in Shuozhou and Wuzhou posted notices recruiting soldiers, and the monthly payment was consistent.

In the Song Dynasty, there were not many of them, not even enough to cover a family's monthly expenses. But this is the old land of Khitan, and the money in Guangxi definitely belongs to the middle-to-high-income group.

No less than [-] people signed up in Shuozhou in one day alone.

"This...that's too much! General." Wang Liao grimaced.

Liu Sheng didn't expect there to be so many, but the more people, the better. Can the quality of one out of ten and one out of a hundred be the same? Liu Sheng kept raising his requirements, but he couldn't think of any good screening method.

In the end, it was Liang Shou who said: "The general asked them to run in circles around the city wall. Every time they ran, they would put a rope in their hands. Although they couldn't tell anything else, their physical strength could be seen at a glance."

Liu Sheng adopted Liang Shouyi's suggestion and asked all common people of appropriate age who were willing to join the army to run in circles around the city wall.

In just half a day, more than half of them were screened out. Two days later, Liu Sheng received 6000 recruits.

It's not that Liu Sheng is unwilling to recruit more people, or that he can't support them, but Liu Sheng currently only has 6000 active-duty officers.

There can't be more new recruits than veterans! Huairen Qingzhuang only practiced for one more week.

No amount of teaching would be enough, so Liu Sheng adopts a one-on-one teaching model, where one soldier leads another soldier and they train together.

This is the fastest way to develop combat effectiveness. According to the conventional method, the grass on Liu Sheng's grave would be two meters high, and the soldiers would not be able to train it.