Transmigrating into a Turbulent Era as a Soldier, Starting with Marrying a Wife

Garrison Officer Lin Wanshan nodded.

"You may dispense with the formalities. Someone, give Li Yuan a seat."

"Thank you, sir."

After Li Yuan was seated, Lin Wanshan solemnly asked.

"Li Yuan, before I officially appoint you, I have something to ask you."

Li Yuan immediately replied.

"Please ask, Garrison Officer."

Lin Wanshan pondered for a moment, then continued.

"Li Yuan, when you came to my Xihe Fort, did Lord Zuo Siwei give you any instructions?"

Lin Wanshan asked this to probe Li Yuan's intentions, wondering what Lord Zuo Siwei was planning by abruptly promoting him to Captain.

Lin Wanshan always felt that Li Yuan couldn't have been promoted to Captain without a reason.

Presumably, Lord Zuo Siwei had some plans for Xihe Fort.

Li Yuan hesitated for a moment.

An idea flashed through his mind.

Li Yuan understood that Zhang Kui naturally had no specific plans for him being a Captain.

This Garrison Officer was clearly misunderstanding something.

However, Li Yuan didn't intend to tell the truth. Instead, he decided to take advantage of the Garrison Officer's misunderstanding to gain some opportunities and power for himself.

"Reporting to the Garrison Officer, Lord Zuo Siwei did indeed have some arrangements for me."

"Oh? Li Yuan, tell me about them."

Lin Wanshan's eyes lit up, and he thought to himself, 'I knew it. Li Yuan's promotion to Captain was definitely not a simple assignment.'

"Lord Zuo Siwei must have some plans."

Li Yuan continued.

"Lord Zuo Siwei sent me to Xihe Fort with three tasks in mind."

"Three tasks?" Lin Wanshan and the other Captains in the room exchanged glances.

They all wanted to hear what these three tasks were.

Li Yuan thought for a moment and said.

"The first task is for me to accumulate wealth."

"Accumulate wealth? What does that mean?"

Lin Wanshan was somewhat confused.

Li Yuan quickly explained.

"It's like this. Lord Zuo Siwei saw that the soldier households in the villages are living in poverty and have no savings."

"According to the military system of our Great Liang, soldier households must provide their own provisions and equipment when going to war."

"These soldier households have no money, so they are unable to purchase decent equipment."

"When the military governor's office calls them up, these soldier households will inevitably have broken weapons and incomplete armor."

"If we lose the battle because of this, the military governor's office will naturally be held responsible."

"This is what I mean by accumulating wealth."

After listening to Li Yuan's explanation.

Lin Wanshan and the Captains in the hall nodded repeatedly.

What Li Yuan said was indeed correct.

The soldier households of Great Liang had to prepare their own rations and weapons when going to war.

Now, many of the soldier households in the villages had just been recruited.

Each and every one of them was dirt poor.

Let alone buying military equipment, they were finding it difficult to support themselves and their families.

Li Yuan's first task not only made sense.

But they even wholeheartedly supported it.

Lin Wanshan stroked his beard and said gently.

"Lord Zuo Siwei is truly far-sighted."

"This matter is indeed a priority for the military fort."

"You can go ahead and do this thing of accumulating wealth for the soldier households. I, Lao Lin, will fully support you."

The other Captains also nodded repeatedly.

Li Yuan quickly cupped his hands and thanked the Garrison Officer, then continued.

"The second task that Lord Zuo Siwei has arranged is to train soldiers."

"Train soldiers?"

The Captains in the hall exchanged glances.

They thought to themselves, 'Which day doesn't our military fort train soldiers?'

"What's so special about training soldiers?"

Garrison Officer Lin Wanshan also looked puzzled.

Li Yuan quickly explained.

"Lord Zuo Siwei's intention is to train an elite force in this Xihe Fort. The number of people doesn't need to be large, but they must be able to fight."

"They cannot be like the soldier households at the Chishui River last year, who mostly collapsed at the first touch."

Lin Wanshan stroked his beard, thinking carefully.

What exactly did Lord Zuo Siwei mean?

It was common knowledge that the soldier households were not capable of fighting.

In the Great Liang Dynasty, the role of soldier households was often to serve as auxiliary soldiers and cannon fodder for the elite battalion soldiers.

Suddenly, Lin Wanshan's eyes moved. Was Lord Zuo Siwei planning to train an elite force because of that matter?

Zhang Kui and Lin Wanshan had both gone to the great battle at the Chishui River last year.

At that time, the entire army was defeated, and the Dingzhou army was broken through several formations by the Northern Barbarians.

Zhang Kui and Lin Wanshan followed the commander and went through hardships before they escaped from the chaotic army.

One thing that impressed them was that there was an elite force in the Guangyun County army, which was also formed by soldier households.

The number of people was not large, only about a hundred, but this team of elite soldiers had excellent weapons, and everyone had armor.

Relying on this force to open the way, the number of soldiers who escaped from Guangyun County was much greater than that of Qingyuan County.

Lin Wanshan felt that Zhang Kui should want to imitate Guangyun County and train an elite force.

In this way, they would have more confidence in fighting the Northern Barbarians again.

Lin Wanshan felt that this matter was feasible, so he stroked his beard and thought again and again before saying.

"How about this, Li Yuan."

"You came from Dongxiang Village as a village head."

"I will give you the quota for one hundred soldiers in Dongxiang Village."

"And allow you to expand the recruitment quota by fifty people."

"A total of one hundred and fifty soldiers will be given to you."

"It's just that the military fort's treasury is currently empty, and there are insufficient military supplies."

"I can only allocate thirty swords and spears each, and ten sets of leather armor to you."

"You will have to find a way to get the rest yourself."

The so-called quota is the authority to allow you to recruit soldier households.

But whether you can attract people depends on your own ability.

As for the military armor allocated by the military fort, Li Yuan didn't have too many expectations.

It was probably some junk picked up from the battlefield.

But Li Yuan also knew that this was already Lin Wanshan helping him as much as possible within his authority.

He quickly got up and cupped his hands and said.

"Thank you, Garrison Officer."

"I will find a way to get the manpower and military armor myself."

"I won't trouble you."

Hearing that Li Yuan would find a way himself.

Lin Wanshan was finally relieved.

The military fort was short of military supplies, and he didn't have much surplus power.

Lin Wanshan continued to ask.

"Then what is the third thing that Lord Zuo Siwei wants you to do?"

Li Yuan thought for a moment and replied.

"Lord Zuo Siwei heard that bandits have been rising up recently in Qingyuan County, causing chaos among the people."

"The military governor's office intends to suppress the bandits, but the mobilization of soldier households is cumbersome and inconvenient."

"So he wants me to train an elite force to be used for bandit suppression in the county."

Lin Wanshan nodded.

Of course, he knew about the bandits causing trouble in Qingyuan County recently.

The military governor's office had also ordered them, these military forts, to clear the surrounding bandit troubles.

But the matter of suppressing bandits was very troublesome.

If the military fort sent too few people, the untrained soldier households might not be able to beat those experienced bandits.

And if they sent too many people, these bandits would flee at the first sign of trouble and directly drill into the old forest.

By the time the military fort's troops arrived, they couldn't even see a bandit's hair.

The several bandit suppression operations organized by the military fort had consumed countless manpower and material resources.

But there were no decent results.

Once the military fort's troops retreated, the bandits would drill out of the mountains again and continue to harm the people.

Such things had happened many times.

After tossing around many times.

The soldier households had to bring their own weapons and rations to suppress the bandits.

Not only was it dangerous, but they couldn't earn money to support their families.

Naturally, they were full of complaints, and eventually they all slackened off and were unwilling to contribute.

In the end, the matter of suppressing bandits was left unresolved.

It could be said that bandit suppression was a thankless task in the military fort.

No one was willing to take it on.

Today, Li Yuan said that he was willing to take the initiative to suppress the bandits.

The Captains in the hall looked at him with a mixture of admiration and pity.

They thought to themselves, 'I don't know how Lord Zuo Siwei fooled this fool.'

"He actually made him willing to take the initiative to suppress the bandits."

"It is estimated that it won't be long before this poor fellow knows the hardship of suppressing bandits."