Most of the Qi army prisoners taken back to Jingzhou from Heluo were young and strong soldiers, and there were also many elite Jinyang soldiers from Liuzhen.
The elite soldiers of Jinyang have rich combat experience and considerable combat effectiveness. In theory, they are very excellent soldiers and can be incorporated into the Jingzhou army. They can become qualified soldiers without any careful practice.
But to be honest, Li Tai doesn’t like to join the army very much for these professional soldiers in the six towns. Because in addition to good combat literacy, these soldiers can be said to be flawed everywhere. And there is a very critical point, that is, because of their rich combat experience and knowing how to judge the situation on the battlefield, almost no one can fight tough battles.
Li Tai seemed to have some problems with his thoughts. He dared not look down on the soldiers of the six towns who were famous all over the world, but this was his real feeling since his battles with the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi.
This is not very obvious in the six town soldiers of the Western Wei Dynasty, because the number of town soldiers in the Western Wei Dynasty was much smaller than that of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and they all had high compliance with their respective generals.
Especially after the Battle of Mangshan, the Xianbei soldiers who survived the army were almost all military leaders of all sizes, so when they fought, they only followed the generals and horse leaders, and their generals usually had a relatively high status in the Western Wei Dynasty. There were few veterans like Zhao Gui who were good at being good at the moment of the situation and ran away when they saw that the situation was not good.
The Eastern Wei and Northern Qi were not the case. They inherited most of the six towns of soldiers, and they can even be called a special social class in their social structure. Its organizational form is not affiliated with all the armies like the Western Wei Dynasty. As early as the Gao Huan period, a system was established to dispatch the armies by the cavalry of the Bafu and the foreign military officers.
It is natural for human beings to be greedy for life and fear of death, and seek profit and avoid harm is even more biological instinct. Because of their rich combat experience and excellent military literacy, these elite Jinyang soldiers do not even need to look at the overall situation in the battle formation. They can judge whether the combat situation is good or bad simply by the changes in the military orders they receive and the changes in the nearby formation.
Once the war is unfavorable, it is absolutely impossible to let these ghost soldiers stand on the battlefield and wait for the end of being annihilated in an integral manner.
So when a certain formation suddenly collapses on the battlefield, the troops who fled in the first place are often the troops with more veterans. It’s not that the recruits are willing to die, but they don’t know how to judge the development of the war and don’t know how to escape from the battle efficiently and safely.
Therefore, Li Tai did not intend to incorporate a large number of prisoners of war into the combat team without being judged. He just selected the best among them, and selected some prisoners of war with outstanding skills such as cavalry and shooting, martial arts, or special abilities such as observation and water searching to absorb them into the team and undertake some elite troops.
Because the selection and recruitment standards are relatively strict, although the selection of these prisoners of war is far less grand and mighty than that of their own troops’ drills and inspections, it is also the sameIt’s so exciting. Like the good cavalry who took down the stunning horses, the sharpshooter who fired arrows, the strong man who could carry the tripod, and the fighting masters who could not get close to more than a dozen people were all pulled out of the prisoner-of-war camp.
Although the people of Jiangling did not value martial arts, they were amazed at the moment when they saw that the standards for the reorganized army in Jingzhou were so strict. Especially when they saw that these Northern Qi prisoners were so skillful and powerful, they were still captured by the Jingzhou army. They each had to overestimate the combat effectiveness of General Li’s troops.
In addition to selecting brave men, some of the original commanders of the Qi army were also selected. If they had the ability to coordinate organization and train camp soldiers, they could also enter the military palace, either train the township armed forces, or hand over to prefectures and counties to listen to and undertake the public security tasks of arresting thieves.
Of course, even so, only a small number of prisoners of war were recruited, which was only one-tenth of the total, and most of them were still in the prison camp. Most of these prisoners of war were Ding Zhuang, and even if they did not provide enough food every day, it would be a considerable consumption, and the idleness of a large amount of manpower was a huge waste. Of course, Li Tai did not allow such a thing to happen.
Next, the General Administration Office reported the vacancies, and then a group of prisoners of war camps were transferred. Jingzhou General Administration has developed all industries under its jurisdiction, and there is no need to worry about the large number of high-quality labor.
However, before distributing the Cao Cao as a labor service, the camps still have a skill to examine the captives. If there is any, they can immediately register and log in to work and use it in the workshop. In the future, they can redeem themselves for the people and live a normal life under the rule of the General Administration.
This series of arrangements is actually a preferential treatment for prisoners of war. Although it is used to its strength, it does not violate Li Tai’s preface to be virtuous.
If another force accepts them, they will probably still have to engage in their old responsibilities, but as prisoners, it is impossible to give them so well-armed. There are frequent wars in the Three Kingdoms, and they may be killed or injured if there are only a few wars.
Li Tai invited these Jiangling people to watch the inclusion of prisoners of war, in order to show them the kind policies of the Jingzhou General Administration to prisoners of war. When the two sides use force in the next year, they should not have any psychological burden. If they should surrender, they might have to kill you if they cannot hold back.
But it may be that Li Tai’s expression was too obscure, or the Jiangling people felt that no matter how they were, they would not end up like these big-headed soldiers. Therefore, they were still very excited when choosing military skills and martial arts. After that, they were a little uninterested and began to look around and whisper.