In order to supply Xiao Yunyang's growing demand for military consumption, the Han Empire finally launched the most common war model of this era - summoning mercenaries.

Mercenaries are not only common soldiers in this world, but also in the world in Xiao Yunyang's previous life.

Especially in cold weapons and modern history, mercenaries even played a decisive role.

Even though countries had established a complete standing army system later, a large number of mercenaries were still active in various battlefields and countries.

Mercenaries are not only Western society, but also have a strong proportion in Eastern history.

In fact, in the history of Xiao Yunyang's previous motherland, the recruitment system of various dynasties was to recruit mercenaries.

The recruitment system is to summon soldiers by paying military salaries. They train on weekdays and pay additional wartime allowances during battles.

This is very similar to the Western mercenaries of the same period.

The only difference was that there was a unified dynasty in the Eastern world at that time, and the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor was very popular. Recruiting soldiers who worked in mercenaries often did not seek refuge in the enemy country.

In contrast, there are many countries in the Western world. Although they also have the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor, most countries have difficulty supporting mercenaries for a long time due to system and size issues. It is impossible for them to build the recruited mercenaries into standing troops like Eastern countries.

This leads to the weak concept of mercenary state in the Western world. Whoever gives the money to do it, after all, they need to eat!

The reason why the recruitment of soldiers in the East was the same as mercenaries was because the recruitment of soldiers in the Eastern court at that time was not guaranteed.

The standing army does not refer to the army owned by the country for a long time. The soldiers of the standing army often enjoy various national guarantees and are bound to the country for obligations!

However, most of the recruiting soldiers in the history of the ancient Eastern Kingdoms did not enjoy any guarantee. They were even worse than those soldiers in the military farming industry, and they actually made quick money.

It’s okay when fighting. Once the war is gone, the recruitment of soldiers will either be harmed by empty wages or disband on the voluntary basis.

Isn't this the nature of a mercenary?

Get money when fighting, eat fart when peace, and even get disbanded!

Xiao Yunyang's Song Dynasty in his previous life was a typical dynasty that was good at using mercenaries to fight wars.

This is mainly because the Song Dynasty was too rich!

However, the Song Dynasty faced a serious problem when recruiting soldiers. Although the Song Dynasty was rich, its status as a military general was too low. When the recruiting soldiers first formed an army, they were fed with silver, so they were naturally very capable of fighting.

However, over time, the hands of various corrupt officials reached into the army, and finally these recruits began to just live by, either disbanded or became empty-handed.

Therefore, in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the Song army, the Song Dynasty could only recruit troops and organize a mercenary army to head to the front line every once in a while.

In this way, we use money to create teams that can fight.

In a country that emphasizes culture and neglects military to the extreme, it is easy to imagine how rare it is to have teams that can fight tough battles.

Before, the Han Empire had never adopted mercenaries of recruitment. It was mainly to save costs and exchange land that the court did not need very much for cheap soldiers.

It’s a pity that Xiao Yunyang fought too frequently, and he always refused to take the lives of the white soldiers seriously for the sake of the war.

Over time, a large number of white military households died in battle. Fools know that becoming a military household is a high-risk and low-yield thing.

This led to the large-scale reform of the military household system of the Han Empire.

After the reform, the resentment of military households was calmed down and the social status of military households was also guaranteed. In fact, as long as the mortality rate of military households was not too high, the income of military households was still quite good, similar to the civil servants in Xiao Yunyang's previous life.

No matter how much you make, you will make a living within the system, right?

What's more, you make a lot of money. Just a job land that doesn't pay taxes is enough for the family to have a full meal.

It’s pretty good to have enough food in this era!

Not to mention, when a local garrison and security force is actually a policeman and a public official of the court, it is not impossible to get some extra money or something on weekdays.

This is an extra income!

Throughout history, so many people have been squeezing their heads to enter the national system, and they are not seeking a small amount of dead wages, but face and this gray income!

It’s better to earn more than working in a factory than just relying on that little salary!

Of course, the current public servants of the Han Empire are definitely not comparable to Xiao Yunyang's motherland in his previous life. The social productivity is not on the same level and is not comparable at all.

But for other ordinary civilians who had not had the last meal, the treatment of military households was really good.

Unfortunately, there are still too many people who are afraid of death. The senior military households cannot withstand Xiao Yunyang's consumption at all. The Han Empire had to provide additional subsidies to recruit mercenaries.

Mercenaries are not a serious profession.

There are also differences in the mercenary industry.

The lowest-level mercenary, a young man who came out of a village could take up his weapons and take up his responsibilities. At worst, he could absorb experience and train during war.

After seeing blood, he fought a few battles. As long as he was still alive, he would basically be a veteran who was no less than a regular soldier.

This type of mercenaries is very easy, especially for the national system. The Han Empire sent recruits soldiers to stay in villages and towns to travel around poor places, and it is easy to recruit a group of men who are not full of food.

So, the cost is not very high.

Higher mercenaries are naturally various veterans and mercenaries with rich war experience.

However, this kind of mercenary is either too expensive or has its own mercenary group. The mercenary group has a higher mercenary price and may not obey the command!

Most of the mercenaries summoned by Emperor Charles the Great were of this kind of mercenary group.

Xiao Yunyang summoned mercenaries as consumables, so it is naturally impossible to recruit high-priced mercenary groups with their own command system. What Xiao Yunyang lacked is not elites, but cannon fodder!

Therefore, the Han Empire issued not the decree of summoning mercenaries, but the decree of recruiting civilians to join the army.

If you recruit soldiers with military pay, you will receive a settlement fee for joining the army (or the rural guys will not follow). After entering the army, you will be given a certain amount of military pay according to time.

There is also a military merit rating system in the recruiting army, which is equivalent to other troops.

These corpses composed of recruiting soldiers and senior military households were named field corps by the Han Empire.

The full-group standard for a legion is set at about 10,000 soldiers.
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