To achieve immortality, I cultivate using Qi Luck

Chapter 703: Chapter 314: Resources of the Overlord

The drums thundered, their call shaking the heavens.

Outside the city of Baling, in the military encampment, horses whinnied and banners billowed like clouds. Squad after squad of soldiers obeyed the commands, constantly shifting into different formations under the direction of their commanding officers.

“Not bad, these soldiers have only been in the camp for just over a month, and they’re already showing such spirit. Li Liang, your ability to train troops truly makes you the best in our Chu State.”

From the command platform, Lu Yuan looked down at the army below, then turned and spoke to his disciple beside him, his tone filled with satisfaction.

Of all his true disciples, Li Liang’s martial talent was not particularly outstanding, and even ranked in the lower middle.

Yet he was able to distinguish himself, becoming a disciple who ranked alongside Chu Wei, and only second to Zhou Qing. Naturally, he had something to rely on.

Although Li Liang was not proficient in martial arts, when it came to training forces, all the disciples regarded him as the foremost.

This was exactly why Lu Yuan had promoted him in the first place.

Indeed, over the past few years, the reason why the Chu army could conquer the South and fight in the North without defeat had much to do with Li Liang’s continuous training of troops at the rear, building competent armies for Chu State.

In this regard, his contributions were no less than those of Chu Wei, who had managed to form a navy for Chu State single-handedly.

“My martial skills are mediocre, as is my ability to lead troops. But when it comes to training an army, it’s the only thing I can be proud of.”

Hearing the praise from his master and king, Li Liang modestly smiled, then gazed at the army below, saying”> “Now the army has been trained for a month. They have built up some stamina and learned some formations. But this is just the beginning.”;

We still need to provide more meat, along with the martial arts of the army, and enable these new recruits to practice martial arts and familiarize themselves with the commonly used sword and spear techniques in the army.”

During the training, they would also be taught the drum signals and flag orders, taught the military laws and regulations, so that they know to revere and understand the hierarchy.”

After three years of such drilling and teaching, they would become a formidable army once they have experienced life and death on the battlefield.”

After over a decade of military training experience and learning from the military training methods of various countries, Chu State had developed a comprehensive training method and had turned it into a system, fully regulating it.

The training method mentioned by Li Liang is the overall summary of this method.

These years, all the new recruits recruited by Chu State have been trained according to this method and the final results have been quite satisfying.

In the war against the southwestern tribes a few years ago, the Chu army led by Lu Yuan achieved a resounding victory, proving the effectiveness of this training method.

Li Liang was confident that the elite soldiers he trained would not be inferior to the strong armies of other countries, and they would be capable of contending with the world’s strong nations.

“As you’re in charge of training these new recruits, I feel relieved.”

After hearing Li Liang’s words, Lu Yuan nodded in agreement: “This is our Chu State’s recuperation for several years, providing us with enough time to train new soldiers. But in addition to this newly trained army of eighty thousand, you have to pay more attention to those who were recruited last year.”

“Now, amidst the chaos of various countries, our Chu State has a rare respite. We must grasp this opportunity to strengthen our ability as much as possible.”

I’m not worried about the veterans in the army.

However, the more than a hundred thousand soldiers who were recruited last year and this year are indeed too naive, and they simply cannot serve any significant purpose.”

In a few years’ time, I will fight for the world, and I will need a strong army to support me, and that’s where you come in.”

Lu Yuan looked at Li Liang, his gaze intense.

Li Liang, accepting his duty with solemnity, replied: “Your Majesty can rest assured; several years from now, I will present you with a powerful army without any failure.”

“Hmm.”

Lu Yuan nodded in satisfaction and then comforted: “As long as you accomplish this, I will not hold back on rewards and titles.”

At present, all the countries in the world are facing changes and challenges.

Especially with the rise of the northern Liang State, it only intensifies the conflicts between countries, making them more fierce and brutal.

The scale of troops used in a major battle between countries has generally increased to hundreds of thousands, and even over a million, far more than before.

Lu Yuan still remembered that when Liang State went south, and Yue State mobilized only three hundred thousand soldiers to attack from the north across the river.

In the later Northern Expedition against Zhou Country, Yue State directly controlled no more than a hundred thousand soldiers, taking into account tributaries like Changsha State, South Sea State, and others, it still did not exceed five hundred thousand. Still, there were also a lot of civilian nature of the troops.”

For proper combat troops, the four nations combined didn’t exceed two hundred thousand.”

In just over a decade, in the world’s nations, the scale of one or two hundred or two or three hundred thousand troops, cannot be called an all-out war anymore, it can only be considered a local conflict.”

In the western battlefield of Zhou Country, there were four hundred thousand soldiers and six hundred thousand village braves and civilian workers, with a total of over a million troops.”

In the eastern front, there were also four hundred thousand soldiers and about two hundred thousand village braves and civilian workers, amounting to six hundred thousand troops.”

In the northern front, to deter Wei Country, there were one hundred thousand stationed soldiers and about three hundred thousand village braves and civilian workers, adding up to four hundred thousand.”

Even in Hanzhong County in the southern front, there were fifty thousand soldiers and one hundred thousand village braves, for a total of one hundred and fifty thousand troops.”

Additionally, in the capital district of Zhou Country, there were fifty thousand soldiers, and the internal security forces in various prefectures and counties would also have around two hundred thousand soldiers.”

Now, Zhou Country alone has over two million three hundred and fifty thousand troops that could be mobilized.”