"Before I enlisted, I was already in these Wangwu Mountains. Now that I've enlisted, I still have to climb them. What was the point of joining the Central Army?!"
Several new armored soldiers looked toward Wangwu Mountain in the distance and could not help grumbling inwardly.
Luo Xian looked solemnly at the officers before him.
"You are all capable officers summoned from the various camps, and these armored soldiers are all elite troops with outstanding stamina."
"Next, I will lead you up the mountain. If even one man falls behind along the way, the entire army will be punished together!"
"Before nightfall, we must reach the summit and establish camp!"
Luo Xian spoke loudly.
He was now helping train the Central Army's Mountain Battalion. This Mountain Battalion had been reorganized from the former Central Rampart Camp. Cao Mao had not added another battalion, choosing to reorganize one instead, mainly because he did not want to increase the Central Army's numbers any further.
Under Sima Shi, to deal with possible local rebellions, and also out of distrust for the outer generals, there had been no choice but to conscript on a massive scale, frantically expanding the Central Army. Under Sima Zhao, its numbers had once reached two hundred thousand.
Cao Mao, however, felt that using two hundred thousand elite troops to protect Luoyang was far too extravagant!
The grain they consumed was also enormous.
Sometimes, more soldiers did not mean a better army.
Besides, Great Wei had plenty of local troops too... Great Wei simply had far too many soldiers!
But with the Shu Kingdom and Wu Kingdom still around, he could only maintain such troop strength. Once those two were destroyed, Cao Mao would retain the very best troops and discharge the rest of the armored soldiers.
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