diff --git a/app/game-engine/src/turn/ai/generalAi/general/recruitActions.ts b/app/game-engine/src/turn/ai/generalAi/general/recruitActions.ts
index a451faa0..084b3468 100644
--- a/app/game-engine/src/turn/ai/generalAi/general/recruitActions.ts
+++ b/app/game-engine/src/turn/ai/generalAi/general/recruitActions.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,31 @@ export const do징병 = (ai: GeneralAI) => {
     }
 
     const generalMeta = asRecord(ai.general.meta);
-    const fullLeadership = readMetaNumber(generalMeta, 'fullLeadership', ai.general.stats.leadership);
+    const recruitContext = {
+        general: ai.general,
+        nation,
+        ...(ai.worldRef
+            ? {
+                  worldView: {
+                      listGenerals: () => ai.worldRef!.listGenerals(),
+                      listGeneralsByCity: (cityId: number) =>
+                          ai.worldRef!.listGenerals().filter((candidate) => candidate.cityId === cityId),
+                      listNations: () => ai.worldRef!.listNations(),
+                  },
+              }
+            : {}),
+        time: {
+            year: ai.world.currentYear,
+            month: ai.world.currentMonth,
+            startYear: ai.startYear,
+        },
+    };
+    const recruitment = new RecruitmentCommandResolver(ai.commandEnv.generalActionModules ?? [], ai.commandEnv);
+    // The cached AI stat follows the scenario/global classification cap, while
+    // che_징병 resolves the actual command capacity from the general's current
+    // stat and modules. NPC recruitment must request that same uncapped amount;
+    // otherwise a 300-leadership general can be stuck at a 100/140/255 cap.
+    const fullLeadership = recruitment.resolveFullLeadership(recruitContext);
     trace('population-policy', {
         population: city.population,
         populationMax: city.populationMax,
@@ -175,26 +199,6 @@ export const do징병 = (ai: GeneralAI) => {
     // whether to halve the requested crew. In particular, that command caps
     // the charge at the actually refillable amount when the selected type is
     // already equipped, then applies traits/items and legacy rounding.
-    const recruitContext = {
-        general: ai.general,
-        nation,
-        ...(ai.worldRef
-            ? {
-                  worldView: {
-                      listGenerals: () => ai.worldRef!.listGenerals(),
-                      listGeneralsByCity: (cityId: number) =>
-                          ai.worldRef!.listGenerals().filter((candidate) => candidate.cityId === cityId),
-                      listNations: () => ai.worldRef!.listNations(),
-                  },
-              }
-            : {}),
-        time: {
-            year: ai.world.currentYear,
-            month: ai.world.currentMonth,
-            startYear: ai.startYear,
-        },
-    };
-    const recruitment = new RecruitmentCommandResolver(ai.commandEnv.generalActionModules ?? [], ai.commandEnv);
     const goldCost = recruitment.getCost(recruitContext, crewTypeId, crewAmount, picked).gold;
     const killCrew = readMetaNumber(generalMeta, 'rank_killcrew', readMetaNumber(generalMeta, 'killcrew', 0));
     const deathCrew = readMetaNumber(generalMeta, 'rank_deathcrew', readMetaNumber(generalMeta, 'deathcrew', 0));
diff --git a/app/game-engine/test/generalAiLegacyDecisionParity.test.ts b/app/game-engine/test/generalAiLegacyDecisionParity.test.ts
index 82b76ed2..89c00d34 100644
--- a/app/game-engine/test/generalAiLegacyDecisionParity.test.ts
+++ b/app/game-engine/test/generalAiLegacyDecisionParity.test.ts
@@ -955,6 +955,57 @@ describe('legacy NPC AI final-decision parity', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    it.each([
+        [101, 100, 10_100],
+        [140, 100, 14_000],
+        [256, 255, 25_600],
+        [300, 140, 30_000],
+        [300, 255, 30_000],
+    ])(
+        'requests the command-resolved full crew above the cached AI cap (leadership=%i, cached=%i)',
+        (leadership, cachedLeadership, amount) => {
+            const ai = makeAi({
+                dipState: 2,
+                city: { population: 100_000, populationMax: 100_000 },
+                general: {
+                    stats: { leadership, strength: 70, intelligence: 70 },
+                    gold: 100_000,
+                    rice: 100_000,
+                    meta: { killturn: 100, fullLeadership: cachedLeadership, rank_killcrew: 0, rank_deathcrew: 1 },
+                },
+                rng: makeRng([], [0, 0]),
+            });
+
+            expect(do징병(ai)).toMatchObject({
+                action: 'che_징병',
+                args: { crewType: 1, amount },
+            });
+        }
+    );
+
+    it('uses recruitment stat modules when resolving uncapped NPC crew capacity', () => {
+        const ai = makeAi({
+            dipState: 2,
+            city: { population: 100_000, populationMax: 100_000 },
+            general: {
+                stats: { leadership: 240, strength: 70, intelligence: 70 },
+                gold: 100_000,
+                rice: 100_000,
+                meta: { killturn: 100, fullLeadership: 100, rank_killcrew: 0, rank_deathcrew: 1 },
+            },
+            generalActionModules: singleActionModuleStack({
+                eventHandlers: {},
+                onCalcStat: (_context, statName, value) => (statName === 'leadership' ? value * 1.25 : value),
+            }),
+            rng: makeRng([], [0, 0]),
+        });
+
+        expect(do징병(ai)).toMatchObject({
+            action: 'che_징병',
+            args: { crewType: 1, amount: 30_000 },
+        });
+    });
+
     it('uses the refillable same-type crew amount for the legacy gold-cost halving threshold', () => {
         const ai = makeAi({
             dipState: 2,