Chapter 825 Recruitment
Early morning.
The morning sun was just rising, and in front of the gate of Pindenburg, ten teenagers were full of energy. These fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers were selected by the village to go to the county town to stand by for security. All the young faces were full of excitement.
In front of the gate of the fort, many villagers, the whole fort, came to see them off. There are hundreds of families in the fort, most of them are from the Henan area of the Central Plains, and some were called by Qian Dexing from his hometown in Guanzhong and Jiangdong. But no matter what, they are all in a different place. In this new hometown, everyone is very happy. Help each other in groups.
We come from all corners of the country, but we have been together for several years, and have developed this new hometown from scratch. After so many things, we have already had deep feelings. We are not of the same clan, but we are already like a family.
Those teenagers who didn't click on it even stood aside and watched enviously, and some of them were even a little jealous.
We immigrated to Tiannan and became the fief citizens of Wei Gong Qinlang. It was not all smooth sailing in this place for several years. We followed the lord knight Qian Dexing and fought many battles against those disobedient Xidong slang. Liaoman, went out to sea to fight against island barbarians, pirates, and even went to the Liaozi tribe to fight Judingman, and went to the upper reaches of the Red River to fight Heman tribe. Man, man in white and so on.
Every time I go out with the knight Qian Dexing, basically there is no loss, but on the contrary, the gains are not small. Even if sometimes they return without success, the higher-ups will give appropriate subsidies, so for these immigrants, they have long been used to it. expedition.
Even looking forward to the expedition, because the expedition can bring rich returns. Compared with the income from farming, the expedition is actually robbery. The loot and rewards obtained are very rich.
Liu Laosan walked up to his son Liu Xiaosan, and patted his shoulder with his one arm. His son is fourteen this year, but he is quite strong. The past few years are just the time for his body to grow. Although his son eats whole grains, but He can basically eat enough, so his body grows strong, much thicker and stronger than his two elder brothers.
It’s not like the eldest and the second child were starved when they were growing up, and then they couldn’t grow stronger anymore. One was thin like a monkey, and the other was short and frustrated.
Liu Xiaosan tightened his clothes, he held a trouser knife in his hand, and had no other weapons.
The Trouser Knife, also known as She Knife and Pu Knife, belongs to the daily use of the folk. Wu'an Prefecture is located in the wild south of Lingnan, with narrow rivers and dangerous mountains. This kind of knife is called a trouser knife because it can be hung on the waist of the trousers at ordinary times, and when cutting firewood and trees, it is a simple knife with a long handle, which can be used by soldiers and farmers.
As Qin Lang's fiefdom, Wu'an Prefecture itself is a wild land not under the actual control of the imperial court, and the situation is complicated. Therefore, after the immigrants came, Qin Lang attached great importance to the martial arts among the people.
Not only did Tween entrust knights and warriors in various townships, but also established knight forts, fortresses, enclosures, etc. The knights sent attendants to train bows and arrows, long spears, broadswords, etc.
In every township, Baojia also set up a special armor staff warehouse, specially drew some long spears, simple knives, bows and arrows, etc., to train the brave militiamen.
The purpose is to have the ability to survive in this wilderness.
Those with good eyesight can join the Zhongyi Bow and Arrow Club to practice archery, those with strong strength can join the Zhongyong Broadsword Team to practice simple knives, and ordinary people can join the Zhongzhen Red Spear Club to practice red-tasseled spears. This is the lowest requirement, just practice assassination.
Liu Xiaosan is young, so he is not a villager training Baoding.
However, due to the special environment in Lingnan, Qin Lang put the young and old people into the reserve under the training of the village valor group, and occasionally practiced raising flags, drums, ordering swords and spears, etc. in case of emergency, he would also Being able to be recruited immediately means that all the people are soldiers.
Now Wu'an Prefecture has issued a number of recruitment orders, and has recruited tens of thousands of young and strong, so now it is starting to recruit middle-aged and male reserve soldiers over the age of fourteen, and some middle-aged men will be recruited to counties to assist city defense and strengthen law and order. Start the training camp, and once the front line needs it, it can also be pulled up as a supplementary regiment immediately.
A man who turns fourteen is a middle-aged man, and he may receive a task of recruiting handymen issued by the state and county every year. Although money and food will be subsidized, the task is inevitable.
However, Liu Xiaosan has never been to a war before, nor has he ever defended a city. Serving as a handyman usually means doing simple chores.
"Little San, you were recruited as a reserve soldier this time. You are not going to do miscellaneous labor as usual. The reserve is also a soldier. Once you are recruited, you have accepted a military order. When you arrive in the county, you must listen to the order carefully. You must not violate the military order, otherwise you will be beheaded." of."
Old Liu knew that his son might not listen to these things now, and he wished he could go to the front line.
"Don't think about being in the limelight, survival is the most important thing, and you can only think about other things if you are alive, understand?"
"Understood, Aye." Liu Xiaosan held the handle of Pu knife tightly, "I won't embarrass Grandpa."
Liu Laosan wanted to say, what is embarrassment compared to loss of life? In order to escape the Battle of Liaodong, he broke his own arm.
But young people simply can't listen to these.
not far away.
In front of the Knight's Castle, the lord's wife, Mrs. Lin, sent the eldest son Qian Biao out, and the housekeeper brought several servants to carry the burden. The young Qian Biao was dressed in a pleated hakama, with a horizontal knife in his waist and a dagger in his arms. A pair of double stabs, with a carved bow and a dozen arrows inserted, is very young and mighty.
The groom brought eight horses, which were very handsome.
"Aniang, I'm leaving, you take good care of yourself at home."
The boy bid farewell to his mother and younger siblings, got on the BMW, and ran south with his entourage.
the other side.
Liu Xiaosan and nine fellow teenagers from the same fort also bid farewell to their parents. Together with ten teenagers from the other two villages, they followed the village inspections and headed north with simple knives on their shoulders. They went to Men County to gather for orders.
On the road, on both sides of the Qiqiong River Valley, the rice is growing just right, green and oily.
"Should we be able to rush back to harvest rice after we finish typing?" Liu Xiaosan asked.
"It's almost two months before the rice harvest. It shouldn't take that long. I heard that Duke Wei has already arrived in Yongzhou, and our elites from Wu'an Prefecture have already left the customs and headed north. This is definitely a decisive battle."
Another boy said, "What about a decisive battle? Those Juding barbarians are also worthy of a decisive battle with us? Last time, my grandfather followed Qian Bingcao all the way to the old nest of the Juding tribe, and easily wiped out seven or eight villages." Well, the new horse that my grandpa added was bought with the reward money that was distributed..."
"If that's the case, wouldn't we have no chance to go out and go to the battlefield?" Liu Xiaosan was a little disappointed.
"There must be no chance. When it's our turn, it's the same when our father and brother are involved. We just went to the county town to practice and help guard the city for a few days to maintain law and order. But it's rare. I heard that the county town You can eat meat every day during the training camp."
Immediately, a boy said that he heard that there would be new clothes and shoes for the training camp.
Zhennanguan.
It is called Zhennan Pass, but it is the northern gateway of Wu'an Prefecture.
Under Zhennan Pass, in the county seat of Men County, Mrs. Anong is entertaining the training teams from various counties who came from Lang Son and other places. The teams are basically led by rich and powerful local chieftains, such as Yang Jizhen, the magistrate of Lang Son County. Follow the Lang Son regiment to practice.
The main force of Wu'an Prefecture has already gone north and south, and now the defense in the state mainly depends on the regiments of the counties to practice their courage.
"Where is Duke Wei?"
As soon as Yang Jizhen arrived in Men County, he immediately inquired.
Ah Huang, who sits in the town of Nanguan, heard it and said with a smile, "I think I should go to the city of Tanzhou. Maybe I'm going to kill Juding with my troops right now."
Ah Huang married a concubine of the Yang family in Langshan, so he had to call Yang Jizhen Grandpa. After the two got married, their relationship was not bad.
Ah Huang is Qin Lang's confidant, and Yang Jizhen is the leader of Langshan, each takes what they need and takes care of each other.
"If it's going so smoothly, shouldn't there be an order to gather us?" Yang Jiyuan is an old fox, and he is not easy to fool. He thinks that the current situation in Zuoxixi may not be good, or even very bad. That's why Qin Lang sent the main force of Wu'an Prefecture out of the customs, and even now they have recruited these regiment training soldiers, and also recruited many middle-aged males in their teens.
Things must be getting out of control. Maybe the big hammer master Qin Yong, the silver-faced Wei Tuo, Qin Yong, and Qian Bingcao, who is known as Yong Saburo, may have already lost the battle. South gate guards.
"Mr. Yang, you are thinking too much. To be honest, it is time for us to harvest. This time is the same as double grabbing during the busy farming season. Naturally, everyone must be called together to grab the right time."
"Really?" Yang Jiyuan was dubious, he was Qin Lang's cheap father-in-law, but his daughter was only a concubine of the Qin family, so he never became the core retainer of Wu'an Prefecture, Qin Lang was always on guard against him.
He came from the Qin family all about the battle situation outside the pass, but he was always in the dark about the real situation outside.
"Mr. Yang must seize the opportunity. This is a golden opportunity. Before long, Juding will be defeated, and we will chase them all the way. At that time, countless Juding barbarians will be up to us. If you have no hands, whoever has more can grab more."
"I will never lie to you, Mr. Yang, look at me, I have brought all the young and old men over the age of 14 in my territory, even the slaves from my workshop and mine. This time, I, Ah Huang, will not suffer any disadvantages, so I must rob him to have a good time, and rob him to have a good time."
Yang Jiyuan thought about it, chose to trust Ah Huang, and then hurried back to talk to his nephew, telling them to go back to Lang Son and call more people over.
"The front line is really defeated, and they are going to enter the pass?" Several Yang's nephews were surprised.
Lao Yang shook his head, "No, it seems that Juding is going to be over this time, Huang Biao and the others are all rolling up their sleeves to grab a big one, so we made a mistake in our judgment earlier, you go back quickly, take as many people as you can How many people come here, we can't miss this good opportunity this time, and we must grab it fiercely."
(end of this chapter)