Chapter 025: Situation
On the eighth day of the lunar month, Laba porridge, the five mountains in the south city gate, the snowflakes are flying, the two green pines at the door are green and straight, just like the two guards who raise their heads and stand solemnly at the door, which makes people awe-inspiring.
A dwelling not far from the Wuyue Temple, crowded with young men, if you look carefully, the three big characters of "recruiting office" on the wall at the door are impressive.
"Is this the loyal army of the "Saibawang"? ”
"Is it Wang Tiegun who personally recruited troops? Lao Tzu is coming for Wang Tiegun, if it is other shrimp soldiers and crab generals, I will not accompany him!"
A group of young men who came to apply for the recruitment were gossiping and shouting, Xu San slapped on the table with a "snap", and the cups were shaken.
"This is the Loyal and Righteous Army, it is the Loyal and Righteous Army of Wang Tiegun, if anyone makes any more noise, they will all be driven out!"
The man who broke out of the sea of blood in the corpse mountain on the battlefield, Xu San's eyes were angry, and many of the men who applied for the recruitment immediately quieted down.
Everyone lined up, and the recruitment immediately became orderly, and the roads became smooth.
Nowadays, there are many people in this Tokyo city who lack food and clothing, and many people are freezing and starving to death, and it is already a beautiful thing to be able to get food from the army.
"Xu San, how much has been raised today?"
It was late, and there was darkness and silence all around, and Zhang Heng walked in, his face full of fatigue.
"General Zhang, there are more than 2,000 people today, and in the past few days, there have been more than 10,000 people."
Xu San shook his head and said: "However, although these people have good bones, there are many slick people, and I am afraid it is difficult to be satisfactory when trained."
"Slippery?"
Zhang Heng snorted coldly and said, "When you get to the training ground, see how they are lazy and make them slippery?"
Xu San hesitated: "It's just that the training method of the big officials seems to be more stringent than that in Hedong, will there be desert......ers?"
Zhang Heng lowered his face and sneered: "Shen Zhen should use fierce medicine, otherwise how can he be cured?" Those who want to go to the army and get a half-official position are afraid that they have come to the wrong place!"
Tan Xiong on the side shook his head and said: "The big officials have offended many royal relatives and dignitaries in Tokyo City. The villain is really worried about the situation of the big officials! ”
Zhang Heng nodded and said: "I thought that when I arrived in Tokyo City, I would be prosperous and rich, and I would be crowned with a wife and a son, but who knew that we were a reckless martial artist, and I could get into the eyes of these ministers, and I was not as happy as Hedong!"
Everyone shook their heads and sighed, their brows furrowed, and they were worried.
On the teaching field, rows of soldiers were neat and solemn, naked, with their backhands behind their backs, without squinting, and looking straight ahead.
And in front of each soldier, there is a soldier holding a copper basin, and inside the copper basin, there is a basin full of clear water, clear and cold.
Dozens of huge water tanks, placed behind the soldiers, filled with clear, cold water, and a circle of ice ballast was faintly visible on the upper edge.
In February in Bianliang City, there is a white fog when it comes out, although there is sunshine, there is no freezing in the north, but it is also a cold wind into the body, and it is cold to the bone.
Basins of cold water poured down on their heads, and the officers roared loudly.
"Have you forgotten the Abyss Alliance?"
"Invading our borders, killing my people, paying reparations and calling my brother a brother, it is a great shame, how can you forget!"
Although his body was half numb and cold water was still flowing down his head, the soldiers still raised their heads and kept their eyes on it, and roared in unison.
The alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Song and Liao made a peace treaty: the Liao and Song dynasties were about brothers, and the Song gave the Liao 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 horses of silk every year, and the Song and Liao took the Baigou River as the boundary.
The second basin of water was poured head-on.
"Have you forgotten the Battle of Taiyuan?"
"The officials and the army are corrupt, forcibly captivating and destroying my Taiyuan, slaughtering the city and destroying the people, such a deep hatred, we will never forget!"
In the Battle of Taiyuan, the reinforcements from all walks of life fought separately and were broken by Wanyan Zonghan one by one. Taiyuan City is isolated, more than 250 days later, the city is broken, almost all the officials of Taiyuan City are martyred, the Jin soldiers slaughter the city in retaliation, and the people of Taiyuan are slaughtered.
The third basin of water was poured head-on.
"Have you forgotten the shame of Jingkang?"
"There is no way for a gold thief, and there is no one in China who deceives me. If China does not strengthen itself, does not recapture the three towns, and does not restore its homeland, we will not be human!"
In the first year of Jingkang, the Jin soldiers besieged Bianjing for the first time, and the imperial court had no choice but to cede the three towns, losing 4 million taels of silver, and the Jin people retreated.
After pouring three basins of cold water, the soldiers with quilts in their hands stepped forward, wrapped the bodies of the soldiers who were already numb, and helped them down.
"Lao Tzu is Zhao Bin of the Yun Palace, you thieves with the army, why let Lao Tzu train, Lao Tzu doesn't train, what can you do with Lao Tzu?"
A tall and thin man in his thirties, well-dressed and well-dressed, quickly became well-behaved under the stick of the loyal army.
"Stop fighting, I won't dare anymore! Spare me!"
Zhang Heng frowned, and said coldly: "Throw it out, pickle things, and dare to be strong here!"
With a "poof", Zhao Bin was thrown heavily on the snow outside the door, he got up hard, scolded in his mouth, and staggered away.
"Sun Fugui, you are Sun Xianggong's nephew, what position did you hold in the army, have you ever been on the battlefield?"
Zhang Xian looked at the obese middle-aged man in front of him, his face was white, his eyebrows were kind, not like an officer, but like a pampered rich man.
"General, the villain was once the commander of the Shenwu Army and served under General Liu Tao. After the defeat of the Hedong army, he was at home in Xia Fu and heard that the Loyal and Righteous Army was recruiting talents, so he came to serve General Wang and make contributions to the country. ”
Sun Fugui is full of smiles, which makes people feel like a spring breeze.
Zhang Xian nodded, pointed to the non-commissioned officers training outside the door and said, "Sun Fugui, you go first to see if you can pass the training in the army, if you can pass, let's give you a military position in the army."
"It doesn't have to be."
Sun Fugui shook his head and said: "I am here to serve in the army, and don't go into battle to fight." I was a commander before, so can't I give him the position of commander?"
He looked around, took out a bag of things, put them on the table, and said in a low voice: "It's just a small courtesy, not a respect, and please ask the general to smile."
Zhang Xian immediately straightened his face, he grabbed the bag on the table and threw it back to Sun Fugui.
"Commander Sun, the loyal and righteous army only accepts men who fight in battle, not officials who are powerful and blessed, take your things, leave quickly, and don't send them away!"
Seeing Sun Fugui's back shaking his head and leaving, Zhang Xian couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "I really think that the loyal army has become a place to hide filth and dirt, and any kind of goods dare to come, it is really unreasonable!"
Niu Gao and the others around also shook their heads, the forest is really big, and there are all kinds of birds. However, the Loyal and Righteous Army's move is only afraid that it will offend a large number of people.
And this account will be counted on Wang Song in the end.
"Senior officials, in the past few days, more than 700 people who can't stand the training have been expelled from the training camp."
In the room, Zhang Heng shook his head, seemingly incomprehensible.
"We are in the Licheng camp, there are less than thirty people who can't stand the training, and it's only been a few days, and there are already so many guys who can't stand it, it's really disappointing!"
"Brother, this is not Li Cheng."
Wang Song shook his head slightly. It is no wonder that later generations Qi Jiguang recruited soldiers, never using city residents, all rural people. Today's scene is the best proof of this.
"The folk customs in Hedong are simple and simple, and the folk practice of martial arts is strong, and in this Tokyo City, the place of fireworks and willow alleys and drunken gold, only seven or eight hundred people have been expelled, which is beyond my estimate."
Dong Ping shook his head and said, "What the big officials said is that these guys, it's better to send them away early." If you stay in the army, when you get to the battlefield, you will not be able to escape. At that time, I will cry without tears!"
Zhang Heng was silent. The strength of the loyal and righteous army lies in the strict military discipline and sharp firearms, and now there are not many firearms, and the personal quality of the soldiers is even more important.
"The quality of the sergeants is low, but these are not afraid, they can be trained."
Wang Song pointed to the pile of letters in front of him, and said helplessly: "That's what I'm afraid of." The Jurchens are still besieging the city, and many letters have already arrived here, even He Li and Sun Fu. You say, 'What should I do?'
Under the fame of the Loyal and Righteous Army, many people have already started its idea, hoping to rely on it to gild and open up their own channels for ascension.
Dong Ping lowered his head and said: "Great official, according to me, it is better to go with the flow, and when the Jin people are defeated, our brothers will return to Hedong together, and we will no longer be affected by these nests!"
Zhang Heng lowered his head and was silent, Niu Gao saw Wang Song hesitate, walked over and grabbed the letters on the table, and threw them all into the brazier.
"Big officials, if they ask, you will say that if you are not careful, you will be burned by my old cow as firewood, see what they can endure you!"
Wang Song couldn't stop it, so he could only smile bitterly.
Li Yanxian shook his head and said: "Brother Niu, do you think that if you burn these letters, the big officials will be a hundred, these people are all human spirits, and this account will be counted on the heads of the big officials!"
Niu Gao was dumbfounded, Wang Song came over, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted: "Brother Niu doesn't have to care, anyway, the grievances between me and these big turbans have already been settled, and I don't care about more royal relatives and dignitaries."
Niu Gao was annoyed and shook his head again and again, as if he was blaming himself for doing the wrong errand.
After all, Li Yanxian is older and is quite familiar with the affairs of officialdom, he looked around and said in a low voice: "Great official, when we arrived in this Tokyo city, we will be rewarded for meritorious service, why has there been no news from the DPRK and China?"
Wang Song's heart hurt, he had already handed over the list of meritorious awards, and the process of the previous wars was also clearly written, the strange thing is that some days have passed, and there has been no wind and grass on Zhao Huan's side.
It seems that these ministers are doing it one by one, I really don't know, what are they going to do, are they really going to make the Great Song Dynasty court restless and fall apart?
Who moved whose cheese, who wanted to move whose cheese, and who could move whose cheese?
The water in Tokyo Castle is not as deep as usual.
"The big officials don't have to be careful, the villain just thinks that the court is so prevaricating, and the big officials should pay attention."
Li Yanxian saw that Wang Song bowed his head and was silent, thinking that he had misunderstood what he meant, so he hurriedly stepped forward to explain.
"The big officials killed Wang Xiang, Xu Kang, and Xu Gao, these three people are all civil ministers, and they have a lot of old times in the court, although the big officials are dedicated to the public, but the people are unpredictable, and it is unknown what these ministers feel in their hearts."
Wang Song nodded deeply. couldn't help but be secretly upset, he never thought that since he entered Tokyo City, he would do things instead, and he would have more constraints than Olympic aid.