Chapter 021: Recruitment

A large piece of flat land near the Huan River, the terrain is open, the barren beach spreads for several miles, and the surrounding is a flat river, which can be regarded as a good place for military training.

The recruitment order of the Xuanfu Division has been passed out, and the official letter of the Xuanfu Division has also been received from various places, and those who are willing to go to Xiangzhou to defect to Wang Song will not refuse, but if they are loyal and righteous people with the idea of resisting gold, even if they are heroic thieves, they will accept all the orders.

At first, there were not many people, then intermittently, and then there was a tsunami of people who arrived, and hundreds of righteous people flocked to the camp in Anyang, Xiangzhou.

As the news spread, it soon gathered and there was an endless stream of responders.

Looking at the bustling crowd of people in front of the camp gate, Wang Gui asked humbly: "Five...... Yue system, if this continues, I am afraid that the number of people will soon exceed 50,000, will the number of people be too many by then? ”

Yue Fei shook his head and said: "It seems that there are 50,000 people, but it still has to be selected, and 50,000 people is at most 30,000, which is also the requirement of the Xuanfu Division." Wang Xianggong has already set the standards for enlistment assessment, so we just need to do it. ”

In front of rows of dilapidated square tables, groups of young men lined up one after another to be registered and initially inspected by the officers behind the tables. Some thorns who wanted to cut in line lined up smoothly under the combination of punches, kicks, and sticks from the soldiers who maintained order, and they didn't dare to make a mistake again.

No one dares to fly! Just look at the soldiers who immediately hung a hard bow and held a sharp blade, staring at the team fiercely, just the murderous aura emanating from their bodies, the thorns fell silent one by one.

"The villain can shoot arrows and ride horses, and he used to be the border army of Zhending Mansion. The villain wants to ask, how much is the salary of the loyal army, and can the family members follow?"

A military man in tattered clothes and tall legs asked impatiently.

"Those who pass the assessment are privates, 500 wen per month. After one year of being a soldier, he is a senior soldier, 700 wen per month. If you want to capture it, you have to cut off the head of the Jin man, five taels of Jurchen cavalry and one tael of infantry. All family members are arranged in Xiangzhou City. ”

Zhang Sheng said coldly.

"500 Wen, so low!"

The military man shouted loudly: "When this official was in Zhending Mansion, he had two yuan a month!" 500 texts, it's too little! Besides, the head of the golden man is so easy to cut off, don't you deduct our salary?"

Zhang Sheng's eyes widened, he "snapped" on the table, stood up, and said loudly: "If you want to participate, you can participate, if you don't participate, get out!" There are people in the back! Look at you like this, you must be a cowardice who runs away as soon as the golden man comes! To tell you the truth, the soldiers of our loyal and righteous army are all promoted and made rich by the heads of the golden people!"

He pointed to the Song soldiers who were riding war horses outside, and continued: "See, those war horses and armor are all Jinren, and they were all snatched back from Jinren by our brothers!" The golden man also has two arms and a head, and if he cuts it off, he will die, what is there to be afraid of!"

He looked at the military man and said impatiently: "Is there a seed, if it is a cowardice, quickly dodge it, don't waste the officer's time, there are still many people behind!"

The officer gave his name with a red face, took the wooden card, and walked to the side with a calm face.

A man with a hideous face and a frosty face walked up, carrying a long bow and an arrow basket, and the group of people behind the man were almost all dressed in the same way.

"Is this Wang Song's team of Wang Song?"

The man asked in a low voice, looking around unnaturally.

"Are you here to visit relatives or to be a soldier?"

Zhu Tian said angrily: "This is naturally Wang Xianggong's loyal army!" If you don't want to join the army, what should you do, don't be here in front of others!"

The man clenched his fists and said: "It's just Wang Xianggong's team, come down to join the army, thank you!"

"Name, age, where are you from, how many people are in the family, do you have any skills, can you read books, can you write?"

Zhu Tian asked.

"Zhao Yuanlong, twenty-six years old, a native of Linzhang, a local hunter, his parents died, he never read, but the villain can ride a horse and shoot arrows, and he also knows some hand skills. The same is true of the brothers who come after the little man!"

Zhao Yuanlong said, unconsciously speaking a little empty.

Zhu Tian looked at the weapons and costumes on Zhao Yuanlong's people, and said coldly: "A bandit is a bandit, what kind of hunter is pretending to be!" There's nothing to be embarrassed about, it's just that if you're willing to kill Jinren, you're all heroes!"

He handed over a wooden sign and said loudly, "Stand over there first, and then participate in the competition later."

Zhao Yuanlong's face was half red, but his heart was half quiet. He took the wooden card handed over by Zhang Sheng, nodded to the men behind him, and then stood aside.

Seeing the high city walls of Xiangzhou City in the distance, as well as the military camp with flags waving in the camp outside the city, Zhao Bangjie and Ma Kuo breathed a deep sigh of relief and finally arrived.

"The villains Zhao Bangjie and Ma Kuo led their subordinates to Wuma Mountain and 3,000 brothers to join Wang Xianggong. The villain has seen Wang Xianggong!"

In the camp tent, Zhao Bangjie and Ma Kuo bowed deeply to Wang Song, raised their heads, and looked at this legendary young man!

"Ma Kuo?"

Wang Song couldn't help but be stunned, and couldn't help but take a closer look at the elegant man in front of him, who was tall and long-legged, bright-eyed, polite, and about 30.

After a pause, he asked, "Is it the son of Ma Zheng Ma Linggong, the former Dengzhou Soldier and Horse Commander, and Ma Kuo, who signed the "Maritime Alliance"?"

"Back to Xianggong, my father is Ma Zheng, thank you Xianggong for worrying!"

Ma Kuo was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly bowed: "The alliance on the sea, so that my Great Song Dynasty is in danger of destroying the country, so don't mention it."

Wang Song nodded and said, "Sure enough, after being a loyal minister, the two strong men please sit down, and let's talk slowly."

Anyone who is familiar with the history of the Song Dynasty probably knows the "Sea Alliance" between Song and Jin, and probably knows the two people of Ma Zheng and Ma Kuo, father and son.

Ma Kuo was the son of Ma Zheng, the former defense envoy of Dengzhou in the Great Song Dynasty. In the last years of Xuanhe, Ma Kuo followed his father Ma Zheng to the Song and Jin dynasties, promoting the Song and Jin "maritime alliances", and then destroyed Liao. The Jin people invaded the Song Dynasty in the south, and Ma Kuo fought against the Jin all his life, which can be described as an unswerving national hero.

Ma Kuo was also looking at the young magical figure. Half a year ago, he led the rebel army to resist the Jin, and was captured by the Jin people in Zhending Mansion, and finally escaped. Seeing his friend Zhao Bangjie gathering people to resist Jin in Wuma Mountain, he defected to him, raised the banner of righteousness, and fought against Jin together.

"There are a lot of officers and soldiers in Hebei, why did you two come to join this officer's team? You must know that if you defect to other subordinates, you may get a higher official position, especially you Ma Kuo, who is already an important minister of the imperial court, don't you two regret it if you are so compromised? ”

Wang Song asked the two to sit down and asked.

Yes, why did the two of them go hundreds of miles south all the way to join Wang Song's team?

The two hated the brutality of the Jin people, but they also looked down on many officials and soldiers. These people are like wolves and tigers to the common people, but they are afraid of the Jin people like tigers and wolves, and some even surrender to the Jin people, without any courtesy, righteousness and shame, and the two of them are cold-toothed, let alone take refuge.

Zhao Bangjie is tall and majestic, and he is a tragic man of Yan Zhao. He stood up and replied: "Back to Xianggong, the two of us are willing to follow Xianggong, because Xianggong's subordinates can fight tough battles and fight to the death with Jinren!" The two of us followed Xianggong and vowed to kill all the gold thieves and recover the rivers and mountains!"

"Good!"

Wang Song patted the table lightly, pointed at Zhao Bangjie and said, "If the world is full of generous and loyal people like Brother Zhao, why worry about the immortality of the golden people!"

Wang Song thought for a while, and quickly had an idea, he said to the two: "Brother Ma is a master of planning, and he used to be a praise painting of Captain Tong, and now he is the same, serving as the counselor of the praise painting of the Xuanfu Division. After Brother Zhao's troops were selected, the old and weak cultivated the fields, and the strong ones served as the rear army of the Hebei Loyal and Righteous Army, and Brother Zhao was in charge of the rear army. What do you two think?"

The two were overjoyed, and stepped forward to pay homage together: "The villain thanked Xianggong!"