Wang Shuwang entered the tent and found that the tent was full of officers.

There are big and small tents, small tents can only accommodate one or two people, large tents can accommodate 100 people, and the Hu people are called "Baizi Tent".

This general account of koji ball is the hundred child account.

Although it is a hundred sub-tents built by the Hu nobles with capital, the decoration in the tent is not gorgeous, very simple, or basically there is no decoration, only the willow is woven as the room, covered with felt mats, and the carpet is spread on the ground.

And the blanket is not thick, only a thin layer, and you can feel the solid ground when you step on it.

Many windows were opened in the walls of the tent, and now they were all opened, and the sunlight shone in, and the light shone brightly in the large tent.

At this time, there were thirty or twenty people on each side of the tent.

Looking at their appearance, there were fifty or sixty people, at least four races, about half of them were bearded people, braided Rong people, there were also a small number of Sogdians from the Western Regions with cut hair and eyebrows, blue eyes and thick hair, and the rest were Tang people with tied buns.

Wang Shuwang knew that those bearded Hu people must be officers of Lu Shui Hu's cavalry; The braided Rong people should be transferred from the Koji Shuo Department, and the three major Hu species in Longzhou each have their main settlement areas, among which the Rong people's settlement area is in the station of the Koji Shuo, and there are quite a few Rong people under the Koji Shuo subordinates; Needless to say, the Tang people were the leaders and backbone of the troops of Dingxi.

As for the Hu people in the Western Regions, Wang Shuwang does not know their origin for the time being.

There are some Hu people from the Western Regions who serve in the army in Dingxi, but there are not many of them, and second, most of them are in the royal capital.

Previously, I had not heard that there were people from the Western Regions under the tent of Kojiqiu.

Wang Shuwang guessed, maybe it was sent by Xin Er?

While secretly conjecturing, he bowed down to the tent and said, "Xiao Cavalry Captain Wang Shuwang, meet the guards." ”

At the top of the big tent, there is a person sitting upright, with a square face like a field, a majestic physique, and a red robe, is it a koji ball?

Koji Qiu looked at Wang Shuwang and thought, "People can't be disgraced." This son looks neither tall nor strong, but he is the first place in this year's martial arts exam. He smiled pleasantly, "Hurry up, hurry up!" When Wang Shuwang got up, he looked at him a few more times, and praised in his heart, "Although he is not burly, he has his own heroic spirit." When I first arrived, under the eyes of many fierce generals in our army, I was still neither humble nor arrogant. ”

He smiled and said, "I have military affairs to do, so you can wait on the side; I'll talk to you about it when I'm done with my military affairs. ”

Wang Shuwang agreed, bowed, held his head high, and walked to the end of the officer queue on the left to stand.

Koji Qiu continued what he had just said, he put down the order of the Governor's Mansion in his hand, and said, "I have read the military order of the Governor's Mansion to you. There are three things. There is no need to be in a hurry, and let's not talk about it first. The three battalions of Kuaishou, crossbowmen, and flying cavalry will be handed over to the three of you to prepare for the enrichment of military affairs, such as Bing Bo, Zhang Jingwei, and Qu Nanhu, and the deadline will be 15 days, and all personnel are required. ”

He ordered the remaining officers, "You must be cooperative. All the soldiers and officials chosen by the three of Bingbo, you must give them all in number and truthfully, and not one of them shall be withheld. If there is a violation, military law will be conducted! ”

Bing Bo, Zhang Jingwei, and Qu Nanhu are the three most useful people under the Koji Ball account, and the three of them are out to receive orders.

The rest of the officers were reluctant to give orders.

Wang Shuwang understood why there were so many officers in the tent.

These are the latest orders from the Governor's Office.

Before coming to Longxi County, Wang Shuwang heard from the well-informed Wusheng Juzi in the guest house that the governor's office had recently introduced several new measures under the personal auspices of Xin Er. Most of the new measures are related to the military system.

The "Jian'er Battalion" and the "Three Battalions of Kuaishou, Crossbowmen, and Flying Cavalry" mentioned by Kojiqiu Shicai are two important of these new measures.

Kuaishou is a common word nowadays. As the name suggests, fast is fast, fast and fast is fast in hand, which refers to a person who is good at shooting arrows quickly. A crossbowman, of course, is someone who is good at shooting crossbows. Flying cavalry, is a cavalry with superb riding skills.

In the words of later generations, these three words actually correspond to three kinds of "special forces".

These three types of soldiers are found in the armies of the northern and southern countries, but due to the differences in the national conditions of each country, the specific establishment of these three types of soldiers is different. In Dingxi alone, the existing number of these three types of soldiers is not very large.

Bows and crossbows were originally the strong points of the Tang people, and flying horses could play a role in surprise attacks.

Xin Er believes that the posts of these three types of arms should be appropriately expanded.

Therefore, a few days earlier, in the name of the Governor's Office, he had given orders to the armies of the country to expand by three battalions.

Kojiqiu received the order this morning, and he has always been vigorous and resolute in his work, and immediately summoned the officers of various departments in the army to convey the arrangement.

After finishing this, Koji Qiu motioned for Bing Bo and the others to be listed, turned his eyes to the Sogdian Hu, and said, "How many goods have you brought?" ”

A Sogdian came out and said, "Two thousand stone of wine." Gaochang red salt and jade salt are 500 stone each. 100 pieces of charcoal. Fifty carts of all kinds of fruits and preserves. Ten carts of spices and jade. Hundreds of large and small gold and silver Buddha statues. Masks, jewelry, red and green gems, crystals, glass and other treasures. 3,000 brown cloth horses, dragon beard seats, 10,000 collars. There are more than 100 birds and beasts such as bone surprises and camel hoofed birds. Five hundred men and women in the Western Regions. ”

Most of the things, animals, and people he reported were the specialties of the Western Regions, and a small number of them, such as brown cloth, dragon beard mats, and bone cakes, were the output of Longzhou.

Kojiqiu said, "That's a lot. How many guards do you bring? ”

Another Sogdian came out and replied, saying, "The general of the auxiliary country has sent a total of 100 Tang and Hu Jingchu to the villain. ”

There were dozens of officers of various nationalities in the tent, although they were all sturdy, but there were few who were eight feet tall, and Koji Qiu was eight feet tall, which was already considered one of the taller among them, but compared to the Sogdian who was now answering, it was still inferior.

The man was more than eight feet long, and stood in a tent, and most of the officers were a head or two taller.

Wang Shuwang was only more than seven feet tall, and he had to look up at him.

But it's an acquaintance.

saw this person in Xin Er's house, Wang Shuwang remembered that this person was Shi Liang's friend, named An Chong.

Wang Shuwang thought in his heart, "Our dynasty's military expenses are small, for the open source fundraising, the auxiliary general Shi Liang's proposal, to the court, asked for the king's permission, the governor is in charge, set up several caravans dedicated to trade in the Western Regions, the Central Plains, and the north." From now on, the Hu merchants in the Western Regions were no longer allowed to trade with the puppet Qin, puppet Wei, puppet Xing, Shuzhong and Jiangzuo except for the permission granted by the imperial court.

It turned out that these Sogdians were the leaders of one of the caravans. When was An Chong appointed as a caravan guard by Gong Xin? I don't know, I think it was not so long ago! ”

Koji Qiu pondered for a while, and said, "After crossing the boundary of our army, going south is pseudo-Xing, and going east or north, that is, capturing Qin." You are the first caravan sent out by the Governor's Office, what is the attitude of the Puppet Xing and the capture of Qin, I don't know yet, will they use force and rob your goods? The auxiliary general only gave you a hundred guards, will it be a little less? Do you want me to send some more soldiers with you? ”

An Chong replied, "We know that the caravan was sent by the governor's government, but the puppet Xing and Qin don't know. The general of the auxiliary state strictly ordered me not to play the banner of the governor's mansion, and only said that he was a Hu merchant from the Western Regions. ”

He pointed to the Sogdian who had answered the Koji question first, and the few Sogdians standing in the queue next to him, and said with a smile, "They were originally merchants from the Western Regions who often traded in and out of the Puppet Xing, Qin, Wei and other places. Along the way, they were accustomed to it, and in all the cities they stopped, they also had long-term fixed trade partners.

"Thank you for the love of the guards, you don't need to send troops to follow the guards, it's enough to protect a hundred people."

Kojiqiu nodded and said, "As long as it's safe." ”

The Sogdian, who was the first to answer, took out a piece of paper, presented it to the koji ball, and said, "This is a gift from the auxiliary generals and the villains and others to the protectors." ”

"What a gift for me!" Koji caught it, and after reading it, he laughed and said, "The general still knows me!" ”

There was nothing else to give to Kojiqiu, ten stone wine, two deer, and all things for food and drink.

Koji Qiu looked at the officers, picked out Qu Nan to see the day, and ordered, "You take a few people and send the caravan out of bounds." ”

Qu Nan promised to see the day.

said some other daily military affairs, Bing Bo, Zhang Jingwei, and An Chong saluted and resigned.

In the huge tent, only Koji Qiu and Wang Shuwang remained.

Koji got up from the couch, didn't wear shoes, turned a few steps on the ground with socks, stretched his waist, stretched his body, and sighed, "There are a little more military affairs in the past few days, and I haven't been out of the camp to shoot and hunt for four or five days, but I feel that my body and bones are about to rust!" Asked Wang Shuwang and said with a smile, "Wen Jun is the first in the martial arts examination, so he must be good at riding and shooting?" ”

Wang Shuwang replied respectfully, "The protectors are unparalleled in their marksmanship, and Shu Wang has been famous for a long time, so he doesn't dare to call himself good at shooting in front of the guards." ”

Koji Qiu walked to the door of the big tent and instructed the soldiers outside, "Set up a target and lead the horse!" ”

Outside the tent was a flat and wide open space. Under the military banner of Zhang Yugao in the open space, the soldiers quickly laid an arrow target with their hands and feet. One of them led the war horse of the koji ball.

Koji Qiu took the bow and arrow from the wall in the tent, and said to Wang Shuwang with a smile: "You accompany me to live and live my body!" "Put on your boots and stride out.

The sun is shining and the spring breeze is warm, bringing the fragrance of the trees and wheat seedlings in the fields outside the camp.

Standing on the open field, looking at the undulating tents in the camp, I heard the golden drums and shouts of killing on the school training ground in the west.

The freshness of the wilderness and the solemnity of the barracks are inexplicably very harmonious.

The koji ball galloped, rode the horse and circled, first circled around the open space a few times, and then opened the bow left and right, and the arrows went like meteors, and ten arrows were fired in a row, all of which were hit. Replaced by Wang Shuwang. Longdi martial arts is very prosperous, Wang Shu hopes to be able to win the top candidate, and riding and archery is first-class. The koji ball shot ten arrows, and he shot half of it, and only shot five arrows, and like the koji ball, it was also the target of the arrows, and they all hit the red heart.

Koji Qiu was overjoyed and said, "Although there are many warriors under my account, but each has its own part, and it is not easy to move lightly. You came just in time, I want to temporarily appoint you with this position, do you want to? ”

The soldiers of the non-commissioned family have always been the main source of soldiers in Dingxi. As mentioned earlier, now that the war has been raging for a hundred years, the population has withered, and the number of military households has also decreased, and only recruiting soldiers from military households has gradually become insufficient for the needs of Dingxi.

In fact, regardless of the north and the south, all countries now have the initiative to recruit troops from the people, the displaced people, and the common people.

But this kind of "recruitment" is mostly only a temporary move, and there is no customization, and the recruited soldiers are also uneven.

Xin Er had the idea of setting up a "children's camp".

To put it bluntly, the "Jian'er Battalion" is a mercenary.

The main means of rewarding the officers who have been carried out is to recruit brave men from the people on a regular basis and in large quantities.

This measure has now been dispatched by the Governor to all counties in Dingxi.

Under the rule of Kojiqiu, there are not many people now, and the Governor did not send people here, but there is no need to recruit locally, but it does not mean that he will be forgotten here. Xin Er gave him a quota of 500 "athletes", and he would be dispatched after he had recruited enough people elsewhere. The officers of the Jian'er battalion are appointed by the Governor's Office, and the officers and other officers can be appointed by generals who are familiar with the local military.

The two systems of "martial arts examination" and "athletes" are both systems with honors as the core.

It is also suitable to let Wang Shuwang, who came from the martial arts examination, serve as the wingman of the Jian'er battalion.

On the way here, Wang Shuwang thought about how Koji Qiu would place him, and the position of assistant of the Jian'er Battalion was one of his several expectations. Compared with other expectations, this official position is the best, not a fictitious title, and has real power. His heart rejoiced, and he bowed down and received the commandment.

A military officer walked quickly through the square, came to Kojiqiu, presented a sealed letterbox, and said, "Urgent letter from the Governor's Office!" ”

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