Linyang Thousand Households was founded in the 4th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, covering an area of more than 3,000 acres. Due to Zhu Di's many expeditions to the north, there were more than 1,800 soldiers and more than 3,000 military dependents in the Qianhu Institute at its peak.

The Ming Dynasty's guard system was actually based on the experience of Chinese history in Tuntian, and it was a kind of army building system that combined soldiers with agriculture and garrison. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I raise millions of soldiers, and it doesn't cost the people a grain of rice." ”

The military household is the type of household registration that belongs to the military household, and there are two sources in the early stage, one is the original military household of the Yuan Dynasty, and the other is the household of the active soldier, which was further established after the compilation of the yellow book in the 21st year of Hongwu (1388).

Military households are hereditary, and the management is quite strict, and it is very difficult to expel from the army, and it is generally impossible to remove from the military unless the household is extinct, someone in the family becomes a high-ranking official, or the emperor is dismissed.

In spite of this, the number of military households is still decreasing day by day, and Pang Shangpeng advocated: "Inventory and hidden occupation, equalize the amount of grain, and reclamation and abandonment are the most urgent tasks at present." Therefore, there was a way to make those who had been confiscated for crimes into the army, which was called the Enjun or the Immortal Army.

The burden of military households and the lives of soldiers

The main obligation of the military household is to send a man to the guard post as a soldier, called the regular army, and the other children are called the surplus or the military surplus, and the regular army goes to the guard station, at least one surplus soldier must accompany him to help him live, because the burden of the military household is heavy, so he is given more land, and the regular army is exempted from all errands, and the surplus and the one ding under the original place can also be exempted from errand service, so as to protect their livelihood and provide for the life of the regular army.

The distribution points of the soldiers were mostly remote and scattered from their places of origin to prevent desertion, but the long journeys and the lack of adaptation to the soil and water brought a lot of suffering to the soldiers.

Each soldier has a house, a field, and a fixed monthly ration, but in practice it is often underdistributed, and when marching they are given rations, they must bring their own clothing, and their weapons are produced by the state craftsmen.

The sergeants are in the battalion, divided into two parts, the garrison and the tuntian, the proportion is uncertain, the rotation is on time, the tuntian is fixed to hand over the grain, in order to supply the garrison and officials, its goal is to raise soldiers without consuming the country's financial resources, but after the Ming Xuanzong, the guards occupy the military tuntian, private soldiers cultivate, has often happened, this goal is gradually difficult to achieve.

As for now, if it is not said that he is a military camp, people who do not know it still think it is a beggar's den.

Zhao Bantou urged the old horse under him, rushed to the barracks and turned over and dismounted, due to the numbness of his legs caused by the long-term horseback riding, he couldn't stand up at all and fell directly to the ground.

The two officers and soldiers in charge of guarding the gate of the barracks, one old and one young, were lazily leaning on the fence of the gate, if it weren't for the mandarin duck robes they were wearing, they might have thought that it was the grandfather of the family who took his grandson to bask in the sun in front of the door.

The old officer's hair has long since turned gray, and as for the younger one, well, may I ask if you were weaned yesterday?

The two officers and soldiers, one old and one young, were immediately startled when they saw Zhao Bantou kneeling on the ground, and the older officers and soldiers took a closer look.

"I said Zhao Bantou, even if you are expensive, you are not a noble old man, I should be a noble family."

The old officers and soldiers couldn't help but joke when they saw that the person kneeling on the ground turned out to be Zhao Bantou from Linyang County.

If this is placed in normal times, Zhao Bantou can't stop retorting a few words to take advantage, but at this time, Zhao Bantou has long been distracted, where is there time to tease the old officers and soldiers.

"Brother Chen, go and report it, I have an important military situation to tell the Lord of Qianhu."

The old soldier who was called Brother Chen by Zhao Bantou could hear the eagerness and uneasiness in Zhao Bantou's tone, and his face changed in an instant, and he hurriedly asked the young officers and soldiers standing aside to report it.

"Dog Dan hurried to find Lord Qianhu, and said that Zhao Bantou of Linyang County had an important military report."

The young officers and soldiers with childish attitudes on their cheeks hurriedly killed ducks and rushed to the barracks, although they didn't know why Uncle Chen was in such a hurry, but their long-standing habits made them involuntarily obey the arrangement.

As for the old officers and soldiers, they helped Zhao Bantou up and let him rest on the side.

Soon the young boy ran back to the gate of the camp out of breath.

"Lord Wang, let's, I'll take you in."

The young boy gasped and finished his sentence in fits and starts.

At this time, Wang Danian, who was wearing a six-grade official uniform, was sitting in the camp of a thousand households, holding a golden bottle of plum in his hand and reading it with relish.

"My lord, Zhao Bantou of Linyang County has arrived."

The voices of young officers and soldiers came from outside the tent, and Wang Danian couldn't help frowning, and quietly put the book behind him.

"Let him in".

After Zhao Bantou entered the big tent, he directly pounced and fell to the ground with a sound.

"The villain Zhao Dayang sees the Lord of a Thousand Households".

Wang Danian frowned and looked at Zhao Bantou with a displeased expression.

"I said Zhao Dayang, you are not in the county seat today, what are you doing here."

Zhao Bantou didn't care about anything else at this time, and he directly asked for help.

"My lord, Linyang County was attacked by a group of displaced people, and the county commander asked me to come to you for help, hoping that you can lead troops to exterminate the displaced people."

Zhao Bantou was also calculating in his heart, after all, if he really said the number of displaced people who attacked the county. The Wang Danian in front of him may run away with his subordinates, and he doesn't have to think about rescuing the county seat, after all, he knows what the Qianhu Institute looks like. Now the only way to let Wang Danian bring people over first, no matter how many, if the collision position is really not good, you can also enter the city to defend it, as long as you can hold on, the homeless people will inevitably collapse without a fight.

Wang Danian turned his eyes around and looked at Zhao Dayang with an unkind expression.

"Where did the displaced people come from, how many are there".

Zhao Dayang thought about it carefully, and suddenly found that he really didn't know where the group of homeless people came from, and as for the number of people, he definitely couldn't say.

"Lord Qianhu, where the displaced people come from, the villain really doesn't know this, because after seeing the displaced people enveloping the city, the county commander ordered me to ride out of the city on horseback and rushed to ask you for help."

Zhao Bantou didn't know that he had inadvertently leaked the number of people, after all, Wang Danian was also an officer, regardless of whether he was doing the right thing or not, he still knew some military knowledge.

"Siege the city."

Wang Danian muttered softly in his mouth, "If you can surround the city, it means that there are a lot of people, at least 2,000 people, and you can't count more than 200 people when you are full, this is still the old, weak, sick and disabled.

Suddenly, Wang Danian seemed to think of something, and his eyes suddenly widened.

"That group of bandits on Laojun Mountain".

After speaking, Wang Danian couldn't help but gasp, Wang Danian, who was the head snake in Linyang County, still knew something about Gao Yingxiang and others who had been entrenched on Laojun Mountain for two or three months.

After all, more than 2,000 people can appear in the ice and snow, it is not something that ordinary homeless people can do, only entrenched on Laojun Mountain, that group of bandits can gather so many people to attack the county seat in a short time.

"If it's really a person from Laojun Mountain, then you'll be finished."

Wang Danian once sent people to enter Laojun Mountain in disguise, wanting to see how many people there were on Laojun Mountain. Let's see if we can get any cheapness, but I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it. There were at least 5,000 young people organized on Laojun Mountain, and Wang Danian was scared half to death at that time. As for the idea of wanting to take advantage, it has long been extinguished.

"It's not good, Lao Tzu is in danger".

Wang Dalian knew that if the county seat was attacked, the Qianhu Institute that was close at hand in modern times would definitely be the target of Gao Yingxiang and others. With the power of the current Thousand Households, it can't be held at all.

"Come on, take Zhao Bantou to rest first."

Wang Danian shouted outside the tent, and walked in a man who was obviously different from the two officers and soldiers before.

This person's name is Li Hu, he is Wang Danian's confidant, and he knows Wang Danian's every move well.

"It has always been Wang Danian who eats others, when is it the turn of others to eat Wang Danian. Since Wang Danian can let you eat and drink to your heart's content, it means one thing, I want to send you on the road."

Li Hu secretly thought in his heart, and nodded slightly at Wang Danian.