On the morning of the next day, the barracks outside the loquat gate in the east of Jiangling City were in full swing, and a group of people were carrying out spear stabbing exercises according to the slogan in the newly leveled school field.

A group of Chen army prisoners were lining up to enter several camp tents in turn, and the screening was carried out inside, Yu Wenwen actually didn't want to let go of such an opportunity to absorb soldiers, so although the other party was uneven, he still had to try to select someone who could be used.

The clerk sat behind the copy, and the two soldiers were separated by knives, and in front of him was a prisoner of the Chen army.

Glancing up at the man, Di Jun began to ask all kinds of questions: name, where he was from, where he belonged in Chen's army, who was the direct officer, what his military position was, and what his appearance was, and the last three major combat experiences of his department.

The captive answered these questions one by one, and Di Qing took a volume of documents and compared them one by one, which recorded the contents of each of the Chen prisoners when they were questioned more than ten days ago, and the questions were the same as this one.

However, what the person in front of him said was very different from what he said before.

Shangguan's name doesn't match at all, let alone his appearance, he originally said that he had a beard, but now he says that he has a mustache, and two of the last three major combat experiences don't match, Wei Dijun looked up at the other party, saw his calm appearance, and snorted in his heart, and then ticked the 'disagreement' column on the list.

"A lie requires more lies to cover up, so in the end it will be full of flaws." The words that Yu Wenwen had said to him rang in his ears again at this time.

There are several kinds of people to pay attention to in the selection of prisoners: those who have relatives and friends who have died at their hands during the battle, those who want to slip away at any time when they are concerned about their families, and some generals who are mixed with ordinary soldiers to fish in troubled waters with unknown intentions. These must be screened out, either killed or rushed to do coolies, and cannot be absorbed into the army, so as not to cause hidden dangers.

Especially if you have a blood feud with yourself, you are afraid that you will be stabbed if you absorb it, so you can't keep it. There are many ways to screen so many captives who don't know the details. The division of labor is to ask questions and find flaws in the other party's answers.

When the captives are collected that day, they may lie for various purposes, but the lies that are made up are often forgotten afterwards, and most of them cannot be justified when asked again.

"You, go out and go to the fence with a black flag, and if you go wrong, don't blame others for cutting off your head."

"Shangguan, the little one sincerely surrenders to your army," the man said with an eager face, as a prisoner, the best outcome is to escape or be released, but it is difficult. The second is to be absorbed into the army by the other party and continue to be a soldier, anyway, for ordinary soldiers, it is the same for whoever sells his life.

The unfortunate thing is to be confiscated as a slave or as a coolie, in short, it is not impossible to stay in the army and try to escape afterwards.

"More on that later." Di Jun replied expressionlessly, and the other party just wanted to fight for it again, and the soldiers on his left and right looked at him angrily and left helplessly.

A few more prisoners were asked, some of the answers were consistent and some were full of errors and omissions, and they all checked according to their own circumstances, and when all the prisoners outside the tent were questioned, he sorted out the list handed over by the other accounts and left.

Walking out of the camp tent, a cool breeze blew, and Di Jun looked around and saw that the camp tent was undulating, and the neighing of people and horses sounded very lively, this is the life of the barracks, the life after he left that cold home.

The governor of Anzhou, Lu Di Shiwen, was his father. A harsh father who hardly resembles his father, Di Jun, as the eldest son, is especially stared at by his father, and even speaks during meals is reprimanded as rude.

If it weren't for Gongyu Wenwen of Xiyang County, I don't know what means he used to pull him out of the cage-like home and work as a clerk in the army. Di Jun is now afraid that he is still living at home with his two younger brothers.

Thinking about the meals that don't even have a lot of meat every day, and thinking of the many more abundant meals in the army today, Di Jun really can't wait to bring his two younger brothers to the army to feast.

"Paperwork." Along the way, there were soldiers who greeted him from time to time, and he frequently nodded and returned the salute, the new army of Xiyang County Gong had a very special benefit: free letter writing, as one of the few people in the army who read through the subset of scriptures and history, he undertook heavy clerical duties, including 'writing letters on behalf of others'.

In order to encourage literate people to 'write letters' on their behalf, a benefit that is free for soldiers but has a 'commission' for those who write letters, he has earned a lot of money for nearly six months since he entered the New Army barracks in February.

Looking at the more and more 'bulging' money bags, he came up with an idea: save enough money to buy a house and dozens of acres of fertile land, and then bring his two younger brothers to live with the three of them by themselves, and the farther away from the withdrawn father the better.

Thinking about things in his heart but not slowing down, Di Jun soon came to the big tent of the Chinese army.

"The Paperwork is here." Yu Wenwen greeted, he was discussing military affairs with several generals, and the prisoner of the Chen army, Laihu'er, who had made a big disturbance the day before yesterday, was also in the tent.

"Commander of the army, the list has been counted." Wei Dijun held a roll of paper in both hands, and when Yu Wenwen took it and unfolded it, he added: "After this inquiry, a total of 130 people are qualified. ”

"Very good, Lord Xu counts those who don't have any skills but perform well, are honest and don't dare to be lazy and hardworking." Yu Wenwen pointed to a roll of paper on the case, "In the past ten days, Lord Xu has spent a lot of time observing these more than 1,000 people. ”

"Through investigation and secret inquiry, the captives have already been used, and now it is time for further screening."

He flipped the paper he was looking at in his hand and continued: "The book counts those who have some ability but don't lie in the slightest, come to the team master, you can take these two volumes of the list to see if the person you want to choose before is in this list." ”

"Yes."

Lai Hu'er took the list and looked at it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, because the names of the people he planned to choose were all on these two rolls of paper.

Lai Hu'er, who had previously 'planned' to show his ability to attract the attention of the generals in the army, had another preparation, and he secretly wrote down the names of his comrades who were captured together, who had good character and some ability, so as to advise Shangguan in case of recruitment.

I don't know how it was selected. Lai Hu'er was a little curious, and he replied with patience in his heart: "The return to the unified army is all on it." ”

The people on the two volumes of the list totaled 270 people, and Yu Wenwen directly made a decision to organize these 'recruits' into a building, which was divided into three teams, with 90 people in each team, and the team was headed by veterans, and the specific candidates were arranged by Chen Wudi, and Yang Ji was responsible for supervising the training.

Most of these people in Chen's army were sword soldiers and a small number of archers, according to the plan previously agreed upon by Yuwen Wen and his subordinates, these people had to practice for at least a month, and after they were familiar with the queue, military discipline, and orders, most of them merged with the long sword soldiers, and a small number of archers.

"There has been no fighting in recent months, Yang Cheng has mainly stepped up his training, and his diet is the same as that of other soldiers."

The long knife team absorbed more than 300 captives, so Yuwen Wen set it up as a temporary knife and a two-handed long knife, and Yang Ji served as the owner.

"Come to Hu'er, I will appoint you as one of the three team leaders of the recruits, and a month later, your team will be merged into the long knife soldiers and temporarily use the knife card to fight, do you have any questions?"

"Obey the order!" Lai Hu'er bowed and saluted, he was confident in his own ability, so he was also confident that he would at least be promoted to the captain, but he never expected that this young master Yu Wenwen would directly appoint himself as the team leader.

"This general will govern the army strictly, no matter who the merit is, and the military law will be punished without mercy, and the drill is three days off and one day off, and the recruits must abide by it, without exception!" Yu Wenwen reminded everyone present.

"Also, it is not allowed to beat, scold, abuse, or enslave soldiers for no reason, otherwise the knife in the hand of the general will not be polite!"

Lai Hu'er heard the saying that he practiced three days and one day off, and his heart sank, he had seen in the Chen army what it was to fish for three days and dry nets for two days, and the training intensity of the Zhou army in Huainan was not so high, because according to what he saw and heard, sooner or later there would be a mutiny.

He was raised by his aunt when his parents died when he was a child, and his uncle had already been killed by people during the Hou Jing Rebellion, and his aunt burst into tears every time he thought of this, and kept his son in mind to protect his enemies, and when he grew up, he led several clansmen to rush into the compound while the other party was setting up a banquet, and then he was killed, and then he walked away, but no one dared to stop him.

In order to avoid being wanted by the government, Laihu'er ran away from other places and wandered around, and he also saw a lot of bits and pieces of the army's daily life, and he never saw such an exaggerated drill intensity, and after Zhou defeated Chen Guo and occupied Laihu'er's hometown two years ago, because the government changed hands, no one pursued him for the accident of murder and revenge, and Hu'er returned to his hometown.

Although he has no experience in leading troops, judging from the experience of mixing in Chen's army for half a year, such a high-intensity drill will lead to a great increase in the amount of food for the soldiers, and where can the local armies that deduct military salaries and food as a common thing to feed hungry soldiers, so sooner or later something will happen.

But why was this army able to maintain high morale under high-intensity drills?

"Come to the team master, the intensity of the drill is high, but the food is full, and there is no shortage of salt and meat, so just rest assured." Shi Wansui added on the side that he was also skeptical about the intensity of the practice of 'practicing three days and one day off', and he was completely convinced after seeing the content of the three meals a day.

"Gangneung is adjacent to rivers and lakes, and there are many aquatic products, so no matter what else you do, you can say that there are endless fish in the big lake in the northeast of the city, so you don't need to worry about food." Fifth Brother Chen was full of confidence in the supply of materials, Zhang Yu and dozens of veterans of the Xiangyang Navy were fishing in the lake every day, and they had eaten fish for more than ten days.

Lai Hu'er suddenly realized when he heard this, many people are soldiers just to eat, since the food is full, no matter how difficult it is, it is not a matter, and how strong the daily drill can be is nothing more than dancing knives and guns to kill time, Chen Jun's drills are almost the same, and no matter how tired he wants to come here, he can't get tired.

"The drill will start the day after tomorrow, and all work and rest time will be carried out as usual, Yang team leader Yang will take the recruits to observe the veterans' drills and preach military discipline tomorrow."

"Come on, I'm going to hope you can survive the first day standing up!" (To be continued.) )