Just when Li Zicheng and others were busy with torture in Dongchang Mansion, Xiao Xuan, who led the team to the Linqing generation, also started the selection of soldiers after entering Shandong. All the teenagers in the entire Linqing area, who are about thirteen or fourteen years old, whose voices have just gotten rid of children's voices, and whose sexual characteristics have just been highlighted, are all gathered together, with a scale of nearly 20,000 or so. After all, recruiting as the Son of Heaven is completely different from the effect of Liukou recruitment. One is a thief who has no prospects at all, and the other is likely to be the one who soars to prominence. Especially after the first battle of Qingyuan Nanyuan, the Son of Heaven was invincible in the world, and even if he encountered the unshakable news of the main force of Jiannu outside the pass, many people no longer had the worry that the army might be sent to death in front of Jiannu. It was because when the Linqing generation was recruited, even some people who didn't seem to be too bad came over and took the initiative to sign up.

Not only that, but many Liao soldiers who fled to Shandong after the defeat outside the Guanwai War or fled from the waterway did not have this opportunity, and for a while, there were as many as tens of thousands of young people and young men gathered in the temporary recruitment square outside Linqing City.

"Why don't we want those children who have not yet grown up to have war experience and know how to bow and horse martial arts?" Although many people who came to apply for the recruitment did not dare to attack in front of the Son of Heaven, the voices of discussion on the conscription square still came and went.

"That's it! Let's contact some of the others and kneel together at the city gates! I don't believe that the saints who can defeat Jiannu will not understand that those children who don't know how long it will take to fight will defeat us veterans! Oh, yes... ”

Of course, there are also brave people who are not afraid to go to the recruiting place to ask. Those young people who were not very old and still spoke with a little childishness in their voices smiled eloquently at this time: "Why don't people like us want you?" Oh, that's fine. Some of the things that the Holy Lord has said may as well be told to you here: Because our Ming Dynasty has reached the present, or my Chinese world has obviously had some problems up to now. There are many people who are utilitarian, decadent, and philistine, who only seek personal interests but do not know what is the ideal, what is the value of life, and what are the three views. People born in this world, every time they are one year older and their thinking is mature, their courage and honesty will be reduced by every point, their vigor will be lost, and their respect for the rules will be reduced. How old do you think you are the elders we should respect? I thought it was great to have the experience of being in the army. Bah! You are all a bunch of worldly wastewood. Your Liaodong Army is a group of vampires who suck the blood of the people of the world! Of course, there are some incorrigible black sheep for people of our age, but in general they are still malleable. You have lost the value of shaping! Get lost! ”

A teenager in charge of recruitment next to him also smiled: "Yes! What do you think the Son of Heaven for? Just fighting? That is the pillar of the country in the future! If you so-called adults who have been turned into weeds and waste wood by the worldly dye vat go into the barracks for personal gain, it will be the greatest irresponsibility to the world! ”

"You! How could the Son of Heaven forbidden travel come out of you like this... Just when a Liaodong army who came to enlist wanted to have a seizure, he was persuaded by the people next to him. It is said that someone was killed on the spot by the young soldiers at the head of the castle because of the trouble.

But at this time, there was also a teenager who seemed to be quite knowledgeable and seemed to be a scholar. In addition, some seemingly sturdy teenagers followed. The first person asked in a rather humble manner, "We are also teenagers who meet the requirements of the echo list. Why is it that almost as long as people like us are in decent health and have a good family background, almost all of them are not the same? ”

"Not necessarily one, not at all. I ask you: Which of you was born as an orphan without siblings? Or is it also meaningful to have a family background where you have no brothers, no father and no concubines, and you can find more than ten neighbors to testify?

"This... Why is that? Someone questioned.

"Why? Hehe. In the conscription of the Son of Heaven, the class component is still very important. If you are from a wealthy family, or those who are related to a large family. Because the interests of many family relationships need to be taken care of, what should I do if I bend the law for personal gain when the Son of Heaven is on a business trip in the future? Are you finally a family or are you loyal to the Son of Heaven and the people of the world? If you are a small family, or you are not even a landlord, but just a well-off peasant, don't pretend to be innocent with us. The Holy One said it. The countryside is a cruel place, and few people with many brothers are innocent, and the probability of bullying on weekdays is extremely high. Of course, such people can't be in the ranks... ”

In fact, when he was in charge of recruiting for such an explanation, Xiao Xuan, who had just read the selection and training report and had also visited the field, had some different ideas from the past. One of the purposes of my visit to Shandong this time is undoubtedly to select a suitable source of troops. According to their own strict requirements, the age error range is not more than two years old, or even one year old, and there are no eye diseases and skin diseases, which largely narrows the scope of selection. The people of Beizhili want to be weak and conservative, and it is not a place to produce strong troops in history. According to the standard of one out of ten soldiers of appropriate age, when the team expands to about 10,000 people. A decent source of soldiers has already been selected. If the scope is expanded in Beizhili, Xiao Xuan is worried that some people with bad intentions will have an opportunity to take advantage of it. Therefore, in the name of recovery, he came to Shandong to select the source of soldiers.

But the situation does not seem to be very ideal, although Shandong is slightly stronger than the people of Beizhili, but before the Liberation War, it was also not a place known for producing strong troops. Especially for those half-grown children who have not yet started a family, the proportion of those who are not qualified as they expected will be significantly more than one in ten. In this way, the whole province has generally passed through, and it is already a relatively ideal situation to be able to elect 30,000 people.

Therefore, a decree was handed down again: all the soldiers in the eastern Liaodong area, all those who have not started a family, as long as they are under the age of forty, can shoot more than five buckets of hunting bows and can ride horses, they can assemble on the east side of the main gate of Linqing and wait for screening and recruitment.

At this time, Xiao Xuan also thought about it: if not all the manpower is used to take on the heavy responsibilities of the future, then there is no need to be too strict. Too few people who were familiar with the bow horse were a big flaw in the team at this time. Just like when the ancient Roman legions were at their peak, they would recruit some foreign cavalry as auxiliaries, and even give them corresponding status. Since that's all right, what's wrong with recruiting some people who aren't good at arching horses in the core army as an independent army to be responsible for vigilance and pursuit in future battles?

(End of chapter)