What is called an engineer soldier, the direct point is to build roads, canals, and cities, and soldiers who work like this. In the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the infrastructure was still very weak, the roads were all rammed earth, and the water conservancy projects were scarce, and there were too many projects to be repaired, so Chao Gai planned to vigorously recruit engineers.

There is still a big difference between the engineering corps and the combat soldiers, and the settling-in allowance for the soldiers is seven times, and the settling-in allowance for the engineers is three times. Engineers are not equipped with steel armor, they are not equipped with firearms, they are generally only equipped with small shields and waist knives, and they are equipped with more tools for work. However, the monthly salary of the engineer is similar to that of the soldiers, and the food is almost the same. In the same way, those who are blind in the war and do not work hard in the war will also be cleared out of the ranks.

Chao Gai looked at Shi Jin and said, "The recruited engineers will be trained by your battalion, and I and the military advisers will personally guide, inspect, and train some subjects." ”

Shi Jin was flattered, he didn't expect Chao Gai to arrange such an important task to him, and immediately received the order and said, "Guarantee to complete the task." ”

Let's say that the Liao soldiers were defeated and retreated, and they did not immediately scatter and flee, but slowly retreated in an organized manner and on a large scale under the command of the military Aliyun.

The Jeju army sent cavalry to roam around, but did not attack with all its might, but only waited for an opportunity to annihilate some teams that broke away and wanted to go to the villages to loot grain and grass.

Originally, Hebei was not the territory of the Jeju Army, but now the prestige of the Jeju Army in Hebei is quite high, and twenty recruitment points have been sent near the Jeju military camp.

There were many people who were victimized by the soldiers, so Wu Yong set up a recruitment point next to the porridge shed. These porridge shacks barely stop burning during the day, giving the suffering people two meals of gruel a day. People who had no food in their homes in the neighborhood came to collect it, not to mention that it was not a big deal, but many people were killed.

Lijiagou porridge shed, near the porridge shed, in addition to the people from nearby villages who came to receive porridge, there are hundreds of homeless people who have built a nest here, and rely on the gruel distributed by the porridge shed to sustain their lives every day.

It's time to eat at noon again, a grass shed is built not far from the porridge shed, and the big iron pot steam out big white steamed buns, and the snow-white steamed buns are bigger than fists. In the other few pots are stewed fish, the huge fish is a foot long, sprinkled with red peppers, chili peppers, vermicelli stewed mackerel, and pork stewed cabbage, wood-fired stew is fragrant, and a few side dishes boiled peanuts, pickles, etc.

However, the people knew that it was not distributed for free, and few people came.

However, there was a strong man, who was five big and three thick, received a bowl of porridge, ate it in two bites, and said, "If you are not full, give me some more." ”

The master who handed out the rice said: "I'll give you another bowl, you can't give it after eating, look at so many people queuing up at the back." ”

The master who sent the rice gave another bowl, but he never gave it again, and although the strong man was cheeky, he couldn't open his mouth.

"This strong man, isn't he full?" A voice sounded beside the strong man.

The strong man looked back, a man dressed as a scribe, took a goose feather fan there and asked himself with a smile on a cold day, and then saw that the scribe was followed by two guards with knives, and at a glance, he knew that he was not an ordinary person. The man didn't dare to slack off, and said: "It's not enough, but it's okay, I don't work in the cold." ”

Wu Yong said: "There is wine and meat here, but you are willing to come over and have a drink." ”

"This, okay." The strong man hesitated, but agreed, and he didn't have anything to worry about, he was penniless.

Wu Yong invited this humane grass hut to let the soldiers come up with a stewed fish, a pork stewed cabbage, a boiled peanut, a shredded pickle, and six big white steamed buns.

"Strong man, please." Wu Yongyi stretched out his hand and motioned for the man to dine.

This man is not polite, he picked up the chopsticks and ate, Wu Yong watched from the side, and in more than 20 minutes, six steamed buns and four dishes were all eaten.

The man smiled: "I'm sorry to let you see the joke, I've been hungry for days." ”

Wu Yongdao: "You are willing to be a soldier, eat food as a soldier, have food to eat every day, and still have enough white steamed buns every day." ”

The man said: "It's good to be a soldier, I've thought about it, but I don't know if I can support my family." ”

Wu Yong was overjoyed and said: "Participating in the engineering corps of the Jeju Army, that is, the soldiers who are responsible for road construction and work, will be given three times for settling in, 300 catties of food, and a subsidy of 300 wen per month. Those who have a family can be relocated to a factory in Jeju, and if they become workers, they will get more money every month. ”

"Okay, I'll go home and discuss it." The strong man immediately went back.

It didn't take long for the strong men to come to enlist, the lives of people in troubled times are not as good as dogs, nothing else, the Jeju army has good food, good treatment, and high pensions for the dead in battle, which is worth selling their lives, and there are four or five hundred people a day at a recruitment point, but most of them are old and weak, and they are only more than 100 strong men.

More than 2,000 strong men were recruited in one day at 20 resettlement sites, and Shi Jin arranged for them to be trained in the engineering corps and began training for new recruits.

Five days later, a total of more than 8,000 people were recruited, and the nearby strong men had already been recruited, and if they were recruited again, it would affect production. At this time, the Liao deserters had bypassed Zhao County and were preparing to cross the Hutuo River to the north.

Chao Gai ordered the whole army to open and follow the Liao soldiers.

At this time, Luda of Zhao County was furious, just now Luda arranged for Zhao Long to defend the city, and he led a thousand men and horses to contact the Liao soldiers led by Qin Ming, Lu Junyi, Yang Zhi, Huang Xin and others for a while, but did not fight fiercely, only annihilated six or seven hundred Liao soldiers.

Luda asked Qin Ming and the others: "Why don't you go all out to pursue the Liao soldiers, as long as we work together, maybe we can completely defeat the Liao soldiers." ”

Qin Ming spread his hands: "General Chao will order this, I also want to lead the troops to rush." ”

Yang Zhi said: "It makes sense that the military order is so, although the Jeju army seems to have a large number of people, but its own situation is clear, the 8,000 cavalry we brought only less than 2,000 veterans, and the rest are recruits who have not been in battle." You are from the Western Army, and you are very clear about this situation, if you really want to fight hard, how much is left. ”

Luda was unconvinced and said: "If you are a soldier and eat food, you have to sell your life, what a good opportunity for us to miss." ”

Yang Zhi said: "There's no way, when the general comes, you can ask the general." ”

"Just ask."

Within two days, Chao Gai led a large group of men and horses to rush to Zhao County, the army was so large that it could not live in the city, so it could only be stationed outside the city.