Ma Qiang arranged to be Lin Chong's deputy general, and Ma Jin was Tang Bin's deputy general, the martial arts of the two brothers are quite good, and it is more than wrong to be a deputy general.

Hua Lei said: "The cavalry is full of talents, and our infantry also needs talents. ”

Chao Gai said with a smile: "Don't cry poor, there are many good officers in the infantry grassroots, and they are slowly cultivated and promoted, but they are still worried that there are no talents." ”

The Great Song Dynasty is full of talents, and there are countless people who can do both martial arts, but not only those written in the book. Therefore, Chao Gai has rarely invited anyone recently, and talents can be cultivated by themselves, and they can find out by themselves, and they can't guard Jinshan but see a few of other people's eldest sons.

Hua Lei said: "Okay, we infantry are self-reliant. ”

Chao Gai said: "That's right, do a good job, your father gave a big girl from a neighboring village, if you don't train well, I'll let you go home and get married." ”

Hua Lei hurriedly said: "Promise to practice well, who dares not to practice well, I will break his leg." ”

Ma Jin was puzzled and asked: "Why is Camp Chief Hua scared when he hears that he will go home and get married, isn't he marrying a tigress?" ”

Hua Lei said: "Go and go, what to do, chew your tongue." ”

It turned out that Hua Lei's father told Hua Lei a baby kiss when he was a child, and later when he grew up, the family disliked Hua Lei's poor family, so he didn't recognize this family business, and later Hua Lei developed well in the army, and the family urged him to get married. But Hua Lei was unhappy, psychologically uncomfortable, and thought that the woman's family was too poor and loved rich, so he was not happy about this marriage.

Chao Gai solemnly announced, said: "Now is the eventful autumn, Tian Hu raised troops in Taiyuan, Liao State is eyeing the north, even the Dengzhou Lu family has robbed our silver mines, smashed our shop, recently they are preparing to rob our Cangzhou salt field, Jeju Barracks as a reserve barracks for soldiers, we must train the soldiers well, and we must be mentally prepared to fight at any time in the training." ”

"Yes." Humane.

Chao Gai trained the soldiers in the barracks for a day, because of many important things, he came to the guard barracks on the second day, as Chao Gai's personal soldiers, the three thousand Danyang soldiers are all recruits, plus the veterans as instructors are only about 3,100 combat strength.

The soldiers on the school field are sweating like rain training, and it is already a little hot on New Jeju Island in May, and 3,000 strong men are training shirtless, all as strong as calves.

Jiao Ting followed Chao Gai, inspecting the trained soldiers, and Chao Gai ordered, "Assemble." ”

The three thousand soldiers gathered as fast as they could, Chao Gai stood on the high platform in front of him, stared at everyone coldly, and shouted: "Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while." It's been five months since I've been training, and it's time for mules and horses to go out for a walk, and there are tough battles to fight, do you dare? ”

"Dare, dare, dare." The soldiers shook the sky and shouted, and the ears of the people who shook the earth hurt.

Chao Gai said: "It's useless to make a loud noise, I want to see your performance on the battlefield." ”

After Chao Gai finished speaking, the soldiers went to continue training.

Jiao Ting rubbed his hands and said, "Brother, it's going to be a war, this group of soldiers is suffocated, and they don't spend any energy to fight and make trouble every day." ”

Chao Gai nodded: "Yes, it's going to be a war, Dengzhou Lu family, treat us as sick cats, we have been bullied repeatedly, and if we don't do a guy, the military prestige of our Jeju Army will be gone." ”

That night, after the soldiers had dinner, the company commanders emphasized the basics again, although how many times they had said it. Killing an enemy is rewarded with one acre of military merit field, and military merit land cannot be bought and sold, but it can be passed on to children and grandchildren from generation to generation, and those who are unwilling to plant will rent the land to the farm and get dividends every year. After being injured and discharged from the army during the war, the troops were compensated with a one-time pension of 20 yuan, a food subsidy of 500 catties per year, and free medical treatment for life. Those who died in the war will be compensated with a one-time pension of 20 yuan, bear the cost of raising minor children, the pension expenses of the elderly over 60 years old, and five acres of military merit land.

The benefits of promotion are self-evident, ordinary soldiers earn a few hundred dollars a month, and when they become squad leaders, platoon commanders, and company commanders, they are multiplied.

As soon as they heard that there was going to be a war, the recruits were both excited and nervous. As soon as it was dark that night, the army marched out, leaving a platoon of fifty men to guard the barracks, and all the others set out. Rushing to the dock in the dark, dozens of merchant ships were neatly lined up on the dock, all of which were brand-new medium-sized fortune ships. There were only about 3,000 people in total, and it took only fifteen merchant ships to transport the convoy easily, and the First Fleet escorted the convoy, smoking from a large chimney, and rushed to the port of Rizhao. When he arrived at Rizhao Port, it happened to be early in the morning, and Jiao Ting ordered the soldiers to get off the ship and sleep and rest. There is a large warehouse built on the wharf, and it is easy for 3,000 people to live in the warehouse, and for a whole day, they do nothing but eat and sleep. After dark in the evening, more than 3,000 Mongolian horses were transferred from the nearby horse farm, these Mongolian horses were trained, and the soldiers had long been trained to ride horses. The group hurried away, and when the sky was bright, they came to the vicinity of the silver mine in Yishui County.

Chao Gai waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to rest in place.

The soldiers dismounted and rested, ate some dried fish and meat, and replenished their energy.

After a while, someone came from the front, and it was none other than Sun An's deputy general Ou Peng, Ou Peng gave a military salute, saw Chao Gai, and said: "We have been staring, the people in the silver mine have not moved, and the three hundred iron guards are estimated to have fallen asleep." ”

Chao Gai nodded and said, "Okay, let Camp Commander Sun come over." ”

Immediately, Sun An also arrived. Chao Gai asked, "How many soldiers did you bring with you?" ”

Sun An said: "I brought two hundred cavalry, leaving only one hundred people to guard the copper mine." ”

"It's enough, I brought three thousand recruits, you bring a handful of people with me to attack, and Ou Peng leads a hundred people to be responsible for the periphery to prevent fish from slipping through the net." Chao Gai said.

"Yes." The generals said.

Seeing that it was going to be tomorrow, this time was the most sleepy time, a few black shadows with military thorns and short crossbows lurked in the past, the silver mine guards were not strict, Lu Sangongzi thought that Chao Gai was just a paper tiger, so he gradually took it lightly, there were only six iron guards on duty at the door, two stood guard, and four sat there and took a nap.

The two standing guard were wiped with sabers, and the one who was squatting and napping was shot directly with a short crossbow, opening the simple gate, Chao Gai painted a halberd with a wave, Sun An led a hundred cavalry to kill first, Chao Gai led Jiao Ting, Luo Yun and his three thousand Danyang recruits to follow, as for Chao Gai's two hundred personal guards, they only brought a few dozen people, after all, there were too few enemies.

"Kill." Sun An roared, and with a wave of the long knife in his hand, he cut down an iron guard on duty, and the cavalry behind him also went in like a wolf. The silver mine was originally an industry of Chaogai, and the layout inside was quite familiar. There are only a few dozen iron guards on duty inside, and because of the recent slackness, they are not wearing heavy armor, after all, the heavy armor of the infantry is more than 30 pounds, and it is really unbearable to wear it if you don't fight.

After eliminating the iron guards patrolling the courtyard, the iron guards sleeping in the barracks have not just rushed out, not to mention the armor, but they are not even dressed properly. At this time, Sun An led the cavalry to hide aside, Jiao Ting led three thousand recruits to pounce on it, and the forty-pound sledgehammer hit the chest of an iron guard, bang, and the whole person flew out upside down.

There are many recruits, but there are few Iron Guards, and they are still in a hurry to respond to the battle after waking up. Although the recruits have strong individual combat effectiveness, the battle is not a competition between the rivers and lakes, and there are few enemies, basically three or four people besiege one person. With one soldier facing the enemy head-on and others flanking, the guards were miserable, often chopped into pieces.

Let's say that Lu Sangongzi is still asleep in the room at this time, a few days ago he found two beauties from Dengzhou, tossed all night, and fell asleep when it was almost dawn, and when he heard the sound of shouting outside, Sangongzi turned over and asked, "Where is the noise?" ”

The beauty said, "Your guard is arguing." ”

Outside, Lu Sangongzi personally carried a long knife and broke in in a panic, and the third prince scolded: "I don't know how to knock on the door when I come in." ”

"It's too late, someone has come in." Follow the way.

"What are you afraid of, we have three hundred iron guards." Lu Sandao.

"The general trend is gone, run away." After saying that, the relatives came over and pulled Lu San, who was not only wearing a nightgown, and ran, but there was no chance at all, a company commander led more than a hundred recruits to arrive, and when they came in, they were slashed, Lu San and his relatives died on the spot, and the two women grabbed them and tied their hands.

A recruit still wanted to do something, but the company commander glared at him coldly: "Don't forget military law." ”

Military law is strict, and women who rape women, even those of the enemy, are beheaded in public.

The three hundred iron guards are also real men, and no one surrenders in the face of several times stronger enemies, and fights to the death. The battle lasted for more than ten minutes before it ended, Chao Gai calmly observed the battlefield, it was almost over, Sun An led his troops over to control the chaotic miners.

"Listen, we are the Jeju Army, this silver mine was originally ours, this time we are taking back our property, it will not be difficult for you miners, but you must not riot, line up one by one."

It is impossible for the miners to resist if they want to, and Lu San treats ordinary workers very harshly, and will not give them weapons at all.

Chao Gai came over and said: "Those who are willing to stay will work according to our wage standards, and those who are not willing to stay can go back at dawn." ”

Miners are heavy physical work, and the ordinary workers in the mining factory managed by Zheng Tianshou also have an income of several hundred yuan a month, and they eat and drink well, and they have three days off every month, at least they have a living guarantee.

The miners were terrified, and it was difficult for them to make a judgment at this time, so they had to wait until dawn.

This battle was fought beautifully, and the three hundred iron guards, including Lu San, were completely annihilated, and the Jeju army killed only a dozen people and wounded only about 30 people.

The sky gradually brightened, and Zheng Tianshou brought people here.

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