Chapter 17: Friends in troubled times don't ask each other

Thank you for your strong support from the disciples who have been at ease since then, and thank you very much to the old brothers. οΌ‰

Hearing the joke of the sentry surnamed Liu, Gao Shan also opened his mouth and smiled, revealing a mouth full of big yellow teeth, and then swaggered to a short distance with his family.

Leaning against the wall and looking up, I saw that Wang Zheng had gotten a table and chair from nowhere, and was sitting there writing and drawing.

At first, Gao Shan and the others were still pointing, but after a few glances, they couldn't laugh anymore, they couldn't understand, how could this Wang Zheng's recruitment be different from their recruitment?

In the past, he recruited troops for a long time without a single person to join the army, and the people even hid far away, for fear of being dragged hard, but Wang Zheng just set up a pair of tattered tables and chairs and sat there, and there was a steady stream of people queuing up to join the army, and most of them were young and strong.

At the moment, these sentinels all had shocked expressions, and they couldn't understand why.

Of course, they didn't understand that most of these people who lined up to join the army were young men brought out by Wang Zheng from Yijingzhuang, and they had long regarded Wang Zheng as a big brother along the way and obeyed his words.

At this time, Wang Zheng has the identity of Bai Zong, coupled with the settlement fee sent by Wu Weizhong yesterday, he wants to follow Wang Zheng to open up a new world here.

Sitting on the side and watching for a long time, Gao Shan couldn't stand it anymore, stood up with a scolding, patted his ass and said.

"What the hell, these people have taken the wrong medicine today, why didn't I see them join the army so enthusiastically when Lao Tzu recruited troops?"

"Yes, I knew this was the case, we should also fight for this recruitment, I heard that Wu Weizhong gave more than 1,000 taels of silver, I feel distressed"

Glaring at the sentinel who spoke, Gao Shan still pretended not to care, although his heart was also hurting.

"What's the matter, is it more than a thousand taels a lot, even if those rags and tattered Diao people become soldiers, can they be stronger than the veterans in your hands and me, wait to see the joke of Wang Zheng."

After speaking, he took his family and entered the barracks without looking back.

Seeing Gao Shan and the others who left in a gray manner, Wang Zheng secretly sneered, in fact, today's situation was all pretended to be shown to Gao Shan and them, in order to let out the evil breath of yesterday.

As early as when he left the Central Military Hall, Wang Zheng was thinking about how to get back the way, and yesterday asked Huang Yang, Dong Youyin, and Deng Heizi to be responsible for posting notices.

Of course, Wu Weizhong's An Jiayin to Wang Zheng was only more than 1,100 taels, although it was already the limit of what he could give, but it was still too much less than the original 3,000 taels.

Even if Wang Zheng didn't need to go anywhere else, all the recruits would only be distributed to a little more than four taels, which would still not be enough.

This silver can just be used to buy land, originally this first batch of soldiers, Wang Zheng did not want to use the local people, read the "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "Training Soldiers" overnight, which benefited Wang Zheng a lot.

Qi Jiguang, a famous general of this dynasty, has a unique set of training and conscription methods, those who are oily and smooth in the city and countryside do not want military ruffians, soldiers who are not allowed to play oil, people who are used to seeing the government and are good at playing official tones, and those with pale faces, fine skin and tender flesh do not want.

So what do you want, there are just a lot of people who want it.

Those who are tall and black and strong, and see the cowardly people of the government are the best, the croppers and miners are the best, of course, there are not many miners in Jiaodong, but the smuggling salt dealers are in patches, and there are salt wells and salt farms everywhere.

These smugglers and honest farmers are the best candidates for training the new army at the moment, so Wang Zheng immediately thought of the 200 or so young villagers in Yijingzhuang that he had on hand, which were all ready-made seedlings of good soldiers.

Looking up, he saw Deng Erhei rubbing his hands, he was happy and said, "Brother Zheng, I can always follow you now." ”

As if afraid that Wang Zheng would not agree, Deng Erhei hurriedly rolled up his sleeves, revealing his slightly black strong left arm, and patted it a few times.

"Brother Zheng, you see, I can be strong, and I won't be ashamed of Brother Zheng."

Smiling slightly, Wang Zheng glanced at Huang Yang on his side, and opened his mouth to signal: "Huang Yang." ”

Hearing Wang Zheng's call, Huang Yang turned around and took out a waist knife from a large wooden box, solemnly handed it to Deng Heizi, and said with a smile.

"You kid be careful, this waist knife is sharp, it's not like your own dung fork to play casually!"

Nodding again and again, Deng Erhei happily ran to his mother with a waist knife to show off, smiled and shook his head, Wang Zheng looked at the next one.

......

The recruitment work went very smoothly, if it weren't for Wang Zheng's deliberate action for a few more days in order not to surprise Wu Weizhong too much, this recruitment would have ended in less than three days.

Even so, it will be all recruited in less than six days.

When he heard that Wang Zheng had been recruited, Wu Weizhong couldn't believe that this was true, and hurriedly asked Wang Zheng to meet him in the Central Military Hall.

At this moment, Wu Weizhong was carefully flipping through the book that Wang Zhenggang handed over, not leaving a page behind, and he was full of praise while flipping it, and closed the book thoughtfully.

Wu Weizhong's gloomy clouds in the past few days all dissipated, looked Wang Zheng up and down, stroked his palms and smiled.

"Okay, you Wang Zheng, the official letter sent to Lord Futai to find a job for you has not received a reply, and you have already recruited more than 200 recruits."

Speaking of this, Wu Weizhong looked at Wang Zheng and said deliberately: "According to this official, your rising star is much stronger than those people in the mountains!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Zheng also looked down at Wu Weizhong, and met Wu Weizhong's eyes.

Quickly looking away, Wang Zheng couldn't help but think, could it be that Wu Weizhong was trying to test his mind? Or is it a solicitation?

"These are the four candidates for the team officers proposed by the humble position, please take a look!"

After thinking about it, Wang Zheng handed over another household register, which was much clearer than the dense names in the previous booklet.

Seeing that Wang Zheng skillfully avoided his inquiry, Wu Weizhong was not in a hurry, anyway, it would be a long time coming.

He lowered his head and glanced at the household registration handed over by Wang Zheng, a little surprised.

"Sentinel Wang, why are there only four candidates for the team officers above, and the rest of the captains have not been selected?"

Nodding, Wang Zheng said: "Qi Shaobao's "Actual Record of Military Training" once listed the method of selecting military generals, and it is impossible for generals to be exhaustive, and they feel that it is feasible to be lowly in their duties. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Zheng couldn't help but read as if he was reading hard a few days ago: "... For example, the bamboo has a knot, and the festival is controlled, so although the sergeants are numerous, the command of millions of people is like one person, so it will receive the effect of ten thousand people's heart, and it will be an invincible division, and a hundred battles will be won! ...”

Many military attachΓ©s have heard of Qi Shuai's "Actual Record of Military Training", but because they are illiterate, many people have only heard of it but do not know the truth.

Even though Wu Weizhong knows how to read and write, he has also read it, but he still can't understand the mystery, but after listening to Wang Zheng's words today, he suddenly opened his mouth, and he also got up and muttered.

After repeating it, Wu Weizhong suddenly turned around.

"According to Brother Wang, the method of selecting generals is to select the main generals, and then let these main generals choose their subordinates."

Nodding, Wang Zheng said: "My lord is half right, but there are pros and cons to doing this, the Qi family army has become a strong army in the world by doing this, and there are many people who follow the example of Dongshi, but they have become a laughing stock, why not?" ”

At this moment, Wu Weizhong seems to be no longer the relationship between superiors and subordinates, but two ordinary people who discuss the method of training and selecting generals.

Wu Weizhong shook his head and said: "I don't know, if you do this, aren't you afraid that the lower-level generals will form a party and pull a faction, then Gao Shan and others are like this, and please Brother Wang to solve your doubts!" ”

Wang Zheng pondered for a while and said, "I haven't been able to understand it so far, but there is one thing that I am convinced of. ”

Wu Weizhong cheered up and hurriedly asked, "Brother Wang, say it quickly, which point is it?" ”

"The Qi family's army is based on a strong and powerful military regulation, from the selection of troops, the selection of generals, drills to the battle, all in a big circle."

"This kind of selection of generals seems to be dull, but if it can be controlled within this big circle, it can promote the coordination and cooperation between the soldiers and soldiers, greatly enhance the combat ability, and truly achieve invincibility in a hundred battles!"

Wang Zheng still has some words to say, the current Wendeng camp is mostly hereditary military households, these people have been soldiers for generations, as early as the middle of the Ming Dynasty has lost its combat effectiveness, and now it is just a sheep in wolf's clothing, without combat effectiveness at all.

If you use Qi Shuai's training methods to train these soldiers, it will only get more and more chaotic!

Wu Weizhong paced back and forth in the hall, bursting with surprise, and suddenly sighed again.

"Speaking from the heart, I, Wu Weizhong, am different from you, I am not a military since I was a child, and I have been able to get to this point completely by relying on the support of Lord Futai, and it is difficult to repay Lord Futai for his kindness even if I die, but..."

Wang Zheng smiled slightly and said: "I think that adults are thousands of times stronger than others in all aspects, and there will always be great achievements one day." ”

Haha laughed, Wu Weizhong patted Wang Zheng's shoulder and sighed.

"I can't wait to see you, after listening to Brother Wang's words today, I realized that half of my life has been in vain, and it seems that it is still a talent to let Brother Wang be a small sentry."

Hearing this, Wang Zheng smiled faintly and hugged his fists.

"Xietai has a good reputation."