The soldiers are endless, what a crime for the people.

As the camp officer of the Wendeng battalion, Wang Zheng knows that behind the glorious victory of every battle, there are countless broken families, countless wives and children, and countless good men spilling their blood on the battlefield.

With the chaos in the Central Plains provinces, the number of refugees in Shandong began to increase again, and in June, they began to enter Dengzhou in batches.

Now there are two main training grounds of the Wendeng camp, one is the camp of Wendeng in the rear, this camp is a long time, and it has been revitalized after renovation, and the other is the two military camps in the state city, and now two of the four sentinels are stationed here all the year round.

Next to the military camp in the state city is a large open space, from a distance, there seem to be hundreds of wooden stakes on the open space, and when you look closer, it is hundreds of soldiers of the Wendeng battalion who are not moving.

There is a row of people in the front who are different, and the people in the back are holding spears, but they are each holding a bird's gun, all of them are holding weapons in their hands, and the people passing by are looking sideways, and they are all inexplicable when they see this scene.

"What are they doing, it's been almost two hours, and they haven't moved."

"Training." A passer-by next to him answered succinctly.

"Training? How can you practice like this, just don't move like this, what can you practice! The people were even more puzzled when he asked him, he had also seen the training of officers and soldiers in the state city before, most of them ran back and forth, the formation was very large, and most of them were finished in a few clicks.

But then again, although Wang Zheng's practice method is incomprehensible, no one has heard of the defeat of Wendeng Battalion, whether it is against water thieves, bandits or rebels.

"Maybe it's Wang Shoubei's unique method?"

As soon as he muttered a few words, the guy in the teahouse behind him suddenly shouted:

"Look over there, it's moving!"

Almost everyone gathered around, and the soldiers who had stood for just two hours turned around, formed a tight formation in the blink of an eye, and ran out of the barracks with neat steps.

The guy from the teahouse has been working here all day long, and he has long been used to it, and said:

"If you want me to say, the soldiers of the king's garrison are different from ordinary officers and soldiers, and since they entered the city, this training has not been interrupted."

The steps of the soldiers were very neat, and the footsteps of the running were uniform, and the passers-by had no doubt when they heard the words of the man, and said:

"If you continue to practice like this, everyone can sit back and relax."

"Haha, I'm going to buy rice and noodles for the one at home, so I'll leave first."

"Goodbye, goodbye!"

Wang Zheng watched the soldiers slowly run out of the barracks, constantly thinking about some things while constantly looking at them.

The southerners ride boats, the northerners ride horses, and there have been no strong cavalry in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times, such as Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor, and his troops are the most elite in the water division, and the Poyang Lake water division is the predecessor of the Ming water division that can be called the first in the world in later generations.

The Ming army has always been defeated by the Eight Banners, so that the saying that the Jurchens are invincible is unbeatable, Wang Zheng wants to deal with the unparalleled Tartar soldiers, and now it is still too far away.

In retrospect, the reason why the Eight Banners were able to sweep across the Central Plains and then go down to the south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop was not only because of their proud riding and archery to establish the country, but more importantly, because of the characteristics of the Eight Banners military system pioneered by the old slave chief Nurhachi.

"If you go out, you will be a soldier, and if you enter, you will be a citizen, and there will be no operation of food and salary and armaments during the war, and the soldiers can prepare their own troops."

Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu created the military system of the guard, and what he did was - "raising millions of male soldiers, without consuming the country's money and grain." ”

However, this current system of guards cannot be satisfied, and the farmland is occupied by the gentry and landlord class, and the military households are called military households, but in fact they are tenant farmers, and they have become the farmers of the landlords and gentry.

It has the name of the army, but there is no combat effectiveness at all, which is also the reason for the repeated defeats of the officers and troops in the Central Plains provinces.

The oppression has reached the extreme, and the army, which has no attribution to speak of, is naturally fleeing year after year.

As soon as these people fled to the Rogues, they immediately changed from sheep to warlike tigers and wolves, and the reason for this is that their battle goals have changed, and they used to get by, but when they get to the Rogues, they all have their own money.

If you kill someone, you can not only get military merits and make your life better, but you can also snatch all the things of that person into your pocket, why not.

On the other hand, the soldiers of the Wendeng battalion took full salaries and fought to defend their homeland, their wives and children, and after the victory in the battle, Wang Zheng did not skimp on their rewards.

Each family will be given land before joining the army, and the family has lived a rare and comfortable life, and no one wants to return to the precarious life before, which is also the reason why the fighting spirit of the Wendeng camp lies, and the reason why they have repeatedly encountered strong enemies but will not retreat.

Strictly speaking, this kind of fighting spirit is more likely to become a kind of military spirit, and although Li Zicheng's method has achieved remarkable results for a period of time, it has endless troubles and is a shortcut.

The undisciplined army immediately returned to its prototype when it became vicious, as can be seen from what happened after Li Zicheng entered Beijing.

When that time really comes, these evil wolves don't even listen to Li Zicheng's words, is that still the army?

No, it can only be regarded as a rogue, no matter how big the development is, it is just a rogue.

Shandong neither belongs to the south of the Yangtze River nor to the north town, and the position in the middle has caused Shandong to have neither good horses to train cavalry, nor any regular sailors.

However, in Wang Zheng's view, this is one of the advantages of Shandong, with the salt road as a financial support, facing North Korea across the sea, and a large number of people who are familiar with water, they can send a partial division at a critical moment and go east to smash Huanglong.

On the other hand, Shandong, as a large salt road province, the salt lads from all over the country lick blood all day long, and they are excellent auxiliary soldiers.

As long as it is used well, just like the current Wendeng places, it can not only protect the rear when the army goes out, but also get together at a critical moment and quickly pull up a huge team that everyone expected.

Pacing slowly on the platform, thinking that the soldiers had just run back to the barracks when they thought of this, Wang Zheng raised his head and gestured behind him.

"Boom Rumble......"

There was a sudden loud noise around the barracks, and the soldiers looked over blankly, but a circle of drums had already been set up here, and the passionate drums cheered everyone up, and Wang Zheng, the queen of the three-way drums, slowly stepped out of the ranks and stared at the barracks:

"Start recruiting."

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It is said that this time the Wendeng battalion will be expanded from the original four sentinels to eight sentinels, and the four brigades will also be expanded to six brigades.

This is exciting news, the last time Wendeng Ying and Yanding were recruited was more than a year ago, and many people wondered why there had been no news since Wang Shoubei succeeded him and quelled the rebellion.

But now these are not important, everyone is concerned about the examination place and the required treatment announced by Wendeng Camp.

There are two places in the examination place, one is naturally the military camp in the state city and the school field outside the city, and the other is the Wendeng camp.

The salt system is more complex than that of the army, and the reason is that there are too many people to recruit, not only the descendants of the salt Ding need to be expanded, but the salt Ding in various places also needs to be replenished with fresh blood.

First of all, the small leaders of Yanding from all over the country will take the test to compare the people who come to register, and the qualified ones will be recommended to the local big bosses for another examination, and then the big leaders from all over the country will take them to the inspection department in the state capital.

Shao Yong, together with Xing Yidao and several captains who are descendants of Yanding, were responsible for the final examination, and only after all of them passed could they be finalized and the list was reported to Wang Zheng.