Chapter 58: The Conscription of Ma Yi
During this time, Bao De often patrolled the county, and since he was originally from Mayi, he quickly became familiar with the situation in the county. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
On the morning of June 25, Gao Shun summoned him and inquired about him carefully.
"Owner, the food here is not expensive, 320 yuan per stone, which is a lot cheaper than before, mainly because the county residents have no money, even if it is cheap, they can't afford it." Bowde grumbled.
"So how do you get everyone to eat?" As soon as he spoke, Gao Shun felt that it was unnecessary to ask.
Unexpectedly, Bao De said: "The owner, as long as the barbarians don't come to make trouble, the people of the county can live a good life, we have no shortage of water here, the terrain is flat, and the land is fertile, but the people of the county are afraid and dare not work outside for a long time, so that the young and strong flee, only the old, weak, sick and disabled, a lot of land is wasted, I think the army is built first, as long as it is safe, it will be easy to do." ”
Gao Shun asked, "We are new to the city, can we recruit soldiers?" ”
"The owner, we are now recruiting soldiers on behalf of the imperial court, as long as the salary is not low and paid on time, there are a large number of people who want to join the army, this is the most direct way for them to improve their lives."
Gao Shun thought to himself, this Bao De is good, he woke him up, now he is recruiting soldiers on behalf of the imperial court, and the trust level is naturally much higher than in Taoyuan Fort, and it is much easier to recruit soldiers.
So he immediately brought in several county officials and asked them to copy the conscription notice, and asked Zhang Cai and others to take the notice and go to the surrounding townships separately to publicize, and recruit soldiers in the barracks three days later.
Gao Shun indicated the salary and promotion standards in the notice.
The people of the county have been robbed by foreign races, and their lives are difficult, and they have long been looking forward to the court to preside over the work, lead them to resist the foreign races, and build the township.
On June 28, the number of people who came to the county seat to join the army exceeded 500, greatly exceeding Gao Shun's expectations.
Due to the large number of people, only step-by-step screening can be carried out.
The first is the stone lock. As long as you can move 1 stone lock 10 times in a row, and each time it is higher than the top of your head, it is considered to have passed the primary election. Divided into 5 teams for the test, the speed was very fast, and it only took 1 hour to complete the primary selection, and 419 people passed.
Those who pass the test are allowed to enter the barracks training ground to undergo the next step of the test.
Recruit cavalry first, and those who can't ride horses wait on the side.
In the border counties, most people can ride horses, but their riding skills are high and low, of course, there are many people who are as poor as the Gehu family and have never touched horses at all; Only 58 people were waiting in the infantry waiting area.
Next, according to the selection criteria in Taoyuan Fort, Li Qiang shouted: "Those who can ride horses are divided into two categories, one is riding archery, and the other is riding warfare. ”
There are more than 280 people out of the ranks, and it seems that in the border counties, the wind of riding and shooting is still very popular.
As with the selection criteria at Peach Springs, the horseback shoots three arrows at five scarecrows at a distance of 50 and two arrows are selected. Gao Shun did not lower his standards because of the urgent shortage of cavalry, if he could shoot two arrows during training in peacetime, if he went to the battlefield, he was nervous and couldn't even shoot an arrow.
Some people are really superb in riding, superb in archery, and pass smoothly.
Some people are very nervous, either they are not good at horsemanship, or they are not good at archery, those who are not good at riding are required to retire to the ranks of the infantry to be selected, and those who are not good at archery are asked to retreat to the range of cavalry battle, and they will be assessed again after a while.
In this way, 71 people finally passed the cavalry assessment and successfully became a member of the cavalry team.
Next is the cavalry assessment, which requires them to ride a horse against the existing cavalry, one winner can become a cavalry, the loser will withdraw from the cavalry assessment, and the one who draws will fight another cavalry, and if the draw is again, it will also be considered as passing.
When some people saw this admission model, they automatically ran into the infantry waiting list.
This assessment took a long time, and it was not completed until 4 p.m., and 43 people finally passed. This has made Gao Shun very satisfied, looking at their attributes one by one, there are 3 people with a force value of more than 60, namely Sun Qing 71, Wang Wei 66, Tong Shan 63, Gao Shun appointed Sun Qing as Du Bo on the spot, returned to Xu Futun, Wang Wei and Tong Shan were also appointed as Du Bo, assigned to Cao Xing's Tun, first arranged Xu Fu's Tun, reaching 154 people, and the rest of the people were assigned to Cao Xing's Tun, which was also 3 teams, and was temporarily dissatisfied with the formation.
After the meal, the infantry selection was carried out.
In order to save trouble, Gao Shun directly singled out a total of 15 people with a force value of more than 50, specially as a team, ready to be equipped with heavy armor, become heavy infantry, led by Ge Hu, and they enjoyed the treatment of ordinary cavalry.
The rest of the people had to carry 2 stone locks of 1 stone to run around the training ground, so that the selected people, the force value was above 40, a total of 41 people, were listed as pikemen, and a separate team was formed, under the command of Bao De, so that each tun was 3 teams; Feeling that this was the importance of the leadership, Bao De gladly accepted the task and promised to train the soldiers well.
Most of the unsuccessful candidates were very disappointed, and the selection criteria were too strict; However, there are also people who secretly decide to train hard after returning home and strive to join the cavalry team as soon as possible, and the salary here is very generous, enough to support the family and let their parents live a good life.
Li Qiang and others asked: "General, are our selection standards too high?" Of the more than 500 people, less than 200 people were selected. ”
Gao Shun explained: "I am very happy to have so many people selected today. This time, they all know our selection criteria, and they will definitely exercise in a targeted manner after they go back, and there will be fewer people participating in the selection later, and their quality will definitely improve; If we lower the selection criteria, the future will be all straw bales, and we have no shortage of cannon fodder soldiers, we can synthesize from the system at any time if needed, and even the initial training will be saved. ”
"It's too late to synthesize," Li Qiang complained.
"Hehe, I have already synthesized 2 Tun Sword and Shield Soldiers and 2 Tun Spearmen as a reserve in the system space, and they need to be released at any time, how can there be no preparation at all? What is urgently needed now are cavalry and junior infantry. ”
The results of the recruitment soon reached the ears of the three family masters, and the Ma family master and the Tian family master were completely relieved, and a total of less than 200 people were selected, how much effect could it play? Even if they are all cavalry, they will not be the opponents of the Xianbei cavalry. If these people defend the city, they can still block it for a while, and if they go out to fight with the Xianbei people, they will be wiped out in a minute.
Only the head of the Zhang family seemed worried.
The head of the Tian family asked, "Patriarch Zhang, what's wrong?" ”
"Well, you only see the surface, you don't see the essence of the problem, the county magistrate is not simple, their recruitment standards are very high, don't look at the small number of people they recruit, but the troops composed of such people are very strong in combat, and the general army is not an opponent; I heard the clansmen say, their discipline is very strict, don't look at everyone's combat effectiveness may not be as good as the Xianbei cavalry, after the formation of the troops, the combat effectiveness is very strong, the Xianbei cavalry is not necessarily the opponent, and they can also transfer troops from Taoyuan Fort to this place, it is very unfavorable to us for a long time, we must take advantage of their unstable foothold, drive them away as soon as possible, and send someone to urge the tribe adults tomorrow. ”
"Hehe, don't worry about the head of the Zhang family."
The head of the Zhang family said dissatisfiedly: "Worrying about the sky? You haven't taken into account their wealth, although the treatment of the infantry is not high, the treatment of the cavalry is not low, and it is close to the Imperial Forest Army, can these strong men recruited work for them? If the two of you think so, let's think about the way back. ”
The head of the Tian family smiled bitterly: "What other way back can we have?" I can only go one way to the dark. ”
The head of the Zhang family despised it in his heart, but he secretly arranged for someone to go to Jiangnan to buy a house and land, and he planned in his heart that he would arrange some direct descendants to take refuge in Jiangnan as soon as possible, in case the matter was revealed, he could also leave roots for the Zhang family, and there would be a chance to rise again.