Chapter Eighty-Eight: Recruitment

Two days ago, Li De helped Pei Lin persuade Li Shimin to let him go, and did not flatten the old man back to his hometown, which can be said to have saved Pei Lian's life in disguise. Pei Lin has been an official for decades, and the power in this officialdom is perfect, seeing that his affairs have come to an end, he also repays Li on the mahjong table frequently, so that Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Li De have a lot of big names, Li Shimin saw Pei Lin coax himself to be happy in this way, and he let go of his prejudices, as long as this old man is not involved in political affairs, Li Shimin is also happy to obey Li Yuan's wishes.

After playing cards, Li De did not forget to find the eldest grandson Wuji, and said that he had taken Tiya into the room, and asked the eldest grandson to give her the next grade, which was also good for her identity, and the eldest grandson immediately agreed when he heard it, but Tiya was a foreigner after all, and she could not be crowned as a concubine, at most she would be given the grade of a side concubine. Report to Zongzheng Temple for filing.

Li De happily returned home, handed over the book of life to Tiya, and gave her a big surprise, she had long wanted to mention it to Li De, but it was not enough to hinder the situation and not be able to speak, but I didn't expect Li De to be ready to give her an identity, although she was a side concubine, it was already good, she was a person who had lost her country, she had no identity and no status, and it was already high to be able to be a side concubine to Li De. In the past two days, Tia has done everything she can to make Li De ridiculous.

Today is the day when the Beiwei Army began to expand the army and recruit troops, and the Ministry of War has already issued a notice in accordance with the emperor's arrangement, this time the whole army of the Beiwei Army went north, Su Dingfang, Wei Chi Baolin, Cheng Chumo, Changsun Chong, Li Zhen and many others have added officials to the knighthood, that is, the small soldiers and young generals have mixed a meritorious service three turns, not only promoted to the officer, but also rich rewards, all of them went home with a big face, and some also took their mother-in-law and became a family. The people who were not optimistic about this army before were dumbfounded, so this time the Beiwei Army was ordered to expand the army to 10,000, and the outside of the barracks can be described as empty alleys with thousands of people, cars like dragons, and people like tides, not to mention the vicinity of Chang'an, that is, there are men of appropriate age in all states and counties in Guanzhong to apply. The scene was much more popular than the first time.

"Alas, old Wangtou, you also brought your second child to apply."

"Old man Li, of course, you haven't brought your children with you. The back army is Wei Wangye's army, and it is much easier to earn military merits with him,"

"Yes, yes, yes, isn't it, it's not good for our small family to enter the Tianzi army, or the back army of Wei Wangye, everyone has their own ability, as long as they choose, they can enter. A lot of kids from our village have come. ”

"Second master, you said that's true, this back army is really that good,"

"You baby, your second master will lie to you, and take you to apply for the pole, you didn't see the second baby of the old man Zhang in the east of the village, isn't it just on an errand in the back of the army, this time I went back to the old Zhang Tou to earn the face of the boss, I heard him say that the second baby is out of the village, killed four Turkic barbarians on the grassland, and was promoted to become a long, and there is a reward of ten yuan, in order to celebrate Lao Zhang, he put up a banquet for two days."

"Second master, then do you think I can be chosen?"

"Look at you coward, don't you always say that you have a lot of strength, and it's easy for two or three people to do it. Why is it that there are so many people in this heart, the second master quietly said hello, as long as he passes the physical fitness test at the beginning, even if he passes, the competition ring behind is the selection of generals, and if he can't beat it, he can also be a soldier. ”

"Second master, if you say so, then it will be successful, and I will definitely be able to choose."

The gate of the Beiwei barracks was crowded with people, waiting eagerly for the camp gate to open and start recruiting. Regardless of their status, the selection of the Beiwei Army attracted many princes and nobles, peddlers and pawns, and of course, most of those noble children came to enlist as captains. Brigade commander, the team is right. I can't look down on a big soldier at all, and I can't afford to lose that person.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the differentiation between the rich and the poor will naturally lead to some people thinking of going through the back door. At this time, the recruitment had not yet begun, and Li De's camp already had several families with high backgrounds.

Back to the marshal's account

Li De listened to Su Dingfang's report

"Lord Wang, our army has lost 800 casualties and 1,000 serious wounds in this northern expedition, almost half of the casualties have been lost, and it is still under your leadership that it has not collapsed, and it is no longer possible to replace the usual army with more than three casualties."

Li De nodded and said, "You're right, but when I established the Beiwei Army, I wanted to build an army that fought hard battles and fought evil battles, so the training was particularly harsh, it can be said that the best of the best were selected, and it was also a test for the army to rush to the battlefield, but fortunately, this time we successfully completed the goal, although the losses were great, but these soldiers who came down from the battlefield alive have all grown into elite soldiers, I believe that with these fires, this expansion of the army to the number of 10,000 will not reduce our combat power." By the way, have you distributed the rewards and pensions of the imperial court and the other money I gave? ”

Ma Zhou stepped forward and said, "Lord Wang, when the whole army returns home, it has all been issued in place, and it is personally assigned by his subordinates, and there will be no difference." ”

Li De nodded, "With you and both of you and one martial arts to assist me in taking charge of the Beiwei army, this king can sit back and relax." ”

"The prince praised it falsely"

"Okay, I said yes, what's so humble,"

"Is there anything else, if not, open the camp gate and start recruiting."

Ma Zhou and Su Dingfang continued, "Lord Wang, outside the big tent, Liu Hongji, Duke of Kui, Duan Zhixuan, Duke of Baoguo, Chai Shao, Duke of Chen, and Hou Junji of Duke Chen are waiting to see you. You see this? ”

Li De shook his head helplessly, "Let them in." ”

"I've seen Liu Hongji, I've seen His Royal Highness King Wei"

"Meet Your Highness"

Everyone entered the big tent and saluted Li De.

Li De said, "A few princes, you are here to break my rules." ”

Liu Hongji is a hooligan and robber, and he said politely, "The prince is serious, we are all military generals, this is the expansion of the army, we all just came to cheer for the prince, and please ask the prince to accept our boys, we understand the rules, we want to beat and scold, as long as you don't kill or cripple, you can see what." ”

Li De said, "Hmph, I don't see it. Why, it's easy to see that my back-up army earns military merits, and it's also a mixed background, and it's gold-plated, right? ”

Duan Zhixuan got up and said, "Lord Wang, for the sake of our love for the northern expedition together, please accept the dog, I, Duan Zhihong, have never served anyone in my life, except for Your Majesty, this time I have the honor to fight with the prince, I see your merits, I didn't say it, I obey, so I let the dog join the Beiwei army, not to mix the life and merit, I can't look down on such an army." You are strict in governing the army, and the back army is also a strong army, so I moved this thought. ”

Li De said, "Bao Guogong, your person is the king, you are clear, you will not ask for help, you are my second brother's relied on general, and the army is strictly governed, since you see that I carry the army, then your son, I will accept it." ”

Duan Zhixuan happily got up and hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, Lord Wang." Then he turned and walked out of the tent. Duan Zhixuan, as Li Shimin's confidant and commander of the army, will not easily associate with other military generals, and can be described as loyal, seeing that Li De agreed to accept his son, he got up and said goodbye.

Hou Junji is also Li Shimin's favorite general, but he has nothing to do with Li De, and this Northern Expedition is just another soy sauce, so he is embarrassed to go up like Duan Zhixuan, so he can only turn his head to look at Chai Shao.

Seeing this situation, Chai Shao said, "Yuanba, you see that Ling Wu was originally a member of the Beiwei Army, but halfway through this, the Beiwei Army went on the expedition, you see if you let him continue to come back, just train with this group of recruits." You can rest assured that you will be disciplined by your uncle, I can rest assured. ”

Li De said, "Brother-in-law, if you hand over Lingwu to me, even if you don't look at your face, I will also take into account my sister's feelings." But I have ugly things to say in the past, Ling Wu is used to being a gentleman, with fine clothes and jade food, and is rampant and domineering. This can't be changed without being ruthless, and when the time comes, he will go back crying and nose, don't blame me. ”

Chai Shao definitely said, "Okay, no problem." Blame the for going early. I've always been in the military and belong to discipline. You can help me take care of him, I can't ask for it. ”

Li De said, "Okay," he said. Since everyone is in the same military lineage, I have accepted all of your people, and everyone is from a military general. , this enlistment test can be waived, but the ring battle must be compared, the capable go up, and the mediocre go down. Even being a small soldier is also his lack of strength, no wonder others. Do you agree? ”

Liu Hongji and Hou Junji immediately said, "Agreed, everything is arranged by the prince." We don't have the same words. ”

"Okay, that's it, I'm not far away, this king is going to open the door to recruit soldiers."

With Li De's order, the gate of the Beiwei Army finally opened. The people outside finally waited for this moment, and they were all very excited, and they all rushed up, wanting to rush into the camp.

The soldiers of the Beiwei Army came out of the camp in full gear, with an extraordinary momentum, all of them were elites who had returned from the Turkic battle, faded from immaturity, and were full of murderous aura. Forming a formation, shouting, "Everyone stops." People's movements froze.

Su Dingfang said loudly, "The barracks are important, don't trespass, keep quiet, now all the recruits consciously line up, go into the barracks on their own to register, and get the number plate." ”

The crowd slowly moved into action, and consciously lined up in a queue, entering the camp in an orderly manner, and several levels had already been prepared in the camp, waiting for the arrival of the conscripts, and waiting for them one by one.

"Name"

"Zhang San."

"Age"

“20”

"Where is home?"

"Qizhou"

"Here's your number plate, grab it and stand under the flagpole on the opposite side."

After passing the first level, they will go under the flagpole of the test and start the tests according to the arrangement of the soldier in charge. Finally, in units of 500 people, they began to carry heavy off-road. Those who return to the camp before dark are considered qualified.

For a while, the camp was very lively, and from time to time there were young men wearing number plates and forming a team to run out of the camp to start the long-distance running test.