CHAPTER XIX

Chai Baochen led the army to Ningbo quickly, and this army was definitely not enough to deal with the Japanese invaders, because in addition to the more than 200 soldiers of the Shenji Company who still had combat effectiveness, the rest of the army was less than 2,000 people, and these 2,000 people still mobilized all the strong ones in the Hangzhou Qianwei, Hangzhou Guard, Shaoxing Wei, and Tai (tāi, read the first sound). Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info he also had to go to Wenzhou Wei and Chuzhou Wei along the way to mobilize soldiers, it was not difficult to mobilize soldiers, and when Wang Huan was separated, Wang gave the tiger charm to Chai Baochen.

It turned out that the Daming Coastal Defense Station was established in the early Ming Dynasty and has undergone continuous adjustments, and now the system has been relatively perfect. Under the guard, it has jurisdiction over the relevant areas, villages, lookouts, beacons, etc., and there is a patrol inspection department along the coast to form a defense system that is linked between land and sea. In addition, according to the system, corresponding military horses and military ships should also be allocated for patrolling and configuring tuntian.

A day later, Chai Baochen arrived at Taizhou Wei with his troops, it was already afternoon, and they began to march rapidly in the early morning, and finally arrived in time. Taizhou Wei is in the north of Ningbo, close to the East China Sea, and the military position here is very important, and it is the rear guard of Ningbo Wei. When you get here, you are equal to Ningbo.

When I arrived at the health center, it was already afternoon. Chai Baochen saw a soldier sleeping against a pillar at the door, seeing that he was untidy and didn't even have a weapon in his hand! Chai Baochen was a little angry, this soldier was too loose, he strode over, grabbed the soldier's collar, lifted the person up, and shouted: "Bastard, are you here to be an errand or to sleep?" ”

The soldier was sleepy-eyed, broke away from Chai Baochen's hand, looked at it, and it turned out to be a milky offspring, pushed Chai Baochen away, and said, "Where did the bird come from, dare to pee on Uncle Ben's head!" ”

"Daring, open your dog's eyes and look behind me!" Chai Baochen shouted.

The soldier raised his eyes and looked at it, but it was okay not to look at it, but at this look, he trembled. I saw that there was a black army standing behind Chai Baochen, because it was dark, he could see it a little hazy, and he didn't know how many people there were, but with his experience, he knew that the young man in front of him who was neglected by himself must be a big official. It is possible for him to derelict his duties, contradict the officials, and be taken down on the spot and thrown into prison.

He fell to his knees all of a sudden, kowtowed like pounding garlic, pleaded guilty again and again, and said, "The little one should be damned, the little one didn't stand up well." ”

Chai Baochen saw that he admitted his mistake, so he didn't bother with him, and asked, "What about the others, why didn't I see soldiers patrolling along the way?" ”

When the soldier heard this, he knew something was wrong, raised his finger and pointed to the brightly lit room inside, and stammered, "It's all there, there." ”

Chai Baochen snorted and walked in with a small group of soldiers. Looking at Chai Baochen's back, the soldier guarding the door knew that someone was going to be unlucky today.

When I entered the courtyard, I heard the sound of shouting and drinking. Chai Baochen guessed that the patrol soldiers on duty at night in the guard station did not go to patrol, but gathered here to gamble. He stepped forward and kicked open the door, his armor shining in the light of the candlelight. The soldiers who were gambling were frightened by his momentum, and then several arrogant-looking soldiers walked over and scolded, "Who am I? It turned out to be a miscellaneous boy, what are you doing here? ”

Chai Baochen only said eight words: "If you leave your post without permission, you should be beheaded on the law!" ”

The soldiers who were gambling quieted down suddenly, some put away the legs of Erlang who were watching, and some took their feet away from the bench, they looked at Chai Baochen viciously, and slowly gathered, and a few people went up to pull Chai Baochen in from the door, but they didn't expect the three people to pull him at the same time, but they didn't pull it. Chai Baochen flashed them, then walked into the room by himself, looked around, waved his hand, and ten soldiers came in at once. Chai Baochen said: "Leave your post without permission, gather a crowd to gamble, and go and take them down." ”

Some of them wanted to resist, but then someone looked out of the door, and the courtyard was full of soldiers, and his brain "boomed" to clear up, and he looked straight out of the door with his eyes, and said, "It's all soldiers." The other soldiers involved in gambling also looked out of the door, only to find that something was wrong, the young man in front of him could not be provoked, several excited soldiers hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, shouting: "I don't know that the adults are coming, I hope to forgive my sins!" "The little one knows it's wrong."

Chai Baochen said: "Tie it up first, and wait for it to be sent tomorrow!" ”

The next day, Chai Baochen entered the guard very early, and he wanted to check whether the soldiers were trained according to the system. I saw the soldiers sitting in the courtyard chatting, and no one was practicing at all.

Chai Baochen was very angry, he stopped a soldier and asked, "Why are there only a few of you?" What about the other soldiers? ”

The soldier replied, "Brother, you're new, aren't you?" Why don't you even know this. It's October now, and it's the busy farming season, and they have a lot of work at home, and they are all working in the fields. I'm still busy yesterday, and it's almost the end of the month, so I'll come over today to see if the health office can pay the silver. Otherwise, you won't even be able to see our soldiers! ”

"Where are you Thousand Households?" Chai Baochen asked.

"Are you looking for us thousands? I'm afraid he won't come today, when will he be paid, and when will he be able to see him. The soldier said.

When Chai Baochen heard this, he was angry. Anyway, it is also a thousand households, and they dare to leave their posts without permission, and the soldiers run away so much without restraint, which is really dereliction of duty. He asked again, "Where can I find you thousand households?" ”

"Are you looking for Master Xu? Go to his house, he has a concubine in his house, and he must still be lying in bed at home at this time. The soldier grinned.

Chai Baochen asked Xu Qianhu's address and rushed over with two teams of soldiers. took the road guide and let Xu Qianhu's housekeeper open the door, Chai Baochen broke in directly with the soldiers, and searched house by house. Finally found Xu Qianhu in the opinion house, he was sleeping with his fourth aunt in his arms. When he saw Chai Baochen walking in, he was so frightened that he hurriedly covered himself and his fourth aunt with a quilt, and scolded: "Who are you?" It actually broke into my belly. ”

Chai Baochen took out the tiger talisman from his waist and stretched out his hand to Xu Qianhu. Xu Qianhu is a hereditary Qianhu, and he belongs to the fifth grade in terms of official rank, and he generally does not need to look at other people's faces in the locality. He was in the officialdom, and he was in charge of the soldiers and horses, so he naturally recognized the tiger talisman, and rolled off the bed in fright, he looked at the tiger talisman in Chai Baochen's hand, knelt down, and said: "Xu Hua, a subordinate of Taizhou Wei Qianhu, visited the adult, and dared to ask the adult's surname?" ”

"Don't give your surname Chai Baochen. On the orders of General Wang Huan, he mobilized soldiers to prepare for the war. If you recognize the tiger talisman in my hand, quickly mobilize a thousand soldiers for me. ”

"Ah, a thousand?" Xu Qianhu asked.

"What's the matter, a thousand sturdy soldiers who can fight!" Chai Baochen repeated.

"Not as much as a thousand." Xu Qianhu said.

"Less is fine. Be quick! Chai Baochen urged.

"I'm afraid there will be less." Xu Qianhu replied.

"What? How many people can you muster? Chai Baochen asked.

"Two hundred, three hundred at most." Xu Qianhu said in a low voice.

"What? The Ming military system, 1,120 soldiers from the Thousand Households, where have they gone! Chai Baochen roared.

"They, they, this ...... They all fled. Xu Qianhu's head was full of sweat.

"How can you run? How did you become a thousand-household? Chai Baochen asked.

"The subordinates were incapable of governing the army, and some soldiers lost their gambling in the tuntian, and they ran out of rations, so they naturally could not continue to be soldiers, so they ran away; Some soldiers were hired by wealthy gentry to work long hours in their homes. ”

"Hmph, it's really a corpse vegetarian meal!" Chai Baochen said: "Come on, put him in prison first." ”

"Adults spare your life, adults ......" Xu Qianhu was dragged away wearing only one pajamas.

It turned out that the military system in the early Ming Dynasty was surrounded by the tuntian system, and the soldiers had their own land, and they cultivated their own fields to support themselves. The imperial court has long had a law, and anyone who forcibly occupies the land will be held accountable. However, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, some generals did not let soldiers participate in military training, but rented them to rich and noble family servants, the strong in the soldiers occupied the land of the weak, the list of soldiers killed in the war was not reported, and the soldiers could not be exploited, and the escapees were very heavy.

Chai Baochen was so familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty, how could he not know this, but he couldn't change these things at the moment, and he could only use the next day to drop troops from around Ningbo Wei as much as possible. Chai Baochen sighed, not knowing how to go ahead.