Chapter 19: Training Private Soldiers (I)
Although Wang Xu is only 13 years old now, his voice is not mature, and he may not be able to sing that majestic momentum. But the heroic tunes and passionate lyrics are sung in immature children's voices, and the feeling is even more shocking.
Hearing that the young son had such a mind, Wang Yan's blood buried deep in his heart was gradually boiling. With Wang Xu's singing, his eyes widened with excitement. When he finished singing, he stood up suddenly. Lang Sheng praised: "Good words, good songs!" What a spirit! ”
After speaking, his eyes stared at Wang Xu tightly, took a deep breath, and nodded with satisfaction. "Since you have such ambitions, you will no longer be a woman as a father, and you will support you with all your might. Tell me, how many soldiers do you need? ”
Seeing that his father finally agreed, Wang Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking about it for a while, he quickly opened his mouth and asked, "I don't know if I can afford three thousand people without affecting my family's life?" ”
Hearing Wang Xu's words, Wang Yan's eyes couldn't help but widen, and he laughed and said, "What do you say, you can't afford to raise three thousand people?" You underestimate your father! Even if you want all cavalry, your father can satisfy you, and the horse business is also the scope of your father's business. ”
But then, Wang Yan's voice changed, and his face was worried. "Money is not a big problem, but now that the world is peaceful after all, suddenly raising so many soldiers is likely to arouse suspicion from all parties! If the defendant goes up and says we are trying to rebel, then the matter will be in trouble! ”
Hearing the first half of Wang Yan's words, Wang Xu Coke was broken, and he couldn't imagine that his family was so rich, and it didn't seem to matter if he raised 3,000 people. But the latter words also made him silent, always thinking that the wealthy families in the late Han Dynasty had a large number of private soldiers, but he didn't consider that it was the result of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty encouraging the wealthy families in various places to gather righteous soldiers in order to suppress the Yellow Turban Uprising. Before that, there were limits to what was too remote. Thinking of this, he was also very worried.
Seeing Wang Xu's disappointed expression, Wang Yan pondered for a long time before hesitating: "That's it!" I'll consult with your uncle and uncle first, and see if we can recruit these guards in the name of the three of us, and then hide the troops appropriately. Besides, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, who has just been transferred from Chang'an Ling, is a child of the Yuan family, and the Yuan family has a good relationship with our Wang family, as long as it is not too much, there should be no problem. ”
Hearing that there was a way to solve it, Wang Xu was immediately overjoyed. But then he suddenly reacted to what his father said, and his mouth opened wide in shock. "The Yuan family and we are old friends?"
Seeing Wang Xu's stunned appearance, Wang Yan replied with a smile: "Of course, your great-grandfather Wang Gong and grandfather Wang Chang both served as the third duke, and the Yuan family is also the third duke of the fourth generation, and they are ministers of the same dynasty, and they have had many contacts, and of course the friendship is very deep." ”
In fact, Wang Yan especially likes his son to ask himself questions. Because as Wang Xu grew up day by day, he gradually discovered that Wang Xu's talent and martial arts strategy gradually surpassed him. This makes him a little lonely as a father, and his son is only 13 years old!
Of course, a father is very happy to see his son become a talent, but there is no father who is in the prime of life to see that his young son has far surpassed himself and is not lonely. Because this made him feel that he had lost the dignity of a father who sheltered his son from the wind and rain, and it also made him lose the joy of raising his son to grow up prematurely.
However, Wang Xu can't realize these things now, he is just thinking, after a long time, he and Yuan Shao are still world friends, if one day in the future against the field, I don't know if he will be scolded here. But the future will be talked about later, and now that the big thing has been resolved, he is completely relieved.
Afterwards, Wang Yan hurriedly left to find Wang Hao and Wang Qian. Seeing his father's elated appearance, Wang Xu was also very moved. I think of the love that my father, mother and two aunts have loved me since I was born. Wang Xu couldn't help but secretly swear that even if he died in the troubled times in the future, he would definitely let them be safe and repay this nurturing grace!
And he himself was not idle, facing the war that was getting closer and closer. Wang Xu and Xu Shu, who knew the urgency of the form, were more diligent in exercising their martial arts. It's just that there is one problem that makes Wang Xu very distressed, and that is his body. Although because he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, he has far surpassed his peers at the age of 13. But it's still too short for a general.
It was Xu Shu, because women developed earlier than boys, so they were a little taller than him, which made Wang Xu depressed.
On the other hand, Wang Hao and Wang Qian also agreed with what Wang Xu proposed. After all, they are not stupid people, and they know current affairs very well, as long as they mention it slightly, they will naturally be able to understand the stakes. And they also know Wang Xu's talent very well, and they also have high hopes for this Wang family wizard. Of course, the good brotherly relationship between them and Wang Yan is also a reason.
Therefore, the matter of recruiting troops received strong support from them, and they sent people to recruit them everywhere.
With the efforts of the three of them, they were able to gather these 3,000 people in three months. Wang Yan also set aside a large manor outside the city for the soldiers to be stationed, and dispatched five of his most talented diners to carry out daily management and training.
The county magistrate and the local county commander also greeted each other, and the actual number of guards was also hidden from the outside world, so everything was carried out in an orderly manner.
Wang Xu often passes over on weekdays, and he is very concerned about the soldiers who will accompany him in the future. And these people are also obedient to Wang Xu, but at first it was only because of his identity as a young master. After all, how is it possible for a group of adults to convince a 13-year-old child from the bottom of their hearts?
However, after Wang Xu single-handedly fought against twenty carefully selected strong guards and won the victory, no one in the entire camp would question him. Moreover, Wang Xu also pays attention to exchanging feelings with them, and even trains with them in his free time, chats together, and learns martial arts. Most of these people who were recruited to become guards were people who were particularly poor and had a difficult life, and Wang Xu's equal treatment regardless of the high and low certainly quickly won their sincere support.
Wang Xu really didn't look down on them in his heart, as a person in later generations, his thinking should be much more enlightened, how can people be born with a distinction between high and low? In his heart, he felt a lot of regret for these people.
After all, they were already poor people who were struggling to survive under the mediocre rule of the late Han Dynasty, but now they were going to be dragged onto the battlefield without knowing life and death, Wang Xu naturally felt a little sorry in his heart.
But this is the way it is in this era, if they don't follow themselves, it will be very difficult for them to live. And at least I won't treat them badly!