When Zhou Huchen returned to the camp of the Beijing division with more than 300,000 taels of silver and more than 1,000 war horses, a bad news came.

Songshan, which had been besieged by the Qing army for a long time, was lost, and the governor Qiu Minyang and the chief military officer Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen were all killed. At this time, the news was that Hong Chengchou had been martyred.

However, Zhou Huchen knew that Hong Chengchou had surrendered, he had already surrendered, and in the later Southern Ming Dynasty, this Hong Chengchou gave the Jiannu ruling class a lot of strength to stabilize Jiangnan and stabilize the scholar class. And Emperor Chongzhen, who was in ignorance, and the ministers of the court thought that Hong Chengchou would definitely die, and they believed too much in Hong Chengchou's so-called backbone. Because of Hong Chengchou's death, Emperor Chongzhen was extremely sad, and dropped out of the dynasty for three days, with the princely specifications "to sacrifice sixteen altars", seven days one altar. Later, on May 10, he personally paid tribute, and also made the "Mourning Flood Sutra" clear to the world. When the sacrifice reached the ninth altar, the news came: Hong Chengchou had been cleared, and the imperial sacrifice began.

Behind is Zu Dashou, Zhou Huchen is very clear about these histories. With the Jinzhou garrison Zu Dashou descending to the Qing Dynasty for the second time, Tashan and Xingshan will also fall into the hands of the Qing army one after another, and the Jinning defense line of the Ming army actually no longer exists, and the Liaodong military Jihua of Jiannu has succeeded.

This is Zhou Huchen's motivation, the wheels of history are rolling in, and Zhou Huchen, who is under great pressure, acts again.

At the end of March of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhou Yuji completed the recruitment documents, accompanied by Mo Xiancheng, the general of the Beijing camp, Zhou Huchen once again set off to leave the Beijing Division, and he took 100,000 taels of silver and 200 cavalry to Baoding Mansion.

Baoding Mansion is only more than 200 miles away from Jingshi, and for cavalry, this journey only takes five or six days.

In the spring season, Zhou Huchen and Mo Xiancheng arrived at Baoding City.

Although it is only a few dozen miles away from his hometown of Lixian, Mo Xiancheng can't go home for the time being, he has to submit recruitment documents in Baoding Mansion, Zhou Huchen is now Bai Ding, he can't be promoted to this job Mo Xiancheng must complete the preliminary work of recruitment.

The recruitment documents were submitted very smoothly, the prefect of Baoding did not dare to be this bird, now the state affairs are so difficult, someone can come to Baoding Mansion to recruit soldiers, which is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow for him, because this recruitment can effectively relieve some of the pressure on people's livelihood for him.

When Zhou Huchen and Mo Xiancheng and others spread out the jiashi outside Baoding City, the recruitment notice had just been posted, and before they reached the nearby county seat, the school field in the south of Baoding Mansion was already crowded, and the people of Baoding Mansion were blinded by the favorable conditions. Ten taels of silver for the settlement family, two taels of silver per month to ensure a full salary, and a full meal, in this period of famine, this has made the vast majority of people desperate.

As the saying goes, a good man is not a soldier, and a good iron is not nailed!

The recruitment work went unexpectedly smoothly, and although he was prepared, it still surprised Zhou Huchen.

The climate is getting warmer, but now is the season of green and yellow, and with years of famine, almost all people are running out of food. This very unexpected recruitment has already demonstrated the serious impact of the disaster on the survival of ordinary people.

Since Chongzhen's accession to the throne, the area of famine is getting bigger and bigger, and Beizhili has been in continuous drought, these two years are the river is exhausted and the river is dry, the crops are not harvested, although it has not reached the point of cannibalism, but Baoding Mansion is still in the drought in the severe drought area in recent years.

In a few days, this small school field has become a sea of people. The requirements for recruitment are not high, the age is 16 to 26 years old, as long as there is a household sticker as a certificate, there is no limit to the place of origin, and it is enough to prove that you are a good citizen. It seems that the people of the surrounding counties and villages are still rushing here, so that the recruitment has been successful before it has officially begun. The garrison of Baoding Mansion is surnamed Chen, Chen Garrison once had a relationship with Zhou Yuji, although he could not reach the situation of no reversible friendship, but after all, he was an old man, he saw this situation, and immediately sent two hundred additional soldiers to maintain order for Zhou Huchen.

With so many people coming to apply, Zhou Huchen was unexpected, and it seems that this is not all, those people from a little farther away should still be rushing here.

Originally, it was planned to start this recruitment work on the ninth day of April, but on the fifth day of April, the recruitment work had to start ahead of schedule. The scene was too chaotic, in addition to people or people, there were young adults who came to participate in the recruitment, as well as those family members who followed, plus the people who watched the excitement, which made the recruitment scene a mess. There were too many people, eating, drinking, and lazing were all problems, and these people caused a lot of pressure on the people who participated in the recruitment work, as well as the soldiers who maintained order, and Zhou Huchen had to start his own recruitment in advance.

As soon as the sun rose, one of the housekeepers stood up and began to shout: "All quiet! Be quiet, everyone! ”

However, the scene was so chaotic that nothing could be heard from the chaos. In desperation, a soldier from the school field rushed to get a large gong, and with the sound of a huge gong, the scene finally quieted down a little.

Zhou Huchen simply jumped directly onto a table, and then stretched out his hand and shouted: "Who can ride a horse!?" As long as you meet the requirements, you can become a cavalryman, and the monthly salary is good! Five taels of cash per month, full of money! If you can ride a horse, go to the right side to sign up! ”

"I will, I will!

It seems that there are a lot of people who can ride horses, and this treatment is simply crazy, and as soon as Zhou Huchen's words fell, those who thought they could ride horses swarmed in the direction designated by Zhou Huchen. When the recruitment work really began, Zhou Huchen knew that he was wrong, and he was very wrong.

Not many of his men were literate, and the stickers were simply unrecognizable, let alone written and registered. Zhou Huchen finally realized that although there were too many people who came to participate in the recruitment, and there were some surprises, he was still too young, and he did not do a good job in the organization and preparation of this recruitment. After Zhou Huchen made some promises, a small official in the school called a few literate people to help, but there were too many people who signed up, which was of no avail.

So, the little official of the school accepted a task again, and he hurried to the city of Baoding.

If the recruitment of infantry continues, it can be said that it is a mess, and as for efficiency, there is no need to say anything at all, which will make Zhou Huchen desperate.

Slow down, slow down! Zhou Huchen, who had a headache, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and he turned away.

"Get on the horse! Run! "A soldier brought by Zhou Huchen commanded those who participated in the cavalry assessment, several war horses were conducting the cavalry assessment at the same time, those Zhou family members, and soldiers stared closely at the people on the horse, they did not see whether you could get on the horse, but the skills after you got on the horse, those who only could ride the horse, and after running up, they had no control over the horse, they were not qualified at all. Cavalry is a class that requires courage and skill on the horse, and its requirements are very strict, and not everyone can become a qualified cavalryman.

When the war horse really runs, there will be people constantly thrown off the horse, this is the real war horse, the start speed is very fast, people who do not often ride the horse, it is impossible to control the war horse smoothly. And the war horse is one of the most fierce horses, those who make them feel uncomfortable, the war horse will also play some tricks, such a person is easily thrown off the horse. This is the standard, a good cavalryman must be able to handle the horse that straddles, and those who meet such requirements are only the first step, and the subsequent combat training is the most important.

There is no one in ten, this is the assessment of cavalry, and the requirements are too high, because horseback riding and cavalry are not the same concept at all.

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