"The gentleman is righteous, and the villain is profitable. The ancients did not deceive me! ”

In front of the wooden window on the second floor of the inn, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting stood in a daze. Outside the window, there was a long queue on the street, bustling with activity. From time to time, people tried to crowd forward, and it was only through the shouting and beating of the soldiers on duty that they maintained order.

At the end of the queue is a registration point for joining the army in the capital, where a large number of young people are rushing to join the 'revolutionary army'. Even some of the older ones wanted to get in, but they were ruthlessly driven out. Such enthusiasm for joining the army is all for those fifty acres of land. For the sake of the land, the common people are really desperate.

Although the 'Revolutionary Army' made it clear that the allocated land could not be traded, could not be transferred, was not effectively cultivated or was to be confiscated after death. But many people don't understand the truth, just treat it as a land for free, don't want it for nothing, and all of them are desperately trying to grab it.

It's not easy to just enlist in the army. Only young people of school age who are physically fit and physically and mentally healthy can pass the assessment. In recent years, most people have poor physical fitness, and the 'revolutionary army' has greatly increased the physical examination requirements for military service.

A few days ago, the owner of the inn shouted, 'Whoever wants to fight will go, anyway, we ordinary people will not go', but in the past two days, he has broken his legs in order to send his two sons to serve as soldiers. The 'revolutionary army' distinguishes between urban and rural hukou, and people in the cities do not divide their land as soldiers, but can have preferential tax treatment for business, and even directly share houses, which also has many benefits.

Encountering such a scene, Lu Sun and the others could only sigh.

In the past, how bad the army of the Ming Dynasty was, the blind people knew it. No one who is good is willing to be a soldier, because military households are naturally one level lower than civilians, and their lives are not as good as cattle and horses.

Now this 'revolutionary army' is good, the soldiers have military salaries, they eat and drink enough, and they still have clothes and hair all year round. Being a soldier for a certain number of years can still be discharged, and it will not trap people for the rest of their lives. After retiring from the army, I also gave priority to arranging work, at least I could go to the yamen to be a servant, and those days were really beautiful.

The common people will calculate, and they will understand whether there is any benefit or not. As for what Jiannu is fierce, that's not a thing. There are too many people who are willing to fight for money these days. Death is not the most painful, but poverty is even more painful.

"Da Ming can't do such things. I knew I was going to die, and I couldn't save it if I wanted to. Just look at the money that has been copied from homes in the Gyeonggi area these days. Lu Xiangsheng watched at the window for a long time, experiencing shock, puzzlement, helplessness, and then relief. He sighed and sighed, and said on the bed in the guest room: "Brother Sun, what do you say we should do?" Retirement? ”

Retire? It's a joke.

One is seventeen or eighteen, the other is in his early twenties, and he retires at this age?

Sun Chuanting shook his head with a wry smile, they were all young, how could they be willing to retire?

"Brother Lu, how old is my brother, I don't know if I should say it?"

"Brother, I actually have a few words, like a fish in my throat, I have always wanted to say."

"This 'revolutionary army' Zhou Dashuai behaves perversely, and it seems to be ...... murderous."

"In fact, governing the country is very disciplined, and he is very assertive."

"Da Ming was originally unable to afford it, but in his hands it has improved greatly in a year or two."

"The invasion of foreign enemies on the frontier was also blocked by his army."

"The gentry are unlucky, but the people have really benefited, and they don't want to restore the previous dynasty at all."

"The founders of the country are inevitably fierce. Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty killed people back then, and he was even more ruthless than this Zhou Dashuai. ”

The two of you said a word, and I said a word, and they sat down and discussed and praised the goodness of this 'revolutionary army'. After boasting for a long time, Zhou Dashuai actually said a hundred and ten benefits. After boasting, the two looked at each other awkwardly and smiled bitterly.

Lu Xiangsheng laughed at himself: "When I came from Changzhou, I only felt that this 'revolutionary army' was unforgivable, and Zhou Dashuai was ridiculous and ignorant. But after a few days' effort, Fang felt that he had taken his past too seriously. People can achieve such hegemony, how can they be idle people? ”

Sun Chuanting was also melancholy, "Zhou Dashuai went on an expedition of thousands of miles to occupy the city in the foreign country of Tianzhu, and he must be a famous figure in history." But the two of us are still hesitating in this inn, trying in vain to shake the tree, which is ridiculous. ”

"This 'learns to become a literary and martial artist, and sells it to the emperor's family'."

"Why don't the two of us bow our heads and take refuge in the past."

"I don't want to go to any official study class, I don't have to humiliate people."

"At present, the new dynasty has just been established, and the country is unstable, but you can join the army."

This time, the more they talked, the more excited they became, and the two of them were very energetic. In the end, Lu Xiangsheng slapped the table and stood up, "Go now, go now." Lu is both civil and military, and he thinks that he can still go into battle to kill the enemy. ”

Sun Chuanting also said happily: "My brother also feels that he has gained both literature and martial arts. Get on the horse to govern the army, get off the horse to soothe the people, you can do anything. ”

The two couldn't sit still, and when the excitement came, they left the inn together to join the army, and lined up in a long line to sign up. They are in good health, their ages are still within the range, and the primary election was passed quickly. The second selection allowed them to go to the military camp outside the city, and it was a physical examination and a test.

The two did not hide their names, but they did not say that they were lifters, only that they had read books. As soon as the recruiters saw their good handwriting, they immediately arranged them to be petty officers and arranged for them to be the captains of the migrant workers.

"Migrant workers?" Lu Xiangsheng was disappointed by this. He originally intended to join the regular army, but at worst, he had to be a militia. It's too much of a loss to be a migrant worker, this is a backsliding pawn in the Ming Dynasty.

But the recruiter also said bluntly, "The 'revolutionary army' emphasizes training, and those who do not have training cannot even serve as militiamen, otherwise they will not be able to fight on the battlefield." If you want to be a soldier, you must first perform well in the ranks of migrant workers. Seeing that you are not ordinary people, you have the heart to take the initiative to serve, and slowly climbing up in the ranks of migrant workers is the right way. ”

......, Sun Chuanting could only persuade Lu Xiangsheng to be a little calm, listen more, watch more, do more, and speak less.

The reorganization took only one day, and the next day, Lu Sun and the others, as militia captains, each set off with dozens of people with a large army. Q: Where are you going? The officer who led the team said with a straight face: "The date, route, and location of the army's march are all military secrets. Do not inquire, spread. All you have to do is obey the command and you will be new. ”

Oops...... this is really different from the Ming Army!

When the Ming army fought, the soldiers and horses did not move, and the news flew all over the sky, for fear that the enemy would not know.

And on this road, Lu Sun and the others immediately discovered that the 'revolutionary army' was really wealthy. The militia was all driven by horse-drawn wagons. Many were four-wheeled carriages with a large carrying capacity, and many were two-wheeled carriages collected from various places. If this is in the Ming army, the soldiers engaged in transportation are all ordinary people who serve in conscription, and they are really shoulder-to-shoulder, with fewer vehicles and fewer animals pulling carts.

The work of migrant workers is very complicated, mainly transportation and road construction. Lu Sun and the others followed the team to the east, which was really eye-opening. Many of the captains of this militia came from primary schools in Tianjin, and they did not have a high level of education, but they were able to write and calculate, and acted according to the arrangements of their superiors, and they managed thousands of militiamen in an orderly manner.

Whether it is marching, camping, or freighting, these things need to be done by knowledgeable and literate people. This used to be something that could only be handled by local officials, but now it's all done by very young men. Lu Xiangsheng was greatly praised for this, "This team is well managed, better than the Ming army." This governs the people like an army, like an arm and a finger. ”

The contingent of migrant workers recruited from all over the world continued to gather, and finally the scale of tens of thousands of people turned out. These people are placed in various places with different responsibilities. Under the guidance of the engineers, many people mainly built roads, water conservancy, and bridges, and did not go to the front line at all. Lu Sun and the others didn't know whether they were lucky or unlucky, so they went all the way east to Zunhua.

When they arrived in Zunhua, Lu Sun and the others found that two brigades of national defense forces, 20,000 militiamen and about 50,000 migrant workers, and tens of thousands of carriages had been quietly gathered here. Seeing the neat and slaughtered team, they realized that the army of the 'revolutionary army' was completely different from the Ming army they had seen in the past.

"Majestic, really majestic!" Lu Xiangsheng arrived outside Zunhua City, only to know who the dozens of carriages he led were for. He saw the army leave the city again, march north, pass the Longjing Pass, and then pass the Xifeng Pass, and continue to advance on the winding mountain road. The marching ranks were all elite, even the militia was neat and solemn, and only the migrant workers seemed noisy and undisciplined.

The leader of this army turned out to be a female general, and when asked carefully, he knew that it was He Zhuo who swept through Shandong last year and purged the Confucian Mansion. It is said that Lu Sun and the others should hate He Zhuo Tooth, but when the two saw this female general riding by from a distance, they couldn't help but be impressed by his demeanor.

The two of them can understand the management of migrant workers, but the management of the militia of the 'revolutionary army' is completely inexplicable. These are called 'militias', but they are also disciplined forces, and they must not be wronged in order to enforce them. Except for the equipment that is almost there, it seems to be no different from the regular army. But in terms of poor equipment, it is much stronger than the Ming army compared with the Wehrmacht, which is armed to the teeth.

"Half of this militia uses muskets, and even small cannons." Lu Xiangsheng was amazed, "Tens of thousands of people are measured and calm." Both the roads and the camps were heavily guarded, and no one dared to make a noise. This is already a strong army. I can't imagine what the Wehrmacht looks like? ”

Sun Chuanting also felt that the ranks of the 'revolutionary army' were really very knowledgeable. He went to the militia every day when he was camping, and found that the men did not rest immediately when it was dark, but organized themselves to study. It's going to be a war, and they even teach people to read and write. "Strange things, strange things, if you come out of the army for three or five years, you can take the test."

This kind of universal education method opened the eyes of the two, and they really didn't know it, and they were shocked when they saw it. It is no wonder that most of the officers and soldiers in the 'revolutionary army' speak naturally and do not flinch, because they are also educated - in contrast, the quality of the personnel among the migrant workers is poor, and most of them can really only buy strength, and they are not good at speaking.

The entire army was well supported, and a large number of wagons accompanied it to provide supplies. Although the mountain march is slow, it can open the road in the mountains, build bridges in the water, and simply blast it with explosives and pave it with manpower when there is a dangerous place. After a few days of marching, Lu Sun and the others found themselves farther and farther north, and they went deeper and deeper into the barren land.

The procession passed through the Yanshan Mountains from south to north, and the sight of the road gradually changed from mountains to hills and then grasslands. When they saw the vast scenery of the high ground and the vast wilderness that day, both of them wondered where this was.

Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were puzzled, and the two discussed privately - after crossing Yanshan to the north of the capital, that is, the territory of the Mongols. What are the armies doing here?!