The siege of Kaifeng was lifted, and as a guest army, there were naturally not too many excuses to be stationed in Kaifeng City, and there were too many rules and regulations in Kaifeng City, and the military camp was also very narrow, and there was not much need to stay in Kaifeng City.

Therefore, Chen Wang did not wait for Gao Mingheng to mention this matter, so he took the initiative to mention moving outside the city.

Gao Mingheng originally wanted to bring up this matter, but he just considered that if he mentioned it first, he would have a feeling of unloading the mill and killing the donkey.

It may cause a gap in the relationship between him and Chen Wang, so Gao Mingheng has been thinking about what kind of situation it would be better to ask for a move to camp.

After all, now that he has taken over the duties of the governor of Henan, thieves are still rampant in Henan, and the power of the Wanmin Army is huge, the threat is deep, and it is difficult to solve.

Now there are very few soldiers and horses in Henan, and the recruitment and training of the new army were also handed over to Chen Wang by Chongzhen.

In this case, Gao Mingheng naturally wanted to have a good relationship with Chen Wang.

Therefore, after Chen Wang took the initiative to move to the camp, Gao Mingheng was naturally overjoyed, and his perception of Chen Wang also improved a lot.

Kaifeng south of the city, Hanzhong military camp.

At this time, the people outside the Hanzhong military camp were full of people, bustling and shouting, and there were crowds of people at a glance.

The Hanzhong Army armor soldiers of the brigade stood tall with guns, and each army was in formation, guarding outside the camp, maintaining order in the field, and dividing the people outside the camp into small groups.

The Hanzhong military armor riding on the war horse, carrying the bright saber on his shoulder, driving the war horse, looked around with tigerish eyes.

Therefore, although the scene was panicked, it still maintained a certain order after all, and it was not chaotic.

Tens of thousands of people were gathering in front of the Hanzhong military camp at this time, and they gathered together, covering almost the entire south of Kaifeng City.

These people are all hungry people who were begging for life outside Kaifeng before.

The difference between the Wanmin Army and the Rogue is that the Wanmin Army does not coerce ordinary people, and does not coerce hungry people to be cannon fodder for hungry soldiers.

Therefore, the hungry people who were originally entrenched outside Kaifeng City did not disappear, and only a small number of them left with the Wanmin Army, and most of them still remained outside Kaifeng City.

There are porridge sheds outside Kaifeng City on a regular basis, and they can be regarded as having a bite to eat, and they can barely hang their lives.

Now that it is spring, maybe they will stay up for a while, and when the court is gracious and no longer pursue taxes, they can also return to their hometowns and not live this kind of turbulent life again.

And joining the ranks of the People's Army is tantamount to rebellion.

For ordinary people, the word rebellion is too terrifying.

If it really wasn't to the point of desperation, no one wanted to rebel.

After all, rebellion is a real head-killing business.

And they all know that the officers and soldiers have beaten the Wanmin Army not long ago, and they have lost their armor and fled in embarrassment.

The Wanmin Army left tens of thousands of corpses under Kaifeng City, and then fled to the east in disgrace.

Therefore, not many people want to join the ranks of the People's Army.

Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is the common sense of the world.

At this time, outside the Hanzhong Army camp, these wandering and staying homeless people, they naturally did not want to attack the Hanzhong Army camp.

The reason for such a scene is that someone in the government conveyed a message to them yesterday.

The imperial court, it's time to conscript, to recruit a new army.

In the Han and Tang dynasties, the recruitment conditions were extremely strict, and not everyone could become a soldier.

In many cases, the regular army's demand for a good family cut off the path of many people who want to become soldiers.

The so-called son of a good family has a permanent property, a clean net worth, a clean clan, and has never done anything wrong.

But as time progressed, frequent upheavals, massive conscriptions, and lower requirements.

From the Song Dynasty, the military was controlled by literature.

In the Song Dynasty, among the methods of punishing criminals, there was an example of confiscation.

Everything is inferior, only reading is high, Donghua Gate

The foreign roll call is a good man, and he has also become a model representative of the Song Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the status of the warriors was greatly improved, but with the outbreak of the Tumubao Change, the Wuxun Group collapsed, and the imbalance between civil and military forces made the situation of heavy civil and military light again.

Therefore, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it was often said that a good man should not be a soldier.

There aren't many good people who are willing to take the initiative to be soldiers.

Seven or eight out of ten people who are willing to serve in the army are outlaws with lawsuits, or poor peasants who are really desperate.

The towns on the nine sides recruited battalion soldiers, and in many cases, there would even be a situation of strong men being captured.

But this time, after the news that the imperial court wanted to recruit new soldiers, it attracted tens of thousands of people to apply.

Hanzhong army camp, above the camp gate.

Gao Mingheng and Chen Wang, who were dressed in scarlet robes, stood side by side, while a group of officials and soldiers stood on either side of them.

"It is extremely difficult to recruit troops everywhere, and there are few conscripts, but today General Chen is recruiting troops, and people from all over the world are coming in waves, scrambling, which is enough to see that General Chen's voice is far and wide."

Gao Mingheng looked at the crowded recruitment scene in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh.

This time, there was a flood of recruits, and Gao Mingheng had already sent someone to find out the reason.

Because of the great victory of King Qin before, the imperial court took the lead and hyped up the battle of Qingshan Pass.

Jiannu has been plundering the border for decades, and the land of the north has been poisoned several times, and the people naturally hate Jiannu.

The battle of Qingshan Pass, the momentum of the Great Zhuang Dynasty.

When the Jingshi offered prisoners, the people wept with joy and ran to tell each other.

And Chen Wang, as the first merit of the battle of Qingshan Pass, is even more highly respected.

Today's son is even more golden, comparing Chen Wang with Qi Shaobao, and Jiaqi Yong won the name of the three armies.

Therefore, many places are written with Chen Wang as the protagonist, and the Hanzhong army led by Chen Wang is also known as the Chen Jiajun, which is compared with the Qi Jiajun and the Yuejia army led by Yue Fei in the Song Dynasty.

In many scripts, the Hanzhong Army is shaped into a team like the Yuejia Army and the Qi Family Army, which are strict military discipline and serve the country and the people.

Freeze to death without demolishing the house, starve to death without plundering.

Chen Wang is also a hero like Qi Jiguang and Yue Fei, who is jealous and hateful, upright, and loyal to the country.

Therefore, this time, I heard that the imperial court was going to recruit troops, and the generals who were going to lead them would be Chen Wang, and he instantly exploded inside and outside Kaifeng City.

Not only the displaced people outside the city who are struggling for their livelihood are excited, but many people in Kaifeng City even rushed to participate in the recruitment.

Especially those social soldiers in Kaifeng City, most of them are in their twenties, and they are at the time of their strength.

In the first battle of Kaifeng, they had seen blood on the battlefield, fought for their lives, and were also on the city wall, and saw Chen Wang with 3,000 Hanzhong army armor to break through the army of ten thousand people, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger.

They were not satisfied with just encircling the Kaifeng Society soldiers, they wanted to become real soldiers, and they wanted to directly join Chen Wang's command and follow Chen Wang's southern expedition to the north.

Gao Mingheng knew the reason for the inside, and Chen Wang naturally knew the reason for the inside.

He was previously in the Yunyang Reform Supervision Office, separated the supervision office, and asked Hu Zhili to set up a base in Henan to vigorously develop the power of the supervision office.

Nowadays, in all the important cities in Henan, there are hidden strongholds of supervision centers.

In the whole of Henan, the number of people on the staff of the supervision institute is actually more than 500, and this is not counting the non-staff personnel who act as eyes and ears and exchange information for money.

In Kaifeng City, the supervision office even has three strongholds, and there are a large number of spies inside and outside the city, as well as many eyes and ears who take money to do things.

Therefore, Chen Wang didn't even need to step out of the Chinese military tent to know the direction of public opinion inside and outside Kaifeng City and the big and small things that happened.

In fact, Chen Wang's current reputation among the people is not only due to official propaganda, but also to the supervision office.

The first to compare Chen Wang with Yue Fei was Hu Zhili's instructions to supervise

What was done, and then it was spread everywhere, so that the story of the book was widely circulated.

Chen Wang didn't know whether Gao Mingheng really sighed casually because of the scene of conscription in front of him, or whether he was knocking him vaguely.

After all, "winning the hearts of the people" is not a good thing for a military minister......

However, according to the inference of the information provided by the supervision office during this time, as well as Chen Wang's own understanding, Gao Mingheng probably did not mean to beat him.

Chen Wang had an impression of Gao Mingheng, in history, when Gao Mingheng was the first official, he supervised the people and governed the water, helped refugees, and made outstanding political achievements.

Gao Mingheng once admonished Chongzhen that he should be honest and honest, select and appoint talents, do not have to follow seniority, rectify the rule of officials, and be strict and cowardly, which was appreciated by Emperor Chongzhen.

During his tenure as the Governor of Henan, he impeached corrupt officials, strictly enforced political discipline, picketed lawlessness, and was loyal to his duties.

In the winter of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the Qing soldiers broke through Yishui City, and Gao Mingheng and his wife Zhang committed suicide by martyrdom.

Gao Mingheng's ability may not be enough, but there is no doubt that he is indeed an upright official and a man of integrity.

"The Governor is really too famous, if it weren't for the Governor sending officials to spread the word in all directions, how could it be like this."

Chen Wang did not respond positively to what Gao Mingheng said, but gave some credit to Gao Mingheng for the matter.

Gao Mingheng's words were too sensitive.

Although Gao Mingheng is most likely just a casual emotion, Chen Wang still adheres to his usual caution.

"The battle of Zhengzhou is heart-wrenching, and the soldiers and horses in various towns have been seriously damaged, but fortunately, the Yang Pavilion Department sent General Chen to the north to help, otherwise I am afraid that the situation in Henan has already gotten out of control."

Gao Mingheng sighed, his expression was quite melancholy, but he let go of his eyebrows again.

"I have heard that General Chen has trained his troops well, and when he was in Hanzhong, he was the commander of the Hanzhong Guard, in charge of training, and when he left office, the thousands of guards in Hanzhong had a new look and combat strength, and he also made great contributions to the battle against the rebellion."

"I don't know how long it will take for the battalions in each town to recover their combat strength, when they will be able to participate in the attack, and whether General Chen can tell you a thing or two."

Gao Mingheng was more concerned about the issue of military training.

Now the Wanmin Army is strong, although it has suffered a small defeat, but it is still strong.

Although Chen Wang's soldiers and horses have 20,000 people and strong combat power, these people are still far from enough in Gao Mingheng's opinion.

The soldiers and horses in various towns in Henan have been seriously damaged, not to mention the attack, that is, the defense of various important towns is insufficient, and many places even need Chen Wang's soldiers and horses to fill it.

Gao Mingheng's question, although Chen Wang was able to answer it immediately, he still pretended to ponder for a while before speaking.

"Recruits need to train for at least three months before they can start to be effective, and then they need to keep fighting to become a qualified army."

"Three months ......"

Gao Mingheng frowned slightly, this time is short and short, and long and long.

Although he does not know military affairs, he also knows that military training is not an easy task.

Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Yang Sichang and others are all proficient in military training, so Chen Wang said that he can form combat strength in three months, I am afraid it should be extremely fast.

But for three months, the People's Army will not stay there honestly, they will move around, run rampant everywhere, and cause a lot of destruction.

As the governor of Henan, how could he let the Wanmin Army wreak havoc in Henan Province for a whole three months.

Chen Wang watched the expression on Gao Mingheng's face change, and also deduced the thoughts in Gao Mingheng's heart.

"The Wanmin Army has marched east to the Defu this time, and the imperial court has already recruited Lu Jian's army to the north to block it, and has requisitioned Baoding Zhen's troops to the south to protect Shandong, which has already blocked the road for the Wanmin Army to go east."

"Our army is not strong enough to attack and suppress, so we can only hold on, and the imperial court will train new soldiers at the end of the imperial edict, which is to know the current situation."

Gao Mingheng's brows stretched slightly, and then furrowed again, repeating this several times, and finally all turned into a sigh.

After a long time, Gao Mingheng regained his strength, but his expression was difficult to hide his exhaustion.

"I remember this recruitment, the number of soldiers is 23,000 people in seven battalions."

"The Governor remembers well."

"When the recruits have completed their training, they can defend each city to prevent the Wanmin Army from entering various places, and the last general can also lead his soldiers and horses to calmly enter and suppress the main force of the Wanmin Army."

"It's just ......"

Chen Wang's eyebrows furrowed, making a look of wanting to speak and stopping.

"Just what?"

Gao Mingheng really frowned and asked.

"The fixed number of soldiers was 23,000, but the military salary transferred from the imperial court was only enough for 15,000 people, with a difference of more than 8,000 people......

Chen Wang shook his head and sighed.

"And when the last general sent someone to receive the ordnance yesterday, he found that seven or eight out of ten of the ordnance were crippled, and it was really useless."

"Many of the nail leaves in the dark armor are rusty and can be broken when slashed, and most of the boring walls of bird guns are extremely thin, which is very easy to explode, and even cannot be fired."

Gao Mingheng frowned, clenched his fists, his expression was angry, he wanted to say something, his fists clenched and loosened, loosened and clenched, and finally did not say it.

After many years of ups and downs in the sea, Gao Mingheng naturally knew why the imperial court set a military salary of 23,000 people.

But in the end, only 15,000 people were paid.

The military salary of 15,000 people, and the lack of military salary of 8,000 people, are actually considered to be the mercy of those moths.

Perhaps it is because he is worried that there are too many people who are greedy for ink, in case the civil uprising in Henan is difficult to control, and he will be implicated at that time.

"As for the military salary, I tried my best to find a way, and for the time being, I will recruit soldiers according to the actual military salary."

Gao Mingheng closed his eyes, there were some things, he couldn't do anything.

"As for the ordnance ......"

Chen Wang's heart was slightly protruding, so much foreshadowing in front of him was all for the last question.

Gao Mingheng opened his eyes, turned his head to look at Chen Wang, and after a short period of thought, he also made a choice.

The army of the people raged in many places, and the famine continued to prolong, and after becoming the governor, all the burdens were on his shoulders.

He has countless government affairs to deal with every day, and he really doesn't have that much energy.

"I remember that when you were in Hanzhongwei before, you were also in charge of Hanzhongwei's Ordnance Bureau, and you put it in order."

"I don't know anything about military affairs, and I don't know how to make ordnance, so since you have dealt with the relevant affairs, I will leave this aspect to you to supervise for the time being."

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