Chapter 23: Recruitment
Since the beginning of winter, the recruitment order of the Lizhou Rongsi has been conveyed to the three passes and five states, and there has been a steady stream of young men from all over the country who have come to the military camp in Canzhou to join the army, so that the applicants have gathered, and the military camp outside the city of Canzhou has been overcrowded.
The three passes and five prefectures are steep and steep, the cultivated land is scarce and barren, and the people mostly make a living by hunting and mining, and their lives are poor. In addition, Sanguan and Wuzhou are located at the junction of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hanzhong and Tubo.
Therefore, the recruitment order of the Lizhou Rongsi was issued to all prefectures and counties, and countless people came to recruit into the army.
"Name, age, place of origin, have you ever attended school?"
At the entrance of the big camp in Chuzhou, Zhang Zhongxia sat at a table, asking about registration one by one, full of energy and never tired of it.
"The villain Ma Jiafu, 20 years old, from Chengzhou, has studied private school for three years, and has not yet married."
Ma Jiafu replied respectfully, his eyes unconsciously turned to the teaching field.
There, a team of non-commissioned officers donned protective gear and hoods, and were engaged in intense stabbing training.
Needless to ask, these are veterans of the original battalion.
In reply, "Examiner", he put his hands together, raised his head and chest, and stood up straight, just like the soldiers in the battalion. β
Zhang Zhongxia said softly, and pointed with his left hand at the soldiers in the camp who maintained order.
"Do it all over again! Name, age, place of origin, have you ever attended school? β
Zhang Zhongxia asked again and took the brush.
Recruiting new recruits is much the same as when the cadets were admitted to the martial arts hall. In fact, these manners were told by the officers before the soldiers entered the camp, but most of them were ordinary people, and they were not accustomed to the army, so they were inevitably negligent.
"Examiner! The villain Ma Jiafu, 20 years old, from Chengzhou, has studied private school for three years, and is not yet married! β
Ma Jiafu stood solemnly, raised his head and chest, and replied loudly.
How do you think, the current barracks seem to be different from the previous ones, and there seem to be more things.
"Good! Ma Jiafu, do you have any specialties? Will it be a sword, a gun and a stick? Can you shoot arrows on horseback? β
Zhang Zhongxia asked again, with a gentle attitude.
He comes from the people, and he will inevitably have compassion for the poor.
"Examiner! The villain passed on the knife technique, and he used to be an Orion, who could shoot arrows and ride horses! β
Ma Jiafu's face did not change and replied loudly.
"Ma Jiafu, take the number plate and go to the front to test!"
Zhang Zhongxia picked up the wooden card and was about to hand it over, when he suddenly asked:
"Ma Jiafu, you are twenty years old, have you ever married, do you have children?"
"Examiner! The villain is poor, so he didn't marry! β
Ma Jiafu replied truthfully.
"Go ahead! Test well, protect Sangzi, and defend the country! β
"Thank you, Examiner!"
Ma Jiafu took the wooden sign and walked away uncertainly.
With his skills, there should be no problem with successfully joining the army.
"Name, age, place of origin, have you ever attended school?"
Zhang Zhongxia continued to ask, facing the next soldier.
"Examiner, villain Liu Chuan, twenty-four years old, from Jiangli County, has studied in private school for two years!"
The soldier stood with his head raised and stood solemnly, obviously having learned from the previous experience.
"Yanagawa, do you have any skills?"
Zhang Zhongxia asked softly, looking up with satisfaction.
Finally, I don't need him to tell them one by one.
I have to say that whether it is the degree of physical fitness or the martial style, Biansai is much stronger than Lin'an City.
A set of knife techniques was played, tiger and tiger, mighty and strong, and the instructors who were assessed on the side nodded lightly.
"Ma Jiafu, you have passed the assessment of recruits. After bathing, I received my futon and military uniform, and I went to sleep as soon as possible. β
This recruit is of good quality, maybe he can be trained and become a future officer.
Finally passed the assessment and became a recruit, Ma Jiafu breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little ignorant.
"Examiner, don't you need sashimi?"
Even if it was a tattoo on the arm, it was unbearable pain and left marks.
"According to the new decree of the imperial court, all new soldiers do not need to be sashimi. The bad rule of sashimi has been abolished! β
Wu Feng straightened his face and said to Ma Jiafu.
Soldiers are sacred and inviolable, and the emperor has already said it many times in the Jinling Lecture Hall. Soldiers, there should be their pride.
Jinling Lecture Wutang graduated ahead of schedule and came to Shukou Biansai, and now he is already a deputy commander of Lizhou West Road.
Ma Jiafu seemed to understand whether he understood or not, nodded and left.
Military personnel are sacred and inviolable. Is the sign at the gate of the camp real or fake?
When did the stinky soldier have such a good thing?
After registering the belongings he had brought with him and taking the receipt, Ma Jiafu joined the long bathing procession, looking back from time to time, obviously worried about what he had deposited.
"Don't look at it, what can you have? After taking a shower, put on new clothes, and I'll give it to you when I turn around! β
The recruits in front of the queue gave Ma Jiafu a job to solve his doubts.
"Brother, when you enter the camp, you have to wash your body, is this a new rule in the army?"
Ma Jiafu asked, feeling a little more at ease.
There are some money money that I carry with me, but I can't be swallowed by Shangguan privately.
"After washing his body, he changed into new clothes issued in the camp, saying that it was to prevent anyone from getting sick. Your clothes are in tatters, and you should be burning. Those who are clean will accept the recruits to wash them, dry them and keep them for themselves. β
The recruits are not very old, but they are very enthusiastic.
"Most of these officers in the battalion are officers who graduated from Jinling Jiangwutang and are protΓ©gΓ©s of the Son of Heaven, and even Cao Youwen, the commander of Lizhou West Road, has just graduated from Jinling Jiangwutang. The army is full of new rules, don't bully people, don't owe military salaries, it's just that the training is too ruthless! β
"Brother, how ruthless?"
Ma Jiafu became interested all of a sudden.
No sashimi, no bullying, no military pay. It seems that this recruit is not so difficult to be.
"Seven days with one day off, the other six days every day, half a day, sometimes at night. When you open your eyes every day, it's a 20-mile trail run, and then it's drills, what queue drills, physical training, and so on. β
The enthusiastic recruits gushed and soon became chatter.
"After a day of training, who has the energy to cause trouble? When I came back, I lay down and fell asleep, and the next day I got up and continued to practice. Moreover, there is strict military discipline in the barracks, and if anyone dares to commit a crime, no one can escape! You go in, practice well, don't make trouble! β
"Yes, yes!"
Ma Jiafu's heart was furious. He trains people to death every day, which really makes him afraid.
"Then what if you can't stand it and become a deserter?"
Ma Jiafu asked unconsciously.
The military rules are strict, if you become a deserter, you won't be punished on the spot, right?
"They are all good families in Shukou, most of them are poor, and few of them will be deserters. You see, it's only been a few days, and it's already thousands of recruits! β
The recruit's words made Ma Jiafu nod unconsciously.
I can't stand even a little suffering, so why do I want to be a soldier? How else do you go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?
The apprehension in his heart disappeared unconsciously.
In the barracks, Ma Jiafu packed up his bed and put the items he received, such as clothes, socks, basins, soap, etc., under the bunk, and behaved properly.
On the bunk opposite, the head of the house, Huang Xiong, leaned lazily on the bunk, watching Ma Jiafu busy with his work, and made a look. A veteran understood and went over to kick Ma Jiafu's ass.
"Hurry up! Give me your soap! β
"What? Why for you? β
Ma Jiafu turned his head and looked at the veteran in puzzlement.
On the market, a bar of soap is always expensive, and gold is expensive. Besides, this is issued by the barracks to themselves, why should it be given to these veterans?
"If you want to give it to you, what's the nonsense?"
The Ma family is rich and tall, and the veterans are a little weak-hearted, but they are stubborn.
"Don't you have it yourself, why do you want me?"
I had long heard that there was a custom of bullying recruits in the barracks, but now it seems that it is true.
"To give or not to give? If you don't give it, you kid will be better in the future! β
The veteran said cruel words, bent down and wanted to go under the bed and get it himself.
"Just don't give it! Go aside! β
Ma Jiafu was full of anger and pushed the veteran away. The veteran was caught off guard, and several stumbled, almost falling to the ground.
"You kid is looking for death!"
Huang Xiong's liver was so hot that he couldn't hold it anymore, jumped out of bed, and punched Ma Jiafu.
"Captain, why are you beating people indiscriminately?"
Ma Jiafu hurriedly flashed, and Huang Xiong besieged with several other veterans, and soon knocked Ma Jiafu to the ground. Ma Jiafu didn't have a knife in his hand, so he could only hold his head and curl up in a ball.
The other recruits in the dormitory watched all this in amazement. On the other hand, veterans seem to be commonplace, and it is not strange to see them.
"He's brewed! Toast without eating and eating penalty wine! β
Huang Xiong took the soap from Ma Jiafu that the "little brother" took, said coldly, and kicked it again.
"What? Stop! β
Zhang Zhongxia arrived in time and stopped the atrocities of Huang Xiong and others.
Huang Xiong and the others hurriedly dodged away, and Zhang Zhongxia stepped forward to help Ma Jiafu.
"Ma Jiafu, are you okay? Would you like to go to the infirmary? β
"General, I'm fine."
Although Ma Jiafu has a blue nose and swollen face, he is honest.
Zhang Zhongxia turned his head, looked at Huang Xiong and the others, and ordered the generals.
"Huang Xiong, you, and a few of you, follow me to the gendarmerie!"
"General, he's nothing. Forget it. β
Huang Xiong accompanied the smiling face, and then he became afraid.
The gendarmerie, I heard that it is the official government in the army, specializes in disposing of sergeants. If I go, I'm afraid I'll have to peel off my skin.
"Forget it? If I hadn't happened to bump into them, everyone would have been injured and disabled by you. β
Zhang Zhongxia's face was gloomy, and he solemnly warned all the recruits and veterans in the dormitory.
"Bullying is strictly forbidden in the army, and violators are severely punished. As a veteran, instead of helping the recruits, he beat them up and blackmailed them. According to military regulations, not only will you be confined, Huang Xiong, you are the first offender, I'm afraid you won't be able to stay in the camp! β
These guys have used all the messy rules in the army to recruit recruits, and of course they must be severely punished and set an example for them.
"General, please, spare me! My family is still waiting for me to feed them! β
Huang Xiong cried and pleaded with Zhang Zhongxia.
"General, forget it. Nothing to do, besides, he still has a family to support. β
Ma Jiafu couldn't bear it and pleaded with Huang Xiong.
"Military orders are like mountains, and no one can trespass. Ma Jiafu, this is not a good person. Everyone, as well as you, Ma Jiafu, will go to testify. β
Zhang Zhongxia glanced at Huang Xiong with disgust, turned around and left.
In this guy, he seems to see his unbearable past, which makes him even more unbearable.
Zhang Zhongxia and the others left, Ma Jiafu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed closely with a few bystanders.
Several veterans looked at each other and shook their heads. It seems that in this army, the bad habit of veterans bullying new recruits is about to be abolished.
"Beep! Beep! β
The shrill whistle pierced the silence of the night, and the recruits and veterans reluctantly left the warm bedding, dressed up, and washed quickly.
Soon, the neatly dressed soldiers assembled on the teaching field, and the officer gave an order, and in the sound of the password, all the recruits and veterans ran forward together and began a ten-mile cross-country run, the first training of the day.
In the dark and unknown teaching ground, in the dry, cold and fresh air, Ma Jiafu was mixed in the chaotic crowd of sergeants, shouting slogans, breathing hot air in his mouth, and running forward with all his might.
His career in the military camp began in this way.