Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 348 Heluo Wind and Thunder 1
Zhong Ning and Xu Gong finally came back from Yulin, and brought back more than 1000 youths who grew up on horseback, including frontier cavalry and Mongolian youths, all of whom were skilled horse archers.Among this batch of recruits, the cavalry of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Frontier Army accounted for more than half. The soldiers from one town went to other army towns to serve as soldiers. Wouldn't it be better for the guards to serve as soldiers than to let them go to the peasant army to fight against the court?

In addition, at the request of Yang Menglong, they carried back more than 300 tons of bone meal by carrying them on a ship.Last year, Yang Menglong set up a bone meal processing station in Yulin. He used tea, cloth, and salt to exchange cattle, sheep, and horse bones with the Mongolians, and then burned the bones into powder with coal collected from the local area. , and then transported back to Henan through the Yellow River channel.The Mongols are happy to do this kind of transaction. Many livestock die of cold and disease every year. The bones are worthless to them. It would be great if they could exchange them for some necessities of life.The business of the bone meal processing plant has been booming since it opened. No, hundreds of tons of bone meal have been produced in just half a year.Bone meal is a good fertilizer with high phosphorus content. These bone meal will greatly fill the gap in the supply of phosphorus fertilizer in Nanyang and Luoyang.

Wang Tiechui and Xu Meng also returned from Shandong, bringing back a Shandong man who was like the No. [-] iron tower.Shandong is near the sea, and its economy is relatively developed. It is rich in seafood. Most importantly, the iodine content of crops in coastal areas is much higher than that in inland areas. Therefore, Shandong people never worry about iodine deficiency. Everyone is tall and strong. Be like a bull.Surprisingly, Shandong has such a good source of soldiers, but it has not produced any strong troops. Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, was from Shandong, but he had to go to Zhejiang to recruit soldiers.Now Wang Tiehammer and Xu Meng wanted to use themselves as a model to turn these Shandong men into fearsome can openers on the battlefield.

Xue Siming and Han Peng were so busy that they finally recruited more than 4000 soldiers within the specified time.It is still the same, these more than 4000 soldiers are mainly young people among the refugees in Shaanxi. This has several advantages. First, it will give those refugees a way of life. If someone serves as a soldier in Wuyang Guard, the whole family can survive in Nanyang Second, some of these young men will be taken away, leaving a group of old and weak women and children, even if they want to make trouble, they will not be able to cause chaos; third, these soldiers from Shaanxi have no local connections, so naturally There is no need to worry about them being bought by local tyrants.Of course, from Yang Menglong's point of view, he also prefers Shaanxi Lengwa who can endure hardships, is taciturn, and has an upright personality. Not to mention the low recruitment cost, he is easy to bring along.

Among the more than 4000 soldiers, there were also soldiers from Sichuan and Hunan.This is a very bad omen. The land in Hunan and Sichuan has always been famous for its fertile and fertile land. Even these two places have begun to flee famine. So what will happen in the northwest where the conditions are much worse?

The black tiger flag fluttered in the wind. Thousands of recruits lined up majestically, with their heads held high and their chests held high. Thousands of pairs of eyes were all looking at the small figure on the general platform.

Yang Menglong looked at his soldiers, and his eyes first fell on the phalanx whose average height was more than ten to twenty centimeters higher than the other phalanxes. He counted the number of people, frowned and asked Wang Tiehammer, "Didn't I ask you to recruit two 300 soldiers?" Are people enough, good guy, you recruited five or six hundred for me at once! Are you raising it?"

Wang Tiechui clasped his fists and said: "Returning to your lord, my subordinates will bear in mind your orders, and only recruit soldiers with strong bodies, integrity, and clean family backgrounds, but they all meet or exceed this standard, and my subordinates really don't know what to do." How can you refuse them!"

Yang Menglong snorted: "I see that you have never thought of rejecting them. Don't think that I can't see through your thoughts!"

Wang Tiehammer lowered his voice and said: "These soldiers are all good soldiers with great strength, upright character, and clean family background. They were forced by the famine and couldn't survive, so they came here to join you. Please do me a favor. Give them a bowl of rice to eat!"

The two have known each other for two years, and Wang Tiechui has never asked Yang Menglong for help. This is the first time.Yang Menglong sighed and said: "I have accepted all these soldiers, but they can't be trained, so don't blame me for driving them away... Forget it this time, don't make your own decisions next time, you know how to train a heavy infantry What a cost!"

Wang Tiechui was overjoyed: "Thank you, my lord!"

Xue Siming's complexion is not very good-looking, you are fighting for military expenses!He said aggrievedly: "A heavy infantryman's outfit is enough to support ten pikemen and horizontal swordsmen. He suddenly overstaffed two or three hundred, and you don't care about it, my lord?"

Yang Menglong stared, and said, "It's okay? Didn't you also surpass six or seven hundred in one breath!"

Xue Siming quickly pretended to be confused: "Is there any? My subordinates are not very good at arithmetic, and the statistics are not accurate..."

Yang Menglong snorted: "Come on, I know you want to shit or pee as soon as you raise your tail. It's nothing more than treating me as a fool and wanting to take this opportunity to provide more opportunities for a few fellow villagers. That's it. I still can't see through my mind?"

Xue Siming chuckled: "Who would think that I have too many soldiers?"

Yang Menglong said: "Don't get too excited, I have to take an assessment every three months, and if you fail, let me go. I pray that you, fellow villagers in Shaanxi, will be more energetic!" After finishing speaking, he closed his mouth and straightened his back. Straight as a javelin, silently watching the thousands of recruits.When all the generals knew that they were coming, they all looked solemn and stared at the recruits with their heads held high.

Thousands of recruits also looked at their general.

The camp was silent and silent.

The sun hung high overhead, spouting flames, and could almost hear the crackling of it burning.

Time passed by like this, no one spoke, no one moved, thousands of people, like thousands of cement piles.

Anyone who has stood in a military posture knows how uncomfortable it is, and Wuyangwei's unique black military uniform has a first-class heat absorption effect. Under the scorching sun, everyone is sweating profusely, coupled with mosquito bites, the itchy feeling is straight through Bone marrow, so that those recruits just want to slap them into meatloaf.But no one dared to move, because just across from them, more than 1000 veterans of Wuyang Guard stood under the scorching sun and were exposed to the sun with them.These veterans stood on the grass, where there were more mosquitoes, and their stomachs swelled when they were bitten on their faces, but no one moved, like a group of unconscious wooden people!
These veterans are even more uncomfortable!
As time goes by, the different personalities of people in various regions are fully revealed.The impatient faces of the soldiers from the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Frontier Army and Mongolia were trying their best to endure. The facial muscles of the Shandong men twitched slightly, trying to get rid of the mosquitoes on their faces in this way, and the Hunan soldiers winked. With a little movement, the Sichuan soldiers and the Shaanxi soldiers looked at the Wuyang Guard veterans with stubborn expressions, as if they were locked in a fight. If you don't move, I won't move either. I'll be beaten to death!The border troops have been stationed at the border for many years. The Mongolians have lived on the grasslands since childhood and have long been accustomed to the unrestrained life. They hate this harsh discipline.Shandong and Hunan people are unruly and bold, passionate and unrestrained, and do not like to be restrained.Both Sichuan and Shaanxi are mountainous and sparsely populated, and the environment is relatively closed. They have developed a character of unity, stubbornness, and silence. Especially the people in Shaanxi, there are few words between father and son.They are more willing to accept constraints, obey orders, and it doesn't matter if they suffer a little bit, but once someone steps over their bottom line, they will erupt like a volcanic eruption, without considering the consequences.

The temperature continued to rise, uncomfortably hot.

The veteran remained motionless.

The recruits were gritting their teeth and persisting. Many of them had blackened eyes and might pass out at any time.

At this time, Yang Menglong finally moved and jumped off the platform. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and finally agreed to move!

The bastard strode up to the soldiers, slapped a big man from Shandong on the chest, and said, "That's right, there are more than 500 people, and none of them fell!"

The soldier who had mild heatstroke gave him a smile that was uglier than crying.

Yang Menglong slapped a Hunan soldier on the verge of collapse with another palm: "Not bad, it's really good to be able to stand for so long without moving a bit!"

The Hunan soldier wobbled and almost fell.

Yang Menglong slapped a Shaanxi soldier on the shoulder: "He's from Yulin, right?"

The soldier asked in a strong Shaanxi accent, "How did the general know that I came from Yulin?"

Yang Menglong said: "As far as your unruly and stubborn eyes are concerned, and you are still gritting your teeth to hold on even if you can't stand it anymore, and you want to save face and suffer, this is the only family, there is no other colony!"

A burst of laughter broke out among the recruits.

Yang Menglong said: "That's right, you are all rare and good soldiers! Welcome to join the Heluo New Army!"

A burst of cheers erupted among the recruits.

Yang Menglong continued: "I have heard about your treatment thousands of times before enlisting in the army, but I still want to emphasize it here. Your monthly salary is one tael or five silver, and the monthly salary of Lancers, heavy infantry, and scouts It is four times that of ordinary infantry. It is issued on time on the last three days of each month. You can take the receipt issued by the quartermaster to Limin Bank to pick it up. Officers have no right to pay you directly. If Limin Bank swallows Tell me your money directly, and I will take you to smash the bank!"

The frontier knights shouted excitedly: "Okay!" They have been soldiers for a day or two, and they have suffered enough from being deducted from their salaries by their superiors. How can they deduct their military pay!
Yang Menglong said: "Your military uniforms, casual clothes, shoes and socks, and quilts are all provided by the army, two sets of training uniforms, two sets of regular uniforms, and a new set of training uniforms are issued every three months—don't wear them all over. The idea of ​​bringing home endless training uniforms for your family, doing so will severely punish you and your family. Also, a set of training uniforms is not bad after wearing it for three months, I will bear you instructor!"

Many soldiers really wanted to take their endless military uniforms home for their families to wear, but the veterans looked down upon them.Sao Nian, you are so naive!First of all, it is a felony to take a general’s uniform out of the barracks, and a major demerit must be recorded; second, it is a serious crime for civilians to wear military uniforms, and they are severely punished; finally, with the training intensity of Wuyang Guards, a set of military uniforms has already become a fishing net after wearing it for three months. Give good military uniforms to your family, and you can train naked!

"Your food is 38 catties of rice and noodles every month, and the food is 40 Wen. During the holidays, your family can also get some condolences such as rice noodles, wine and meat, and even a red envelope. If you die in battle, ordinary The family members of soldiers can get 50 taels of silver as a pension and 100 acres of land; If the family members of the fallen soldiers are not given the treatment they deserve, you have the right to help the relatives of your comrades-in-arms to petition me, or even sue me. Once you win the case, I will make ten times the compensation. Don't happen, if it does happen, I will take the skin of the person in charge!"

The cheers of the soldiers resounded through the sky.The lives of soldiers nowadays are really cheap. Fighting wars is a natural obligation for them. They have no right to ask for anything. Honor has nothing to do with them. Even if they win, the rewards are extremely meager, such as fighting the Japanese and aiding Korea In the battle, 10,000+ soldiers fought bloody battles for seven or eight years, with tens of thousands of casualties, and finally won the battle. The rewards they got were actually less than one tael per person, which is simply a joke.In case they were killed in battle, the family members would be grateful if they could get a few buckets of old rice as compensation, not to mention money!How much combat power can an army have without honor, without due rewards, and without any compensation for the family members who died in battle?Well now, not only can they get generous rewards for serving in the military, even if they die in battle, their families will get a lot of compensation. What else do they have to worry about?Just fight to the death!If they win, everything belonging to the enemy will become their trophies. If they die, their family members will have no food and clothing from now on.Someone cheered excitedly: "I am willing to die for my lord!"

Yang Menglong said sharply: "I didn't die for me! I will give you the best equipment, the best treatment, and the strictest training. What I want is not your loyalty, but..." Huo Di turned around and pointed his halberd to the north. Lei Ting, "...when the Jiannu broke through again and the rolling cavalry flooded the North China Plain, when their spears covered the ground like a forest, and when the shells fired by the cannons covered the sky, you can have no hesitation For this land, for the people on this land who support us with blood and sweat, die without hesitation!"

"For this land, for the people on this land who support us with blood and sweat, die without hesitation!"

The passionate roar was like a thunderbolt, shaking the eardrums of every soldier, and also shaking their hearts.

(End of this chapter)