When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 238 The "filial sons" who dig out people under the command of their relatives ([-] words, two chapters in one)

([-] words, two chapters in one)

Since Shang Yang’s reform in the Qin State, the people only saw the word farming and war in their eyes. The men who were plowing the land at home received the conscription notice from the elders of the villages, and whether they wanted to or not, they had to go to the nearest military camp within the specified time limit.

There are also many men who can't wait to join the army, so they took advantage of this time to join the army.

There are also many Qin people who had returned home on leave, or those who had reached the fourth rank or even higher ranks and were exempted from being pawns. They picked up the weapons they bought, put on armor, and walked out of the house.

However, no matter what reason they wanted to go to the barracks, they had to gather under Li Zheng's request, and set off together after everyone arrived, and they were never allowed to go without permission.

After all, no one knows if they will encounter wild animals and thieves on the road, and it is easier to register in the barracks if people from one village go together.

In the open space in front of the village, a man walked out of the house, carrying a bundle of dry food, and registered his name in front of Li Zheng.

"Sheng Ding, no more jue, four buckets of dry food."

"Lin, Shangzao Jue, three buckets of dry food."

"Ji, Hairpin Niaojue, four buckets of dry food."

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Li Zheng had someone roughly weigh the dry food in the pack of every man who was about to go to the military camp, and recorded the weight on paper.

These dry rations are prepared by each household for consumption on the road, and the government will return this part of the rations to each household afterwards.

And at this time, the men who are about to join the army in every household will have more dry food in their bags. It's not that their family members want to take advantage of the opportunity, but they all know that if they don't have enough to eat, their men will die. It is possible to die on the battlefield, they just want to let the men in the family eat more.

Of course, there is not much dry food for three or four buckets, because their village is called Wu Village, a small village in Lantian County, and it is only one day away from Lantian Camp, so there is no need to prepare too much dry food.

At the time of registration in Lizheng, almost every household at the entrance of the village saw scenes of mothers seeing off their husbands and sons, and wives seeing off their husbands. All sons must go to the barracks to join the army.

This is the obligation of the Qin people stipulated by the Qin Law.

However, they didn't complain about the harsh Qin law, they just hated those princes who attacked Qin.

Although the Qin law is strict and restricts their various recreational activities, except for farming and weaving every day, there is nothing else, but in this world, how can they have so many requirements?
In this war-torn era, being able to eat... no, being alive is already a great gift, not to mention that each of them can get a reasonable allocation of land, at least enough to eat, which is already better than other countries. The people of China don't know how many times, and they don't want more.

However, no one knows how many of their husbands, children, and brothers will return after this war. After all, it is the alliance of the six countries.

The last time the Five Kingdoms united, they pushed Qin back into the Hangu Pass. This time there is one more country. How likely is it to win?
Therefore, this parting may be a parting of life and death for these common people, and naturally they are reluctant to give up in every possible way.

As an old woman shed tears as she bid farewell to her husband and two sons, the old people, women and children who were not crying could no longer suppress their emotions, and the crying spread throughout the village.

And such a scene happened in front of Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji, who was riding on a horse, came here accompanied by She Jian and Su Jiao. He came here to recruit soldiers to join his guard army.

Although the current [-] guards of the Qin Palace are temporarily served by the [-] Pingyang Heavy Armored Army and the [-] Xianyang Guards, these troops are only temporarily lent to Zhang Ji instead of guarding the palace, so Zhang Ji still has to recruit himself. of people.

Bringing Yingzheng's edict, Zhang Ji came to Lantian County. After showing the Yingzheng's edict to Meng Ao of Lantian Camp, as well as the county magistrate, county lieutenant and county magistrate of Lantian County, Zhang Ji was able to go smoothly. To obtain permission to recruit soldiers in Lantian County.

As soldiers guarding important places in the palace, the quality of soldiers is naturally high.

Moreover, the guard army is not always guarding the palace, just like the Northern and Southern Army in the Western Han Dynasty, sometimes they will send out the two elite Central Forbidden Army, the Northern and Southern Army.

Just yesterday, Yingzheng had decided that if all the countries joined forces to attack Qin, he would personally go out to boost morale. Therefore, the guards, as Yingzheng's guards, must be absolutely elite to ensure Yingzheng's safety.

The elite level of an army, in addition to the generals, the most important thing is the soldiers themselves.

Although many things can be made up for through acquired training, if the person who enlists in the army is a person with yellow muscles, dizziness, and powerlessness, no amount of training and training will help.

What's more, Zhang Ji didn't have much time to train this army, so Zhang Ji could only choose a tricky way.

That is to recruit veterans who already have titles.

Zhang Ji sent Li Xin, Qiang Yan, Yang Wengzi, Wang Ben, Feng Wuze, Tu Sui, Ren Xiao and others under his command to recruit troops in one place in Guanzhong.

Shejian and Su Jiao were originally from Lantian County. Although the She family and the Su family were attached to the Meng family, they still had some power in Lantian and had a certain reputation in Lantian, so they mobilized many people for the two families and went around for Zhang Ji Conscription was promoted.

And in the Lantian Camp

The burly and majestic Shejian and the slightly slender Su Jiao set up platforms on the north and south sides of the Lantian Camp and shouted loudly.

"Those with a yearly salary of a hundred stones can sign up for the Guard Army!"

When the two shouted, they added a little internal force, so even Meng Ao in the handsome tent in the center could hear it clearly.

When he first heard the voice, Meng Ao was still a little dazed, and immediately became furious. He slapped the table and shouted angrily: "You bastard, didn't you tell them to go to every town to recruit soldiers? Why did they get to the old man's Lantian camp?" Are you here to recruit soldiers?"

"The annual salary is a hundred stones, these two bastards really dare to speak."

Zhang Ji's recruitment requirements are not for all veterans, but for veterans with a salary of more than [-] shi.

In the ordinary Qin army, the only ones who can receive a salary of one hundred stones are Shangzaojue, that is to say, Zhang Ji only recruits veterans who are Shangzaojue and above.

First of all, those who can be promoted to the second level to become nobles must have some strength.

Those who can get the first level duke have all beheaded a soldier.

In this era when the rate of wearing armor was not high, most of the soldiers were the children of nobles, or soldiers who were qualified to wear armor.

Needless to say, the children of the nobles have family generals and soldiers to protect them, and they themselves have honed their martial arts.The military soldiers are elite soldiers who have undergone strict screening and rigorous training. It is not an exaggeration for ordinary soldiers to meet soldiers.

But sometimes it is inevitable that soldiers will behead a soldier because of luck or false merit, while the soldiers of Shangzaojue have beheaded at least two soldiers.

One time is luck, two times or even many times, the probability of false credit is extremely low, even if luck is good, it is enough to prove that this soldier has a certain ability, and generally can meet the requirements.

These titles at least belong to the veterans who have certain combat experience and skills, and have seen blood. They will not be stunned by fear on the battlefield, and they will not be as disobedient as some unruly recruits who have just joined the army. orders.

Of course, there is another point because each of the soldiers of the Shangzao Jue has two hectares of farmland, three cows, and two slaves. As long as the family is not too large, it is more than enough to support a family of five or six. Life issues.

Such soldiers can afford food and clothing on weekdays, and their physical fitness is naturally much stronger than ordinary soldiers. In addition, veterans who have made meritorious service are definitely the best source of soldiers. This is why later generations recruited good families.

"My mother..."

Therefore, when she heard She Jian and Su Jiao shouting that they would only recruit soldiers with an annual salary of more than [-] shi, Meng Ao couldn't help but yell at the quintessence of the country, but before he finished speaking, the generals Shehu and Su Quan coughed lightly at the same time.

Only then did Meng Ao realize that the fathers of these two bastards, Shejian and Su Jiao, were in the handsome tent, and the mothers of these two bastards were his two biological daughters, wouldn't he be scolding himself?
Therefore, before the quintessence of the country was finished, Meng Ao swallowed it back.

But Meng Ao was even more annoyed, dear grandson, he actually turned his elbow outward to help others pick up ready-made ones in his Lantian camp?
"She Hu, Su Quan, go and ask your good son, how dare he poach someone in the old man's Lantian camp!"

She Hu and Su Quan looked at each other, and immediately walked out of the handsome tent and went straight to the stage set up by his own son, after all, the people these two bastards dug up might be under their command.

After a long time, the two returned to the handsome tent in high spirits.

"General, the bastard in my family said that the recruitment of troops in Lantian County has been approved by the king, and he has notified the magistrate, county lieutenant, and county magistrate of Lantian...and you, and the Lantian camp..." Although Su Quan himself I was also angry, but the look in my father-in-law's eyes was obviously more scary, and I couldn't help swallowing, "Lantian Daying is also within the scope of Lantian County, so you have no right to interfere in this matter..."

Seeing Meng Ao's cannibalistic gaze, Shehu took a deep breath and added: "My bastard also said that the general is famous throughout the world, and he will never contradict his promise, otherwise we can only go to the king to argue."

Meng Ao grasped the desk in front of him, taking deep breaths continuously.

He was really afraid that he would die before he left the school, and he would die of anger in the handsome tent.

Not to mention Meng Ao, She Hu and Su Quan are also full of anger at the moment.

Shejian and Su Jiao not only poached people from Lantian camp, but also because they were most familiar with the soldiers under their father's command, so the soldiers under She Hu and Su Quan's command were poached the most.

Originally, some of their well-trained soldiers felt that they could not leave the Lantian camp like this, and felt that they were ashamed of their general's daily cultivation.

But She Jian and Su Jiao froze, saying that it was because their father raised them so carefully that they should come to help him.

These soldiers are also honest people, and after all, they are the sons of their own generals, and no one has come out to stop them for a long time, so they feel that they have got the permission of Meng Ao and their own generals.

So under the duplicity of the two of them, even if they signed the transfer order, by the time She Hu and Su Jiao wanted to stop it, it was too late.

She Hu and Su Jiao were so angry that they even violated the military discipline that they should not fight, and drew their knives to chase the two filial sons in public, vowing to let these two bastards understand what true "father's kindness and son's filial piety" is.

However, after listening to the narration of She Hu and Su Jiao... Meng Ao felt less angry, anyway, he was not the worst.

Meng Ao, who had calmed down, couldn't help laughing bitterly. No wonder Zhang Ji gave him so much meat a few days ago, and he also had a chef who knew how to make preserved five-flavored meat, and then told him that he wanted to recruit troops in Lantian County to serve as the guards things.

At that time, his homesickness was strong, and he was moved by Zhang Ji's deep and generous gift, so he didn't think much about it.

After all, Zhang Ji didn't need to ask him for permission. As long as there was an imperial edict from Yingzheng, it would be fine to inform Lantian County magistrate, county lieutenant, and county magistrate. According to the procedure, there was no need to inform him.

But after all, there may be veterans from the Lantian Camp among these soldiers, so Zhang Ji's notification is also an expression of respect for him.

Who would have thought that this kid was actually going to poach people in the Lantian camp, but he is a dignified general of the Qin Dynasty, is he really going to contradict a junior?
"That's it!"

After thinking for a long time, Meng Ao could only accept this trick.

After all, this guard army, their Meng family also has a share. Although Shejian and Su Jiao poached people from him, they did not poach their own in the end. Invest in yourself.

Moreover, after all, it is the guard army guarding Yingzheng, and weak soldiers cannot be allowed to serve as the guard army.

In the Lantian Camp, Shejian and Su Jiao's recruitment method was the first time for those soldiers.

However, since there is a royal edict of Yingzheng, these veterans who have been above the ranks and above have heard that they are serving as the guards for Yingzheng, so they are naturally more excited and eager to sign up.

In any case, serving as a soldier next to the king of a country must have a greater chance of survival, and the treatment is far better than that of ordinary soldiers of the Qin army, and the future is even better.

After all, Ying Zheng had already announced that he would personally sit on the front line when other countries invaded, and these veterans were naturally not worried that they would not have the opportunity to make meritorious service.

And they also believe that if such a team is placed on the battlefield, let alone the combat effectiveness, just the command and cooperation of the veterans, in theory, they no longer need to worry too much about casualties, but only need to worry about the number of beheads.

It's just that this way of recruiting troops is somewhat offending.

Zhang Ji fooled Gong Gong and others in the same way. Dozens of military camps in the Guanzhong area of ​​Qin State had encountered this poaching incident. Even if it was spread evenly to all military camps, each military camp lost at least nearly a thousand elite soldiers.

And this method of recruiting troops, that is, Zhang Ji, not only has inextricable connections with the military, but also has the great favor of Ying Zheng and Zhao Ji.

In addition, he recruited troops to serve as Yingzheng's guard army after all, so it was justifiable.Otherwise, another person would have been eaten alive by those generals long ago.

Of course, there is a cost to doing so.

As for Zhang Ji, it will be fine to go to each government to make a smile on your face and bring a generous gift to apologize, and each family will not have any conflicts with Zhang Ji because of this incident. After all, these poached soldiers are all there. Under the command of a group of disciples.

But those generals who went to every big camp to dig out people in person, they didn't get forgiveness so easily.

At least according to Luo Wang's report, the fathers of those general boys basically took two days' leave in the camp and returned home.

That night, the night in Xianyang under curfew was not peaceful.

However, what made the noise was not the groans of the generals' wives and concubines, but the cries that were comparable to slaughtering pigs.

Anyway, Zhang Ji hadn't seen these young generals for several days in a row. He said to the public that their parents were honing their martial arts in person, and worried that they would be ashamed in front of Ying Zheng. Whether it is the distortion of human nature or the loss of morality, no one knows.

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