Shipin Dalizheng

The man was surprised at first, then said "Pah!"

gone.

Of course, no one applied to this magical recruitment office.

In the Bo Mansion, Rong Tang had already filled out dozens of military official seals. His Rong family's new army had two units, one was the active special forces army, and the other was the reserve militia.

Needless to say, the active special forces army, this reserve militia is prepared for Rongjia Village. The militia department will not go to the battlefield for the time being and will not receive military pay. Once it has to go to the battlefield, it will be directly under the command of Earl Jian'an.

Rong Tang handed these dozens of military registrations to Rong An, "Take them back and discuss with the elders who should be naturalized. This will ensure that they won't be taken away during the compulsory conscription period. If someone comes to take them away, just say that you are directly under the command of the Earl of Jian'an. I will make the arrangements."

Rong Dahu scratched his head and said, "If not, I'll just go with you. I feel it's only a matter of time."

Rong Tang nodded, "It's very likely to happen sooner or later, but it's not appropriate for you to go with me now. I'll ask Uncle Wei Wu to send some experienced veterans to train you. If you don't want to die, work hard."

Rong Dahu and Rong Sanzhu felt their scalps tighten.

After sending the people from Rongjia Village away, Rong Tang distributed weapons to them. Each veteran from Fuxinzhuang received a repeating crossbow, but this was obviously not enough, as they also needed close combat weapons.

When he went to the Ministry of Works to find Tang Fuyun, he found out that the workshop for making military generals had been surrounded by the Ministry of War. Finally, Rong Tang ran to the Ministry of War again and even brought out Emperor Xuan Ning to pressure the Minister of War who was responsible for the distribution of weapons, and only then did he get back dozens of ordinary swords and guns.

Two days later, Rong Tang finally understood how difficult it was for his independent special forces army to obtain military supplies. Fortunately, he was just pretending, because he had only "recruited" 20 to 30 people in total.

Including Rong Dahai, a total of ten people came out of Fu Xinzhuang. He brought four guards with him, and Gao Zhiyuan got ten more people from somewhere. Each of these ten people had his own unique weapon, which saved the trouble of the broken swords brought from the Ministry of War.

Someone has to have a name, but these ten people didn't give their real names, and only gave code names like cats and dogs. Rong Tang waved his hand and simply called out from eleven to twenty.

On the eve of his departure, his friends invited him to a farewell drink, but Gu Zhongxun burst into tears again, "Brother, I want to join your team, but my father said you are unreliable and asked me to join the regular army."

He cried and wanted to lean on Rong Tang's shoulder, but Rong Tang pushed him away.

"Your father is right, listen to him."

We drank until midnight and then parted ways. A gentle breeze blew and I felt the real autumn.

Rong Tang was ready to go early in the morning. When he walked out of the house, he saw a carriage waiting quietly opposite him, and Rui'er was looking at him eagerly.

Rong Tang rode over and Tang Tiantian lifted the curtain. She didn't want to cry. She didn't have any deep feelings for Rong Tang. She just felt sad for no reason and felt hard for him.

"I, I'm waiting for you to come back."

Her voice was soft and her face was red. Rong Tang just felt funny. When did he get to the point where someone was waiting for him when he went out?

"Sister Tiantian, listen to me. You and I were engaged before we were born. This may not be what we both want. If... I mean, if, I can't come back, don't be sad..."

Tang Tiantian's face turned pale. "Why do you say such a terrible thing?"

"War? What if something unexpected happens? I'm just saying one possibility..."

"I'll keep watch for you."

Rong Tang choked and said, "Don't do anything stupid."

He took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Tang Tiantian, "Read it when you get home."

Tang Tiantian watched Rong Tang walk away. She couldn't wait to go home to see him again. As soon as the carriage turned around, she tore open the envelope. Inside was a certificate of divorce and 20,000 taels of silver. It stated that if he never came back, Tang Tiantian could use this certificate to cancel her engagement with Rong Tang one year later. She would be free to marry and the Jian'an Earl's Mansion would never bother her.

And the twenty thousand taels were the compensation Rong Tang gave her, so that she could be strong no matter who she married.

Tang Tiantian burst into tears, frightening Ruier so much that she hurriedly asked, "Miss, what's wrong?"

Tang Tiantian cried, "Go back, go back, go back..."

The carriage turned around quickly, but at this time there were more people on the road, and the people who came to see the army off filled the entire street, and the carriage gradually could not move.

Tang Tiantian cried loudly. Rui'er saw Tang Fuyun riding by in a panic and shouted, "Master, Master."

Tang Fuyun turned his head to look at them, dismounted and asked. Seven or eight officers and soldiers following him were very nervous and surrounded them.

Tang Tiantian told Tang Fuyun the situation, and he picked her up and put her on his horse, then ran towards the city gate with her in his arms. The officers and soldiers behind him followed closely, as if they were afraid that he would be snatched away in the street.

At the south city gate, the vanguard army of the southern expedition set out, and the people who came to watch and see them off were crowded and pointing and talking.

When the Eastern Army led by Duke Du and the Western Army led by Wang Biao left the city one after another, a new unit was added to the back of the large army, carrying a dragon flag and the new flag of the Rong family. There were twenty-five people, six horses, and nineteen people with different clothes and unrelated outfits running in straw sandals. It looked so shabby and funny.

The people were all shocked. "Who are these? The young one on horseback in front is handsome, and the tall ones are also good looking. But what's that guy at the back doing? Are they some temporary beggars?"

"Hush, don't say that! This is the Earl of Jian'an, a new unit specially approved by His Majesty. Didn't you see it's under the banner of the Rong family's new army? He's also recruiting soldiers here, and after just a few days, he recruited these few misfits... Hey, hey, what was I saying? There's a cripple!"

Because at that time Old Tan stepped on horse shit, he took off the wooden leg to clean it, but he couldn't stand for a moment and fell.

"My God, what kind of army is this? It's so shabby. The only valuable thing on them is the sword issued by the Ministry of War."

Old Tan completely ignored the pity, disbelief, and strange looks from the others as they talked about him. He tied up his wooden leg, stood up with a somersault, and with the wooden leg clanging against the stone pavement, he went after his commander.

As this "troop" marched off, the solemn crowd couldn't help but burst into laughter. After the laughter died down, the reality of the situation surfaced again. Some shook their heads and sighed, "Alas... after this battle, who knows how many people will die..."

"This autumn's grain production has decreased, and the imperial court is rushing to march south at this time. In a short while, I don't know how many people will be surrounded by people without food."

"Ah? Will this increase food prices?"

"Sure!"

A tense atmosphere quickly spread among the people.

At the Ten-Li Pavilion, Rong Tang accepted a farewell banquet from the three elders of Rongjia Village, the village chief Rong Dajiang, and the heads of six other villages.

Master Rong San had a complicated look in his eyes. After the villagers heard the news that Rong Tang would join the army, the elders held an emergency meeting. They believed that they had to send a few people to go with him no matter what. Even if it was just to lead a horse or carry a stove, they could not hide behind a child.

When the sixth and eighth brothers returned home and told the story, their youngest son stepped forward and said that the eldest son was the head of the family and if he wanted to join the army, it would be them as brothers who would go.

When it was his family's turn, before he could finish speaking, the second son and his wife were so scared that their faces turned pale and they ran back to their father-in-law's house with their son.

Later, Rong An brought back the militia, placing them below the regular army and temporarily off-duty. If they did need to go, they would be directly under the command of the Earl of Jian'an, offering a relatively secure position. After weighing the pros and cons and considering the number of males in each family, many of the village men also signed their signatures. Only Erhe could not be called back.

The other six village heads learned about the militia reserve. Some of the more foresighted ones also asked Rong Tang for a solution. Rong Tang could only tell them, "This is just a temporary measure. No one can guarantee the follow-up. Let me be frank, the reserve is also military status. If the court needs you in the future, you will really have to go to the battlefield."