Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2083 Soldiers and horses are hard to recruit
After Jin Yiwei joined, the problem of opening the canal was solved.

At this time, Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin were recruiting troops in Xiliang.

After receiving Qin Tian's order, the two left Liangzhou City to recruit elsewhere.

In Xiliang, the terrain is relatively complex, with deserts, some flat places, and mountains.

This place is vast and sparsely populated, and there are few people. You may not be able to see people in some places after walking for a day or two.

In some places with better terrain, the population is relatively concentrated.

The first places they came to were places where the terrain was flat and the population was relatively concentrated.

Naturally, the lives of the people in these places cannot be compared with the people in Chang'an City or other rich places, and their lives can only be regarded as passable.

After arriving at these places, Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin and the others ordered people to post notices, encouraging those in good physical condition to sign up for the army.

Because being a soldier is very dangerous, the conditions they give for recruiting soldiers and horses are also very generous.

Settlement expenses are essential, and much more than usual.

In addition, the monthly military pay is also higher than normal.

If you make a contribution or something, the reward is higher than normal.

It can be said that in order to be able to recruit soldiers, Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin gave all their benefits. That is to say, if a person becomes a soldier, his family will have no worries about food and drink in the future.

Even if you die in battle, it's the same.

But after they released all these conditions, there were very few people in these places who were willing to join the army.

In about ten days, a total of [-] soldiers and horses were recruited.

2000 people is actually not a small number, but it is far from their target needs.

According to their previous plan, at least [-] soldiers and horses must be recruited for the time being, so that they may be able to take back Yumen Pass after the harvest.

But two thousand soldiers and horses are obviously not enough.

At dusk this day, the sunset is still very good, and the weather is not so hot.

After Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin returned to the barracks, they ordered someone to get some good wine.

"I said, brother Yuchi, what an honor it is to be a soldier. Why is no one willing to do it? We have stayed here for more than ten days, and there are only about two thousand people. If it is in other places, I'm afraid Ten thousand soldiers and horses are ready."

Cheng Chumo was puzzled and angry at the same time. He felt that the people here were cowards, and their feelings for family and country were ordinary.

Yuchi Baolin was also puzzled, and after taking a sip of wine, she said, "Seeing those who refuse to serve as soldiers, I want to slap them. If they don't serve as soldiers, who will defend their home and country? They don't know why they can be in the army." Is it because someone sacrificed on the front line to live a stable life here?"

"It's annoying." The two said in unison, and then started drinking again.

After drinking a few cups, Cheng Chumo was still a little bit unwilling, and said: "It's strange, it's really strange, the conditions here are so bad, I think the people here are not timid at all, many people fight, it's simply unnecessary Fate, why don't they want to be soldiers, brother Yuchi, shall we send someone to investigate and see why these people don't want to be soldiers?"

Yuchi Baolin was drinking, and after hearing this, she quickly put down the wine glass: "Investigate, I have to investigate, this matter must be clarified."

The two people said this, and then sent some people out to investigate why these people were unwilling to serve as soldiers.
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The place where Cheng Chumo and the others conscripted troops was a place called Sanhuang County.

This place is relatively affluent. There are over one hundred thousand people in the entire territory, which is more than the population of a big city like Liangzhou City.

The conscription point is in front of an inn, because this inn's business is good and there are many people coming and going. Putting the conscription point here allows more people to see it.

It's just that the inn's business is still very good, but there are very few people who come to sign up to join the army. The staff in charge of registration are sitting on the sidelines a little bored, holding a fan to cool the breeze.

There were many people in the inn. After a young man walked in, he came to a place where two or three young people were sitting.

"Can we share the table?"

The business here is very good, and table sharing is a common occurrence. The young people here are more hospitable, so they didn't mind it, so they nodded and agreed.

After the man sat down, he said with a smile, "Thank you all. Although I am not a wealthy family, today I will treat you to a few jugs of wine."

As he said that, he asked the waiter in the shop to bring some jugs of good wine. When the young men saw the wine, they immediately felt that the man in front of them was very likable.

"Brother, you are welcome. If this is the case, then we will not be polite."

"There, there, drink."

After several people had a few glasses of wine, they felt a little bit like meeting each other late, so this was naturally said casually.

"The brothers seem to be strong and strong. It's time to go to the army to build a career. I don't know how many of you are interested in joining the army?"

Hearing this, those few people didn't doubt anything, and one of them smiled: "What kind of army do you join? Although our brothers are not particularly rich, our lives in Sanhuang County are pretty good. , You said that if you want to live a life like this, whoever wants to join the army will die."

"Who says no, and this is the territory of the King of Xiliang, even if we have made military exploits, how much can we improve our status? In the end, we will not be generals in the territory of Xiliang, the generals of Xiliang, and the generals of Datang Can it be compared?"

"Since the future is not very good, and being a soldier is very dangerous, why do we want to be a soldier?"

"Extremely true..."

The few people didn't have any worries. They, Datang, hadn't been convicted for their words. If they were arrested for saying such words, then the king of Xiliang might be scolded to death.

After hearing what they said, the man who bought the drink didn't show the slightest expression of approval, and he didn't even persuade them to join the army. He just chatted with them like this, and after the chat was about the same, the man got up Goodbye.

After he left the inn, he hurried back to the barracks, and told the city gate and Yuchi Baolin about the situation.

After the two listened, they looked at each other and could not help curling their lips.

"Hey, the world is getting worse. These people's patriotism is getting worse and worse. Just because they are afraid of death and because they are not the generals of the Tang Dynasty, are they unwilling to serve as soldiers?"

"After hearing what these people said, I really want to slap them to death."

(End of this chapter)