Late Tang

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"Run-walk, one, two, one, one, two, three, four, step, stand still!" Following Lin Weihong's clear password, there was a sound of orderly steps on the training ground at the gate of Wangli Village.

"Look to the right, look forward, take a break, stand at attention, take a break!"

Li Jing held the roster in his hand, and stood with all the officers on the temporary stage to review.Among the 200 people, 250 of the best sergeants were finally selected, and these people will officially become soldiers today.

After half a month of training, these soldiers have also changed drastically one by one.Standing neatly on the training ground at this time, the queue is neat and the military is at its peak. The 250 people were divided into five teams, and all of them have completed the change of clothes today, and all of them put on neat new military uniforms.

They all held their heads high, wearing fiery red hats, crotchless gowns on the upper body, a warm spinner jacket on the outside, and a calf-length back on the outside, and a new-style lower body. The trousers are all fiery red, like rising flames.

Since the [-] sets of equipment originally bought are still in the Dengzhou warehouse, the sergeants basically do not have armor and weapons now. Only the veterans who serve as officers are equipped with equipment, but they can put on new military uniforms and stand there, still let the side The other soldiers and artisans who watched were envious.

After more than half a month of training, although I dare not say that these people are now elite, but at least they seem to have a soldier.In particular, the 250 carefully selected soldiers are tall, mighty, and physically strong among all soldiers. More than 200 people stood there, basically the same height.Compared with them, on the other side, the hundred families led by Liu Shouqian and Zhang Chengzong were not as good.Although the servants of the two teams have the same equipment as the soldiers of the fifth team, their quality is not as good.Those servants who were refugees half a month ago, even if they put on brand new military uniforms, they still feel a little inferior.

Looking at the momentum of the five teams of soldiers, Zhang Hong couldn't help stroking his long beards and said to Li Jing, "Once this new uniform is changed, it really changes completely. It's worth the cost of the new uniform. It's really a new uniform." Wear it, an old hen turns into a duck. It is worthy of the high price of two bolts of silk for each set of military uniforms, and it is worth it.”

Lin Wei also nodded at the side. The change of the military uniform is indeed quite different.

"That is inevitable. A neat military appearance can greatly enhance the sense of honor of soldiers. Now it is too late, and each person is only issued one set. In the future, each person must have at least three sets of military uniforms, and they have to be replaced every year. Our soldiers, It must be a group of soldiers full of honor, not a group of beggars dressed in tatters. Now we give them brand-new military uniforms, and then we have to give them strict military discipline and generous rewards.” In the early Tang Dynasty, soldiers Most of them are government soldiers, and they are basically wealthy families.After the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the status of soldiers became lower and lower, and even now many soldiers under the Jiedu Mansion are about to be reduced to slaves.In Hebei, there are even feudal towns that tattoo soldiers on their faces.This custom will intensify in the late Tang Dynasty, and until the Song Dynasty, the status of soldiers will be the lowest.

Li Jing disagreed with this approach in his heart. If the soldiers had no sense of honor, how could they rely on these people to defend their homes and the country?It is precisely because more and more feudal towns do not treat soldiers as human beings that there are various crimes committed by soldiers in the late Tang and Five Dynasties.

Scanning the queue, Li Jing said loudly: "From now on, you are the soldiers of Shamen Town. From now on, the people around you are your comrades-in-arms. You eat and sleep together. When you are on the battlefield, you will be your comrades." They will be brothers who depend on life and death! Now, the departure is imminent, as a reward for your hard training and excellent performance, this general will personally present you with rewards, five pieces of silk per person for the warrior team, three pieces of silk per person for the servant team match!"

The soldiers below suddenly became excited. Five bolts of silk can buy one stone of rice. Everyone has already received the settlement allowance. Li Jing also specially distributed their first month's food and salary in advance. This has already made them happy endlessly.Unexpectedly, now there is another reward.Although the rewards of the servants were less than those of the warriors, they were fleeing from famine half a month ago. Now that they can become the general's servants, they not only have the same settling expenses and food, but now they also have rewards. They are all grateful to Li Jing now.

Zhang Chengzong, Liu Shouqian, Li Shugen, and Wang Shi immediately pushed up two large carts of silk from behind. Li Jing stood in front of the cart, and Zhang Hong held the roster every time a soldier was called to come forward, Li Jing would personally send them to the front of the cart. The silk was sent to the hands of the soldiers.

"Good job!"

Every soldier who received the bounty knelt down and kowtowed to Li Jing excitedly. Li Jing gave good words of encouragement, which was also a good way to buy the morale of the soldiers.Although the method is a bit simple, the effect is astonishing. A few bolts of silk completely bought the hearts of the soldiers.Li Jing believed that even if he wanted to bring these soldiers to rebel now, no one would object.

For Li Jing's methods of training soldiers, in addition to referring to some methods of later generations, he mostly read Li Jing's military books.Especially for the method of setting up the formation in Li Jing's military book, the formation of the team is the first. Fifty people form a team, and every three people who win each other will form a small team, three small teams will form a squadron, and five squadrons will form a large team.Three people form a small team. Usually, these three people cultivate relationships and enhance tacit understanding. In this way, friendship is cultivated from the beginning. When they go to the battlefield, these three people form a small team, which can also exert greater combat power.

After five teams of warriors and two teams of servants received the reward, they began to march.After the death, Li Jing brought the family members of the officers with him. Han Shi was still worried about his family and wanted to stay.However, after some persuasion by Li Jing, she was finally persuaded. As for the family's more than a thousand mu of land, it was handed over to several uncles of the same clan to take care of it.Li Hui'er and Yu Youniang also followed on the road, and even Xiao Hanshi proposed to follow, saying that he and Li Jing's mother hadn't had enough time yet.

Li Jing left Lin Wu, Du Zhongwu, and Cui Zhiyuan behind, and asked them to take the remaining craftsmen, soldiers, and the families of those soldiers to Dengzhou Port by land.Due to too many people, we can only start in batches.

At Chishan Port, when Li Jing arrived with the team, old man Cui was already waiting for him at the port.After these days, old man Cui has already recruited all the required crew members with the money given by Li Jing.Due to the generous conditions offered by Li Jing, the recruitment of the crew did not take much trouble. After the money was distributed, more than 200 crew members had already been recruited.

Li Jing took more than 400 people on board the Ninghai, and with the addition of more than 200 crew members, there were nearly 700 people on board, but it was still not crowded.

"Anchor! Sail!"

On the bow, the black captain's long voice sounded, and the boat immediately became busy.The anchor is lifted, the sail is hoisted.The huge Ninghai also began to slowly leave the dock.

The boat sailed smoothly along the coast, and arrived at Dengzhou Port two days later.

After arriving at Dengzhou Port, Li Jing did not go directly to Shamen Town, but took Zhang Hong and Lin Wei to temporarily stop at the port and went to Penglai first.The [-] sets of equipment stored in the wharf warehouse were taken out, and after being transported back to the ship, Li Jing went to the Han family's warehouse to receive the silk cloth food that the Han family gave Li Jing.There is too much food, and Li Jing can't take it away for a while, but after receiving it, it will continue to be temporarily stored in the warehouse.

After dealing with these matters, Li Jing and Zhang Hong went directly to call on Governor Song Wen.

It's been nearly a month since we saw each other, but Song Wen looked haggard.According to what Zhang Hong said, after Song Wen became the governor, not long after he was happy, Wang Jingwen took over the position of chief historian.Although Song Wen is the governor, Wang Jingwen is not simple. Relying on his younger brother as a general of Qingzhou, the soldiers and horse envoys of Dengzhou Navy and Daxie Village are all Wang Jingwu's people, and they openly confront Song Wen.

As soon as Li Jing met, he gave Song Wen a gift of one thousand guan, and Song Wen accepted it with a smile on his face.Last time when it happened to the Han family, Song Wen received [-] guan at once, and his attitude towards Li Jing was very good.

Song Wen smiled and said: "Last time you said you wanted to buy a batch of ordnance, and there happened to be a batch of equipment that was intended to be replenished to Daxie Village and Dengzhou Navy. You said you planned to eat them all? Last time Zhang Bingcao sent [-] Come over here and say that the rest will be delivered later, this time you come, but have you prepared the money?"

"It's all ready, I've brought the remaining [-] guan, you can take it." Li Jing took out the [-] guan of flying money and sent it to Song Wen.Song Wen inspected it carefully, and nodded with a smile.

"Emissary Song, we have already paid the money, I wonder when we will receive the goods?"

"It will take a few more days, within half a month. This batch of goods is shipped from Qingzhou, and it will take some time on the way."

"I don't know if there are any such goods? If so, I want to buy some more." Li Jing said with a smile.

Song Wen shook his head: "You, what do you think of me? A dealer who resells ordnance? Tell you, this batch of goods is all because of Feng Zhang from Daxie Village and Wang Jin from the Navy. Fight against Jieshuai with Wang Jingwu. Jieshuai detains their batch of ordnance, but he just wants to scare them and give them a warning. Otherwise, with [-] yuan, you think you can really buy a thousand sets of such sophisticated equipment ?”

"By the way, I have to tell you something. I heard that you recruited thousands of people in your hometown. What do you want to do? The number of soldiers in Shamen Town is only three hundred, and you recruited so many people to do it. What? Tell you, someone has already spoken ill of you. If I and Jie Shuai hadn’t suppressed you, why did you, a small town general, recruit so many soldiers? This time you are asked to go to Shamen Town, what would you do? You have to keep a low profile, that Feng Zhang is not easy to deal with. If you are caught by him and hurt your feet, even I will not be able to help you talk."

After talking about the meeting, Li Jing got up and left when he saw that he was not getting any benefits.After leaving Song Mansion, Li Jing went directly to King Zhao's Mansion. Originally, Li Jing wanted King Zhao to speak and call Li Huier and the others back. Unexpectedly, King Zhao and Li Rui didn't care about this at all, and just said to let them mess around and let them go. Just watch Li Jing more.The angry Li Jing didn't stay to eat, and went directly back to the port.