Datang New Order

ps: I'm back for the Chinese New Year, and it's been off for a few days, sorry.I still want to thank eagle Zhou, denzi, Yunjuan Yunshu, Bixue Hanxing and other brothers for their rewards, and more brothers' monthly tickets.

At the end of June in the second year of Tianyou, hundreds of notices were posted overnight in various gates and squares of Youzhou City. In this notice jointly signed by the General Staff Office of the Military Staff and the Judge Office, the common people learned in detail for the first time world situation.

In the form of almost vernacular, the notice made a detailed analysis of the reasons and current situation of the separatist regime after Huang Chao raised troops, focused on describing the causes and consequences of the rise of Xuanwu forces, and directly linked the root of the turmoil in the world to Zhu Quanzhong's ambition.The notice also explained how Xuanwu hijacked the emperor, led the Eastern Metropolis Alliance, targeted Hebei, and gathered the princes and coalition forces to invade Hebei, calling on the people of Hebei to fight and defend their homeland under the banner of King Yan.

This notice, full of seditious and demagogic words, was full of passion. Once it was posted, it immediately caused a sensation in the whole city.

Ren Dutou sat in his own hall, looking at Saburo Ren Suihuan who was kneeling on the ground, with mixed feelings in his heart, Ren sat next to Ren Dutou, wiping away tears.

"Please allow me, my lord!" Ren Suihuan knocked his head down again.

"Sanlang, your eldest brother and second brother are both on the battlefield, and you are the only one left at home. If you also leave, what will happen to the family! Sanlang, don't go, okay?" Mrs. Ren was already sobbing.

"Mother, the King of Yan has issued a military order. Anyone between the age of eighteen and twenty-five must report to the government within three days. My son is eighteen this year..."

"Sanlang, two of the three sons of the Ren family have joined the army, and only one will be left for retirement. Will the King of Yan not agree to this idea? Last year, His Highness came to visit your father at our house, and he once said that he should take good care of us. The Ren family, let your father go and intercede with His Highness. His Highness will definitely agree." Ren's earnest persuasion.

Ren Suihuan shook his head: "Brothers are brothers, and Saburo is Saburo. When brothers go to battle, Sanlang doesn't want to fall behind. Besides, my son was raised by adults since he was a child, and he learned the way of fighting in battle. I can’t join the army, I really don’t know what to do! Mother, Liu Qi and Tuesday have already made an agreement with their son that everyone will go to the government to prepare together today. If the mother stops him, his son will be ridiculed! Hebei is in danger now. It was when the men of my generation rose up, and my comrades all said, what the king of Yan's banner points to is what our generation is aiming for, even if we die a hundred times, we will never return!"

Ren Dutou was finally moved and couldn't help applauding: "Well said!"

Ren Suihuan raised his head in surprise, and looked at his father: "My lord. So, your lord has granted you permission?"

Ren Dutou sighed, nodded and said: "Go, our old Ren family passed on martial arts. If you don't join the army, are you really going to be a merchant? It's a pity that a certain body is failing, otherwise I would go to His Highness to ask for an errand today... ...Sanlang, since you are going, you should work hard to kill the enemy. You are worthy of your ancestors, and you are worthy of your ten years of hard work. You can make a name for yourself by fighting, and you can also seek a future for you in front of His Highness as your father!"

Ren Suihuan was overjoyed, and solemnly kowtowed three times to the elders, put the bundle at his feet on his shoulders, jumped up, and went out without looking back.Walking to the door, he took the spear from the old family, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Ren, the adults in the family will entrust Uncle Ren!"

The old family laughed: "Sanlang don't worry, just go, everything at home will be taken care of by someone."

Two heads poked out from the door: "Sanlang, is it alright?"

Ren Suihuan said hesitantly: "Why not? Liu Qi, Tuesday, let's go!"

The three young children happily carried their weapons and came out along the alleyway, cheering and running from the workshop to the street.The streets are even more lively, and from time to time, young and strong people can be seen saying goodbye to their families, or going out to the south gate accompanied by their families.

A few people, dozens of people, dozens of people, hundreds of people, the young Youzhou disciples gathered into a torrent, talking, laughing and fighting, they came out from the south gate and headed for the recruit training camp.

There are huge crowds of people outside the camp, and it is extremely noisy.Ren Suihuan, Liu Qi, and Tuesday held each other's arms and squeezed through the crowd to the recruitment registration point.There have already been more than a dozen long queues here, all waiting in line for registration.

When the three of Ren Suihuan were lined up, the officer of the recruitment office held a pen and recorded the names, surnames, and household registrations of the three in detail, and then handed out a small wooden sign: "Sixth Battalion of Infantry, report to the camp!"

The three of them bypassed the enlistment registration point and entered the camp with a wooden sign. An officer checked at the gate of the camp. He quickly glanced at the small wooden sign of the three of them. The words "Sixth Battalion of Infantry" were engraved on the sign, so they pointed at the rear diagonally. : "Walk east and turn to the left, under the old locust tree."

So the three of them followed the directions and found the old locust tree. There were several officers gathered under the tree, and there were many young men who came to apply like them.Some military officers greeted them and called them to join the young and strong group. When they gathered 50 people, they took them further inside and said as they walked, "From now on, you will temporarily form the third infantry regiment, the sixth battalion, and the Bdu left team. This is your soldier, this is your team officer, surnamed Zhang, you can call a certain team officer in the future..."

Ren Suihuan looked at the barracks full of novelty, looked left and right, and suddenly accidentally stepped on the heel of a person in front of him, the person turned back and glanced at him, Ren Suihuan hurriedly said: "Brother, I'm sorry, it was not intentional." The man grinned: "It's easy to say, easy to say, a certain surname is Jiang, and his family is nine, how do you call him a brother?"

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To the north of Youzhou, outside Juyongguan, Huairong, Guichuan, Huaiyuan, Guangbian, Zhenyuan, Yanle, Beikou, etc., are the birthplaces of the descendants of the mountain.For more than a hundred years, the Han people and the Hu people outside the customs have multiplied and lived together here. The harsh living environment in the mountains and grasslands has made the children behind the mountains form a tough and aggressive character. They have always been an excellent source of soldiers for the old Lulong army.

When the military mobilization order of King Yan's Mansion came to this land, the children from behind the mountains with strong military habits applied one after another. Thousands of young and strong came from the mountains and entered the pass from the grasslands to join the Youzhou recruit training camp.

Yingzhou and Pingzhou, where Li Chengzhong made his fortune, have always been the areas that support him the most in Hebei. As soon as the mobilization order came out, within three days, tens of thousands of young school-age children enthusiastically joined the army with the support of their fathers and villagers, and went to the government to apply for recruitment. He was sent to Liucheng and Huaiyuan recruit camps for reorganization.

Of course, not everyone is willing to respond to the military mobilization order. In southern Hebei, except for Weibo and other places with a strong military tradition, the young and strong in the rest of the prefectures are not actively recruiting.In Zhaozhou, Jizhou, Shenzhou, Mozhou, Beizhou and other places, there were very few applicants.For most ordinary people, the stable life in Hebei has only been maintained for three years, and no one is too willing to enter the battlefield where life and death are unpredictable again. Guarding their own one-acre three-point land and managing their own lives well are better than anything else. .

But the most important feature of the decree is its coerciveness. For the common people, this is something that no one can escape.Based on the institutionalization of population and land censuses, the government of each prefecture and county has already grasped the detailed household registration information. The number of males in each household and the number of young and old males among the males are clearly listed in the register.What's more, during the slack season of the year, the training department and the government also regularly organize youth training. The government's understanding of the youth of each household has reached a "outrageous" level. If you don't participate in the application, the price will be extremely heavy.

Confiscating property and taking back land, this alone is enough to make a family lose hope of survival, not to mention the subsequent arrest and trial, making official slaves and other coercive means.want to run?First of all, we need to consider, without the road guide issued by the government, can we drag our family through the states and counties?Well, even if we reach the border of Hebei, how can we pass through the Yellow River?How to pass Taihang Guanxing?Taking ten thousand steps back, if you really left Hebei, you would be reduced to a refugee. What's the point of such an escape?

Therefore, although there were very few applicants in the southern states, there were still few households who dared to disobey during the restriction period. However, there was a gloomy cloud over the Weizhou recruit camp and the Hejian recruit camp, with endless crying. Liucheng and Huaiyuan form a sharp contrast.

The reorganization of the Hebei prefectures in Guannei is in full swing. In addition to the new recruits entering the battalion, setting up team officers, capital heads and battalion commanders, there is also a ten-day simple drill. Of course, these tasks have accumulated experience for several years. So it's not difficult to do it.

The real focus lies in the equipment of armor and weapons.Although many recruits brought their own armor and weapons, these items were varied and did not apply to the Yan army's battle formation system, so it was necessary to issue standard ordnance.From this point alone, we can see the benefits of Hebei's three-year military service training.The knives, guns, shields and arrows hoarded in various government offices and usually used to train the young and strong were taken overnight to the five training camps, and then each battalion received them uniformly, and distributed them while training. Within ten days, [-] soldiers in the first phase Then all the staff were fully equipped with equipment, and those recruits who brought their own weapons and armor were equivalent to having more than two pieces of ordnance.

However, the ordnance in the inventory of the Logistics Department and the government can only meet the needs of 10 people. That is to say, after the reorganization of [-] recruits is completed, there will be no standard ordnance to equip from late August.To this end, the Logistics Department issued a large number of orders to add production plans to states and counties with strong military production capabilities such as Youzhou, Yingzhou, Pingzhou, and Weizhou. The major workshops and mines produced urgently to meet the needs of recruits.

The military warehouses set up by the Logistics Department in Julu and Neihuang began to frantically hoard materials by means of transportation and expansion. Food, large-scale ordnance, carts, fodder, cloth, tents, ropes, wood... piled up like mountains, almost killing all states and counties. The official inventory of the government was wiped out.

In order to commend Hebei wealthy families and merchants who have made outstanding contributions to the hoarding of luggage, Li Chengzhong specially awarded twelve Gold Star Medals, which were respectively awarded with the fifth-rank Sanjie honor. Honor, become a casual official.

It is worth mentioning that two of the medals were sent to Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui in recognition of their contributions to Hebei - the two tried their best to sell 60 gold coins to Hebei secretly again between May and July. Wanshi food.Li Chengzhong promised them in his personal letter that if the Shangdang War can be won, he will ensure that the wealth and status of Yuan and Jiang will not be changed due to any changes. (To be continued..)