A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 445 Loyalty Camp

"I am very grateful to you for your desire to fight. With all the generals here, why worry about the country's affairs? So I will organize the loyalty camp, and you can all enter."

At this time, there were many officers and generals in the lobby of the General's Mansion, all of whom were old generals from the original East Road, such as the guards on the East Road, their own generals, and the generals of the Daobiao Battalion in Huailai City.What Wang Dou focused on was Yang Dongmin, Xu Zucheng's general, a strong figure and sharp-eyed leader of the servants, who had impressed Wang Dou deeply in the past.

There is also Zhang Wenru, who is also nicknamed Crazy Zhang, guarding Zhang Wenru of Sihaiyebao. I heard that this man is like a mad tiger in battle.At this time, the nickname and image of this big man really matched, with a disheveled beard, armor full of dirt and greasy, and an expression of indifference, indeed a bit of a lunatic.

Zhang Wenru was stationed at Sihaiye Fort, but the East Road has been fine for the past few years, and the border has been expanded to the Mantaoer area. Most of the Mongolian frontier fortresses dare not invade, for fear of retaliation by the Shunxiang Army. The Ming Army on the other side walls did not The Shunxiang Army has the ability to go out of the fortress.

Occasionally, there are some small tribes that are not open to the eye, and they are quickly wiped out by the Shunxiang Army.

Zhang Wenru had nothing to do in Four Seas Fort, so he must have panicked.

There is also a man named Zhuang Huizu, who is tall and tall, and he heard that he was born with supernatural powers. When Wang Dou came to Baoanwei City, he came up to fight with Wang Dou. There is a fight.

There is also the security guard city, Li Shouqin, the son of Li Yi'an's former guard, and Wu Dazong, his entourage, all left a deep impression on Wang Dou before.

After all these years, the two of them still haven't changed much. Li Shouqin still doesn't like to see the sun, and tries to hide his figure in the dark as much as possible.That smiling fat man Wu Dazong seems to be kind, but his eyes are always shining like poisonous snakes.

When he saw Li Shouqin and Wu Dazong, Wang Dou thought of Liu Benshen, a hundred householder in Jinyiwei of the Zhending Mansion, who used to not accept the sergeant Qiang Ye at night, but now they are both senior members of the Intelligence Department.Wang Dou also thought it would be better for Li Shouqin and Wu Dazong to join the intelligence department.

But seeing that Li Shouqin brought his son Li Zhongguo, a handsome young man in his twenties, full of curiosity about everything, he knew that Li Shouqin had no plans to join the army, but came for his son.

Everyone else, Wang Dou didn't pay much attention to it. After saying the above, he asked Feng Dachang to hand over the relevant documents for the establishment of the Loyalty Camp to everyone one by one.

The specific content is that the generals will be incorporated into the Loyalty Battalion, and the sergeants under their command will go out with the army whenever there is a war, and enjoy the treatment of the second-class army of the Jingbian Army.In fact, they are regarded as the outer battalion, and Wang Dou's descendant is the Jingbian army, which is the inner battalion.Only after being eliminated and screened, the outstanding ones can truly become a member of the Jingbian Army.

This is a process of testing, elimination, and transformation. Only those who pass the test can enter the Jingbian Army, and those who fail can stay in the Zhongyi Camp.

This is also Wang Dou's plan for a rainy day. As more and more people want to join the group, he must also take some measures. This loyalty camp, let's count it as an experiment.

There was a lot of discussion among the people below, Zhang Wenru tossed the document, and laughed: "It doesn't matter, as long as you can beat the Tartars, you can do whatever you want."

The garrison king of Yongning City, Yide, is always submissive and only responds to his voice, but for his son, he reads the documents very seriously.He deliberated sentence by sentence, and kept chatting with Xu Zu, the guard of the Security Guard City.

As Wang Dou's boss back then, he also presented Liu Qing and Liu Ji's second daughter as presents. Xu Zucheng became fatter and sat on his seat like a mountain of meat. He seriously discussed with his general Yang Dongmin and others.There is also Li Jinsheng, the defender of Yanqing Prefecture, who was the officer of the Daobiao Battalion back then, and he gathered together with the generals of the Daobiao Battalion, and Huang Changyi, the defender of Huailai.

Everyone thinks it is feasible. Now only the Tunpu residents can join the Jingbian Army. How precious is the quota for entering the Jingbian Army?It is also an opportunity for them to enter the loyalty camp.

Everyone knows their own affairs, and the servants under his command can fight if they can fight, even if the army is disciplined and there are many soldiers, it is better to count them in the outer camp, so as not to bring down the Jingbian army officers and soldiers, and damage everyone's image in Uncle Zhongyong's heart.Whether the sons and daughters under his command can pass the test depends on the artificiality of each person. Anyway, everyone has given the opportunity.

Yang Dongmin stood up abruptly, and said, "General, Tian Zhijue, Zhang Tanggong and the others could become members of the Jingbian army. The general believes that he can too. Let's wait and see, General!"

Wang Yide also stood up, and smiled coquettishly with his hands down: "General, that's fine, the officials have no objections."

Everyone else also said: "We have no objection."

Wang Dou was very happy, stood up and said: "Okay, I believe that most of you will be able to enter the Zhongyong Camp from the Loyalty Camp in the future, and truly become a part of our Jingbian Army. You are welcome to join."

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Everyone went out of the general's mansion excitedly, Zhang Wenru swaggered in the front, and he sang loudly: "Open up that slave while he's alive, take his heart and liver, and drink with me."

"I am very happy today, I need to drink three hundred cups with Erlang!"

He ignored others, got on his horse, and left on his own.

Everyone looked at his back: "This lunatic, I don't know if it's good or bad to work with him in the future."

Xu Zucheng came out and told Yang Dongmin all the way: "Dongmin, we had friendship with the general back then, which is our advantage. But you have to perform well and make more military achievements, so that when the general is promoted to your official position, you won't be let down." People complained."

Yang Dongmin said: "My lord, don't worry, the general will know."

Xu Zucheng said to Li Zhongguo again: "Little Zhongguo should also remember."

Li Zhongguo was still happy at this time, and he hummed casually.

A group of security guards came out, and there were a few people waiting outside in embarrassment. If Wang Dou saw them, he would remember these people. They were Xu Lu, Liu Wei, Yu Qingyuan, Lan Xun who left Shun Township Castle when he was rectifying his family. Brown and others.

They had complicated expressions and felt a little ashamed to face others. Back then, the general reorganized his servants, and they left.Many years have passed, Wang Dou has become a loyal and brave uncle, Wen Fangliang, Sun Sanjie and others were all high-ranking officials, but looking back at myself, alas, my intestines are green with regret.

Among the crowd, led by Xu Lu, when they saw Xu Zucheng and his party coming, they rushed forward to salute, Xu Zucheng hummed.

Xu Lu took a moment to ask Yang Dongmin in a low voice, "Master Yang, what's the matter?"

Of course Yang Dongmin knew about Xu Lu and the others, he looked at them and shook his head, why bother.

He said, "Let's talk on the way."

After serving Xu Zucheng on the horse, he also stepped on the horse. Xu Lu and others hurriedly followed.

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On the third day of May in the 14th year of Chongzhen, Wang Dou set up the Zhongyi Camp. Those who entered the camp from the old army on the East Road included 500 people from the security guard city, with Yang Dongmin as the main general.There are 450 people in Sihaiyebao, with Zhang Wenru as the main guard.

There are a total of 1000 people in the Taobiao Battalion and guards in Huailai City, with Xu Youyu, the general of the Taobiao Battalion, as the main general.There are 350 people in Yanqing Prefecture, with Li Jinsheng as the main guard.There are 300 people in Yongning City, and the son of the defense king Yide is the main general.

The Loyalty Battalion has Shen Shiqi as the general, only this fierce guy can restrain those arrogant soldiers, right?

Knowing his appointment, Shen Shiqi was also quite interested, he said with a smile: "I'm used to seeing obedient people, it's also good to teach disobedient children."

In the Zhongyi Battalion, there is also a general of the Jingbian Army Jia and other troops. The battalion is set up to appease and appease the officials. Their banners and uniforms are all set.

There are nearly 3000 people in the Zhongyi Battalion, all of which are cavalry and cavalry, and almost all of them are servants. Wang Dou will wait and see where this Jingbian Army Outer Battalion will go in the future.

On the same day, the shogunate also issued a document notice, setting up a "Grandmaster Hall" on East Road, announcing that heroes would be selected on East Road, even in Xuanfu Town, and even in various places in Ming Dynasty.The lower part is the Swordsman Hall, the Gunners Hall, and the Craftsman Hall.

The notice states that those who have outstanding skills in cold weapons such as swords, spears, swords and halberds, riding, archery, swordsmanship, spearmanship, etc., can be assessed in the "Grandmaster Hall" established by the shogunate. The treatment of the second-class army in the frontier army.

Chinese culture respects the sword, so those with outstanding skills in cold weapons are called swordsmen by the shogunate.

They will give weapons and armor, and after five years, they will have the military household registration of the East Road, and they will be allocated [-] acres of cultivated land, and the armor and weapons will also belong to their heirlooms.These people don't necessarily need to join the army to fight, and they can serve in various ways.

They have three levels, swordsman, swordsman, and great swordsman.

For swordsmen, it is enough to reach a certain level of skill, and it can be divided into lower, middle, and upper.

A swordsman needs to be both civil and military, with rich cultural and martial arts accomplishments.

Great swordsman, a generation of grandmasters, published books and biography, famous all over the country, they will become the elders of the grand master hall.

Like cold weapons, those who have outstanding skills in firearms can also be assessed as a gunslinger and be treated as a second-class army in the Jingbian Army.In order to extensively train firearms talents on the East Road, the shogunate announced that military households in the East Road could purchase birdcracks and handguns at a discounted price.

The gunslinger level is as above.

And those who are outstanding in craftsmanship can be assessed as a craftsman, and the East Road craftsman is also enviable.

Similarly, craftsmen are divided into three classes, craftsmen, craftsmen, and master craftsmen.

For craftsmen, it may be easy to become a craftsman, but it is difficult to become a craftsman. A craftsman needs a cultural assessment. Many craftsmen do not know a single character. How to assess?It is even more difficult for a master craftsman to publish a book and become famous all over the country.

Now among the craftsmen on the East Road, there are quite a few people who can have the status of a high-class craftsman, such as Li Maosen and others, but there is no craftsman.However, craftsmen can pass on their works to the world. In the past, this was the patent of literati, and it can also inspire many self-motivated craftsmen to work hard.

The establishment of the Loyalty Camp was fine, but the shogunate announced the establishment of the "Grandmaster Hall", which caused a great commotion on the East Road. The news quickly spread in all directions, and a large number of swordsmen, swordsmen, martial artists, bodyguards, and boxers poured in from all over the Ming Dynasty. east road.

In the troubled times, the martial arts was at its peak, but a large number of martial artists had no way to make a living, or were dissatisfied with their lives.

Joining the Swordsman Hall will have food, rewards for performing missions, and land and East Road household registration in the future.This is what many people yearn for. The prosperity and peace of the East Road has been widely circulated in many places in Ming Dynasty.

After entering the swordsman's hall, life will be colorful. You can enlist in the army, or be selected into the night.

Those who don't want to join the army can also perform guard missions such as bodyguards and caravans, or serve as instructors to teach students swordsmanship, or join the pioneering team outside the Great Wall, or join the intelligence department arrest team, rape team, etc., or do special work in various places, There are many options for spies.

Therefore, a large number of warriors saw hope and flocked in.

(End of this chapter)