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Yangzhou.

Jinwu Army recruitment point.

Chen Guang, who had been promoted to deputy commander, was sent here to recruit soldiers because he suffered a little injury in the battle of Xiuzhou City and was not suitable to continue participating in the battle.

Recalling the scene when he brought a group of apprentices to call the two years ago, Chen Guang was filled with emotion!

In just less than two years, he had been promoted from a big-headed soldier to his current deputy commander position. Moreover, the disciples he brought in, except for the few who died in battle, have all been promoted to middle and senior military officers in the Jinwu Army. The most outstanding ones, like Yue Fei, have already led the army alone, and Yu Peng, have already served as the only one. Wang Gui, Xu Qing, and Yao Zheng, have all been promoted to commander, and there are as many as a dozen deputy commanders.

The key is that the Jinwu Army has expanded its army again.

It is conceivable that their master and apprentice are about to be promoted again.

If others don’t say it, Chen Guang will be promoted to the command level at least when he is injured and returns to the team.

So, following the right person is really more important than anything else.

but--

It is also fake to say that Chen Guang has no regrets.

Chen Guang really hoped that he had followed General Cai Jian ten years ago. Even if it was only five years ago, he would not be compared by his disciples because of his physical strength. His life would definitely be more exciting.

But then again, people should be content.

Moreover, although he is no longer young, he is only in his forties and is not old.

Haven't you seen Zhai Xing is almost fifty years old? He is still respected by General Cai Jian?

"I, Chen Guang, is nearly ten years younger than Zhai Xing. How can I not become the second Zhai Xing?"

Thinking of this, Chen Guang was full of energy and said loudly: "General Cai seeks elite troops and conquers all the heroes in the world! As long as he has some skills, he can do whatever he wants!"

With the shouts of Chen Guang and others, twenty or thirty people came from afar.

They came close to each other, and one of them politely asked a small school of the Jinwu Army: "Sir, how is the recruitment method for our Jinwu Army recruits?"

Unexpectedly, the Jinwu Army School was more polite than this person. He smiled and said, "Don't call me Jun Ye, my name is Zhao Li, from Zhangyi Village, Xuzhou. I have only been enlisted in the army for less than two months. Just call my name directly."

Zhao Li whispered again: "I would like to remind my brother, in our Jinwu Army, if you don't know, you should call them "veterans". They are very enthusiastic about keeping them."

The man was very clever, and he immediately said, "Thank you, the veteran. My name is Yan Xiaoguang, a native of Yangzhou. He brought more than 20 young people from our family to join our Jinwu Army."

Zhao Li said in surprise: "Yan Xiaoguang? Brother Xian is the great-grandson of Yan Shu, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty?"

Yan Xiaoguang said in surprise: "The veteran knows me?"

Zhao Li said: "Why just know that as soon as we arrived in Xuzhou, we heard that Brother Xian was a local robber, and he had great achievements in governing the country. All local people respected Brother Xian."

Yan Xiaoguang said modestly: "The veteran praised it, but the minor officials who are not a good person will be humiliated by the ancestors, so it's better not to mention it."

In one sentence, he revealed the reason why Yan Xiaoguang had already entered the public and came to respond to the call - the Yan family was in decline and he wanted to revive the family.

After hearing Yan Xiaoguang's meaning, Zhao Li said: "In this way, Brother Xian is right. My general was ordered by the emperor to recruit new troops. It is when he is eager to seek talent. Brother Xian will come to respond and he will do something."

In fact, Yan Xiaoguang said goodbye to his family and his outstanding descendants from the clan, who were born to be summoned to join the gang after hearing about this.

Seeing Zhao Li taking the initiative to mention the recruitment of Jinwu Army, Yan Xiaoguang asked: "Veteran, I wonder what the new recruits of our Jinwu Army are doing?"

Zhao Liyi pointed to several recruiting places not far away and said, "If you don't have special skills, you can go there to receive the assessment. As long as you are strong and honest and honest, you can be selected if you accept some simple inquiries and simple tests."

Yan Xiaoguang looked there and saw that the soldiers there were all stout and silly, and he was a little surprised: "This... can they be selected?"

Zhao Li said: "Brother Xian doesn't know anything. When I joined the army, I had this kind of doubt. Later, after spending a while with them, I realized that although they reacted a little slower, they were extremely obedient and very good at fighting. They were all extremely excellent Jinwu Army soldiers."

Yan Xiaoguang was still a little suspicious, but he didn't want to ask directly, so he changed his question: "Then... must someone like them be selected?"

Zhao Li said: "Of course not. My generals want all kinds of talents, both literary and military. They can speak Khitan, speak Dangxiang, raise horses, raise slaves, have good water quality, and can hold boats. Even if you only have some skills of stealing chickens and dogs, my general wants them."

After a pause, Zhao Li said again: "By the way, my general wants craftsmen."

"Craftsman?"

Yan Xiaoguang was a little surprised, even more puzzled?

Zhao Li explained: "Yes, craftsmen, blacksmith, carpenter, cobbler, stonemason, papermaker, lacquer, mudsman, boatman, as long as they are craftsmen, my general wants them all, and the craftsmen are treated more high. Excellent craftsmen are treated more high than officers. It is best to be craftsmen who make gunpowder and fire. As long as they come to respond, the treatment will definitely make anyone jealous."

Yan Xiaoguang was even more surprised, and he said, "What do General Cai want so many craftsmen to do? Making military weapons?"

Zhao Li smiled but said nothing.

Yan Xiaoguang immediately understood that he knew that he could not ask randomly, and Zhao Li would not answer randomly.

Yan Xiaoguang immediately changed the topic and said, "Is there any difference between the people recruited on the two sides?"

Zhao Li said: "There was no difference when the election was first."

Yan Xiaoguang's heart moved and asked, "What about after that?"

Zhao Li smiled and said, "After the recruiting period ends, you will be divided into various places based on your performance and expertise during training."

After a pause, Zhao Li said: "People who are capable usually perform better, so they may directly serve as sergeant commanders or even some special talents. Those with specialties will be specially arranged according to their specialties, and their welfare benefits are higher than ordinary soldiers."

Zhao Li hesitated for a moment and reminded Yan Xiaoguang: "Like Brother Xian, he is skilled in martial arts, can read and write, has served as an official and famous talent. After the recruits are over, they may start directly from the capital, and at the very least, they will start from the official position. In short, our Jinwu Army is a place where people speak by their ability. People with abilities will never be buried."

Zhao Li said this, naturally because he had personal feelings.

Zhao Li joined the army in Xuzhou.

At the beginning of joining the army, Zhao Li was a recruit who was so ordinary that he was no longer ordinary.

However, Zhao Li performed extremely well during the training of recruits. As a result, after the one-month recruit period ended, Zhao Li was immediately awarded the position of Chief.

Zhao Li was also lucky.

After the battle at Xiuzhou City, Cai still received an imperial edict from the court to wait for an opportunity to train 30,000 new troops.

The next day, Cai still ordered:

From the Jinwu Central Army, Jinwu Right Army, and Jinwu Back Army each transferred two battalions of troops. Using this as a skeleton, the Jinwu Front Army and the Jinwu Left Army were formed (the original Jinwu Left Army became the Shenji Army, and Zhang Xian and other left-behind personnel recruited 10,000 new recruits), the deputy commander of the Jinwu Back Army Yue Fei was transferred to the Jinwu Front Army as the deputy commander of the Jinwu Right Army, Niu Gao was transferred to the Jinwu Right Army, and Wang Sheng was transferred to the Jinwu Front Army, the Jinwu Front Army, the Jinwu Left Army, the Jinwu Right Army, and the Jinwu Back Army were all expanded to 3,000 people.

Two battalions were also transferred from the personal guards (incomplete) to form the White Army with three thousand troops, led by Wang De.

Two battalions were transferred from the personal guards (incomplete) and used this as a skeleton to form a backbone army. Three thousand troops were led by Yang Zaixing.

Using the remaining personal guards as the skeleton, a new personal guards were formed, led by Yang Yizhong, with three thousand troops.

Using the amphibious camp as the skeleton, an amphibious army was formed, with 3,000 people, led by Li Bao.

Because the Jinwu army brought by him doubled at once, the 5,000 supplementary army brought by Cai in the name of civil servants was not enough.

Later, Cai Jian simply selected nearly 4,000 prisoners from Fang Qifu tribe. After training and political education, he was dispersed and organized into the Jinwu Army.

But even so, the army was not satisfied with the organization.

There was no choice but to send people to recruit soldiers everywhere.

It was also in this environment that Zhao Liying summoned him to join the gang and later entered the Jinwu Front Army as Shi Chang.

Not long ago, Cai still sent Yue Fei to lead the Jinwu army to recover Huzhou.

Every time Zhao Li fought, he always rushed to the forefront and made many contributions.

After several battles, Zhao Li was promoted to the position of capital.

It took only more than a month to go.

Therefore, Zhao Li told Yan Xiaoguang that the Jinwu Army was a place where people could speak based on their abilities, and those with abilities would never be buried.

Yan Xiaoguang was fond of learning since childhood, and was skilled in literature and martial arts. Even those people he brought were mediocre.

In addition, the Jinwu Army is currently expanding its army and seeking talents, so the standard of recruiting soldiers is inevitably relaxed a little.

So much so that Yan Xiaoguang and others were all selected.

Three days later, Yan Xiaoguang began his journey of recruits.

During the recruits, there were two new recruits, including Yan Xiaoguang and others - one was called "instructor" and the other was called "instructor".

The instructor is responsible for handing over military skills to these recruits, while the instructor is responsible for helping them and these recruits handle trivial matters in life.

The instructor of Yan Xiaoguang and others was named Gao Ming Lin. He was originally a head of the personal guards. When he fought in Xiuzhou City, he followed Yang Zaixing into the military formation of Fang Qifo, and was seriously injured.

Originally, soldiers like Gao Lin were injured so seriously, and they were going to rest in the rear, so it was impossible for them to participate in the next battle.

But Gao Lin didn't want to be idle. After a month of cultivation, he ran back and wanted to return to the team.

Cai still wanted Gao Lin to rest for a while, but he didn't want him to go to the battlefield now, so he sent him to train the new army.

Although Gao Lin was unwilling to train the recruits, he did not dare to disobey Cai Jian's orders, so he could only come to the recruits' camp obediently to report.

Yan Xiaoguang and others' instructors were named Yao Wu (Cai still changed his name to Yao Wu, but everyone still liked to call him Yao Wu). He was seriously injured in the battle of Wanhua Mountain and completely lost one of his legs. Then he entered the political department and turned to a political worker.

Gao Lin was not a very patient guy, but he was still patient and taught Yan Xiaoguang and other recruits to fold quilts like his instructors. While teaching, he also imitated his instructors and said: "Nequivalent, square, side octagonal, fly up - splits! Mosquitoes fly up - slip!"

For conflicts with the new army in other cities, Gao Lin also punished the Jinwu Army according to the tradition of the Jinwu Army:

Without asking who is right or wrong, he directly divided the recruits into three parts - those who win, those who lose, and those who fail to take action.

If you win, you will run three thousand steps.

Those who lose will run five thousand steps.
To be continued...