The Zhongwu Army now has about five thousand people.
On the 21st, they all pulled out and conducted a martial arts exercise with the 3,600 Luonan Mansion soldiers who had assembled.
There are many martial arts subjects.
The first group formed a field battle at the foot of Ganchengwu Mountain and was rushed to pieces.
The second formation was to guard the mountain road and rely on the favorable terrain to fight defensive battles, but was defeated again.
On the 23rd, we moved to Yunzhongwu.
The third formation confronted the Fu soldiers across the river along Ganshui, but the Fu soldiers found a ford to force a crossing and were defeated again.
The entire martial arts performance lasted until dusk. Everyone was very tired, and the Zhongwu Army was even more disgraced.
The Luonan Mansion soldiers laughed and said nothing, privately saying that the Zhongwu Army was still "Tian Shefu".
In fact, the best performance of the Zhongwu Army was the first large-scale field battle, which made the Luonan Prefecture soldiers spend a lot of time.
The last two formations were unable to form a large formation due to terrain reasons. They focused on assaults of hundreds or thousands of people, and were severely beaten.
To put it bluntly, even if their personal martial arts skills were not good and their group coordination was not as good as that of Luonan soldiers, they were crushed in all directions - in small-scale battles, the effect of a decisive attack by heavily armed elite soldiers was too obvious.
"Have you taken it now?" Shao Xun asked while skillfully turning over the meat and brushing it with oil while the meat was roasting sizzlingly on the blazing bonfire.
"I don't accept it." Shao Shen said helplessly: "The officers and soldiers of the Zhongwu Army have to farm the land on weekdays, and they don't have any training. How many times a year can they practice?"
Shao Xun smiled and handed him a piece of barbecue.
The source of income for farmers in this era is not only from the fields, but also from side businesses.
Mulberry weaving is the most typical sideline business, and women generally reel, spin, and weave cloth.
Men also have side jobs, and raising livestock is one of them - "Chickens, dolphins, dogs, and pigs will not lose their season, and those who are seventy years old can eat meat."
Farmers often take the chickens and ducks they raise in their homes and the fruits and vegetables they grow to the market to sell.
If you have bamboo or elm trees planted at home, they will be treated roughly.
In addition, fishing, lotus picking, hunting, weaving, etc. are all side businesses that can earn income, including selling labor force and doing odd jobs for wealthy households.
These side jobs require a lot of time during off-farm periods.
The more you train intensively, their income will decrease. This is contradictory.
The advantage of off-duty professional soldiers is that they have someone to support them and can train without distractions.
When the soldiers of the government are busy in farming, they need to go to the fields to help, but they rarely do side jobs at ordinary times. They are very free and have a lot of time to train. How can they compare?
However, among the troops under Shao Xun's account, there are only two types of full-professional recruits who do not need to work at all, namely the silver gun and the black gun.
Yi Cong, Luo Yan, Zhu Sheng and other troops had to graze their horses themselves, and even plant a little grain in case there was insufficient fodder and it would be difficult for the horses to survive the winter.
It also manages some orchards, vegetable fields, and pastures to provide itself with supplies. It is considered a semi-professional army, and its food and salary are only about two-thirds of those of the Silver Spear Army and the Black Silk Army—the remaining one-third is taken care of by itself.
Of course, the pro-army forces, which currently number more than 1,400, are all professional.
To put it bluntly, in this era there were not many professional recruitment habits. Everyone was half-farmer and half-soldier, and even the palace guards had to take turns farming.
"Don't be discouraged." Shao Xun gave Pei Lingyan and Sima Xiao a piece of meat each, and continued to say to his eldest nephew: "The Zhongwu Army is the better among the peasant soldiers. The bones in the canyon back to Xiban It is really not easy to expose this to the wild and thousands of people have died over the past ten years."
"Wang Mi has been unable to do what he wants in the past two years." Shao Shen became more energetic when he mentioned this, and heard him say: "In the past few years, although I was not convinced, I have to admit that Wang Mi can indeed fight, and he has repeatedly hit the mouth of the valley. Standing on the Jinmen dock, my nephew could hear shouts of killing. In the past two years, he had lost Xin'an and Baichao. More than ten thousand people died, all of whom were old thieves from Qingzhou, Yuzhou and Sizhou who had followed him to fight for many years. Now, The Zhongwu Army will be the main attacker. Give it another two years, and I will definitely be able to penetrate the front line of Xishi Fort and get out of these mountains."
"Xiaoshi Fort is a matter for the Forbidden Army. You can just feign a flank attack." Shao Xun said: "Back then, we retreated after hearing the news and allowed the Huns to easily occupy it. How could we lose the land? Now I have to take it back one by one with blood and tears." "
The Forbidden Army attacked Xin'an City and Baichaowu, resulting in heavy casualties.
Now they have to prepare to attack Kip Shek Castle. This is their fate, and they must pay off their debt for their irrational escape. They cannot escape.
After filling in a large number of refugees, the Forbidden Army returned to just over 20,000 people.
Don't tell me, even though the casualties in the past two years have been extremely heavy, and many battalions have been beaten down to a few seeds, even though Shao Xun continued to draw blood and transferred soldiers of the Forbidden Army who had made great achievements in battle to serve as government soldiers, this force in name only belongs to the army. The Jin Dynasty's troops still made considerable progress.
In short, even if a large number of new people are recruited, the various departments of the Forbidden Army are no longer as loose as they were. The progress is all-round, including morale, military discipline, combat effectiveness, tactics, cooperation between departments, battle experience, etc. There has been more or less progress.
To put it bluntly, the strength of the Zhongwu Army is even slightly higher than that of the eldest nephew.
"How many times have you been to Xin'an County this year?" Shao Xun asked again.
"There are always seven or eight trips. I just came back at the end of August." Shao Shen said: "There are more than 300 families left in Xin'anben. This year, 2,000 households of refugees were resettled at once, including many Huns from Jinguyuan. Bai Chaowu has also resettled 1,600 or 7,000 households. There are too many things to do. It would be better to have a smooth war."
"Providing support to the people is harder than fighting, but you can't just know how to fight." Shao Xun said earnestly: "My Shao family's background is too poor, and there are not many useful talents in the clan. You have to work hard."
Among the Shao clan, the eldest nephew Shao Shen is General Huwei. He is based in Yiyang and leads Yiyang, Xin'an and other counties. The five forts of Yunzhong, Kinmen, Tanshan, Gancheng and Baichao also obey his orders. , there is even an army code under its account: Zhongwu Army.
His younger brother Shao Fan was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Assassination and Rape in the General's Mansion, with hundreds of people under his command. His main responsibilities were to find out information, arrest spies, and even monitor and surrender people.
There is another brother, Shao Guang, who used to be the captain of the Tuntian Military Academy in Duyang and is now the supervisor of the General's Mansion. A few days ago, Shao Xun asked him to also lead Liang Ling and take charge of the affairs of Liang County and Guangchengze.
There is also a clan nephew, Shao Jie, who is even more closely related. He is in his twenties and is an older transfer student from the Liang County martial arts school. He was sent to Yecheng a while ago to serve as a county captain.
There is nothing else, at least not the older generation and the people of the same generation as Shao Xun. We can only place our hope on the next generation.
After the rise of Shaoxun, the living conditions of the clan have been greatly improved. Many people have moved to Liangxian, Chenxian, Xuchang, and Bianliang. Their children have begun to receive education. Let's see if they have that luck.
Let’s get some talent.
"Second uncle, I can save it." Because Pei and Sima were present, Shao Shen only said vaguely.
Shao Xun was very pleased that his eldest nephew understood what he meant.
With such a weak clan and mostly incompetent people, will the incident of Sima replacing Cao happen again in the future? It's hard to say, but the eldest nephew has this vigilance.
"If we have enough money and food next year -" Shao Xun thought for a while and said, "I will give the Zhongwu Army a thousand men, three dendrobiums for the monthly food supply, and four pieces of cloth for the year. Raise them and train them well."
Shao Shen was overjoyed.
Although he could control the money and food in Yiyang and other counties and Wudawubao, raising and recruiting soldiers was still very sensitive. He would not dare to do it unless his second uncle nodded.
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Shao Xun stayed at Yunzhongwu that night.
When we entered Wubao, we found that most of the people here had changed.
In the beginning, most of them were refugees from Bingzhou, and later people from other places were gradually added.
At this time, some families were ordered to move out, divide their land and buy houses, and became private households;
In some families, the men died in the war, and the women remarried with their children;
Some became soldiers and went to other places with their families;
Some served in the war, became government soldiers, and moved away;
There are even those who cannot bear the oppression and flee.
Today's Yunzhongwubao households mostly speak with a Jizhou accent, and they have only been here for a short period of time, only three or four years at the longest.
What remains unchanged is that Yunzhong Sanwu, Gancheng and Baichao Erwu are still managed by martial arts students.
This is a very good opportunity for them to practice skills after graduation - Wubao is highly organized and is much easier to manage than the unorganized countryside, which means it is less difficult.
Due to the unremitting efforts of the predecessors, a relatively complete set of rules and regulations has been formed for the management of Wubao. Those who come after will generally not make mistakes if they follow these rules first. After working for a year and a half, they have accumulated some experience and have a certain understanding of the management of Wubao.
After you have gained your own understanding, you can also make suggestions for improvements and include them in the Wubao Management Charter.
After the martial arts students can manage a Wubao well, he can step onto a bigger stage.
"Is this the first dock you built back then?" In the clean and tidy room, Pei Lingyan stood at the window, overlooking Luoshui.
A fresh wind blew from the river.
There are waves of pines and waves on Nuji Mountain.
The bright moon hung high in the sky, illuminating the entire land.
What a peaceful and cozy country castle!
"Well. Without these forts, it would be impossible to support the first batch of Silver Spear Army. Without the first batch of Silver Spear Army, it would be difficult for me to succeed." Shao Xun walked up behind Pei Lingyan, gently held her waist, and put his head
He put it on her right shoulder and said, "Do you still remember what happened back then?"
"What's up?"
"I asked you to borrow money to build Wubao. You said that the government money could not be used, so you gave it to me as a dowry. I have not paid back that money." Shao Xun hugged the woman tightly and asked softly.
Pei Lingyan was in a daze for a moment, it happened a long time ago.
"It's just five hundred guan and fifteen hundred pieces of Hanoi silk." She said calmly.
"I haven't paid it back because I will never be able to pay it back." Shao Xun turned Pei Lingyan around, looked into her calm and gentle eyes, and said, "I will never be able to pay it back in this life."
Pei Lingyan leaned her face into his arms and said, "Don't think too much about it, I'm willing to do it."
After hearing this, Shao Xun was silent for a long time and was speechless.
After a moment, he suddenly thought of something, took Pei Lingyan's hand and entered the bedroom next door, then stared at the ground and counted slowly.
"What are you doing?" Pei Lingyan asked curiously.
Shao Xun didn't answer and continued to count. After a while, he found the target, took out his dagger and pried it a few times, and pried out the entire floor tile.
Pei Lingyan watched quietly without disturbing him.
Shao Xun wiped the mud on the back of the floor tile and saw the word "Pei" engraved on it. He was overjoyed and held it in front of Pei Lingyan like a treasure and said, "Look at it, Hua Nu."
Pei Lingyan saw the words engraved on the brick at a glance, and was stunned. Then he looked at Shao Xun with roving eyes, a faint blush on his face.
"I have missed you since then, thinking about you day and night, so I wrote this letter to commemorate you." Shao Xun looked at Pei Lingyan with burning eyes, took a few steps closer, and said.
Pei Lingyan turned his head slightly and said, "Go take a bath, your body is covered with sweat."
"Okay." Shao Xun responded quickly.
The evening breeze blew gently through the windows, and the night in Yunzhongwu was so charming.
Chapter completed!