Early the next morning, Ruan De went to the county government office to find Yu Shou. Yu Shou recommended him to the county magistrate Ma Houwen. Ma Houwen immediately ordered him to lift the tripod. Ruan De lifted the 800-jin copper tripod above his head three times on the spot and ordered him to shoot the steps.
Ruan De's bow hit ten out of ten from a hundred steps away, and the arrows were all intact. Ma Houwen was overjoyed and immediately appointed him as the head of the new army. After five days of training, he rushed to Bianliang.
This is the official culture that Yu Shou learned from his father. Although the appointment is his right, he gave this power to Ma Houwen. This power is not given every day. It only comes once every few years and has no impact on Yu Shou.
But he showed respect for the chief officer.
In addition, if Ruan De performed well in the military, his recommenders would also be commended. He gave up this potential benefit to the county magistrate Ma Houwen.
Ma Houwen also knew this very well. He immediately agreed with Yu Shou's opinion and allocated a courtyard to Ruan De. It is located in Guihua Lane, close to the county school and the county primary school. The courtyard covers an area of one acre and two cents and is a government building.
Nowadays, various counties have a lot of official residences and land in their hands. It was also because of the Jurchen invasion that a large number of wealthy people were massacred or fled. Their properties and land became ownerless, and were finally taken over by the county government and returned to official ownership.
After five days of training, Ruan De led two hundred soldiers to Bianliang.
Outside the south city of Bianliang, a large recruit camp covering an area of more than a thousand acres has been set up. Twenty thousand recruits recruited from various counties on Henan Road will gather here for training. This time, a total of 42 counties in 11 prefectures will be recruited.
When the recruitment order comes, the number of soldiers varies. Bianliang County, Chenliu County, and Changshe County all recruit more than a thousand people, while small counties like Yuchi County recruit only two hundred people.
This day is November 15th. From the 15th to the 17th are the days for recruits from all over the country to report. Although three days were given, most of the recruits actually came on the first day. First, it was not too late these two days.
Oh my God, secondly, I came late, and many good resources are gone, such as good armor and weapons, good barracks, etc., so it is definitely more beneficial to come early than to come late.
Starting early in the morning, the first army to enter the camp was a thousand recruits from Bianliang. They were led by a deputy commander named Kong Qing, who was the commander of the rural soldiers in Kaifeng Prefecture. Finally, he took advantage of this opportunity.
, Kong Qing finally became the official deputy commander of the Western Army.
Although the Western Army has given quotas for low-level generals below the level of commanders in various regions, it does not mean that those who join the Western Army will definitely become low-level generals. The requirements of the Western Army are in line with the standards of the Western Army. One is physical fitness. Those below 5 feet 8 cannot be assigned to Dutou.
For military positions and above, a person who is 5 feet 8 is almost 1.75 meters tall, unless he has extraordinary martial arts skills.
The second step is to lift 150 kilograms above the head three times. For martial arts generals, lifting 150 kilograms is considered the minimum standard. Thirdly, if you need to know a weapon, how can you convince the soldiers if you don't even know how to use the weapon?
Fourth, there is no requirement for riding and shooting, but you must be able to shoot with a step bow. You can use a eight-bow bow within eighty steps, and you can hit at least seven out of ten shots.
These standards have been issued to each county, and I hope that each county can choose generals carefully and not just consider favors, which will cause embarrassment in the military camp.
Yang Zaixing rode on horseback and waited at the gate of the new barracks. Recruits from various counties continued to arrive, ranging from two hundred in small counties to three to five hundred in large counties.
A general called out loudly, "The new soldiers from Changshe County have arrived!"
A group of more than a thousand recruits came in line. The leader was a general who was about thirty years old. He was tall and tall, carrying a broadsword and full of murderous intent. His name was Li Yaoqing. He was originally the commander of the puppet Qi army. After Wanyan Wushu eliminated the puppet Qi,
When he was in the army, he was laid off and retired, and returned to his hometown in Changshe County, Yingchang Prefecture. After Chen Qing seized the Central Plains, he asked all states to form rural soldiers, and Li Yaoqing became the commander of the rural soldiers in Yingchang Prefecture.
The thousand soldiers he brought this time were the rural soldiers they formed a year ago. They had been trained for a year and they certainly looked more powerful than other recruits.
After entering the military camp, Li Yaoqing separated from a thousand soldiers. The thousand soldiers went to the recruit tent to report. In fact, they all carried their recruit cards. They just went to click and submit the card, and then went to the recruit tent to rest. Li Yaoqing and several others went there.
Register the new general's account.
Groups of new soldiers arrived one after another. At this time, the general shouted: "The new soldiers from Yuchi County have arrived!"
These were recruits from a small county. There were only two hundred people. Yang Zaixing didn't want to look at it. He turned his horse and was about to leave. He suddenly felt something and turned back. Only then did he realize that the recruits in Yuchi County all had particularly strong heads.
Most of the soldiers are half a head tall, and they are infantry generals without riding horses. They are infantry generals. They hold a large iron rod in their hands, weighing at least more than sixty pounds. They are about twenty-five or six years old. They have strong steps and powerful weapons.
Yu Bufan.
Yang Zaixing was a little surprised. He actually used an iron rod weighing more than 60 kilograms as a weapon, which ranked among the top five in the Western Army. Yang Zaixing called his soldiers, pointed at Ruan De and gave a few instructions. The soldiers nodded and followed Ruan De.
Already.
Ruan De was taken to the new general's tent, where he had to register. Registration for generals was much stricter than for new recruits.
There was a long row of tables in the big tent, with more than a dozen civilian officers sitting there, and a general sitting in front of each of them.
"Please sit down!" The civilian officer asked Ruan De to sit down politely.
"I'm asking you some information. Please be sure to answer truthfully. If it is not true, it will seriously affect your promotion in the future, because many of you have served in the army in the Puppet Qi Dynasty, but as long as you have not committed the crime of killing civilians or raping civilian women, everything else will be fine.
Don't worry."
Ruan De nodded, "I understand!"
The civil servant laid out the registration form and asked with a pen: "Name, age, are you married?"
"My surname is Ruan Mingde. I have no prefix. I am twenty-five years old this year. I am married and have two sons, one is seven years old and the other is five years old."
The civil servant took notes with his pen and asked again: "Where is your ancestral home?"
“Shijie Village, Yuncheng County, Jeju!”
"What's your father's name? What's his job?"
Ruan De hesitated and said: "My father's name is Ruan Xiaoqi. He was a fisherman in Liangshanbo. He was forced by the government. He once went to Liangshan to fall grass. He was later recruited by the government, but he did not want to be an official. The family moved to Dezhuang, Chuqiu County, Huide Prefecture.
For farming.”
This civilian officer was obviously not familiar with the Liangshan Uprising during the Xuanhe period. The civilian officer was from Shaanxi, and of course he had no idea about the past events that happened on the East and West Road in Beijing twenty years ago. He wrote down the story with an expressionless face.
"Can you ride and shoot?"
Ruan De shook his head, "I am a step general and I know how to step and bow!"
"What weapons do you usually use?
"I usually use iron rods and harpoons!"
"Harpoon?" the civilian officer was stunned for a moment.
Ruan De turned around and saw three small harpoons stuck behind him.
A civilian officer wrote: "Iron rods and concealed weapons are flying!"
"Any other special skills?"
Ruan De thought for a while and said: "The water is good, you can dive in the water with a stick of incense, and you can also blacksmith!"
"Blacksmithing is not a martial skill, it is a life skill!"
The civilian officer smiled and asked: "Have you ever joined the army? Song army, puppet Qi army, signature army, rural soldiers, etc."
Ruan De shook his head, "Is this my first time joining the army?"
The civilian officer smiled again and said, "There is one last question, can you read?"
"I have been reading for several years, and I have no problem writing The Analects and Mencius silently."
The civil servant immediately took a liking to him and said, "Okay! Put your fingerprints here, five fingerprints on your right hand, and then sign your name."
Ruan De signed with a pen and pressed five fingerprints. The civil servant gave him a bronze medal and said, "Go! Go to the martial arts field for a practical test."
Ruan De was startled, "What is the actual measurement?"
"If you want to be the commander of the Western Army, there are requirements, including body shape, weight lifting, martial arts, and archery. Don't you know?"
Ruan De shook his head, Yu Shou didn't tell him.
The civil servant smiled and said: "You should have no problem, go ahead! There are soldiers outside the tent to take you there."
Ruan De clasped his fists and saluted and left.
At this time, Yang Zaixing came over from the back tent and asked indifferently: "How do you feel about this person?"
The civil servant had a very good impression of Ruan De and said with a smile: "I feel very honest, and he can also write "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" silently. I think he is very good."
Yang Zaixing picked up the registration form and his eyelids jumped. This man turned out to be Ruan Xiaoqi's son. Others didn't know about Ruan Xiaoqi, but Yang Zaixing knew it very well.
Everyone has their own secrets, and Yang Zaixing is no exception. It is not without reason that he followed the bandit leader Cao Cheng in his early years. His father Yang Zhi was also one of the heroes of Liangshan, and Cao Chengcheng was his father's confidant.
Yang Zaixing was entrusted to Cao Cheng, who then took Yang Zaixing to his hometown of Hezhou and passed on his powerful martial arts together with Yang's guns.
Later, Cao Cheng offended the local powerful and was forced to rebel in Hezhou. Soon he led Yang Zaixing to Lingnan.
Because Cao Cheng's military discipline was so poor, he committed rape, robbery, and all sorts of evil, which aroused Yang Zaixing's strong resentment. His repeated admonitions were useless, so Yang Zaixing left Cao Cheng and met Chen Qing to suppress the bandits on the way back to his hometown of Taiyuan.
Yang Zaixing has always kept his father's secret in his heart and has never revealed it to anyone. However, he never thought that he would meet the son of Ruan Xiaoqi, a descendant of Liangshan during the recruitment of new soldiers. He also had the same water nature as his father and could dive in the water with a stick.
Fragrance, even the water ghost scouts can't do it. He is worthy of being the descendant of the three heroes of the Ruan family.
Yang Zaixing's heart was filled with ups and downs, but he didn't know that Ruan De was in big trouble at the martial arts arena.