Chapter 662: The Pro-Army and the Forbidden Army-The Passage to Ascent
Guanzhong, Jingzhao Chang'an Prefecture, Qian County, Zhaoling Village.
A large flag with a white border and a red background was still fluttering in the wind. Han Baisheng stood not far away, looking at it quietly for a long time, and then showed a crazy smile.
This was the flag used by the government when it sent people to equalize the land. Under this flag, Han Baisheng was allocated 80 acres of good land next to the ditch and 120 acres of dry land.
Thinking of this, he felt dizzy and walked with more energy than usual.
The sage only collected twenty-one in the Guanzhong field tax. The output of the eighty acres of good land alone was too much for his family to eat after paying the tax. The one hundred and twenty acres of sloping land could all be saved.
What makes Han Baisheng even more confident about the future is that Guanzhong has finally gotten rid of the continuous attacks of floods, droughts and locusts in previous years.
The year before last and the year before last were both good and prosperous years. Everyone said that Zhang Shengren was a god and a Buddha who had descended to earth.
The more Han Baisheng thought about it, the happier he became. He was about to go to his own land to take a look when he saw his younger brother Han Juesheng, who worked in the Zhaolingdu Inspection Department, running like crazy.
Just as Han Baisheng was about to ask what happened, he saw Han Juesheng holding a small gong and banging it.
"The inspection commander has an order. The saint's carriage will arrive at Jingzhao Mansion tomorrow. The inspection team members, gun clubs, and archery club athletes will all gather together to track down bandits and water bandits. The martial arts students will immediately go to the county with their swords and swords. Gather at the Yamen."
After hearing this, Han Baisheng jumped three feet high. He followed his brother and roared wildly. The news that the saint was coming to Jingzhao Mansion tomorrow spread throughout the village.
Not long after, an express deliveryman riding a green horse also arrived at the entrance of Zhaoling Village, holding a large flag with a silver and white background embroidered with a golden lion.
Pu Bing first put away the original silver-edged red flag, then placed the silver-white gold lion flag, then took the horn from his back and started blowing loudly.
Han Baisheng felt numb when he heard it. This was the trumpet call to summon the Zhaoling Village Imperial Army and the Guard Army.
Han Baisheng vaguely remembered that Zhaoling Village seemed to have some imperial troops from Huwei, Changguo, Huguo and other towns as well as guard troops from the Three Guards of Chang'an.
Sure enough, it didn't take long before a large number of members of the Bow and Arrow Club and Gun Club Club arrived, carrying hunting bows on their backs, carrying horizontal knives on their shoulders, and holding long spears.
Those wearing leather armor, holding more sophisticated weapons, and even a few heroes of the imperial army wearing iron armor or cotton armor also arrived.
The imperial households and guard military households in Guanzhong are different from other places. It is closer to the model of Hexi and Longyou. There are many land grants and low taxes. The imperial troops are not necessarily in the city except when they are on guard duty.
The Guard Army adopts the model of large settlements and small mixed settlements, so in addition to the settlements of the Guard Army, there are often Guard Army households in certain key locations or villages with particularly fertile fields.
Everyone naturally lined up according to their status. The Imperial Guards wearing cotton armor or iron armor were at the front, and those with big horses and golden swords were sitting on stools. The soldiers were also polite to them.
Guardsmen with some leather armor, guns and sticks who can enter martial arts after being selected by the inspection department, and archery masters are in the middle.
Behind them are the patrol officers who are on duty, as well as the athletes of the gun club, bow and arrow clubs who are going to participate in the inspection drills, and at the end are a large number of young men between the ages of twelve and fifteen.
Of course, there are some exceptions, that is, athletes whose families can afford a horse and are good at riding.
Most of them have the status of Yi Congxiaoqi. Even if they are not selected into the Forbidden Army and Guard Army, their status is higher than that of ordinary people.
And this status is not just talk, but has real benefits.
First of all, when dividing the fields, the quality of the acres was equalized from top to bottom. The oxen leased by the government were also used first by the families of the Imperial Guards.
When collecting the Spring and Autumn Taxes, the soldiers of the Forbidden Army can assist the servants in collecting the taxes, and naturally they can also take advantage of them.
If there is any problem or dispute in any household, the Forbidden Army athletes can participate in mediation together with the elders in the village.
Even when eating, the person sitting at the table with the officials must at least have the status of a forbidden soldier.
As for the conflict between two villages and two surnames in the countryside, it is even simpler. Which village and which surname produces more athletes such as the Imperial Army is often justified.
It was because of his eldest son that Han Baisheng's family was allocated eighty acres of good land near the ditch.
Han Huzi, who has just turned seventeen, can ride a powerful horse and can shoot the bow left and right on horseback. He has the right to be a knight and has entered the county martial arts school. Next year, he will participate in the martial arts competition in Jingzhao Prefecture.
If you can pass the martial arts examination, you will get the title of Qijidutou.
That's a big deal. If you retire, you can serve as the Deputy Hundred Household in the Guards Army, and the county government can serve as the head of Wuhou. If you enter, you can continue to take the exam. In the future, you can enter the personal guard or even the capital of Shanshan.
This is a very strict system with visible rising channels and very difficult to cheat.
At least it's hard to cheat now. When it comes to martial arts, you need to see the real seal on your hands. If it works, it works, and if it doesn't, it doesn't work.
After seeing that everyone had arrived, Pu Bing immediately took out the document with the seal of the defense envoy of Zhongxing Province and the seal of the military supervisor of Chang'an Prefecture.
It was announced that all the imperial troops from the three towns of Guanzhong Huwei, Changguo, and Zhenguo, and the guards from the three guards of Chang'an would immediately report to Jingzhao Mansion.
The younger brother of the Han family also announced later that it was approved by the Privy Council and the Defense Envoy Yamen of Guanzhong Province, and the document was finalized by the Military Supervisor Yamen of Jingzhao Prefecture.
The Zhaolingdu Inspection Department of Qian County received an order to recruit 80 united archers, 30 righteous soldiers with spears, and 10 righteous cavalrymen.
Among them, Zhaoling Village will produce 20 united archers, 10 righteous followers with long spears, and 3 knights and knights.
The crowd immediately burst into cheers, especially the men who were united archers and spear followers. They immediately formed a team under the command of the copper whistle of the elder in the village.
Pu Bing directed the shouting boys to begin setting up various stone locks for testing strength, wooden poles for measuring height, and measuring the length of the track for testing endurance.
There are about 200 men in Zhaoling Village who are capable of going to the battlefield. There are less than 100 people present now, and the rest who live far away from the entrance of the village are still coming.
When they all arrive, the assessment will begin. There are only thirty-three people to be recruited from more than two hundred people, so the competition is still very fierce.
And even doing this kind of auxiliary work, which is similar to that of a civilian, is a good thing.
Because this is equivalent to opening up a path of promotion from civilians to officials. If you achieve military merit, be selected into the Forbidden Army or even the pro-army, or even obtain the official position of a military officer, you will reach the sky in one step.
Even if you don't get big military achievements, if you make some small achievements and get rewards from saints, it's still a windfall.
As for the issue of defeat, no one thought about it at all. Now the general trend of the world is so obvious. No matter who we fight, everyone thinks it is impossible to defeat.
Moreover, these athletes know better how today's stable days came about. Just as the inspection man said, if they don't do anything themselves, when Dazhou cannot be saved, how can they still keep what they have now?
At the entrance of the village, as the test began, cheers rang out like thunder. Those who passed were beaming with joy, while those who were dismissed were dejected.
Han Baisheng didn't participate in the selection because he was a bit old and he couldn't lift the dozens of kilograms of stone locks, so don't be embarrassed.
When he returned home, Han Baisheng saw his old wife wiping away tears as she packed her bags for her eldest son.
Han Baisheng also understood that, let alone Zhaoling Village recruiting three Yiccong Xiaoqi, even if he only recruited one, it would only be his eldest son Han Huzi.
"When fighting outside, don't always think about fighting for your life. You have to save your life first. If you..."
"Why are you talking about this? How can we fight when we are just trying to save our lives? Have you forgotten how you escaped for your life in Pizhou?
Without the saint, without Dazhou, our whole family would not know where they died."
Han Baisheng blew his beard and glared at his old wife and scolded him, then looked at his son and said.
"Da Lang, don't listen to your mother. When you get to the battlefield, you have to fight bravely to kill the enemy. I guess this time I'm going to fight against the Kingdom of Shu. The risk is not great."
Although Han Baisheng did not officially become a member of the Forbidden Army, he was also a member of the Yi Cong in Guanzhong and participated in the Luoyang War when he left Tongguan to fight the Khitans.
It's just that he never went to the battlefield and only did some work as a civilian. As soon as the battle was over, he was persuaded to return home because he was too old.
But Han Baisheng has always been proud of this. When he met people in the village or even the county, he would show off his record as a veteran and tell them that he, Han Baisheng, had also left Tongguan from Long.
Although Han Huzi is only sixteen years old, he is already quite strong. What's even more amazing is that although he is a bit short, he is covered in lumps and his hands are ape-long. With such a figure, he is simply a natural horse archer.
Han Huzi looked at the nagging Ye Niang and grinned, "Brother, don't worry, if I listen to my mother, how can I survive in the army? I must not be laughed to death by my colleagues. The millet in Guanzhong cannot breed a coward!"
"Yes! Brother, if you show the same ferocity with which you usually beat someone, you will kill a hundred Shu soldiers."
The younger brother Han Mengzi looked at the leather armor on his elder brother's body and the yellow horse beside the tethering stone, his eyes filled with envy.
Of course he hopes that his brother will fight the enemy bravely, because with military exploits, he will probably be given armor and a good horse. So now his brother's leather armor and yellow horse are his, and he can also be selected as a Yi Cong Xiaoqi. From now on The future is bright.
As soon as Han Huzi heard this, he knew that his younger brother was thinking about his armor and horse, so he raised his hand to fight.
Han Mengzi had been beaten more and his reaction was faster. Before Han Huzi even raised his hand, he flew like a rabbit more than ten feet away.
Han Baisheng glared at the two brothers fiercely, stretched out his hand to hold them, and was about to chase Han Huzi, and then his face became serious.
"Your third uncle's family went to Shu country a few years ago, did you know?"
Han Huzi nodded, "Yes, it is said that Brother Yinsheng's grandma sent someone to find them."
When it comes to Brother Yinsheng, even an arrogant young master like Han Huzi has a face full of respect.
It turned out that his third uncle was Li Dalang, the half-brother of Li Hao, the Prime Minister of Shu.
Li Yinsheng is the young man Zhang Xiaobao met in Zhaoling Village, the young man who can lead all the young people in the village to form troops.
"I estimate that the officials will send someone to find you. If you contact your third uncle this time, it will be a great achievement."
Han Baisheng said very solemnly, while Han Huzi suddenly showed a look of surprise on his face, "Yeah, you mean, the third uncle and the eldest brother Yinsheng are our internal agents?"
Han Baisheng scratched the bun on his head and said, "It should be, but I can't say for sure. Just listen to the officials."
Of course, Han Baisheng didn't know about such an important matter as Zhang Xiaobao entering Shu. He could guess a little bit, but his sister revealed something to him, because Zhang Xiaobao went to Shuzhong as the younger brother of the Han family's mother-in-law.
As soon as the father and son said a few words, footsteps were heard outside. Han Baisheng's younger brother Han Juesheng came over wearing sackcloth, carrying guns and sticks, and several officials.
The leading general held an order in his hand, "Han Huzi, a certain family is a general of the Zuojinwu Guards, Yuhou, and I have been ordered to transfer you to the Zuojinwu Guards. Come with us now."
"Zuo Jin Wuwei?" Everyone in the Han family immediately screamed, and Han Huzi felt even more dizzy.
Zuo Jinwuwei, the top pro-army among the pro-army, even if he is just a soldier, he is extremely glorious and superior in the eyes of the public, let alone the general Yuhou himself recruiting people.
Han Baisheng looked at his younger brother Han Juesheng with joy, "Sanlang, are you going too?"
Han Juesheng nodded, "Go! Let's go! It won't take more than a scar to make a U-turn. If we make a contribution, we will also save 200 acres of land and marry a fat aunt."
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Shuzhong, Jianzhou, Muma Village, this is a military village standing in the middle of the mountain, just on a trail from Jianzhou.
The wooden horse village is backed by the majestic Dajian Mountain, and on the left is the abyss. There is only such a trail that can pass through. The trees in front of the village are cut down regularly. If any enemy troops come, they will be discovered within a mile or two.
It can be said that as long as the defenders of such a military stronghold are decent, even if there are only 300 people guarding the city gate and 10,000 enemy troops come, it will not take a few months before the defenders are exhausted and exhausted.
Military stronghold.
Jianzhou also has another name, called Jianmen Pass. Jianmen Pass is the key barrier to entering the plains of central Sichuan.
From Jianmen Pass to Muma Village a hundred miles away and then to Langzhou a hundred miles away, there are eight military villages like this along the way.
In other words, if Jianmen Pass is captured after retreating ten thousand steps, it will not be easy for the enemy to enter the plains of central Sichuan.
Zhang Xiaobao dragged a slightly limping leg, but his speed in the mountains was not slow at all. He could not walk as fast as he could, but at least he was no worse than a normal person.
The comfortable life and peaceful environment in Sichuan have calmed Zhang Xiaobao's thoughts of self-destruction since he became lame.
When he went to Shuzhong, he actually planned to risk his life to do something earth-shattering.
But at this moment, Zhang Xiaobao didn't want to die. He fell in love with this land. He wanted to die in this place after completely unifying Shu for the saint.
Zhang Xiaobao's current identity is one of the ten generals under the command of Zhang Qianzhao, the Jiedushi of Zhaowu Army in Lizhou, Shu Kingdom.
As a lame man, he was able to be accepted by Zhang Qianzhao, naturally because he had someone in his court.
The current Zhang Xiaobao is not called Zhang Xiaobao, but Han Weisheng. He is the half-brother of Li Hao, a disciple of Tong Zhongshu in Shu Kingdom.
Li Hao and his son lacked the most influence in the army in Shu. As soon as Zhang Xiaobao, Li Dalang and Li Yinsheng arrived, Li Hao was immediately treated like a treasure.
Are you kidding me? If Zhang Xiaobao hadn't been lame, he would have been a young general among Zhang Zhou.
Li Dalang rose from a righteous follower to become a member of the imperial army, and Cheng Xinlang's rank officer also had two brushes.
When Li Yinsheng was twelve or thirteen years old, he was known far and wide as a child leader, and he was the seed of a general who attracted the attention of Liu Zaisheng, the former commander of Chang'an Town.
When such a person arrives in Shu, he immediately stands out like a chicken. Even if Li Hao's recommendation is not mentioned, Zhang Qianzhao also likes these three people very much.
Because Zhang Qianzhao, Sun Hanshao, etc. were actually from Daibei Wuxun, so he was naturally somewhat close to warriors from the north like Zhang Xiaobao and Li Dalang.
After more than a year of lurking, Zhang Xiaobao became one of the two lieutenants of Trojan Village.
Li Dalang also became the horse infantry envoy of the Baoning Army in Langzhou, and controlled an armed force of thousands of people.
More importantly, they have firmly established themselves on the key road from Jianmen Pass to Langzhong. When that day comes, they will become a loophole for the Meng Shu Army in this natural danger.