The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 26 Change
Zhou Changshou's face brightened, and he heard Chen Wang say that he passed, and he could go to drink porridge with the soldier badge.

He first knelt on the ground and kowtowed, then took the soldier badge, and hurriedly ran to the cauldron where the rice porridge was boiled.

The soldiers guarding the cauldron glanced at the soldier badge in Zhou Changshou's hand, and then scooped a full bowl for him directly from the cauldron.

This was not over yet, the soldiers standing aside lifted a piece of white cloth, and under the white cloth was a drawer of steamed buns that was almost piled up into a hill.

The soldier in charge of distributing rice grains took one out of it and handed it directly to Zhou Changshou.

This caused a commotion in the whole scene, and everyone swallowed their saliva uncontrollably.

The porridge given by the government is almost miscellaneous rice with a little water, and it can only hang a mouthful to survive.

Now seeing the rice porridge that can stand on the chopsticks, and the big steamed buns, how can I bear it.

The crowd boiled up for a while, and everyone rushed forward one by one, scrambling to move forward, pushing and shoving each other.

Some came late, fearing that they would not be in the queue, so they just squeezed forward desperately, while the people in front were pushed all the way forward and couldn't control themselves, so they could only try their best to stabilize their figures.

For a while, there was a lot of scolding and shouting, and the scene was faintly out of control.

"boom!"

Just as the crowd was clamoring, a loud bang suddenly spread in all directions, and the crowd couldn't help but stagnate.

The gunpowder smoke drifted with the wind, and Chen Wang threw the fired blunderbuss to Chen Gong who was standing beside him.

"Pushing and shoving people who jump in line, my Datong soldiers will not take them."

"All line up and move forward one by one."

Chen Wang's eyes were full of evil spirits, and he swept across everyone's bodies, and everyone's backs couldn't help but feel a chill.

People who have killed people and people who haven't killed people can be distinguished just by looking at them. People who have killed people usually have a murderous aura about them.

Chen Wang has not only killed people, he has killed more than a hundred people.

Those refugees who were swept by Chen Wang's gaze were all chilled and terrified.

Looking at the shining steel knives, the sharp spears, and the soldiers in armor, no one dared to push and crowd.

One after another, people lined up and walked towards where Chen Wang was.

Chen Wang identified and checked one by one. Not everyone could pass the review, and many people were rejected.

Hu Zhili, who was standing aside, was a little puzzled, and took advantage of the gap to ask in a low voice.

"Brother Wang, do you pay attention to the selection of soldiers? I just saw that the man is tall, with strong palms and looks a little weak. It is not a problem to raise his body to be a servant."

"Wait for the latter."

Chen Wang raised his hand to stop the person behind who wanted to come forward.

Chen Gong, Hu Zhiyi, and Hu Zhili are related to him by blood, and he will need the support of the three of them many times in the future. Chen Wang did not perfuse Hu Zhili's question.

"If you were asked to choose soldiers, how would you choose?"

Hu Zhili frowned slightly, and pondered for a while.

"Naturally, they are tall and strong, have learned martial arts, and have a solid foundation. Such a candidate will be a good player when he wears armor and goes into battle."

Chen Wang shook his head. The standard Hu Zhili said was basically the standard for many battalions to select soldiers.

"However, such a person has indeterminate martial arts habits, so he is not afraid that military law will be difficult to restrain."

"Ordinary people, who would go to practice martial arts?"

"That man just now, although there was fear in his eyes, he was afraid of the sword in our hands, but he was not afraid of others, but he was not afraid of military law. He was full of ruffian, and if he was elected to the division, he would definitely bring down the spirit of the division."

Hu Zhili nodded thoughtfully, and then asked again.

"Brother Wang, why did you choose these people?"

Hu Zhili looked at the dozen or so refugees sitting on the ground next to the cauldron, sipping porridge and eating steamed buns.

"It's simple."

Chen Wang pointed to Zhou Changshou who had almost eaten and was sitting on the ground resting.

"These people are all from the countryside, either poor farmers or tenant households."

"If they want to live, they have to do farm work and serve corvee. They can endure hard work and be tired."

"The reason why I want to look at their hands is to see if they are telling the truth. People with firm skin and calluses on their hands, sallow complexions and slightly dark skin are basically people like this."

Chen Wang turned his head and looked forward, and Hu Zhili followed Chen Wang's gaze and looked forward.

"Those green skins in the city can't be soldiers. These people are quick to run on the battlefield faster than anyone else. The peasants are afraid of the government. They are naturally afraid of us and the military law when they enter the barracks."

"During training, I dare not steal or play tricks. Military orders will be followed and carried out, and I will not run away easily when I go to the battlefield."

"After returning to the camp, I will tell you slowly. It is getting late now, and it will take a lot of work to bring them back to the camp after recruiting soldiers."

Chen Wang didn't continue talking on this topic, and the recruiting team started to move again.

Chen Wang still checked slowly one by one, screening them one by one.

He planned to train these newly recruited soldiers in his own way.

Although Cao Wenzhao was strict in governing the army, the soldiers under his command could basically be regarded as elites among the Ming army in Guannei.

But even so, he still looked down on the infantry recruited by Datong in the battalion. These so-called elite soldiers had fought too many battles, saw blood, were well armored, and their morale was really low.

When fighting against the wind, everyone scrambles to be the first, and if there is a slight decline, they will retreat and their morale will drop.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Cao Wenzhao led the army out of the city to fight the Houjin army who entered the customs. At that time, they were the family cavalry who really fought.

A chariot battalion of several thousand infantry lined up in the open field, and Houjin's cavalry only harassed them for a while, and then panicked and hurriedly released their firecrackers.

The fight was lively, but Houjin's cavalry did not see any casualties.

As a result, Houjin's cavalry seized the gap, rushed to the front and rushed to the car camp in a wave of charge, and was defeated.

Fighting the rogues still has a little courage in their hearts because they have the advantage in their hearts, and they are already three points timid when they have not fought against Houjin.

Chen Wang thought very simply, he had to train the newly recruited soldiers for these three rounds by himself.

According to Qi Jiguang's military training method, combined with some military training methods of later generations, try to find a way to train an elite soldier.

Only by training an elite soldier can we have more strength to protect ourselves in the next battle, gain military exploits, continue to climb upwards, and at the same time get more attention from Cao Wenzhao.

No matter how many things have changed now, one thing has never changed.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, the Ming court still had a huge advantage over the rogues.

Although only from the point of view of Shaanxi, the Ming army was scarce and could barely maintain its defense.

The Ming army was scattered in four places, and there was a shortage of troops.

But all this will change in October of the eighth year of Chongzhen.

because.

Lu Xiangsheng is coming...

"History of Ming Dynasty: Biography of Lu Xiangsheng":
In May of the eighth year, he was promoted to the right deputy capital censor, and the governor of Huguang on behalf of Tang Hui.

In August, he ordered the military affairs of Jiangbei, Henan, Shandong, Huguang, and Sichuan to be prime ministers, and also the governor of Huguang.

Governor Hong Chengchou is in charge of the northwest, and Xiangsheng is in charge of the southeast.

(End of this chapter)