Start: Datang Wanli a lonely city

Chapter 456 Recruits

(Before the arrival of the next phase of tasks, there are about ten chapters of content transition.

The author intends to use the native perspective to write about the changes around him, as well as the various preparations of the team. It may be a bit boring, so you can skip it if you don’t want to read it)

Time, March [-]th of the first year of Maode.

The location is fifteen miles northeast of Kaifeng City, in the new recruit training camp of the Great Song Dynasty.

With his head raised, his chest raised, his abdomen retracted, his waist straightened, and his eyes looking forward, Hou San, a member of the new army of the Song Dynasty, stood in a standard PLA military posture.

About one meter in front of Ren Ren, a 25-year-old new barracks instructor.

While shouting, the roaring sound continued to reach his ears, while bearing a lot of saliva, it kept splashing on his face:

"Stand at attention, take a break, and talk.

Let me hear you clearly, Hu Xianggong and the chief instructors in the army, take pity on your hard training in the last half month, and specially allow you to take a day off.

After eating in the camp today, as long as you register with me, you can go straight out of the camp and go home.

But do remember one thing, the drums will start in the camp at Chen Shi tomorrow morning, and those who fail to return to the camp in time after the three-way drum is over will be treated as deserters.

What is the fate of a deserter, I think you all know it very well, have you heard it? "

Yes, that's right!Hou San, a native of Kaifeng City, after successfully registering in Kaifeng Mansion that day, the document that registered his name told him.

With Hou San's good stature and strength, there must be no problem at all in joining the new army, as long as he stays at home and waits for the news.

Sure enough, in the early morning three days later, the people from the street office came.

A big red flower was brought to him, together with a total of dozens of men from the surrounding alleys, amidst the beating of gongs and drums, they were first sent to gather outside the city in a lively manner.

Finally, after gathering a large number of recruits, they were pulled to this recruit training camp together.

In the first three days, it was okay. It was nothing more than everyone felling wood and digging soil together, and hurriedly built this simple new barracks.

After building the new barracks, they started formal training.

It means that for half a month before, Hou San stayed in the camp to be practiced, and he hadn't seen his fresh and beautiful new wife.

Even so, after hearing such great news, Hou San and the others cheered one by one, let alone on the spot.

Instinctively, he still maintains a good military posture, which is called standing motionless like a pine tree.

What the hell!I dare not move.

Because in the past half a month, after suffering countless military sticks, something called discipline has already penetrated into their bones.

Or to put it another way, for today's Hou San and others, they are no longer afraid of the legendary golden man.

Because his fear of recruit instructors surpassed everything else.

As long as he is not scolded by the instructor, beaten with a stick, or kicked violently with the soles of his feet, he can do whatever he wants; OK.

Finally, in the ensuing time, about 130 recruits from their recruit company yelled 'I heard' with the breath of their dantian.

The instructor nodded in satisfaction, and said a sentence like the sounds of nature: "Let's go, go to the cafeteria~"

At such a time, Hou San and these unlucky bastards dared to cheer loudly.

But after the cheers were over, they gathered again in squads, and under the leadership of the squad leader, that is, the 'Ten Generals', they walked towards the dining hall in a column formation.

The recruits in other classes also looked like this.

If you look down from a high altitude, you can see tens of thousands of personnel in a huge new barracks, which looks so orderly at the moment...

For Hou San and other Kaifeng natives, the new army formed by their grandfather Hu naturally has a new atmosphere.

After careful calculation, there are too many differences from the Forbidden Army before the Song Dynasty.

Not to mention the Forbidden Army did not know that the last rehearsal was done indiscriminately after a few days; the new army they are in is quite different in terms of organization.

Fortunately, it's not complicated on the whole. Hou San figured out the way of it in the first day of enlisting in the army.

Every ten people in the new army is a squad, and there is one squad leader, which is equivalent to the ten generals in the original Great Song Forbidden Army; one deputy squad leader, which is equivalent to the corps leader in the Forbidden Army.

The four squads were reorganized into a platoon, and the positions of chief and deputy platoon leaders were newly created.

The three platoons add up to a company, with a total of about 130 people, and the company commander is not much different from the former leader of the Song Dynasty Imperial Army.

Together, the four battalions have a total of about 550 people, and they are organized into one battalion.

The general is called the battalion commander, but he is actually the battalion commander of the forbidden army.

In addition, it is said that in the future, there will be higher-level regiments, brigades, divisions, and armies; but they will not be organized until a total of three months of recruit training is over.

Now, the largest unit in the training camp is the battalion.

With a total of 5 new troops, a total of [-] battalion heads were compiled. The company numbers of Hou San and the others were the three battalions and eight companies of recruits.

In short, when forming the new army, Hu Biao and the others did so in order not to cause opposition from some old forces in the Song Dynasty.

Hu Shumi, who has power over the ruling and opposition parties, was afraid of this thing, but he was not afraid. The main reason was that it was a bit troublesome and boring. They used the official names and unit names of the new army as much as possible to rely on the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty.

In fact, in essence, it is still the PLA set.

It's normal to think about it. After the Chinese people crossed over to form an army, of course they learned PLA...

After a short time, Hou San and the others lined up and came to the cafeteria; to be more precise, they were actually some thatched huts with only roofs.

The formation of the new army was too hasty, and there was no time to make tables, chairs and benches in a hurry. Hou San and the others took squads as a unit, and could only sit in a circle with ten people on the spot.

Their eclipse was placed on the ground in the middle.

After sitting down cross-legged, even though it was not the first time to eat such a meal, Hou San still felt a little emotional.

The main reason is that it is still too rich.

On the ground in front of them, a big pot was filled with yellow rice cakes, a big pot was filled with millet porridge, a small pot was filled with soybean milk, and a few small pickles.

Of the above, except for soy milk, there is only a small bowl per person.

For other cooking cakes and millet porridge, as long as your stomach can eat it, you can eat as much as you want, as long as it is not wasted.

The only problem is that these grains are said to be dug out from the Hanjia warehouse in Luoyang City, and they are all old grains that were hoarded into the warehouse in the Tang Dynasty hundreds of years ago.

So much so that after eating it now, it has an unspeakable old taste of the boss.

But in this year, it is a blessing to be able to eat a full stomach, so there are so many other things to say.

But when he began to eat and drink afterwards, Hou San only ate five fist-sized multigrain pancakes and a big bowl of soup before putting down his chopsticks.

Including the other fellow robes in the class, they also looked like this.

no way!The main reason is that when we first came to the new barracks, everyone ate too hard.

Hou San clearly remembered that his first meal in the camp was to eat eight whole grain pancakes in one go, and also drank three big bowls of millet porridge.

If the instructor hadn't stopped him from eating and drinking because he was afraid that he would die, it would not be a problem to have another three or five pancakes.

But this kind of food and drink, after Hou San ate for more than ten days in a row, he couldn't eat anymore; every meal he ate half of the previous food, he felt full.

Whenever Hou San thinks of this, he feels very regretful...

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After eating the court food, Hou San registered with the instructor again, and finally he was able to leave the camp and go home.

As soon as he thought of his newly married little lady, this guy felt an indescribable heat in his heart.

Immediately, he rushed back to the dormitory, took out two chickens under the bed and put them in his arms like treasures; if he talked about these two chickens, there really was some origin.

Every day, these new troops, after getting up to the sound of golden drums.

No matter the weather is windy or rainy, under the leadership of the instructor, you have to carry a [-]-jin log and run for ten miles before returning to have breakfast.

In each new barracks, the first class to finish running will be rewarded with a chicken per person.

If you finish a class in the end, you will have nothing to eat for the day.

In order to be able to eat a chicken, the more important thing is that everyone is a group of old men, who can't afford to lose any face; every morning when this so-called "cross-country with heavy loads", everyone works very hard, and the competition is quite fierce.

So these days, Hou San and his team only won twice, and they won a total of two chickens.

However, unlike the others, Hou San secretly replaced the boiled chickens with raw ones at the cook's class, so that he could bring something for his little lady when he went home.

Thinking of the appearance of the little lady eating delicious chicken, Hou San felt much happier than eating a good meal of noodles himself.

He just took two chickens and hurried to the gate of the new barracks.

After seeing several people standing on the side of the gate, smiling.

Hou San stopped immediately, and at the same time raised his chest and retracted his abdomen, he raised his right hand and placed it obliquely on the edge of his temple, performing a military salute unique to the new army.

Not forgetting in his mouth, he roared loudly:

"I have met the four chief instructors, Lao Hei, Big Yu, Fengche, and Chen Tang. Good morning, chief instructor~"

The reason why the four people in front of them were called so was that these ministers were the heads of the new barracks.

Regardless of the instructors of Hou San and others, they were trained like grandsons during the day, but they were trained like grandsons by the four chief instructors at night.

However, these chief instructors have an excellent attitude towards these little soldiers.

Hou San clearly remembered that Fengche Xianggong, a dignified right servant of the military department, a dignified third-rank official of the court, secretly covered himself with a quilt when he was patrolling in the middle of the night a few days ago.

It is also because of all the above that the recruits admire these gentlemen very much, and even the daily title has become a more intimate title of 'chief instructor'.

"Good morning, I haven't been home for several days, go back early, remember to come back on time tomorrow morning."

While the above four people were returning the salute, Chief Instructor Dayu said something in his mouth with a very pleasant expression.

Then looking at the recruits in front of them, even after leaving the camp and walking unattended, they spontaneously formed groups of two and rows of three.

Immediately, in the heart of each other, they breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the four of them basically have PLA service experience, the work of recruit training falls on their shoulders.

I have to say that even if they are PLA veterans, they are under a lot of pressure for the scene of training 5 people at once.

It can only be selected some old soldiers who are barely usable in the imperial army, so that they can train them the night before.

The next day, these rookie instructors were asked to train more rookie recruits.

Whether such an approach can work, they also have no idea.

In fact, these days, Hou San and the others were frequently scolded by the instructors, greeted with military sticks, and big-footed boards. In fact, it basically happened to the four of them.

For these guys who couldn't even tell the left and right at first, and could only tell by rolling up a pair of trouser legs, it's really inefficient to learn if they don't do it.

Fortunately, after spending half a month, it seems that the specific effect is not bad.

These rookies have more or less the appearance of a soldier.

But after thinking of something, Chen Tang, a dull gourd, suddenly asked with a very worried expression:
"Based on our training syllabus, Old Hei has almost finished training in the queue.

In the following time, the use of muskets will soon be involved, as well as other related tactics. Will the muskets on Langqing's side be in place in time? "

After hearing such a sentence, some sadness appeared on Lao Hei's face.

Because they know very well that the Jin people will not give them too long time to prepare.

At most until September, after this year's grain harvest, it is the time when the autumn is crisp and the people are fat and the horses are fat, and the army of the Jin people will continue to go south again.

So the time left for them to train and become an army is only six months.

According to their original plan for reorganizing the army, all recruits will be sent to the new barracks for a three-month training, and then they will be reorganized and run in for three months.

And then, it's time to fight Jin Bing to death.

Therefore, it is said that their time every day is quite precious, and every step of training and running-in steps planned in advance cannot be disrupted.

Otherwise, if you make a mistake, it will affect the combat effectiveness of the new army.

But they also know that in such a short period of time, with the manpower and material resources at hand, at least [-] muskets must be completed, as well as other weapons and armor equipment.

What a great pressure it will be for the Ministry of Industry in charge of Lang Qing, Lao Tie, Wu Zu and others.

"I heard that the sample gun has been completed, let's go and have a look later; no matter what, they need to produce one or two thousand guns first, so that recruits can use them in turn."

In the end, Lao Hei said such a helpless sentence...

Relying on sufficient food and good training for half a month, his body is getting stronger and stronger now.

Hou Sanna walked back the fifteen miles from the new barracks to Kaifeng City in a relaxed mood; when he entered the city gate, there were only thin beads of sweat on his forehead.

The problem is, after he walked through the city gate.

Looking at the very familiar houses and streets in front of him, Hou San suddenly felt a little strange.

The houses are still those houses, the streets are still those streets, but after a glance, there is always an indescribable feeling.

Immediately, I couldn't help muttering in my mouth:
"Huh? This Kaifeng city, I have lived here for more than [-] years since I was a child. Why did I not come back for half a month? Why do I feel that I don't recognize it?"

After a while, Hou Sancai realized after patting his head that Kaifeng City had become surprisingly clean.

In Kaifeng City in the past, although there were some places called "garbage rooms" at street corners and city gates, people could dump their household garbage into it, and then transport it out of the city by special horse-drawn carriages.

Like the streets in front of some shops, the mistresses would clean them up from time to time.

But there will always be some garbage abandoned by everyone on the street, and even the excrement of large animals.

As a result, after looking at it now, these familiar things are gone at all, which is called a clean place.

But because of his eagerness to go home, Hou San didn't bother to care about these for a while; after hastily apologizing to his colleagues, he walked quickly towards Qingyi Lane where he was.

Walking, walking, because my throat feels a little itchy.

Immediately, with the sound of 'TUI~', a mouthful of old phlegm was spit out a long distance away.

Then before he took two steps, an unusually high-pitched voice sounded behind him: "That man Wu, hurry up and stop for me~"

Looking back, he found a white-haired old woman.

She was wearing a starched white skirt, and a red cloth ring on her right arm, and she was walking towards her with strides like flying.

Before Hou San could speak, the old woman yelled a series of words:

"According to the latest regulations of the Kaifeng government, in order to keep the streets clean, everyone is not allowed to spit or defecate at will. If you violate the first violation, you will be fined one penny for the first time, and two fines for the second time.

The third time he was not fined, he was taken directly to the Kaifeng mansion and locked up for three days, and he had to send him home when he was given a meal.

Seeing your attire, the old man should be a new army member who just came back to the city today during the military holiday. It should be the first offense, so hurry up and pay a penny. "

After finishing speaking, he held a wooden whistle in his hand, as if he would blow the whistle to call someone if Hou San didn't obey.

Instinctively glanced around, and found that the pedestrians around were familiar with it, and it should not be the old woman who extorted money.

Hou San smiled wryly and took out a penny from his pocket, and when delivering it, he asked curiously, "Ma'am, are you the official of Kaifeng Mansion?"

Xu Shi Hou San's appearance of paying the money happily, and his status as a new army made the old woman have a good impression.

After putting down the whistle, taking a penny, and handing over a small piece of paper covered with a red stamp, such a skillful set of movements, he also answered happily in his mouth:
"The old man doesn't have that kind of blessing, but it's because of the kindness of Her Majesty the Empress and Grandpa Hu, seeing that the old woman and other helpless old women have no means of making a living.

Let the old man and others clean up the street, if you see someone spitting and urinating at will, you will stop and fine them, and you will have a monthly subsidy of money and food, so you won’t starve to death~”

While saying this, Hou San could clearly see the good spirit on the old woman's face, which can be said to have never been seen before.

For a while, the strangeness brought to him in Kaifeng City was stronger; but such a change full of vitality seems to be quite good...

(End of this chapter)