In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 455: Aspiring Young People in the Song Dynasty

Under the leadership of Li Piao, the three people impulsively signed up, but their families fell into trouble.

The three of them are all second-generation officials and second-generation officials. In the old Southern Song Dynasty, there would be opportunities for people to become officials in the future.

Even though Zhao Yurui has become a lot stricter now that he came to power, there won't be much problem for the three of them to become officials in the future.

Now the three of them impulsively signed up, and Jin Yiwei soon came to visit their homes. The elders of the three were all shocked.

Li Zengbo still didn't care, and he supported his son to become a soldier. However, his mother-in-law went crazy at home and threatened to hang herself, so Li Zengbo stopped his son from becoming a soldier.

Li Piao refused to participate in the imperial examination, otherwise he would have had the opportunity to take the imperial examination. However, since Uncle Li Zeng was promoted to the prefecture, his son would definitely have no problem getting a job as an official in the future.

Unexpectedly, Jinyi Weidao came to the door. Li Piao had already signed up and could not withdraw unless there was a problem in his family, such as a traitor, an adulterer or a prisoner.

Magistrate Li, if you force your son to withdraw, you are afraid that it will affect your reputation and future in the court, Magistrate Li.

Opposite Jin Yiwei still gave him face. Li Zengbo was the magistrate and was familiar with Jinyiwei Qianhu. Qianhu also said that Li Piao could withdraw, but if word spread, he was afraid that it would have a bad impact and would implicate Li Zengbo.

Now Li Zengbo's mother-in-law had no choice but to cry at home and scold her son.

Wang Deng's parents had no choice but to grit their teeth and admit it.

Li Piao's father is the prefect of Jinan, so there should be some rumors about him.

Sure enough, Li Piao said: "It seems that a river channel will be dug to connect Xuzhou and Jining."

There are many rivers between Shandong and Jiangnan, including Yishui River, Mushui River, etc.

After digging the Huitong River, it connects Xuzhou and Jining. It is very convenient for materials and troops from Jiangnan to enter Jinan, Dezhou and Linqing.

All three of them knew how to ride a horse, so they rode side by side, following the Song army commander.

But Wu Qian from Shandong was already repairing the missing piece. Li Piao and the others saw many people exploring and scratching around along the way.

It may only take three or four days for a boat from Xuzhou to reach Jinan, or even five days at the earliest.

Here, they are divided into two waves. One wave of more than thirty people will take a boat to Jeju Island to practice riding and shooting there.

More than 40 people arrived in Jining first, then disembarked. Those who could ride rode horses, and those who couldn't rode in carriages, headed for Xuzhou.

Another wave of seven or eight people are training in Haizhou, where they are all practicing flintlocks, spears and shields. After training, they may go to the front line.

Although they are young, they can understand and understand.

It was the first time for Li Piao and the others to take a boat ride. This was a troop transport ship exclusive to the Song Dynasty. It had two floors, which reduced some unnecessary structures. There was only one huge cabin, which could seat four rows of people, and there were more seats on the ground. Sitting in four rows, the upper and lower floors can hold more than 200 people, and can carry 10,000 kilograms of supplies when full.

At the end of January, the three of them got on the boat sent by Jinyiwei and headed for Jining.

The other party can say hello when handing over to Shandong Dusi.

Li Piao and the two of them nodded again and again.

The recruits of the Song Dynasty were expected to look at the arms. Generally, the cavalry had to train for more than a year before they could enter the frontline troops.

Originally, the commanders of Shandong Dusi, Peng Yibin, and Li Zengbo also knew each other, but most of the senior generals of Shandong Dusi were involved in the war with the Mongolian army and were not in Jinan.

But these inland rivers are either too small or in the wrong direction. Most of them go northeast, relatively close to the sea.

On the land route, under the conditions of this meeting, it would take about three or four days for the light cavalry without baggage. If they took the baggage and artillery, it would take at least about ten days.

It was still rare for people to take the initiative to serve as soldiers in the Song Dynasty. Today, Li Piao saw a boat of more than 40 people, which proved that Zhao Yurui's propaganda and policies were quite effective.

One day, Gundam finally couldn't help it and asked Li Piao: "Why do I see so many people surveying along the road? What are they doing?"

Strategic locations such as Jinan, Dezhou, and Linqing are all in the northwest of Jiangnan.

The two fathers could only greet each other through Jin Yiwei and people from the Shandong Dusi Recruit Training Camp.

Gao Zhong, the commander of Gao Zhong's father, was a middle-level military attaché with 500 people. Gao Zhong found Li Zengbo and the two of them came forward to find Jinyiwei Qianhu.

If it weren't for Zhao Yurui's propaganda campaign, there probably wouldn't be a single person who would take the initiative to become a soldier.

Wang Deng was indeed quite capable, and he could see the key at a glance: "If this can connect Xuzhou, Jiangnan and Shandong will be connected together. Waterway transportation is very convenient. In the future, whether it is transporting troops or supplies, it can shorten a lot of time." day."

After the Huitong River is dug out, Shandong and Jiangnan will be able to pass directly through the waterway, which is quite convenient.

The power to allocate the new army lies with Shandong Dusi, but it is handed over by Jinyiwei and Shandong Dusi.

It's better on Gundam's side. His father is the commander stationed in Jinan Mansion, and he himself is married. In ancient times, getting married meant that you were alone and could make your own decisions.

The barracks, artillery camp, musketeers, etc. are about half a year.

Moreover, your Wang family has two sons. According to the saying that one out of every hundred households in Jinan Prefecture is elected, no one from the Wang family will need to serve in the military for a hundred years. Even if the Wang Deng family moves elsewhere, they will still enjoy the policy of being exempted from military service for a hundred years.

In early February, this group of people arrived in Haizhou (Huai'an). At this time, they entered the territory of Jiangnan Dusi and left the territory of Shandong Dusi.

After Li Piao interacted with the people around him, he realized that most of them were like them. After watching the drama, they got excited and took the initiative to sign up to be soldiers.

Compared with the more than 300,000 people in Jinan City, plus the population of nearby counties, this number is actually quite small.

Of course, he later learned that these were all the people who had asked to serve as soldiers throughout January.

Because the Huihui River has not yet been opened, and it will not be opened until the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Deng was the same. His parents didn't agree, but his father was just a teacher and had no power. Jin Yiwei directly said that he couldn't quit, and he had to get up even if he didn't get up.

There are three others who were asked to sign up by their families, because military service reduces taxes and guarantees that the family will be exempt from military service for decades, even hundreds of years.

Of course, there are various benefits to being a soldier in the Song Dynasty. Those who have achieved military merit can use their military merit to change their background for their descendants. Even if they cannot become officials, they can still become officials.

However, there were not many people in the boat today, only more than forty people. Except for a Song army in full armor, they were all a group of young people with aspirations of the Song Dynasty.

Only Li Piao, Gao Da, and Wang Deng took the boat out to sea and suddenly headed south for more than ten days, stopping twice along the coast of Zhejiang. At this time, they knew that they had been transported overseas.

Li Piao scolded people every day, but Gundam and Wang Deng were happier.

It is obviously safer overseas and there is no need to fight with the Mongols.

In late February, after more than half a month, Li Piao and the others came to a new place. After landing, they learned that this place was called Da Yuan and it was the largest sugar production base in the Song Dynasty.

The soldiers who came ashore to receive them had not yet arrived, so the three of them followed the Song army and stood on the shore waiting.

Li Piao noticed that there were many Song Army warships on the shore, and a large number of local people whom he had never seen before were helping to transport supplies to the ships.

A truckload of supplies passed by them at the scene. After a while, two people were unloading the goods and accidentally overturned a large box. The big box landed on the ground and rolled around a few times. Song Jun came over and muttered something in words they couldn't understand, as if he was scolding the people.

"Flintlock gun." Gundam pointed to the box excitedly. The Chinese characters for '06 Type Flintlock Gun' were written on the outside of the box.

The Type 06 flintlock gun was mass-produced in the fourth year of Yuan Zhen. It is still the mainstream equipment of the Song Army's infantry camps. Due to production limitations, it has not been completely replaced. However, Zhao and Rui are gradually phasing out the gun and shield soldiers, and they will be replaced in five years at most. All should be equipped with flintlock guns.

The biggest problem with the Song Army's flintlock guns now is to have spares, so the production requirements are extremely high.

That is to say, for a force of 3,000 men, if all 3,000 men use flintlock muskets, then Zhao Yurui must equip this troop with five to six thousand flintlock muskets, which can be replaced at any time.

The biggest secret of the Song Army is that the lifespan of flintlock guns is reduced after continuous firing. Even the Mongolian army doesn't know it now. If the Mongolian army knows this secret and attacks forward with absolute strength, regardless of casualties, it will be easy to defeat the Song army. Flintlock array.

Last year, in the decisive battle between the Song Army and the Mongolian Army near Qianzhou, many of the Song Army's main fusiliary formations were destroyed due to long-term and high-intensity continuous firing.

It was not until the seventh year of Yuanzhen that the production line of flintlock muskets was built here. It was mainly responsible for the supply of flintlock muskets to Hanzhou, Persia and other overseas places.

This batch of flintlock guns was shipped to Hanzhou and Persia.

The three of them looked at the boxes of flintlock guns being transported to the ship with envy on their faces, wishing that each person could be assigned one immediately.

The Song Jun next to him saw the expressions of the three of them and said, "Do you want to split up into one immediately?"

Yes, yes, yes, the three of them nodded at the same time.

Song Jun laughed: "Everyone thought so before getting the gun. After getting the gun, everyone didn't want it, hahaha."

The three of them looked confused, obviously not understanding.

But before they could ask, the person who took over the troops from the senior officer's side arrived.

A city leader came over with a team of people. When he saw a few people standing on the shore, they looked incredulous.

"Just-just-these-three?"

The Song Army who brought them here smiled and said: "These three are all ambitious young people. They all signed up to join the army on their own initiative. They want to defend the Song Dynasty and be loyal to His Majesty -" they said a lot of good things.

They all looked disapproving, obviously feeling that the number of people was too small.

But it was not the recruitment season, so he didn't say anything. After making friends, he went back with the three of them.

Zhao and Rui Baoqing started running DaYuan in the second year of their life. Now more than ten years have passed. With the strong support of Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other provinces and the continuous immigration throughout the Southern Song Dynasty, the population of DaYuan is close to 900,000, and the local area has become more and more popular. It became more and more prosperous, and Damuan Port became the only port for merchant ships from the Song Dynasty to travel to and from Southeast Asia.

The three of them followed Dutou and saw shops everywhere along the road. People were coming and going on the street. It was like returning to Lin'an. They were very surprised.

After exiting Tai Muang Port, there are three roads ahead.

One leads to Gaohong Mansion, one leads to the sugar factory, and the other leads to the local garrison camp.

Dutou briefly told them that ordinary people were not allowed to go to the road between the sugar factory and the garrison camp, and there were checkpoints not long before going forward.

Du Tou then led them to the road leading to the garrison camp. Li Piao and the other two people wondered why they didn't come on horseback. After walking more than a hundred steps forward, the front suddenly opened up and a large open space appeared. Behind the open space were fences and sentries, and there were Simple houses with dozens of war horses tied to the open space.

"Can you ride a horse?" Dutou asked.

The three of them nodded.

The generals were quite satisfied and gave each of them a horse. They all got on their horses and ran along the road.

Li Piao looked around while jogging. He had heard that there were many mountains in Da Yuan. Now they were in the south, with fewer mountains and more plains. Da Yuan's high-quality grain fields were also concentrated in this direction, but it was difficult to run in now. After one mile, you can see mountains on both sides.

Their military camp was in the middle of the mountains. Later, Li Piao found out that they used to belong to the local Fan people. Now the senior officials were not divided into Fan people or cooked Fan people. The Song army was collectively called Fan people.

The Song army conquered this tribe and drove them out of the mountain. Then the Song army built a barracks here and commanded the garrison.

The three of them, Li Piao, were all in the same camp, namely the first army, one general and the second battalion of Gao Hongjun.

The battalion commander's name is Zhang Gang. He is young, around 20 years old. His father is Zhang Hui, the former commander of the Jurchen battalion, who was a descendant of the Jin Kingdom.

But now it’s not allowed to be called that in the camp.

Zhang Gang's battalion specializes in training new recruits.

After Li Piao and the others arrived, they found out that there were more than 500 people in their battalion. Except for the sergeants above the corps commander level, almost all the sergeants were recruits recruited in the autumn of last year.

The recruits come from all over the country, and some senior officers apply locally.

There are Han people, Jurchens, Khitans, and even Fan people.

Everyone in the camp speaks a variety of languages, and it is difficult to communicate with each other. However, the corps commanders basically understand Chinese and the local language, and daily communication is no problem.

Most of the people in this battalion came two or three months earlier than them, and the three of them are currently the latest.

They were assigned to a team with ten sergeants and one corps leader.

Except for the corps commander, the other ten sergeants all came to the rank of senior officer this year.

There are five Han Chinese, two Jurchens, one Khitan, and two Fans in the team.

These two Fans were immersed in the Song Dynasty very early. Their parents were farming near Gaohong City. They had lived with the Song people for nearly ten years and they could speak fluent Chinese.

The Jurchens and Khitans all surrendered to the Song army after the fall of the Jin Kingdom, and were then moved to Dayuan with their families. Now they basically recognize the identity of the Song people.

When the Jin Kingdom fell, these few were only a few years old. Wu Jili, the eldest Jurchen, was only six years old.

Wu Jiali must not have been named Wu before, but there was a rule in the army that Jin people could not be mentioned in the Khitan people. Everyone was from the Song Dynasty, so Li Piao and the others did not dare to ask him what his surname was.

The Khitan's name was Nie Hong, and he probably also changed his surname.

Their barracks were all made of wood. Each barrack slept ten sergeants, and the lower part was elevated. This was a common construction method in overseas island countries at this time.

Because the barracks are in the mountains, they are not affected by typhoons. At the same time, because they are elevated, they have good moisture-proof effects. To prevent mosquitoes, all vegetation within a hundred steps of the military camp was cleared.

The commander of the corps is Luo Abao, a Han Chinese who was originally a naval officer of the Song Army in Zhejiang.

He told Li Piao and the others that there were more mosquitoes here, but in order to allow them to adapt, they generally did not order insect repellent in the camp. However, considering that they had just arrived, they could get some repellent and repellent incense if necessary. After using it for three months, it will no longer be issued.

They were also very tired that day. After all, they had traveled such a long distance. After getting to know their roommates and teammates, they fell asleep early and did not participate in training.

(End of this chapter)