A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 90 Women's Camp
Wang Dou was also surprised, when did Xu Yue'e have such skill?She has no one to teach, how did she practice it?

Tao Shi went down and shouted to the women: "What are you doing? You didn't work and ran here to play. The defense king has already come, and you don't come to greet him?"

The women were shocked, they turned their heads and saw Wang Dou and the others were standing on the high slope, they hurried over to pay their respects, dozens of them knelt on the ground.

Wang Dou smiled and said, "Get up."

Xu Yue'e was also kneeling in the crowd, holding a long gun in her hand. Behind her, there were also a few women with guns and sticks, who seemed to follow her lead.

Wang Dou looked at Xu Yue'e, and saw that she was dressed like a typical village girl, wearing a coarse cloth dress with a few patches on it, her hair was disheveled, and her face was much thicker and darker, only her former beauty could be faintly seen.

Wang Dou didn't have much contact with Xu Yue'e before. He remembered that she was a very proud woman in the village, and her life was good. After the big change, would she feel a sense of loss in her heart when she lives this kind of life now?The fool Wang in the village in the past is now in a high position, what does she think?
In any case, they are all neighbors in Tongzhuang. Now that Xu Yue'e has such skills, it would be a pity to let her continue to raise pigs and grow vegetables.

Wang Dou said to Zhong Tiaoyang: "Cousin, this Xu Yue'e is very skilled, it's a pity to keep her in the livestock farm, I think it's better to transfer to Shun Township Castle."

Zhong Tiaoyang nodded, and said to Xu Yuee and others: "My lord is kind enough to transfer you to Shunxiang Fort. Miss Xu, you can go back to the fort to clean up, then go with your lord."

All the women nearby were envious, Shun Township Fort, that is a big place, only Xu Yue'e didn't say a word, just bowed deeply on the ground.After a final count, there were about a dozen women who had practiced gun sticks with Xu Yuee. They were all those women who were captured by the Hou Jin army or raped by bandits in the past. These women were all transferred away.

There are many women and children scattered in Shun Township Fort, and they should be organized. Maybe Xu Yue'e can appoint a small leader or something.

On the second day, Wang Dou and others turned back to Shun Township Fort. Along the way, the girls from the Jingbian Fort livestock farm were all excited and talking non-stop, only Xu Yue'e remained silent.On the way, Han Chao, Han Zhong and others looked at Xu Yue'e, they naturally knew about Xu Yue'e's past, but they were curious about how this woman practiced spear skills.

On the way back to Shunxiangbao, Wang Dou also went to Dongjiazhuang. After Gao Shiyin and Yang Tong were transferred to Dongjiazhuang, one was in charge of the soldiers in the village and the other was farming.In the twelfth lunar month of last year, the two counted the young and strong population in the castle, and prepared to reclaim the wasteland and train the young and strong. They also took fifteen cattle and thirty shi of rice from Wang Dou.

Dongjiazhuang originally had more than 100 military households with more than 500 people, and there were more than 40 officers and soldiers led by Zhang Gui, the former team officer.However, after Zhang Gui was promoted to the prefectural city management officer, he and Zhang Tanggong, the leader of his family team, took away more than ten family members. There were less than [-] officers and soldiers in the fort, and some old and weak people were abolished, leaving only a dozen people.

In February of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Gao Shiyin and Gao Shiyin used the team of soldiers they brought from Jingbian Fort as officers, and they also compiled and trained more than 100 soldiers. The previous training method in Jingbian Fort, training hastily started.

However, the situation of these soldiers was the same as Wang Dou's in Shunxiang Fort. The pikemen could have a spear each, but the firecrackers didn't have a few qualified firecrackers, so they urgently needed Wang Dou's support.Wang Dou has nothing to do now, the new sentinels, the firecrackers, can't have a firecracker in each of them.

He could only comfort Gao Shiyin and Gao Shiyin, and wait for the craftsmen of Shun Township Fort to forge new firecracker weapons, and equip them immediately.

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After staying in Dongjiazhuang for another day, Wang Dou and others returned to Shunxiang Fort.

Just before the teaching field outside the south gate, I heard bursts of shouts, passwords, and curses. This is the Shunxiang Army training.

After the disaster victims outside the fort were organized into military households, Wang Dou immediately selected young and strong men from among them, and formed the soldiers of the front post and the back post, led by Wen Fangliang and Sun Sanjie respectively.In the Wangdou No. 25 sentry army, there are [-] officers between the chief Jia and the chief post. They are all selected from the former two sentry veterans of the Han Dynasty and Han Zhong. Many of the sergeants who have been outstanding in suppressing bandits recently are new officers.In South Korea and North Korea, after Han Zhong's two outpost veterans were selected, some young men were recruited for training.

On April [-]th, the formation of the Four Sentinel New Army was completed and formal training began.

Like the original two-sentence veterans, these new recruits still undergo a one-month systematic and rigorous training first, learning how to stand in line, how to step on the drums and march in line, etc., and then teach them how to kill the enemy.

These recruits have problems with the training of the former veterans. Han and North Korea, Han Zhongyuan’s two sentries on the left and right sentries are okay, most of them are veterans, and there are only dozens of new recruits at each sentry. Among the many veterans Driven, these recruits fit in very quickly.

As for Wen Fangliang and Sun Sanjie, the two sentinels were miserable. Except for some officers, they were almost all recruits.Wang Dou estimated that in July of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Shun Township Fort would be facing a war, and there was not much time, so he had stricter training requirements for recruits.

The recruits lined up unevenly, regardless of left and right, looking left and right, and the officers beat them with their army sticks, making them cry for their fathers and mothers, suffering unspeakably. In just a few days, many recruits had died. Moved the idea of ​​​​running away.

However, Wang Dou and others had already figured this out. During the training interval, all the officers stepped forward to give psychological counseling to the soldiers. They said to the recruits in a nonchalant tone: "You are really comfortable. The weather is neither cold nor hot. Yes, training is comfortable. I think back then when we were training, it was miserable. When the wind blew over in the cold winter, people were frozen stiff, with cuts on their faces and hands, and the superiors were merciless. Just hit with a stick, think about the past, alas..."

Speaking of this, all the officers had tears in their eyes, and they still had lingering fears about their own training back then.Seeing Shangguan like this, the recruit Danzijixiu let out a sigh of relief, feeling much more comfortable in his heart. It turned out that these beating guys were also beaten back then, haha, they beat people really well!
Everyone was beaten in the same way. The recruits felt more balanced, and felt that the training was not so hard, and they could still eat enough food and meat every day. Speaking of it, it was much more comfortable than farming in their hometown before.

After talking about the scandal of being beaten, the officers said with contempt: "I know some of you can't stand it after a little bit of suffering, but you can run away as long as you don't hurt your family... Back then, there were a few idiots in our Shun Township Army who couldn’t bear the hardship and ran away. It doesn’t matter if they escaped, but they hurt their own family members. In the twelfth lunar month, the whole family was kicked out of the fort. Now I don’t know where to suffer. I have gone. In this world, who can have a field for everyone in Shunxiangbao, and everyone can eat enough?"

All the officers unanimously cited the examples of Jiao Jiugao, Chen Chenzhong, and Han Wenhuan, their expressions were full of contempt.

Just like the original two sentinels, these new recruits were trained, and Wang Dou also had a word before the drill. Whoever dared to be a deserter, after being captured, was severely punished by the military stick, and their small family was immediately expelled from Shunxiang Fort. Field distribution is also canceled immediately.

This news was widely publicized not only among the recruits, but also among the newly arrived military households. I don't want to lose this person, let alone my family's chance to survive in troubled times.

Now those new military households have food and a stable life, and now they are organized to reclaim wasteland and build mines in the fort. They can live a good life like the original military households in Shun Township Fort. If they are driven away... …no one dared to imagine the consequences.

The family members are always exhorting and exhorting, their men must practice well, and don't run away to be ashamed and hurt the family.Looking at the original veterans who can persevere in such a difficult environment, why can't I?For a while, the recruits held their breath and just trained hard.

During the intervals between training, Wang Dou also asked the officers to explain the meaning of hard training to the recruits. Although those officers were rough and might not speak very well, at least they let the recruits understand the meaning of drills, that is, in troubled times, The Tartars are rampant, and only by practicing martial arts well can they protect their homes and their families, wives and children.

Although the training is hard, the recruits are satisfied with enough food and meat every day, but they also have doubts, why is there no food and salary in the Shun Township Army?To be a soldier should be paid.

The officers sneered at the doubts of the recruits: "Now you are full of food and drink every day, and your family still has land to divide, and you still need food? Do you think that the money and food for the guards fell from the sky? To feed you, and you Parents, mothers, wives and children at home, do you know that adults work so hard? How many brothers in the old army, in order to feed you, went around suppressing bandits, they died and were injured, is it easy for them?"

"It's a man's, so I will kill the enemy and capture it myself! My lord is benevolent, and the rewards are very heavy. If you get such money and food in your hands, you will be proud of yourself, right?"

Then some officers proudly bragged about how much they got in the bandit suppression battle some time ago, especially Wu Zhengchun, the new commander of the A team of the Left Sentinel A team. It is worth a year's rations in the guard or in the battalion.

"It's a man's, just like Wu Jiachang, use your own swords and guns to win it!"

Finally the officers concluded.

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Wang Dou and others entered the teaching ground, where the four sentinels were training, the sound of footsteps and shouts were loud.

In the Han Dynasty and Han Zhong's original two outpost armies, although some new recruits were recruited, the officers of each team in the original army could train them.As for Wen Fang and Sun Sanjie's two sentry recruits, every officer needs to keep shouting, and those new captains, armor chiefs, have to continue to set an example for the recruits.

On the teaching field, Zhenfu Chi Dacheng stood aside with a few disciplined sergeants, only staring at the sergeants in the field.However, Lin Daofu was not there. Right now the castle had to open up wasteland and build walls, and there were many affairs. Lin Daofu was already busy every day, so it was impossible to take care of the camp operations.

When Han Zhong saw his soldiers, he immediately cheered up, and he shouted loudly: "You bastards, give me a good drill, if you don't practice well, I'm merciless with my army sticks."

The women from the livestock farm in Jingbian Fort behind Wang Dou were all surprised and chattered non-stop when they saw this fiery military training. Although they practiced spears and clubs in private, how could the atmosphere be so hot and formal?Xu Yue'e in front of them just watched carefully, but still didn't say a word.

Seeing Wang Dou, Zhenfu Chi Dacheng, Wen Fangliang, and Sun Sanjie all came up to meet him.

Looking at the Jingbianbao women behind Wang Dou and the others, they all showed surprise in their eyes.

Wang Dou asked, "How was the training?"

Wen Fangliang grinned and said: "These recruits are really stupid, but the officials are confident that they can be trained into an army within a few months."

Wang Dou nodded: "The training is tough, and we must always pay attention to the dynamics of the recruits. What kind of psychological reactions do they have, and what signs do they have? Officers must pay attention to handling them."

Wen Fangliang said: "Don't worry, my lord, nothing will happen."

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After leaving the teaching ground, Wang Dou came to the west of Shunxiang Fort. Here, a large number of men and women from new military households were carrying dustpans and baskets to transport soil and mud back and forth along the fort wall, filling in high platforms, and ramming the city wall.Along the perimeter of the fort wall, there are already full of potholes and pits, all caused by borrowing soil.

Groups of male Ding Qingzhuang also picked stones from Busan and piled them beside the fort wall, waiting to be polished, and the scene was full of excitement.

On the construction site, Wang Dou also saw the old craftsman Wu Shihuan shouting non-stop, directing a group of craftsmen and women to be busy.

Although he is gray-haired, he is full of spirit and has the energy of a good young man.

Seeing Wang Dou, Wu Shihuan rushed to greet him, Wang Dou said: "How is it?"

Wu Shihuan said: "Don't worry, my lord. Compared with the construction of Jingbian Fort in the past, there are a lot of manpower now. As long as the materials can keep up, the small ones dare to guarantee that the new fort wall of Shun Township Fort will be completed before July." .”

In the planning, the new fort in Shun Township took over from the western fort wall of the old fort, which happened to save the construction of a fort wall.The new castle wall is about one thousand meters long and ten meters high, without bricks. On the west side of the new castle wall, there is another west gate, and finally a moat for the city is dug.In this way, the whole Shun Township Castle, New Castle and Old Castle are combined to form a rectangle.

There are more than 3000 new military households, all of whom live in the new castle. According to the original planning of the old castle, such a population must appear crowded.However, Xinbao, like Jingbian Fort, allows all military households to live in barracks. There are rows of barracks instead of building individual houses, which seems relaxed.

Like Jingbian Fort, the streets and alleys in Shunxiang Fort are also paved with rocks, and there are drainage ditches on both sides, which are also paved with stones.At the intersection of several streets, public buildings such as temples and theaters will also be built.

In the future, the Shunxiang Fort New Fort will be like Jingbian Fort. The houses in the fort are well-organized, the streets and alleys are tidy, and public bathhouses and public toilets will be built to provide military households with a good living environment.

In order to build the fort walls of Shunxiang Fort and Jingbian Fort, all the manpower in the fort was utilized, and no one, male or female, could be lazy.

However, high-intensity labor requires a lot of rice grains. Wang Dou’s military households are treated with meat for one day and vegetarian food for five days. Try not to use it, just spend money to buy it.During these times, there was an endless stream of horses and horses transporting grain from all parts of the state city to Shunxiang Fort, and the owners of all the rice shops were all smiling. When they met such a big customer as Wang Dou, their business was much easier.

Looking at the fiery work scene in front of him, Wang Dou was not worried about the delay of the construction period, but the time was tight and the quality of the fort wall.

Wu Shihuan said: "Don't worry, my lord. After the fort wall is built, it will be as tough as Jingbian Fort. If something goes wrong, my lord can just behead the villain."

Wang Dou nodded and stopped talking.

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After the [-] new military households were arranged to the west of Shunxiang Fort, they built barracks and fort walls there. For these military households, they were organized into hundreds of households in units of hundreds of households according to the rules of the military fort. , several barracks for each hundred households.

In each hundred households, some village elders are appointed to maintain the management order, and these elders can appoint some people from their own hundred households as the general banner and small banner.Of course, these hundreds of households, general banners, and small banners are not official positions in the Ming Dynasty, but just the names of the managers of the new military households in Xinbao, Shun Township.

The above 470 households were compiled from the Cheng households among the new residents. According to the statistics of Feng Dachang, the order official, among those victims, there were more than 2000 Cheng households with more than 300 people.Wang Dou selected 700 households and sent them to Jingbian Fort. At present, there are more than [-] households in Xinbao, Shun Township. The rest are men, women, or orphans. There are more than [-] households. .

Wang Dou organized more than 370 households into four hundred households, and organized the remaining more than 300 men who did not form a whole household into a barracks.

There were more than 300 women and more than 100 orphans left. Wang Dou organized them all into a barracks, and lived in the east of the new castle in Shunxiang, near the west wall of the old castle in Shunxiang.Those men and women who do not form a whole family, some of them may be able to get married in the future, it depends on their fate.

The barracks for women and orphans also appointed many leaders. At the same time, several military officers' wives in the fort, as well as Mrs. Zhong and Xie Xiuniang, went to visit and condolence from time to time. These people were also organized to work every day.

The stronger ones will go out of the fort to work with the men, while the weaker ones will do laundry, cooking, and water delivery for everyone.Those children, some of them still run on the new fort wall every day, helping to ram the wall together.

After Wang Dou sent Xu Yuee and others into the fort, he arranged them in the women's camp.

After the fort wall is built, some of these women can gather together for training or make military products. Xu Yue'e can also bring some female soldiers. Now she should work with everyone.

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After arranging for Xu Yuee and others, Wang Dou came to Li Maosen's workshop again. Now he is most concerned about the making of weapons, especially the making of firecrackers.After Wang Dou set up a few new sentry troops, Shunxiangbao set up two new sentry troops, Jingbianbao one sentry new army, and Dongjiazhuang's two teams of soldiers. 350 guns are also needed.

This is the least. For the upcoming war, we still need some firecrackers in stock. From now to the end of July, we need at least [-] firecrackers, and it is best to have [-] firecrackers.

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