In early January of the first year of Yuanting, before the reinforcements from Chang'an had set out, the Qiang Rebellion in Jincheng County had already broken out. A total of seventeen tribes swore in Dayugu, following Xianling Qiang rebelled and began to invade the county.

The northern part of Jincheng County, which seemed to be far away from the front line and was handed over by the prefect to the guards of the Qiang Hu Qiang lieutenant Ren Hong, had no war yet, but Ren Hong knew that the peace was temporary. The first thing he did when he returned to Lingju County was to ask the county magistrate Fuchang to recruit the village chief and pavilion chief to discuss recruiting troops.

The military service in the Han Dynasty was mainly conscription system. Every man over 23 years old had the obligation to serve for three years in the military service. He first served as a "carriage, cavalry, and official soldiers" in his county according to his local nature, that is, the soldiers of the county and state. He was trained to obtain the necessary military skills, and then returned to his hometown to farm and became the country's reserve soldiers.

Later, according to actual needs, one may be a "garrison" for one year, that is, one may serve in a border county for one year, be a border guard, or be a "guard" for one year, that is, one may stand guard in the security forces in the capital.

The unlucky Han Gandang was a guru who was a guru more than ten years ago. Because his stupid boss was involved in the witchcraft disaster, he was so embarrassed that he was immigrated to Dunhuang.

However, as the military merit system collapsed and household registration was moved and dispersed, and the frequent wars against the Huns in the Wu Emperor's dynasty, after the Taichu year, relying on the military system alone was obviously not enough. Therefore, the recruitment system in the Warring States Period became an emergency prescription, either directly recruiting it with money or promised to exempt taxes.

Half of the soldiers who brought Fu Jiezi to the Western Regions were recruited.

"The Han Dynasty was a regular system. There were police officers from the border counties to recruit strong and archery cavalry to join the army. Now the Qiang barbarians are in chaos and the county is in short supply. The prefect allowed me to live in the imperial residence. Haomen recruited troops as entourages to defend the Qiang bandits."

Ren Hong wrote a passionate mobilization document, and together with the money he received from recruiting soldiers, he asked the county magistrate to send people to Lifang to read it.

"In addition to giving money and rewards, when fighting with the Qiang people, one guilty person was killed, and four hundred thousand yuan was given, one rich man was given 150,000 yuan, two thousand yuan was given, three thousand yuan was captured, and a woman and a young man was captured, and all the money and property he captured was given to him!"

Then he saw the power of these "troubled people" in Liangzhou again. It was useless to just shout slogans to them, but it was much harder to fool them than the passionate young people in Wuling, Chang'an. In two days, only 500 people were recruiting.

"Five hundred people?"

Xin Qingji was a little unacceptable to this number: "When Jian Gong Qiang pursued Xiao Yuezhi and invaded Lingju County, the Hou of Xi'an shouted, and there were six hundred people following him? Why are the Qiang people now in rebellion and Jincheng is in danger, and the government specially paid for recruiting soldiers, but even fewer people responded to the battle. Don't everyone know the truth that 'Where will the skin be attached to the hair'?"

The only thing that curses the people of Juju are not patriotic.

Hearing Xin Qingji's complaints, the Zhao family supervisor who represented the county recruiting people to negotiate with Ren Hong, the old man named Zhao Jia heard this:

"Little Commander, everyone can tell this principle, but do you know how our servants consider it."

He ignored Xin Qingji and looked at Ren Hong and said, "Last time, it was like being touched by a thief, so he naturally had to go out and drive him away. Even if he fought a war, he could go home for dinner. He continued to sleep with his wives and concubines at night, beat disobedient children, and quarreled with his parents. The next day was another day, and nothing happened."

"It's different now. The Qiang Pirates rebelled and the entire Jincheng County was affected. If we do not apply for recruitment, the Qiang Pirates will still be able to climb the city to defend their homeland when they violated Lingju. The Lingju City is high. Even if there are five thousand Qiang Pirates, they can still be defended."

"But if you apply for recruitment and join the army, you will be subject to military law. The Marquis of Xi'an took the county people away from Lingju to pursue the Qianghu, or to help the county town, but everyone will follow or not? At this moment of turmoil in the county, who is willing to stay away from their families? What's more, there are two or three out of ten people who fight in winter. Fortunately, the Marquis of Xi'an has a reputation. In addition, you have been exempted from tribute for three years for Lingju. Only five hundred people follow him regardless of their parents and wives. If someone else comes, hey, I'm afraid there will be no one hundred."

Xin Qingji was a little stunned. It turned out that the people in the resident had this concern.

"Everyone in this city has his own concerns. Five hundred is enough. The soldiers are not as powerful as the number of soldiers. What's more, I have recruited 300 people in Haomen, plus the Qiang-Guangzhou cavalry and the Qiang-Guangzhou cavalry are two hundred, and the number of soldiers is one thousand."

Ren Hong guessed... With his current military level, he could command a thousand people freely. If there were too many, he would probably be in a hurry.

A person like him, when he is giving advice to the country online, it seems like a million troops are in his hands.

But in reality, even organizing a small activity of seven or eight people is a must-have plan.

Even if there were only five hundred Lingju people applying for the recruitment, there were still many conditions. I was embarrassed to mention Ren Hong, so I put them together and asked Zhao Jia, who was the State Supervisor of Zhao Chong, to tell them for them.

"Is it necessary to increase the money?" Ren Hong subconsciously thought about that.

Zhao Jia said, "I dare to sue the Marquis of Xi'an. Lao Jiu lives in Tianshui. He moved here with the general. He stayed here for 40 years. Most of the people in the residence moved from Guanzhong. They are not filial sons and grandsons. They are not ashamed of bandits in the folk customs. They can legally kill people and loot and recruit soldiers who have money. Whenever they have the opportunity, they will apply."

"For example, during the Yuanding period, Xianling and his sister were married to the rebellion, and almost everyone in the county, who were from fourteen to sixty years old, joined the war, and also gained a lot of benefits and captured some Qiang people as slaves."

"But since the two expeditions to Dayuan in the Taichu period, Lingju went to more than a hundred people, but only a few people came back, and when they encountered similar recruits, they were much more cautious."

Ren Hong suddenly realized, remembering the white bones that were marked on the road when he passed by the White Dragon Pile: "It turned out that Ling Juren also participated in the Battle of Dayuan."

During the first expedition in the first year of Taichu, Emperor Wu of Han issued 6,000 cavalry and tens of thousands of evil men in the county and state, most of whom were recruiting soldiers. Because he underestimated the strength of Dayuan and the losses along the way, he did not fight. He had two years old, but only one or two soldiers were left.

The second expedition was even larger in scale, and the prisoners and thieves were pardoned, and the evil young men and the border cavalry were out of Dunhuang for more than a year.

But when they returned to Yumen with Tianma, there were only more than 10,000 left, and 40,000 to 50,000 people were gone on the road...

"There are actually not many people who died in battle, most of them are caused by illness or lack of food."

Speaking of this, Zhao Jia was still a little angry, and his younger brother died on the way to Zhengwan:

"The generals and officials were greedy and did not love their soldiers, and suddenly invaded Mouzhi. Because of this, many people were given money, and the money that should have belonged to the soldiers was appointed as officials. Afterwards, the emperor did not take any punishment because of the battle of thousands of miles, and no one was punished. Instead, he was promoted. The officials were promoted, but they were only suffering to recruit soldiers and soldiers on the road. Are they recruiting thousands of miles of expeditions for the small amount of money for the burial?"

In this era, the life and death of a young man does not depend on the strength of the enemy, but on whether your chief officer has a little conscience. If you don’t beg for soldiers like your son, you will be grateful if you don’t do evil.

It was the first time that Xin Qingji heard the dark side of these empires at their peak, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes, trying to refute the great Emperor Xiaowu, and blamed Li Guangli for his incompetence alone, but opened his mouth but said nothing.

However, Ren Hong sighed: "I know what Lingju people are worried about... How many people have returned from the war in ancient times? How many people have returned from the war in ancient times!"

Zhao Jia said: "It is easier to get things cold today. Even the county people who are recruiting for the title of Xi'an Marquis are still feeling upset. It's not that we don't trust Xi'an Marquis, but in recent years, we have never met a few good generals and lieutenants. Some things are related to life and death, so I have to ask the old man to ask them clearly."

This is five hundred suspicions, and they cannot do their best when fighting. Ren Hong said solemnly: "What are the conditions for the heroes? Please tell me."

“First of all, shoes.”

Zhao Jia said: "The people who apply for the recruitment all live a good life at home. They can bring their own clothes, such as fur, robes, robes, Zen, and socks. If there is no need to pay so much attention to marching and fighting, two sets can be made up for half a year. The only thing that is not enough is shoes. If everyone follows the Xi'an Hou and travels through mountains and rivers, the shoes on their feet will definitely be worn out. The border counties are not as good as the mainland, and they have nowhere to buy them even if they have money. Not everyone will make up by themselves. I dare to ask Xi'an Hou to prepare more and give them a pair in a month."

"The second is the armored soldiers. After fighting with the Qiang barbarians for so many years, we also know that the opponent is good. The Qiang people are brave and fearless of death. The biggest advantage of the Han people is armored soldiers. Most of the weapons are their own, but their lengths are different, so not everyone has armored armored soldiers. In the past, they were recruited to join the army because the generals and the lieutenant only gave armored soldiers to their direct subordinates. We could only fight against the Qiang people lightly, and there were many casualties and injuries."

"The last thing is food. Don't ask for wine and meat. Just eat brown rice. Don't see more soldiers who starved to death than those who died in battle when they conquered Dayuan in the early years."

Zhao Jia was moved when he said this: "Thinking back then, all the applicants were good men, and their names were named "Guanghan" and "Chongguo," and so on. They were determined to make achievements for the Han Dynasty. But 70% of them did not die on the battlefield, but were lost to the greed and evil thoughts of mediocre food officials. It was so disappointing..."

After saying these three "small" requirements, Zhao Jiachang bowed: "This is how the people of Lingju County raise the poor mountains and rivers. They are definitely not filial sons and grandsons, but also have some customs of Rongdi. They have a lot of thoughts in their hearts, and they are ruthless in asking for prices. I hope Xi'an Hou will not blame him. But when the war really starts, we are the most reliable. We are so persistent that we can defeat the powerful enemy for the king and marquis and defeat the Xiqiang!"

Ren Hong was very moved: "I am also from a corps and know the difficulties of the young soldiers. Whether it is shoes, armored soldiers or food, I will prepare enough for them, and protect everyone like my own soldiers... Mr. Zhao, please consider whether you want to give some more money to Lingju people."

Zhao Jia laughed: "Marty of Xi'an, don't you understand? Lingju people are not seeking money, but your name. It is to defend Jincheng so that the Qiang Pirates cannot get close to, and to let Lingju stabilize!"

"Compared with those things that are related to life, money is the least important."

"I know after the war, I can't get enough for a full meal before the battle. A set of armor that can protect the arrows is not afraid of the jokes of the Xi'an Hou. When standing barefoot in the snow and shattered in front of me, if anyone can give me a pair of warm and dry shoes, I'm willing to exchange them all for my belongings!"

The old man stood up casually:

"Everyone said that the Marquis of Xi'an have all been responsible for food, drink, food and fodder. After the war is over, the Marquis of Jun will just give some! "

...

After Zhao Jia said goodbye, Ren Hong looked at Xin Qingji who was thinking: "What's wrong with Zizhi?"

Xin Qingji mostly understood war from military tactics and imagination. In his opinion, these three requirements were ridiculous: "Doctor Chao Cuo once said that there are three urgent things to be urgent when fighting, one is to obtain the terrain, the second is to train the soldiers, and the third is to use weapons, food, armor and soldiers, and shoes. Isn't this something that everyone should prepare for the soldiers?"

The innocence of a young man, but at Ren Hong's age, he understood that sometimes there were very few people who could do what seemed natural and what could be done. If you don't believe it, just go to the front line to see it. His father Xin Wuxian's subordinates would probably be in a mess.

It is true that Han Dynasty was defeated by force, but after all, it was a feudal army. How strong can it be?

Even though the "God of War" like champion Hou Huo Qubing said the bold statement that "the Huns have not yet been destroyed and they cannot do their homes", he is not a perfect person.

Because he was young and had a noble status, he was also a member of the Zhao family in the words of later generations. He looked at the problems differently and looked too far, so sometimes he naturally could not hear the sufferings at the bottom.

The champion Hou did not love the soldiers in the province, but Emperor Wu of Han liked him very much. Every time he went to the expedition, he asked the Taiguan to take food, drink and follow him, and cook alone. When he came back from the war, the heavy chariot left the remaining meat and meat, and the soldiers were hungry. When he was outside the border, the soldiers were short of food and could not revive themselves, while the General of the Cavalry still brought his personal soldiers to Cuju.

But as a general, you can win a battle. It is not a filial piety and honest person. Private morality is not important. If the result is good, everything will be fine.

As for the success of the general in the middle, he was undone... Only those who lost the battle like Li Guangli would be nailed to the pillar of shame and scolded.

"I just hope that this great man can be worthy of the sacrifice of the nameless people in the future."

Ren Hong did not attack the young man's three views, and just wanted to do his best and not do evil.

Don’t let Lingju people down on their own trust, don’t let them fall before going to the battlefield, and be shot by their own people behind their backs.

Not only should we ensure sufficient armor, food and shoes, we should also give them the best equipment during winter riding wars.

"If people want to wear shoes, they have to wear war horses!"

Ren Hong then recruited the county magistrate Fuchang and asked, "Mr. Fu, can I make more horseshoes cast by the iron officials in the county besides equiping the 200 escorts of the Qiangwei Mansion?"

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Chapter completed!