Chapter 1683 Unexpected Hu Zongxian
The sky is high, birds are flying, there are no clouds in the sky, the sun is high, the wind is gentle and clear, it is really a rare good weather in the cold winter.
A few guards at the gate of the campus were sitting on the ground, basking in the sun and shaking dice. Suddenly they heard the sound of horse hooves. When they looked up, they saw a group of people coming in front of them. Those riding tall horses in front of them were all wearing official attire. The group of people accompanying them were followed by tiger guards wearing armor and carrying swords. Each one was as strong as an ox. Although he didn't recognize the person, he knew who he was at a glance.
Several guards stood up in a hurry, and a clever guard kicked the dice into the withered grass to avoid being killed.
Soon, an armored tiger guard rode up first and said loudly, "Governor Zhang Jing, Imperial Envoy Zhao Wenhua, Minister of War Huang, Yingtian Guards Wei Guogong, and Zhejiang Inspector Hu are inspecting The campus camp is here, please open the gate quickly and welcome all of you to the camp.”
When several guards heard Zhang Jing's name, they stepped forward and opened the gate without saying a word. It is really the shadow of a famous tree. Governor Zhang is the highest military officer in the south of the Yangtze River. All the generals and soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River are under his control. Not to mention opening the gate to welcome him, it is not an exaggeration to treat him as an ancestor.
The smart guard who just played the dice quickly went in to report to their commander that Governor Zhang and his party were here.
"I would like to welcome you, the Governor, and all of you." Several other guards knelt on both sides of the gate to greet him.
Zhang Jing and his party did not even look at them. They rode their horses past them and headed straight into the depths of the camp.
“Have you seen it? This is the momentum of the Governor, that sense of oppression, swallowing up thousands of miles like a tiger.”
A guard who was kneeling on the ground waited until Zhang Jing and his entourage rode into the depths of the military camp before he dared to raise his head, looked at the backs of Zhang Jing and the others as they rode by, and said with lingering fear on his face.
"Bah, bah, bah, I don't know if the governor is so angry that he swallowed it like a tiger thousands of miles away. Anyway, the governor and the others rode over, and I swallowed a lot of dirt..." A guard next to him bah, bah, bah, spitted it out several times. I took several mouthfuls of cloudy saliva.
Zhang Jing and his party went straight to the camp. The soldiers in the camp were divided into two distinct groups, one group was practicing and the other group was watching. The group of onlookers were soldiers from the Dajiaochang Camp, and their armor and weapons were obviously on a higher level; the group that was practicing were soldiers from other places, their armor and weapons were not as good as those of the Dajiaochang Camp, but their energy and spirit were even better.
After Zhang Jing took office as governor, in addition to ordering the recruitment of wolf soldiers from Guangdong and Guangxi and spearmen from Shandong, he also recruited soldiers from Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang and other provinces. These soldiers transferred from other places were already somewhat inland. They arrived one after another, and Zhang Jingren arranged them in different Beijing camps.
This arrangement can solve the problem of their food and accommodation on the one hand, and it can also facilitate the training of them by the soldiers of the Beijing camp.
The Beijing camp itself also has this function. In addition to guarding Yingtian and the imperial mausoleum, it also has the function of training officers and soldiers from other places in rotation.
There were about 3,000 foreign soldiers in this group, who were transferred from Hubei. Zhang Jing arranged for them to be stationed in the Daxiaochang Camp.
"The lower official pays homage to the Governor, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Wei Guogong, Mr. Huang, and pays homage to Yushi Hu... I don’t know that all of you are here, but I am disappointed to welcome you from afar. I hope you will atone for your sins."
After receiving the report from the guards, Mr. Zhang, the head coach of the university camp, did not dare to delay. He ran over all the way, panting, and stepped forward to greet Zhang Jing, Zhao Wenhua, Wei Guogong, Hu Zongxian and others, and apologized.
"Mr. Zhang, there is no need for red tape. Please introduce to us the situation of the camp at the campus. How many soldiers are there in your camp? How many soldiers are there in the guest camp? What is the food and grass, what is the equipment, how is the training situation..."
Zhang Jing waved his hand impatiently and asked Mr. Zhang directly about the specific situation without talking nonsense.
"Yes, yes, back to the Governor, there are thirty thousand soldiers in our campus camp..." Mr. Zhang bowed and replied.
"I'm asking about the actual number of people in your camp. I'm not asking how many you have. Do you actually have thirty thousand soldiers and horses in your camp?"
Zhang Jing glanced at the officers and soldiers in the camp, and his face was unkind. interrupted Mr. Zhang and asked.
Zhang Jing just took a quick look at the soldiers and the number of tents in the big school field camp, and knew that Master Zhang was lying.
Mr. Zhang immediately blushed with guilt and said without confidence, "Actually, the actual number of people in the camp is 23,500..."
"Is it 23,000? Tell me truthfully." Zhang Jing looked at him with burning eyes and interrupted him again with an impatient expression.
"Ahem..." Mr. Zhang couldn't help coughing, and kept wiping the cold sweat on his forehead with one hand.
“The actual number of registered personnel in the Daxiaochang camp is 12,798, of which 8,351 are strong soldiers under the age of 45, and those between the ages of 45 and 50 are There are 3,893 people over the age of five, and the remaining 500 or so are over 55 years old. Among them, there are 3,890 elite soldiers who have been trained for more than three years, and the remaining soldiers have been trained for less than one year. There are a total of 3,180 guest soldiers from Hubei, all of whom are under the age of 45, but most of them are recruits with less than one year of training; the large school camp currently has 3,000 pieces of armor and 3,000 powerful bows. , nine hundred crossbows, eight hundred firecrackers..."
At this moment, a magnetic voice sounded, describing the situation of the large school camp in detail like a treasure trove.
Who is speaking?
How do you know so much about the situation in the Grand Camp? Is he the deputy general of the Grand Camp?
Everyone turned around in surprise and looked at the person who was telling the story. People, and then couldn't help but widen their eyes, and unexpectedly discovered that the person speaking was not someone from the campus camp, but Hu Zongxian who was standing with Zhao Wenhua.
How did Hu Zongxian know so much about the situation in the university camp?!
Everyone’s eyes widened in surprise.
Of course, when it comes to surprise, the most surprised person is Mr. Zhang from the University Camp. Although he is the coach of the University Camp, he does not know the situation of the University Camp as well as Hu Zongxian. He can't tell the specific number of soldiers now. He can only give a rough estimate, which can be as specific as a hundred at most. He can't count down any more, because during this period, many new soldiers have been recruited one after another, and some have been abolished. The old, the weak, the sick, he needs to read the military register before he can Telling the specific number of soldiers, he could not remember the number of armors, crossbows, and fire guns. He had to look at the warehouse records to know clearly; not to mention the specific training conditions of the soldiers, he would not bother to record such things. What about the minutiae.
As the commander of the college camp, he didn't know the specific situation, but he didn't expect Hu Zongxian to know it so clearly, like a treasure trove.
"Why does Hu Yushi know so well?" Zhang Jing asked.
“Back to the governor, I have the responsibility of rectifying the military appearance and discipline. After taking office, I often come to each battalion to inspect and supervise. I have a basic understanding of the situation in each battalion, and I have just been to the campus the day before yesterday. The camp has only lasted two days, so I think there will be no change in the camp situation at the university campus," Hu Zongxian replied with his hands in hand.
“Hu Yushi is interested.”
Zhang Jing nodded approvingly, but frowned again when he saw Hu Zongxian and Zhao Wenhua standing together. (End of this chapter)