Chapter 79 The Calm Before the Storm
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Shao Xun will not let go of the good opportunity of having great power.
On the second day of the army's expedition, he led his troops to take over the empty Jinyong City.
Subsequently, people opened Taicang and the arsenal, took a considerable amount of supplies, and moved them to Jinyong City for storage.
From this day on, supplies will be replenished as they are consumed, ensuring that there are reserves in Jinyong City that can be consumed by 10,000 people for half a year - the three cities of Jinyong are so big and can only store so much.
Chen Yougen's teaching team has been expanded, mainly recruiting veterans from the lower army who have experienced several battles, as well as a few outstanding soldiers from the East China Sea soldiers of the upper army.
After the replenishment was completed, the establishment was full of fifty people, and Chen Yougen could be regarded as a real team leader.
More than a thousand people from Luoyang City were eliminated as a whole.
It is not that they should leave. At least they are soldiers who have been trained for half a year. They know some rules and some superficial military skills. They are classified as "auxiliary soldiers" and are mainly engaged in logistical support work. They will be rotated to the top of the city when necessary.
As for the vacancies in the upper and lower armies, they will be filled by recruiting new soldiers - the people are new, but they may not know anything, and the "new soldiers" recruited may have fought more battles than Shao Xun.
He also took the opportunity to form two new teams.
There were some casualties in the attack on Daxiamen, probably dozens of people. Team leader Zhou Ying was very unlucky and died while chasing the enemy.
This time some manpower has been allocated to the coaching team, leaving more vacancies.
Shao Xun broke up the third team and divided it into the remaining teams to fill the gaps.
At the same time, the third team was rebuilt and Jin San was appointed as the team leader.
The eleventh team was created and Lu Heigou was promoted to be the team leader - Mao Er has some academic talent and is good at arithmetic. Shao Xun doesn't want him to go to the battlefield and work hard.
The two groups of soldiers came from the same sources as before: market moving coolies, dock laborers and even fiber trackers on the Luoshui and Yishui rivers.
Shao Xun passed the test one by one, assessed each person, and only after roughly confirming his character was he was incorporated into the army.
The two teams have only three main jobs: training, training, training.
Of course, although the Wang Queer Team (Team 7) has been on the battlefield, they still need to continue training.
The training tasks are very arduous. Sometimes Shao Xun does it himself, and sometimes he lets the teaching team do it for him.
He Lun and Wang Bing almost completely let go and let Shao Xun do whatever they wanted.
I don’t know if they were forced to lower their stance because of the impending war, or if Sikong had promised them something that made them lose their ambition.
But no matter what, this is a good thing.
Some people try every possible means to get promoted. The bigger the better, but this is because their thinking has not changed yet.
Historically, it is estimated that it will take until the Yongjia Rebellion for more people to suddenly wake up and take a closer look at their past.
Smart people will abandon outdated old perceptions and redefine the real "wealth" in troubled times.
Those who have perseverance and courage among them will take advantage of the rare power vacuum when the order of the court collapses, expand private soldiers, gather in cities, and wait and see the situation.
Those who don’t have that much courage will find ways to run south and seek an official position. At that time, there was no choice anymore. Those who could be governors in the past can now be satisfied by a county magistrate. Those who can be governors are not beyond the scope of the governor's consideration.
Under the general trend, everyone made different choices, and left records in the long history of whether they were complacent, ambitious, miserable, or indomitable.
Human and human beings are inherently different.
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Recruitment, reorganization of troops, and rigorous training are not things that can be accomplished overnight.
Shao Xun was busy until the end of July, when he finally took a breath.
On the last day of July, he took 150 soldiers from the 3rd, 7th and 11th teams out of Ximing Gate to his manor - treating it as an armed march.
Pei Shiliu, Pei Jin, and Tang Jian went out to greet them.
"Lang Jun, I listened to you last time and occupied some more land, but no one really cared about it." Pei Jin said with admiration: "There are also bankers who have brought land to donate, as long as they can Keep his family safe and lose the land."
"What did you do?" Shao Xun asked.
“We have taken them all in. Now there are fifty or sixty farmers, and the land cannot be planted. A lot of it is unowned land. I heard that no one wanted it for sale. We are heading south to Yuzhou and Jingzhou. "Pei Jin said, "According to Lang Jun's instructions, we have all planted grains and they will be harvested soon."
If it were any other place, the land without owners would probably be taken over by nobles and powerful men, and it would not really be ownerless.
But Luoyang is such a special place. It is stared at by too many people and fights every year. Who can bear it? Even if you want to sell it, no one will buy it.
The entire Luoyang Basin has been losing population. It is better to go to Yuzhou than to stay in Luoyang.
If Yuzhou is still not reassuring, then go to Jingzhou, which has basically stabilized. I heard that the governor Liu Hong was allocating land to people going south. As for how those lands came from, of course I have to thank Zhang Chang. , without war, there would be no "empty land".
Xinde Land often misses the opportunity for spring sowing, and can only grow short-term grains - mainly beans.
With the threat of war approaching, this is the most suitable emergency crop. After harvesting and drying, it will immediately become a food reserve.
"Harvest as soon as possible." Shao Xun said: "Pick the fruits in the manor in batches and find ways to make dried preserves. The livestock should be fattened as much as possible, then slaughtered, smoked and pickled as you like. It's up to you. If you can catch the fish in the pond, send a batch of fresh fish to the army first, and make the rest into dried fish. Finally, pick up more firewood and send it to Jinyong City."
"Yes. ..." Pei Jin responded with some sadness. The few months he spent in Shao Mansion was the first time in his life that he independently managed a large estate. It could be said to be an important sign that his life and career had reached a new level.
But now, forced by the war, he actually wants to destroy it like a strong wall to clear the country, or he should lead the people to destroy it himself.
Who can know the ups and downs in my heart?
"Lang Jun." Tang Jian took a step forward and said somewhat unnaturally: "There are a total of one hundred and four children and teenagers. They have all been trained for three months. Do you want to go and have a look?"
< br>Tang Jian used to be the master of the Hebei mansion, but now he is a guest of the Shao Mansion. He only manages six other people who are also guests.
They used to hone their skills and look after homes and homes, but now they also need to manage the group of Luoyang orphans - orphans created by the war.
In the past few months, Shao Xun came several times, mainly to inspect the cultural and military knowledge of the young people.
Culture was taught by scholars who were trapped in Luoyang and had no food or clothing.
Military knowledge is mainly about queues and formations. The teaching team takes the time to teach them. Shao Xun also taught them two or three times.
As his status rose, he became really busier and busier, and the number of visits to the manor would only become less and less.
"Lead the way." Shao Xun waved his hand and said.
Tang Jian immediately led the way, and Shao Xun, surrounded by one hundred and fifty sergeants, quickly arrived at the orchard on the right.
Children are picking fresh fruits, mainly pears, grapes, persimmons, etc. Some people are using spear poles to hit dates, which is a busy scene.
Shao Xun was a little angry for no reason, not at these teenagers, but at the people who started the war.
But then he thought that he was also a member of the fucking war-loving group, and his anger dissipated.
Let’s all suffer for a while. When the war is over, peace will be restored to you.
The three team leaders Wang Queer, Jin San, and Lu Heigou looked at these Luoyang teenagers curiously.
While the teenagers were busy, they also secretly looked at the soldiers who came to the manor, especially the three teenagers who were similar to them in age.
The teachings mentioned that Master Shao also brought a large group of Donghai teenagers to practice literature and martial arts. These three are probably the ones in front of me, right?
The two "naughty kids" gangs from Donghai and Luoyang looked at each other for a moment, and then looked away in a tacit understanding. Their emotions were a bit subtle.
Donghai Phase I, Luoyang Phase II...
The two big characters "faction" seemed to fall from the sky and almost stuck to their foreheads.
"Sun He, Zhang Daniu, come here." Shao Xun shouted.
"Master Shao." The two of them put down their work and saluted together.
Shao Xun, one on the left and the other on the right, took the two most outstanding teenagers since the start of the second term of school in Luoyang, came to the 150 soldiers standing neatly, and said: "Many of them, I started practicing martial arts two years ago, and now I have become a corps commander, a commander, and a team leader, and have officially led troops. You have only learned for three months, and your gains are limited, but you must not underestimate yourself. You must practice hard and you will be better in the future. You can also become a corps leader, captain, team leader, or even serve as an official in a county or county, do you understand?”
“I understand,” they both said.
Shao Xun nodded with satisfaction.
Being an official requires a good background, not everyone can do it.
But he was thinking about the future.
Now the Jin Dynasty can still maintain its airs. Although the central authority continues to lose, it is still there after all. If you are asked to be a prefect, you will still be recognized by the county officials and powerful nobles when you go to the local level, so everything must be done according to the rules.
Those who take the lead to challenge this rule will suffer the greatest backlash. Such people are generally called "pioneers for kings."
Some people in later generations even invented the theory that "the first initiative will lead to condemnation, and the prosperity of the palace will lead to blessings".
When the first few rebels who are the pioneers of the king are all dead, those who follow will have greater room for development and will be more likely to succeed.
To put it bluntly, someone needs to consume the remaining authority, wealth, and military strength of the apocalyptic dynasty, so that this dynasty, which is destined to perish, will no longer have the resources to exterminate new careerists after its vitality is severely damaged.
In this dynasty, a number of the refugee troops who were the vanguard of the king have died, such as Qi Wannian, Shi Bing and others, as well as Zhang Chang, the future dead man.
The second batch of refugee armies began to emerge. Most of them were still destined to be wiped out. Only a few lucky ones were able to survive by having their tails cut off.
When this group is basically dead, the third group will be the end of the powerful faction, the official refugee army (begging army), the rebel army, the local generals who made a fortune in suppressing the refugee army, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wu Castle commanders and even ambitious aristocratic families make their appearance, and demons dance wildly - in fact, it is similar in all dynasties. Without the Yellow Turban Army as the vanguard for the king, there would be no princes to defend their territory, and without the Red Turban Army to fight against the Yuan Army in the north, there would be no There was Zhu Yuanzhang accumulating strength in Jiangnan.
At this stage, the north will be completely out of control. Some of the "rules of heaven" and "iron laws" will not be so rigid, and some opportunities will leak out - opportunities that are extremely rare in peaceful times and unique in troubled times.
This is the opportunity that Shao Xun has been waiting for.
"You can't relax either." Shao Xun turned his head, looked at Wang Queer and others, and said: "My official position was obtained by fighting for my life, and I earned it by having five scars on my body. Yes. On the battlefield, there is no point in fighting. Only by practicing hard will it be easier to survive and make achievements. "
"No!" the student soldiers responded together.
“Promise!” Under their leadership, more than a hundred soldiers from three teams also agreed in unison.
Shao Xun laughed with satisfaction.
Pei Shiliu looked around, leaned into his ear, and whispered: "Xiao Langjun, the princess is still waiting for you to come in."
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