The ancient road in Changting is covered with weeds.
In the south wind, there is a faint smell of food.
The rice in the steamer has been steamed, and the soldiers hold wooden bowls and receive the meals one by one.
The food looks very poor and may be mixed with chaff and sand.
There are no vegetables, just a little black bean sauce and pickles would be good.
Everyone's bowls were also dark, with suspicious dirt on the bottom, but no one cared and ate hungrily.
Zuo Sima Liu Qia was a little worried. The number of soldiers he brought over was nearly five hundred, but what kind of soldiers were they?
Before setting off, Mi Huang mentioned to him: "There are 490 ordinary soldiers, more than 150 of them are over seven or eight years old and under sixteen or seventeen years old; more than 200 people are under the age of Ershun and under the age...
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In short, one-third are children under the age of sixteen or seventeen, more than 40% are elderly people in their sixties or seventies, and there are only a hundred or so people who are truly in their prime.
The quality of these soldiers is so bad!
"Liu Sima." Supervisor Mi Huang came over. After exchanging greetings with Liu Qia, he said, "I am going to Beijing tomorrow. How should I tell Sikong?"
Liu Qia was stunned, and after a while he asked: "Mi Duhu, do you think these soldiers are worthy of use?"
Mi Huang was an upright person and told the truth: "The two hundred people above the ears can only eat rice. Some of them are even blind, deaf and faint. They can't see and can't fight off the bandits. They can only guard against the thieves. As for those children, about
You can keep the birds away."
Liu Qia sighed.
Donghai Kingdom has troops, with a strength of about 2,000.
The kingdom's troops are divided into three levels.
The great country has a central army of 2,000 men and an upper and lower army of 1,500 men each, for a total of 5,000 men.
The sub-state had an army of 2,000 men and a lower army of 1,000 men, for a total of 3,000 men.
The small country only has an army of 2,000 people.
These soldiers are all ordinary soldiers, that is, military households. Sons inherit their father's legacy and have served as soldiers for generations. They farm in peacetime, train in leisure time, and go on expeditions in wartime. They are equivalent to the Tutuan countrymen in the late Tang Dynasty - or even worse, because
They have fought few battles. They have not been on a campaign for many years since they defeated Wu, and their combat effectiveness has dropped sharply.
Sikong of the Great Jin Dynasty, King of the East China Sea Sima Yue was inconvenient to dispatch the soldiers of the East China Sea to Luoyang, so he broke the relationship and asked Sima Zhu (mào), the governor of Xuzhou (also called the governor of Qingxu) to help him. He gave him face and recruited a group of soldiers to serve as the commander-in-chief of Luoyang.
He holds up the scene.
As a result, he overestimated his influence, and he had no face at all with Sima Mao. In the end, they sent such a batch of goods, leaving Liu Qia and Mi Huang quite speechless - Sima Mao had gone too far.
, just fool Sikong like this, and I will teach him to look good in the future!
After eating, Mi Huang assigned people to set up the camp.
With the quality of the people in this group, it was impossible to set up camp in strict accordance with military laws. After thinking about it, Mi Huang could only have people surround the carriages and oxcarts, and the nobles lived in the middle, and he personally led people to protect them, while the rest
Teams are scattered everywhere.
After arranging all this, he came to a gorgeous carriage.
"Have the arrangements been made?" the carriage curtain opened, and a woman who looked to be in her mid-twenties asked.
The maids gathered around the car and put down a few tables.
There are more than ten pieces of food utensils placed on the table.
Seven servants lined up in a row, each holding a bottle, bowl, bottle, spoon, tikui and other things for the master to take at any time.
There was another person sitting on his knees in front of him, holding the first dish horizontally, and feeding the food.
When camping in the wild, you can only keep it "simple" and don't have to be extravagant and make do.
"Don't worry, Princess, everything has been arranged." Mi Huang lowered his head and responded.
The woman nodded and lightly opened her lips: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Mi."
The woman has a beautiful appearance, perhaps because she has been pampered since she was a child, and her skin is white and delicate. At this time, her body is leaning forward slightly, and her chest feels like it cannot hold it, and it seems to be pouring down.
When it comes to the waist, the body curve is tightened with an exaggerated arc, which can be called a graceful grip.
There is something about this woman.
Maybe she was bored, so the woman asked again: "Mi Jun has been traveling all the way, and his troops are quite strategic, but he doesn't know how he is doing with his troops?"
Mi Huang hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to tell the truth: "As the princess has seen, it is too much to use."
The princess was silent for a while, and then asked: "Last year, the king recruited warriors from the country to come to the capital. Are there any worthy ones?"
"There are a few of them." Mi Huang replied: "There is a brave young man named Shao Xun, who is from Qu. He is fifteen years old. His archery skills are astounding, and his skills with swords and spears are also remarkable, and he may be of great use."
"Which family is this?" the princess asked with interest.
"This..." Mi Huang paused and said, "Shao Xun has been a soldier for generations."
"It turns out to be Shixi." The princess' face returned to calmness and she lost interest.
Shixi means soldier's breath.
Shao Xun's status is too low.
If he was a son of aristocratic family, he could be carefully cultivated, but it's a pity.
Seeing that the princess stopped talking, Mi Huang bowed and left, and went to inspect the camp.
The night gradually darkened.
The evening breeze blew through the camp and towards the distant villages.
In the dilapidated houses, there were ghosts, fires and phosphorus, and foxes and rats were infested.
The only few households did not dare to open fire and closed their doors tightly early to avoid getting into trouble.
The best place in Luoyang is already like this, which is pitiful.
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The next day, this "eye-catching" team entered Luoyang City.
The people in the city were amused when they saw how old and young the sergeants were, even though they were overwhelmed by life.
But if you think about it carefully, among the troops stationed inside and outside the city, there seem to be a lot of old people and children, but they are not as concentrated as the one in front of you.
In the military system of the Jin Dynasty, it was explicitly stipulated that military households under the age of seventeen and over fifty were not allowed to be recruited.
But the law is one thing, and the reality is another.
During the reign of Emperor Wu, veterans over the age of sixty were ordered to return home. It can be seen that in actual implementation, the generals did not act in full compliance with the imperial decrees. They just tried to collect enough people.
Under the military system, father dies and son succeeds. If your family is drawn, you will get a man. Even if you spend money to hire someone to serve on your behalf, you have to get me a man.
In fact, not only during the Jin Dynasty, but also during the Wei Dynasty, Cao Zhi once went to court and bluntly said that among the soldiers recruited, there were actually many children of seven or eight years old, which was horrifying.
But then again, Jin Dynasty has been resting and recuperating for many years, so this kind of thing should not happen again.
This group of people that Sikong recruited must be the result of being scorned. It is really rare for so many old people to gather in one group.
The descendants of the Sima family are fighting against each other, and the people are suffering. Alas.
The sergeants soon moved into an empty military camp.
The Luoyang Central Army originally had more than 100,000 troops. It was relatively the most elite and most effective force in the Jin Dynasty. Among them were not only ordinary soldiers, but also recruited soldiers, that is, professional warriors. They were well-equipped and well-trained. They had been a coercive force for many years.
It is the Dinghai Shenzhen of Zhuhu and even aristocratic families.
There is a saying that in this era, the external performance of the Jin army was acceptable. It was not that the Jin army was strong, but that the combat effectiveness of the Hu cavalry was too poor.
More than 20 years ago, Ma Long led 3,500 infantrymen. Under siege, with no supplies and news from outside, they marched more than a thousand miles to Liangzhou, killing tens of thousands of horsemen before and after, and allowing the bald tree to function.
Want to cry but no tears.
In front of the overwhelming prairie cavalry, the skilled and determined elite infantrymen were so arrogant.
But in recent years, the world has been in chaos. Jin clan clans have led their troops to fight repeatedly near Luoyang. The elite Luoyang Imperial Guards have also been divided into several factions, and a lot of them were consumed in the civil war, so many military camps were vacated.
Shao Xun was living in the military camp at this time.
The soldiers of the world have a "divided rest" system, that is, they are not on duty or deployed at all times, but take turns to rest.
The rest period can be long or short, ranging from several months to several years. During this period, you can go home, but you must return within a specified time. Anyone who violates this rule will be punished as a fugitive. Not only is he guilty, but his whole family will also be punished with death. It is very strict.
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At this time, I was in Luoyang, and I couldn't go home during the break, nor would I have a long break. I just had to rotate with several other people to guard the Sikong Mansion. Last year, the King of East China Sea recruited forty people from the country.
Soldiers should be rotated in two batches.
After the newcomers entered the camp, it was noisy and chaotic.
Shao Xun looked at the dozen teenagers surrounding him and said sternly: "It has nothing to do with you, just keep reading."
"Yes." There were sparse voices around, but it was the answer from the dozen or so teenagers who were holding branches and practicing calligraphy repeatedly on the ground.
Shao Xun stood up and looked at the new arrivals, young and old, with some astonishment.
Several corps commanders and chiefs also came over, and they were also stunned and looked at Shao Xun.
"What a sin." Shao Xun sighed.
The corps commander and the chief spoke one after another: "He has indeed committed evil."
Although Shao Xun was only very tall and only fifteen years old, he was indeed very skilled and strong, and he could easily defeat several of them with weapons.
One's own family knows one's own affairs.
Soldiers from generation to generation, soldiers from generation to generation, it sounds nice to say, but in fact, most of the time in one's life, one spends time farming.
Some people can't shoot arrows.
Some people can only use spears but not swords.
Some people don't even know the golden drum flag clearly.
To put it bluntly, they are just a bunch of farmers who have received military training.
Shao Xun's skills were simply outstanding among them.
Some people were puzzled by the explanation, so they inquired in many ways, but in the end they couldn't find any clues.
In the old Shao family of Qu County, it seems that such a brave and incomparable person suddenly appeared. His fighting ability is a gift from heaven, which makes people envious.
The military camp on the ground floor is a very realistic place, and the competition is about who has the strongest fist.
Shao Xun was so brave that the other three chiefs Zheng Gouer, Yang Bao and Qin San did not dare to provoke him. As for what they were thinking secretly, only God knows.
When Shao Xun proposed to take a break, he took the young soldiers to learn how to read. No one stopped him. On the contrary, they were even more shocked - this guy could actually read?
At this time, some people already suspected that the ancestors of the Shao family in Qu County were from a poor family, and that their family was backward and became a military household?
Don't tell me, this argument still has a market, and many people believe it.
Shao Xun didn't bother to care what they thought, he just stared at the new group of people.
There are more than a hundred children, most of whom are Donghai Township Party members...
"Be friends with time." This is a sentence that suddenly popped into his mind, which is somewhat interesting.
Chapter completed!