With the participation of Cen Shen and Gao Shi, the recruitment process went more smoothly.
The first month of the year was originally a lively day for people to stay at home to celebrate the Spring Festival and visit relatives and friends.
However, because of Zhao Ziliang's recruitment, the people in Chang'an City It became more and more exciting, and many sons packed their bags and went to the military camps outside the city to report.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Xuanzong and Yang Yuhuan took a royal chariot to Huaqing Palace.
After passing through the Golden Light Gate, they found that there was a lot of bustle outside the city.
When they opened the curtains of the imperial chariot, they saw endless rows of dynasties erected in a large open space, and you couldn't even see them at a glance.
The military tent at the end, the military tent The flags were fluttering and rustling in the wind.
The military camp was surrounded by a fence.
Every three or five steps there was a sergeant standing guard with a gun.
Many civilians stood outside the fence and watched the new recruits who had enlisted in the military camp.
Conduct drills under command.
"Gao Lishi, stop" Xuanzong shouted immediately after seeing this situation.
The motorcade stopped, and Gao Lishi trotted over and asked, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
Xuanzong pointed to the connected military camps and tents and said, "Go and ask what happened here and why the military camps were built."
Gao Lishi immediately arranged for a young eunuch to inquire about the news.
Soon, the little eunuch who was inquiring about the news turned around and reported: "Your Majesty, this is the camp set up by General Zhao Ziliang for recruiting troops.
It is only temporary.
It will be removed after they set off after the Lantern Festival."
"Why are there so many people watching?
Why are there still people practicing here?"
Xuanzong asked, pointing to the inside and outside of the military camp.
The young eunuch said: "The reason why the people are watching is because the important areas of the military camps have always been restricted areas, and no one without permission is allowed to stay and watch.
Now, in order to reassure the people that Zhao Ziliang has sent his nephew to join the army, he has opened the ban and allowed the people to watch.
In the hearts of the people, They were curious, so there were a large number of people watching.
The soldiers training in the military camp were all new recruits in the past two days.
No, Zhao Ziliang had people train here in order to rush for time."
Xuanzong's face turned ugly when he heard this, "You are confused, soldiers, how can you easily show people how to practice the important things of the country?
Tell Zhao Ziliang to come and see me."
Yang Yuhuan next to him advised: "Forget it, since General Sanlang Zhao allows the people to watch, there must be a reason for it.
It also shows that he is not afraid of being seen by others for practicing.
The method of training is dead, and the person responsible for the training is The key point is that I don’t understand military matters, but everyone knows this.
Sanlang’s literary and military skills, how can I not know more about it?
General Zhao is very busy now.
If I have time to chat with you here, let’s go.
Don’t disturb me.
He's training" "Wait a minute."
Xuanzong raised his hand and stared at the new recruits in the military camp practicing under the orders of the officers.
The officers gave orders from time to time and corrected the soldiers' wrong actions from time to time.
He couldn't help but said: "What is this?"
This training method is quite new, why haven’t I seen it before?”
Yang Yuhuan smiled and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, but I know it, but I know it.
This is General Zhao's original training method.
Every time I go to his house, his retinue and soldiers have to practice every day, no matter how cold it is."
It’s still hot, rain or shine, look at those The generals in charge of the drills are all his personal followers.
They are all energetic, awe-inspiring, solemn, and upright.
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Even the most slippery person will be intimidated by their power and become deformed when they come under their command.
"Honestly" Xuanzong touched his beard and said, "Zhao Ziliang still has some abilities."
In addition to the Eighteen Tornado Cavalry under Zhao Ziliang, there are also 300 retinues.
These 300 retinues are all the best among the best selected from the army.
Their combat effectiveness can be as good as ten, and each of them is also a qualified military instructor.
As long as they have this With three hundred followers at his disposal, he could train an elite army of at least ten thousand men in a short period of time.
Due to time constraints, Zhao Ziliang arranged for his subordinates to try their best to train the recruits who joined the army first in some basic subjects such as formation, turning, standing in military posture, walking in step, running in step, etc.
After the recruits were trained in these subjects, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, You can go on the road calmly, and the team will not be in chaos after marching on the road.
After hearing Xuanzong's words, Yang Yuhuan couldn't help but tactfully admonished: "Sanlang, there is only one Zhao Ziliang in the Tang Dynasty.
He can kill from Anxi to Hexi, and from Hexi to Mobei without any defeat.
It can't be a fluke every time." , Your Majesty, as the most respected and wise emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan period, is he still jealous of a general’s talent?
The more talented the generals and ministers are, the happier you should be.
Xuanzong patted Yang Yuhuan's hand and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, Ah Man is right, let alone one Zhao Ziliang, even ten or a hundred Zhao Ziliang, I can accommodate them.
The more talented they are, the more talented they are."
The happier you are, hahaha, let’s go and drive to Huaqing Palace.”
According to Zhao Ziliang's plan, all soldiers who come to apply will be asked by the interviewing captain whether they have other skills, such as whether they can ride horses, whether they can do carpentry, whether they are bricklayers or tailors, and whether they can forge iron, make weapons, and make bows and arrows.
Before signing up, You must indicate this when registering, and then he After they join the army, they will be placed in different teams according to their skills.
For example, those who have no skills but are strong will be placed together, and soldiers who can do carpentry will be placed together.
In short, they will be in the same team.
Recruits with different skills will be placed in the same battalion.
Zhao Ziliang's prestige and appeal are very loud in Chang'an City and its surrounding areas.
From the second day of the first lunar month to the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the number of young talents who came to apply for the army gradually decreased.
The number of soldiers recruited has exceeded 4,500.
According to this recruitment schedule, it should not be a problem to recruit 5,000 soldiers before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
The 10,000 sets of military uniforms sent by the Ministry of War should be just right.
In the past two days, Zhao Ziliang had preliminary read through the soldier roster and made a rough calculation.
There were almost 2,000 people who could ride horses.
Based on these people, it should be possible to form 2,000 cavalry.
When the large and small horse dealers in Chang'an City heard that Zhao Ziliang wanted 6,000 war horses, they all tried their best to get a large number of war horses.
In their opinion, Zhao Ziliang wanted war horses.
It was just a matter of words.
He captured tens of thousands of war horses in Mobei.
Now being kept free on the Mobei grassland, Zhao Ziliang is a big benefactor and customer in the eyes of these horse traders.
They would rather offend the emperor's relatives than offend Zhao Ziliang.
Although the merchants tried every means, they could only get 3,000 war horses on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which was half the number called out by Zhao Ziliang.
However, these horse traders had no choice.
All of them were sent here.
They wanted to get more war horses, but there was no time.
If there was enough time, Zhao Ziliang didn't need their war horses.
He could have shipped a large number of war horses from Mobei.
Zhao Ziliang expected that 5,000 people would be recruited on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but in the last three days, there was an upsurge in the number of people who signed up for conscription, and the number of people recruited suddenly exceeded the 7,000 mark.
This made Zhao Ziliang prepare.
The number of military uniforms and military shoes is insufficient.
According to two sets of military uniforms and military shoes per person, 7,000 people will A minimum of 14,000 sets were required.
In desperation, Zhao Ziliang could only allocate another 5,000 sets of military uniforms to the Ministry of War.
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Anyway, the emperor had the holy purpose first.
No matter how many people he recruited, the imperial court would provide military pay, ordnance, military supplies, and food and grass. , so Zhao Ziliang took the imperial edict and the recruitment list to the Ministry of War and obtained 5,000 sets of military uniforms and military shoes.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival.
This day is the best day, the liveliest and the most joyful festival in the entire Tang Dynasty.
There is no curfew all night in Chang'an City, and the people can have fun until dawn.
In the morning, the military camp outside Zhao Ziliang's Jinguang Gate convened a discussion with his subordinates, and everyone reported to Zhao Ziliang what they were responsible for.
Cen Shen was in charge of recording affairs and joining the army.
He was in charge of paperwork and other matters.
He stood up and saluted: "General, as of yesterday evening, the number of troops we had recruited was 7,224.
Now most of them have entered the military camp to report.
And started training, but there were still 79 people who had registered and received settlement subsidies, but until There have been no reports yet and I took a look at the drill.
Almost all of these seventy-nine people have backgrounds in Chang'an City and have good family backgrounds.
They must have hidden it from their families when they came to sign up, but they were discovered by their families later.
Therefore, the elders in the family did not allow them to come.
This is the official’s guess, and the real situation is still unknown.”
Zhao Ziliang frowned and said: "No matter what the reason is, if you don't report now, you will be regarded as a deserter.
Since they are new recruits and do not know the rules of the army, they will only be escorted back to the military camp for the time being and given a serious warning." , you are responsible for this matter , send people to capture all these new recruits who have not yet come to report.
No matter who they are, no matter what background they have behind them, there is no room for negotiation.
Since they join our Zhao Jiajun, they will be born as members of the Zhao Jiajun.
Death is Zhao Jiajun’s fault.”
"No."
Brahan stood up and agreed before turning around and leaving to make arrangements to send people to arrest the people.
As Zhao Ziliang's judge, Gao Shi was responsible for assisting Zhao Ziliang in military and political affairs.
He was now assigned to arrange and handle logistical matters such as collecting carriages to transport grain and grass, ordnance, military supplies, and military pay.
Now Zheng San is still on his way from Yunzhou to Chang'an.
Logistics matters can only be temporarily taken care of by Gao Shi.
After Zheng San arrives, the logistics matters will be transferred to Zheng San.
Gao Shi stood up and said: "General, I have found a hundred soldiers in the army who can drive carriages.
These people are responsible for transporting grain and grass, ordnance, military posture and military pay.
In addition, I have also allocated a thousand people."
Responsible for guarding the safety of logistics supplies, one hundred carriages are already in place, all supplies have been loaded, and can be set off at any time tomorrow morning."
"Okay."
Zhao Ziliang was very satisfied with the work done by Gao Shi and Cen Shen.
With them around, he, the general, would be much more relaxed.
As the patrol captain in charge of military discipline, Gong Ren had fifty of Zhao Ziliang's followers under him as temporary patrols to inspect military discipline.
He stood up and reported to Zhao Ziliang: "General, after the new recruits join the army, we will send people to Everyone read out the military discipline and rules.
So far, there are still 64 people who have violated military discipline.
Now these people have been punished, and the atmosphere in the military has changed immediately."
As the marching commander, Chen Qing was actually the chief of staff.
He stood up and said: "General, all the military flags, banners and other flags have been sewn and distributed to each battalion; military drums, horns, and ceremonial equipment have all been prepared.
Complete; drummers, trumpeters, volunteers, flag officers, and messengers are all set up, military orders can be transmitted smoothly, and military counselors are all in place."
Zhao Ziliang had already seen this and nodded: "Okay, it's not easy to accomplish so many things in such a short period of time.
Well done."
Wang Can, as a former military captain and the chief of the scout camp, stood up and said: "General, with my connections in the capital over the years, I have poached 120 spies and investigators from the Sixteenth Guards around the capital.
Veterans, with these people, the army does not have to worry about reconnaissance and spying on the march.
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When they arrive in Xilin, we can use these people as the backbone to form a qualified scout battalion in a short time."
"Okay."
Zhao Ziliang stood up and said, "Everything is ready.
All the battalions will assemble here at Mao tomorrow and have breakfast.
We will break camp and set off at Mao."
Everyone stood up, cupped their hands and said, "Follow the order":