Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

"The Ping Navy is not a rag collector, and not just anyone can become a soldier!"

The recruitment system of the Song Dynasty determined the quality of soldiers.

The so-called Tuntian Division recruits young people from the army, or indigenous people and homeless people who have no return, they should be under forty years old, try their hands and eyes, and measure up to fight." Wu Lie also suggested that "You should assassinate the young people in the army, To strengthen the army"

It can be seen from this that apart from some of the soldiers' children, the rest are displaced common people among the recruited soldiers.

In addition, a considerable part of the troops of the Xiang soldiers are those "thieves" from various places who were recruited by the imperial court, that is, those prisoners who were assassinated. In essence, they are the soldiers that Su Xia guarded on Shamen Island before. Another part is The scoundrels and idle people who are idle in various places.

The army formed by these mixed personnel, although the selection requires height and physical fitness.

But it is often the outsider who is strong but the inside is weak!

Compared with the traditional Song army recruitment method, Su Xia preferred Qi Jiguang's recruitment method.

People who like to brag and talk eloquently cannot use it.

Not for the faint of heart.

People who are white cannot use it.

People with extreme personalities (prejudices and stubbornness) cannot use it either.

After that, you can try your hands and eyes to jump and wait for the battle.

After selection, only 300 people met the requirements from thousands of people. The number of people recruited from the market was not enough. Lieutenant General Li Dong suggested that Su Xia relax the recruitment conditions, so that the force can be expanded quickly.

In this regard, Su Xia directly refused, and the above conversation took place.

But he also knew that Li Dong wanted to pacify the navy, so he said:

"Li Dong, we can't just focus on the city when we do things. We wiped out the pirates who have been harming the sea border for many years, captured the Dwarf Tiger Wang Ying alive, and killed hundreds of thieves, and the common people who were plundered in the past They must have great trust in our Pinghai Navy, so all villages near Penglai County can recruit troops, do you understand?"

Li Dong's eyes lit up: "Sir, you are right. We can recruit new soldiers from the border residents who have been harassed. There must be suitable ones."

"The vast rural areas are our space for development."

Su Xia said this slowly, paused, and suddenly said: "Li Dong, the Ping Navy is going to expand now! It can even be expanded more than twice. We wiped out this group of pirates, which is our biggest capital for recruiting troops." .”

The navy army wiped out Du Kang, Wang Ying and others, and the next person they had to deal with was Jiang Haifeng, a man on the water. For this person, Su Xia did not intend to have the same attitude as she did against Du Kang, Wang Ying and others.

First, Du Kang and Wang Ying were not only large in number and rampant, but also relatively close to the seaside. They had the feeling of being a combination of pirates and bandits. Their main mode was from pirate landings to raiding border areas. Not strictly a pirate.

Therefore, Su Xia's Pinghai navy could easily find their hiding place.

Moreover, when we hit Dukang, we were relatively close to the seaside, so logistical replenishment was more convenient.

It might not be that easy to wipe out Jiang Haifeng and the others.

Rather than annihilating them, Su Xia wanted to gather Jiang Haifeng and the others.

Jiang Haifeng has no blood debt from the common people. Strictly speaking, he is a knight, not a bandit!

This is the biggest difference between them and Wang Ying.

There were only a few dozen of Jiang Haifeng and his other men flying on the water, and they were so erratic that they could not find their hiding place at all.

There were not many people and they were erratic, so once the people were dispersed, Ling Zhen's artillery would not be able to exert any advantage.

Speaking of artillery, Su Xia had a new idea in her mind: "Establish an artillery detachment!"

Detachment did not have this title in the Song army. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the army was mainly divided into capitals (roughly equivalent to company-level units), small armies, compartments, and large armies.

Generally speaking, 5 of them form a command (battalion) with a strength of 500 people. 5 commanders form a small army (regiment), 10 small armies form a compartment (division), and two compartments form a large army.

This kind of organization is a bit cumbersome. Su Xia's current Pinghai Navy organization is composed of 5 commanders, with a maximum strength of 500 troops.

Su Xia decided to break this Song army organization and establish a unique organization.

Specifically: there are four combat detachments under the Pinghai Navy. Each combat detachment has a brigade, a squadron below the brigade, a squad under the squadron, and a squad below the squad.

Two of the four detachments are warship combat detachments, responsible for ship armor operations, and the third detachment is for land combat. They can board ships to assist warship operations, and can disembark as infantry.

The fourth detachment is the artillery detachment that Su Xia wants to establish most!

Everything seemed to be going on in an orderly manner according to Su Xia's control.

As for team training leader Zhang Ence, envy, jealousy, and hatred have made him completely different at this moment.

He bought connections and finally met Guo Wuji, who was covered in scars in Qingzhou Prison.

This old boy was also extremely unlucky. Since the incident, he had been suspected of being a traitor, and he had been severely tortured until his body was completely bruised.

This regiment training envoy from Dengzhou came to see him privately. When he met, he asked him if he knew Wang Ying, the Dwarf Tiger?

In response, Guo Wuji just shook his head numbly.

Red-hot irons, sitting on the tiger bench, pulling out fingernails, and sewing mouths.

Guo Wuji has tasted almost all of these things.

What he said to these officials was completely bullshit!

At the beginning, he begged for mercy, explaining that he did not do it himself.

Later, he simply asked and answered whatever he asked.

But it was indeed not him who did it, so he was tortured again because he could not recruit his so-called accomplices.

Repeatedly.

"I know you didn't do this, but I just want to ask you, were these two people really not there at the time?"

Su Xia said and handed the portrait of Dwarf Tiger Wang Ying to Guo Wuji.

Guo Wuji shook his head: "Don't waste your efforts, those people are all wearing the uniforms of the Forbidden Army, and one of them is also the deputy commanding officer of the Tianwu Army!"

Zhang Ente listened carefully and repeated: "That shouldn't be the case. I have read your interrogation records several times, and there seems to be nothing special. Are those people really the Forbidden Army?"

Guo Wuji, whose tortured body had long been empty, shook his head helplessly: "I'm sure they are the Forbidden Army. They are so similar. If you have not been a Forbidden Army, it is absolutely impossible to be at such a level, but the people from the Tianwu Army are not at all like this." They don’t admit that their people did it.”

After Guo Wuji finished speaking, he sneered, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

"Think about it carefully, this is the only way for you to change yourself. If you can't think of anything else, you will really die in prison."

Seeing that Guo Wuji stopped talking, Zhang Ence asked: "Do you still remember that the tattoos on your and their faces are all Tianwu?"

"What did you say?" Guo Wuji suddenly opened his eyes.