Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1598 decides to recruit soldiers

  Early in the morning of the second day, Zhu Ping'an went to Zhang Jing to implement the promise made at the wine table yesterday, and issued a letter of approval for the Zhejiang Army to recruit 1,200 soldiers.

  Getting the approval, Zhu Ping'an was very excited.

   This is also thanks to the fact that the Zhejiang Army is a militia regiment, not a regular army, so it was able to obtain the permission to recruit troops so smoothly. Otherwise, it would have been unnecessary. Zhang Jing has no rights, and the court will not allow it in a short time.

  The foundation of the military system of the Ming Dynasty is the military system of the guards. Recruiting soldiers broke the military system of the Ming Dynasty and made enemies of the entire old official position of the Ming Dynasty.

  In history, Qi Jiguang recruited soldiers. It can be said that he has experienced ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties. From the application to the approval, it took several years to get the approval with difficulty.

  If there is no interference, according to the historical process, it will take at least two or three years before Qi Jiguang is allowed to recruit soldiers.

   "My lord, I'm going to recruit soldiers now." After receiving the approval, Zhu Pingan hurriedly bid farewell to Zhang Jing.

Being able to recruit troops two or three years in advance is a great benefit to the suppression of the Japanese. The sooner you recruit troops, the sooner you can send 2,000 new troops to the anti-Japanese battlefield, the sooner you can change the anti-Japanese situation, the sooner you can End Japanese plague.

   Time does not wait for me, time is precious and cannot be wasted.

"Zi Hou, with this approval, you can go to any military camp or guard post to select existing veterans. You don't have to go down to recruit recruits. If you go down to recruit recruits, you have to start training from scratch, which will take a lot of time. If you choose There are veterans, they have been trained and have a certain foundation, if you train again, it will save you a lot of time." Seeing that Zhu Ping'an was in a hurry to recruit troops, Zhang Jing couldn't help reminding him aloud.

   Zhang Jing’s reminder, how could Zhu Ping’an not know, Zhang Jing is now the governor and minister of Jiangnan, the governor of the military affairs of the seven provinces, and his approval is naturally easy to use in any guard or military camp. However, Zhu Pingan really has no interest in the guards at all. The guards at the end of the year have poor combat effectiveness, poor organization and discipline, disobedience to commands, and stand timidly. If they are called into the Zhejiang Army, the Zhejiang Army will be led to destruction.

  So, Zhu Pingan rejected Zhang Jing's kindness without hesitation, "Thank you, sir, but I still want to recruit new soldiers."

   "Oh, Zi Hou, why do you look far away?" Zhang Jing asked.

"My lord, I think military training is the same as educating students in private schools. Children who have just entered the school are like a blank sheet of paper. As long as the rules are promulgated and a little education is restrained, they can cultivate their good study habits and characters; on the contrary, those who The old students who have been in the school for many years are like a piece of paper full of scribbles. Even if you stare at them and urge them all the time, it will not help, and you will not be able to cultivate their good learning relationship and character. So is military training To recruit recruits, although it takes a lot of time to train, you can promulgate military laws and train them to enforce orders; to select veterans, although it seems to save training time, they have already been established, and they cannot be trained to enforce orders. Therefore, the subordinate officer thought Go down and recruit new recruits like blank paper,"

  Zhu Ping'an clapped his hands and explained.

   "Well, it sounds reasonable." Zhang Jing nodded slightly, and then asked curiously, "Zi Hou, where are you going to recruit soldiers?"

  Where to recruit soldiers? !

   Zhu Pingan blurted out: "Yiwu" without even thinking about it.

  Yiwu, yes, it is Yiwu!

  Historically, Qi Jiguang recruited the famous Qi family army from Yiwu. With successful experience, Zhu Pingan naturally would not ignore it.

  Qi Jiguang's recruitment of soldiers also experienced some twists and turns. At first, Qi Jiguang used Lishui and Shaoxing soldiers as the main force to recruit and train a "new army". This new army fought several small battles in Taizhou and other places in a row, and won all of them. Qi Jiguang was very satisfied and proud of it. However, when Qi Jiguang was proud, this new army encountered a big battle. After a tough battle, the Zhejiang army showed its original shape, retreated steadily, and fled in all directions

  Qi Jiguang couldn't understand why this new army was defeated, it shouldn't be. This new army has all the factors to win: (1) Excellent general: I personally commanded this battle on the front line, and there is no problem with my command. On the contrary, I commanded it very well and captured the Japanese pirates Weaknesses; (2) Superior military strength: our new army has more than 3,000 men, while the Japanese pirates on the opposite side only have 1,000, and our side has the superiority in strength; (3) Excellent equipment: our new army is fully equipped, and the rate of armor and firearms is high. Not low, and the weapons are all refined steel, which is much better than the Japanese pirates; (4) Well-trained: Our side has trained intensively for more than four months, which can be said to be well-trained

   With so many advantages, why he was defeated in one battle and fled in all directions. After thinking for a long time, Qi Jiguang finally figured out that it was a problem of the source of troops.

Lishui soldiers fight fiercely, but they like to talk about conditions, if they are profitable, they are fierce, unfavorable or not beneficial, or they think they can't fight, then they are mobs and will never work hard; Shaoxing soldiers are not afraid of hard work and have no complaints, but they are unreliable on the battlefield On the battlefield, if the enemy retreats, they will pursue them; but if the enemy attacks, they will retreat. The simple summary is that if the enemy runs, they will fight, and if the enemy does not run, then they will run.

   One side of water and soil supports one side of people, and one side of water and soil supports one side of soldiers. This is the nature of the local water and soil for thousands of years, and it is difficult to change through training.

After this setback, Qi Jiguang has been worrying about finding the best source of troops. Later, Qi Jiguang passed through Yiwu on a business trip, saw a fight with weapons in Yiwu, and found that the volunteers were tough, brave and aggressive, resolute and tenacious, as well as organizational discipline. , I was overjoyed immediately, and shouted that this is the source of my soldiers given by God.

  So, Qi Jiguang recruited soldiers out of the world's powerful army-Qi's army.

  So, without even thinking about it, Zhu Pingan directly borrowed Qi Jiguang's experience and speculated on the Yiwu recruitment operation.

   "Oh, why did Zihou choose to go to Yiwu to recruit soldiers?" Zhang Jing asked curiously.

"Ping'an heard that Yiwu Mountain has a lot of land and little land, and the land is barren, which is not suitable for growing food. The local food output is the highest, and the local people make a living by mining. Mining often scrambles for mineral resources. In order to survive, it happens every year. There have been many cases of robbing mine resources. The miners on both sides of the competition often fought with weapons, ranging from a few days to a few months. There were many participants, killing and injuring countless people. Therefore, the local people in Yiwu are brave and fearless. Because the local people in Yiwu make a living by mining, and the mines have requirements for organizational discipline. The local people in Yiwu are good at organizing and disciplined, and they are good seedlings for soldiers to fight. The officials thought that Yiwu people could become a reliable team with a little training. An army that fights, fights bravely, and fights well."

   Zhu Pingan cupped his hands and explained in detail.

   "Hehe, Zihou knows so much about Yiwu, it seems that Zihou has already chosen a place to recruit soldiers." Zhang Jing smiled slightly and nodded, "Then go, I will wait and see."

  (end of this chapter)