In Cangzhou, Qin Yun received the imperial edict from the envoy, and a light flashed in his eyes.
Finally, he waited tremblingly and cautiously for this day.
Qin Yun didn't care about the lack of a formal establishment and the responsibilities of the household department. Instead, he preferred the phrase "guerrilla generals, do things cheaply!", which meant that he did not need to follow the orders of the army.
Although the three thousand soldiers and horses led by other princes can attack on their own, their establishment is still in Poyang Pass. Once there is a big battle, these princes must report there.
But Qin Yun doesn't have this trouble.
Moreover, the court asked him to form his own army. Another advantage of this is that he can even hold this army in his own hands in the future!
Of course, the number given by the imperial court was no more than 3,000 troops, the same as the other princes, to show fairness.
And Qin Yun was not prepared to recruit so many troops at the beginning. What's more, it is already difficult to recruit troops on the front line.
Qin Yun decided to build an army based on those three hundred craftsmen, and then slowly expand it later.
On this day, outside Cangzhou City, the craftsmen had finished their previous work, and now they were all idle. Qin Yun gave them a holiday.
"Everyone, according to the imperial court's order, you now have a chance to escape from slavery and sin!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was stunned. You must know that the son of a slave is a slave, and the guilty person can only be cleared of his crime after at least three generations.
Now, Qin Yun actually gave them this opportunity directly!
Someone also realizes something.
"I dare to ask my lord, but join the army!"
Qin Yun nodded and said: "Yes, it's time to grant the title of wife and son! However, the number of places is limited. There are only a hundred orphans. The remaining people can be incorporated into the army, but they still cannot leave the humble status until they have made meritorious deeds!"
Someone shook his head and sighed: "I know my destiny this year, how can I wield the sword? Your Highness, it's not because I don't want to, but because I am powerless!"
"Yes, we also want to go to the battlefield, but with my physical condition, I can only die! Let's forget it!"
In fact, Qin Yun also considered this.
Therefore, he only planned to select a hundred people from them at first. Of course, this does not mean that the remaining people are useless. On the contrary, in Qin Yun's case, the older the craftsmen are, the more useful they are.
Through the construction of windmills and armored vehicles, Qin Yun found that this group of people had skills and were serious craftsmen. In particular, several old craftsmen were very good at craftsmanship.
Although Lu Ban also recruited a group of people in Qiongzhou to serve as helpers, they were not as good as this group of top craftsmen dispatched by the Ministry of Industry.
"Everyone, I don't need you to charge into battle for the time being. Our mission is mainly to transport food and raise funds to erect the Luochuan Heroic Soul Monument."
"The one hundred people selected by this king only need to serve me for one year. After one year, you can choose to continue serving or become ordinary craftsmen. Moreover, I hereby promise that as long as you join the army, each person will have three acres of fertile land!"
As soon as this statement came out, the whole audience was shocked. In fact, it was nothing to break away from the slave status. As long as they worked hard to make money, they would always have a chance, but they could directly own their own fields and suddenly change from a lowly status to a relatively noble farming status. , that would be different.
Those with a rural background can take part in the imperial examinations and serve as officials in the court!
Everyone's thoughts began to get excited, and even if they were not thinking about themselves, they had to think about future generations.
"Your Highness, I sign up!"
"I also sign up!"
Qin Yun smiled. Sure enough, no one could refuse the temptation of the fields, just like no mature adult in future generations could refuse the temptation of going ashore.
Qin Yun really didn't want to paint a big picture for them. He believed that he could still exchange some fiefdoms and military fields with his military exploits.
Qin Yun asked Yang Yong to be responsible for registration, while Tieniu and Tiexiong were responsible for maintaining order and selecting skilled craftsmen.
One hundred men, one hundred guns!
This is Qin Yun's purpose. As for the remaining people, he has other plans.
In three days, all one hundred people were selected. They were relatively strong, but compared to the regular army and the elite troops of the princes, they looked like gatekeepers who were just waiting to die.
Even the gatekeepers are younger and more powerful than them!
Bai Zhanpeng shook his head when he learned that Qin Yun had formed such an army of top-notch trash.
As long as Qin Yun spoke, he could allocate his troops to him, but Qin Yun did not speak.
Now among the three hundred people, Tieniu and Tienxiong are each responsible for leading one hundred people as logistics personnel. These people do not need to be on the battlefield, but they need to be responsible for the maintenance of weapons.
Qin Yun plans to take the remaining 100 people for training for half a month. By then, they will be enough to handle some small-scale battles.
But in the eyes of others, Qin Yun is a fool.
After Qin Chen heard that Qin Yun had formed such a weird army, he came over to laugh at it.
"Qin Yun, I advise you to give up as soon as possible. If you go to the battlefield, you will die!"
Qin Yun smiled and said, "Aren't you going to fight, Fourth Prince? Why are you worried that I will take away your credit!"
Qin Chen: "I've heard it all. You won last time thanks to the help of the Bai family, but this war is a real one. Qin Yun has the ability to make a bet on who can earn more military merit?"
Qin Yun smiled: "Sorry, I have already earned a second-class military merit and a third-class military merit. It is better than some people who have zero eggs!"
Qin Chen: "You are just lucky, Qin Yun, just say you want to gamble or not!"
Qin Yun: "You want to give me money, why shouldn't I refuse the gift? But I don't know if you have anything worth gambling on this time."
Qin Chen snorted softly: "My cousin just won a salt selling license in the competition. If you win, you will transfer it to your people. But if you lose, you will not only give me the previous silk and satin village, but also give it to me." You also want to give me your ice room and even your recipe, what do you think? Do you want to bet?"
Qin Yun said: "Okay, then let's take one month as the deadline. Whoever has more military merits and merits will win!"
"Qin Yun, this time I will make you convinced that you lose!"
It can be seen that Qin Chen is very confident. After all, he has been preparing for this battle for more than ten days, and he even did not hesitate to stay in Cangzhou City.
He got secret information that those mud-legged people would have a thousand-man army coming to cause trouble in the rear. Catching them would be a great achievement!
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At the same time, outside Poyang Pass, a team of thousands of people was trying to bypass the Poyang Pass defense line and enter the red side. This group of people was from Tiecun.
As the leader of this force, Tieshuan's goal is actually very clear, that is, he does not want to fight.
Originally, because of the drought, no one in their village could survive.
Two promising young men who had followed a blacksmith had written to them a few days ago, asking them to go to the capital to seek refuge with a prince who was said to be very wealthy.
He just gave them a vein of minerals. They thought they could make a living by relying on their craftsmanship, but who would have thought that they would encounter rioters and refugees halfway through.
The logic of these rebels is also very simple, either join me or I will kill you!
For the sake of his people, Tieshuan could only join.
Their iron village has been forging iron all year round, and their physical fitness is very good. This time, the people who came out are all backbones, there are hundreds of people, plus some women and children, there are a thousand people.
Because they have skills, even if they join the rebels, they can live a pretty good life. It's a pity that the damn king is weak and lets them carry out sneak attacks in the rear. If they don't go, they will run out of food!
Tie Shuan actually wanted to run away for a long time, but he just looked at the three hundred cavalry supervisors behind him. After running away, not only would they have no food to eat, but it would be difficult for the women and children to survive.
"Brother Tieshuan, the clan leader wants you to go there!"
"what's the situation?"
"The clan elder said that someone received a letter from Tiexiong and Tieniu to us halfway. Tieniu and the others also came to the vicinity of Poyang Pass. Tieniu also said that he would join them to take care of their food!"
Tieshuan's eyes lit up: "I eat half a bucket in one meal, am I satisfied?"
"Tie Niu eats a bucket at a meal! It is said that the prince is not short of money!"
"Quickly, hurry up and add up! It's not easy to have enough food these days!"
