Wang Bin was very capable and implemented the selection of prisoners very quickly. It only took three days to select 10,000 prisoners from more than 20,000 prisoners and complete the registration.
Of course, this is not the result of Wang Bin alone. He was able to complete it quickly because Zhao Tai had a very capable and large team of staff.
In order to cultivate administrative talents, Zhao Tai issued recruitment orders several times before, attracting a group of scholars.
At that time, Zhao Tai's status and prestige were not enough to attract people with fame, so he lowered his requirements. He did not need anyone to have fame or political experience, as long as he could read and write.
In ancient times, there were very few scholars with good reputations. If they were only required to be literate, the base would be very large.
Therefore, the shogunate immediately recruited a large number of scholars into the shogunate. They had no tasks for the first three months. The only thing they had to do was to follow the old people in the shogunate and learn arithmetic, accounting, official documents, criminal names, drawing and other highly professional skills. technology.
It can be said that Zhao Tai's shogunate not only provided him with advice and assisted him in handling military and political affairs, but also was a school for cultivating civil servants.
After selecting 10,000 prisoners, Zhao Tai transferred a large number of deputies from the Zhongyi Army to serve as full-time officers in the newly established Guiyi Army to train the prisoners.
In the distance, at the foot of Hengjian Mountain, the Song army's attack on the Mongolian army continued. The Guiyi army, which had reorganized 10,000 surrendered troops, was lined up in the camp, waiting for Zhao Tai's lecture.
On the high platform in front of the queue, Zhao Tai was wearing fish scale armor and a phoenix-winged helmet, standing with a sword in his hand. Behind him stood the generals. Zhang Rou and Yan Zhongji were also forced to attend.
At this time, Zhao Tai glanced at the soldiers in the audience, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Do you know that the Guiyi Army of the Tang Dynasty is alone in the absolute territory?"
The level of the soldiers in the audience was limited, and many people did not know the story of the Returned Army. Zhao Tai did not expect them to answer, but spoke loudly about his expectations, "Back then, when the Tang Dynasty declined, Hexi was occupied by Tubo, but the people of Hehuang , ruled by Tubo for more than sixty years, but did not forget the Tang Dynasty uniforms! Unwilling to be enslaved by Tubo, they launched an uprising and recovered eleven states including Gua, Sha, Yin, Xi, Gan, Su, Lan, Shan, He, Min and Kuo. , making Hexi return to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang court gave the military name to the army and returned it to justice!"
Zhao Tai glanced at the crowd, "I, like you, are Northern Han people. We have been enslaved by the barbarians for hundreds of years, and are treated as cattle and horses by the barbarians. Are we Northern Han children born to be slaves of other races? "
The soldiers in the field below the stage were touched by Zhao Tai's words, and their emotions were gradually aroused when they thought of their own experiences of being oppressed by the Jin people and the Mongols.
Because the Southern Song Dynasty abandoned the north, the Han people in the north became abandoned people and could only work as cattle and horses for foreigners to survive under oppression.
When they joined the army of Han princes, they did not pledge allegiance to Mongolia, but stayed together to keep warm. By doing things for Mongolia, they exchanged for Mongolia not to plunder or harm them.
Zhao Tai loudly shouted: "Han'er is not a slave! How glorious and rich I was once, how could my clan be the slaves of another clan for a long time! Today, I give you the name of Guiyi, in the hope that you will have the ambition to return to Yi." , work with Gu to drive out the Tartars, restore the Han territory, and ensure that our descendants will never be slaves!"
"Never be a slave!" The soldiers of the Rebel Army, led by the officers, raised their fists and shouted in unison.
Seeing this, Zhao Tai nodded with satisfaction and couldn't help turning his head and said: "How?"
I asked this question to Zhang Rou and Yan Zhongji. Neither of them was willing to participate in the formation ceremony of the Guiyi Army, but Zhao Tai ordered them to participate.
As prisoners, the two naturally had no choice but to stand up for Zhao Tai, causing the soldiers who originally belonged to the Zhang family and the Yan family to mistakenly believe that both of them had surrendered, but neither of them actually expressed surrender.
Before the formation ceremony of the Guiyi Army, Zhao Tai summoned the two men, hoping that they would abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side.
Zhang Rou and Yan Zhongji refused directly, but Zhao Tai was not angry. Instead, he said that the two of them didn't understand him yet, and they would definitely submit sincerely once they got to know him.
Zhang Rou sneered at this. His family was all in Mongolia. Once he surrendered, he might be exterminated. He was determined not to surrender.
Zhang Rou and Yan Zhongji looked at each other, and the two had to admit that Zhao Tai's personal charm was very strong. The words just made ripples in their cold hearts.
The two understood that Zhao Tai asked them to follow him, and it seemed that he hoped to use his charm to conquer them.
However, the two of them had already made a decision. As prisoners, they did not intend to anger Zhao Tai and accepted all of Zhao Tai's good intentions, but they would not do anything for Zhao Tai.
Yan Zhongji said: "Your Highness has great ambitions, I admire him very much!"
Zhao Tai brought up the old story again, "General Yan is also a Han Chinese, would you like to lend me a helping hand?"
Yan Zhongji looked embarrassed. Seeing this, Zhao Tai did not embarrass him and said haha, "I understand your difficulties. I will not force you. I will wait for you to surrender sincerely!"
Zhao Tai didn't look at Zhang Rou, because Zhang Rou had raised his head and closed his eyes since he was caught, showing that he would rather die than surrender.
Zhao Tai shook his head, and then continued the ceremony, appointing the commander of the Guiyi Army, giving the military flag, and then ordered the army to conduct drills while he went to inspect the medical camp.
After learning that Shi Songzhi had reported to Lin'an, without Zhao Tai's urging, Zhao Kui organized various Song troops and launched an extremely fierce attack on Hengjian Mountain.
Tens of thousands of Song troops surrounded the Mongolian army to attack. When the battle was fierce, the two armies could circle a hilltop and fight for it several times.
In the fierce battle, the Song army used its superior force to attack in turns, successively captured some mountain tops, and slowly approached the main peak, but it also suffered extremely heavy casualties.
At this time, Zhao Tai came to the medical camp and heard several soldiers rushing in while carrying the wounded, shouting loudly, "Medical officer! Medical officer!"
The medical soldiers in the camp heard the sound, and three people came out quickly. Two of them took the stretcher, and one stopped the soldiers who wanted to enter and blocked them from the camp. "Everyone, please wait outside. We will try our best to rescue them."
Several soldiers watched the officer being carried in, and one of them squatted on the ground. They couldn't help wiping away tears and crying, "Qianhu, you must hold on!"
Because the fighting was fierce and the Mongols fought against trapped animals, the attacking army suffered heavy losses.
The medical camp was now overcrowded. Zhao Tai led everyone into the camp and saw wounded people lying everywhere, and the medical soldiers were busy treating them.
At this time, the medical soldiers carried the officer just now to the operating table made of two square tables. A doctor looked at it and immediately ordered, "The numbness is gone! The eye cannot be saved and must be dug out!"
After hearing this, the injured officer on the table struggled immediately. The doctor seemed to be very experienced, "Quick, hold him down!"
Although Zhao Tai established a medical battalion very early, recruited doctors to treat injured soldiers, and taught doctors some simple treatment methods, but due to various conditions, there was still insufficient manpower in the event of a war.
At this time, the doctor paid one cent, and the two medical soldiers immediately stepped forward, but they could not control the officer.
Seeing this, Zhao Tai went up directly, grabbed the officer's hand, and said in a deep voice: "Brother, calm down!"
When the struggling Qianhu saw that it was Zhao Tai, he couldn't help crying, "Your Majesty, they are going to dig out my eyes ~ wu wu ~"
Qi Jun Qianhu had heavy armor on his body and wore an iron bag on his head. He had strong defense and was difficult to be hurt by a sword. However, the Mongolians were very good at shooting and shot Qianhu in the eye with an arrow.
Zhao Tai took his hand, hugged Qianhu's head, and felt the same, "I know it! I know it! When you recover from your injury, I will dig out the Tatar's eyes and serve you wine!"
After being comforted by Zhao Tai, Qianhu calmed down. The medical soldiers on the side took some hemp powder and gave it to the officers to drink. After they woke up and fell asleep, they disinfected them with strong alcohol and started the operation directly.
