Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 331 Recruitment (please subscribe!)
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The name "Tangyin" has a long history. Humans lived in it as early as the Neolithic Age and gradually formed tribes. According to the "Shan Hai Jing Xi Shan Jing": "The mountain of Shangshen, the soup flows out, and the east flows into the river."

In the second year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Dangyin County was established, and it got its name because it was located in the Yin of Dangshui (later Tanghe).

Dang was originally the name of an ancient country, and it got its name because Dangshui flowed through the ancient country.

In the second year of Tianping in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, it was called Weide County.

In the first year of Tang Zhenguan, the water was lukewarm, and Dangshui was changed to Tangshui, and Dangshui was originally Tangyin County.

This is the birthplace of the Yue Family Army.

It is said that this is the birthplace of the Yue Family Army.

First of all, Yue Fei is from Tangyin County.

Secondly, many of the main generals of the Yue family army, such as: Wang Gui, Yue Yun, Xu Qing, Yao Zheng, Li Dao, Sun Ge, Yu Peng, etc. are all from Tangyin County.

In fact, the real Yue Family Army can also be said to be from Tangyin County.

The composition of the Yue Family Army is very complicated.

Strictly speaking, the real Yue Family Army is the soldiers of the former Tokyo Remaining Division who followed Yue Fei from the north to Jiangnan. Most of these people are from Hebei (not far from Tangyin County), and most of them are from Yue Fei's hometown.

At the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, the society was in turmoil, the political situation was turbulent, and the army was broken and bandits were everywhere.

The court of the Southern Song Dynasty was unable to control the various armed forces, and the soldiers would be arrogant and difficult to control. "When the army moves, it will collapse, if it collapses, it will steal, if the thief recruits, and if it recruits, it will be an official. The cycle is endless.".

The collapse and merger of various armed groups often happens, and there is no definite trend of separation and combination.

However, Yue Fei was known for his strict military discipline, so his army has always been relatively stable. Many disbanded armed groups joined the Yue Family Army one after another, and became the surrender generals of the Yue Family Army, making their troops grow continuously.

And the two biggest groups among them are Niu Gao and Dong Xian's team.

Annexing bandits and puppet troops, and absorbing scattered people, Zhao Gou put the troops from all over the country under Yue Fei's control. In a few years, the Yue family army grew to 3 people.

Afterwards, Yue Fei led 6 Yue Family Army to wipe out Yang Yao's Army and absorbed [-] to [-] people from Yang Yao's Army.

In addition to what Zhao Gou allocated to Yue Fei later, Jiangnan West Road Appeasement Division controlled Qi Chao, commanded Gaodao and other ministries (about 500 people), and the additional command of Qiu Yun's department (nearly 500 people) );
Later, Ren Shi'an, Hao Ting, Wang Jun, and Jiao Yuan (about 1 people) under the control of Jingnan South Road's appeasement department were put under the control of Yue Fei, and Du Zhan, the commander of the left army of Zhang Jun's governor's mansion, was transferred to the general of Huangzhou under Yue Fei's command. Thousands of Caizhou soldiers brought by Zhizhou.

The Yue family army completed its growth and reached a peak of 10 horses.

From the development process of the Yue Family Army, it is not difficult to see that the Yue Family Army is actually composed of less than 2000 people who started from Yue Fei and Yue Fei. Before joining the Yue Family Army, many of the other troops were mobs.

It is not difficult to see that Yue Fei is definitely a first-class commander who can turn a group of mobs into a first-class strong army, and it is not difficult to see how elite Yue Fei's less than 2000 people are.

It's a pity for the Yue Family Army. If it wasn't for the soul of Yue Fei who was killed by Zhao Gou, Qin Hui and others, and if the conditions at that time didn't allow the Yue Family Army to make a northern expedition, the Yue Family Army might really be able to go straight to Huanglong.

Every time Li Yan thinks of these things, he feels very sorry for Yue Fei and the Yue Family Army!
Therefore, Li Yan prepared to rebuild the Yue family army.

Let me explain here that the Yue Family Army was a popular saying at that time, not an official name.In the Southern Song Dynasty, the uprising army swarmed up, and many of them later took refuge in Yue Fei (although Yue Fei was not the highest rank, he had a high prestige among the people, otherwise he would not be so well-known until later generations).Then those peasant troops who surrendered to Yue Fei called themselves the Yue Family Army, and this title was also recognized by the majority of the people.Therefore, the Yue Family Army is only a verbal name, not an establishment.It will not appear on formal occasions.However, at that time it was customary to refer to a certain army by the surname of the commander. For example, Zhang Jun's department could be called "Zhang Jiajun", and Han Shizhong's department could be called "Han Jiajun".Some people mistakenly believe that the name "Yue Family Army" has the nature of a private army, which is one of the reasons why Yue Fei was later killed. This is actually a kind of unfounded meaning.

Li Yan set up one hundred recruiting points in various places in Hebei, and planned to recruit [-] soldiers. If it goes well, he can recruit [-] soldiers, and he personally presided over the recruitment in Tangyin County.

Niu Gao raised his voice and shouted: "The governor seeks elite soldiers and recruits all the heroes in the world. As long as you have some skills, you can do anything in literature or martial arts."

Those who want to join in the fun gather around and say, "Hey! Man, what are you doing?"

Niu Gao pointed at the recruitment banner and said, "Recruitment."

One person asked, "Are you from the imperial court?"

Niu Gao said: "Have you heard of An Dong Dufu?"

Someone said: "Is it Li Dadu?"

Niu Gao said: "Brother is very knowledgeable, we are just recruiting troops for the governor."

Someone said: "I heard that the governor has [-] elites, why do you want to recruit troops?"

Niu Gao said: "You don't know, the governor has taken down half of Korea, but the half of Korea always wants to take back the half of Korea from the governor, so the governor is going to take the half of Korea by force first." Also snatch it back, and now recruit brave warriors, recruit brave warriors who dare to show our prestige in China."

One person said: "The governor is a real hero!"

Niu Gao said: "Heroes also need the support of good men. Goryeo has 30 elite soldiers, and the governor has only [-], which is a three-fold difference. The governor heard that there are heroes in Hebei, so he came to Hebei to recruit people who dare to expand the frontier with him. Warriors of Earth!"

Someone asked: "What's the trick?"

Niu Gao said: "Did you hear what I said just now? As long as you have some skills, you can do both civil and military skills. Wen people go there and have a special person to assess them. Wu skills are easy. Take out what you know and shoot arrows. Weapons, boxing skills, everything is fine, if you know the art of war, it will be even better, you can choose the literary or military, everyone, don’t let you be in vain, do you see those baskets of gold, silver and copper coins? The more you get, moreover, the ones with high skills will become officials, corporal chiefs, bets, and captains. They are all possible. If you have no skills, you can do it if you have the strength. If you are selected, you can take away a handful of copper coins, right? , Did you see the Four Great Vajras over there? If you feel that your abilities are so high, you can choose any one, and if you win, you will be able to bully me Niu Gao in the future. The future is limitless."

Hearing Niu Gao's words, a black and strong man separated from the crowd and stepped forward, then pointed at Jiao Ting and said: "I want to fight with the eyebrowless man on the far right!"

Niu Gao gave a thumbs up, and said: "Brothers are really discerning. Brother Jiao Ting's boxing skills are the best among the four of them."

The strong black man said: "I'm going to challenge the strongest one!"

Jiao Ting didn't talk nonsense and stood up directly.

Seeing this, the black and strong man directly clenched his sandbag-sized fist and rushed over, very brave!
Jiao Ting looked at the posture of the strong black man, and couldn't help shaking his head.

When the strong black man rushed over, Jiao Ting threw the strong black man out, and then said to the recorder: "You have good strength and good courage. If you train them well, you may become an elite."

Hearing this, Niu Gao took out an ingot of five taels of silver from the silver basket and stuffed it into the hand of the black and strong man who had been thrown to pieces, saying: "This ingot of silver is yours now, if you are willing to join us Liang Shanjun, at the beginning, he paid two yuan a month, and he was able to take care of his own food every day. If you have family members, you can bring them with you. Regardless of gender, age, or age, they will all arrange work. As long as they are not lazy, they will have enough to eat. If you don’t want to join We Liangshan Army, this ingot of silver is considered to be given to you by the Liangshan Army."

The strong black man got up immediately and said: "You must not lie to me, there are fourteen members of my family, can they all have enough to eat?"

Niu Gao said: "Who dares to smash the golden signboard of the governor? Don't worry, your family has 140 people, as long as you are not lazy, you can take care of them all!"

In the past few years, it was either drought or flood, and the Yellow River often broke its embankment. Most of the poor could not have enough to eat. Therefore, Liang Shanjun dared to ensure that the whole family would have enough to eat. It was definitely very tempting!
Without further ado, the strong black man said, "Middle! I join the Liangshan Army!"

Niu Gao said: "Go over there and register, and then bring all your family members here within three days, there will be a special person to arrange for your family."

The strong black man said: "Medium."

Niu Gao looked at the others and said, "Anyone else you want to try?"

"I!"

"Brother, do you think I'm a hit?"

"Get out of the way, let me come!"

"..."

Giving out real money and keeping the family fed, immediately aroused the enthusiasm of many men.

At this moment, a young man who was no more than 20 years old split his left and right hands, and dozens of men on each side staggered away.

The young man looked at the four of Jiao Ting and said, "None of them are my opponents. I want to compete with the strongest among you."

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(End of this chapter)