I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 18 Recruiting the Army
In the early morning, the sky was foggy, and white smoke was everywhere, like steam.The sun rose slowly from the ridge, and the white mist evaporated into the sky.

The light changed from dull gray to a piece of fish white, a piece of pink, and then a piece of golden yellow. The brilliance of the rising sun is also ever-changing and colorful.Shining on the fog, layers of colors appeared.The brightest golden color is closest to the rising sun, and the color becomes darker as it goes westward, and finally merges with the fog.

One is more than ten miles around. The city wall is 8 meters high and 7 meters thick. The south gate is called "Cheng'en Gate", the west gate is called "Cangshan Gate", and the north gate is called "Anyuan Gate". There is a turret in each of the four corners of the city, the northeast corner: Yingchuan Tower, the southeast corner: Xiping Tower, and the southwest corner: Kongming Tower , Northwest corner: Changqing Tower.

There is a moat outside the city wall.The streets in the city are like a castle hidden in the mountains in a fairy tale. Its majestic figure gradually emerges in the morning light. The golden sun shines on the high city gate, and the two vigorous characters "Dali" shine golden in the interlaced light and shadow. Reflect the world.

A street paved with wide bluestone slabs runs across the north and south, deep streets and alleys, criss-crossing from west to east nine streets and eighteen lanes, clear tile roofs, and walls made of simple and chic cobblestones are shining brightly.

In the backyard of a towering majestic mansion with carved beams and painted pillars in the city, a young man is as calm as a crouching tiger, as moving as a flying dragon, as slow as clouds, as fast as lightning, and his every move is steady and unrestrained, just as the saying goes:
Head down and shoulders down,
Until the pubic region enters and exits evenly.

The arm direction should be divided into three sections,
The body method should hit the four tips evenly.

The walking circle is divided into eight characters,
Eyes and hands with a group of gods.

Vitality must be raised in Dantian,
Ape arms, bear arms, dragon and tiger body.

He was tireless, and he slapped palms over and over again. His movements gradually became more and more proficient from jerky at the beginning, and his figure also changed from slow to fast. In the end, the courtyard was full of his tossing and moving figures.

It took a whole hour for him to stop what he was doing, and he opened his mouth to slowly exhale a breath of white air, only to see that the white air was in the form of substance, reaching ten feet away, and lingering for a long time.

Two pretty girls in their fifteenth or sixteenth year walked happily to his side with small steps. One took a towel in his hand and gently wiped the sweat stains on his forehead, while the other looked at the boy in front of him with admiration. Said: "His Royal Highness, your palm technique is really good. I have seen Commander Mu practice martial arts, and it is not as good as His Royal Highness."

The young man jumped up and laughed: "You girl! Commander Mu Zhongliang practiced family martial arts that have been passed down for hundreds of years. It is very powerful. Whoever is good at palming is the best. Qingchan, Qingyu Why don't you start practicing martial arts with me from tomorrow!"

"really?"

"Of course it's true. When did this crown prince lie?" The young man Zhu Cixuan felt that he was going to use his big stick to teach this little girl a good lesson, and even began to question his own words. It was really upside down.

Seeing that His Highness the Crown Prince was obviously unhappy, the little girl hurriedly said, "Mm, um, um... My sister and I will definitely practice martial arts with His Highness from tomorrow." She flickered her big eyes and looked at Zhu Cixuan pitifully.

Women are indeed born actors, and they have the potential to become actors at a young age. "Okay, okay, go and tell Commander Mu to hurry up and eat. Later, the prince will go to the government office to discuss matters with King Jin and Duke Qian. Go quickly."

"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince." The little girl ran out of the yard quickly.

At that time, Zhu Cixuan went out of the gate under the guard of Mu Zhongliang and other Eastern Palace guards, and went to the government office of Dali Mansion. His horse's hooves stepped on the ground paved with bluestone slabs, making a crisp "tat-tat-tat" sound.

There are not many people on the street, and it is a bit depressed. Some shops on both sides are already open for business, and some shops are closed. The fragrance of food can be heard from individual shops, and some houses hang white flags. Cries came out.

Zhu Cixuan sighed secretly, hoping that as time went by, the grief of losing their loved ones would be alleviated in their hearts. The people suffered the most in troubled times, and the Tartars burned, killed and looted everywhere they went, committing all sorts of crimes.

The most famous Yangzhou Ten Days, Jiading Three Massacres.

After the Tartars occupied Yangzhou, they slaughtered and looted, and sealed their swords for ten days.

The poet Wu Jiaji wrote the poem "Walking Rao Mother":

Reminiscing about the destruction of the deserted city,
The white blade scattered like rain.

Killing for ten days and nights,

The corpses are innumerable.

Wang Xiuchu's "Yangzhou Ten Diaries" killed 80 people.

"Nanlue of the Ming Dynasty Volume 48" records: "Yangzhou smoked [-], and it was empty."

The tragic massacre turned the prosperous Yangzhou city into ruins in an instant, and the prosperous fireworks ancient alleys in the famous towns in the south of the Yangtze River turned into bloody slaughterhouses.

In order not to pollute the air with the corpses, the Tartars even put the corpses on the roof and set fire to the city and its suburbs, turning everything into ashes and scorched earth.

Some of these beautiful young women were taken away by the Tartars. Among them, Prince Yu Duoduo, the ten-day executioner of Yangzhou, plundered one hundred and three Han women with outstanding talents and appearances during the massacre, and dedicated them to ten of Shunzhi, the regent. Three Wang Dorgon, three auxiliary Prince Zheng Jierhalang, two each Prince Su Haug, and one each King Azig of the British County.

The Jiading Three Massacres were the three massacres of civilians in the city after the Tartars captured Jiading, killing a total of [-] civilians.

In the troubled times, human life is like nothing, so Zhu Cixuan made up his mind to end the troubled times as soon as possible, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment like a rabbit country.

When Zhu Cixuan arrived at the government office, Li Dingguo, King of Jin, and Mu Tianbo, Duke of Qian, had already been waiting for a long time.

After the three met, Li Dingguo said: "His Royal Highness, I have sent people to post a notice of safety for the people, and sent a law enforcement team to patrol the whole city to strictly enforce military discipline. Anyone who dares to plunder the common people will be killed. Anyone who insults women will be killed."

"Okay, King Jin's move is very kind. Our Ming army not only wants to drive out the Tartars, but also has iron discipline to protect our civilians.

Don't take needles and threads from common people, buy things according to the market price; pay back what you borrow from common people; Molesting and insulting women; all captured trophies are handed over.Those who are mild will be beaten with thirty army sticks and driven out of the army, and those who are serious will be beheaded. "Zhu Cixuan resolutely said loudly.

"His Royal Highness said it very well. I will write down what His Royal Highness said as our military discipline regulations." After Li Dingguo finished speaking, he immediately spread out a piece of rice paper, studied ink, and picked up a pen to complete the eight rules of discipline. The snake writes it down.

Then, call in the military clerk, copy a hundred copies, and pass it on to the whole army, so that the law enforcement team will follow it.

Then the three discussed recruiting troops in Dali, contacting the Ming army and chieftains scattered by the Tartars, coming to Dali to meet up and counterattack Kunming, and sending people to Tengyue to bring the emperor Zhu Youlang to Dali.

After all, Dali far exceeds Tengyue in terms of city size, total population, people's aspirations, and living conditions.

Back at the residence, Zhu Cixuan called Mu Zhongliang and asked him to recruit 500 loyal and reliable people to join his guard army, making his guards reach 600, because now he can spend gold coins to buy 12 Mauser 98K rifles a day. In a few days, the 100 guards under his command can have one in every hand.

And Zhu Cixuan didn't want to use this kind of weapon separately for the time being, and when his own guards were equipped with more than 500 pieces, he would consider letting other people's troops equip them with a small amount, and they had to spend money to buy them, so let's use 100 taels of silver each.You can't sit and eat, no, after all, the Mauser rifle in your hand was also bought with money.

For the next few days, Zhu Cixuan not only practiced the Hunyuan Palm every morning, but also taught Qing Chan and Qingyu the Hunyuan Palm, letting them follow him in the Hunyuan Palm.

Zhu Cixuan is going to wait for these two little girls to become familiar with the Hunyuan Palm. After the Hunyuan Kungfu is completed, each will give them a small redemption pill to improve their physical fitness and internal strength. At that time, there will be two seductive female bodyguards by their side. , going out also has face.

In later generations, not all tycoons like to adopt female bodyguards. Apart from protecting themselves, they can also solve some physical needs.

After the Ming army entered Dali, the military discipline was strict, and they did not commit any crimes against the people. When buying things, they gave as much money as they should pay, distributed some food to the people in need, helped the people repair the houses damaged by the Tartars, and burned them. The Tartars, who looted and forcibly robbed women's women, formed a sharp contrast.

Coupled with the common people's aspirations to Daming, the recruitment of soldiers went very smoothly.Not only the young and strong in Dali City signed up enthusiastically, but also people from all over Dali who got the news rushed to sign up to join the Ming Army. In just ten days, Li Dingguo and Mu Tianbo each recruited 5000 people, and Zhu Cixuan's 500 people were even more so. It took three days to recruit.

Later, after Zhu Cixuan asked Mu Zhongliang, he found out that these 500 people were loyal and reliable people selected from the original 3000 people by Mu Tianbo, Wang Sheng, Wang Qilong, Chen Qian, Wu Chengjue and others. At that time, these people were selected from the more than 2000 people under their command.

Mu Tianbo, Wang Sheng, Wang Qilong, Chen Qian, Wu Chengjue and others were worried about the safety of the crown prince. After discussing with them, they selected 500 people and handed them over to Mu Zhongliang to protect the crown prince. Because in the minds of these people, His Royal Highness , It is related to whether Daming can drive out the Tartars and reorganize the Daming rivers and mountains.Therefore, the safety of His Royal Highness is above all else.

This also caused many brothers and nephews of these generals among the 500 people to ensure absolute loyalty. After Zhu Cixuan knew about it, he also understood the worries of these generals, so he could only accept the kindness of these generals.

Next, in addition to practicing Hunyuan Palm and Hunyuan Kungfu with Qing Chan and Qing Yu every morning, he took these two little girls and Mu Zhongliang to train the 600 Eastern Palace Guards.

One hour of queue training every day, one hour of cold weapon fighting training, one hour of Mauser rifle standing, lying, kneeling, the position and force distribution of holding the gun with both hands, the correct butt to the shoulder and the choice of cheek position, correct The three-point one-line aiming and vision distribution, as well as the final shooting training.

(End of this chapter)