Late Tang

In less than half an hour, there were already 112 people in Dengzhou on the registration list.Zuo Yidu has one hundred soldiers, but this one hundred does not count officers of high rank.There are rank-ranking officers in Zuoyidu, including the head of the general, the head of the deputy general, and the marquis of general Yu. There are also two team leaders, two deputy team leaders, and two Yuhou, adding up to ten people.In addition, Lin Wei was originally the coach of the Wendeng camp, and Wang Zhong was the ten deputy generals of the Wendeng camp, both of whom were from Dengzhou. In this way, there were 112 people in total.

Among the 110 people, apart from brothers Lin Wei and Lin Wu from Chang'an, Wang Zhong from Qingzhou, and Zhang Hong from Haizhou, the 100 people including Li Jing himself are all from Qingning, Wendeng County, Dengzhou. Among the villages and villages in the township.These more than [-] people can be described as veritable soldiers.

Li Jing attaches great importance to the first team he pulls up.When he asked Song Wen to bring Zuo Yi to him, it wasn't just because Zuo Yi was one of his troops and had been trained by him for a month.The most important reason is that the soldiers in Zuo Yidu are all from Qingning Township.In the beginning, there were several members of the Zuoyidu No. [-] team who were natives of Penglai, but they were kicked out by Li Jing one after another, and they were replaced by a few people from Qingning Township.The younger soldiers, the township party, are undoubtedly easier to accept Li Jing's command, and easier to be loyal to Li Jing's soldiers.At this time, fellow countrymen are the same as the same clan, and they are the best links to connect with each other.

Li Jing made a special trip to Song Wen's place in order to register the name on the list.Song Wen also kept his word, seeing that Li Jing actually took away a lot of people from Zuo Yidu, he didn't show any distress.He had already heard what kind of conditions Li Jing offered those soldiers.Those who went with them had resettlement allowances, and those who were injured or died in battle would also have pensions. In addition, there would be food and rations every month. The conditions were very favorable, even much better than those paid by Zhizhou soldiers.During the period just now, several groups of soldiers in the Unity Barracks have reported to the top, asking to join Li Jing's Shamen Town.Regarding this, Song Wen was really dumbfounded.Of course he knew that the conditions offered by Li Jing could not be fulfilled by the garrison army.So in the end, Li Jing still had to pay for the favorable conditions he offered.

But he also knew that Li Jing was rich, and he won [-] pieces of silk from Feng Liang last time.In addition, Li Jing is a student of Cui Yunqing and Yu Qing. Although Cui Yunqing left Dengzhou, Jiedu Sima is in charge of the money and food of tens of thousands of troops in Ziqing Town.Maybe, Li Jing had exactly this idea.

Song Wen had read the entire list, including officers, and only tentatively proposed Lin Wei as the deputy town general, Wang Zhong as the Marquis of Yu, Zhang Hong as the soldier Cao Junjun, and Lin Wu as the second general from the left.In addition, Li Jing himself served as the general of the first capital on the left, Wang Zhong served as the general of the third capital from the left, and Lin Wei also served as the coach.Many other positions are still vacant.

"Don't you have any suitable candidates for officers? If you don't have any suitable candidates, I can transfer a batch for you, whether they are officers from Zhizhou soldiers, county town soldiers, garrison troops, or united soldiers."

Li Jing shook his head with a smile. Officers are the most important part of an army.Although Li Jing didn't have any suitable candidates for the time being, he would rather leave them empty than hand over these positions to people he didn't know.Otherwise, will this army be his or Song Wen's?

"Thank you, Du Yuhou, but there are not many people who are willing to go to Salmon Island. I will use the banner of Du Yuhou to pull them away. If not, they will become enemies. I'd better go slowly Observe, pick from the team."

"Alright, since I chose you to go to Shamen Town, then I will delegate everything to you to do it yourself. Also, I heard that the conditions you offer for recruiting soldiers are very high. In fact, in the current situation, you are Reduce the conditions by half, and those who are willing to go will still be crowded. You are still short of more than 100 people. After hearing about your conditions, many soldiers in the battalion want to go to Salmonella Island with you. Are you willing? Yes? If you are willing to accept them, I will simply assign them to you, which will save you the trouble of recruiting troops everywhere."

Li Jing couldn't guess why Song Wen's sudden change?Before, he refused to hand over the united soldiers to Li Jing, but now he offers to help him fill up the troops?Is it for mixing sand?He also said before that he would arrange officers for Li Jing, which is very possible.

No matter why he is, Li Jing doesn't intend to recruit any more united soldiers.Those batches were accepted because they were soldiers who had been trained by themselves for more than a month, and because they were their own township party members, so it was reliable to lead these people.But it is not cost-effective to recruit other solidarity soldiers.Although these people are only solidarity soldiers, they are soldiers trained by others after all, and loyalty and the like are unavoidably unreliable.It's better to go back to Qingning Township and recruit some soldiers from the township party, which will be more reliable.

"If Marquis Du Yu really wants to take care of his subordinates, there is really something for Marquis Du Yu to ask."

"If you have something to say, why are we being polite?" Song Wen really didn't regard Li Jing as a subordinate, and his attitude towards Li Jing was completely the same as that of his own nephew.

"I will go to Shamen Town under my post. Although I can recruit soldiers and horses, I can't do anything about ordnance, so I want to ask Marquis Duyu to help with the equipment for my subordinates." Li Jing originally wanted to propose to buy 150 sets of equipment. But at this time, seeing that Song Wen was very talkative today, he felt relieved, and said simply: "Subordinates need three hundred sets of equipment, each set includes a set of iron armor, a spear, a longbow, and a horizontal knife. Peng Pai, thirty arrows."

Song Wen scolded with a smile: "Well, you bastard, you will climb up smoothly. The Samana is under the control of the Jiedu shogunate, and Dengzhou has no right to intervene, nor is it responsible for supplying. If you want something, you should ask your teacher. How can you find me. If you want ten sets and eight sets, I can give it to you. When you come, you will open your mouth and ask me for three hundred sets of equipment. You really think I am an ordnance workshop. Even if it is a workshop , you have to pay for it too.”

Li Jing also heard some inconsistencies, and said with a smile: "Why don't I write a letter to my teacher and ask for the equipment I need. Then I will borrow [-] sets of equipment from Du Yuhou, and wait for the teacher to pull them out. How about filling in your side?"

"Hundreds of sets of equipment are not as easy as you said, Guan Jian is not in line with the procedures."

Li Jing and Song Wen talked for a long time. Although Song Wen had a good attitude, he refused to let go of this matter.In the end, Li Jing did the math, the hundred soldiers in Zuo Yidu were equipped with equipment, most of their equipment was received in the camp, but they all handed in the equipment money of [-] guan for each person before coming.In fact, the price of a full set of equipment for each united soldier should be more than twenty sticks.Twenty guan, can only be said to be a cost.Especially the equipment that Li Jing started with the team was very good.There are a lot of all kinds of equipment in total, and it is really not much to count twenty guns.

Even so, the equipment for 100 people paid 2000 guan.If he paid Song Wen to buy it, [-] sets would cost a full [-] guan. Although he had previously distributed [-] bolts of silk, it only cost [-] guan.Last time, he distributed a hundred bolts of silk to each of the people who assassinated Feng Yanqing together, and spent more than [-] guan. There are only five thousand coins left.

What's more, he just paid another [-] guan for the settling allowance, and after all the money, he only has [-] guan left in his hand. It was really easy for the money to come in at the beginning, but now it goes faster.

The money is running out, but the equipment is still needed. What's the use of having people without equipment.After thinking about it for a long time, Li Jing suggested to Song Wen with a smile: "There must be a lot of equipment damaged during training in the warehouse. It would be troublesome to repair these equipment, so why not sell them to your subordinates at a lower price. It’s because people like me who are going to Salmon Island are pitiful, so if you sell us something, you can’t let us go to Salmon Island empty-handed, right?”

In the end, he didn't know which sentence moved Song Wen. He finally nodded and sold some of the 'damaged' old equipment to Li Jing.

There are three hundred sets of brand new equipment, all of which are the same as those that Li Jing received when he first entered the camp.Not only iron armor, spears, horizontal knives, bows and arrows, but also a lot.And Li Jing didn't even let go of the dozens of other equipment with various names, he wanted them all.In addition, Li Jing also specifically asked for [-] 'damaged' feather arrows.When Li Jing had all the equipment in place, Song Wen personally took the account from Cang Cao, and marked all the equipment that Li Jing received as damaged.A large number of ordnance worth more than [-] guan was bought by Li Jing at the price of [-] guan in the blink of an eye, and this batch of 'garbage' marked as damaged on the account was bought away.

When they left the warehouse, Song Wen said to Li Jing solemnly: "This is the last help I can give you. From then on, on Salmonella Island, everything depends on you."

Li Jing originally wanted to ask to buy some more 'disabled war horses, poor horses' or something, but when he heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and he also understood that this time it was probably all for Cui Yunqing's sake.Although there is a little regret in my heart, the harvest is also huge.Before coming here, Li Jing never thought that he could buy so much equipment with a thousand coins.

He originally thought that it would be nice to be able to cry for hundreds of spears from Song Wen, but he never thought that he could get a full set of three hundred sets of equipment.Not to mention, he also asked for an extra [-] feather arrows. With this batch of arrows, Li Jing can use them for a long time even if he doesn't get replenished for a while.There is no chance to take advantage of such an advantage in the future. It seems that the first time you arrive in Shamen Town, you have to start looking for some craftsmen. Self-reliance is the best strategy.