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Zhang Chao planned to use the same trick again.

But Hou Junji held a sword in front of Zhang Chao, "The King of Qin asked you to go to the Qin Palace immediately to obey the order. If you refuse, let me take your head and go!"

Zhang Chao's face looked ugly, "General Hou, you sit down and have a cup of tea first."

"Military information is urgent, there is not so much free time. Zhang Sanlang, will you accept the Qin King's Sect?"

Zhang Chao was a little confused. Why did Li Shimin like to do this every time? He said that I could get undercover in the East Palace and finally gained the trust of the prince. Why did Li Shimin openly transfer him to the past now? Isn’t this a suspicious person?

Zhang Chao didn't want to go to war, whether it was going to Hebei to fight against the Turks or Longyou to fight against the Tuyuhun people. But Li Shimin actually asked Hou Junji to come with his sword. This bastard remembered the change of Xuanwu Gate. At that time, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui had also been transferred out of Li Shimin's command. Li Shimin sent someone to call the two to the Qin Palace to discuss matters, but the two said it was inconvenient. As a result, Li Shimin asked someone to take his sword, either by the person or by the head.

It seems that Li Shimin is a little anxious now.

Zhang Chao first agreed to Hou Jun's gathering to Chang'an, and then asked about some information. When he learned that Li Shimin was going to Longyou to conquer Tuyuhun with 10,000 troops, he also issued a military order and thought he was really crazy. Could it be that Li Shimin let him go regardless of it? This is to bet on all his wealth?

"Your Highness has an order to immediately recruit three thousand people from the workshop in Bashang."

"There are many apprentices in the workshops, and many of them are not even middle-aged men! Even if they want to recruit soldiers, they have to recruit young and strong men!" Zhang Chao was angry when he heard this. The workers in his workshops totaled less than 6,000, and 3,000 were drawn away at once, so all his workshops would have to be stopped.

Especially in the workshop, many people are not born, most of whom are from the age of 12 to 17 or 18, and if you draw 3,000 from it, it means that all those over 16 will have to be drawn away.

All of his workshops have to be stopped. The worst thing is that these workers are trained by him. What a pity if they lose money in the war.

"As a national crisis, even a middle-aged man will have to go to the battlefield."

Having said that, no matter whether Zhang Chao agrees or not, he will have to execute it.

Although this is not an imperial edict, it is the sect of the King of Qin. It is even more advanced than the official documents of ordinary government officials.

In the end, the four words "The First National Invasion" made Zhang Chao calm down a little. The court was worried about internal and external troubles, there was rebellion in the south, and the Turks went south in the north, and Guanzhong was empty. Although he did not believe that Tuyuhun could fight to Chang'an, he was indeed the First National Invasion.

At this time, Li Shimin asked him to follow the army to resist Tuyuhun, and even wanted to call the young man over 16 years old in the workshop to follow the army, but he really couldn't refuse.

"Butler, go and notify the managers of each workshop and ask him to call all the workers over 16 to the entrance of the village." Zhang Chao sent the manager to the door and then whispered, "Tell the managers that the craftsmen and skilled workers in important positions in each workshop should stay in the workshop and not come out."

A craftsman and a skilled worker are quite difficult to train, and Zhang Chao does not want these people to suffer any loss.

Village entrance.

Thousands of workers gathered there, some unknown.

Hou Junji stood on a high stool holding Li Shimin's sword, announced to the workers the King of Qin and summoned workers to join the army to fight.

The workers were shocked by the order and kept whispering to each other.

Zhang Chao walked over and pressed his hands down, and the workers calmed down.

"Now there is a rebellion from the Jianghuai Fu Gongyu in the south and a Turkic invading in the north. At this time, Tuyuhun in the west took advantage of the fire to rob and attacked our three prefectures in Longyou, which had already threatened the safety of the capital of Guanzhong. His Highness the King of Qin was ordered to take charge of the battle. However, there are few soldiers in the capital, so they have to recruit a group of people who dare to fight to join the army."

"Anyone who applies for the recruitment will receive a reward of 5,000 yuan. If there are applicants, stand in the open space on the left to register!"

Those who stood there were young people aged 16,788. They were a little excited when they heard about the war. When they heard about the recruitment, they would receive 5,000 rewards. They would also receive food and salary when they went to the battlefield, and they would also receive rewards after making merits. They even had the opportunity to be awarded medals and promoted, many people were moved.

Seeing these teenagers stand up, Zhang Chao felt extremely complicated.

He was very reluctant to go to war, not only because they were their own workers, but if they left, the workshop would not stop working, but they would have to cut production by half. Moreover, these people were still so young that they had not even received any training, but now they were going to Longyou to fight. Faced with the powerful Qiang and Di tribes, one general had achieved success and thousands of bones were undone. I don’t know how many people would be able to come back.

In the end, three thousand people were recruited.

They are all over 16 years old, but most of them are middle-aged men under the age of 21.

"Congratulations, Sanlang, you are now the marching commander of the Right Back Army!" Hou Junji stood there and smiled.

Zhang Chao had no good expression. This time he really put the duck on the shelves.

As for the marching commander of the Right Rear Army, he was not at all happy. This means that Li Shimin had already planned to get the middle-aged men recruited by Bashang into a single army.

A corps of the Tang Dynasty had a forefront of 20,000 soldiers, including 14,000 soldiers and more than 6,000 auxiliary soldiers, including the Central Army, the left and right Yuhou Army, and seven armies, including the left and right front, left and right back, the left and right front, left and right back. The largest number of middle troops was four thousand, the left and right Yuhou Army was two thousand eight, and the left and right front, right and right back, each of 2,66.

Originally, each configuration had its own combat soldiers and auxiliary soldiers.

But now after listening to Hou Junji's words, it is obvious that Li Shimin would not disperse the only ten thousand soldiers in the seven armies. He would concentrate these ten thousand soldiers in the middle and left and right Yuhou's army.

The central army had 28 war soldiers, and the left and right Yuhou war soldiers were 1,99 each. These three armies accounted for 6,66 war soldiers. The remaining three armies were only enough to strengthen one army, and the remaining three armies were all new soldiers.

To put it nicely, it can be considered a reserve army, but to put it bluntly, it is cannon fodder.

Hou Junji gave everyone half a day to pack their luggage and say goodbye to their family. He went to Chang'an and brought the promised rewards. Before leaving, Hou Junji Yang raised the list of recruiting soldiers in his hand, "Once you enter the list, you will be soldiers from the court. If anyone dares to regret and avoid them, they will be deserters and behead them immediately!"

The murderous words made many young men who had just registered their names hesitate a little.

"Everyone should pack up and pack up your things. Come back before dark. Don't waste time, otherwise the military law will be ruthless." Zhang Chao said to the workers' apprentices helplessly.

When they returned to the yard, Cui Yingying and the others knew that Zhang Chao was going to go to war.

My father went to Hebei not long ago, and now Zhang Chao is going to Longyou again.

"Sanlang, can you stop going? You're sick."

Zhang Chao shook his head and reached out to stroke Cui Yingying's face, "It's not possible not to go this time, so don't worry too much, there will be no problem. You all go and help me pack up, stir-fry some rice, make some meat floss, jerky, sausage, and ham, don't need too much. Then prepare the horse!"

Seeing Cui Yingying crying, Zhang Chao held her hand and sat down to comfort her, "Don't worry, I'm not a military general. Even if I follow the army, I'll be in the Central Army camp to give advice or be responsible for logistics in the rear."

"Yingying, it may take several months to come back after I leave. You can come forward to spend some workshops and reorganize the production line, go back, and then recruit some apprentices nearby. You can also use a young woman's apprenticeship. The winemaking workshop can reduce the production scale first, but don't stop here at the printing workshop."

The old cow brought the big cow and the second cow.

"Sanlang, let the two of them go with you to take care of your life."

Zhang Chao asked the two Niu brothers a few questions, and they were both willing to go.

"Da Niu's wife is pregnant, so don't go. Er Niu will follow me."

Ke Xiaosan and Ke Xiaoba also expressed their willingness to go to the battle with Zhang Chao, while Daniu said he had to follow the army and wanted to earn some fame. Zhang Chao could not persuade him, and in the end he had to agree. So he had four servants, Suizheng, and four brothers from the Niu family and the Ke family.

Hongzi and the others prepared clothes for Zhang Chao, but in the end they prepared seven or eight large boxes.

Zhang Chao couldn't help but shake his head, "Why have you prepared so many furs? It's summer now, and you can't use it if you bring it with you."

"Sanlang, what if the war is going to winter, you will be prepared for any trouble."

"If you don't say good things, you'll just say bad things. You won't be able to fight for that long. Pick out all the winter clothes and don't have so many summer clothes. Just prepare five or six sets of clothes, make two blankets, two sets of raincoats, and take out the rest. I'm going to fight, not to go out for a trip."

Zhang Chao read all the things he saw, picked out as much as possible and then simplified them.

"Don't use a box, just wrap it in a leather."

Zhang Chao didn't choose the dry food prepared by Qiuyue and the others. Although he prepared a lot, there were four hams, including sausages, bacon, salted eggs, dried fish, jerky, meat floss, milk powder, ghee, milk tofu, milk skin, milk residue, etc. Even Zhang Chao's set of seasonings for barbecue and picnics outside were prepared.

Adding to the fried rice, it is indeed a bit too much.

However, Zhang Chao also brought four servants, and the food he ate would be consumed slowly on the way.

He came to the cellar alone. This is where Zhang Chao usually writes books closed, but in fact he copied books from the computer. Zhang Chao opened the iron box with heavy locks, which was placed under the floor of the cellar, and most people could not find it.

This is Zhang Chao’s biggest secret. After thinking about it, Zhang Chao brought a mobile phone, a tablet, and some medicine, then a telescope and a solar charger. He brought a tablet and a mobile phone mainly for the map inside. Although some historical maps stored are relatively simple, there are also some modern maps inside, which can always be compared with each other.

Unfortunately, there is no Internet, otherwise it would be great if Gu Ge’s map or Du Niang map opened, both satellite maps and topographic maps were available.

But it's better than nothing. Even some electronic maps can always help.

In fact, Zhang Chao regrets it now, and it is better to go to Hebei before. At least Li Jiancheng brought 60,000 troops, and there are still many soldiers in Hebei. Together, the Tang army is estimated to have 100,000 in the entire Hebei battlefield, and even half of them are elite, there are 50,000. He followed Li Jiancheng and would definitely not have to charge forward.

Now, Li Shimin took him to Longyou, and there were only 10,000 people. Adding 10,000 cannon fodder to gather a legion, but he still had 10,000 soldiers, and the rest were just civilians.

Zhang Chao had no confidence when he ran to Longyou to fight.

In the afternoon, Hou Junji came and brought 15,000 yuan of resettlement expenses, and also brought a military order.

Zhang Chao was appointed as the marching commander of the Right Rear Army of Longyou Dao Army.

The three thousand soldiers recruited by Bashang were organized into the Right Back Army. They were organized into sixty brigades, ten brigades and one regiment, two regiments and one battalion, and the third battalion was one army.

Zhang Chao is the marching chief.

The three thousand men were all in the army.

The so-called long-soldier team is a spear for each person, and then there is no other equipment. There is no iron armor or leather armor, and there is not even a piece of cloth armor, only a simple cloth robe and military uniform, and there is a spear, no horizontal sword, no bow and arrow, and no shield.

There were neither cavalry, nor crossbowmen, nor archers, commandos and surprises.

The right rear army of three thousand men, all with spears and common people.

And their marching chief was actually Zhang Chao!

The normal right rear army has 2,600 people, of which there are 1,850 soldiers and 75 auxiliary soldiers. Among the soldiers, there should be ten cavalry teams, five crossbowmen teams, six archers teams, eight commandos and eight surprise troops.

Infantry, cavalry, long-range archers and crossbowmen, melee swords and shields, spearmen, and even Mo Daomen should have them, but now, Zhang Chao has formed an army with three thousand young men.

This is his mother, the first cannon fodder army in history!

Zhang Chao wanted to curse me very much. I am not an officer. Give me a marching general? Although there is no distinction between civil and military affairs in the Tang Dynasty, civil and military officials can often be changed at will, do you think I am a person who can command troops and fight?

If you don’t say you have to send some government soldiers to be the main corpses, you have to send at least some experienced officers to lead the troops, right?

Hou Junji brought Li Shimin's military order to Zhang Chao, asking Zhang Chao to immediately form the three thousand recruits and then take them to gather outside Chang'an City.

Li Shimin gave Zhang Chao one hundred soldiers, and these people came to serve as the chief and deputy captains of the sixty teams of Zhang Chao's right rear army, as well as the captains of six regiments, and the generals of three battalions.

The six new battalion-level chief officers were originally in Li Shimin's mansion, but the royal guards were the ones in the royal palace.

As for those who were sent to serve as regiment commanders, brigade commanders, and team leaders, they were all just guards of the royal palace and the team inside the tent of the marriage team.
To be continued...