Chapter 164: Ding Fengs Thoughts on Recruiting Soldiers
When Mi Fang and Guan Yu began to discuss Mi Yang's marriage, the protagonist Mi Yang had already arrived in Jiangling City.
The population exchange between the Han and Wei armies was gradually coming to an end, and Mi Yang could no longer recruit many soldiers among the people returning to the south.
Until now, Mi Yang has recruited less than 4,000 new soldiers in total.
After the whole population exchange event between the two armies is over, Mi Yang will only be able to recruit about 5,000 outstanding soldiers from them.
In fact, during this period of time, nearly 100,000 people have returned to the south.
However, even though the base was huge, most of them were old, weak, women and children. In addition, Mi Yang's recruitment requirements were quite strict, and ordinary young men could not catch his eye. Therefore, he could only recruit so many recruits in the end.
The five thousand new soldiers plus the one thousand and five former public security soldiers who have been officially assigned to Mi Yang's command, Mi Yang's army of 10,000 is still about 3,500 short.
Mi Yang planned to obtain these troop sources from the surrendered troops of the Wu army.
Mi Yang and Wu Jun fought three tough battles in total. The first one was the battle between Mi Yang and Sun Huan, the second one was the ambush battle where Mi Yang led Jun into a trap, and the third one was the police night raid with the most fruitful record.
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Among those three battles, the first battle of Mi Yang captured about 3,000 Wu army prisoners.
In the second game, the Wu army that entered the city was basically wiped out. In the third game, Mi Yang finally captured nearly 10,000 Wu troops.
So after three battles in total, Mi Yang captured about 13,000 Wu troops in total.
Sun Quan did not implement the wrong service system, so most of these Wu army prisoners, Mi Yang, could eat without worry.
In addition, after those three battles, Mi Yang's majesty was already very profound among the Wu army prisoners, which would also be beneficial to Mi Yang's command of them in the future.
Except for the Shanyue soldiers, most of the infantry of the Wu army came from Danyang County. Danyang's infantry was the best in the world, and it itself was an excellent source of soldiers.
After the prisoners of the Wei army in Jiangling City continued to return north, Li Yan, the public security guard, gradually captured more than 10,000 Wu soldiers in the city and took them to Jiangling City.
Therefore, in order to recruit troops, Mi Yang went south from Xiangyang City to Jiangling City the day before yesterday.
The current governor of Nanjun is Chen Dao. Chen Dao saw that Mi Yang went south to recruit troops. As Mi Yang's uncle, Chen Dao didn't say anything and immediately fully cooperated with Mi Yang's recruitment work.
It's just that Mi Yang still needs to screen these more than 10,000 Wu army prisoners.
Most of the more than 10,000 Wu army prisoners had good physical fitness.
What Mi Yang cares about is their origin and composition.
Mi Yang established the principle of "three no-acceptances".
"The Lord will not take in the living generals, nor will he take in the soldiers from the mountains and rivers. He will not take in those who have wives in the east of the Yangtze River."
This "three no-acceptance" order is more to ensure the loyalty of the soldiers Wu recruited.
Jiangdong's military system was a private military system, which resulted in most of Wu's soldiers being the private property of their generals.
Under this military system, the relationship between Wu's soldiers and their commander was very deep.
If those Wu soldiers whose leader is still alive are rashly included in his army without examination, these Wu soldiers may sneak back to Jiangdong in the future.
The most important thing is that if their leader is still alive and Mi Yang happens to be included in his army.
So once such a general has evil intentions, it is equivalent to planting time bombs in Mi Yang's troops, and Mi Yang does not want to take such a risk.
Mi Yang only wanted the Danyang Infantry because the Shanyue Infantry was more wild and untamed than the Danyang Infantry. Mi Yang did not need to choose the Shanyue Infantry when there were better choices.
As for the last point that Mi Yang requested, it was to ensure that the Wu army prisoners he took under his command would not have any worries in Jiangdong.
In this way, they will be under Mi Yang's command in the future and willingly follow him to conquer all directions.
After Dongsan County stabilized, Mi Yang personally arranged marriages for them and allocated acres of land to them.
Once they have wives, children, and fields in Dongsan County, they will have concerns in their hearts, and they will naturally have a sense of belonging to Mi Yang.
If Mi Yang takes them to fight Jiangdong in the future, there won't be a big problem.
Of course, there are always sneaky people in this world. When registering the place of origin information of Wu Jun who was recruited into the army, there will always be people who want to fish in troubled waters. In order to prevent this, Mi Yang established a reward and punishment system for reporting.
Whenever a Wu army was recruited and surrendered, Mi Yang would sing the newly recruited Wu soldiers to a group of a hundred people, and then pull them in front of all the Wu prisoners.
Mi Yang didn't know the details of those Wu army prisoners, but there must be someone among them who knew each other's details.
The reward and punishment system established by Mi Yang is that if someone can take the initiative to identify someone who is cheating and cheating, but clearly does not meet the "three no-acceptance" standards set by him, he will take the initiative to enlist in the army.
Then Mi Yang, whoever identifies him, will be rewarded with a gold medal and immediately released back to Jiangdong.
And in order to ensure the accuracy of the identification, Mi Yang also allowed multiple people to testify at the same time to facilitate him to verify the information.
One gold may not sound like much, but it is a huge amount of wealth that many people have never seen in their lifetime.
When the two armies are fighting, there will be brave men who are willing to take the responsibility of being the first to get there under the heavy reward, not to mention that now all they have to do is identify them without risking their lives.
Under Mi Yang's reward, many Wu army prisoners had fire in their eyes and were eager to try.
So on the first day of identification, among the thousands of soldiers, dozens of soldiers were identified as not meeting the "three no-acceptance" standards set by Mi Yang and were mixed into his recruitment team.
Even though Mi Yang's prestige among these Wu army prisoners was already very deep, there was no shortage of clever people in the world.
Mi Yang did not break his promise, and publicly rewarded the Wu army prisoners who came out to identify them, and returned them all to Jiangdong.
Mi Yang showed no mercy to those Wu soldiers who were cheating and cheating. He beheaded them in public and then hung their heads under the recruitment gate as a warning to the rest of the people.
Even before the official recruitment of troops, Mi Yang had announced in advance: "If there is any deception, military law will be dealt with." Even though the announcement was made in advance, those people still wanted to muddle through and not control the troops. Military law is not a child's play.
Under Mi Yang's warning, all the Wu army prisoners were terrified.
In addition, they were already very afraid of Mi Yang, so no one dared to deceive him during the subsequent recruitment process.
After completing this matter, Mi Yang entrusted the remaining recruitment matters to Deng Ai.
Deng Ai was very moved and excited that Mi Yang had entrusted him with such an important task just after he joined Mi Yang's staff.
Before meeting Mi Yang, he was just a lowly clerk guarding straw.
After meeting Mi Yang, he soon took on the task of recruiting thousands of elite soldiers, which made Deng Ai full of motivation.
He is not worried about doing too many things, but he is worried that his talent will be hidden and he will not be reused.
The more important he is used, the stronger his gratitude to Mi Yang becomes.
Therefore, in the past few days, he lived in the military camp day and night and was busy recruiting soldiers. In order to repay Mi Yang, he personally took care of all the big and small matters regarding the recruitment, so he was worried about any oversights.
With his own reporting system and the ability of Deng Ai to personally manage it, Mi Yang had no worries about recruiting in the military camp.
In the past few days, Mi Yang mostly stayed in the prefect's mansion in Jiangling City. On the one hand, he was assisting Chen Dao in handling government and military affairs, and on the other hand, he was planning to pack his own luggage.
Nanjun is currently the hub of the entire Jingzhou. After successive wars, it produces a lot of government and military affairs in a day.
And Mi Fang is obviously not a qualified prefect.
After Chen Dao took over the post of the governor of Nanjun, when he saw the mountains of memorials from various places in the governor's office, even though he was calm, he almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
In desperation, Chen Dao saw that Mi Yang happened to be in Jiangling City, so he could only help him deal with the government and military affairs that had been piled up for a long time.
After helping Chen Dao handle most of the government and military affairs, Mi Yang began to pack his luggage.
In fact, what Deng Ai didn't know was that he suggested that Mi Yang go to Dongsan County, and Liu Bei had already planned to appoint Mi Yang as the commander-in-chief of Dongsan County.
When Liu Bei appointed Mi Yang's confidant Wang Hong as the magistrate of Shangyong County, he initially revealed this intention.
Later, on the day when Liu Feng was punished, Liu Bei left Mi Yang alone in the tent. On the one hand, he wanted to restrain Liu Feng in the future, and on the other hand, he also formally revealed this arrangement in front of Mi Yang.
Wang Hong had already followed Zhang Fei to the north to work in Shangyong, and it was expected that Mi Yang would also go to Shangyong soon.
Therefore, Mi Yang thought of packing his bags while he was still in Jiangling City, so that he could be ready to go north at any time.
Mi Yang did not have the habit of entrusting servants to pack his luggage. In his previous life, because he was traveling around and being independent, he had already developed the habit of packing his luggage alone.
Just as Mi Yangping retired and was packing his luggage, Gan Gao reported outside the room that Deng Ai had compiled a list of a new batch of Wu army prisoners to join the army.
After hearing the news, Mi Yang put down the book in his hand and ordered Gan Gao to come in and present the list compiled by Deng Ai.
After Gan Gao entered Mi Yang's room, he came to Mi Yang and respectfully placed a pile of bamboo slips in his hand on the desk in front of Mi Yang.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, although paper gradually became popular, it did not completely replace bamboo slips.
Paper is more suitable for correspondence between dignitaries, or for conveying some important military information.
At least when it comes to registering information about lower-level soldiers, bamboo slips are still commonly used in the world today.
After Gan Gao placed a large pile of bamboo slips on the desk, Gan Gao bowed to Mi Yang and said, "When I left the military camp, Deng Shuzuo ordered me to report something to the general."
When he heard that Deng Ai asked Gan Gao to tell him something, Mi Yang's face showed surprise. He asked Gan Gao, "What's the matter?"
Gan Gao did not dare to look at Mi Yang. He only dared to bend his body, looked at Mi Yang's feet and replied:
"There was a man who claimed to be a surrendered general of Sima Jiangdong Army and wanted to serve the general. Deng Shuzuo couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he ordered me to come and ask the general how to handle this matter."
Hearing what Gan Gao said, Mi Yang couldn't help but let out a light sigh.
Jiangdong First Army Sima?
The military position of a military commander is high or low, and he can command some soldiers and horses in this world.
Previously, I only wanted to recruit ordinary Wu soldiers to surrender and join the army, but I didn't expect that now there is an army of Sima who will take the initiative to join the army.
Mi Yang looked at Gan Gao and asked him, "What is the name of that army commander?"
Gan Gao remembered the name of the man that Deng Ai told him before leaving, and he replied: "According to what Deng Shuzuo said, the man's name is Ding Feng and his courtesy name is Chengyuan."
When he heard that the Jiangdong Army Sima who voluntarily surrendered was Ding Feng, Mi Yang felt something moved on his face.
It turned out to be him.
After a while, Mi Yang's order reached Gan Gao's ears.
"Bring him to me."
After Gan Gao heard about it, he bowed to Mi Yang and then took the order and left.
After Gan resigned, Mi Yang searched for the information he knew about Ding Feng in his memory.
According to the memories of his previous life, Ding Feng was not from Jiangdong, but from Lujiang.
When he was young, he joined Gan Ning's team and showed his bravery and skill in fighting.
Historically, after Gan Ning died of illness in the 20th year of Jian'an, he successively served under Lu Xun, Pan Zhang and other generals, participated in many battles, and often won the army's bravery.
Whenever Ding Feng went into battle, he was often able to kill generals and seize the flag, but he was often injured because of his bravery in taking the lead.
He was a rare and powerful general, and finally achieved the position of partial general due to his merit.
What really made Ding Feng famous was his fighting in the snow during the Battle of Dongxing.
But thinking about it, although Ding Feng had military exploits at this time, he was still young and had not yet fully shown his prominence in the army, so he was only a Sima in the army.
History records that Ding Feng died in 271 AD, but there is no record of the year he was born.
Judging from the records he followed Gan Ning, Ding Feng should have been born around 200 AD, and he is at most in his twenties now.
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Under the escort of a group of Han troops, Ding Feng, whose hands were tied, was heading towards Mi Yang's location.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Ding Feng was one of the nearly 10,000 Wu troops who surrendered before the watershed.
After Gan Ning's death, Ding Feng, who was not taken seriously, led his own soldiers and was assigned to Lu Xun's command.
That night there was great turmoil in the Wu army's camp, and the entire Wu army's command system was disrupted by the rout. Ding Feng had no choice but to follow the fleeing Wu troops step by step and flee to the Jishui River.
At that time, he was in front of many Wu troops and saw that Mi Yang seemed unwilling to surrender under the persuasion of one person. At that time, he felt that his life was at stake.
But later, to his expectation, Mi Yang finally decided to surrender their nearly 10,000 Wu troops.
This also made Ding Feng willingly kowtow to Mi Yang.
No matter what, it was Mi Yang who spared their lives at that time.
Although Ding Feng had never read any books, he knew how to repay kindness.
Just a few days ago, Ding Feng heard in the prisoner camp that Mi Yang wanted to select his soldiers from among the Wu army prisoners.
Ding Feng was not of high origin, but he had a lot of courage since he was a child.
Back then, he joined Gan Ning's army because he wanted to make a career with his own strength.
Because of this purpose, Ding Feng would fight bravely to be the first in every battle and was not afraid of death.
But it is a pity that when he joined the army in Jiangdong, it was no longer the golden age when Sun Ce was in power, where no matter his age or origin, he only looked at merit.
Under Sun Quan's weighing in the past twenty years, Jiangdong's system has become increasingly solidified. Since the 20th year of Jian'an, most of the promotion channels in Jiangdong's army have been occupied by children of well-connected families.
Therefore, even though Ding Feng had great military exploits before, in the end he still didn't even get a captain.
This made Ding Feng, who had great ambitions, deeply disappointed.
Especially after Ding Feng surrendered to the army, he experienced two major defeats in Jiangdong, the Battle of Hefei and the Battle of Public Security, which made him no longer have hope for the future of Jiangdong.
So when he learned about Mi Yang's recruitment, he had the intention of changing his family.
Compared to the lifeless Jiangdong, which suffered successive defeats, the King of Hanzhong, who had successively won the Battle of Hanzhong and the Battle of Public Security, and was rising like the rising sun, might be the one worthy of his true service.
Among the generals under the King of Hanzhong, Mi Yang was undoubtedly his best candidate to defect to.
In addition to the fact that Mi Yang was kind to him and he was willing to work for him, it was also because Mi Yang was young, so he would definitely not judge others based on their age like ordinary people.