Chapter 1210 Choose Tuan and set off

The nine Rongdi tribes invaded the border!

The court issued an order that all idle military officers still in Xianyang must be conscripted into the army!

Su Mingzhe, the detective in Pei County, had just finished his mission. In the eyes of the team leader, he was just an idle military officer.

So he read the imperial edict to him without any hesitation.

Su Mingzhe frowned slightly when he heard this, and asked seriously:

"When? Where shall we meet?"

When the country is in trouble, everyone is responsible.

Since Su Mingzhe was an official of the Qin Dynasty, it was natural for him to work for the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, when he heard that he was summoned, he did not think of refusing.

The team saw that Su Mingzhe was serious and there was no ambiguity at all, and there was a hint of appreciation in their eyes:
"The court has ordered us to gather at the West Camp. By the way, you are a high-ranking official, and according to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, you can bring 500 troops with you!"

The so-called "bringing one's own troops" means that generals with high titles are allowed to bring their own private troops.

In addition, Qin law also stipulates that if a general brings his own troops into battle, the military merits he gains will be distributed by the general.

In other words, if Su Mingzhe could lead 500 people to fight on the battlefield, all the contributions made by these 500 people together could be counted as Su Mingzhe alone.

After hearing the reminder, Su Mingzhe wanted to reply that he was from Pei County and could not recruit anyone in Xianyang.

As a result, he saw that team constantly giving him glances.

Su Mingzhe looked in the direction the team was looking and saw at least hundreds of people on the ground with their hands and feet tied up. He couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Who are these people?"

Seeing that Su Mingzhe understood what he meant, the captain smiled and said:

"These are all low-class people. Those wearing green pants are sons-in-law, those wearing small bags are merchants, and those with short hair are official slaves. If Su Ji is willing to recruit them, it will be a great honor for them."

At this point, Su Mingzhe finally understood what the captain meant.

According to Qin law, every time soldiers were conscripted for corvée labor, the first people to be included in the list would always be the lowest class of people in society.

The lowest class of people in Qin society included criminals, dead people, merchants, descendants of merchants within three generations, and sons-in-law who married into the family.

Su Mingzhe now has no place to recruit his troops.

Once these tied-up untouchables were thrown into the camp, they became cannon fodder.

Su Mingzhe understood what the captain meant, and quickly clasped his fists in thanks. He then asked those tied-up untouchables if they were willing to be his subordinates and follow him into battle.

When those untouchables heard that they would not have to be cannon fodder, naturally one hundred or ten thousand of them were willing to do so.

As a duke, one can own five hundred parts.

And there were far more than five hundred people tied up outside the city gate.

Su Mingzhe selected and gathered 500 people, then said goodbye to the captain named Yang Sanqiang and went to report to the West Camp.

Xianyang was guarded by four camps in the east, west, south and north.

Among them, the East Camp was mainly responsible for training new soldiers and suppressing rebellions in the Central Plains and other places.

Beidaying was responsible for guarding the city of Xianyang.

The Nan Daying was responsible for guarding the Mausoleum of Emperor Lishan.

The West Camp is responsible for training new soldiers and supporting the border.

After Su Mingzhe and his men reported in, they were first assigned a barracks and changed into armor and attire before being led to the general's tent.

Inside the commander's tent, a middle-aged man with a short beard and a stern appearance stared at Su Mingzhe who was paying him respect. After a moment, he asked:

"Who is in the hall?"

"Su Song of Pei County!"

Su Mingzhe bowed and handed over his ID card and conscription order.

"You have bad luck!"

The middle-aged man with a short beard looked at Su Mingzhe's young and handsome face, sneered first, put his ID card on the table, and then went to look at the conscription order.

When he saw that Su Mingzhe's title was "Duke Doctor" and that it also said "with 500 soldiers", his expression softened.
"So he is also a military family disciple!"

After hesitating for a moment, the middle-aged man did not write the transfer order immediately, but asked in a gentle tone:
"Su Song, since you came with your own troops, is there any place you want to go?" "Can you choose your own location?"

Su Mingzhe was puzzled at first, but then he reacted.

If I were asked to choose a place, there is no doubt that it would be "Tuan".

Su Mingzhe said as he thought:
"I want to fight Tuan!"

"Tuan, that's Yunzhong County!"

The middle-aged man looked at Su Mingzhe strangely, but still picked up a blank transfer order and wrote it quickly. Then, he wrote a general card and asked Su Mingzhe to take it back. Then, with a hint of regret on his face, he smiled and said:
"Now the nine Rongdi tribes have invaded our borders. You have received your weapons and food supplies today, and you must set off for Yunzhong County tomorrow. In addition, military affairs are urgent, so you must arrive within two months. Otherwise, if you delay military intelligence, you will be killed without mercy!"

It is more than 2,000 miles from Xianyang to Yunzhong County. If it is summer, we can definitely arrive there within two months.

But it is winter now. Not to mention Yunzhong County, even Guanzhong has had a heavy snowfall recently. The roads are muddy and walking is difficult.

Under such circumstances, the task of reaching Yunzhong County within two months is simply hell mode.

However, Su Mingzhe still walked forward with a normal expression to receive the transfer order and the card, and said with a fist:

"I will retire at the end!"

"Well, let's get down!"

The middle-aged man Hengji could not see any expression on Su Mingzhe's face, so he waved his hand and signaled him to leave.

The fact that Hengji could sit in the general's tent instead of rushing to the border shows that he was of noble birth.

And he was originally very polite to Su Mingzhe and let Su Mingzhe choose his own seat. Naturally, it was because he saw that Su Mingzhe had 500 moves with him, and he thought that Su Mingzhe was also from a military family, so he made it convenient for him.

Originally, for this misunderstanding.

There was no need for Su Mingzhe to explain. He could just go with the flow and find an easy place to live out his days.

As a result, Su Mingzhe chose a hell mode - Yunzhong County, which is the farthest away from Xianyang.

Hengji immediately realized that he might have made a mistake.

No matter what Hengji guessed, after Su Mingzhe got the transfer order and the general's card, he took his troops and went to collect food, fodder and military equipment.

Because there had just been heavy snow nearby, many roads were blocked.

Su Mingzhe did not expect the army to allocate him 500 horses, so after receiving the food, fodder and weapons, he went to find the craftsmen in the camp and asked them to help build 500 sleds.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, sleds had already appeared in the Northeast or northern grasslands.

However, in this era, it was not called a sled, but a "dog cart" or a "sun-trailer".

The efficiency of the craftsmen in the Qin military camp is absolutely a groundbreaking model of work.

After Su Mingzhe made a template himself, the leading craftsman figured out the production process and immediately began to arrange the work among the workers.

It was almost an assembly line working mode. After an hour of running-in, everyone became skilled workers.

Seeing that the craftsmen were working at a very fast pace, Su Mingzhe did not wait here. He took the merchants, son-in-law and other local people in his army with him and asked them to take him to buy a dog.

With the help of those vendors and sons-in-law, Su Mingzhe bought nearly three thousand pastoral dogs with almost no effort.

The next day.

Su Mingzhe took his troops to get the sled first, and then they walked out of the West Camp together.

The pastoral dog bought yesterday was placed outside the camp.

At this moment, Su Mingzhe taught everyone to put the sled rope on the well-behaved pastoral dog.

After the sled was harnessed, everyone sat on it, still feeling uneasy and questioning whether the dogs could pull the sled.

Su Mingzhe raised the whip.

Ba——

Following the crack of a whip.

The 'lead dog' howled and then ran forward with the pack of dogs.

Su Mingzhe turned around and saw his retainers and official slaves enjoying the awe and admiration of the Five Hundred Tribesmen.

(End of this chapter)