Chapter 116 Military Law
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Good news came from recruiting soldiers in the East Gate. In the afternoon, more than 400 people signed up for the Taiping Camp, which made Qin Zhisheng and Shao Jiugong, who were not optimistic about recruitment, stunned. These two men had worked in the Ming army and the Green Camp in the past. They knew that they wanted the people to take the initiative to join the army these days, and there was no other way except for forcing them to force them to join the army. But the facts were in front of them, and the names written in black circles on the roster really told them that the Taiping Camp had really recruited more than 400 young and strong people to join the camp today, which made them really incomprehensible.
It was not only Shao Jiugong and the others who could not understand it, but also the officials and servants of the Gaoyao County Office were stunned by this. They looked at the young and strong people in the city who could not keep pushing forward to register, and they didn't know whether to scold them or be happy for them. They were all from the same place, and Gaoyao City was not big. Many young and strong people who registered were familiar with the servants and officials, and even had relatives, but they did not dare to go forward to dissuade them. They didn't even dare to wink their eyes secretly. They could only feel a pity for these people in their hearts.
Except for the dozen poor beggars at the beginning, why did the rest join the army? Are they really crazy and want to be fooled by the Taipingying Camp? Don’t they know the consequences of being a master?
There are also people who understand that they are not enough to eat at home. It is better to go out and go with Taipingying. No matter whether the promises of Taipingying are true or false, at least they should feed them in front of them. Besides, those young and old men will not let them go out, so they will worry about their parents at home. Anyway, they are not afraid of death, so they will let them go crazy. If they are lucky, they can really make a personal appearance in the army. If they are not lucky, they can be a full ghost before they die. What's more, they may be a good thing to join the army. The Ming army entered the city. Can the Qing army let go of Gaoyaocheng and let go of the people in the city?
People who knew what the consequences would be for the Ming army would be in the city, had long been thinking about leaving the city to take refuge. The black-clothed Ming army in front of them were guarding the city gate, but seeing their situation of emptying the money and food in the county warehousing, I am afraid that they would not stay for a few days. Just wait for these black-clothed military men to leave, everyone would quickly leave the place with their old and young, otherwise it would be too late. You say that the Qing army was a monk who chanted vegetarianism and chanted scriptures, but the Qing soldiers would have to kill people once they came! Why were the neighboring counties slaughtered a few years ago?
There are many people who sign up for the army to join the camp to take refuge and save their lives. There are also some people who find opportunities to escape in the future. However, these people are a minority after all, and most young and strong people still come to eat enough. As for the promise of Taiping Camp to eat meat, they just heard it and couldn't be real. The young and strong people in the city who did not come to join the camp to take refuge. The problem is that Taiping Camp only recruits young and strong people, not old and weak. They all have wives, children, and young people. Who can make up their minds and stomp their feet and ignore them.
Zhou Shixiang didn't care what the young and strong people had in the registration. He would do it as long as someone came in and ordered Shao Jiugong to find several open spaces in Dongcheng to place these new recruits, and then there would be a piece of registration tomorrow. Today, the whole camp was well eaten. The restaurants in the city were all rich and well-off. After so many days of tiredness, the whole camp had never eaten a meal, and it was just right to eat and drink.
That night, Gaoyao City was really lively. After several groups of striking troops confirmed that there was no sign of Qing army near Gaoyao, Zhou Shixiang asked the whole camp to have a drink, which made his subordinates laugh so much that they couldn't stop smiling. Zhou Shixiang himself had a rare drink, and then personally sent Song Ying out of the city. Song Ying was going to find Zhang An. Zhou Shixiang asked Zhang An to go to the provincial capital in person.
The ban on drinking was issued, but it was not that he ignored it. Tieyi's engineering battalion was not allowed to drink, but instead took on the task of patrolling the streets. The streets were not that he was afraid of the big gentry and the big gentry in the city, nor was he afraid of the spies of the Qing army, but that he was afraid of the soldiers who had drunk too much to go out to the camp to cause trouble. Zhou Shixiang gave Tieyi the greatest power that he could catch the drunkard in the city, whether it was an officer or a soldier, he would tie him up first. If he resisted, he would beat him with a stick.
Fortunately, there were many soldiers who were drunk that night, but most of them slept soundly in the camp. Few ran out to drink crazy, and they did not run to the people's homes to make trouble because of alcohol. The engineer camp patrol only tied up more than twenty drunk people for a night, half of whom were found sleeping on the street.
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The number of people who signed up the next day decreased significantly. In the morning, there were only a few dozen people. By noon, no one could come to register. After reporting the situation there, Zhou Shixiang asked to collect the stall. Regardless of whether there were anyone coming to vote, the soldiers would not recruit. They had to vote for everything, and the rest would basically not come to join the army again.
Just after noon, Zhou Shi told him that all the teams in the battalion were gathered in Dongcheng. Li Fuguo and his more than 200 Green Camp soldiers were also raised and taken over. More than 400 high-ranking recruits recruited in two days were also shouted and brought to Dongcheng. The open space in Dongcheng was not large, and so many people were concentrated together, which suddenly became crowded.
Tieyi ordered people to build a high platform as Zhou Shixiang ordered. Two large flags were erected on the platform, one with the big characters "Ming" and the other with the three big characters "Taipingying". Except for the brothers Ge Zheng who were ordered to guard the East and West Gate, the rest were ordered to come. Because they didn't know what the Qianhu Lords summoned everyone to do, they were all guessing. Because they had a happy meal last night, and the complexity of the troops, most of the officers were from bandits and green camps, the discipline was not very good and messy.
"Sir Qianhu is here!"
With the loud shouts of Zhou Shi's blind date guards, Zhou Shixiang, dressed in strong clothes, slowly stepped onto the platform with his sword. After going up, listening to the noisy discussion below, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help but frown. As soon as he raised his hand, three drums suddenly sounded.
Hearing the drums, the officers and veterans subconsciously cried, and then began to maintain order. Soon the situation calmed down. The captives in the green camp were uneasy, not knowing what was waiting for them today. The Gao Yaobing who had just recruited was also uneasy, not knowing what the generals on the stage would do to them.
After the scene was silent, Zhou Shixiang looked at the audience and said to them, "From the day when my Taiping Camp was established, I have vowed to lead everyone to restore the two capitals and restore the Han family in the Ming Dynasty. For this ambition, my Taiping Camp needs heroes from all directions to join us. All heroes will be collected, but if they are cowards and scum, they will not be able to do anything! ... When the Japanese Camp attacked Gaoyao City, I heard that there were a few cowards and timid mice.
Chapter completed!