"Brother is back. He must be fine. Not only is he fine, but I think he is blessed with good luck, peach blossoms, haha." Cui Niupi stood up unsteadily and said.
Zhou Yuanfu ignored it and just asked Guan Yu about the situation of suppressing bandits. Guan Yu always said little and only said that it was a bunch of local chickens and dogs that charged and dispersed after a while. Zhou Yuanfu had no choice but to ask Cui Niu Pi again, and Cui Niu Pi kept talking nonsense.
It turned out that Tian Feng saw that the bandits were defying danger and defending. If he attacked hard, he would suffer heavy losses and waste a lot of time, so he came up with a plan to lure the enemy. He used the soldiers of Magistrate Jia and the slaves of a wealthy family as his
Bait, went to call the formation. The thieves were indeed fooled, and came out in full force. Everyone pretended to be defeated and retreated. When they reached the open area, Guan Yu and Ju Yi each led an army to fight out, and killed the thieves. Cui Niupi also led a group of people to take advantage of the opportunity.
They attacked the stronghold and cut off the thieves' escape route. When the thieves saw that the situation was over, they all knelt down and surrendered.
Tian Feng asked everyone not to kill too many people this time, so everyone showed mercy. In the end, there were very few casualties on both sides. Cui Niubi took the opportunity to raid the camp and seized a lot of money.
Magistrate Jia hosted a banquet for meritorious ministers. Only Tian Feng and Ju Yi had the legal status to show up, and the others stayed in the camp.
Zhou Yuanfu was very happy after hearing this. It seemed that the quality of his army was acceptable after being tested in actual combat. After eating some meat and wine with the two of them, Guan Yu wanted to patrol the camp, so Zhou Yuanfu went with him. Cui Niubi said that he was sleepy, so he went on his own.
Fell asleep.
Guan Yu first went to check various sentry posts, and Zhou Yuanfu nodded secretly. These famous generals were indeed well-deserved, and they had their own rules for marching and formation. Although the second brother Guan could only be regarded as a peddler and a pawn before, he obviously has super learning ability, so joining the army is not a problem.
By the end of the year, there was a vague sense of being a general.
After a round of inspection, seeing that Tian Feng and Ju Yi had not returned yet, Guan Yu said that he wanted to go to the wounded barracks to have a look, and Zhou Yuanfu naturally followed him.
The refugees had insufficient weapons, and many used sticks, knives and forks, so most of the soldiers had serious injuries, and few of them were life-threatening. During training, Zhou Yuanfu had taught everyone to boil their wounds with white cloth and bandage them, so he was everywhere in the wounded camp.
They were all people with white cloths on their heads or bodies. Zhou Yuanfu also imitated Guan Yu and comforted them one by one.
At this moment, they suddenly heard a noise in a ward, and Zhou Yuanfu and Guan Yu hurriedly went to check.
Several soldiers who were causing trouble were brought over. Zhou Yuanfu saw that they were still acquaintances. It was the soldier who sent his brother's body back to his hometown last time. "I recognize you, you are the one..."
"Wang Sanzhu of humble position, General Meng Lei gave me a lecture last time. I am grateful to you."
Wang Sanzhu had a bandage on his arm, but he was in good spirits and was obviously different from that day.
Zhou Yuanfu thought to himself that you are really a thorn in the side, but judging from your appearance, you should be brave in battle and probably have a bad temper.
"Then tell me first, what's going on and why is it so noisy?"
"To General Lei Gong, in this battle, our troops are responsible for sneak attacks on the bandit's stronghold. I, Wang Sanzhu, have always been unambiguous in battles. I was the first to capture the stronghold wall, so I was wounded. General Cui also praised me for my bravery in combat.
After capturing the stronghold, we followed General Cui's order and did not kill any more. We just robbed them of gold, silver and valuables as usual. This soldier was from the Second Battalion. His name was Li Erniu, and their battalion was in charge of the field.
He was killed and wounded. When I was counting the money just now, he looked jealous and said something unpleasant, so I got into an argument with him." Wang Sanzhu spoke plausibly.
Zhou Yuanfu turned to Li Erniu and said, "Is that what happened?"
Li Erniu said dullly: "I just can't stand it. We are risking our lives with bandits, but they go to pick up ready-made property. I defeated six bandits, and each of them only had a few copper coins. I just don't accept it."
Why should we risk our lives for them to eat meat?"
Zhou Yuanfu understood clearly that the division of labor was different and everyone had different gains, so Li Erniu became angry.
Zhou Yuanfu looked at Guan Yu and asked, "How do you usually deal with this kind of situation?"
Guan Yu cupped his hands and said: "There are noisy fights in the military camp, and they are beaten according to the rules. If the two of them just quarreled and did not fight, then each person will be given twenty pieces of bricks."
Zhou Yuanfu didn't want to overstep his authority, so he followed Guan Yu's wishes.
When the two came out of the wounded barracks, Zhou Yuanfu was still thinking about what happened just now, "During the battle, whoever grabs the property belongs to whom?"
"Yes, it has always been like this, but when the soldiers robbed them, they had to hand over a large part to the superior, who would then give it to the superior. This time I was given dozens of taels of silver in my account during the raid on thieves. I heard that that guy Cui Niupi got several hundred taels.
." Guan Yu replied.
"Then the sergeants must have complaints about such uneven distribution." Zhou Yuanfu asked puzzledly.
"It's not like this every time. This time the Qubu rob village will be replaced with another one next time. As for the harvest, it depends on whether the villagers are rich. In addition, all the gold and silver in the village are yours. Now it's the field.
When the public takes charge, he will also use part of the property to share it with everyone. Just like Li Erniu, he is expected to be able to share a few taels of silver this time. It's just that Tian Gong went to drink, so he hasn't shared it yet." Guan Yu explained.
Zhou Yuanfu thought to himself, it's okay to catch up with a wise coach. If he catches up with a selfish coach, then his direct troops will definitely pick the peaches, while other troops will do the hard work. In this way, people will gradually disperse. This is a big thing, it must be
To manage.
The two returned to the Chinese army's tent and saw that Tian Feng and others had returned.
Everyone looked at Zhou Yuanfu with ambiguous smiles on their faces. Zhou Yuanfu also knew what everyone was thinking, and secretly said that he was unlucky. He was just knocked out by someone's medicine and fell asleep. These people didn't know how to arrange it in their minds.
Tian Feng said displeasedly: "General Lei Gong got up so early."
Zhou Yuanfu was depressed and didn't know how to respond for a while.
Ju Yi came to the rescue and said: "It was the same when I got married. We were all gentlemen, so no one should laugh at anyone. These bandits are just a bunch of rabble, and there is no need for my elder brother to take action. By the way, I didn't have a good time at the county government just now.
, we won the battle today, let’s continue drinking.”
Cui Niupi was happy to have received so much money today. Although he was already dizzy from drinking, he still kept echoing.
After everyone sat down, Zhou Yuanfu recounted what happened in the military camp today.
"If this is the case, there will be disputes due to uneven distribution, and there will be problems with cooperation during combat. If this is the case, the army will not be able to maintain its combat effectiveness, and there may even be internal fighting!"
Everyone felt something in their hearts and nodded lightly.
Tian Feng said: "This has been the rule in military camps since ancient times. Does the general have any good ideas?"
Zhou Yuanfu said sternly: "Then I will make a request. All seizures must be returned to the public and then distributed uniformly. At the same time, we should improve the military merit reward system so that those who have meritorious service can truly benefit from it. This is the long-term solution!"
Although everyone thought it was quite strange, they couldn't refute it for a while.
"Then this time also has to be returned to the father-in-law?" Cui Niupi said anxiously.
"Now that it's implemented, let's start from this time. Let the soldiers understand that if you want to make money, you can only earn it through your own brave fighting, not because of anyone's luck. Another point is that officers at all levels are not allowed to deduct rewards from their subordinates.
, and are not allowed to accept filial piety from their subordinates. If found, they will be severely punished. We must correct the bad habits of the officers and soldiers. We must be a new army!"
Tian Feng shook his head and said: "It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate."
When Zhou Yuanfu was about to ask what was wrong, Tian Feng continued, "The general's proposal is very good, but the name of the New Army is inappropriate! Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and destroyed it, and the army he commanded was called the New Army. As a lesson from the past, this name
inappropriate."
Cui Niupi suggested: "Then let's call ourselves Huang Jun."
Zhou Yuanfu was drinking tea. When he heard this, he slapped Cui Niupi in the face, waved his hand and said, "Let's discuss the title later. Let's go and deal with the matter of returning to the public and redistributing it first."
Although everyone felt that Zhou Yuanfu was inexplicable, they had no choice but to act as he was told. Cui Niupi was the worst offender. He was sprayed in the face and had to hand over the money he had collected. However, the military orders were overwhelming and they had to go and get the money mumblingly.
Seeing that there were only two people, Zhou Yuanfu and Tian Feng, he thought for a while and explained to Tian Feng everything about last night.
"I thought you forgot about military matters when you saw a woman, but it turns out that's the reason. Diao Chan, a little girl, is really not simple. It doesn't matter if she leaves, I will find a better one for you when the time comes."