When Wu Shigong heard that his soldiers were confronting each other, he rushed to the scene quickly. At this time, there was already friction between the two sides of the confrontation, and several people had begun to have physical conflicts. Fortunately, no one lost their minds.
, no one dares to pick up any weapons yet.
Seeing Wu Shigong's arrival, the soldiers surrounding him immediately moved out of the way for Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong walked up to the soldiers who had a physical conflict. Without saying a word or distinguishing the target, he punched and kicked the soldiers.
Seeing that Wu Shigong was angry, the soldiers immediately dispersed and quickly created an open space in the middle of the crowd. Wu Shigong stood in the middle of the open space, panting for a while with his hands on his hips. After his emotions calmed down a little, he pointed to both sides.
The soldiers yelled: "How can you be patient anymore? You all know how to attack your own brothers. I must have overfed you little beasts. You all have the strength to make trouble!"
Zug stood aside and said aggrievedly: "Sir, it's not the little ones who want to take action, they are really bullying people."
Wu Shigong looked at Zug, softened his tone, and said: "Okay! Just talk about anything today. I won't talk nonsense. I just want to ask the brothers: What will your life be like after you join me?
Are you feeling better, or are you still not feeling better? Have I ever looked at any brother in a different light or bullied him? Have I ever done anything to feel sorry for my brothers?"
Wu Shigong's words made the surrounding soldiers fall silent. Those soldiers had absolutely no objections to Wu Shigong's character. And Wu Shigong's treatment of them could definitely be described as "care".
Wu Shigong continued: "I am not hiding anything from my brothers here. This time when we go north to King Qin, we may fight with the Tatar army. In the war, people may die. Everyone is afraid of death. I am not afraid of brothers' jokes, but I am also afraid of death.
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"But if you run away because you are afraid of death, does that mean death really won't come? Why do I keep training the brothers strictly? Why do I always emphasize that the brothers should be united? I just want to twist the brothers into a rope and unite them together.
, let’s find a way to survive together and live a good life together.”
"But will the way to survive fall from the sky? Will the good days also fall from the sky? We are all grown men, and we have to rely on our grown men to fight it out with our hands and lives."
"To those cowards who ran away, I only have one thing to say: chase them to the end, chase them all over the place. Now we are going to King Qin, and we can't care about them for the time being, but we will not ignore them forever."
"To be honest, if they put down their horses and weapons and ran away empty-handed, I might just give it up. Even my previous money was given to white-eyed wolves. But they ran away with their horses, weapons and
They ran away with guns blazing. What do they want to do? Do they want to surrender to the enemy? Do they want to use their swords and guns against us brothers who used to ladle soup with them? They are just a bunch of beasts."
"Here, I can only say this much. Tell every brother what I say. If anyone doesn't want to go north to King Qin and become a coward, I won't force him to put down his weapons and get out of here today.
I promise not to stop it, and I promise not to settle accounts later."
"But as long as those who stay today, we are brothers who are in the same boat. If anyone escapes again in the future, I will never let him go."
Wu Shigong's words caused a stir among the soldiers around him. They all whispered to each other. One officer said anxiously to Wu Shigong: "Sir, deserters are not subject to military law. That is not in line with the rules of the army!"
Wu Shigong stopped the officer's question and continued: "This is also a special case. It will not be the same next time. But if anyone wants to leave, don't worry about anything. People who know me know that there is no time to go back on the promises I made.
If I say let you go, I will definitely let you go. If I say I won't settle the score, I will never settle the score."
"However, I don't want to lie to you. If someone wants to leave, I will not pay attention to him. However, I can't control whether Commander Zhao will deal with him in the future; I will not care whether Master Fu Zun will deal with him in the future.
I can't control it. Therefore, those who leave are better off taking their families and fleeing to the end of the world."
"But if I don't leave today, the people who stay will be my good brothers, and we will live and die together. I will say something ugly beforehand. If anyone leaves again in the future, no matter where he escapes to, I will chase him."
Kill him to the ends of the earth."
After saying this, Wu Shigong waved his hands to both sides and shouted: "Okay! Okay! We are all grown men. It's okay to speak frankly. There is no overnight feud. Let's go and do our own thing. Remember
As I say, they are all my brothers, so stop being suspicious like a little girl!"
After listening to Wu Shigong's words, the soldiers who were bandits all looked at Chuge. Chuge saluted Wu Shigong and said: "The adults have absolutely nothing to say to the younger ones. If anyone doesn't fight for the adults, he will
That’s a wolf-hearted thing. Others don’t dare to vouch for it. I, Zug, will definitely follow you, sir. If there is anyone who feels sorry for you after today, I, Zug, will definitely be at loggerheads with him and light his sky lantern.”
After listening to Chu Ge's words, Wu Shigong smiled and patted Chu Ge on the shoulder, and said to him: "I know you, your name is Chu Ge, and your usual training is quite good. Well, there are a lot of vacancies for officers now. You can go temporarily.
Choose any team. You also know the rules in our army. Those who have not accepted the assessment cannot serve as officers. This time, King Qin, I hope you will use your ability to stop others' mouths and put it on my face.
Add some light. After you come back and pass the assessment, you will be officially appointed."
"Alas!" Chu Ge was overjoyed by Wu Shigong's unexpected appointment. Officers in Wu Shigong's army received quite high military salaries, as well as other benefits and dividends. It can be said to be every soldier's dream.
But becoming an officer is not easy, especially now that the officers in Wu Shigong's army have been completely occupied by the guards in the capital, and basically no one else has a share. Occasionally, a few local soldiers are recruited because of their outstanding training.
They were promoted, but they were all from local military households and civilians.
For the soldiers who came from bandits like Zug, no matter how well-trained they are, firstly, the number of officers is limited; secondly, because they joined Wu Shigong relatively late, their seniority ranks are relatively low, so the heads of these soldiers who came from bandits seem to be
There is a glass ceiling, and it is impossible to get promoted. But Zug didn't expect that he would be a blessing in disguise today, and he ended up reaching the sky in one fell swoop.
After Wu Shigong's words, the mood of the soldiers was quickly stabilized. They all dispersed in twos and threes, doing what they should do under the orders of their respective officers.
And when Wu Shigong's words, especially Wu Shigong's willingness to let the soldiers leave voluntarily, reached the ears of every soldier in the camp, all the soldiers thought calmly. They found that even if Wu Shigong kept his promise, if they
After deserting, there was no good fruit to eat. Therefore, none of the soldiers left in the end.
After Wu Shigong stabilized the situation, he returned to his big tent. He thought of the Zug who had performed more eye-catching just now. Wu Shigong shook his head helplessly and thought to himself: "That Zug is indeed a talent, and he naturally became a bandit.
He is now the leader of the soldiers."
However, Wu Shigong did not want to punish and suppress Zug. Of course, except for this exceptional promotion, he would not take care of Zug in the future. Zug's future path will be determined by his own performance and merit.
Of course, Wu Shigong will also take necessary precautions against the small group of soldiers with former bandits. But he will not deliberately suppress them. As long as they regard Wu Shigong as their absolute leader, Wu Shigong will not do anything to them.
In fact, this is also a helpless thing. After any group develops to a certain scale, small groups and factions will be formed internally. Even the guards Wu Shigong brought from the capital have all become Xue Mansion guards and
The gambling house protected these two small groups.
Wu Shigong can only try his best to coordinate and balance the relationship between various small groups and try to let them follow his own will. Because Wu Shigong's current strength is still too weak and cannot withstand a little internal friction.
After dinner, Wu Shigong inspected the camp again and found that all the soldiers in the camp had calmed down. So he called the main officers into his tent.
After all the officers arrived, Wu Shigong first said to Zhang Biao and Li Sanhe, who were ashamed because their soldiers had fled: "You are not to blame for what happened this time. This is my fault. I didn't understand."
Know what the soldiers are thinking."
Then Wu Shigong looked at all the officers and continued: "However, I also want to say a few words to you here. In the past, during training, you were strict with your requirements, which is what you should be. But in normal times, you are also aloof.
, have no idea what his soldiers are doing or thinking at all times."
"Actually, these soldiers don't ask for much. As long as you talk to them a few words at ordinary times and cover them with quilts a few times at night, they may be extremely grateful. You must remember and learn from this lesson.
From now on, you should pay more attention to your soldiers in daily life and be their big brother. In that case, the soldiers will be considerate to you and work hard for you."
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The series of incidents caused by the soldiers' escape finally subsided.