Chapter two hundred and forty-four meeting the meritorious soldiers
After Wu Shigong entered Nanyang Mansion, he parted ways with Li Lu and Wan Wendong. Li Lu and Wan Wendong would return to their county towns, while Wu Shigong went directly to Dahuai Village where Zhou Xun's camp was located.
When he arrived at Dahuai Village, it was just before lunch. Wu Shigong took advantage of the time before lunch to immediately meet with the soldiers who had made contributions in this battle.
When these soldiers saw Wu Shigong, they immediately kowtowed to Wu Shigong under the leadership of He Fei and Shumo. But Wu Shigong immediately stopped their move.
Wu Shigong said with a smile: "The people who came here today are all warriors, so there is no need to pay such a big salute." As he said this, Wu Shigong approached the queue of soldiers and shook hands with the soldiers one by one.
But this modern etiquette made all the soldiers extremely uncomfortable and very flattered. Wu Shigong smiled and held hands, joking with the uncomfortable soldiers from time to time.
Those soldiers were basically the people in the spear array led by He Fei. Many of them were Wu Shigong's soldiers and cavalry, so Wu Shigong basically knew their names. Wu Shigong kept talking to these soldiers about common things.
After that, the soldiers gradually became more relaxed.
When Wu Shigong walked up to Quan Dashan, He Fei, who was accompanying Wu Shigong, was about to introduce him. Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong smiled and said to Quan Dashan: "I know you. You are the brother-in-law of the groom who got married that day. Well done."
After finishing, Wu Shigong grabbed Quan Dashan's overwhelmed hand and gently shook it up and down a few times.
Quan Dashan felt his nose was sore when he saw Lord Guards recognize him. He couldn't help but shed tears. He choked and said, "Sir, I swear to serve you to the death."
"Don't be like this!" Wu Shigong patted Quan Dashan on the shoulder and consoled him, "A good man bleeds but never sheds tears! I heard the other day that the groom was also in my army. How is he now?"
In this battle, because the fire gunmen had almost no chance to play, there were no fire gunmen among the soldiers who made meritorious deeds.
But Wu Shigong's question made Quan Dashan feel a little ashamed. He stopped crying and said with a red face: "Sir, my brother-in-law did not make any meritorious service this time. It is really embarrassing."
"Don't say that!" Wu Shigong was obviously in a happy mood, "In this war, every brother who went to the battlefield has contributed. If you didn't do meritorious service this time, then you will do meritorious service next time! I believe that your brother-in-law will definitely
It’s a good one.”
Quan Dashan nodded excitedly and wanted to say something, but found that he could not say anything.
After shaking hands with all the soldiers who had made meritorious services, Wu Shigong said a few words of encouragement to those soldiers. Of course, Wu Shigong also announced rewards for these soldiers who had made meritorious services, including silver rewards and higher levels. After saying these words, those soldiers
The look in the eyes of the meritorious soldier looking at Wu Shigong can only be described as fanaticism.
After the soldiers retreated, Wu Shigong was quite satisfied with the situation of military morale. Wu Shigong thought in his heart: "In the modern army, the method of using medals to boost morale is not bad. In the future, for those soldiers
Soldiers who have performed meritorious services will not only be rewarded with silver, but also given medals and allowed to embroider certain patterns on their military uniforms. This low-cost reward method should definitely be quite effective. Wait until I return to Runing Mansion this time
Finally, we must work out a detailed reward plan.”
Compared with the relaxed atmosphere when he met the soldiers just now, the conversation between Wu Shigong and the military attaches was now a bit serious.
The first step, of course, was for Wu Shigong to check the combat logs and post-war summaries of each military attache. Because what Wu Shigong prescribed has become a routine, Wu Shigong was very satisfied with this inspection.
Next, we have to discuss two things to deal with the aftermath: how to deal with those miners; how to arrange soldiers stationed here to control the iron ore and saltpeter mines.
Regarding the arrangements for these miners, Zhou Xun and the military attachés had obviously discussed it before Wu Shigong arrived. So Zhou Xun suggested to Wu Shigong: "Sir, these miners have all received training, and they dare to fight and fight hard when fighting us.
And during these days when they were prisoners, I also noticed that they were very disciplined and they should be good soldiers."
"My lord, I have noticed that the lives of those miners are very hard. Those prisoners only ate the dry food of our Runing camp for a few days, and they felt that they had lived like gods. If your lord accept them as soldiers,
, the military expenditure will definitely not be large. I have calculated it, and I can definitely pick out two thousand soldiers here."
"Oh?" Wu Shigong looked at Zhou Xun's excited eyes and asked, "What is the daily life of these miners like?"
"Although after the horse bandits took over the iron mines, the miners were able to eat chaff and vegetables to their fullest, but basically their families had no money left. Many miners could not even afford a complete set of clothes at home. They only had to go out.
They had to wear pants. And when they went down the mine, they didn’t know if they would be able to see the sun tomorrow. They were not living a human life. So those horse bandits gave some small favors and made the miners give up."
Wu Shigong nodded and thought about it carefully. As organized workers, these miners will definitely surpass soldiers from peasant backgrounds in terms of soldier quality. Not to mention that those miners have received military training.
However, if I immediately turn these prisoners into my own soldiers, it will be very risky, and my own soldiers will definitely have some resistance. It will also violate the rules for the treatment of prisoners that I have formulated.
So after thinking about it, Wu Shigong said: "It's better not to recruit soldiers from the miners for the time being. Wait for a while and wait for half a year. I will leave five hundred soldiers here, with He Fei as the commander and Shu Mo as the deputy commander.
.You two will recruit another 400 soldiers in Nanyang Mansion, and you will have a total of 900 soldiers. You can first stay with Li Shoubei."
"But you two have to remember. To organize those miners, we still need them to receive our military training regularly. After half a year, you will recruit 600 soldiers from the trained miners, making up a total of 1,500 soldiers."
Hundreds of people, all under your command."
"I will definitely live up to my lord." He Fei was overjoyed. The military attachés next to him were also envious. Because of his performance this time, He Fei became the commander with the largest number of soldiers besides the Runing Battalion Headquarters. This carp could turn around.
It turned a little too violently.
Although Shumo was also a little happy, he still wanted to use his little brains. Relying on his relationship with Wu Shigong, he asked: "Master, can the villain's family be brought here?"
"Nonsense!" Wu Shigong immediately reprimanded, "You have some potential, okay? Don't think about hugging your wife all day long. Also, I told you a long time ago that the title in the military should be standardized, don't always be 'Master',"
Young Master, you should call me Lord Guard. Of course, you can bring a concubine or maid to serve you, but your family members are absolutely not allowed to bring them to Nanyang Mansion."
After King Qin returned, Wu Shigong made a rule that the families of all military attachés stationed abroad must live together in Runing Mansion. The euphemistic name was: it was to protect the families of these military attachés, but in reality, the family members of each military attaché
He knew it very well in his heart. But Na Shumo thought of making an exception in an ingenious way. Wasn't he just hitting Wu Shigong's gun?
Shu Mo's ability to withstand blows is indeed strong. After being scolded by Wu Shigong, he just lowered his head, his face still indifferent. For Shu Mo, having a concubine can take care of his life, and the purpose of his lower body
It has already been achieved. What does it matter if you are scolded by your own young master? It’s not like I have never been scolded by my young master before!
Now Shu Mo is thinking in his mind: "Should I bring my concubine here? Or should I find another woman in Nanyang Mansion? That's it! Walk two steps abreast and don't miss anything!"