In the camp of Luojia Town, Nanyang Prefecture, the three commanders of Nanyang Camp - He Fei, Shu Mo and Chu Ge were sitting around a table filled with sumptuous dishes.
In Wu Shigong's Runing Camp, the imperial title was not just used as the criterion for distinguishing officers and soldiers. In the Runing Camp, military attaches above, including the deputy captain of the Centurion, were called officers.
The captain and deputy captain of the ten-man team, as well as veterans of more than three years, form a class similar to the non-commissioned officers in the modern army. The following are ordinary soldiers. Of course, the ordinary soldiers are also divided into auxiliaries.
Soldiers, recruits, one-year veterans, two-year veterans, etc., their treatment is also different.
However, below the non-commissioned officer level, the treatment of all soldiers is not much different, but as soon as they enter the officer class, military pay, welfare, including the food standards in the army will be greatly improved. Therefore, in the Runing camp, all non-commissioned officers are promoted to officers
The process is jokingly called "climbing the Dragon Gate".
There is only one way to become an officer, and that is to select a group of outstanding non-commissioned officers every six months and go to Wu Shigong's personal army for training for half a year to a year, and then be assigned to various units to become low-level officers. Therefore,
The entry of non-commissioned officers into the Guards Corps is also jokingly known as "Going on the Dragon Boat".
Wu Shigong did not deliberately pursue the integration of officers and soldiers in terms of treatment. Instead, he believed that those officers who made great contributions should be given good treatment that far exceeded the level of soldiers.
In fact, this approach is very reasonable. Look at the two famous generals during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty - Wei Qing and Huo Qubing. Their prestige in the army was quite high at that time.
However, Wei Qing ate and slept with the soldiers, but Huo Qubing, except for the famous Jiuquan incident, when he led the army, he did not care about the soldiers eating poor food, but he always enjoyed exquisite food, and even went out to fight.
He also brought a group of chefs with him to serve him. However, they both won consecutive battles against the Huns.
What does this mean? This shows that in fact, the soldiers' requirements for the generals are very simple. The soldiers only ask the generals to take them home safely. The soldiers only ask the generals to lead them to win the battle and obtain generous rewards. And the soldiers
They don't even care about what the generals eat or what they wear.
What Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion pursues is not superficial equality of treatment, but equality of opportunity. When every recruit in the Runing Battalion enters the camp, their officers will read out detailed promotion criteria to them.
.As long as they meet the standards, every recruit can be promoted. As for whether they can be promoted, it depends on their own efforts.
As a result, a very good atmosphere has been formed in the Runing Camp. Basically every soldier and officer is working hard to train and improve themselves. Moreover, a positive group of non-commissioned officers has been formed in the Runing Camp, and there is also a group of
An officer corps with a strong sense of honor. That's why the Runing Battalion invented the red-eye tactic that seems a bit brainless.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the three commanders of Nanyang Camp ate so well today. Of course, there was no wine on the table today. Generally, drinking alcohol is strictly prohibited in the army of Runing Camp. So these three military attaches had no choice but to
Tea replaced wine.
After taking a sip of tea, Chu Ge said to Shu Mo: "Master Shu, you have dug ditches and pits outside your camp. My cavalry is always on tenterhooks every time they go in and out. This is a little too much.
Bar."
Shu Mo rolled his eyes and replied: "What can we do? The earthen wall of this camp is only two feet high, and there is no money to buy stones and masonry. Now we can only build the bottom of the earthen wall hastily.
About two feet. It will take one or two years to wait for the earthen wall to dry. Now if the enemy invades, even if they hit it with wooden stakes a few times, the earthen wall may collapse. I have no choice but to stay in the camp.
Think of a way out!"
"But you, Chu Huhu, won't worry about this problem. Your mobile battalion has not recruited many people so far. Even if your mobile battalion is lined up on the road leading out of the camp, no one will fall into the ditch.
Go ahead."
Zug immediately opened his eyes and defended: "Then what can I do? Your Excellency said that you would give me twenty officers and fifty horses. But now you have only given me ten officers and twenty horses. I will
How to ask for help? Mr. Deng and the old masters in the accounting room spread their hands and gave me two words: No!"
"I have posted notices in Nanyang Mansion for so long, and I have only selected thirty-four soldiers who will join the army with their horses. What are their backgrounds? They are all bandits. They all want to wash their hands of the bad. It's not like there are no more people coming.
Surrender. But I dare not recruit! If I continue to recruit like this, won't my mobile battalion become a bandit's den? What if there is a war, another escape, or surrender to the enemy? What should I do? Then you will not be able to survive.
Swallow me?"
Chuge's words resonated with He Fei and Shumo. During the reign of King Qin, the escape of soldiers with banditry origins caused too much harm to the Runing camp. Therefore, the current principle of recruiting soldiers in the Runing camp is to try to avoid those who have been with the army for many years.
Old bandits. Even if they have to be recruited, they must be used with caution. Of course, except for military attaches and soldiers who have experienced bandits like Zug. Zug and others no longer classify themselves as bandits.
A kind of person.
He Fei said: "Then why don't you go and ask for help from Mr. Li? Mr. Li can't bear to be taken lightly. You can't say more good things?"
Zug replied with grief and indignation: "Why didn't I go and beg? That time when I went back to Runing camp for the winter break, I accompanied Mr. Li until my face cramped with laughter. Mr. Li also helped me and took me to those places.
There are kids who work as grooms. Needless to say, I've seen them all. Although those kids' bodies haven't fully grown yet, they all look like seventeen or eight years old, but their horse-drawn skills can still be seen.
And there are more than a hundred people there.”
"Master Li showed mercy and wanted to give me fifty men. This is not bad. With these fifty men, and recruiting some bandits with horses, at least I can set up the frame of my mobile battalion. But Master Li told me
When I, your lord, went on the expedition, I took away more than half of the horses in the Runing Camp, so now I have no more horses but only men."
"But the cavalry has no use for horses? I'm so worried that I'm so worried. I'm not afraid of your jokes. I've even thought of stealing my wife's dowry to buy a horse."
"Don't!" He Fei immediately stretched out his hands to stop him, "Who among us in the Runing camp has the heart and heart to dare to offend your father-in-law and mother-in-law? Don't you want their weapons and armor? Their military uniforms.
Don’t you want a bedding?”
"Let's just talk about me. I have all the spears and so on. But the gap in the gun armor is big enough to run a carriage. I went to ask for it several times, but your father-in-law always said in an official tone: The Workshop Department has no manpower now.
They are all busy building iron and blacksmith workshops. And the recruits in each battalion need weapons, so let us wait patiently."
"But can I afford to wait? Although we have recruited all the infantry soldiers of Nanyang Camp, we can't carry out training on firecracker shooting and battle formation tactics because of the lack of firecrackers."
"Moreover, these recruits from the miners are really good. As long as they are taught a few times, they will do well. This makes me jealous when I look at it, so I want to recruit more. And their miners are willing to
, when I was recruiting soldiers, I gritted my teeth and ruthlessly eliminated more than a thousand people. Those who were eliminated were much better than the soldiers we recruited in Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion!"
Shumo then said: "Let's stop complaining. In fact, what we heard is just one thing, our Nanyang camp has no money. Let me tell you a piece of news, and don't ask me where I got it from. Originally, the young master
The silver allocated to our Nanyang Camp is still enough. However, the young master is expanding his army too fast. This time it happens that we are heading north for the expedition. Therefore, our Runing Camp's silver is a little tight. Therefore, the old masters in the accounting department allocate less.
Give us some silver."
"Fuck!" Chu Ge cursed, "We in Nanyang camp are like stepmothers. But Master Shu, you should stop being mysterious! Who doesn't know that the source of your information is not from your wife?
Did you get it from your cousin?"
"You, Chu Hu, don't talk nonsense." Shu Mo was noncommittal about Chu Ge's guess, and continued, "Our Nanyang Camp is still in bad luck! But after the young master comes back, no matter how strange he is, he can't blame us!
At most, he would scold me a few more times."
He Fei also sighed and said: "But the master's vision is quite accurate. He said that the world will be in chaos. No, he went to Liaodong to fight. I heard that he met halfway
Shandong rebelled, and we stayed there to fight. I don’t know if the Year of the Monkey, the Horse, and the Moon will be able to make decisions for us later. It’s really uncertain that the world will be in chaos.”
Shumo was also a little proud of his young master. He said: "Of course. My young master has been very discerning since he was a child. Otherwise, how could he choose me as his book boy? But I am also very discerning. When I saw the young master,
So I decided to serve him, knowing that if I follow the young master, I will be successful. In terms of vision in this Runing camp, the young master is the first, and I am the second! Hahaha——!" After saying this, Shumo was proud.
burst out laughing.
Chu Ge couldn't stand Shu Mo's expression, so he provoked him and said, "I will tell Mr. Li what you said. Tell him: you said you are the second child of Runing Camp."
Shu Mo's laughter immediately stopped, and he immediately retorted angrily: "I will also tell Yang Goudan that you slept with Yuan Qiu's niece a few days ago."
"Okay! Okay! Stop fighting among yourself!" He Fei persuaded from the side, "No matter how hard we say it, we still haven't done things well in Nanyang Camp. I, Lao He, can't stand up to my master! Shu Mo
Tell me, if we find our own financial resources to make Nanyang Camp decent, will the master be very happy?"
Chu Ge's eyes flashed, waiting for Shu Mo's answer. But Shu Mo didn't notice anything strange about Chu Ge, and he still said with some pride: "Of course, I know my young master's thoughts best. As long as
We have the ability, and we can expand Nanyang camp to 5,000 people without any problem. But is it useful to talk nonsense? There is still no silver. The only way is for you to work harder on your wife. Maybe you will be killed.
My wife has taken care of me, your father-in-law will help us with some armor and fire guns. I will say here that as long as you, Chu Hu, can do it, you can rest for a few more days, and Lao He and I will bear it for you.
.”
Shumo still holds a grudge and wants to provoke Zuge in his words.
But Zug and Hefei didn't seem to hear the second half of his words. After they looked at each other, Hefei laughed and said: "Okay! We, the bookkeeper, have the courage. Since you proposed to find your own source of wealth, then
Let’s all listen to you! Hahaha——!”
As soon as Shu Mo heard He Fei's words, he knew that he had been tricked. He quickly said anxiously: "When did I say that I would find my own financial resources? Oh! I understand, you are talking about what Qiu Yuanwai said a few days ago.
Ah! You are so unloyal. You set up a trap for me to drill today!"