Chapter 922. Disbanding the New Army of Soldiers (2).
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The next day, at three o'clock in the morning, all the soldiers of the new Zhanbing Army lined up in the military training ground of Huamachi Camp.
During this period of time, the soldiers of the New War Army have followed Zhao Junchen to fight thousands of miles away, fighting to no avail. Now they only get a night's rest, which cannot completely relieve their physical and mental fatigue, but the New Army of War Soldiers is indeed Zhao Junchen.
In the elite division that was painstakingly formed, everyone is still in order and their morale is high. Even those wounded soldiers who are unable to move are holding their heads high and their backs straight.
The soldiers of the new war army did not wait too long. When they lined up and assembled, it was only half a stick of incense time. Zhao Junchen had already led many civil and military officials to the high platform of the military training ground.
No one was surprised by Zhao Junchen's quick appearance. Everyone was used to Zhao Junchen's vigorous and resolute style.
Zhao Junchen's prestige in the military is now rising day by day, which is especially obvious among the new soldiers. Therefore, after seeing Zhao Junchen's appearance, the officers and soldiers of the new army were refreshed and their waists became more straight.
Their morale became even higher, and they all welcomed the appearance of Zhao Junchen with their best spirit.
Standing on the high platform, Zhao Junchen turned his head and looked around at the many soldiers in front of him, with a hint of regret flashing across his expression.
This feeling of regret mainly consists of two aspects. On the one hand, it is regretful that the new army suffered heavy casualties, and on the other hand, it is regretful that it had to personally disband this powerful army.
Zhao Junchen still remembered that when he led his army to leave Huamachi Camp, the army's strength was more than 20,000. However, after many bloody battles, the new army of soldiers charged forward every time.
Tasked with the most dangerous combat missions, they suffered heavy casualties every time. However, the new army of soldiers still standing in front of Zhao Junchen now only numbered less than 10,000, and most of the soldiers were injured.
But it is precisely because of this that most of the new soldiers who are still standing in front of Zhao Junchen can be regarded as the best warriors in a hundred!
The soldiers of the new warrior army were originally brave people. After Zhao Junchen's brainwashing and education, the experience and tempering of many bloody battles, and the confidence accumulation of Lien Zhan and Lianjie, this army has initially possessed the ace army.
With pride and self-consciousness, they firmly believe that they are an invincible army and should be a model for all armies, and should also play the most critical role on the battlefield.
In this regard, even Qi Bin's new army and today's "Guoguo Army" cannot be compared with the new Zhanbing Army. The "Guoguo Army" is better because of its well-trained and advanced tactics. However, due to Zhao Junchen's deliberate suppression,
After all, their combat experience is somewhat lacking, but in terms of mental outlook and inner awareness, they are much inferior to the new soldiers.
What's more, although the "Guoguo Army" has greater potential and is more valued by Zhao Junchen, the army that Zhao Junchen trusts the most in his heart is still this new army of soldiers brought out by himself. The new army of soldiers is now
Zhao Junchen has been deeply imprinted on him, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a direct descendant.
If the situation were not compelling, Zhao Junchen would never be willing to disband this powerful army.
It's a pity that the army must serve politics after all, and Zhao Junchen must disband them himself for the sake of his future political prospects!
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Looking at the many soldiers in front of him, Zhao Junchen's thoughts changed in just a moment. He quickly suppressed his regrets and walked to the front of the high platform.
Then, Zhao Junchen raised his hand, and Zhao Dali behind him immediately handed Zhao Junchen a strange copper object with a shape similar to a morning glory. It was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. There was nothing inside, and the whole was cone-shaped.
The wide part is about the size of a basin, and the narrow part is only the size of a fist.
This is a simple loudspeaker that Zhao Junchen ordered the blacksmiths in the army to make overnight, just so that all the soldiers on the military training field can hear his voice at this moment.
Putting the loudspeaker in front of his mouth, Zhao Junchen shouted at the top of his voice: "All the soldiers of the new warrior army, I think you have received the news. I met you today to give you distribution
Silver reward and pension!
All the rewards and pensions I promised you at the beginning will be handed over to you in large sums today! Your bloody fight, regardless of life and death, has finally come to reap the rewards!
Soon, each of you will receive a large amount of money, and many of you will be promoted and become military attachés in the army. These are the rewards you deserve!"
Zhao Junchen's voice spread throughout the military training field, and most of the soldiers could hear Zhao Junchen's voice. Everyone couldn't help but be surprised.
After hearing the four words "military merit reward", the soldiers were even more energetic. For a moment, they didn't bother to study the strangeness of Zhao Junchen's voice. Everyone looked at Zhao Junchen expectantly, waiting for Zhao Junchen.
Keep talking.
Zhao Junchen knew very well that soldiers in this era were not very conscious. At this time, they only cared about how much money they would get. This money meant that they could marry and have children, that they could honor their parents, and that they could be a family.
a better life in the future.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen didn't talk nonsense, and just shouted in a louder voice: "Come here, bring all the silver rewards and pensions for the soldiers!"
Su Xiqing had prepared everything a long time ago. After hearing Zhao Junchen's instructions, he quickly led people to carry the silver to the bottom of the high platform.
According to Zhao Junchen's instructions, Su Xiqing had already taken out 500,000 taels of silver from the military treasury in advance, filling a hundred large boxes.
After these boxes were opened one after another, the densely packed silver immediately attracted the attention of all the soldiers, and many of them began to breathe quickly.
While Su Xiqing was leading people to carry out the silver, Zhao Junchen quickly walked down the platform.
When Zhao Junchen stepped off the high platform, someone immediately followed him carrying a large box full of silver. Niu Fude also followed quickly. He held a thick stack of account books in his hand, which listed in detail the new soldiers.
Military merit, silver rewards, and pensions for all officers and men of the army.
Obviously, Zhao Junchen wanted to personally award silver rewards and pensions to every soldier.
Seeing Zhao Junchen's behavior, the faces of all the civil and military officials present changed slightly, with expressions of surprise and suspicion.
They originally thought that Zhao Junchen would award silver rewards and pensions to the new soldiers today. At most, he would directly hand over the money to the generals of the new soldiers and use military attachés at all levels to distribute it to the lower-level soldiers. However, they did not expect that Zhao Junchen
I am not afraid of trouble at all, and I am not worried about wasting time and energy at all. I actually want to hand out the money with my own hands!
You know, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers on the military training field today!
The most important thing is that the new Zhanbing Army was originally formed by Zhao Junchen himself. During the military training, Zhao Junchen used various means to repeatedly brainwash the soldiers, making this army deeply imprinted with Zhao Junchen's traces.
Over the past few days, Zhao Junchen has led the new army to win consecutive battles, which has made Zhao Junchen's reputation in the army more and more deep-rooted. It can be said to be "giving prestige to others";
And Zhao Junchen's action of going to war for the wounded soldiers a few days ago made these soldiers recognize Zhao Junchen from the bottom of their hearts. This can be described as "showing kindness"!
Now, if Zhao Junchen is allowed to personally award silver rewards and pensions to all soldiers, every soldier will receive a large sum of money from Zhao Junchen face to face, which is even more "giving benefits"!
In this way, Zhao Junchen has all the prestige, kindness, and benefits for the soldiers of the New War Army. How will the soldiers of the New War Army treat Zhao Junchen from now on?
One can only imagine how high their status will reach in their minds!
In short, from now on, in the minds of the soldiers of the new war army, there must be only Zhao Junchen and no imperial court! They will trust Zhao Junchen without reservation and carry out all orders of Zhao Junchen without any doubt.
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All the civil and military officials were smart people, and they quickly figured this out. They also knew that Zhao Junchen's actions must be to further win over the morale of the military, which was probably not a good thing for the court.
However, after all the civil and military officials looked at each other, no one dared to say anything at this time. Everyone was silent, but they acquiesced to Zhao Junchen's move to win over the military.
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While all the civil and military officials were having different thoughts, Zhao Junchen had already walked up to the first row of soldiers in front of the high platform.
Behind Zhao Junchen, Niu Fude quickly flipped through the account books, and then reported to Zhao Junchen: "Sir, this group of soldiers is the first team of the first team of the new cavalry battalion of the new army. There are still six people alive after the war.
The corps commander’s name is Gong Ming. After several battles, he paid three levels in total. He was injured twice and recorded meritorious service three times. He should receive a reward of fifty taels of silver and a pension of twenty taels for battle injuries, for a total of seventy taels of silver!”
Zhao Junchen nodded slightly, and Zhao Dali beside him said loudly: "Gong Ming, come out!"
As Zhao Dali finished speaking, a sturdy man quickly walked up to Zhao Junchen with excitement on his face.
Gong Ming is a brave man who fights bravely. Even when facing the charge of Junggar cavalry, his expression remains unchanged. But now he has to have close face-to-face contact with Zhao Junchen, and then he will receive an award from Zhao Junchen in person. But let him
Trembling with excitement.
Behind Zhao Junchen, someone had already counted seventy taels of silver and sent it to Zhao Junchen.
After Zhao Junchen took the silver, he handed it to Gong Ming. After Gong Ming reached out to take the silver at a loss, Zhao Junchen reached out with a smile and patted Gong Ming on the shoulder, saying: "Okay.
Do it! With your merits, you will be able to take a step further soon!"
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Gong Ming became even more excited. He couldn't help but knelt down in front of Zhao Junchen with the money in his arms and said loudly: "Thank you so much, the imperial envoy! From now on, as long as the imperial envoy says a word, I will be treated as such."
Even if you go through fire and water, you will never raise your eyebrows!"
Zhao Junchen stretched out his hand to help Gong Ming up and said with a smile: "It's good if you have this heart. There is no need to salute at this time!"
After speaking, Zhao Junchen nodded to Niu Fude behind him.
Niu Fude flipped through the account book and reported again: "Deputy Corps Commander Xiao Shun paid the first two levels in total. He was injured three times and received one meritorious service. One of them was seriously injured. He should receive a reward of thirty taels of silver and a war injury pension of thirty-five taels."
A total of sixty-five taels of silver!"
As soon as Niu Fude finished speaking, he saw a thin man running quickly in front of Zhao Junchen. This man's shoulders were tied with a white cloth, and there were faint blood stains on the white cloth.
After meeting Zhao Junchen, Xiao Shun was much more excited than Gong Ming. When Zhao Junchen personally handed over the reward money and pension to him, and asked about his injury personally, Xiao Shun was already crying.
, but I couldn’t say a complete sentence.
Seeing Xiao Shun's condition, Zhao Junchen reached out and patted Xiao Shun's uninjured shoulder, and chuckled: "You are a brave warrior in the army who is not afraid of death. How can you shed tears in front of others? Aren't you going to suffer in the future?"
Are you making fun of your colleagues?"
After saying that, Zhao Junchen asked Xiao Shun to return to the queue, and continued to award silver rewards and pensions to the remaining soldiers in the group.
After all the six soldiers of this group received their reward and pension, Zhao Junchen ordered them to sit down and rest where they were, and then led everyone towards the next group of soldiers.
In this way, one regiment after another, one team after another, one battalion after one battalion, Zhao Junchen personally awarded silver rewards and pensions to each soldier. Every time he awarded silver rewards and pensions, he would briefly talk to the soldiers.
A few words of conversation, either encouragement or concern.
When Zhao Junchen personally handed out silver rewards and pensions to all the soldiers, they were all extremely excited. There were only a few people like Xiao Shun who burst into tears due to excessive excitement.
Just as many civil and military officials had guessed, because of Zhao Junchen's act of personally awarding silver rewards and pensions this time, all the soldiers of the new fighting army have completely surrendered to Zhao Junchen!
In the future, if Zhao Junchen's other plans do not progress smoothly, and the court still wants to punish Zhao Junchen, then these soldiers will be Zhao Junchen's biggest asset when the time comes!
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Zhao Junchen personally awarded silver rewards to nearly ten thousand soldiers, which naturally took a long time.
By the time most of the new soldiers had received their rewards and pensions from Zhao Junchen, it was already approaching noon.
At this time, more than 8,000 soldiers had received the silver coins personally awarded by Zhao Junchen, but there were still nearly a thousand soldiers who were eagerly waiting for Zhao Junchen.
Although it took a long time, Zhao Junchen personally handing out the silver rewards and pensions was something that could last a lifetime, but no soldier showed any signs of being impatient.
Although the soldiers were not impatient at all, Zhao Junchen's body could no longer bear it. He only felt soreness in his waist and weakness in his legs and feet.
What's more, even if he only has a few simple conversations with each soldier, even if most of the time it is just a few words such as "work hard", "take care of your wounds", "I am optimistic about you", Zhao Junchen has already said it now.
After ten thousand words, my mouth is even more dry and my throat is burning.
In fact, in the later stages, Zhao Junchen only awarded silver rewards and pensions to the corps commanders, and then handed over all the rewards of the corps officers to the corps commanders, using the hands of the corps commanders to distribute money to the lower-level officers, only some military merits
Only particularly outstanding low-level soldiers will receive the award personally from Zhao Junchen.
At this time, Zhao Junchen had already regretted in his heart. He felt that he had underestimated the number of nearly 10,000 soldiers. He should have awarded the silver to the first-level corps commander from the beginning. It was beyond his ability to award silver to every soldier.
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However, seeing that things were coming to an end, Zhao Junchen still persevered.
At this moment, Zhao Junchen suddenly saw an old friend.
