Three hundred and twentieth chapters praise loyalty
Li Zhi's new soldier barracks was built south of the Fanjiazhuang city wall. The area here is the planned area of Fanjiazhuang New City, but the city wall has not been built yet. The city wall will be built when the farmers have a break. The barracks were built by masons who worked overtime and were rushed to the tenth day of the year.
It was repaired before the new recruits entered the camp on January 20th.
As soon as the new recruits entered the camp in December, they began arduous training.
These soldiers are Li Zhi's current support, and training must not be sloppy. The recruits do not touch guns for the first two months, but practice physical fitness and formation. Every day before dawn, officers at all levels lead eight thousand recruits to stand in formation.
The training lasted all morning. In the afternoon, I practiced physical fitness in the countryside of Fanjiazhuang, traveling dozens of miles cross-country at every turn.
The recruits were given three full meals and meat, and they trained intensively with sufficient protein supply, and their muscles grew rapidly. Soon, the young men who were thin when they entered the camp became strong soldiers.
The training intensity of the Ming army in this era was very low. Even the so-called elite Guan and Ning armies often trained every three days and every four days. Compared with the Ming army, the soldiers of the Huben division who trained every morning until night were well-deserved
Elite soldiers. Only with a monthly salary as high as Master Huben can the soldiers train so hard without any complaints.
The reason why he didn't touch a gun in the first two months was because Li Zhi wanted to conduct a political review of the new recruits. Now each platoon of the Huben Division is equipped with a town governor. These town governors are responsible for punishing soldiers who violate military discipline and are also responsible for punishing soldiers.
Political review. The governor spent two months observing the recruits to see if there were any spies among the recruits and whether they had secretly communicated with the outside world.
After undergoing political review and inspection two months later, the soldiers can actually touch the gun.
Now the Huben Division has 20,000 people, and it is still divided into four regiments. Each regiment has 5,000 soldiers, and each regiment has five battalions, each with 1,000 men. Each battalion has five companies, and each company has
Two hundred people. The establishment increased and a new group of officers was needed. Many veterans with outstanding performance were promoted to officers.
The Huben Division's combat power has greatly expanded. Li Xing and other regiment commanders felt that their strength had improved again, and they were all very excited. They spent time at the training ground every day, hoping to train these eight thousand recruits as soon as possible.
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After finishing the recruitment of new soldiers, the Baozhong Temple planned by Li Zhi was also built.
Baozhong Temple is a shrine dedicated to soldiers and officers who died in various battles. It was built in the new city in the south of the city.
Only an army with a sense of honor can have combat effectiveness. And only by praising the soldiers who died bravely in previous wars and treating the families and soldiers of the martyrs well can they have a sense of honor. Li Zhi has now established a medal system and a pension system, and then established
The Praise and Loyalty Shrine that praises the martyrs can create a sense of honor in the entire army of glorious death in battle.
Baozhong Temple is a building complex. In the first courtyard, there is the front hall, which is dedicated to the statue of Guan Yunchang. In the second courtyard, there is the middle hall, which is dedicated to the statue of Yuewumu. The main hall in the third courtyard is the largest, and its main hall is the largest.
The memorial tablet of the soldier who died in the battle.
The main hall is grand in size, with a single eaves resting on the top of the mountain, fourteen feet long and eight feet wide. There are sacrifices from time to time, and the incense lingers all year round. Every spring and autumn, Li Zhi leads his officials to perform a sweep and offer sacrifices.
On the day when the Baozhong Temple was built, Li Zhi held a grand investiture ceremony in the new city. On November 23, there was a huge crowd in front of the Baozhong Temple in the south of the city. With Li Zhi's advance publicity, that day
At least tens of thousands of Fanjiazhuang citizens and farmers gathered at the gate of Baozhong Temple to watch the General's awarding ceremony.
This award of honors is mainly for those who have made meritorious service and those who were disabled in the Battle of Gyeonggi from the 11th to 12th year of Chongzhen.
Li Zhi's troops fought with hot weapons, emphasizing discipline and unity. There was little chance of individual soldiers making meritorious deeds. Therefore, the meritorious personnel awarded this time were mainly some scouts who excelled in detecting the enemy's situation, and they were all awarded the third-class soldier medal. Those who died in battle
, there are more disabled people.
In this Gyeonggi war, 227 soldiers of the Huben Division were killed or died. The families of these people will be awarded the first-class hero medal. Now in Fanjiazhuang, after Li Zhi’s propaganda and guidance, respect and courtesy have been formed
The social atmosphere of honorable personnel. The honorary family members receive medals, which can directly improve their social status in Fanjiazhuang.
The specific family member of a martyr to whom the medal is awarded is determined by the martyr's last will and testament. Some soldiers give the medal to their wives, some unmarried soldiers give the medal to their parents, and some give the medal to their children.
Differently, Li Zhi fully respected the wishes of the martyrs.
One by one, the family members of the martyrs walked up to the medal awarding platform, and Li Zhi personally pinned medals on the family members. The family members recalled the voices and smiles of the martyrs before they sacrificed their lives, and looked at the bright yellow bronze medals on their chests, and they all burst into tears.
An eight-year-old boy walked onto the stage to receive the First Class Hero Medal on behalf of his deceased father.
Li Zhi looked at the child and asked, "What is your name?"
"My surname is Yu, and my nickname is Steamed Bun! I haven't chosen my big name yet!"
Li Zhi nodded and said, "Steamed buns, do you know what your father does?"
The boy raised his fist and said: "Daddy was a hero who killed the Tatars and died on the battlefield!" After a pause, the boy said again: "Daddy is the best to me. He often buys me candy. I
I listen to my father the most. When other children go out to play, I am always at home reading! But why did my father die like this and never care about me anymore? I haven’t seen my father in a year and I miss him so much.”
After saying this, the boy started to cry and wiped his tears with his little hands.
Li Zhi touched the child's head and said, "Steamed buns, don't cry. Your father is a great hero who killed the Tatars. Even if he dies, everyone will always remember him!"
Li Zhi pinned the first-class hero medal on the boy's chest and said loudly: "From now on, you will replace your father and be the hero of my Fanjiazhuang."
The boy wiped his tears and said, "General, when I grow up, I will also join the army and avenge my father!"
Li Zhi touched the child's face and said, "There will be a day."
After issuing the first-class hero medals, Li Zhi issued second-class bravery medals to 106 wounded and disabled soldiers. The wounded now have pensions, food and clothing, and with the medals awarded by Li Zhi, they will be respected from now on.
I really felt that the injury was worth it. They were grateful for the general's kindness, and they all cried and communicated with each other.
Some scouts who achieved meritorious service in the scout battle, as well as soldiers who were slightly injured in heroic battles, were awarded warrior medals.
Fanjiazhuang soldiers who died in battle or were disabled received a pension of two taels of silver per month. Those who were slightly disabled and could still work were assigned suitable jobs by the Fanjiazhuang government office, and they received two or three meals a month with meat. The soldiers were under this pension system.
Now we have no worries. Now, if we give medals to the casualties and their families, and build a temple to honor the fallen soldiers, the soldiers will not be afraid of casualties.
Only soldiers who are not afraid of casualties can stand firm in battle, maintain discipline, and protect their comrades on the left and right.
At the end of the ceremony, the martyrs' tablets entered the Baozhong Temple amid the sound of drums and received enshrinements.
Today, the people of Fanjiazhuang live a prosperous life, and their living standards far exceed those of people in other parts of the Ming Dynasty. Citizens and farmers all know that their good lives are maintained by soldiers with their lives. After the ceremony, the people lined up in a long line, one by one.
Enter Baozhong Temple and offer incense to the martyrs.
Seeing the honor of the wounded and wounded soldiers, other soldiers maintaining order outside the Baozhong Temple stood up straight. They were so inspired by the sense of honor that they were no longer afraid of casualties, and wished they could go to the battlefield tomorrow to make meritorious deeds. (To be continued.)
