Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 274

Wang Ziming joined the army as a recorder and also served as a military judge.

Wei Zheng joined the army as a recorder, and he was responsible for recording meritorious service. Wang Ziming joined the army as a recorder, and was responsible for judging crimes.

When the battle is won, everyone is naturally happy.

This military merit must be counted and registered clearly. This involves fairness and justice. If the merits are not clearly recorded, it is easy to cause resentment.If deserters appeared, of course they had to be dealt with, but Luo Cheng still told Wang Ziming to keep quiet for the time being, and to record the merits first.

The joyful atmosphere of the soldiers cannot be destroyed.

In the big camp.

Several large tables were set up, and Wei Zheng, who joined the army in the recording room, sat in the middle, with his subordinate scribes and soldiers on the left and right.

What they have to do is to record military exploits.

The military merits of the Sui army are divided into several parts, among which are the reporting of merit by soldiers, check of heads, narration of merit by team leaders, verification of joining the army, inspection by generals, etc.

The soldiers began to report merit according to the battalion and team they belonged to. When reporting merit, they carried the enemy's head one by one, but they were all smiling, greeting each other and even bragging, so the atmosphere was very scary.

However, because Luo Cheng has strict military orders for his subordinates, it is forbidden to behead during the battle. Beheading can only be done after the battle is over, and this matter has to be done under the nose of the team leader and deputy.

The purpose of doing this is to prevent wasting time by beheading the first rank during wartime, almost missing the fighter plane, and even avoiding rivals competing for the first rank.

There is also a problem with beheading after the war, that is, it is not known who killed it.

However, Luo Cheng paid more attention to collective military achievements, so it was stipulated that apart from the credit for beheading the enemy's general and beheading the enemy's flag, it should be clearly assigned to the individual.

Luo Cheng assigned the heads according to the battalion during the battle, according to their contribution and combat performance.

The heads were brought to Wei Zheng one by one, and his subordinates verified that the heads of the enemy were not allowed to be civilians, friendly troops, or old, weak, women and children.

Every time one is inspected, a number must be drawn on the face of the head, and then a seal must be stamped on it. Finally, these heads must be taken aside and marinated with lime for preservation, so that they can be handed in for inspection later.

Over there, Wei Zheng and others recorded all these in the book.

If it is an officer above the head of the enemy army, if it can be identified, it must be registered and sealed separately. These are all military merits.

In addition to the heads, the captured enemy flags are also very important, and they must be separately registered and sealed.

After the final registration, the total record is 830 seven heads, and there are [-] live prisoners.

Luo Cheng's regiment has twenty teams, each with a hundred people.But Luo Cheng also divided the 2000 people into several battalions according to the types of arms.

For example, there are heavy cavalry battalions, light cavalry battalions, scout battalions, crossbow battalions, several infantry battalions, etc., with different numbers of people.There are as few as the heavy cavalry battalion with only a hundred people, as many as the light cavalry battalion with hundreds of people, and some infantry battalions have more.

When assigning heads, Luo Cheng did not divide them equally among the battalions.

"Heavy Cavalry Battalion beheaded five hundred people! Collective five ranks of military merit, Luo Shixin and three others were given one jumping merit, Zhao Desheng and five others were awarded one vanguard merit."

The heavy cavalry battalion has a total of 110 people, including Luo Shixin and ten Yanyun iron cavalry instructors. However, when Luo Cheng discussed his merits, he recorded five hundred beheading military merits for them, and one person can get almost five heads. I also recorded three individual jumping skills and five individual pioneer first-class skills.

No one doubts this feat.

"Bow and crossbow battalion, decapitation level [-], collective five-level military merit, ten second-class merits for individuals, and twenty third-class merits."

As soon as Luo Cheng's words came out.

The five hundred crossbowmen in the Bow and Crossbow Battalion all beamed with joy, and all of them grinned behind their ears.

Five hundred heads, it is extremely rare to get one for everyone, and one for each person, and there will naturally be no less rewards at that time.

The heavy cavalry battalion and crossbow battalion directly divided 100 heads, and the remaining 400 heads and more than [-] prisoners had to be divided among the remaining [-] people.

"Qingqi Battalion, there are [-] levels of beheading, three for vanguard skills, and ten for first-class skills."

"Scout battalion, beheading level [-], vanguard battalion five, first-class merit ten."

"Jump the infantry battalion, behead a hundred levels..."

"Go to the infantry battalion first, behead a hundred..."

"Assault Infantry Battalion, behead a hundred steps..."

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More than a thousand heads and more than 100 captives were distributed in this way. In addition, dozens of Goguryeo Qingqi officers and more than a dozen military flags recognized were also credited for capturing the soldiers.

The two militia groups watched the fun, and they didn't take credit for it.

Officers such as Luo Cheng don't need to record their own merits, because he leads the entire regiment, and all the military merits are under his leadership, so he will naturally have his share after reporting it.

Of course, it is not easy for the peasants. Although Luo Cheng cannot give them credit, but the horse meat from the slaughtered horses on the battlefield has given them a lot, which can make them full, and even the meat from the corpses of Goguryeo Clothes and shoes are also taken with them.

In addition to beheading and captives, many horses were also seized, more than [-] good horses were captured, and many weapons and equipment were captured.

These naturally belong to the first regiment, but according to the military regulations, each battalion is still divided into some credits for the capture. According to the rules, for example, if you capture a horse, you can also get a certain amount of money, so these captures will be credited. You can also get rewards.

The whole battalion was in high spirits.

In a corner of the camp, there were more than 1000 heads piled up, and everyone stayed by the side, overjoyed, as if the pile of things was some kind of gift for the New Year.

The peasants began to bring lime to pickle the heads, and the lime was carried with the army.Every time I accompany the army, I will bring some lime, which is specially used to pickle the head, and I will also bring a lot of horse hides, which are used to wrap the corpse.The corpses of their own soldiers are wrapped, but it depends on the weather. If the weather is good and there is a city nearby, most of them will wrap the corpses of the dead soldiers in horse corpses and transport them back to the city, and then put them in coffins.

But if the weather is bad, the distance is long, or there are too many dead in battle, only officers can enjoy the treatment of horse leather shrouds. Ordinary soldiers can either bury them on the spot or burn them to ashes, and pack up the ashes and take them back.

More than 410 people were killed before and after the First World War. Luo Cheng's battalion lost one-fifth of its personnel, and [-]% of its combat personnel was reduced. In fact, it was already very serious, and sometimes it could even directly lead to collapse.

Fortunately, this is a victory.

He ordered the bodies of more than 400 soldiers killed in battle to be wrapped in horse leather, and was ready to be sent back to Huaiyuan by civilians.

Discussion is over.

With a dark face, Luo Cheng asked for five deserters to be brought up.

These five were all tied up by five flowers, and they regretted it very much at this time.At that time, they felt that three thousand Goguryeo Qingqi surrounded them, and they felt that they would die, so they deserted.

What annoyed Luo Cheng the most was that these five people were all on the same fire, and the battle was divided into two groups, five people in groups, and then the five people in this group discussed and took the opportunity to escape.

As a result, they were discovered by the guards patrolling the battalion, and all of them were captured.

Luo Cheng stared coldly at the five guys who were fighting with their legs. These five people were all young, and according to the interrogation, they were all fellow soldiers from Hejian County, Hebei Province. The selected government soldiers were on the battlefield for the first time, and they were timid for a while, so they deserted.

"Tell me, why are you a deserter?"

"General, I... I was confused for a while, so please spare my life!"

One person was so scared that he pissed out, "General, give us another chance, we will definitely atone for our sins and kill the enemy to make meritorious service."

"I dare not run again."

These people were terrified, terrified, and desperately begged for mercy.

But Luo Cheng just shook his head.

"Escaped yesterday, was cowardly and incompetent, and abandoned his comrades. Such actions are not tolerated by military law. Push them out, behead them, and pass them on to the entire battalion as a warning!"

With an order, the five deserters were immediately beheaded.

The joyful atmosphere of the whole camp became more dignified.

(End of this chapter)