Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 428: Set things right in troubled times

After executing Alexander and others, Guo Kang still asked everyone whether they would like to stay here or go to the next place to continue killing the traitors.

But this time, everyone's emotions were extremely high. Except for a few who were injured and couldn't walk, everyone else shouted to continue.In the end, Guo Kang could only ask the priest to preside over a brief ceremony to mourn the war dead, and then cover the body in the garden and bury it when he returns.

The few seriously injured people were carried away by the residents. The others bandaged them hastily and shouted to continue the attack.They seized a lot of weapons and armor this time. These equipment gave the recruits great confidence. Several captains even suggested that they should divide their troops and attack different places to deal with more enemies as soon as possible before the situation changes.

However, Guo Kang felt that they were too excited.In this case, it's not good for him to directly pour cold water on everyone, so he told them that when they acted here, the enemy would not just stand still and do nothing.Therefore, the enemies that need to be faced will become stronger and stronger. To be on the safe side, we should go together.

Besides, the more people there are, the faster the cleaning will be.It seems like a waste of time on the road, but in fact it's faster.Therefore, don’t dwell on superficial phenomena, but carefully consider the pros and cons.

Although his previous command was almost zero, everyone still felt that since he led everyone here, what he said made sense.Therefore, they stopped worrying and left quickly with Guo Kang.

Guo Kang warned everyone that they could celebrate and cheer loudly before, but when it comes to action, they must remain silent and don't speak casually without request.Everyone fell silent.

Although some people still couldn't help but want to express their emotions, but more people were curious and showing off about the new identity of "soldier", and they told him to shut up and asked him not to act like someone with no combat experience. Like ordinary civilians.

Facing these guys pretending to be veterans, Guo Ponu was helpless, but Captain Lucas was quite happy.He told Guo Ponu that in his hometown, people who have survived two conflicts can indeed be regarded as veterans.Having this kind of mentality is also a good thing. After all, many times, combat skills can be developed, but a good mentality is difficult to develop.

Although Guo Ponu ran outside every day, he actually knew nothing about leading troops.It seemed to make sense, so she could only nod.

"What we lack here is not training methods and means." Guo Kang told her: "The most critical issue is how to make people realize 'I want to fight' and actively pursue victory. To achieve this, Other issues are just trivial.”

"Is that so..." Guo Ponu actually couldn't explain clearly: "I have always felt that the morale and desire to fight of the legionnaires are high enough."

“That kind of morale comes from the accumulation in the past, but now we are facing a new group of people.” Guo Kang said: “If we don’t explain the truth to them quickly, it may take decades to reach this level. This will definitely delay our entire plan.”

"After we have reorganized the ordinary people here, we will have to promote it throughout the Ross area in the future." He put forward his own ideas: "In addition to what I said, we definitely need to train more people and let them promote it; we also need to set up A better mechanism will allow more people who are not personally involved in today’s matter to see the direct benefits.”

"In our army, the reward and punishment system is too simple." He pointed out: "Look, now, we only have an ordinary army establishment, and the reward for military merit is simply the distribution of trophies. This is too simple. I think it should be reorganized. Military princes are established."

"Furthermore, soldiers with military exploits may not necessarily be good at commanding, so it may not be appropriate to promote them to senior officers. But just giving them money is too monotonous. We can completely refer to the Qin and Han Dynasties, award titles, and then give them higher salaries based on this. .”

"In this way, it not only provides reputational praise, but also provides tangible material rewards, and can also give them clearer goals. Especially in the Ross area, which has a very poor foundation, it must be more efficient than now. .”

Guo Ponu really didn't seem to have thought about this and began to think deeply.

Guo Kang is very confident about this. "Destroying monsters and upgrading" can be said to be one of the methods that has been certified in many aspects and has the best motivational effect.From the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period to the games, entertainment and literary works of his time, they are all full of this factor.

If he didn't think it might be too shocking, in addition to "beating barbarians to upgrade", he would even want to introduce "head lottery".A first-level battle achievement gives an opportunity to draw a grand prize, which will definitely mobilize everyone's enthusiasm at a lower cost...

"One more thing." He scratched his head with some pity and said to Guo Ponu: "This kind of title can be partially separated from the actual command system in the army at the middle and high levels. In this way, it can also cope with battlefield military merit and command ability. There are conflicting issues. In addition, we can also take this opportunity to continue to expand the scope of retained sergeants."

"What do you mean?" Guo Ponu asked.

"That's what I just said. Retaining a certain number of veterans with titles should be very beneficial to improving combat effectiveness." Guo Kang said: "We not only need to train and maintain a group of officers, but also a group of sergeants. He holds the position of captain of corps, captain of ten and above."

"Training?" Guo Ponu asked again, "What training?"

"The basic rules of war, the principles behind military discipline... these are what I talked about today, as well as more professional things, we must teach them." Guo Kang said: "It doesn't need to be too profound, but at least let them understand the basics Something that can be relayed to the soldiers."

"In addition to this kind of training, we also need regular discussions and exchanges to obtain the battlefield experience and skills accumulated by veterans in each army. Then, we can hold short-term supplementary courses during winter camps or during breaks to learn about these situations Tell everyone. In this way, the efficiency of improving technology can be much higher."

"In that case..." Guo Ponu scratched his head: "Ordinary soldiers are fine, but those hundreds of households and retained veterans are more stubborn than each other. Who are you going to ask to teach them? Are you busy? I don't know if everyone will agree. This idea…”

"It's okay, this is just for 'quick success'." Guo Kang is not too entangled in this: "How can our group of people compare with other serious legions? No matter the background or the quality of the soldiers, they will definitely not be able to keep up. Since In this way, if we make a few special cases and strive to reach a usable level as soon as possible, there is no reason for anyone to object."

"That's true..." Guo Ponu thought for a moment and felt that it was indeed the case.

"I think the biggest problem is not here, but how to select manpower and reason with everyone." Guo Kang continued: "We still have too few reliable manpower. The Ross area is so big, it is still far away from the current people. It’s not enough. We must promote education as soon as possible and train more capable people to achieve such an ambitious goal.”

"As for now, what I think of is the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty." He told Guo Ponu: "It is said that during the war with the Huns, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted many descendants of the fallen soldiers as his guards, called' Orphans of Habayashi'. Just now, I saw several people who fought desperately and died in front of my eyes. I want them to go to school and receive education."

"I remember that Queen Elizabeth was doing this kind of thing. But her side was full of abandoned girls, and the Queen Mother seemed to only focus on teaching everyone to fight." Guo Ponu scratched his head and said: "In this case... then we will go back Submit an application and let the church open a school and sponsor these people to go to school. This can be regarded as repaying their father and brother."

"We need people with firm beliefs and sufficient knowledge." Guo Kang agreed: "You will know then how much advantage such an army has when facing the barbarians." "That's too far. ." Guo Ponu murmured in a low voice: "I would rather have some empirical evidence as soon as possible to prove that these ideas of yours are right."

"Does this need to be proven in the future? You can tell by looking at the past." Guo Kang disagreed: "You can understand it if you look at the changes in Rome's military system. The history of the development of the army is also the history of the gradual downward expansion of the source of troops."

"The earliest military system can be traced back to the royal period. King Servius Tullius established a conscription system based on property levels. The richest Romans had to prepare their own horses, weapons and armor, so they were called For the knightly class. They had 18 Centuries."

"Below the knights, there are five infantry classes. The first three classes have 80, 20, and 20 centurions respectively, responsible for providing heavy infantry. The fourth and fifth classes do not have the ability to prepare enough armor, so they provide 20 and 30 Centuries of light infantry.”

"The poor people below the fifth class are too poor to prepare even the most basic bronze weapons, so they are not within the scope of regular soldiers. This group of people does not belong to the infantry class. The Romans called them 'Proletarius'."

"This word is used to describe 'proletarians', but its original meaning is actually 'heirs'. Because when the property statistics are routinely conducted every five years, these people can't come up with anything of value at all, they can only He regarded his son as his only property, hence his name."

"Similarly, their only role for the country is to reproduce offspring and provide a population. During wartime, the proletarian class will provide one or two centurions, but they are unarmed and cannot go to the battlefield. They can only undertake logistics and handyman work. Basically, it has nothing to do with combat."

"Why did you suddenly start talking about such remote military history?" Guo Ponu asked confused.

Guo Kang felt that this was not considered out of the ordinary.For example, the proper noun Proletarius was later introduced into Chinese, so the term "general public" came into being.Although it looks like some kind of native idiom, it is actually a Roman word...

"You will know if you look at the subsequent changes." Guo Kang replied: "With the development of the times, the scope of conscription has been expanding. The organizational capabilities of the state power are getting stronger and stronger, and individuals no longer need to prepare their own weapons. In the era of Marius and Sulla, wealthy people still needed armed legions, but by the Eastern Roman period, the country's own way of organizing its army had been finalized. In this way, people with lower social classes could also receive training. Participating in the war as the main force actually expanded the scope of military resources and increased the country's war potential."

"Of course, there is another way: We all know that the knight class in Rome has very poor combat effectiveness, and the army mainly relies on heavy infantry. Therefore, the main military force of the country is these people with medium property status. Moreover, from Rome to Siris, everyone can come to this conclusion."

"In this way, it is easy to think of another way of thinking: a person in the richest class has enough wealth to support 10 heavy infantry; but his combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as those ten heavy infantry - maybe even one of them Not as good as that. In that case, why not divide his family property and distribute it to the poorer classes so that they can also become members of the military cadre?"

"Yes, this is very familiar." Guo Ponu suddenly realized.

"Since Shang Yang, Siris has been using this method to enhance its military strength." Guo Kang said: "On our side, the situation is even more extreme."

"For a person like Alexander, if his family's property is distributed to the poor, he can produce hundreds of qualified legion infantry at a time - and I am sure that this is far from the entire property of his gang." He said firmly: "We Eliminating these people and distributing the ill-gotten gains to the victims not only maintains justice, but also strengthens the foundation of Rome. In other words, the increase in our combat effectiveness is the reward of our Heavenly Father for our justice."

Guo Ponu thought for a moment and agreed.

"Look, I just said that those at the lowest level in Rome could only provide heirs to the country. Then we might as well think about it again, what can people like Alexander provide to the country?" Guo Kang continued thinking.

"I don't think he can provide anything." Guo Ponu blurted out.

"His descendants are definitely not good people. These rituals, as well as various previous evil activities, have caused such a big fuss. How can the people in his family not know about it at all? I think it is impossible."

"It's better for such a bad guy to go to hell with him. Rome is not a trash can. Don't give everything to the country." She said with disgust.

"Yes. What can he do?" Guo Kang also shrugged: "His business, even those black market businesses, are all done by minions like Sergei. He has so much money, but he What? If I change someone else, or even put a dog here, I can continue to run. Then what use is he?"

"What is money? Money is a kind of power that can mobilize social resources and allow materials and manpower to move according to the needs of the holder." Guo Kang said straightforwardly: "In this case, its holders should be helpful to society. And since a person like Alexander is of no use to the running of the country, why should we give him this kind of power?”

"A lot of power has just flowed into the hands of people who are not worthy of holding it. And now, a lot of problems in Rome come from this chaos in power distribution." Guo Kang shook his head and said: "The great meaning of "Spring and Autumn" lies in To bring order out of troubled times, everything is reversed. But what about now? Faced with this kind of chaos, shouldn't a gentleman bring order out of chaos and bring the country back on track?"

"It's easier to understand when you put it this way..." Guo Ponu pondered.

Guo Kang nodded and was about to continue saying something when suddenly a figure jumped down from the tree and rushed towards him.

Guo Ponu reacted quickly and stepped forward to block Guo Kang.She moved so fast that not only the soldiers next to her didn't react, but the attacker didn't even have time to turn and jumped directly into her arms, stretching out his hands and head to make a hug.

Guo Kang took a closer look and realized it was Meltem - she just rushed over and kissed Guo Ponu directly on the face.

Guo Ponu was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and threw her away.And Meltem let out a miserable scream.

"What happened? What happened?"

The soldiers who had remained silent just now all rushed forward and started asking questions.

(End of this chapter)