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Chapter 224: Captive Performance, Exemption from Labor Service

Liu Sheng asked Helianyue who he should use to attack Gucheng. First, he reminded Helianyue that when he was the commander-in-chief, he should not do everything himself, but should know how to leave things to other generals.

The second is to see how well Helianyue knows and employs people - if a general does not understand the abilities of other generals and does not know how to employ people, it will be difficult for him to take on his responsibilities.

Zhang Ao once accompanied Yang Heqing to attack Xinyang Prefecture and many other prefectures and counties. After taking command of the [-]th Brigade, he led troops to capture Tongbai.

Mao Chengguo had never experienced leading troops to attack a city alone.

Comparing the two, it is obvious that Zhang Ao is more suitable to be the candidate to capture Gucheng.

Therefore, after hearing what He Lianyue said, Liu Sheng nodded with a smile, "Then let Zhang Ao lead the troops to capture Gucheng - after capturing Gucheng, station them on the spot. When the time is right, send troops to capture Guanghua and Jun state."

"Yes!" Zhang Ao first agreed, then hesitantly said: "Commander, if we take Guanghua and Junzhou again, will there be insufficient troops?"

Liu Sheng smiled, "So we have to wait for the right time - after this battle, our army will continue to expand our army, and then we will have enough troops."

When they heard that the army would be expanded again soon, the three of them showed excitement.

He Lianyue asked again: "Commander, when will Zaoyang be captured?"

"After expanding the army, let Mao Chengguo take Zaoyang. You should focus on guarding Xiangyang. You can do more homework on Yicheng and Nanzhang, and strive to capture the entire Xiangyang Prefecture in one fell swoop after expanding the army."

"As ordered!"

Then Liu Sheng discussed some other military issues with several people.

For example, soldiers could be drawn from the civilian brave battalions brought from Runing and Nanyang to form a Xiangyang garrison on the spot; more civilian brave battalions could be formed using the Xiangyang rural soldiers who surrendered and the Xiangyang civilian warriors trained in February, etc.

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On June [-], Liu Sheng led the Guards back to Xinye.

Wen You, the commander of the second brigade, Wang Dalu, the military and political officer, Wen Dongbing, the commander of the third regiment, and other regiment-level generals immediately came to see him.

"See Master!"

"You have worked hard in the past few days. Are those prisoners of the Ming army still at peace?"

Wen You and others have been really nervous and even a little worried in the past few days.

Excluding the surrendered Xinye rural soldiers, the Wei tribe actually only had one brigade headquarters, half a regiment and eight civilian warrior battalions in Xinye.

Guarding [-] to [-] prisoners with [-] men was as exciting as sitting on a powder keg.

Thinking of those Ming army prisoners, Wen You looked slightly strange, but still replied: "Reporting to the commander-in-chief, except for some servants and cavalrymen, most of the Ming army prisoners were very peaceful.

Especially those who came from local rural soldiers and civilian husbands, probably because they were treated so poorly in the Ming army, they were quite cooperative with our management.

At present, we have tried to let the military and political officers carry out activities such as complaining and heart-to-heart talks among these prisoners, and the results have been very good. "

"It seems that you have done a good job indeed." Liu Sheng nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "How did the prisoners from the Li and Luo tribes perform?"

Wen You said: "Except for a few who deserted and wanted to escape, the vast majority are very honest and do whatever they are told."

"In this case, we will first select 4 soldiers from the [-] people, and then select some soldiers and officers from the Runing Minyong Camp as the backbone. Your second brigade will select people as regiment-level generals to form the Xinye Garrison Regiment, Nanyang Guard Group!

Li and Luo are still entrenched in Nanyang, plundering money, food, and people. It is really abominable!

Under such circumstances, we can only take over Nanyang as soon as possible by making changes and freeing up troops! "

"As ordered!"

At dawn in the morning, Yu Hongyu got up to the sound of the copper whistle.

After washing up with the team members, drinking a bowl of millet porridge with an oily and salty taste, we led the team to the construction site.

The ditches in their fields have long been repaired, and now weirs and reservoirs are being built.

Seeing that late June is almost here, it still doesn’t rain. I heard that the water level of the Baihe River has dropped so much that only small fishing boats can be used.The water level of Tangbai River is higher, but it is not much better.

Yu Hongyu only hopes that the ditches and weirs and ponds they have built now will be of great use next year.

Just as Chen Junzheng said, if Xinye encounters drought again in the next few years, the water stored in these ditches and weirs they dug will be able to irrigate many fields and save many crops.

He usually used these words to encourage other prisoners in the brigade.

But he felt in his heart that the main reason why everyone was willing to obey the boss's arrangements and work honestly was because the boss treated them as human beings and took care of their food and drink.

Although I only have three large bowls of millet porridge a day, there is nothing dry to eat, and I am often hungry, it is still much better than those people who starved to death in the severe drought.Even better than those prisoners of the Ming Army - I heard that the prisoners of the Ming Army only had two bowls of clear porridge every day, and no oil star.

Every time everyone talks about this, they feel that they are closer to the Yibu, after all, they are all rebels.

As a result, they worked more attentively and rarely caused trouble to the Yibu rebels who were supervising them.

In addition, competitions between major teams and small teams also play a certain role.

For the team that worked well and a lot, the food that night was improved. Sometimes it was a big pot of horse offal, sometimes it was bone soup, or multigrain pancakes.

Team captains and squad leaders like him can even receive towels, wooden basins, bean paste and other items as rewards personally awarded by Military and Political Officer Chen. They are both benefited and face-saving, and feel very happy.

Because the weather was too hot, the prisoners would hear the sound of the copper bell from dawn in the morning to before noon (before 11 a.m.), and they would withdraw and go back for lunch.

After that, I rest until the beginning of the afternoon, then go out to work, and come back before dark.

After lunch, after only half an hour's sleep, Chen Junzheng would come over and teach them literacy and arithmetic, tell them stories, or find someone to talk to.

Now, almost all the prisoners in his battalion regard Chen Junzheng as a close friend and respect him very much.

After lunch break, Chen Heng came as usual.

He smiled and said: "Today I bring good news to everyone - the commander learned that everyone has performed well in the past half month, and some activists have performed particularly well, so he decided to exempt some people from their remaining labor."

Hearing this, Yu Hongyu and others became happy.

Although there are only a few days left in the originally agreed month of labor service, who wouldn't be happy to be released from prisoner status in advance?
Immediately, many people became anxious, wondering if they were among the people who were exempted from labor in advance.

Some prisoners who were not diligent in their work felt even more regretful.

Chen Heng continued: "For those who are exempted from labor and leave the prison camps, if they meet the conditions, they can directly join the Xinye Guard Regiment and Nanyang Guard Regiment that are being formed.

When the garrison army was in our army, it was a higher level army than the civilian brave army. It was paid and had a good future.

Of course, we will not force those who do not meet our recruitment requirements, or those who no longer want to be soldiers, and will arrange to farm on the spot - our army will lend them interest-free rations, seeds, and farm tools for those who work in the fields. survive this year's drought.As long as you are not lazy, you can definitely survive. "

This was regarded as fulfilling the original promise made by the Ministry of Education to the prisoners. Yu Hongyu and others were not surprised when they heard this.

Now they are eager to know whether they are exempt from hard labor.

Chen Heng did not deliberately whet everyone's appetite. After speaking, he announced on the spot the list of personnel in the battalion who were exempted from labor service.

Not many, only 100 people.

Captain Yu Hongyu and squad leader Niu Dacheng, who performed outstandingly in the camp, were among them.

After more than 100 people were selected, Chen Heng encouraged the remaining 400 people.

He first said: "There are already a lot of people in our battalion who have been exempted from the labor service period, up to 100 people. In fact, many prisoner camps only have a few dozen people, and they are all selected from the best, so don't be discouraged if you are not selected.

Firstly, the labor service will end in ten days; secondly, as long as everyone performs well in the subsequent labor service, they will also get credit.

If you have enough merit, after being released as a prisoner, whether you become a civilian warrior or a guard force, there will be benefits, and you can even become an officer directly.

Even if you don't serve as a soldier and go to farm, our army will remember your kindness and give you more food rations. "

A few people originally planned to fish or even be lazy in the remaining ten days. After hearing this, they immediately gave up their thoughts and prepared to work hard to gain benefits for the future.

Of course, most of the captives have simple and simple thoughts and don't think too much.

But after hearing Chen Heng's words, they felt less disappointed, and even felt inspired and more motivated.

As for Yu Hongyu, Niu Dacheng and others, their experience one day after leaving the prison camp with Chen Heng was like a dream.

Both of them were incorporated into the Nanyang Guard Regiment. Due to their outstanding performance during labor, Yu Hongyu directly served as the chief, and Niu Dacheng directly served as the corps commander.

Then the superiors issued armor, weapons and some marching supplies. Although they were all captured from the Ming army, in the eyes of the two of them, they were better than the elite soldiers and equipment they had seen in the invasion army!

When the whole regiment gathered and lined up, the two were even more surprised to find that their regimental military officer was their old "boss", Chen Heng!

When they first joined the garrison, the two of them were a little nervous at first. But now that they saw Chen Heng, they immediately felt at ease. They held their heads high and listened to the speeches of the regimental commander, regimental deputy, and regimental military administrator...

　Make up one more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)