Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() In the Daying Camp of Luojia Town, Nanyang Prefecture, the three commanders of the Nanyang Camp - He Fei, Shu Mo and Zu Ge sat around a table filled with sumptuous dishes.

In Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion, not only the official rank of the court was used as the criterion for distinguishing officers and soldiers.In the Runing Battalion, military attaches above, including the vice-captain of the centurion, were called officers.

The captain and deputy captain of the ten-man team, as well as veterans of more than three years, formed a class similar to the non-commissioned officers in the modern army.And the following are ordinary soldiers.Of course, ordinary soldiers are also divided into auxiliary soldiers and recruits.One-year veterans, two-year veterans, etc., their treatment is also different.

However, below the rank of non-commissioned officer, the treatment of all soldiers is not much different, but as long as they enter the rank of officer, the salary, benefits, and food standards in the army will be greatly improved.Therefore, in the Runing Camp, the process of promotion from non-commissioned officers to officers is jokingly called "climbing the dragon's gate".

And there is only one way to become an officer, and that is to select a group of outstanding non-commissioned officers every six months, go to Wu Shigong's personal army to train for half a year to a year, and then distribute them to various units to become low-level officers.Therefore, non-commissioned officers into the personal army is also nicknamed "Shanglong Boat".

Wu Shigong did not deliberately pursue the unity of officers and soldiers in terms of treatment.On the contrary, he believes that those officers who have made great contributions should be given good treatment that far exceeds the level of soldiers.

In fact, this approach is also very reasonable.Take a look at the two famous generals when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty-Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.At that time, their prestige in the army was quite high.

However, Wei Qing ate and slept with the soldiers, but Huo Qubing, except for one famous Jiuquan incident, when he led the army, he didn't care about the poor food eaten by the soldiers, but he himself always enjoyed fine food, and even went out to fight. He also brought a group of chefs to serve himself.But both of them won successive battles against the Huns.

What does this mean?This shows that the soldiers' requirements for the generals are actually very simple. The soldiers only ask the generals to bring them home safely, and the soldiers only ask the generals to lead them to win battles and get rich rewards.And the soldiers didn't care about what the generals ate or wore.

What Wu Shigong's Runing camp pursued was not the superficial equality of treatment, but equality of opportunity.Every recruit in the Runing Battalion will have detailed promotion criteria read out to them by their officers when they first enter the camp.As long as the standard is met, every recruit can be promoted.As for whether they can be promoted, it depends on their own efforts.

As a result, a very good atmosphere was formed in the Runing camp.Basically every soldier and officer is training hard to improve themselves.Moreover, a positive non-commissioned officer group has been formed in the Runing Battalion, and there is also an officer group with a strong sense of honor.That's why the Runing Battalion invented the kind of red-eye tactic that seemed a bit brain-dead.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the three commanders of the Nanyang Camp ate so well today.Of course, there is no wine on the table today.Generally in the army of the Runing Battalion, drinking alcohol is absolutely prohibited.So the three military officers had no choice but to replace wine with tea.

After taking a sip of tea, Chu Ge said to Shumo: "Master Shu, you have dug ditches and pits outside your camp. Every time my cavalry enters and exits, they are worried. This is too much .”

Shumo rolled his eyes and replied: "What can I do? The earthen wall of this camp is only two feet high, and there is no money to buy stones and bricks. Now I can only build the earthen wall hastily. and it will take one or two years for the earthen wall to dry, and now if the enemy invades, even if they hit it with wooden stakes a few times, the earthen wall may collapse. Think of a way out!"

"But you, Chuhuhu, won't worry about this problem. Your mobile battalion has not recruited many people so far. Even if you let your mobile battalion line up on the road out of the camp, no one will fall into the ditch. .”

Zug immediately opened his eyes and argued: "Then what can I do? My lord said that I would be given twenty officers and fifty horses. But I have only been given ten men and twenty horses until now. I will How to go about it, Mr. Deng and the old masters in the cashier spread their hands and gave me two words: no!"

"I have been posting notices in Nanyang Mansion for so long, and I have only selected 34 soldiers who led horses to join the army. What is their background? They are all bandits. They all want to clean up the white. It's not that no one will come again Vote. But I don’t dare to recruit! If I recruit again like this, won’t my mobile battalion become a den of bandits? If there is a war, what should I do if there is something like fleeing or surrendering to the enemy? Swallow me?"

Chu Ge's words resonated with He Fei and Shu Mo.At the time of King Qin, the escape of soldiers who were bandits had caused too much damage to the Runing Camp.Therefore, the principle of recruiting soldiers in the Runing Battalion is to avoid those old bandits as much as possible.Even if it has to be recruited, it must be used with caution.Of course, except for military officers and soldiers who have been tested as bandits like Zug.Zug and the others no longer classify themselves as bandits.

He Fei said: "Then why don't you beg Mr. Li? Mr. Li is soft and not hard, you won't say more good things?"

Chu Ge replied with grief and indignation: "Why didn't I go to ask? I went back to Runing Camp that Muxiu, and my face cramped from laughing with Mr. Li. Mr. Li also helped me and took me to those places. There are children who work as grooms. Needless to say, I have seen them all. Although the bodies of those children have not yet fully grown, they are all about seventeen or eighteen years old, but their immediate kung fu can still be seen. And there are more than 100 people.”

"Master Li is merciful and wants to give me fifty people. This is not bad. With these fifty people and recruiting some bandits with horses, at least my mobile battalion can be set up. But Master Li told I, my lord, took more than half of the horses from the Runing camp when I went out to fight, and now I can give them to my people, and there are no more horses."

"But the cavalry is useless as a horse? I'm so worried. I'm not afraid of your jokes, I already have the idea of ​​stealing my wife's dowry to buy a horse."

"Don't!" He Fei immediately stretched out his hands to stop him, "Is there anyone in our Runing Camp who dares to offend your father-in-law and mother-in-law? Don't you want their weapons and armor? Their military uniforms Don’t you want the bedding?”

"Let's just talk about me. I have a long gun and so on. But the gap in the gun armor is so big that it can be used for a horse-drawn cart. Several times to ask for it, your old man always said in an official way: The workshop secretary has no manpower now. They are busy building iron materials and blacksmith workshops. And the recruits of each battalion need weapons, so let us wait patiently."

"But can I afford to wait? Although we have recruited all the infantry soldiers in the Nanyang Battalion, the training of firecracker shooting and battle formation tactics cannot be carried out due to the lack of firecrackers."

"Besides, this group of recruits from the miners is really great. As long as they are taught a few times, they will do well. This makes me envious, so I want to recruit more. And their miners are willing to At that time, when I recruited soldiers, I gritted my teeth and wiped out more than 1000 soldiers. Those who were wiped out were much better than the soldiers we recruited in Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion!"

Shumo continued: "Let's stop complaining. In fact, what we said is just one thing. We have no money in Nanyang Camp. Let me tell you a piece of news. Don't ask me where I got it from. Originally, the young master The silver allocated to our Nanyang camp is still enough. But the speed of the young master’s army expansion is too fast. This time, it happened to be a battle in the north. Therefore, the silver taels of our Runing camp are a little tight. So those old masters in the account room should allocate less Give us silver taels."

"Cao!" Chu Ge scolded, "Our Nanyang camp is like being raised by a stepmother. But you don't need to be secretive, Mr. Shu! Who doesn't know that you didn't get the news from your wife. Did you get it from your cousin?"

"You Chuhu, don't talk nonsense." Shu Mo was noncommittal to Chu Ge's guess, and then said, "Our Nanyang camp is still in trouble! But after the young master returns, no matter how much we can blame it, we can't blame it! At most, he would scold him a few more words."

He Fei also sighed, and said: "But the master's vision is quite accurate. He said that the world is going to be in chaos. No, he was going to fight in Liaodong. I heard that he was halfway there, but he met There was a rebellion in Shandong, and we all stayed there to fight. I didn’t know that the year of the monkey and the month of horses and horses could make decisions for us later. It’s really uncertain that the world will be in chaos.”

Shumo was also a little proud of his young master, he said: "Of course. My young master has a good eye since he was a child, otherwise why would he choose me as his school boy? But my good sight is also good. When I saw the young master, So I decided to serve him by his side, knowing that following the young master would definitely lead to success. In terms of vision in the Runing camp, the young master is the number one, and I am the second! Hahaha——!" After finishing speaking, Shumo was smug laughed out loud.

Chu Ge couldn't get used to Shumo's face, so he provoked him: "I will tell Master Li what you said. Tell him: You said that you are the second child of Runing Camp."

Shumo's laughter stopped abruptly, and he immediately responded angrily: "I will also tell Yang Goudan about your sleeping with Qiu Yuanwai's niece a few days ago."

"Okay! Alright! Don't fight in the nest!" He Fei persuaded from the side, "No matter how you say it, we didn't do the Nanyang camp well. My old He is sorry for the master! Shumo Tell me, if we find the financial resources to make Nanyang Camp decent, will Master be very happy?"

On the side, Chu Ge stared intently, waiting for Shumo's answer.But Shumo didn't notice Zuge's strangeness, he still said proudly: "Of course, I understand my young master's thoughts best. As long as we have the ability, it will be no problem to expand the Nanyang camp to 5000 people. But is this nonsense useful? There is no silver or no silver. The only way is that you Chuhu worked hard on your daughter-in-law. Maybe you can take care of your daughter-in-law. Your old man will help us give us some armor and guns Well. Let me just say here, as long as you, Chuhu, can do it, you just have to rest for a few days, and Lao He and I will take care of it for you."

Shumo still holds grudges, and wants to provoke Zuge in his words.

But Chu Ge and He Fei didn't seem to hear the second half of his words. After they glanced at each other, He Fei laughed and said: "Okay! It's our master who has the guts. Since you proposed to ask for money, then We all listen to you! Hahaha——!"

As soon as Shumo heard He Fei's words, he knew he had been tricked.He hurriedly said anxiously: "When did I say that I would find my own financial resources? Oh! I understand, you are talking about what Qiu Yuanwai said a few days ago! You are too disloyal. Today I set up a trick Let me drill it!"