Song Dynasty

Chapter 67 Rules
Yue Yun jumped up again, and pointed to his chin: "You called me the head of Beiwei Jundu, did I hear you right?"

"What you, me, me, this is the army." Wang Shen deliberately darkened his face.

"Yes, General." Yue Yun replied subconsciously.

Wang Shen: "Yes, you heard it right. Why, if you don't want to, forget it."

"How can I forget it, I will take my place." Yue Yun bowed down happily: "Thank you general, thank you general, Yue Yun takes orders."

Wang Shen said indifferently: "I think you understand what a Beiwei soldier is. It is the essence of an army. The leader of the army is also a first-class warrior who can fight. If you feel that your ability is not enough, you don't need to force yourself."

"It's not that I'm not capable enough, I'm not bragging. From my point of view, no one in this army is my opponent." Yue Yun waited and scanned the crowd: "Whoever is not convinced, let's fight."

All the generals said: "Submit, obey, obey." Everyone laughed in their hearts: Yue Xiaoye spent all day in Jiankang this month, drinking and playing money with his soldiers in the city, fighting with soldiers from other troops in the sky, breaking through. There are many misfortunes.However, it's strange to say that when fighting with others, Yue Yingxiang didn't seem to have suffered any disadvantages, and now he really won the battle.Although he is the general's brother-in-law, but with his martial arts skills, he is the leader of the army.

Wang Shen: "Yue Yun, do you still dare to mess around?"

Yue Yun hurriedly begged for mercy: "Don't dare, dare not."

Wang Shen looked serious: "Since you can enter my camp, you will be bound by our military law. Today I want to set a rule for everyone. The so-called, there is no rule without rules. The military law is certain. If someone violates it in the future, the king of heaven will not show mercy." .If you refuse, I will remove you from the first position at any time."

"Yes, I just listen to you."

Soon, Wang Shen also fixed the number of deputy capital heads, generals and corporal leaders below, and took out a booklet full of words from his sleeve and read it.

Needless to say, this is the new military law that Wang Shen improved according to the actual situation of the Song army according to the rules and regulations of the later generations of the army.

Over the past month, while fleeing and gathering the defeated army, Wang Shen was thinking about this matter, and finally came up with a draft a few days ago.

After reading, Wang Shen asked: "This is my new military regulation. If you have anything to say, say it now."

Lu Can frowned, and said, "General, this military regulation is detailed and complete. However, I disagree with one point."

Wang Shen: "Please tell me."

Lu Can: "Isn't the dietary standard of two taels of meat per person a day a bit high? It's not a small expense."

Wang Shen: "Let me ask Marquis Yu, is the price of meat high now?"

Lu Can: "It's not very high. The south of the Yangtze River is rich and prosperous. A catty of raw meat is less than [-] Wen, and cured meat is about [-] Wen."

"It will go up. There will be a war soon. When there is a war, prices will soar."

Lu Can was shocked: "Then I will go to the city tomorrow to buy more bacon, chicken, duck and salted fish."

"That's right, you go do it." Wang Shen smiled in his heart, and secretly said: Lu Can, how do you know how I will train soldiers next?Although the nutrition of the Song people is good, after training with a lot of exercise, if they don't supplement protein or eat meat, soldiers will be disabled by training.

Lu Can: "One more thing, Jiangnan doesn't produce sheep, so it's not easy to get so much meat."

Hearing what he said, Wang Shen realized that Lu Can was wrong.The meat he mentioned originally referred to pork, but in this era, pigs had not been bred in large quantities, and the taste was not good.

The reason is very simple. The breed of pigs in this era has not been improved, and they are free-range, so the meat production rate is also low.For livestock like pigs, if they want to grow meat, they cannot rely on grass alone. They need to be fed wheat bran, soybean skin, rice bran, and grain when they are growing meat.Otherwise, even if you feed it for a year, you will still be very thin. This is the so-called old pig.

Breeding any livestock has a meat-to-grain ratio.For ordinary people, there is not enough food in their own fields, so why feed animals?
Therefore, Song people do not eat pork.One is that it is troublesome to feed, and the other is that the taste is really not very good.It wasn't until Su Dongpo invented the method of Dongpo pork that pork gradually entered the people's table.

Unlike sheep, pigs can graze on their own when they are released.As for chickens, they can eat worms by themselves, and ducks are easier. There are many small fish and shrimps in the rivers of Jiangnan water towns.According to an article that Wang Shen read before, during the Republic of China, farmers raising ducks in Gaoyou drove the ducks along the river to Yangzhou to buy when the ducks were three months old and had not yet grown up.Along the way, the ducks ate up the fish, shrimps, and snails in the river. After arriving in Yangzhou, the ducks doubled in weight and were ready to be slaughtered.

Thinking of this, Wang Shen nodded: "Then we won't buy meat. The army's meat is mainly chicken, duck, fish and shrimp."

"General, I don't understand something." Wang Danian stood up: "The general's rules are really too big. For example, the barracks must be cleaned every day, clothes and quilts must be neatly stacked, and weapons and armor must be placed in a fixed place. , Isn’t it too troublesome? Also, soldiers have fixed limbs for how to sit and sleep. Also, how to walk for two people and how to line up for three people are all stipulated. Isn’t this embarrassing?”

"Yes, yes." All the generals nodded slightly. This rule is really incomprehensible. It seems that no one has done this in other troops before.

Before Wang Shen could answer, Yue Yun slapped the table and yelled loudly: "Wang Danian, what does the general tell you to do, you do it, what is Luo Mo? Are you not convinced, do you want to eat me?"

Wang Danian was actually a shy child, blushed, and murmured: "Yes, the general has an order, so I will do it."

Seeing that he was stunned, Yue Yun said triumphantly: "That's right, the general's military order has been issued, whoever agrees, whoever opposes, well, this matter is settled like this."

All the generals said at the same time: "Obey."

Wang Shen was overjoyed, this army really needs a villain like Yue Yun to show his face!However, Yue Yun is the future leading general, it would be a pity to let him be the military discipline officer, and neither could Lu Can.

He called out: "Chen Da."

A man about 30 years old stood up. Unlike the others who were dressed in military uniform, this man was dressed as a scribe.

General Wang Shen handed him the regulations: "You will be the military discipline officer and supervise all the sergeants. If there is any violation, you will be dealt with according to the regulations. You should be beaten or killed. You don't need to report it, and you don't need to talk about anyone's affection."

"Yes, General." Chen Da took it.

This Chen Da was brought back from Jiangbei by Wang Shen. He used to be a security guard in Qingzhou government office in Shandong. After fleeing to Huaixi, he almost died at the hands of bandits.

This person used to be a small official in the Hejian Mansion, and what he did was the work of criminal records, and the whole family of this person died under the sword of the golden man. He has an extreme personality and a ruthless face. He is a suitable candidate for the military police.Chen Da was also extremely grateful to Wang Shen, the lifesaver, and always regarded himself as a loyal servant in front of him.

The so-called "It's easy to practice in the Gongmen", and it's a criminal case. Chen Da has been rolling in it for more than ten years, and it's not like he hasn't done anything unconscionable, which makes his expression look a bit sinister.Especially being stared at by Huang Chengcheng's suspicious eyes, the hair on the back of the neck involuntarily stood on end.

Seeing him as a military judge, everyone had a bad feeling.

Yes, the military regulations made by General Wang Shen are really too detailed, covering everything from drills and formations, to fighting against the enemy, and to getting up, walking, sitting and lying down on weekdays, if you want to avoid being picked out by Chen Da It's so hard.

I thought today's meeting would be over by now, but I didn't want to. After appointing new officers and promulgating new regulations, Wang Shen took out a booklet thicker than the previous military regulations from his sleeve, and said: "This is training. Outline, cough...it is the training method for recruits. In fact, the regulations mentioned just now also belong to the content of the training method for recruits. Some of our officers are illiterate, Chen Da, please read it."

Everyone is wondering about the training method for recruits. Gu Lie and others in the army are all old men from the Western Army, and they have also led soldiers. At worst, let them practice according to the Shaanxi Army. Is it necessary to implement a new method? ?
"Yes, General." Chen Da took it, cleared his throat, and read aloud.

The new exercises are very long, and it took me half an hour to read them all.

Gu Lie frowned when he heard that, although the other officers who had no experience in leading troops could not understand what they heard, they vaguely felt that not only the recruits, but also their own life would be difficult in the future.What's more, Wang Shen's maneuvers also need to be unreasonable or even absurd, which made the officers think nothing of it.

Wang Shen: "Everyone here, including battalion sergeants and strokes, many people have experienced the bloody battle in Pingyuan Town with me. Don't think that you have seen blood on your hands and killed people, and you are old people on the battlefield. To be honest , you still can’t do it. Everyone must have seen what kind of soldiers bully Li Yu’s subordinates. They are just a group of refugees, a group of magic sticks, and they are not real enemies at all. If you really go to the battlefield with this mentality, you have to eat it. Big loss."

"In the last battle of Pingyuan Town, I don't want to say more about what happened when Li Cheng's cavalry fought over. You all saw it with your own eyes. When we fought the Jinan Army, it went smoothly, but we were rushed away by others. , became a lamb waiting to die. If Li Cheng hadn’t accepted the imperial court’s offer later, maybe we would all be dead bones now.”

"Li Chengjun is already like this. Just imagine, once you meet a Jurchen who is more fierce than Li Cheng, what will happen? I advise everyone to put away your arrogance. Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, but arrogance is."

Wang Shen's voice became louder and harsher: "The Jurchens have already reached Jiangbei, and a bloody battle is about to begin. I will count my fate here first. If you are dragged to the battlefield in your current situation, a certain Guarantee that no one can come back alive. This training will last for one month, and everyone must pass, including you. Don’t think that you are officers, just give orders on the training ground and shout a few times. If you can’t compare with ordinary soldiers Do better, and don’t need to lead troops, and replace it with others.”

Everyone's heart trembled, and they said in unison: "Yes, this subordinate obeys orders."

When everyone quieted down, someone couldn't help but ask, "General."

"Report before you speak." Chen Da gave the man a cold look.

"Report."

Wang Shen: "Speak."

The officer stood up: "General, the Jurchens are really stronger than Li Cheng. What happened when you met them in Jiangbei?"

Among the generals present, only Gu Lie and a few other people had fought against the Jin soldiers. Everyone was very curious about the words that the Jin soldiers were dissatisfied and invincible.

Wang Shen sighed suddenly: "It's stronger than Li Cheng's army. It's very strong. Let's put it this way, when someone recruited refugees in Jiangbei, he recruited at most 2000 people at one time, but he met the Jinren army that day. The number was not large. There are only a dozen or so Jurchens and more than 200 Hebei signing troops. My subordinates collapsed after one meeting. At night, there were only about twenty people left around a certain person. During this month, my troops have been gathered and scattered , The gathering is really unbearable..."

He fell silent, and his thoughts returned to the month in Jiangbei.

After a while, he said: "Everyone, don't be careless. You sweat more in peacetime, but you bleed less in war."

Only then did Chen Da sternly say: "Tonight all the officers must memorize the drills, but if they pass the test, they are not allowed to go back to sleep."

(End of this chapter)