The martial arts exercise ground is a large flat land, and when the Feng Weijun camped in the capital, this martial arts exercise ground was for the female soldiers to usually train or drill exercises, so it was very lenient.

In the east, there is also a high platform, on one side of the high platform is a flag floating, on the flag is a fire phoenix flying with wings and soaring in the sky, and on the other side of a flag floating is a huge Li character, which represents the banner of the current leader of the Phoenix Guard.

There were eleven people standing on the high platform, a middle-aged woman wearing armor stomach stood at the front, and ten women who were also wearing armor stomach stood side by side behind the middle-aged woman.

In about a quarter of an hour, 50,000 people were completely concentrated, and the crowd did not stand in an orderly formation, but gathered with familiar people, looking at their peers around them, whispering to the woman standing on the high platform, and their eyes could not hide their curiosity.

The middle-aged woman waved her right hand, and a woman on the far right behind her walked to the right side of the high platform, picked up the drumstick, and waved it heavily on the drum skin, and the dull sound of the dong dong sounded, and the rhythm went from slow to rapid at the beginning, and the ears of the people were deafening, as if the heartbeat was beating with the rhythm of the drum.

The little girls who were talking stopped talking, and all that remained of the world was the loud and low sound of drums. The drumming stopped, without warning, and it was a little uncomfortable to listen to.

The woman beating the drum returned to her place.

Then, the middle-aged woman standing at the front swept majestically from left to right, and the people she swept past had a feeling of numbness in their scalps, and even their bodies stood up straight. Zhao Xi sighed, he is another master, or a master who has seen blood, it seems that even after a few decades, Feng Weijun is still the emaciated camel, which should not be underestimated.

"My surname is Wei, and I am your deputy commander. You will remain under my jurisdiction for the next few years, and I don't care why you are here, but I can explain to you in advance that the court is not paying for you to be young ladies, and you will set foot on the battlefield one day.

If you don't care about your usual training, then the price may be your own life, and if you lose your own life, you can only say that you deserve it.

But what I am most afraid of is that you not only lost your own life, but also affected the lives of your comrades, I am afraid that you will not have the face to face your comrades when you go down to Jiuquan. ”

The middle-aged woman said these words calmly, not caring about the impact that the content of the words would have on these girls, who were only twelve years old.

There was a commotion in the crowd. At that time, the state government posted a request for the imperial court to recruit female soldiers on the notice board, and there was a corresponding obligation to enjoy the benefits, and even those who could not read could hear the state government send a document to each township and village to explain the content of the notice. So of course these girls know these things in their families.

Whether it was for the twenty cars a year, the eight acres of land allocated after retirement, or for the seemingly impossible hope of being knighted, they didn't think that there would be a real chance to go to war. Isn't it a big joke that a group of women go to war?

They come here, eat and live, and they can get money every year, which reduces the burden on the family, and they can also save a lot of dowry for themselves, what does it matter if they get married one or two years later? The female junior, holding the gold bricks, and returning to the township is afraid that there are many people who can marry.

But now this very serious deputy commander told them that they would go to war one day and might lose their lives, and they wanted to take it as a joke, but for some reason, everyone knew that it was not a joke, it was true.

All of a sudden, many people had the idea of quitting, some of the timid ones even cried quietly on the spot, many people looked at the deputy commander, and suddenly felt that her ordinary and ordinary face was very scary, and this empty flat land also had an eerie feeling, and the most terrifying thing was that they didn't know how to get out of this place.

Gradually, the cries converged, as if a stream was flowing towards the sea, and the sound grew louder. People's emotions are easily infected, so those girls who didn't want to cry were also affected by the crying people around them.

The corners of Zhao Xi's mouth twitched, and he looked at the little girls around him who were crying with snot speechlessly, and glanced at Han Yajing, who was also helpless, thinking that he was just describing the possibility of the future, as for it?

After a wrong look, I found that Yu Shu next to me also had red eyes, faint signs of crying, patted her on the shoulder, and said helplessly, "When you were a child, you always wanted to be a heroine, and you must beat your brother to the ground, and you are more powerful than your father, so why are you crying now?" ”

They often play together and are very familiar with each other, this time to come to Feng Weijun is also requested by Yu Shu herself, and finally has a chance to show her ambitions, where will she give up, regardless of the opposition of her family, she insists on coming, the Yu family finally compromised, and the only requirement is that she listen to Han Yajing and Zhao Xi more.

Yu Shu wiped her eyes embarrassedly and muttered, "Of course I didn't want to cry, didn't I get infected." ”

Why do soldiers who are motivated or facing a desperate battle exert great morale? Because I was infected by emotions. People have a group orientation, and when the mood is high, the heart is heroic, and the morale is naturally boosted; When the mood is sad, on the contrary, they will abandon the excess burden, fight against the water, and their morale will be strengthened because of sadness.

The same is true now.

The crying seemed to give the girls courage, and someone asked: "I don't want to join the Phoenix Guard now, I want to quit, and the money will be returned to you, is it okay?" ”

The sound of sobbing and choking came out, but it brought another kind of expectation to the others. Similar inquiries were heard from other directions.

Deputy Commander Wei didn't even look at where the voice came from, and said, "What do you think, when the will of the saint is child's play, is the notice of the imperial court a joke?" From the moment you enter the camp, you are eligible to receive this year's twenty taels of silver, and in that case, it is nonsense to say what to quit now.

At your age, being sold into a large family as a slave is only the selling price of twenty taels of silver, and you will be a subordinate for the rest of your life, and you will be married to your subordinates in the future, and the children born are also subordinates, and they will be slaves for generations, and they are only twenty taels of silver.

Now you can maintain the status of a good citizen, and you can still receive a salary of twenty taels of silver every year, and you can live to the age of twenty and return to your hometown to have your own eight acres of land, and you can save a dowry. If it's really unfortunate, you'll have a pension in your family. Compared with the twenty taels that you sold yourself into slavery, what could be better here, do you want to be slaves and maids and don't want to be good citizens? ”

There was silence for a moment. Beside Zhao Xi, Li Zhaodi, who was in the same room as her, whispered to Zhao Xi: "It seems to make sense to say this." ”

Zhao Xi thought to himself, of course this is unreasonable.

Because there is a very shameless concept of stealing in the words of Deputy Commander Wei, that is, selling oneself as a slave is compared with joining the army. But the girls here did not think of selling them into slavery at home, so the prerequisites were not right, and naturally there was nothing to compare.

If these girls didn't come to join the army, they might have worked a little harder, but at least their lives were worry-free, and even selling themselves into slavery did not mean that their lives would be in danger, unless they met a cold master or broke into a taboo. If you can save your life, what's wrong with being a slave, you only have one life.

But Deputy Commander Wei has a very correct saying, that is, the will of the Holy Lord is not child's play, so if there is no reason, how can these girls resist? What's more, she knows very well that how many rights she enjoys, how many obligations she has to pay.

Deputy Commander Wei decided not to dwell on these things anymore, and spoke again: "If you don't want to die, then try your best to make yourself strong." You have 50,000 men, and of those 50,000 are regular troops, and 20,000 are reserves.

I will temporarily divide you into ten battalions, each with a battalion commander, and you will have a year of training, and after a year you will be divided into regular and reserve armies. Be careful, those who are assigned to the Reserve Army will be the first enemy to face on the battlefield, and if you want to survive, try not to fall into the Reserve.

Now, I'm going to introduce you to your battalion commander, and then I will read which battalion commander is in charge of according to the roster. 1st Battalion Commander, Battalion Commander Zhang; the second battalion commander, the Su battalion commander; The third battalion commander, the commander of the Xu battalion ......"

Every time a name is read, the woman standing behind the deputy commander will take a few steps forward, so that the girls will know how many battalion commanders this is, so that they can know what their battalion commander is like when they can read the roster.

As for saying that the reserve army will be the first to go to the battlefield when the enemy is against the enemy, it is naturally a lie, just to create an atmosphere of competition, if these girls who have just shouted that they want to quit know that when the official army is destroyed, the reserve army will be allowed to go to the battlefield, I am afraid that many people will become passive and slack off, and strive to go to the reserve army.

This not only has a negative impact on the entire army, but in the end, the most affected are naturally these girls who try to fish in troubled waters.

Life is always precious, and if you have a greater chance of survival, you must strive for a greater chance of survival. The deputy commander thought.