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The next day, at three o'clock in the morning, all the officers and men of the New Army lined up and assembled in the military playground of the Huamachi Battalion.

During this period of time, the soldiers of the new army of soldiers followed Zhao Junchen to fight for thousands of miles, and now they only got a night's rest, which could not completely relieve their physical and mental exhaustion, but the new army of soldiers is worthy of the elite division that Zhao Junchen painstakingly formed, and everyone is still neat and morale is high, even those wounded soldiers who are unable to move are all holding their heads high and their waists straight.

The soldiers of the new army did not wait too long, when they lined up and assembled, it was only half a burnt incense time, and Zhao Junchen had already led all the civil and military officials to the high platform of the military playground.

No one was surprised by Zhao Junchen's rapid appearance, everyone was used to Zhao Junchen's resolute style.

Zhao Junchen's prestige in the army is now increasing day by day, which is especially evident in the new army, so after seeing Zhao Junchen's appearance, all the soldiers of the new army are in high spirits, their waists are straighter, and their morale is getting higher and higher, and they are all welcoming Zhao Junchen's appearance with their best mental outlook.

Standing on the high platform, Zhao Junchen turned his head to look around at the many soldiers in front of him, and a little regret vaguely flashed in his expression.

This feeling of regret is mainly composed of two aspects, on the one hand, some regret that the new army suffered heavy casualties, and on the other hand, regret that they had to personally disband this strong army.

Zhao Junchen still remembers that when he led the army to leave the Huamachi camp, the size of this army was more than 20,000, but after many bloody battles in a row, the new army of soldiers was charging forward every time, and each time it was the most dangerous combat mission, and every time it was a heavy casualty, and now the new army of soldiers still standing in front of Zhao Junchen was less than 10,000 left, and most of the soldiers were wounded.

But it is precisely because of this that the vast majority of the soldiers and soldiers of the New Army who are still standing in front of Zhao Junchen can be called one in a hundred elite soldiers!

After Zhao Junchen's brainwashing and education, the experience and tempering of many bloody battles, and the accumulation of confidence in successive battles, this army has initially possessed the pride and consciousness of being an ace army, and they firmly believe that they are invincible heroes, and they should be the example of all armies, and they should also play the most critical role on the battlefield.

In this regard, even the former Qi Bin New Army and today's "Patriotic Army" cannot be compared with the New Army of Soldiers, and the "Patriotic Army" is superior in that it is well-trained and has advanced tactics, but because of Zhao Junchen's deliberate suppression, their combat experience is somewhat lacking after all, and they are much inferior to the New Army in terms of spiritual outlook and inner consciousness.

What's more, although the "Patriotic Army" has greater potential and is more valued by Zhao Junchen, the army that Zhao Junchen trusts the most is still this new army of soldiers brought out by himself, and the new army of soldiers has now been deeply imprinted by Zhao Junchen, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a lineage.

If it weren't for the compelling situation, Zhao Junchen would never be willing to disband this strong army.

It's a pity that the army has to serve politics after all, and Zhao Junchen must disband them with his own hands for the sake of his future political prospects!

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Looking at the many soldiers in front of him, Zhao Junchen's mind was only a matter of a moment, and he quickly restrained his regrets, and walked to the front of the high platform.

Then, Zhao Junchen raised his hand and made a move, and Zhao Dali behind him immediately handed Zhao Junchen a strange copper artifact with a shape similar to a morning glory, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, empty inside, and the whole was cone-shaped, about the size of a basin at the widest point, and only the size of a fist at the narrow point.

This is a simple loudspeaker made by Zhao Junchen ordered the blacksmiths in the army to rush overnight, just to let all the soldiers on the military playground hear their voices at this moment.

Putting the megaphone in front of his mouth, Zhao Junchen shouted loudly at his maximum volume: "All the soldiers of the New Army, I think you have received the news, I met with you today to give you a reward and a pension!"

All the rewards and benefits I promised you at the beginning will be handed over to you today for a lot of money! Your bloody battles, regardless of life and death, have finally come to reap the rewards!

Soon, each of you will receive a large sum of money, and many of you will be promoted to become military attachés in the army, and these are the rewards you deserve! ”

Zhao Junchen's voice spread throughout the entire military playground, and most of the soldiers could hear Zhao Junchen's voice, and everyone couldn't help but be surprised.

After hearing the words "reward silver for military merits", the soldiers were even more energetic, and they didn't care about studying the strangeness of Zhao Junchen's voice diffusion for a while, everyone looked at Zhao Junchen expectantly, waiting for Zhao Junchen to continue.

Zhao Junchen knows very well that the soldiers of this era do not have too high consciousness, they will only care about how much silver they will get at this time, which means that they can marry wives and have children, which means that they can honor their parents, and it means that their family will have a better life in the future.

Therefore, Zhao Junchen didn't have any nonsense, but shouted in a louder voice: "Come on, bring all the rewards and pensions of the soldiers!" ”

Su Xiqing had already prepared everything, and after hearing Zhao Junchen's instructions, he hurriedly led someone to carry the silver to the bottom of the high platform.

According to Zhao Junchen's instructions, Su Xiqing had already taken out 500,000 taels of silver from the military treasury in advance, which was enough to fill a full hundred large boxes.

After these boxes were opened one after another, the dense silver immediately attracted the attention of all the soldiers, and many of them became short of breath.

While Su Xiqing led people to carry out the silver, Zhao Junchen walked off the high platform quickly.

When Zhao Junchen stepped off the high platform, someone immediately followed behind with a large box full of silver, and Niu Fude also followed quickly, holding a thick stack of account books in his hand, which listed in detail the military exploits, silver rewards, and pensions of all the soldiers of the New Army.

Obviously, Zhao Junchen is going to personally award a reward and a pension to every soldier.

Seeing Zhao Junchen's actions, all the civil and military officials present changed their faces slightly and their expressions were suspicious.

They originally thought that Zhao Junchen would award a silver reward to the New Army today, at most, he would directly hand over the silver to the generals of the New Army, and use military attachés at all levels to distribute it to the low-level soldiers, but they didn't expect that Zhao Junchen was not afraid of trouble at all, and he was not worried about wasting time and energy at all, so he wanted to issue the silver with his own hands!

You must know that there are nearly 10,000 soldiers on the military playground today!

The most important thing is that the new army was originally formed by Zhao Junchen himself, and Zhao Junchen used various means to repeatedly brainwash the soldiers when he was training the army, so that this army was deeply branded with the traces of Zhao Junchen.

In the past few days, Zhao Junchen has led the new army of soldiers to win successive battles, which has made Zhao Junchen's prestige in the army more and more deep-rooted, which can be described as "giving prestige";

And Zhao Junchen's actions to fight for the wounded soldiers a few days ago made these soldiers identify with Zhao Junchen from the bottom of their hearts, which can be described as "giving him kindness"!

Now, if Zhao Junchen is asked to personally award silver pensions to all soldiers, every soldier will receive a large amount of silver issued by Zhao Junchen face-to-face, which is even more "giving benefits"!

In this way, Zhao Junchen has prestige, kindness, and benefits for the soldiers of the New Army, and how the soldiers of the New Army will view Zhao Junchen from now on, and what kind of height Zhao Junchen's status in their minds will reach, it can be imagined!

In short, in the minds of the soldiers of the new army, from now on, there must be only Zhao Junchen and no court! They will trust Zhao Junchen unreservedly and carry out all Zhao Junchen's orders without question!

All the civil and military officials were smart people, and they quickly figured this out, and they also knew that Zhao Junchen's actions must be to further buy the hearts of the military, which was not a good thing for the imperial court.

However, after all the civil and military officials glanced at each other, no one dared to say anything at this time, everyone was silent, but they acquiesced to Zhao Junchen's move to buy the hearts of the military.

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And just when all the civil and military officials had different thoughts, Zhao Junchen had already walked in front of the first row of soldiers in front of the high platform.

Behind Zhao Junchen, Niu Fude quickly flipped through the account books, and then reported to Zhao Junchen: "Lord Qiyu, this column of soldiers is the first team of the cavalry battalion of the new army, and there are still six people alive after the war, the captain is named Gong Ming, and after several battles, he has paid the first three grades, been injured twice, and recorded three times for meritorious service, and should receive a reward of fifty taels of silver, and a pension of twenty taels for war wounds, a total of seventy taels of silver!" ”

Zhao Junchen nodded lightly, and Zhao Dali, who was beside him, said loudly: "Gong Ming is out!" ”

As Zhao Dali's words fell, a sturdy man walked quickly in front of Zhao Junchen with excitement on his face.

Gong Ming is a brave fighter, even in the face of the Dzungar cavalry charge, his face does not change, but now to have close and face-to-face contact with Zhao Junchen, and then to get Zhao Junchen's personal award, it makes him tremble with excitement.

Behind Zhao Junchen, someone had already ordered seventy taels of silver and sent it to Zhao Junchen.

After Zhao Junchen took the silver, he handed it to Gong Ming, and after Gong Ming reached out to take the silver at a loss, Zhao Junchen reached out and patted Gong Ming's shoulder with a smile on his face, and said, "Do a good job!" With your merits, you will soon be able to go further! ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, Gong Ming's expression became more and more excited, and he couldn't help but kneel in front of Zhao Junchen with the silver in his arms, and said loudly: "Thank you, Lord Qincha, villain!" In the future, as long as Lord Qincha says a word, the villain will never frown even if he goes to the soup! ”

Zhao Junchen stretched out his hand to help Gong Ming up, and said with a smile: "It's good to have this heart, you don't have to salute at this time!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen nodded at Niu Fude behind him.

Niu Fude flipped through the account book and reported again: "Deputy Commander Xiao Shun, a total of two levels of first rank, three wounds, and one meritorious service, including one major injury, should be rewarded with thirty taels of silver, and thirty-five taels of war wounded pension, a total of sixty-five taels of silver!" ”

As soon as Niu Fude's words fell, he saw a thin man running quickly in front of Zhao Junchen, who was still tied with a white cloth on his shoulders, and there were faint blood stains on the white cloth.

After seeing Zhao Junchen, Xiao Shun was much more excited than Gong Ming, and when Zhao Junchen personally handed over the reward and pension to him, and asked him about his injury, Xiao Shun couldn't cry anymore, but he couldn't say a complete sentence.

Seeing Xiao Shun's situation, Zhao Junchen reached out and patted Xiao Shun's uninjured shoulder, and chuckled: "You are a warrior in the army who is not afraid of death, how can you shed tears in front of people?" Won't you be laughed at by your colleagues in the future? ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen asked Xiao Shun to return to the queue, and continued to award rewards and pensions to the rest of the soldiers of this army.

After all the six soldiers of this army received the reward and pension, Zhao Junchen ordered them to sit down and rest on the spot, and then led everyone to the next army.

In this way, one army after another, one team after another, and one battalion after another, Zhao Junchen personally awarded a reward and a pension to each soldier, and every time he issued a reward and a pension, he would have a simple conversation with the soldiers, either encouragement or concern.

And when all the soldiers personally presented the silver reward and pension to Zhao Junchen, everyone was extremely excited, like Xiao Shun, who couldn't cry because of excessive excitement.

As speculated by the civil and military officials, because of Zhao Junchen's personal act of awarding rewards and pensions this time, all the officers and men of the New Army have completely attributed their hearts to Zhao Junchen!

In the future, if Zhao Junchen's other plans are not going well, and the imperial court still wants to unload Zhao Junchen's grinding and killing donkeys, then these soldiers will be Zhao Junchen's biggest capital at that time!

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Zhao Junchen personally awarded silver rewards to nearly 10,000 soldiers, which naturally took a long time.

By the time most of the soldiers of the new army received the silver and pension from Zhao Junchen, the time was already close to noon.

At this time, more than 8,000 soldiers have received the silver awarded by Zhao Junchen himself, but there are still nearly 1,000 soldiers looking forward to Zhao Junchen.

Although it took a long time, Zhao Junchen's personal presentation of rewards and pensions was enough to boast of for a lifetime, but no soldier would be impatient.

Although the soldiers did not have any impatience, Zhao Junchen's body was a little unbearable, and he only felt that his waist was sore and his legs and feet were weak.

What's more, even if it is just a simple conversation with each soldier, even if most of the time it is just a few words such as "work hard", "heal your wounds with your heart", "I am optimistic about you", but Zhao Junchen has now said tens of thousands of words, and his mouth is even more dry and his throat is on fire.

In fact, in the later period, Zhao Junchen only awarded silver and pensions to the commanders, and then handed over all the rewards and silver of the soldiers to the commanders, and used the hands of the commanders to distribute silver to the low-level soldiers.

At this time, Zhao Junchen had already regretted it in his heart, feeling that he had underestimated the scale of nearly 10,000 soldiers, and he should have awarded silver to the first level of Wu Chang from the beginning, and it was really beyond his ability to award silver to every soldier.

However, seeing that the matter was nearing the end, Zhao Junchen still insisted on it.

At this time, Zhao Junchen suddenly saw an old man.

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