Chapter 40 Reorganization of the Army

Looking at the dark night sky, there is only an unspeakable sadness, and there is no trace of lifelessness that can make people feel comfortable. He was a man who liked to live in ease and did not advocate greatness and excellence. In my heart, I am more inclined to the Taoist way of nature, "quiet and non-action", rather than the Confucian way of society, "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith".

But the decay of the Southern Song Dynasty made him unable to stay out of the matter, so he could only resist it. This requires a strong army, and he can still do it with a small team of more than 1,000 people, but the defense of those few counties requires thousands of elite soldiers. Now the military affairs of this Tanzhou are so rotten that they must be torn down and rebuilt, and they cannot be done without iron and blood.

The so-called "mercy does not take charge of the army", if you want to reorganize the army, you must kill people. But this is not a soldier but a compatriot, thinking of this, he can't bear it. I feel that it is even more difficult to see the night at this time, and I just want this feeling to end as soon as possible.

Seeing that Shi Bin was sullen all the way, he knew that he hated this kind of environment, this was kidnapped by reality, and it was the rope given by his Wang San, so he had to say: "Why is the eldest brother so melancholy? Isn't it already wooing that Liu Zhizhou? At least for the time being, he won't stumble on us. ”

"Brother Xian is so witty, how can I not know why I am melancholy? Why ask knowingly? Shi Bin said with a little unhappiness.

Although Wang San is witty, he is not a fairy, he only said that it was because the poor people who were oppressed by corrupt officials made his eldest brother unhappy. Because Shi Bin gave him the impression of "benevolence and righteousness", but he forgot that Shi Bin also had a thought that "hates bloodshed".

Wang San smiled bitterly: "I only know that you are a benevolent and righteous person, most likely because of this, right?" ”

It turned out that he really didn't know, so Shi Bin said: "Brother Xian, I hate anyone to shed blood, including Yuan Bing. And those who will be reorganized tomorrow are our compatriots, and I would rather have those sergeants spilled on the battlefield with blood than be punished or even executed by us. ”

Knowing this, Wang San never said a word again. Shi Bin understood that the wicked man would be his wise brother.

It was dawn, but Shi Bin had heavy dark circles under his eyes. Seeing him like this, the other brothers didn't make a sound, but just prepared for themselves. Everything was ready, and just about to go to inspect the barracks, Wang San proposed, wear ordinary military uniforms, not officer uniforms. Everyone thought so, and after changing into a tattered military uniform, they set off in a low-key manner.

The barracks were only eight miles away from Changsha City, and several people dismounted less than three miles from the camp and walked to the barracks. I thought that this army camp would be better than Najinggang, after all, there is such a camp, unlike the navy, as soon as the boat is gone, you can't stop it, there should be some rules, but I didn't expect it to be even more unreasonable.

After walking less than five hundred steps, they saw a few sentries playing pai gow there, shouting and exploding, probably because they were too excited and the weather was a little warm, and several people threw their military uniforms aside bare-chested.

When I got closer, I found that these Qiu Ba were in a trance, and I knew that the soldiers who were playing Pai Gow were drinking not water, but wine.

Seeing Shi Bin and the others walking over, the sergeants were even more excited, only to say that there were new gamblers again, and immediately called them over to play cards.

Looking at this ridiculous situation, Zhao Gang and a few other simple-minded people laughed at these Changsha soldiers for being too useless, just a group of military ruffians. But Wang San took a deep breath and felt heavy.

Soon he arrived at the gate of the barracks, and when he saw the fence and brick wall used by the guards, Shi Bin's eyes were even more angry.

He stopped, stood quietly in front of the camp gate and did not advance, but carefully looked at the dilapidated camp in front of him.

A person's joys, sorrows, and sorrows often do not need words to express them, and although his eldest brother did not show dissatisfaction or anger at this time, everyone felt that he was angry enough to burn this camp to the ground.

Naturally, no one would disturb Shi Bin at this time, so Wang San and the others also followed him to observe this "camp".

It turned out that the fence had long since fallen, and all that was left of the crooked pestle was a few rotten wooden stakes. It seems that many of them do not fall naturally, but are artificially pulled out and used for other purposes, and this is where people feel angry.

What makes people even more infuriating is the camp wall, which is full of potholes at a glance, as if it will fall down at the touch of a button. There was even a section of the wall that had completely collapsed and only a broken wall remained, and several brick chicken coops had been built next to the collapsed wall.

Thinking of those officers who drank the blood of the soldiers, Shi Bin felt a little better, and could understand why the camp was so dilapidated, and why the sergeants were so careless and dull.

Comforting himself and walking into the camp, Shi Bin finally couldn't bear it anymore. He was also a highly educated person in his previous life, and this time, like Li Chao and Liu Xiao, he directly stepped forward and beat people up without saying a word.

Seeing that their own adults were actually so violent, everyone immediately stepped forward to protect them. After all, Shi Bin was only a sergeant at this time, and he was already injured, if they were injured by these soldiers, they would be unforgivable.

After more than a dozen punches in one go, the man was dizzy, and Shi Bin felt a lot more comfortable. was helped aside by Wang San and others to sit down and rest. As Shi Bin's eyes looked to the side, everyone understood why Shi Bin was suddenly so fierce.

It turned out to be a capital, and before being beaten, there was a girl sitting on her lap who was obviously not a serious person, and the two were actually drinking and eating flower chicken.

The barracks are very serious places, and it is very excessive to play cards and build chicken coops, but it is not intolerable. But in such a majestic place, there are people who drink flower wine, but they can't bear it.

That head was disturbed by the wine, and he was beaten inexplicably, which made him very embarrassed, and if he didn't get back this face, he would become a laughing cake.

When he stood up, he picked up the military stick that was thrown on the ground, ready to teach Shi Bin a lesson. But seeing that Shi Bin still had helpers, he immediately gathered several of his brothers and prepared to fight in groups.

Wang San's face sank, and he walked out slowly, pulling away his clothes to reveal his waist card. The head of the capital is also a veteran oil, and when he sees that this follower is a commander, then this leader is at least a commander. When he found that the situation was not good, he immediately knelt down on one knee, and saluted with a fist: "I don't know if the official has not had time to greet him, please atone for your sins." ”

But Shi Bin was still angry, just heartache. Soon he said slowly: "Drumming gathering." ”

The leader of the capital led the order, and Shi Bin and a few brothers went up to the high platform of the playground first. Knowing that Shi Bin was completely disappointed, Wang San said: "Big brother, if you should start, you have to start, and if you don't cut the rotten meat, it will only be more rotten." ”

Shi Bin nodded silently, "I'll preside over it later, and you can remind you on the side, Brother Xian." ”

After a quarter of an hour's effort, there was still less than a battalion of men and horses on the playground; Two quarters of an hour is only seven hundred, and after three quarters of an hour there are nearly a thousand.

Shi Bin lost the last bit of patience and directly ordered the camp gate to be closed, and no one was allowed to enter.

Standing on the high platform and looking at this group of crooked melons and cracked dates, he didn't know what to do. It was Wang San who reminded him to line up first for roll call, and Shi Bin's mind was clear.

There were more than 2,500 people on this list, but only more than 900 people were actually in place. After careful questioning, I learned that some of them went to run a business for the chief as a tenant, some of them went home to take care of their own fields, and some of them simply disappeared and became deserters.

Shi Bin stood on the stage and said helplessly: "Brothers, I know that your life is difficult, so I don't blame you today. But from here today, pai gow and chicken coop will never be allowed. Give the other sergeants three days, and I will be able to return to the camp in three days, and I am not guilty of the past. If you don't come back or can't come back, you will be punished as a deserter! ”

Everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief and leave, but Shi Bin said again: "But this woman has violated my bottom line, but I have to punish this person who drinks flower wine." The king commanded, and beckoned me to him fifty sticks. When Wang San left, Shi Bin also whispered the word "bullet".

Knowing that Shi Bin didn't want to spare Nadutou, Wang San used a bullet. After less than twenty sticks, his breath was already weak, and the sergeants did not dare to make a sound when they saw his wounds. They are all veterans of several years or even more than ten years, how can they not know that this bullet is so powerful that they may be disabled if they are less than ten military sticks, let alone hit fifty military sticks like this?

All of them looked at each other and were dumbfounded. I thought that the newly arrived commander was just a silver-like pewter spear head who came by connection, but I didn't expect it to be such an iron-blooded guy, and he killed chickens to show monkeys as soon as he entered the camp.

The key is not to die, but to die in a miserable way, but to cut off the head is painful, and you don't know anything when you go down with a knife; But being beaten to death by a military stick is really a torment that is worse than death.

Everyone is only glad that they didn't do anything excessive today, otherwise they would have met Hades like Nadutou.

Three days later, there were more than 600 more people in the camp, and 1,500 people finally came to the playground. Although it was very unpleasant to see these soldiers who were more like farmers and ruffians, they were at least strong and willing to obey military orders, so he still had the confidence to train them into an elite army.

The little confidence he had just now was instantly shattered, and an obviously honest and honest soldier cringed and asked: "My lord, the brothers have not been paid silver for three months, how much will be given, if the adults do not have silver, they will be rewarded with two catties of rice." ”

It's not that Shi Bin has no food, it's just that the news surprised him too much. When he took Jia Ling south, he put forward a condition to her: ask Jia Yidao to provide all the five battalions of military supplies.

So at this time, his waist was still very stiff, and he was not bent by the accounts.

The 1,500 men of the army were divided into three battalions of 500 men each. Shi Bin's army is ready to recruit three more battalions of men, plus the battalion in Jingzhou, a total of seven battalions, and the navy army has all re-recruited two battalions, with a total of nine battalions of 4,500 people.

He commanded three battalions of the army, Wang San, Zhao Gang, Yi Jun, and Xie Qiangbing each led one battalion of the army, and the two battalions of the navy were led by Li Chao and Liu Xiao respectively.

Knowing that these ruffians had accumulated habits and were difficult to change, they could not be expected to adapt to the new rules quickly, so Shi Bin was a little worried, but he didn't dare to send them home, because once these ruffians returned home, they would definitely have no source of livelihood at all, and they would definitely be a big tumor in the local area, that is, a gang of ruffians and hooligans.

But Wang San thinks that they are still valuable: they can be used as an example to kill a hundred people. In his opinion, those who can turn their temperament around are definitely good soldiers, and if they can't turn around, they will be beaten until they turn around, and if they don't change their dead nature, they will be used as cannon fodder.

Indeed, everything has three, six, nine and so on, and so are soldiers, maybe some brave and ruthless soldiers can still be used as dead soldiers.