Li Zhi's recruit barracks were built on the south side of the Fanjiazhuang city wall. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoA piece of the area here is the planned area of Fanjiazhuang New Town, but the city wall has not yet been built, and the farmers will come to repair the city wall when they are free. The barracks were built by masons working overtime and were repaired just in time for the arrival of the new recruits on November 20.

As soon as the recruits entered the camp in December, the arduous training began.

These soldiers are Li Zhi's current reliance, and they must not be sloppy in training. Recruits don't touch guns for the first two months, they practice physical fitness and queues. Every day before dawn, officers at all levels would march in formation with 8,000 recruits standing in formation, and the first training would be a morning. In the afternoon, he practiced physical fitness in the suburbs of Fanjiazhuang, and he went off the road for dozens of miles at every turn.

The recruits were fed three meals and meat, and they trained at high intensity under the condition of sufficient protein supply, and their muscles grew rapidly. Soon, the young man, who was still thin when he entered the camp, became a strong soldier.

The training intensity of the Ming army in this era was very low, and even the Guan and Ning armies, which were known as the elite, often practiced every three days and every four days. Compared with the Ming army, the soldiers of the Tiger Division, who practiced every morning and into the evening, were well-deserved elite soldiers. Only with such a high monthly salary can the soldiers train so hard without complaint.

The reason why he didn't touch a gun for the first two months was because Li Zhi wanted to conduct a political review of the recruits. Today, each platoon of the Tiger Division is equipped with a pacifier, who is responsible for punishing soldiers who violate military discipline, and is also responsible for conducting political censorship of soldiers. The magistrates spent two months observing the recruits to see if any of them had been mixed in with spies and whether they had secretly made contact with the outside world.

Two months later, after undergoing a political examination, the soldiers were able to really touch their guns.

Today, there are 20,000 people in the Tiger Division, which is still divided into four regiments. Each regiment had 5,000 soldiers, and each regiment had five battalions of 1,000 men each. Each battalion has five companies of 200 men each. As the strength increased, a new number of officers was needed, and many veterans with outstanding performance were promoted to officers.

The combat power of the Tiger Ben Division has greatly expanded. Li Xing and several other regiment commanders felt that the strength in their hands had improved again, and they were very excited. They soaked in the training ground every day, hoping to train these 8,000 recruits as soon as possible.

####

After finishing the recruitment of new soldiers, the Baozhong Temple planned by Li Zhi was also built.

The Baozhong Shrine is an offering house dedicated to the soldiers and officers who died in various battles, and was built in the new city in the south of the city.

Only an army with a sense of honor can have combat effectiveness. And only by praising the soldiers who died bravely in previous wars, and treating the families of martyrs well, can the soldiers have a sense of honor. Now that Li Zhi has established a medal system, a pension system, and a shrine to praise the martyrs, he will be able to form a glorious sense of honor in the whole army.

Baozhong Temple is a building complex, the first into the courtyard has a front hall, dedicated to the statue of Guan Yunchang. There is a nave in the second courtyard, which is dedicated to the statue of Yue Wumu. The main hall in the third courtyard is the largest, and its ** is dedicated to the tablets of the soldiers who died in the battle.

The main hall is magnificent, adopts a single eaves to rest on the top of the mountain, is 14 zhang long and 8 zhang wide. There are sacrifices to incense from time to time, and incense lingers all year round. In the spring and autumn seasons of each year, Li Zhi led his officials to sacrifice once and offer sacrifices.

On the day when the Baozhong Temple was built, Li Zhi held a grand award ceremony in the new city. On November 23, the Baozhong Temple in the south of the city was crowded. Under Li Zhi's early publicity, at least tens of thousands of Fanjiazhuang citizens and farmers gathered at the gate of Baozhong Temple that day to watch the general's award ceremony.

This award was mainly for those who had made meritorious contributions and those who were disabled in the Battle of Gyeonggi in the 11th to 12th year of Chongzhen.

Li Zhi's troops fought with hot weapons, emphasizing discipline and wholeness, and there was little chance that a single soldier would make meritorious contributions. Therefore, the meritorious personnel awarded this time are mainly scouts who have excelled in detecting the enemy's situation, and they are all awarded third-class soldier medals. There are more dead and disabled in battle.

In this Gyeonggi War, 227 soldiers of the Tiger Division were killed or died in battle, and their families will be awarded the Medal of Heroism of the First Class. Now in Fanjiazhuang, after Li Zhi's propaganda and guidance, a social atmosphere of respecting and courtesy has been formed. The families of the awardees received medals, which could directly improve their social status in Fanjiazhuang.

The specific family member of the martyr to whom the medal is awarded is determined by the martyr's will. Some soldiers gave medals to their wives, some did not marry to give medals to their fathers and mothers, and some gave medals to their children, all of which were different, and Li Zhi fully respected the wishes of the martyrs.

One by one, the families of the martyrs walked up to the medal platform, and Li Zhi personally pinned the medals to the family members. The family members remembered the voices and smiles of the martyrs before their sacrifices, and looked at the yellow bronze medals on their chests, and they cried silently.

An eight-year-old boy took the stage to receive the Order of Hero of the First Class on behalf of his dead father.

Li Zhi looked at the child and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"My surname is Yu, and my nickname is Steamed Bun! The daimyo hasn't been taken yet! ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Mantou, do you know what your father does?" ”

The boy raised his fist and said, "Daddy is a hero who killed the Tartars, and died on the battlefield!" After a pause, the child said, "Daddy is the best for me, and often buys me candy to eat." I listen to my dad the most, and I am literate at home when other children go out to play! But why did Daddy die like this, and he didn't care about me anymore! I haven't seen my dad in a year, and I miss him so much. ”

After saying this, the boy began to cry and wiped his tears with his little hands.

Li Zhi touched the child's head and said, "Steamed buns, don't cry, your father is a big hero who kills Tartars, even if he dies, everyone will always remember him!" ”

Li Zhi pinned the first-class hero medal on the boy's chest and said loudly: "In the future, you will be the hero of my Fanjiazhuang on behalf of your father." ”

The boy wiped his tears and said, "General, when I grow up, I will also join the army as a soldier to avenge my father!" ”

Li Zhi touched the child's face and said, "There will be that day." ”

After the issuance of the Heroic Medal of the First Class, Li Zhi awarded the Medal of Warrior of the Second Class to one hundred and six wounded and disabled soldiers. The wounded now have pensions and food and clothing, and with the medal awarded by Li Zhi, they will be respected from now on, and they really feel that their injuries are worth it. They were grateful for the kindness of the general, and they also cried one by one.

Some scouts who had made meritorious service in scout battles, as well as soldiers who had been lightly wounded in valiant battles, were awarded the Warrior's Medal.

Fanjiazhuang soldiers who are killed in battle and disabled have a pension of two taels of silver per month, and those who are mildly disabled and can still work will be arranged by the Fanjiazhuang official department for suitable work, and the monthly money will be two or three meals with meat. Under such a pension system, the soldiers have no worries. Now, medals are given to the casualties and their families, and a shrine is built to worship the sacrificed soldiers, so that the soldiers are not afraid of casualties.

Only soldiers who are not afraid of casualties can stand firm in battle, maintain discipline, and protect their comrades on the left and right.

At the end of the ceremony, the martyr's tablet entered the Baozhong Shrine in the sound of drums and accepted the offering.

Today's people in Fanjiazhuang live a wealthy life, and their living standards far exceed those in other parts of the Ming Dynasty. Citizens and peasants alike knew that their good life was maintained by the soldiers with their lives. After the ceremony, the people lined up in a long line, and one by one they had to enter the Baozhong Temple to put a pillar of incense on the martyrs.

Seeing the honor of the casualties, the other soldiers who maintained order outside the shrine stood straight. Inspired by the sense of honor, they are no longer afraid of casualties, and they are eager to go to the battlefield tomorrow to make meritorious contributions. (To be continued.) )