Chapter Eighty-Six: The Iron Battalion and the Flowing Soldiers
The Hulin Army barracks, the school field that used to shout the sky, is now full of food tables and straw mats, and dozens of stoves have been set up in the corner of the school field, on which all kinds of cooking utensils are set up, and many cooks are sweating like rain, cooking all kinds of cauldron (kettle, wok) dishes. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The piercing pig cries came and went, and the pig killer with the help of his helpers disemboweled a big fat pig and bled it, and then waved the pig-killing knife that sharpened the iron like mud to chop the fat pig into pieces of meat.
There were many soldiers gathered together, and they worked together, some boiled water to kill chickens and ducks, some plucked the bloodied chickens and ducks through pots, others disemboweled, and some were responsible for throwing these chickens and ducks into the kettle of boiling water and cooking them directly.
Hulinjun has a 'famous dish' called "white-cut chicken" and "white-cut duck", which is to pluck the feathers and remove the internal organs of the chicken and duck directly into boiling water and cook, then chop into pieces, and dip them in soy sauce when eating.
The main thing about this dish is to save trouble, the soldiers can eat it according to their own taste and dip it in soy sauce, the only problem is to cook, if you want the chicken and duck meat to be delicious, then you must grasp the heat when cooking.
Chickens and ducks are not cooked, people will have diarrhea after eating, if they are cooked for too long then the meat will be old, it tastes like chewing wax, ensuring that the meat is cooked but very tender is a technical job, how to balance the cooking time is the key.
This is not a problem, the leader of the Hulin Army is responsible for the food of four or five thousand people every day, and the experience accumulated day after day and month after month is accumulated, and all of them are chefs.
At the gate of the barracks, more than 10 horse-drawn carriages passed the inspection and drove into the barracks, which was the logistics carriage that went into the city to procure and returned with a full load, bringing more chickens, ducks, fish, pigs, and vegetables.
More soldiers gathered around and waited to unload the goods, and today the army held a banquet, and the generals organized the soldiers to cook together, and after preparing the banquet, they saw off their comrades who had retired from the army.
Knowing that the catastrophe was coming, the fat pigs were dying and struggling, a fat pig was lucky to break free from the restraints, howling and rushing out, a large group of soldiers excitedly 'set up' to intercept, and some people directly pounced to 'catch the pigs with their bare hands', which made the chickens fly and the dogs jumped for a while.
"Stop it, stop it!!"
"Ran over there!"
"Look at my... Ouch hey! ”
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Under the clear sky, the soldiers of the Hulin Army gathered together for dinner according to their respective teams on the school field to see off their retired comrades.
"Come, come, come! What to do with a sad face, dry this bowl of wine! The team leader Li Shimo shouted loudly, got up with the wine bowl, and the two teams of 100 people got up one after another, raised the bowl and shouted, "It's done!" Then they drank all the wine in the bowl one by one.
They were all dressed in military uniforms, but some of them still had big red flowers on their chests, which was the mark of the veterans, and all the veterans were in tears when they watched their comrades who practiced and killed the enemy together raise their bowls to see them off.
"What are you crying about! Liu Lao Wu! You didn't cry after three arrows in Yanji, what is there to cry about now, punish wine!! Li Shimo shouted, some of his subordinates retired from the army, and they actually felt uncomfortable, but the generals at the meeting were right, whether they were soldiers or not, everyone was still good brothers.
"Punishment, punishment!" A group of soldiers shouted, and the soldier who was called 'Liu Lao Wu' immediately drank all the wine in the bowl, and was choked and squirted out just after drinking.
Seeing his comrades laughing, he wiped his tearful eyes and said sneeringly: "Team leader, I... My parents still have to take care of it, so..."
"Should, should! As a son, you have to honor your parents, and the big guy works hard to make meritorious contributions to the field, just to let his parents and mother-in-law live a good life! Li Shimo said with a smile.
"If I didn't have a younger brother to help, I would have to go home to do my filial piety, I said fifth, is there any movement in your newly married mother-in-law? I must drink next year's wedding wine! ”
"Don't forget about us, you have to give birth to a handle, or you will be punished for drinking! Hahahaha! The crowd burst into laughter, and several of the veterans were teary-eyed in the midst of the laughter.
They have to retire from the army for their own reasons, but they are just facing the brothers in distress who get along day and night, and the life and death comrades who go into battle to kill the enemy together, they always feel quite guilty, and now they can't control their emotions when they see their comrades so happy.
Some wept and wept, while others silently wiped away their tears, feeling melancholy at the thought of bidding farewell to the familiar barracks and ending the barracks life they had lived in for more than two years.
"Cry what you cry, everyone lives in the Ba River... Patong City, the neighbors are so close, when we go home from vacation, we still have to meet often? Besides, everyone is a comrade, and I have to rely on you to take care of your family more on weekdays, don't let outsiders bully you! ”
"That's right! That's right! Everyone is a good brother and a good neighbor! ”
"Stop talking nonsense, another bowl! Today's wines are all good wines, enough of them! ”
"It's done, it's done, it's done, and it's another bowl!"
This scene is constantly staged in various places in the school field, the Hulin Army put wine to see off the veterans, the scene is very spectacular, just to prepare wine and food consumed countless people, Bazhou City selling chickens, ducks, geese and pigs hawkers and farmers, as well as the shopkeepers of wine shops and restaurants have made a lot of money.
The whole army of the Hulin Army will have a dinner to send off the veterans, this news is not hidden, the Bazhou Prefecture is not worried that the news will reach the south of the Yangtze River, provoking the Chen army to take the opportunity to cross the river and sneak attack, first, the water army that is easy to rebuild in Wuchang is finished again, and secondly, they also want these shrunken turtles to go out.
The Hulin Army was in the 'Flower Heaven and Wine Land', but the Bazhou state soldiers were not idle, and together with the naval army, they were heavily guarded, waiting for the Chen army to come to Jiangbei to die.
And this farewell party also surprised the people of Bazhou, and there were many discussions about the 'generosity' of Yuwenwen, the coach of the Tiger Forest Army.
Gongyu Wenwen of Xiyang County, recruiting young and strong to train the new army, has experienced dozens of battles in the past two years, with the intensity of training for three days and one day off, as well as strict military discipline and proper rewards and punishments, it is now a strong army famous in Shannan.
Today's new army has the name of "Tiger Forest", and the strength has reached nearly 5,000 people, there is such a strong army with strict military discipline stationed next to Xiyang City, so that the people of Bazhou can rest easy.
It's just that with the change of the situation, the Hulin Army has also undergone major changes, that is, some soldiers have 'retired' and returned to the field.
Yuwenwen recruited young people, and the young people who applied for the draft were basically from poor families, and they had no land at home, and they were hungry and full every day, and the reason why many people joined the army was to exchange their lives for a mouthful of food.
The treatment of the Hulin Army is very good, although the intensity of the drill is not small, but it can always be full, not only some meat can also eat salt, three meals a day do not need money, the uniform is also packaged, and there is a military salary every month, which is a beauty difference in the eyes of many people.
After more than two years of fighting, some people died on the battlefield and left generous pensions for their families, while others were left disabled for life, and they were arranged by the Xiyang County Public to work in their mansions, or they were accepted as tenants together with their families.
More people have made war exploits, and finally got the coveted land and house in Bazhou, and married a daughter-in-law to bring their families to settle in Bazhou, and this situation has also changed many people's minds.
They have their own land, a house, and can support their family with hard work, and the once unattainable daydream has now become a reality, so keeping the family living in peace is the most urgent idea.
Although they dare not disobey military law, the change in mentality has become more and more obvious, and some people no longer rejoice when they hear the war, thinking of the pot-bellied daughter-in-law at home, thinking of the white-haired parents, their fighting spirit has gradually become smaller.
Bazhou Daxing water conservancy to kill snails, many barren beaches and wilderness can be reclaimed, as long as you work for a few years that can turn the raw land into mature fields, the soldiers of the Hulin Army who have the land, some are the only pillar of the family, they are afraid that once they have three long and two short, the family will be scattered.
If it was in the past, their family would have died if they died, but now that they have been given a share of the land, a good life is about to begin, they must be filial to their parents, and they must have children to continue the incense.
If you die on the battlefield and your daughter-in-law remarries, even if your parents have land to cultivate, there are still people who are filial piety in front of you.
There are quite a few people who have this kind of thinking, and although there will not be a bad situation of disobedience and not fighting, the generals of the Hulin Army have noticed the changes in the mentality of some soldiers and immediately attach importance to it.
Dayu controls the water, blocking is not as good as sparse, the idea of Yu Wenwen, the commander of the Tiger Forest Army, is like this, he believes that the soldiers were recruited into the army without signing the deed of sale, the Tiger Forest Army is not a cage, and will not let a soldier enter and not go out: either die in battle, or die of illness.
It is understandable that the soldiers who have divided the fields want to go home to work in agriculture and live a small life, but if they are released like this, the consequences will not be small: if too many people leave, it will cause the Hulin Army to 'hemorrhage' and the combat effectiveness will drop sharply.
People want to let go, but they can't just leave, otherwise the army's heart will be scattered, and the soldiers who have seen blood have been trained hard, and it will take time for the vacancies left to be filled by new recruits, so the Hulin Army decided to take the initiative to attack.
The measures taken are as follows: Based on the fact that the soldiers have been given a lot of land, and many people have started families, or the family has settled in Bazhou, in order to ensure that their families are not bullied, and at the same time they also take care of each other on weekdays, the Hulin Army 'mobilized' some soldiers to retire.
Soldiers who want to respond to the mobilization must submit an application, and then they can be officially 'discharged' after approval and approval, while the soldiers who previously reclaimed wasteland are no longer in the field, and those who want to be discharged from the army submit an application together.
There is a limit on the number of retired soldiers, meritorious personnel are given priority, and those who exceed the number can only wait for the next time, and the retired soldiers are classified into the civil registration of Xinzhi Padang County, and their names are registered in the county office, and they can be conscripted to defend the city in case of war.
This is a step, so that those soldiers who want to disarm and return to the field have a chance, and they can have a justifiable reason to leave the army, so as not to be scolded for being "ungrateful" behind their backs, Yu Wenwen feels that everyone is good to get together and disperse, and there is no need to make the scene too embarrassing.
The soldiers of the Hulin Army who have retired from the army are all veterans who have seen blood and have been well trained, so they are good at assisting the magistrates in maintaining law and order, training county soldiers, and enlisting to defend the city.
The application and approval of discharge from the army were tossed and turned for several months, during which the Hulin Army tossed enough to choke Wuchang County, Chen Guoyingzhou, on the other side of the river, and the newly planted crops were basically finished, and this year's harvest was a foregone conclusion.
The generals who recruited troops in this year, unless they had to do so, would not let the soldiers who were easy to train leave, but Yuwen Wen, the commander of the Hulin Army, really did this, and the Hulin Army not only released people but also came to a farewell party, and the people said that Yuwen Envoy Jun was a good general.
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In the barracks, in the conference hall, Fifth Brother Chen was talking with a few old brothers, and today he saw off the veterans, and several of them drank a lot of wine, and they each lay down for an hour to sober up before meeting in this conference hall.
Fifth Brother Chen has now been promoted to the other generals of the sixth life, while Tian Zhengyue and Hao Daring have been promoted to the commander of the fifth life and continue to lead the Hulin Army, while Liang Dingxing and Chen Qijin are directly promoted to the same general, with a rank of nine lives.
"Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and I never expected to be able to get to this point." Fifth Brother Chen said, "The last general wishes the two of them the same and will be knighted as soon as possible." ”
"Hey! What kind of general is not the last general, Lao Chen, you are scolding! Liang Dingxing said with a smile, "The combat exploits of the two of us, according to the same carry instrument, are much more reluctant, but they are not as good as you, and you should have given priority!" ”
"This kind of scene, don't talk about it between our old brothers, it's all arranged by the envoy, Lao Chen, Lao Tian and Daring are bold, and sooner or later they will have to take the position." Chen Qijin scratched his head, "You follow the envoy, there will always be a battle, and there are a lot of opportunities for meritorious service, so it's hard to come up with a 'rear strike'." ”
Hao Daring said with a smile when he heard this: "Talking nonsense, the envoy is now a general, and your soldiers don't listen to the command of the envoy?" If the envoy wants to fight, I can't go together? ”
"The government soldiers still have to practice from scratch, and they can't practice for three days and one day off like our Tiger Forest Army, who knows when they can be pulled out to cut people."
"Chen Yitong, when you go to the military mansion to lead the troops, don't always be 'our Tiger Forest Army', lest those soldiers be confused, and think it's the Tiger Forest Army Branch!"
"Hahaha!"
The five of them laughed, Chen Wudi, Tian Zhengyue, Hao Daring, Liang Dingxing and Chen Qijin, these five people were originally veterans of the Anzhou Army, three years ago in May of the second year of the elephant, with the Anzhou governor Yu Wenliang raiding Huangzhou, and then followed Xiyang County Gongyu Wenwen, a few people dared to go to Beidingzhou to kill people and seize power.
Since then, they have followed Yuwenwen to train the new army, and the scale of the new army has gradually expanded, until today's Hulin Army, and the fate of Chen Wudi and others has also changed, from ordinary elite veterans to veritable generals.
As Yuwenwen's 'Yuan Cong', they firmly control the Hulin Army, but with the development of the situation, they have to part ways, Chen Wudi, Tian Zhengyue, and Hao Daring continue to master the basic plate of the Hulin Army, while Liang Dingxing and Chen Qijin want to master the other army.
"This is another discharge, and another transfer of personnel, can the recruits be able to take it?"
"Almost a thousand soldiers have been discharged, and another thousand soldiers have been transferred, and it is also a loss to make Jun plan in advance, and in a few days, the two thousand recruits recruited will enter the camp for training." Tian Zhengyue said with some melancholy, "I train new soldiers every year, and I have learned from it." ”
"You're still right, the iron-clad battalion, the flowing soldiers." (To be continued.) )