Chapter Seventy-Nine: The New Annex
Zhang Erben put his hands behind his back, stood straight, and scanned the soldiers of the new annexed army standing in front of him with cold eyes, his nose was whistling and panting, with a look of contempt.
"I'll tell you these bastards, you all remember it for Lao Tzu today, your most comfortable day was yesterday, as long as you still have a breath, then you have to give Lao Tzu a good practice!
You yourselves look at the team you are standing on, is this a man who has come forward? Even a pig can't stand like this! And look at yourselves, haven't you eaten one by one? If you are depressed, you will be angry when you look at it! Now in order to punish you rotten dishes, let you have a longer memory, it's all there! Listen to me! Run around the camp, if anyone is behind Lao Tzu, just get out!
Jogging...... Walk! ”
A group of soldiers who had just run two laps down, heard this order, and almost fell to the ground, but they had nothing to say, because their Zhang team general did not run one step less than them, since the officials ran like this, what else did they have to fart?
After arriving here, they knew that what Xiao Dashuai said that day was not a lie, eating military food in the Xingtian Army was not an easy errand, from the second day they entered the camp, these veterans of the Xingtian Army took over their drills, first the old and weak among the generals were cleared out, and then a large number of guys with ruffian disrespect orders were cleaned up in a few days, after this cleanup, the original more than 4,000 people brought by the clay pot, only less than 2,000 people remained, Moreover, all the 2,000 men were scattered and mixed with some prisoners captured from Itoya's men and the able-bodied prisoners in the official army, and began a hellish exercise.
It was not until this time that they realized that every day before dawn, these wolf-like generals blew sharp bamboo whistles, pulled them out of the hot bed, and began to run around the camp in the bitter cold wind. Finally, they ate their meals, and before the rice bowl was dropped, the bamboo whistle sounded again, and then pulled them to the school field for repeated drill queues......
Even at night, it does not stop, the camp is lit with a roaring bonfire, all the tired soldiers like dead dogs still have to surround the bonfire, one by one to talk about their family history, say their suffering, what is this called what to remember the bittersweet meeting, even after sleeping, sometimes in the second half of the night, these energetic generals will suddenly blow the bamboo whistle, drive them out of the barracks one by one, line up on the school field, do what kind of emergency assembly at night, pull out around the camp to run circles, and when they return to the barracks, It's almost dawn again.
The soldiers of the newly attached army really couldn't figure it out, these generals of the Xingtian Army seemed to have endless energy, how to toss them up, so interested.
But fortunately, the food of the Xingtian Army is very good, and the officials never deduct their food, the mixed bread is full, and from time to time they will burn some salted horse broth for them to drink, and there are also pickles to eat on weekdays, compared to the days when they used to hide in the mountains with clay pots and be hungry and full, at least in terms of food, it is much better.
What makes them even more speechless is that these generals who care about them have never been lazy, how far they run, these generals will follow how far they run, one step less than them, they also stand straight when they practice, also in such a cold winter, sweat with them, soldiers are not afraid of hardship, after all, these people used to be basically tenants or farmers, and they have never enjoyed happiness since childhood, they all grew up with hardships, although now they are soldiers of the Xingtian Army, boring training every day consumes a lot of physical energy, But as long as they have enough to eat, these things can still survive, not to mention that even their officers are doing these things like them, and naturally there is nothing to be dissatisfied with in their hearts, and fairness is here for the first time they experience.
What they didn't expect was that after arriving here, they unexpectedly found that the officers, no matter how big or small, ate the same things as them, there was nothing special at all, and the officers ate whatever they ate, and even the battalion commander of the new attached army in the battalion carried a bowl every day to eat and eat with them, which was unimaginable before.
So after the first few days of panic, these soldiers of the new annexed army gradually adapted to this kind of life, although they were trained hard, but compared to the previous idle days, these soldiers of the new annexed army, on the contrary, felt that this day was not as terrible as they thought, someone drilled them, told them what to do, what not to do, and gradually understood that being a soldier in the Xingtian Army is not just a matter of eating and waiting for death.
With these realizations, when they practiced again, these guys took the initiative a lot, and they no longer complained about the hardships and laziness they did at the beginning, so that the training effect was much better.
Looking at this group of recruits who were panting like bellows running in front, Zhang Erben smiled slightly at the back of the team, he used to be just a captain in the war barracks, but now he has become a general of the new annex army, which is equivalent to a few levels in a row, but he was not happy to come here to bring this group of unruly recruits at first, in his opinion, with fifty people here, it is better to be happy when he is in the war barracks, just four people, there are battles in the war barracks, and there are rewards to be taken, Here, I can only watch a bunch of messy guys every day and sulk with them!
But after these days, he gradually began to like these guys, although these guys didn't have any rules at first, they couldn't even tell the difference between the left and right feet, but fortunately, these guys were very honest, and they didn't have too many ideas, let them do whatever they wanted, as long as they were fed every day, although it was very hard to train them, but these guys rarely complained, after getting acquainted with it, these days, these days, these guys have made very obvious progress, and the running distance has also increased a lot, The queue also looked like it, and it moved much faster, which reminded him of the days when he first entered the new barracks of the Xingtian Army.
Gradually polishing a group of guys who don't know anything into a decent soldier, this is also a good enjoyment for Zhang Erben, at least it is quite a sense of achievement, he is not thinking about returning to the original battalion now, and gradually began to settle down, mixed with these guys, one day, he believes that through his hands, he will definitely be able to polish these people into real soldiers of the Xingtian Army, and take them to make contributions.
"Can you bastards hurry up? Do you want to eat dinner at night? If you continue to grind like this, I'm afraid it'll be dark when you run back! Work hard, you remember to Lao Tzu, we are a gang, no one can be left behind, if you really can't run, pull each other, let's go back together! Zhang Erben put away his thoughts, quickened his pace, and began to scold and urge these guys again.
At this time, they saw a few horses galloping towards them slowly, Zhang Erben's eyes were sharp, and he immediately saw that the horse headed by them was sitting on the back of their "handsome", so they hurriedly ran a few steps, came to the front of the queue, gathered their legs and saluted while shouting: "Stand!" See the handsome! ”
The rest of the recruits hurriedly stood on their feet, and involuntarily began to line up automatically, and some even almost knelt down again, but under the reminder of others, they quickly straightened their legs, followed Zhang Erben to salute and shouted: "See the ...... of the handsome"
Xiao Tianjian returned them a military salute on horseback, since the crockpot gang took refuge in him, his title was promoted to marshal, and it soon spread in the army, so that now no matter who he is, he is called marshal, so he has to acquiesce to this title.
"Brothers have worked hard!" After Xiao Tianjian put down his hand, he said with a smile to Zhang Erben and the group of recruits behind him.
Zhang Erben didn't expect to meet Xiao Tianjian outside the camp at this time, he trembled with excitement, and replied loudly with trembling lips: "It was originally a handsome death!" And the recruits behind him also looked curiously at the young handsome in front of him, and shouted with the same excitement: "It was for the handsome to die!" ”
Xiao Tianjian jumped off the war horse, patted Zhang Erben's shoulder first, and asked his name, Zhang Erben excitedly reported his name and his current position.
Xiao Tianjian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, I remember your name!" And you recruits, after all these days, are you still satisfied with being a soldier under a certain command? ”
These recruits heard Xiao Tianjian ask them, so they hurriedly replied, some said they were satisfied, some people nodded nervously, but one of the recruits in a younger grade boldly said: "Qiyu is handsome!" I was very full, but I was too tired! ”
Zhang Erben almost turned his back on anger when he heard this, glared at this guy fiercely, and secretly gritted his teeth in his heart, and made up his mind to clean up this unruly guy after he went back.
But after Xiao Tianjian listened, he walked in front of this little soldier, stretched out his hand to help him with the felt hat on his head, and pulled the neckline that he pulled open because he was running too hot, and glanced at these recruits with a smile, and then said: "I know you are very hard, but this kind of hard work, you will all understand in the future, it is worth it!" Because we have an old saying in the Xingtian Army, that is, sweat more in peacetime, and shed less blood in wartime, although we will inevitably have to fight with the official army in the future, but I didn't think you are people who can be sacrificed casually, I hope you can all live, live to see that one day we overthrow the current court, return to your home alive, go to your own land with peace of mind, have children and inherit the ancestry! That's why now I'm going to let them, the officers, train you like this! In order to make your life better in the future!
Besides, isn't there an old saying that if you don't endure hardship, it's rare to be a master? If you can't even endure this bit of suffering, then you are still willing to go back and work for a day or two like before, and you don't know what to do in the future! Do you want to die by eating together? Little brother, don't you say? ”
This little soldier regretted what he said just now, for fear of annoying this big handsome, a pawn like him, once he makes the big handsome angry, isn't crushing him to death like crushing an ant? I didn't expect Xiao Tianjian to be so approachable, not only tidying up his clothes and hats for him, but also talking to them like this, and suddenly I didn't know what to say with gratitude, and my lips trembled for a long time before I said excitedly and loudly: "I don't want to live that day anymore!" It's still a solid life here, and the little one is a handsome one! I will never complain again! ”
Xiao Tianjian smiled and punched the little soldier in the chest, and laughed: "Okay! Well said! Since you are alive, you must live like a human being! But don't say anything about what you don't do, remember, what you're doing now is for your own sake! Our good days in the future will be fought out with your hands! I want you to live as long as you can! And not to die! Have you memorized them all? ”
After hearing this, the recruits all stood up and shouted, "Remember! ”
Xiao Tianjian turned his head to Zhang Erben and ordered: "Keep practicing!" ”
Zhang Erben was also happy at this moment, and while answering the order loudly, he turned around and shouted: "Listen to it all!" Run and go! ”
Dozens of recruits shouted and rushed out one by one, and they could no longer see the slightest tiredness, as if they were all beaten with chicken blood, and they were screaming as they ran, as if they had inexhaustible strength at this moment.
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