Chapter 33: Gathering the Hearts of the Soldiers
Although Jiang Sheng said that he was unwilling, he had to pour three bowls of himself for the sake of Zou Jing's face. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info then picked up the sea bowl and said loudly: "The kid is abrupt, disturbing everyone's drinking." Immediately triple the punishment and forgiveness of the sin! "Anyway, three bowls in a row.
The barracks was naturally bold, and seeing Jiang Sheng so large, everyone was also lively, and the celebration banquet was extremely noisy until midnight.
Deng Mao in the military tent was still tied into a dumpling, Deng Maoxin said, Lao Tzu surrendered, and also recruited a large number of Yellow Turban sergeants, even if there were, it was offset by the merits, he also treated Lao Tzu as a prisoner, he should not have surrendered in the first place, even if he died in battle, it was better than suffering this insult!
While secretly scolding, several strong sergeants entered the account and untied the ropes on Deng Mao's legs, but did not let him go, but put Deng Mao in Youzhou Prison. Deng Mao shouted and cursed, but no one responded. I'm really fed up with this bird's anger, don't let Lao Tzu go out, otherwise Lao Tzu will rebel to the end and fight to the death!
Although Jiang Sheng said that he had Guo Xun's order to surrender, Deng Mao was missing from the military tent. When asked where, the soldiers guarding had no idea, saying only that they had been taken away by several sergeants from the Assassin's Mansion.
Jiang Sheng was also very annoyed, could it be that Guo Xun went back on his word and wanted to kill Deng Mao? So he went straight to the Assassin's Mansion to ask what was going on.
After arriving at the Assassin's Mansion, Jiang Sheng was told that Guo Xun was drunk and had fallen asleep, so he should not be disturbed. Jiang Sheng had to give up and wait until dawn.
When I had nothing to do, I went to find Guan Yu. Jiang Sheng asked the night patrol soldier to find out where Guan Yu was, and then walked into the military tent.
The military tent was already snoring like thunder, and Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Feiguo were lying on the same bed as the history books said, and they were already asleep. Jiang Sheng had no choice but to retreat.
In the early morning of the second day, the various departments were reorganized, Liu Guanzhang and his subordinate men and horses were not included in the formation, but they had food and salary, and Jiang Sheng and Zhang He were incorporated into the volunteer soldier sequence. The so-called volunteer soldiers are not paid for their meals, and they are more than one grade behind Liu Bei.
Jiang Sheng brought up the matter of recruiting Deng Mao again, Guo Xun was quite impatient, and only said that the remnants of the Yellow Turban were still causing trouble to the people, so they would suppress the bandits first, and then discuss the matter of surrender. Jiang Shengren spoke lightly, so he had to give up for the time being.
Although heroes are admired in this era, they want obedient heroes, not heroes who make their own claims, especially people like Guo Xun, who have a strong sectarian concept, would rather abandon heroes than lose the prestige of the sect.
Cheng Yuanzhi's troops collapsed in Daxing Mountain, announcing the failure of the main force of the Yellow Turban in Youzhou, leaving only the mountains and villages under the banner of the Yellow Turban, such as Yu Yigen, Yin Damu and others still in the township, Guo Xun did not like Jiang Sheng's disobedience to his order to kill Deng Mao during the banquet and pretended to be cold, so Zou Jing temporarily sealed Jiang Sheng as a temporary centurion official, and ordered Jiang Sheng to lead some foot soldiers into the mountains to suppress bandits. Fortunately, the supply is fully replenished.
Although these volunteers are all spontaneously joined the army to kill thieves in the surrounding villages and towns, they also kill the enemy, the Youzhou army has military salaries, but the volunteers only work and do not pay wages, so many people dispersed by themselves, and the Youzhou army, known as 100,000, collapsed in a few days, and the resentment among the volunteers also sprouted.
The volunteers from all walks of life who went out to suppress bandits fled one after another, and Zou Jing had to reorganize several groups of personnel into one road, and the total number of volunteers dropped sharply.
Unlike other rebels, Jiang Sheng did not go into the mountains to suppress thieves after taking these hundred volunteers out, but chose an open place far away from the military camp to train his troops.
Physical fitness is the foundation of combat effectiveness, and Jiang Sheng, who came from the special forces of later generations, certainly understands this, so the five-kilometer cross-country run has become the primary subject of this military training.
A hundred soldiers in rudimentary armor were running under the leadership of Jiang Sheng with spears and knives, and many soldiers did not understand this, and Zhang He couldn't help but come to Jiang Sheng's side and ask.
"Big brother, do you know where the bandits are?" Zhang He asked.
"I don't know."
"Then why was the march so hasty? I'm afraid that some soldiers can't bear it physically, so what if they fight against bandits? ”
"When did I say I was going to fight the bandits? This is just training everyone. ”
"Huh? So how do you deal with the captain? ”
"The bandits are not armies, how can they be lined up and waiting for us to fight? We are only looking for the thief's trace, and the bandit can't be traced, so how can we fight against it? ”
Zhang He suddenly realized, adjusted his breathing, and ran. Some surrounding soldiers heard the conversation between Jiang Sheng and Zhang He, and already understood that Jiang Sheng, like them, was also dissatisfied with the Assassin Mansion and Guo Xun, and this time the thieves were just dealing with official business. Anyway, the Thorn Mansion provides support, and he is naturally willing to do things that are just eating and not working.
Jiang Sheng's idea quickly spread in this small army, and some people came up with the idea of not running along, so Jiang Sheng shouted while running: "It's not peaceful here, if everyone runs together, the general bandits won't dare to touch us, if we are alone, it's hard to say." If you can't kill a thief, at least you have to be able not to be killed by a thief, right? If you don't train your body to be strong, you won't be able to escape. ”
Only then did everyone understand the reason why Jiang Sheng took them to run, it turned out that they were practicing the kung fu of escaping, everyone couldn't help but be happy, they had never heard of the troops who trained the ability to escape, this time, everyone's depressed mood was alleviated, the resentment was naturally reduced, and the morale was also improved.
In Jiang Sheng's view, history still has a high opinion of Guo Xun's morality, and under the influence of sectarian thinking, Aicai is also narrow-minded. Jiang Sheng knew that Guo Xun was not a place to stay for a long time, so he had his own thoughts, at least the hundred people in front of him should be used by me.
At noon, Jiang Sheng's team stopped to rest, and a man began to prepare lunch. According to the practice in the army, the man prepared a small stove for Jiang Sheng, not to mention whether it was rich or not, the aroma of the meat alone was enough to make people salivate. And the soldier is a vegetable soup and a nest, and he can't see a little oil and water, and his status is clear at a glance.
After lunch was ready, the man sent Jiang Sheng's small stove to him, and the soldiers not far away naturally watched with blank eyes.
Jiang Sheng picked up the meaty vegetable pot and walked to the soldier's stove, divided the broth into several parts, and poured them into the soldier's rice pot. The guy was sincerely frightened, and hurriedly confessed, he thought that Jiang Sheng was thinking that the food was not done well.
Jiang Sheng said: "Jiang is not talented, temporarily acting as a centurion, but I am not superior, I am from a bitter background like everyone else." We should be brothers, not officers and soldiers. Is there a difference between brothers? In the future, I must not open a small stove, I can eat with all my brothers. Here, distribute meals to everyone! ”
Jiang Sheng picked up a big spoon and stirred it in the pot a few times, then took the bowl of a soldier next to him and handed it to him full of meaty dishes. The soldier didn't dare to take it, and was stunned.
Although Jiang Sheng did not have an actual position, the position of centurion announced by the lieutenant himself still had a certain influence. Those volunteers expressed their disbelief at Jiang Sheng's behavior of eating the same pot of rice with them, and in their opinion, all officials should eat small stoves, instead of eating coarse grains like them.
When Jiang Sheng stuffed the bowl into the soldier's hand, the soldier raised the bowl above his head, half-knelt on the ground, choked up and thanked him loudly.
Only then did everyone know that this centurion really did not despise them, but really treated them as equals, and suddenly shortened the distance, and this trick was also tried and tested in the army of later generations, not to mention in the late Eastern Han Dynasty when the people were simple.
Jiang Sheng poured a bowl from the soldier's pot, and then ate it in a big way, and the men hurriedly divided the meal, and then everyone sat around and ate.
Jiang Sheng asked the soldiers' names, ages, places of origin and family situation while eating among the soldiers, and the soldiers all knew Jiang Sheng's achievements on the battlefield.
When he learned that several soldiers had seriously ill relatives at home, Jiang Sheng took out some silver money from his body and gave them so that they could treat their relatives after returning to their hometowns. The soldiers were adamant at first, but Jiang Sheng still stuffed the money into their pockets, moving them to tears.
The more than ten soldiers who originally wanted to escape saw Jiang Sheng treating them so well, and they also decided to stay, and the common resentment against the Assassin Shifu and Guo Xun made them regard Jiang Sheng as their own person, and they would definitely not suffer if they followed Jiang Sheng.