Chapter 16: Lord Zhao's Soldiers

The speed of conscription was so fast that Zhao Kang expected, and within two days of the notice being posted, Chen Erdian, the garrison of the militia group, recruited 1,120 soldiers from the first battalion.

At noon on the third day, in the open space at the entrance of the Yamen in Fugu County, a high platform was temporarily erected. On the high platform was a mountain of grain, and under the stage stood 1,120 young reservists of refugees who were about to join the militia. Standing at the forefront of the majestic was Chen Erdian, the newly appointed militia garrison of Zhao Kang.

Surrounded by a dense crowd of onlookers. Due to the large number of people gathered, the air was filled with a strong smell of sweat, feet, and even feces. Even Zhao Kang, who was changing clothes with the help of Chunmei in the bedroom in the backyard of the county government, could faintly hear it.

Just when everyone was anxiously waiting, suddenly a piercing gong sounded at the gate of the county ya, and the reservists and onlookers all fell silent in an instant, and everyone's eyes were on the same direction: the main gate of the county ya.

Under the four gilded characters of "Mirror Hanging", eight soap officials carrying signs with the words "Silence" and "Avoidance" on them walked out, and several people walked to the stairs of the high platform and stood in two rows, leaving a passage in the middle. He roared in a deep voice: "Might-——...... Wu"

Then Zhao Kang, who was wearing a black gauze hat and a cyan mandarin duck robe, walked out of the county office and strode onto the high platform. He was followed by the county Cheng You Wanxiong and the lord Bo Zhang Jun.

As a junior high school student, Zhao Kang has never experienced this kind of formation that only leaders can experience. Looking down, there were all dense human heads, tens of thousands of pairs of eyes staring at him in unison, Zhao Kang, who walked on the high platform, felt that his legs were a little weak, and his heart was a little panicked.

"Ahem! ——" He coughed twice to hide his stage fright, in order to prevent excessive nervousness and embarrassing performance, Zhao Kang made a silent gesture, and after the scene was completely quiet, he simply didn't go to the audience, his eyes and nose, his nose and his heart, and his heart and everything. From his waist, he took out the speech that had been prepared long ago and read it aloud:

"Folks and elders of Fugu County! Hello everyone! I am Zhao Kang, the county magistrate of this Fugu County. Today, the drought in Shaanxi has caused no harvest in our Fugu County, and many good people who were originally innocent have now become refugees and displaced people gathered in this Fugu County. There are even many people who leave their hometowns to go to Shanxi, Henan, Sichuan and other places in order to escape the famine. The entire Fugu County has become a ghost domain.

And I, Zhao Kang, the commander of Fugu County, am here to save everyone! ”

Zhao Kang glanced at the audience from the corner of his eye, wondering in his heart: Why are these Diao people so uncooperative, and they don't even have some applause?

Although I was a little disappointed, I could only continue to read at this time:

"At this most critical moment, in order to prevent the only peaceful and peaceful holy place in Fugu County, that is, our Fugu County, from being harmed by thieves and rebels, and in order to protect the lives and property of all the villagers and elders present, I decided to form a civilian regiment training force. Now that the conscription has been completed, all of you standing in the audience will become a sharp sword in the hands of me, Zhao Kang, a sword dedicated to protecting the common people. Whether it is a rebel, a rebel, a Mongol bandit, or even a Tartar outside the Guanwai, as long as someone is unfavorable to the people under my rule, this army will protect everyone and destroy the enemy! ”

Zhao Kang almost shouted out the last few words, and Chen Erdian, who reacted on the stage, immediately raised his arms and shouted very cooperatively: "I am willing to die for Lord Zhao!" ”

Then all the militia reservists followed him, clenched their fists, raised a hand, and shouted: "I am willing to die for Lord Zhao!" ”

Although the sound is not so neat, it can even be described as chaotic. But the lineup of more than 1,000 people shouting in unison was still very large, and the noisy and high-pitched voice almost scared Zhao Kang out.

After about two or one minutes, Zhao Kang made a silent gesture, and the scene slowly quieted down, Zhao Kang continued: "I now announce the basic military regulations of our militia group, everyone must keep it in mind!" First, victory can only be achieved by obeying the command of all actions and moving in unison. Second, if we don't take a stitch from the masses, the masses will support and like us. Third, all seizures should be returned to the public, and efforts should be made to lighten the people's burden. Three disciplines to do! In addition, there are eight things to keep in mind.

The first is to speak kindly, the second is to buy and sell fairly, the third is to pay back what is borrowed, the fourth is to compensate for the damage, the fifth is not to beat and curse, the sixth is not to damage the crops, the seventh is not to molest women, and the eighth is not to abuse the captives. ”

Zhao Kang directly and shamelessly took the three major disciplines and eight points of attention of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. However, because his voice is not small, there are too many people and it is too noisy, and it is estimated that it will have no effect. However, he had already asked Zhao Fugui to arrange for people to compile the three major disciplines, eight points of attention, and the revised "Discipline Regulations" with the Ming Dynasty's "Seventeen Prohibitions and Fifty-four Beheadings" into a booklet called "Military Discipline", and copied countless copies to be sent to future officers, so that they could teach the soldiers to learn.

As for the ideological [political] work of the army soldiers, Zhao Kang felt that it was necessary to do it properly.

As for daily training, it can be completely referred to the military training organized by the school. Moreover, the army of the Ming Dynasty also had a complete training program, but in this year when there was no food and no clothes to wear, the three-day and five-day exercises in the early Ming Dynasty were transformed into a lifetime of exercises.

Zhao Kang actually felt that those low-level border soldiers were very aggrieved, regardless of physical fitness, martial arts, or whatever, and even some border soldiers only had one pair of pants for their families, and they usually changed their clothes when they saw people, so poor to this level, do you ask people to fight with their bare butts? Such an army cannot be blamed for not being able to fight at all.

Those who can fight are recruited soldiers, and those who are paid for the army.

Zhao Kang saw that his three disciplines and eight major attention made the militia soldiers in the audience a little confused, so he decided to end his speech first: "Now, every soldier whose name I read comes up to receive a set of military uniforms, and at the same time, I will send the first month's military salary to everyone, so that all soldiers don't be afraid that their families will not have food." After the uniforms and food have been distributed, everyone will carry out the first task I promulgated under the leadership of the officers: the construction of the barracks! ”

Zhao Kang's words caused a sensation in the audience, what kind of soldier is he to be a soldier these days if he is not for food?

Originally, Zhao Kang only bought 500 sets of labor protection clothes from modern society, but the soldiers recruited more than 1,000 people. However, with the help of You Wanxiong, he urgently bought a thousand sets of military uniforms from Wang Ding, the chief soldier of Yulin, to solve the problem at hand.