The left battalion and the C team had five chiefs and five captains, and the full number of officers should be 50 people, but in fact, when Li * came to the C team to take up the post of officer, the strength of the entire C team was only half of the established strength, a total of only 25 people, plus 30 officers. As soon as Li * arrived, the oldest senior in the team, Zhou Zhengyu, who was already 44 years old, immediately presented the roster that he had managed for more than 20 days.

Fifty soldiers, the former captain Qiu Sheng had to eat ten places (according to Zhou Zhengyu, this is the average level in the Zhangwu army, Qiu team Zheng did not eat more than occupied), the five commanders each ate two places, the five captains each ate one place, and a full half of the combat soldiers were eaten by the eleven officers in the team.

Zhou Zhengyu was not as afraid of Li * as the other officers in the team, and it seemed to him that this thin young man did not seem to know much about many people, and as the recognized big brother of the team, Zhou Zhengyu felt obliged to help Li * get familiar with the situation as soon as possible.

After inspecting the soldiers, Li* told Zhou Zhengyu that he wanted to check the soldiers' equipment and weapons, and asked Zhou Zhengyu if he could order the soldiers to line up.

Zhou Zhengyu was stunned for a while before he understood what Li * meant, and it was difficult to refute the face of the new boss, so the middle-aged "old" chief had to go separately to inform the leading officers of each army.

Li waited patiently for a full hour and a half, and the commanders of the army finally found the soldiers who had herded the sheep, and more than 20 people lined up in a sparse horizontal column, staring wide-eyed for their new commander to review.

Appalling...... It's really miserable......

This is what Lee* said about this "army".

Only half of them wore the black and blue background clothes of the Zhangwu Army, the other half of them had all kinds of clothes, and there were seven people with felt hats on their heads who didn't know where they were thrown. The chiefs and captains held long pieces of iron of different shapes but also rusted, and the soldiers all held sticks with sharpened ends, and the sticks were of different lengths and thicknesses, and even one soldier had a stick in his hand that looked like a bow......

The entire C team could not find a decent piece of armor, not even the most crude leather armor. There were no helmets, not even the heads of the thin pieces of iron, and apart from the weapons held by the soldiers, there were two moth-eaten bows in the storeroom, but not a single arrow could be found.

This is the personnel and equipment of the unit that Li *xin took over.

Lee* carefully looked at his soldiers, who ranged in age from fifteen or sixteen to early forties, and looked like they were in their twenties, and although they were very different in age, they were all the same yellow and thin, the same listless, and the same empty eyes......

If such soldiers could fight, the old sows would go up the trees.

This is the first impression left by the C team of the left battalion of the Zhangwu Army, known as the "proud general" of Yanzhou, on Li *.

The 10 officers on active duty in the team were an eye-opener for Lee.

Zhou Zhengyu is a veteran who has been a soldier in Yanzhou for nearly 20 years, and he is also the "veteran of the Four Dynasties" in Yanzhou. However, in the C team, this Zhou Shichang is a very eye-catching figure, the first two teams of the C team are trusting him, as long as he is there, the relationship between the chief and the team officer will never go wrong, he can always get by.

In short, it is a good hand to engage in "unity" with this person.

Liu Heng's temper is just the opposite of Zhou Zhengyu, this person is a well-known stinky temper in the team, he likes to worry about everything, and he refuses to eat half a copper on weekdays, who wants to take advantage of him It is simply wishful thinking. It is said that this person has been a soldier for nearly seven years and has saved more than ten yuan of money, and this person's biggest dream is to open a pawnshop in Yanzhou City in more than ten years.

Di Huaiwei was a gambler, and he carried two pairs of dice on his body at all times, and this chief was not very greedy for money, but he was in the camp almost every day with his soldiers to gamble. There are few soldiers under his command who don't gamble.

Liang Xuan is a ruthless character, he never buys his boss's account, and when he gets up, he says that if he is in a hurry, he will cut people when he pulls out a broken piece of iron, and he will add fists and feet if he doesn't say a word; Except for Zhou Zhengyu in the team, he almost doesn't buy anyone's account. This person's martial arts are average, but he is long and wide, and his physical strength is relatively good, so he generally takes advantage of fights.

Gao Wanqing is a special character, this person is a member of the Gao clan, and he is still above Gao Yunquan in terms of seniority. This Gao Wanqing was quite rich in his early years, but he couldn't stand the problem of losing his family. This person is a hungry ghost, and he can't live without a woman for a day. Therefore, within a few years, the family business was completely ruined. walked through the door of Yanzhou Jiedu, ran to the Zhangwu Army to be a captain, but he did not change his life, and still drunk and slept night and night. The Gao family was furious, and immediately cut off his family registration and was demoted to the left battalion C team to be the head of the soldiers.

Compared with these five chiefs, the age of the five captains is much younger, and their social backgrounds are much simpler.

Wei Xun is the oldest of the Wu Chang, 24 years old this year, this is quite a big brother style guy, it is said that he was a famous scoundrel in the east of Yanzhou before joining the army, known as "the town of two cities". This person is not too old, but he is an extraordinary guy, he has a lot of money and grain and rice on weekdays, but he has never been stingy and conservative with money, and most of them are divided into food and drink for his subordinates. There are many underground underworlds in Yanzhou, in addition to the Salt Society, which is secretly supported by the Gao family, Wei Xun's skin-breaking scoundrels are the second largest force. Later, if it wasn't for the conflict with the Salt Society, the Yanzhou Jiedu Mansion finally took action against it, and Wei Xun was sent to the left camp to replenish the army, but he was afraid that he would still be in the city at the moment.

Ling Pu and Yang Li were originally Wei Xun's subordinates, and after the defeat, they followed the boss to the left camp to fill the army, and in recent years, they have also become army commanders with Wei Xun's influence.

Twenty-year-old Shen Chen is the only "intellectual" in the Zuoying C team, the father of this handsome young man was originally an officer in the Yanzhou army, this Shen team officer is a person with a lot of ideas, very far-sighted, he thinks that the troubled times are definitely not sustainable, after all, the world is still a scholar has a way out, so he sent his only son to the rich school to help study, until the year before last, the Shen team officer died in a battle with the party members, and the Shen family cut off the source of livelihood, Shen Chen had no choice but to join the Zhangwu Army as a soldier. Intellectuals joining the army are different, at present, there are only four people in Shen Chen's army in Team C, which seems to be considered full; Moreover, in the mutiny that took place twenty days ago, this Wu was the only Wu of Team C who did not follow Qiu Shengde into the streets.

Lu Xun, who is the same age as Shen Chen, is the son of Lu Gan, the former deputy commander of the Yanzhou Yanei, and his father was originally a close confidant of the former Yanzhou Jiedu envoy Zhou Mi, who was chopped into meat by the soldiers in the mutiny that occurred four years ago. Lu Xun escaped by hiding at home at that time, and later through some elders in the Zhangwu army, he also entered the left battalion as a soldier, and now he is also a military commander.

After seeing the various resumes of these junior officers, Li * held his head and thought about it all night, and finally sorted out a general idea of rectification. He knew very well in his heart that this army could not be called an army at all, not to mention fighting, but pulling out to engage in a 10-kilometer armed cross-country, because he was afraid that it would be good if ten people could follow him and run back.

But Li Bin did not see it that way, Li * was the first officer recommended by Li Bin, and the C team of the left battalion was the first army that Li Bin came into contact with, no matter what Li * thought of it, Li Bin had high hopes for this "army".

In this era when soldiers are grass kings, Li Bin, as a civilian official, naturally understands the importance of military power in his hands. Previously, under the control of the Gao family, Li Bin basically had no say in the Zhangwu Army. But this time, because Li Bin quelled the Dongcheng mutiny with extraordinary courage and courage, Gao Yunquan was overjoyed and allowed Li Bin to recommend an officer to serve in the army for the first time. As an old bureaucrat who has been up and down for decades in this era, Li Bin naturally knows how rare this opportunity is.

In order to satisfy Li Bin, the three fires of Li *'s new official taking office must be burned.

"Fellow comrades, I don't care about what happened before, from today onwards, you can no longer eat the flesh and blood of soldiers, and each soldier's ration of one stone per month must be provided in full, and the food money must also be given enough."

Li*'s words immediately caused a wave of uproar among the nine officers present.

The officers' salaries are already insufficient, and if they are not allowed to eat empty quotas, everyone will not be able to get by.

Afraid of the prestige of Li *'s murder on the street, these Qiu Ba did not dare to turn their faces immediately, but the cries of bitterness immediately broke out and were endless.

"The money and food you get from the soldiers every month will be replenished by the team according to the silver money, and the empty amount must not be eaten again!"

Li*'s face was gentle, but his tone was categorical and unquestionable.

Hearing this, the adobe room that was temporarily used as a conference room immediately fell silent.

When everyone looked at each other, Zhou Zhengyu coughed and said: "Li Escort Rong is sympathetic, the villain understands it on behalf of the soldiers, but the salaries of the ten comrades together cost fifteen hangings per month, so that the villain and others can't bear it." The villain has also heard that Companion Rong was not originally a person with extensive savings, and it is not easy to take out a lot of money at once...... The rule of eating Ding is not unique to the high servants, and Team C is not accompanied by Rong's own, and it is unreasonable to accompany Rong to post money by himself, and he is only afraid that Shangfeng will have some ideas......"

Li * silently listened to the old soldier Youzi speak, and couldn't help sneering in his heart, but his face was still blank. After hearing Zhou Zhengyu's words, he reached out and took out a heavy blanket from his arms, untied it in front of everyone, and poured the contents on the ground.

With a crisp sound of metals colliding with each other, a full eighteen shiny copper coins fell to the ground.

"These are the brothers' salaries for next month, you can get them now, there are two hangs of money for Brother Zhou, and the rest can be exchanged for some wine and meat, even if the team invites everyone to eat and drink!"

Zhou Zhengyu and the others swallowed saliva for a long time at the copper coins in one place, and then hesitated and said: "The villain's salary is only six hundred yuan per month, plus two dings, it is only one hanging, and the accompanying Rong is two hangings, how can this make the villain embarrassed?" ”

Li * smiled: "Brother Zhou, don't be embarrassed, you deserve it, from today onwards you will no longer be a chief, you are the deputy of my C team, two salaries per month, the same as this team!" ”

"Huh?" Zhou Zhengyu opened his mouth and didn't react, but he heard Li * open his mouth again.

"Brother Zhou's vacant position as the chief will be assumed by Brother Wei Xun, and since next month, Brother Wei's salary has also risen to eight dollars, and the extra part is already counted in it!"

Wei Xun, who had been pretending to be napping with his eyes slit, opened his eyes at this time, glanced at Li * with a little surprise, and hesitated without speaking.

Li * didn't wait for him to express his opinion, and said in one breath: "There is also Brother Shen Chen, like Brother Wei, who is also a good man. The team led by the Lu brothers will be a personal soldier for the team from tomorrow. ”

When he said this, his eyes turned to Wei Xun: "Brother Wei, the two vacancies will be selected from your team to be two veterans, and they will be brought to me tomorrow!" ”

“…… Companion ...... Accompany Rong for a while......" Zhou Zhengyu didn't have time to interrupt Li *'s words until this moment, and he asked in a daze while wiping the sweat on his head, "...... in the team?" There is no second captain in the team who is vacant......"

"Oh...... This ......" Li * nodded his head indifferently and said, "Gao Wanqing didn't come today, and the team didn't order him, so he despised Shangguan, so he is no longer a chief......"