Chapter 116: Military Law

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Good news came from the recruitment of troops at the east gate, more than 400 people signed up for the Taiping camp in one afternoon, which made Qin Zhisheng and Shao Jiugong, who were not optimistic about the recruitment situation, dumbfounded, these two people had done the Ming army and the green camp in the past, and knew that they wanted the people to take the initiative to become soldiers in these years, and there was no other way except to force them, and they had never heard of people voluntarily joining the army. But the facts are in front of them, and the names written in black circles on the roster really tell them that the Taiping Camp has really recruited more than 400 young people into the camp today, which is really incomprehensible to them.

What they couldn't understand was not only Shao Jiugong and them, but also the small officials and servants of the high-ranking county government were even more dumbfounded, looking at the young men in the city who couldn't help but squeeze forward to sign up, and didn't know whether to scold them or rejoice for them. They are all people from the same place, Gaoyao City is not big, and many of the young people who signed up are familiar to the errand officials, and there are even people who are related to them, but they don't dare to come forward to dissuade them, and they don't even dare to secretly look at them, so they can only feel sorry for these people in their hearts.

Except for the dozen or so poor people at the beginning, why did the rest of the people join the army, are they really bad in their heads and want to go to the Taiping Camp? Don't they know the consequences of being a Master?

understands that there are also people, and they all say that these people can't eat enough at home, so it's better to go out and go with the Taiping camp, no matter whether the promise of the Taiping camp is true or not, at least they are still fed in front of them. Besides, if the half-sized children don't let them out, they can worry about their parents at home. Anyway, they are not afraid of death, so it is up to them to go crazy, and if they are lucky, they will not be able to mix up in the army. If you're unlucky, you'll be a full ghost before you die. What's more, it's a good thing that they are not sure to join the army, and the Ming army has entered this city. Can the soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty let go of Gaoyao City, and can they let go of the people in this city?

Knowing what the consequences of entering the Ming army in the city would be like for a long time, the people who knew what the consequences would be if they entered the city had already thought about going out of the city for refuge, and the Ming army in black clothes in front of them was guarding the city gate, but looking at their posture of emptying the money and grain in the county treasury, I am afraid that they would not be able to stay for a few days. Just wait for this group of black-clothed soldiers to leave, and everyone will quickly leave this place with the old and the young, otherwise it will be too late. You said that the soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty are vegetarian monks who chant scriptures, and once the Qing soldiers come, they will kill people! Why were the neighboring counties slaughtered a few years ago?

There are many people who have signed up to join the army and have the intention of taking refuge in the camp to save their lives. There is no shortage of those who have saved and found a chance to escape in the future, but these people are a minority after all, and most of the young people are still in the spirit of being able to eat enough, as for the Taiping Camp promised to eat meat, they just heard it, and they couldn't take it seriously. The problem is that the Taiping Camp only recruits young and strong, not old and weak, they all have wives and children, and who can stomp their feet and ignore them.

Zhou Shixiang doesn't care what the young man who signed up has in mind. As long as people come in, he ordered Shao Jiugong to find a few vacant spaces in Dongcheng to place these recruits, and to have a piece of registration tomorrow for reorganization. The whole camp is eating well today. The restaurants in the city and all the big families have wine and meat "filial piety", and after being tired for so many days, the whole camp has not eaten a serious meal, just eating and drinking.

That night, the city of Gaoyao was really lively, and after several groups of scouts confirmed that there was no sign of the Qing army near Gaoyao, Zhou Shixiang allowed the whole camp to eat and drink, and he was so happy that all his subordinates laughed from ear to ear. Zhou Shixiang himself had a rare drink, and then personally sent Song Ying out of the city. Song Ying went to find Zhang An. Zhou Shixiang asked Zhang An to go to the provincial capital in person.

The alcohol ban was opened, but it was not that he didn't care. Tie Yi's engineer battalion was not allowed to drink alcohol, but instead took on the task of patrolling the streets. Patrolling the streets is not afraid of the conspiracy of the gentry and big families in the city. It's not that I'm afraid of the Qing army's spies, but I'm afraid that the sergeants who drink too much will go out of the camp to make trouble. Zhou Shixiang's greatest power to Tie Yi is that as long as he catches the drunken and crazy people in the city, whether they are officers or soldiers, they will be tied up first, and if they resist, they will be beaten directly with sticks.

Fortunately, there were many soldiers who were drunk that night, but most of them were sleeping soundly in the camp, and few of them ran out to play drunk, let alone run to the people's homes to make trouble. The engineer battalion patrolled for one night and bundled up only about twenty drunken ones, half of whom were found sleeping on the street

The number of people who signed up for the second day decreased significantly, and there were only a few dozen in the morning, and after noon, no one could sign up. After reporting the situation there, Zhou Shixiang let the stall be collected, no matter whether anyone came to vote behind him, this soldier was not recruited. Those who should have voted have been voted, and those who should have thought have come have come, and the rest will basically not come to the army again.

Just after noon, Zhou Shixiang ordered the whole battalion to gather in Dongcheng, Li Fuguo and more than 200 green battalion soldiers under his command were also brought out and escorted over, and more than 400 high-ranking recruits recruited in two days were also shouted and brought to Dongcheng. The open space in Dongcheng is not large, and so many people are gathered together, and it suddenly seems crowded.

Tie Yi ordered people to build a high platform according to Zhou Shixiang's instructions, and there were two big flags on the high platform, one side was written with a big "Ming" character, and the other side was embroidered with three big characters of "Taiping Camp". Because I don't know what the Senhu adults are doing when they gather everyone, they are all guessing. Because of the happy eating of wine and meat last night, coupled with the complex composition of the soldiers, and the fact that most of the officers were bandits and from the green battalion, the discipline was not very good, and they were chaotic.

"Senho-sama has arrived!"

With the loud shouts of Zhou Shixiangwei, Zhou Shixiang, who was dressed in a strong suit, slowly stepped up to the high platform with a saber in one hand. After going up, listening to the noisy discussion below, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help frowning, and as soon as he raised his hand, three drums sounded immediately.

Hearing the sound of drums, the officers and veterans subconsciously froze, and immediately began to maintain order, and soon the situation fell silent. The prisoners of the Green Camp were nervous, not knowing what was waiting for them today, and the high-ranking soldiers who had just been recruited were also uneasy, not knowing what the generals on the stage would do to them.

After the silence on the field, Zhou Shixiangfang looked at the audience and said to them: "Since the day I beat the head of the Taiping camp, this thousand households have vowed to lead everyone to recover the two capitals and restore my Ming and Han families. For this ambition, my Taiping Camp needs heroes from all over the world to vote, but all the heroes, my Taiping Camp will accept them all, but if it is a bad scum, it is not a must! When the former Japanese battalion attacked Gaoyao City, Ben Qianhu heard that there were a few fearful rats who were afraid to move forward, not only disobeyed the order, but also shouted in front of the battle, disturbing the hearts of our army. (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow the ~ point / Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter qdread can be), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the qdread WeChat public account! (To be continued)