Chapter 229: School Lecture
Early the next morning, the sky was still just bright, Wang Huaqiang took more than 200 officers who had changed their chain mail and wore bronze helmets, and came to the camp early, more than 20 cowhide drums were lined up, and the strong men in more than 40 officer corps were naked, and the drums sounded loudly, because the camp was in the valley, the drums echoed endlessly, so that every soldier who was still asleep exploded their eardrums and woke up.
Most of these soldiers didn't know about Wang Huaqiang's arrival yesterday, but after all, they had eaten military meals for many years, and they still knew about beating drums and ordering soldiers, so they scolded and cursed, put on their clothes, picked up their weapons, and lazily walked to the playground in the valley in groups of three or five.
Wang Huaqiang put on a brand new armor today, for the first time in his life, he put on the Mingguang armor, covered with a robe embroidered with birds and beasts, he held a command flag in his hand, standing on the platform with his head held high, full of momentum, compared to standing beside him, Pei Shiju, who was also dressed, looked more like a general who gave orders.
Pei Shiju cleared his throat and said loudly: "The army listened to the order, and standing beside me was General Wang Huaqiang, the newly sent head of the Panyu Road march by the imperial court, who was personally transferred from the Jiangnan counterinsurgency army by Marshal Yang Suyang, the Duke of Yueguo. ”
As soon as these words came out, it was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, and these soldiers were all sure that they could not really reach Lingnan by relying on their own 3,000 stragglers. It's just a pretense to give the army a front stop. Plus triple the salary. Only then did they join this military camp, many of them had fought with Yang Su's troops in Jiangling back then, and were released by Yang Su after being taken prisoner.
"Governor Pei, there are too few of us, how can we go to Lingnan!"
"Governor Pei. At the beginning, you said that you were going to recruit a large army, and the brothers only entered the barracks, and now there are only 3,000 people, and there are more than 100,000 rebels in Lingnan. ”
"Governor Pei, there are old and young people in my family, and you are eating in your barracks, if you really go to Lingnan, the little ones will have to take off this military uniform."
"Governor Pei, let's wait for the army. We are willing to be stationed in Shaoguan. ”
Wang Huaqiang listened coldly to the gossip below, with an expressionless face. When the noise had subsided a little, he pulled out an iron horn from behind him, which he had built overnight yesterday to come in handy today.
Wang Huaqiang carried the qi of the dantian, and the sound full of qi was full of sound through the amplification effect of the loudspeaker, so that every soldier could hear it clearly: "Do you think this military camp is an inn?" Come when you want, go when you want? Raising troops for a thousand days will be used for a while, not to mention that Governor Pei made it clear at the beginning that this army was going to recruit the rebels in Lingnan. Now it's time to use you, and if anyone says to take off their uniforms, they will be punished as deserters!"
Wang Huaqiang's words obviously revealed a murderous aura, plus the officers behind him all sank like water, these Nanchen soldiers saw hundreds of muscular, fierce-looking guys, they knew that they were all veterans who had recruited Nanchen, and even some people recognized that some people had captured themselves on the battlefield, and they were even more frightened and silent, and they didn't dare to speak, and the valley that was noisy just now suddenly became silent.
Wang Huaqiang saw that his momentum suppressed these soldiers, and his confidence was even stronger, originally he was most worried about relying only on himself and more than 200 officers and veterans to control the situation, the current situation is better than expected, the first strategy of subjugation has worked in advance, he changed his smiling face, and said: "You have all been in the army, have fought battles, the reason why my Great Sui Iron Army is invincible, in addition to being well-trained and sharp, is that the rewards and punishments are clear, and the military orders are like mountains!"
A few barbarians in Lingnan rebelled, there is no need to worry, just now someone said that they want to wait for the arrival of the main force of the army, and now I tell you that you are the main force of the army in this counterinsurgency. I know that you, the soldiers of the Southern Army, once fought with Marshal Yang's army two years ago, and even blocked Marshal Yang for a time, before I came this time, Marshal Yang said that his memory of your combat effectiveness is particularly fresh, and he said that you are stronger than any Southern Korean army he has ever seen, and you can be called a sharp pawn!"
The eyes of these soldiers of the Southern Dynasty gradually emitted a strange light, they were originally the main force of Nan Chen's defense of the Sui army in Xiangzhou, and many of them were elite soldiers trained by the famous general Zhou Luoyu, and it was precisely because of this that these people were able to hold Xiangzhou for several years, and they could once compete head-on with Yang Su's army.
Although Nan Chen is dead, the life beliefs and pillars of these veterans have collapsed, and most of them have become muddy after returning to their hometowns, and the honor and dignity of soldiers have begun to become unfamiliar to them, but Wang Huaqiang's incitative words have gradually made their blood boil, and many people have unconsciously begun to stand up straight, and the long-lost power has begun to slowly recover in their bodies.
Wang Huaqiang noticed the change in the expressions of many people, and his heart was overjoyed, and his voice was raised again: "Soldiers, when you were under Lu Zhongsu, Lu Zhongsu personally scattered all his family wealth and rewarded the three armies, and now I want to tell you, the Great Sui can give you far more than Lu Zhongsu, Governor Pei has already given three times the combat salary of my ordinary soldiers of the Great Sui, and the land of Lingnan is full of rare treasures, and Panyu City is a big port for trading with overseas Hu merchants, where there are gold, silver, pearls, Agate, gemstones!
This time, in order to let everyone fight bravely, the imperial court specially said, after relieving the siege of Panyu City, the money and treasures in the treasury came out to reward the three armies, and everyone can take as much as they can take, if they can't take it and want to settle down in Lingnan, the imperial court will give three times as much open fields and Yongye fields as the mainland, and ensure that your children and grandchildren can live a life there!"
Pei Shiju frowned when he heard this, but did not interrupt. And the southern soldiers in the audience began to have their eyes shining, and they exchanged their heads excitedly.
However, there were still a few bearded veterans frowning and shouting loudly: "Manager Wang, although the conditions you gave are generous, but Lingnan is a place where miasma is rampant, there are poisonous insects and monsters everywhere, we have seen many Sui army sergeants pass by here to change the guard in Lingnan, and when they go, the stick boy who is alive and vigorous will be carried back in less than half a year, and there is only half a life left, Manager Wang, we are afraid that we have the life to earn money and not the life to spend it!"
These words spoke out to the hearts of many people, and many soldiers who had been discussing the bright future of going to Lingnan just now were suddenly drenched in cold water, and lowered their heads and remained silent.
Wang Huaqiang laughed, pulled the wheat iron rod from behind him, pointed at him and said to the soldiers in the audience: "This Mai Dudu is a native of Shixing in Lingnan, he has a unique secret recipe, and he ensures that everyone will be free from illness and disaster after drinking the medicine, and he is not afraid of the miasma in the south." As he spoke, he handed the iron horn to the iron rod.
Mai Tiezhu took off his helmet, his black face and beard, obviously did not look like a person from the Central Plains, he said loudly in Shixing dialect to the iron horn: "Everyone can see clearly, I am a native of Lingnan Shixing, our village has always had a secret recipe to prevent miasma, as long as you go to Wuling to pick some herbs called Huoxiang, with other medicines to drink, to ensure that everyone is not afraid of miasma!"
When the army saw Mai Tiecane like this, and heard his Lingnan dialect, they immediately believed most of it, and one person took the lead and shouted: "Chief Wang, little Lei Shimeng, I am willing to invite myself to go on the expedition!"
Another loud voice also shouted: "Little Dong Jingzhen, willing to be the pioneer of the front!"
As these two people took the initiative to ask for help, the audience was like a fried pot, and the soldiers frantically poured into the audience, wanting to squeeze a little forward, stretched out their hands and shouted: "The small ones are willing to go to the war, and the small ones are willing to go to the war." "One by one, I am afraid that as long as I am half a beat slower, I will fall behind the expedition target.
Wang Huaqiang nodded with satisfaction, and shouted loudly: "The army listens to the order, and if you want to go out to fight, you have to train first, and after half an hour, you will start training as a team, and if you are not qualified, you will not be brought to Lingnan!" (To be continued......)
PS: The next update is at 19 o'clock