Chapter 159: Reforging the Soul of the Army

"Metropolitan Governor, it's not a big problem, Li Benshen's kid is very close to our second division, and he has also come to me to invite someone to help him train, but this kid doesn't take the education of the army seriously, I have sent people to persuade him a few times, but this kid just can't listen." Li Chengdong said.

"Well, there's such a thing, why didn't you report it earlier?" Luo Jian said with a calm face.

"Governor Dadu, won't my Lao Li become a snitch? Look at my mouth, I just can't control the wind, and I still said it today. Li Chengdong said.

"! Do you Li Chengdong still regard yourself as a member of the Yangzhou Army? The Yangzhou army has a problem itself, and you don't report it and still have a heartbeat? If the combat effectiveness of the third division is not strong in the future, who will be responsible for the mistake on the battlefield? Li Chengdong, for you not to report this, you yourself are confined for a day, do you have any opinions? As soon as Luo Jian wiped his face, the atmosphere on the field suddenly became solidified.

"Yes! Dadu Governor, after Dadu Governor leaves, Li Chengdong will stay in the confinement room for a day, and he will definitely not dare to be sloppy! Li Chengdong straightened his waist and said.

"Clean up, let's go to Xuyi tomorrow, what is your staff department doing? Why didn't we learn about this for a long time? Luo Jian said to Yi Bangcai in a deep voice, and Yi Bangcai hurriedly agreed.

The group set off from Xuzhou early the next morning to Xuyi, without the slightest delay on the road, and it took three days to arrive at Xuyi, fortunately, most of the female soldiers of the literary and artistic propaganda team were used to marching in the Dashun army before, and they did not lag behind.

Several female soldiers were still talking on their horses.

"The Metropolitan Governor is usually such an amiable person, I didn't expect it to be so scary to start a fire, but the Yangzhou Army seems to be different from other places, other armies make mistakes and have to fight with military sticks, this is confinement, what is confinement?"

"I've heard that those who serve as soldiers would rather be beaten with sticks than be confined to confinement, confinement is to stay alone in a small dark room and reflect on yourself, I heard that if you are locked up for three days, people will go crazy."

Li Benshen did not hear the slightest news that the Metropolitan Governor was coming to the Third Division, and when Luo Jian and his entourage arrived at the headquarters of the Third Division, he was drinking happily with a group of officers at the division headquarters.

When Luo Jian walked to the door of the canteen of the Third Division, there was a constant sound of talking, and the guards who followed in wanted to go in to report, but they were frightened back by Luo Jian's glare.

"I said Deputy Division Commander Yang, brothers, the training of our third division has to be paid attention to, since we voted in Yangzhou, the metropolitan governor treats us the same, I went to the second division to ask, our military salary, logistics are all the same. When we fight next time, our three divisions can't watch from the sidelines, we have to take the initiative to fight, and we are worthy of the Metropolitan Governor's love for us. ”

This is Li Benshen's voice, after listening to this voice, Luo Jian's face is slightly better.

"The division commander is right, it's just that the Yangzhou Army is good at everything, but the discipline is too strict, and the brothers feel a little uncomfortable, and those talented people are also annoying, and they are wordy all day long, like an old mother."

"Are the brethren uncomfortable, or are you uncomfortable?" Luo Jian pushed open the door and walked in.

"Huh? The Grand Governor? Li Benshen was stunned on the spot, and it took him a long time to react and shout, "Stand up!" Only then did he come over and salute Luo Jian.

Luo Jian saw that the shaved hair of Li Benshen and the others had grown, and these guys never had long hair anymore, and they all learned from Luo Jian to keep short hair.

"Governor, why are you here for the Chinese New Year?" Li Benshen, who reacted, hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"Hmph, if I didn't come, I didn't know you were living so comfortably here? Drinking a little wine, chatting a little bit, how are you doing this day? Did you receive the notice issued by the General Staff before the Chinese New Year? Luo Jian said in a deep voice.

"Got it, the troops are all in the camp for the New Year, and no one dares to mess around outside." Li Benshen said.

"Is that enough? What does Article 3 of the Notice say? ”

"The third, the third..." Li Benshen couldn't speak.

"Report to the Metropolitan Governor, the third article is that the officers must organize the troops to have a good Spring Festival, and it is strictly forbidden for the officers to gather together to drink and let the troops go." Deputy Division Commander Yang replied beside him.

"Master Li, what are you doing now?" Luo Jian asked coldly.

"Metropolitan Governor, this..."Cold sweat broke out on Li Benshen's forehead.

"Staff Officer Gao, you take the literary and artistic propaganda team to the army to perform, and I will have a few drinks with them at the division headquarters." Luo Jian turned to Gao Xiaozhang and said.

Li Benshen was not stupid enough to think that Luo Jian really wanted to have a few drinks with them, so he quickly led Luo Jian and Yi Bangcai to the conference room of the division headquarters.

After they all sat down, Luo Jian opened his mouth and asked, "Who said just now that you were uncomfortable in the Yangzhou army?" ”

"Report to the Governor, it's a lowly statement." An officer stood up and said.

"Which unit is the term inferior? Our Yangzhou army doesn't seem to have it, right? What part of it are you? Luo Jian was so angry that after so long, the old routine still hasn't changed.

"Report to the Metropolitan Governor, I am the deputy commander of the Third Division and the Second Regiment, and what I said just now is what I said."

The deputy head of the second regiment stood at the table, cold sweat broke out all over his body, and he was so nervous that he shivered.

"You don't need to be afraid of being like that, the Yangzhou army will not shout and kill if it makes a mistake, let's be reasonable today, let's talk about this comfort and discomfort, if you are reasonable, not only is there no mistake, you also have merit, do you think it will work? You say first, why is our Yangzhou army uncomfortable? Luo Jian raised his hand and sat him down.

"Governor, this kid drank two glasses of cat urine, and he was grinning." Li Benshen said beside him.

"It's none of your business now, we'll talk about your problem later, let's not engage in 'punishment without teaching', let's explain the reason thoroughly." If there is really a problem with our Yangzhou army, you are right, we will change it, if you can't say the reason, then you are still wrong, you say it! Luo Jian said to the deputy commander of the second regiment.

The deputy head of the second regiment sat in his seat, cold sweat dripping down his face, but he couldn't say a word.

"You don't say yes, do you? Let me tell you, did the instructor of your division tell you that 'those who abide by discipline are the freest people'? ”

Luo Jian stared at the officers of the Third Division, his face was grim, and the officers of the Third Division, from Li Benshen down, were silent one by one.

There was a meeting in the conference room of the division headquarters, and there was a "report" sound outside the door, Luo Jian beckoned him to come in and take a look, but it was Gao Xiaozhang who came in.

"Didn't you go to the army to perform? How did you get back? "Luo Jian is a little strange.

"Metropolitan Governor, the troops of the Third Division are too unspeakable, and there are officers who make fun of the female soldiers of the literary and artistic propaganda team." Gao Xiaozhang said.

"What's going on? You tell the truth about what happened! When Luo Jian heard this, he immediately became angry.

Gao Xiaozhang told what happened 1510.

It turned out that the first thing they arrived was the 3rd Division and 2nd Regiment, which was the closest to each other.

Soon set up the stage, the red lady came to the stage as before, and before she began to speak, she heard a person who looked like an officer in front of the audience laughing and shouting: "Little lady on the stage, sing a 'eighteen touches' to the masters." ”

After so many performances in the Yangzhou Army, and it was the first time such a thing happened, the Red Lady was also stunned for a moment, but the Red Lady was the one who led the troops, where did she look at this kind of person.

He handed the bullhorn to the staff officer beside him, walked down the stage in a few steps, beckoned the officer to step forward, and said, "Why don't you go home and ask your mother to sing it to you?" ”

After the red lady finished speaking, she knocked the officer to the ground with a few strokes, and the officer had no power to fight back.

The soldiers of the second regiment made a noise, and Gao Xiaozhang shouted loudly with a loudspeaker, "The literary and artistic propaganda team is ordered by the capital to perform for everyone, it is none of everyone's business, if there is still trouble, it will be the same crime as this guy!" ”

Hearing Gao Xiaozhang's shout, the other officers in the audience restrained the troops, and no worse incidents occurred.

After Gao Xiaozhang finished speaking, Luo Jian looked up and saw that several guards were escorting an officer, who was kneeling outside the door and trembling.

The officers of the third division all looked at the person kneeling at the door, Li Benshen's face was terrifyingly dark, he touched his waist, found that he was not wearing a waist knife, looked in front of him, grabbed the teacup on the table, walked out of the door in two steps, raised the teacup and was about to smash it at the officer.

"Stop!" Luo Jian roared coldly.

"Don't stop you, I have to kill this bastard today!" Li Benshen shouted in a deep voice.

"That's it! Don't pretend! Take him down, and we'll get on with the meeting! Luo Jian said coldly.

"The Metropolitan Governor..."As soon as Li Benshen heard Luo Jian's words, he felt chills all over his body, and he turned around and was about to kneel down towards Luo Jian.

"Kneel! As long as you kneel down, you will no longer be a member of the Yangzhou Army! The Yangzhou Army does not have a kneeling division commander! After speaking, Luo Jian turned around and walked into the conference room.

Li Benshen's face changed a few times at the door, and he finally followed into the conference room.

"When I first came, I heard you say at the gate that your third division cannot be compared to the second division, and I am very happy that our troops must have this kind of strength not to admit defeat. Now it seems that your third division is just bragging, what do you compare with the second division? The second division will pull two regiments out at will, and all three of you will be wiped out! After Luo Jian sat down, he looked at the officers of the third division and said.

Hearing Luo Jian say this, the officers of the Third Division all showed unconvinced looks on their faces, and Li Benshen was also angry.

"If you are not convinced, then say it, they are all gentlemen, what dare you not say?" Luo Jian said to Li Benshen.

"Governor, the training of our three divisions has not relaxed for a moment, if it is said that the two regiments of the third division can defeat us, I am not convinced!" Li Benshen said with a deep stalk around his neck.

"Well, it's not bad to have this momentum of not admitting defeat, but it's true, the troops of the second division can fight to the last man, without orders, and will not retreat until death, can you do it in the third division? I can't see it! Because the education of the Second Division is done well, the officers and men know who they are fighting for, they are troops with faith and souls, do you have them in the Third Division? ”

Hearing Luo Jian's words, some officers of the Third Division began to bow their heads and think.

"Chief of Staff, you take the staff officers to formulate an education and rectification plan, which is called 'recasting the soul of the army', the problem of the third division is even more serious than we imagined, let's stay in the third division, and if the problem of the third division is not solved for a day, we will never leave!" In addition, the problems of the three divisions should be sorted out and reported to all units, so that all units must take warning. Luo Jian said to Yi Bangcai.

Hearing Luo Jian's words, Li Benshen's head hung deeply.

Luo Jian stayed in the Third Division for more than half a month, until the education of the Third Division was gradually on the right track, and Li Benshen and others also realized the problem, so they took the literary and artistic propaganda team to Huai'an.