The emperor said a word, and then disarmed 280,000, so Guo Huai retired from the army.

Guo Huai was a member of the army in Chongzhen's twelfth year, and was a monk in Shandong before becoming a soldier, and he practiced good hands and feet. The temperament is a little brave and ruthless, and repeatedly fights with people outside the temple and violates the temple rules, coupled with the continuous natural disasters at that time, the war disasters have been going on for many years, and the temple is not having a good time, so the host sent those young disciples down the mountain and let them find their own way out.

Guo Huai had already heard that several generals in the Chu army were once monks, and they had already become generals when they fought with the Marquis of Zhennan. At that time, the Chu army was suppressing bandits in Huaibei, and Guo Huai found Liu Jun's troops and asked to enlist in the army to eat food and carry guns.

Later, the Chu army entered Liao, Guo Huai became a chaser because of his good hands, once he and a few companions met a Jurchen cavalry, the other party was several times their number, including a few Bayala, but Guo Huai was not afraid, a big gun in his hand like a dragon out to sea.

In that battle, after Guo Huai broke off, he covered the evacuation of his companions.

When his companions arrived with reinforcements, all they saw were corpses strewn all over the ground, and more than 20 Jurchen Tartars, including none of the three Bayalas, had escaped, and all of them were killed by Guo Huai alone. When Guo Huai was found, he was already in a blood-stained robe, with more than 30 wounds on his body, and he had already fainted.

At that time, everyone thought that Guo Huai must not be able to be saved, but after carrying it back, he came back to life after being in a coma for a few days.

He was eighteen years old. Guo Huai became famous in the first battle, and the entire Chu army knew about it.

After Liu Jun heard about this, he specially rewarded Guo Huai with one hundred taels of silver and awarded him a medal. and proposed to transfer him as his personal guard, and Guo Huai went to Liu Jun's side as a personal guard. However, Guo Huai is a person who refuses to be honest, and when he arrives in Liu Jun's personal guards, he has a bad relationship with his companions, but often shows his fists and feet with his companions, and he also has a problem of drinking, and sometimes he is drunk too much.

Finally he invited himself back down. Liu Jun retained, but not reluctantly, and finally Guo Huai went back and promoted a company commander.

Up to now, Guo Huai is already the deputy battalion commander, but he still loves to drink and fight, and he is already the deputy battalion commander, but when he fights, he still likes to charge forward like an infantryman, and he always has to carry his ghost-headed broadsword to fight against others. What assists the battalion commander in command, what serves as the commander of the reserve. He didn't pay any attention to any of this.

In particular, he still refuses to read and learn to write, and he is even more unwilling to listen to any commands and operations. As a result, no battalion commander could get along well with Guo Huai.

Last time the 200,000 people were disarmed, the co-ordinator had already reported his name. But in the end, the admiral crossed out his name again, Guo Huai is also a combat hero, and he has been the emperor's personal guard.

But the 200,000 disarmament was followed by the 280,000 disarmament.

This time, the co-president did not report Guo Huai's name, but Guo Huai took the initiative to ask to be discharged. In Guo Huai's words, he knows that everyone doesn't like him, and he can't be that bullshit officer. I can't learn their way of commanding operations. Since there are no longer so many people in the army now, he will simply retire.

Anyway, there is a generous retirement pension for discharge, and middle and low-level officers of his level can be promoted by one level if they are discharged from the army. There are even local appointments.

Guo Huai's request was reported to the above, and the admiral thought about it for a long time, and finally approved it. Originally, the admiral also thought that although Guo Huai was not suitable to be a commander. But a fierce man like him can still be turned into a coach, even if the head of the coach has no rank, but he is turned into a head of the coach as a deputy battalion commander. is also the head of the left sect, which is treated as a deputy battalion-level officer.

But since Guo Huai is willing to retire from the army, the above is also worry-free.

A piece of paper was approved, so Guo Huai changed jobs.

The above also specially added a level to him, and he was transferred to a place where he was transferred to a battalion-level officer. The above recommended several places for him to go, such as going to the police academy, or going directly to the police force. With his level, he can go to some big cities such as Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing, etc., whether it is to go to the police academy or the police force, it is also a leadership position.

However, Guo Huai refused and asked to be discharged from the army directly, not to change jobs. In other words, he is not going to eat public rations anymore.

"If you are not satisfied with these positions, if you have any opinions, you can put them forward, and we will consider it again."

"I'm not dissatisfied, I just want to be free, and I'm ready to start a company after I leave the army."

Guo Huai's words shocked the boss speechless, you are a second goods, what else can you do besides drinking and fighting? Start a company, what company do you open.

"Don't be emotional, if you have any ideas, put them forward directly, we will definitely consider them, and we will definitely solve the problem of job transfer and resettlement for you."

"Sir, what I said is true, I have thought about what company to start, I will go back to Shandong and open a security company, specializing in bodyguards."

Seeing that he didn't seem to be angry, the boss finally had to reluctantly follow his personal wishes. After being transferred to a demobilization job, the report was sent, and it was finally approved, and a demobilization fee was given.

Compared with Guo Huai, who voluntarily left the army, more soldiers and officers were reluctant, and the army was well treated and had a good future, and it had already become a place where everyone was very willing to come in. I finally came in, and of course I didn't want to leave. At once, there were two consecutive layoffs, and the referee was 480,000, cutting more than one-third.

How to resettle these retrenched officers, non-commissioned officers, and enlisted men is also a very important issue.

According to the emperor's intention, it is for officers to transfer to local posts as much as possible, mainly to arrange to go to the police force in various places, and now there are special police teams in all parts of the Han Dynasty to replace the old-style three-class government service and arrest fast, and the police stations in various places to the grassroots police stations, as well as the mounted police team, the criminal police team, the fire brigade, etc., are in great need of people.

Demobilized soldiers who have served in the military are naturally very suitable.

There are also some educated officers and non-commissioned officers, and they can also be arranged to serve as officials and officials in various places, in short, the nearly 500,000 people laid off in the army, excluding the 80,000 in Korea and Jurchens, the remaining 400,000 are still responsible for arranging work as much as possible.

Of course, for those who are voluntarily demobilized, the imperial court will also comply with their wishes and will pay a one-time demobilization and resettlement fee. In addition, the emperor also instructed the establishment of a special veterans' association to deal with the affairs of these demobilized and demobilized soldiers.

Despite this, many officers and soldiers found it difficult to accept.

In particular, many military officers have been fighting for the imperial court, and now they are going to be demobilized with a piece of official paper. Many officers are accustomed to life in the army, and besides, the treatment in the army is good, and there is plenty of room for advancement. When I arrived at the place, there were many officers who had barely learned a little bit of writing and reading in the army. Even if the imperial court resettles them and lets them take up local posts, they still have much room for growth in the future.

When I went to the place, I mostly became the head of the police station, the captain of the patrol police, the captain of the fire brigade, the captain of the security team, the captain of the joint defense, the captain of the militia, etc., and in the end it was estimated that he was a deputy township chief, police chief, or the like.

But whether they understand it or not, they have to obey the orders from above.

Soldiers have a duty of obedience, even if that obedience requires them to leave the army, they still have to obey.

Many left with tears in their eyes.

All units held farewell parties. Organize a meal.

Everyone sang military songs, drank beer, and recalled the training and battles in the army together. Although the epaulettes were taken away, the various medals and commemorative medals hanging on everyone's chests were still dazzling.

"When you get to the place, don't disgrace our Seventh Town, don't disgrace the nine-headed bird tattooed on your body. Wherever you go, the soldiers of our seventh town are also good, whether you are transferred or demobilized or discharged. It doesn't matter whether you will be an official or an official in the future, or you will start your own company and do business, or you will go home to farm, you must forget your years in the seventh town. Remember our Nine-Headed Bird, the battle cry of our Seventh Town, unstoppable and never surrender! ”

Stationed in the seventh town of Shandong. Last time, a few thousand were cut, this time a few thousand will be cut, and in the end only 20,000 people will be retained. It was changed to one town, two divisions and four associations.

Admiral Ma Xianglin, the commander-in-chief of the army, gathered all these people together and personally held a farewell party for everyone.

"Unstoppable, never surrender!"

A group of bare-headed men shouted together, the Great New Year, but everyone drank and drank, but they took off their shirts, revealing their two arms, so that the tattoo of the nine-headed bird was bright outside.

For them, no matter how reluctant they are, they have to leave the barracks. The only thing that can be taken away is the nine-headed bird tattoo on the body, and the scars left by those battles.

Guo Huai has a bare head, the scars on it are obvious, and the upper body, which is also naked, in addition to the muscles that appear to be particularly strong, there are also the scars under the tattoo of the nine-headed bird.

The scars on Guo Huai's body were the most among all the veterans present, with more than 50 large and small scars.

"This is the one I was injured when I first went to war. At that time, I had just been driven out of the Shandong Temple, and then I defected to the emperor, participated in the first battle, and fought with the Liukou in Jiangbei, the first time I fought, I was a little nervous, and a guy took advantage of my stunned mind and stabbed me, fortunately I dodged quickly, only opened the opening, otherwise Lao Tzu would hang up in the first battle. ”

Guo Huai pointed to a scar on his abdomen and laughed.

"The damn thing is that God won't accept you, knowing that you Monk Guo is a killing god, if you don't kill enough hundred, how can you accept you so early." A battalion instructor who was also a veteran shouted.

"Monk, did you really kill a hundred?" Someone shouted with a wine glass in his hand. It has always been rumored in the army that Monk Guo is the reincarnation of a killing god, and after a few years in the army, he has killed more than 100 people.

"I haven't counted the specifics, but it's certainly more than a hundred. There must be in the military merit records above, how many times each time. But I don't remember exactly, more than a hundred. I think that year in Liaodong, Lao Tzu killed more than 20 at a time, you see this, this, and this, these more than 30 scars were all left at that time. Damn, what kind of Jurchen Ba Yala, it's nothing more than that! ”

"Monks are enough!"

"Awesome!"

At home, they shouted loudly.

"Monk, I heard that you are going home to start a company to do business, ****, you also know how to do business? Not afraid of losing all the placement fees? At that time, I am afraid that I will lose even my underwear. ”

", why can't I start a company? Lao Tzu used to be a monk, so he didn't become an officer anymore. Now demobilized, why can't Lao Tzu open a company, Lao Tzu will open a security company when he goes back, if you can't get along at that time, welcome to come to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will reward you with food. ”

Everyone scolded and laughed at each other, there are many rules in the barracks in normal times, and you are not allowed to drink alcohol unless you are on vacation. Even if you are on vacation, you can only drink outside, not drunk, otherwise the gendarmes will make trouble for you.

But now that he is leaving, no one will stop him, and those gendarmes in black and red armbands will not appear on this occasion.

Today there are no upper and lower ranks, and there are no officers, non-commissioned officers, soldiers, everyone has handed over their epaulettes and is no longer a soldier. The military civilian clothes on his body are the last bit of nostalgia. Everyone let go of the drink, laughed and scolded together.

There are not many people who are as bold as Guo Huai, and most of them finally accept the arrangement of the military, transfer back to the locality, and become an official in the locality.

However, everyone smiled in their hearts, and they still admired Guo Huai, a monk.

Damn, mentally retarded, he's a bold one, maybe the **** security company can really fire.

"Monk, if your company is open, come to my brother at that time, my brother has a dry mouth, and he will never let you drink it thin." A demobilized officer shouted that on the battlefield, Monk Guo once blocked the knife for him, which was a fatal friendship.

"If you don't say it, I'll just say this to you, come, brother, let's do a bowl." Guo Huai smiled and poured two bowls of wine.

"Drink!" Without the slightest hesitation, the man took the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

"Drink!" More people raised their glasses.

Ma Xianglin's face was red when he drank, and he was very moved to see it.

"What good soldiers, to be honest, I really can't bear them. The Han Dynasty relied on them to get to where it is today. Everyone threw their heads, spilled blood, drove out the Tartars, restored China, and now they are recruiting Japanese people, and North Korea, begging for foreigners, and making great achievements. ”

"Yes, from the nine-headed bird to the Chu army and now the Han Empire army, in just a few years, it is very exciting to think about how the empire has been conquered. Although the world is not peaceful now, but the Central Plains has been peaceful, the soldiers can put the swords in Nanshan, the swords and soldiers into the warehouse, let some soldiers take off their military uniforms, change jobs and return to their hometowns, this is not a benevolent government? Said the head of the Seventh Town.

"How many brothers have not been able to wait for this day, compared to them, we are too worthy." The Chief of Staff of the Seventh Town also nodded.

Ma Xianglin smiled, "Sometimes I envy this group of bastards, and I really want to take off this red and blue military robe and return to the field." ”

The chief of staff said, "I can't bear it, but the army is still happy." ”

"Yes, since we are staying, we must always remember today's choice, never forget our original intention, live up to the empire, and live up to the saint!" Ma Xianglin said with emotion.

The chief of staff picked up the wine glass in his hand, drank the remaining half of the wine in it, turned his head and asked Ma Xianglin, the one-eyed pony Chao Central Plains Admiral and the chief military officer of the Seventh Town, "Junmen, do we have a chance to go south to fight after the year?" ”

Ma Xianglin shook his head, "I have fought many times to ask for the battle recital, but it was like a stone in the sea, and I didn't reply at all." ”

"Hey, I guess there's no drama, now it's all the Japanese army, the Korean army, the Jurchen army, and the Hongyi army fighting, plus the navy, and the Central South Military Region, it's hundreds of thousands, where is our turn." (To be continued.) )