Chapter Fifty-Three: Murder and Might
There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning Qin Dong got up early, and called Shang Ma Li to quickly assemble more than 300 infantry, where did these detained infantry get up so early? For a while, there were many complaints and scolding in the camp, and it took more than half an hour for the team to be reluctantly assembled.
Seeing that the team was almost assembled, Qin Dong asked, "Batu, do you remember the people who scolded the most and made the most trouble just now?" ”
Batu, who had already been instructed by Qin Dong, of course wrote down the troublemakers, but now when he saw Qin Dong asking, he said: "Yes, my lord, I have already written it down!" ”
Qin Dong nodded, holding the hilt of the knife and looking at the audience with a cold expression, and did not say a word, the more than 300 infantry in the audience were originally complaining to each other, or turning their heads to talk to each other, but soon some people felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and they immediately stopped to look at the stage, and the scene was quiet.
Qin Dong opened his mouth and said: "Since I ordered the gathering, it has been almost an hour now, if there is an enemy attacking, before you can pick up your arms, the enemy will have already rushed into the camp, and I don't expect you rabble to be able to resist the enemy at all, just now there are people who are extremely dissatisfied with getting up so early to assemble, scolding and scolding, who are they?" I hope you can stand up for yourself, give you a cup of tea time to stand up for yourself, and those who stand up during this time, I can not be held accountable, if you don't come out when the time comes, then I have to ask people to ask you to come out, and I won't be so polite then."
After the words fell, the scene became noisy again, chattering and discussing, the ragtag army composed of these barbarians has not undergone any training at all, and there is no military discipline at all, they only have a bloody bravery, for an army, the lack of blood courage is not good, but what is more indispensable is discipline, an army without military discipline has no effect, Qin Dong will not allow his army to have this situation, there is no military discipline, let alone fighting, once there is any change at that time, The lord of himself has to worry about whether his life will be harmed by these rabble.
The time for a cup of tea was only five or six minutes, and it passed quickly, and no one took the initiative to admit it, and those who had scolded the most before did not realize that their end was coming.
Qin Dong knew that he had to use thunder to deter these barbarians, these people were short-tempered and used to freedom, and only by thundering means could they know what military discipline was.
When the time for a cup of tea came, Qin Dong spoke again: "Didn't anyone stand up?" I always thought that there should be some warriors among you, but unfortunately, none of you dare to take responsibility, since you don't come out yourself, then I'll find someone to find you out, Batu! ”
"Yes, sir!" I saw Batu agree, stretched out his hand and pointed out the five people who had made trouble before with his fingers, and all the people who were pointed out were quickly tied up by the soldiers of the Qindong Escort Team and brought to the stage, this move immediately caused chaos, and the unruly people in the audience began to move.
Seeing this, Qin Dong shouted: "What, do you want to rebel?" The centurion of the 300th team listened to the order, and the bow and arrows were wound! ”
"Yes, sir!" Toron received the order and shouted at the hundred cavalry archers around him: "Bend your bow and arrows!" ”
The surrounding archers quickly took off their bows and arrows and aimed them at more than 300 people in the middle, the bowstring was pulled and smacked, and the more than 300 people in the field saw this formation and knew that it was going to break, and the main general on the stage was coming to be true, and everyone immediately became honest and stopped talking.
After the five people who were tied up were escorted to the stage and forced to kneel, Qin Dong walked over with the handle of the knife in his hand and said: "I said let you stand up by yourself, as long as you stand up by yourself, I will not pursue you, but you yourself gave up the opportunity, came to someone, cut them all off, and hung their heads at the gate of the camp to show the public, this is the end of not obeying orders and insulting Shangguan!" ”
When the soldiers in custody heard the order, they immediately drew their knives and cut them down, only to see the swords flashing, and five good heads rolled to the ground, and bright red blood splashed out of the severed necks, spraying far away, and then the headless corpses fell on the platform.
The bloody killing seemed to deter these unruly people, who were already full of fear of the Huns, and now that Qin Dong came out like this, everyone was immediately worried.
"See? This is what happens if you don't listen to orders! This is the end of insulting Shangguan! Qin Dong said sharply, "In my army, there is no need for people who disobey orders, so that people can only be eliminated, leaving only those who obey orders, after joining my army, you are soldiers, soldiers are different from other professions, there is a steel-like discipline in the army, and if you violate it, you will be punished, I will let you jump off the cliff now, and you must not hesitate to jump for me, this is discipline!" Once an order is given, it must be carried out without hesitation, without the execution of the brain, how to win the battle without the discipline of steel? How can your comrades-in-arms feel at ease to fight with you? Because you are alone and undisciplined, you will kill everyone, so such people are not needed by the army!
Not all of you of the more than 300 people can stay in the end, and only those who have completed the training and met the requirements can stay, but you can rest assured that my army adopts a recruitment system, and it is natural for soldiers to eat food, and the military salary of one gold coin per month during the training period, and the military salary after completing the training is one gold coin and ten silver coins! In addition, if there is a seizure in the war, you can leave three as your own income, and the rest must be handed over, and the detailed military regulations and military discipline will be announced later, and you only need to implement it.
Everyone listens, everyone runs around Belgrade City, and the ten people who finish the last run have no breakfast, and the first ten people who finish not only have a leg of lamb and wine each, but also have a reward of gold coins for the first place, twenty silver coins for the second place, nineteen silver coins for the third place, and so on! If you haven't made it back to camp for an hour and a half, you won't have breakfast! Start running now! ”
More than 300 people in the audience ran desperately to the camp gate after listening to Qin Dong's words, this is related to a rich breakfast and a reward of gold coins, if it was the peak of the Roman Empire, civilians could eat cereal porridge for every meal, but now at the end of the Roman Empire, wars were frequent, agricultural production was destroyed, the fields were barren, it was too difficult for the low-level freedmen and slaves in Europe to eat a meal of meat, it was not easy to eat a piece of bread, ordinary soldiers and people usually ate millet rice, beans, wild fruits, Wheat bran, etc., except, of course, barbarians, who basically live near the forest, where they can hunt and often eat meat.
Qin Dong followed the three hundred people with a cavalry team of three hundred people, they beat the horses and closely monitored them along the way to prevent anyone from escaping, but all those who were lazy were greeted with horse whips, but now none of these people wanted to run, Qin Dong gave too much military salary, and no one gave such good conditions in this era.
For Qin Dong, it doesn't matter if the military salary is higher, the number of troops does not have to be too much, as long as he is an elite soldier, the number of Mongolian cavalry more than 700 years later is not much, and the army of Genghis Khan when he went west is only 240,000 people, not only threatening the Southern Song Dynasty, but also sweeping Central Asia and northern Russia, until his death, the direct army left behind was only more than 130,000 people, and these troops finally belonged to his second son Wokotai.
These more than 300 people worked hard for a gold coin and a hearty breakfast, and it was okay at first, but after running for a few miles, the difference in the physical quality of each person was reflected, and the discharge began to stretch long, Qin Dong arranged for people to supervise at the end, and kept whipping the backward people.
Only halfway through the run, the whole team was like a snail, everyone was sweating like rain, Qin Dong kept galloping back and forth on horseback, and at the same time used sinful language to stimulate these unruly guys.