For Long Qian, who has decided to completely integrate into this ringing horse army and break out of the sky in the coming troubled times, Cao Kun's entry into Mengshan is an opportunity rather than a crisis. He seized this opportunity well, and the strength of his men not only did not weaken, but increased. But choosing a place to live is a lot of thinking. After weighing the pros and cons, Long Qian took the risk of bringing the team back to Mengshan, hoping that the officers and soldiers would turn around and deal with the rising Boxers and spare him as a caterpillar as he knew. This plan was perfectly realized, and after Long Qian returned to the mountain, he intuitively felt that the officials and soldiers would not come again, provided that he no longer harassed the place.

Long Qian's plan is to take advantage of the limited time to train the soldiers well, and to train an elite army that surpasses Yuan Shikai's right army, which is the starting point of all his plans. For the brigade that broke through and left, Long Qian didn't think about it at all, first, they would be wiped out by the officers and soldiers nine times out of ten. Even if he escapes by luck, with Sun Dewang's character, he will not dare to return to Mengshan. After being mixed under the Sun brothers for more than half a year, Long Qian has a complete grasp of what the Sun brothers have in their bones.

But unexpectedly, the remnants of the brigade fled back to the mountain, and there was a powerful figure leading the team. This poses a challenge for Long Qian. Fortunately, Zhou Yi, a former team officer with more qualifications than him, came back with a serious injury, and owed him a great favor, and he did not have the ability to compete with him for the master of the cottage for the time being. Therefore, Long Qian was anxious to complete the reorganization and completely control the troops in his hands. Long Qian once imagined what to do if Zhou Yi disagreed after he came up with the reorganization plan? He didn't think about using force to fire Zhou Yi's ministry at all, although he had the ability to do this, but the consequences were more than worth the loss. Long Qian knows very well that the growth of a unit is like the growth of a person, and it cannot leave an irreparable wound on the soul in its early childhood, once the trauma is formed, it will be very troublesome to correct, and it will always explode in a form that he does not want to see at some point, bringing serious harm to himself.

But Zhou Yi didn't even object! This made Long Qian very excited. The reorganization has generally proceeded relatively smoothly. The biggest characteristic is that the original relatively complete Eighth and Sixth Squadrons have been completely dispersed, and the men and horses have been mixed into the newly established four companies, and the "mountain" has disappeared for the time being. However, except for the elated eight teams, a few people in the remaining teams still had the feeling of being eaten by the eight teams, but they were under the eaves and had to bow their heads. I can't say anything if I have an opinion. Moreover, because the reorganization was carried out under the condition of "light", those who had opinions could not speak out for the time being. Long Qian was confident that he would gradually dispel the dissatisfaction of those people.

Of course, Long Qian's reorganization plan was brainy, such as appointing Feng Lun as the company commander instead of Ye Yanbing. Immediately, he was heard that Feng Lun really did not expect that he was appointed as the commander of the third company. Because he felt that Ye Yanbing's relationship with Long Qian was much closer than his own since he broke through. Unexpectedly, Ye Yanbing became a platoon commander under Lu Shan, but he was appointed as the company commander of the third company. Thinking that Ye Yanbing must be very frustrated, Feng Lun was very proud.

Of course Ye Yanbing was frustrated, and of course Long Qian would do Ye Yanbing's work. No, Lu Shan's company defected with a gun, and with this, Long Qian revoked Lu Shan and replaced him with Ye Yanbing. Lu Shan is his old subordinate, Long Qian has countless ways to make Lu Shan stop, and Long Qian believes that once the troops are trained, they will expand rapidly, and some are arranged for Lu Shan.

But defecting with a gun may not be a matter for the old people in Mengshanzhai, and the more Long Qian thinks about it, the more he feels that the problem is too big. From his own control of this remnant army, Long Qian believes that he has taken the lead and shared weal and woe with his subordinates, and theoretically speaking, the military spirit is stable. But why would anyone lose faith in the future? Why can't anyone endure hardship? Is it really not okay to have no meat to eat, no wine to drink, and no women to play? Of course, Long Qian didn't believe it. Shooting a deserter can keep a stop for a while, but it doesn't really bring the soldier to his heart.

The best result is to let the troops establish their own military soul and let the officers and subordinates at all levels have a clear goal to strive for. When the troops win successive battles, their territory will increase, their men will increase, their equipment will improve, and their morale will naturally be stable. But is it really a banner against the Qing Dynasty? Long Qian immediately denied it in his heart. Although the Manchu regime had long since died in his heart, he clearly placed himself on the opposite side of the imperial court, and he knew that it was only a moment of pleasure. He was not sure that he would sweep through Jiangnan like Hong Yang and set up a government to oppose the Manchus and eventually replace them. What's more, the current China, the Western and Eastern powers, have wedged their power and interests deeply, and are they sure to challenge the entire power, or will they sign a series of traitorous treaties like the Manchu Qing to support the powers? These ideas were vetoed by him in a flash, and the most important thing is that China, the once old empire, has been weakened to the extreme, and the industrial revolution has been completed or is flourishing, and China's Westernization movement is nothing more than buying equipment, technology, and even raw materials. Unleashing an armed insurrection to overthrow the current regime consumes the country's remaining strength, kills tens of millions of innocent people, and turns countless towns and villages into ruins. In the past, when he read history books, what he hated the most was to satisfy his selfish desires in a noble name, and to be juxtaposed with those dictators he hated so much, it was simply an insult to himself!

Then you have to take a completely different path. Then we must not act as we please, but must seize all the opportunities given by history and forge a new path in the cracks of history, provided that we preserve and nurture the vitality of the country, not damage it.

This is destined not to be in a hurry for the education of the army under their control, and not to be too ambitious. However, the occurrence of the defection with a gun made Long Qian believe that he must pay attention to military training and supplement it with other things.

Long Qian pondered hard, couldn't sleep at night, looked up at the sky, and the galaxy was still vast.

There are still people who understand Long Qian's thoughts. Wang Mingyuan said to Long Qian after the morning exercise the next day, "Don't worry about those two balls, where is there no unplanted goods?" ”

"I don't think so__" Long Qian, who took his black porcelain bowl and prepared it for breakfast, pondered.

"Everyone said they were right! Eggless things like theirs are only a few, and I'm sure there won't be any more. Everyone is training with great energy, after more than ten days of drills, don't say, the method you taught really fucking works! We're looking forward to your new tricks. ”

"I can't guarantee it. But you're right, military training can't be delayed, but military regulations have to be changed. ”

Now is the time for large-scale military training for war. The Mengshan Cottage in the Yizhou Prefecture was destroyed by the official army, and those who survived were the rest of the battle, and those who were tired of being bandits had already fled, and those who stayed behind hoped to have strong martial arts to save their lives in the years to come, and everyone was almost not against military training. Needless to say, the people of the eighth team have already tasted the sweetness of Long Qian's training, and even the remnants of the third team and other teams who returned to the mountain are also convinced of Long Qian's ability to train soldiers. This time against the elite of the new army, eight teams fought bloody battles in a row, and the results were amazing, but the casualties were the smallest in the whole village, and they still maintained a complete structure, which is enough to prove everything. Moreover, after more than 20 days of serious and boring running drills and queue training, the discipline and mental state of the troops have changed significantly, and the company commanders, platoon commanders, and squad leaders were originally the backbone selected by Long Qian, and they were the first to taste the sweetness, that is, the soldiers are good to bring! Of course, they don't know what to do, queue training is the best way for the modern army to transform civilians into forbidden soldiers, and the existing soldiers in Mengshanzhai, although they are bandits, are easier to receive militarized training than civilians. Long Qian displayed the training method that was absolutely ahead of the world, and Meng Shanjun certainly had a new look.

However, there was a defection with a gun. Therefore, Long Qian decided to change the military regulations.

is still the old way, and the new military regulations he came up with first discussed with the officers above the company, platoon, and squad leader he appointed, including Zhou Yi, who is still recuperating from his injuries.

In the past, it was not possible to set up military regulations in the eighth team, which was like a rebellion.

Mengshanzhai has its own military regulations, with a total of thirteen prohibitions and thirty-five chopping, which is probably adapted from the ancient seventeen prohibitions and fifty-four chopping. There are many tricks and they are extremely cruel. In addition to the most common beatings and whips, it also includes torture such as chopping off fingers, sticking arrows, and cutting off noses. The death penalty alone is a case in which there are several ways to die. Moreover, the clause is seriously unrealistic, and it is obviously difficult to completely enforce the beheading of the official who usually contradicts the official. The feudal army (the bandits were more feudal) always used harsh laws to maintain discipline and respect for their leaders, but in reality discipline was the most lax.

In Long Qian's view, the more legal prohibitions there are, the more difficult it is to enforce. The actual situation of the cottage is that except for the minions who often drag the criminals out of the gang to beat the military stick and whip the leather whip, there are very few people who are actually sentenced to death. In the small year he went up the mountain, he only encountered two cases, and there were some injustices, all depending on the mood of the family. Therefore, Long Qian led the team back to the mountain and announced the four disciplines, which was extremely simple, but it was just a transition, and it was also declared.

This time, Long Qian devoted himself to formulating military regulations, which should be simple and easy to implement, but the implementation should not be emotional.

The military regulations that Long Qian took out were basically two parts, the content of discipline and the punishment for violating discipline.

Let's talk about punishment first, there are two major categories, the death penalty and punishment, including shooting and beheading, the abolition of the rest of the extremely inhumane punishments, and there are three kinds of punitive military regulations, confinement, punishment of hard labor and training.

There are 11 military disciplines announced by Long Qian: divided into three disciplines and eight attentions.

The Three Laws of Killing:

1. Those who fail to carry out military orders and escape will be shot;

2. Those who defect with guns shall be shot;

3. Those who kill civilians and insult women from good families will be shot!

Eight Penalty Orders:

1. Obey the command in all actions, and subordinate subordinates obey superiors;

2. Private fighting is strictly forbidden in the military;

3. It is forbidden to rob the people's property or bully the people;

4. It is forbidden to molest women;

5. It is forbidden to torture and kill prisoners;

6. It is strictly forbidden to smoke opium;

7. Gambling, drinking, and prostitution are not allowed;

8. Combat captures are uniformly distributed according to military exploits, and it is strictly forbidden to keep war spoils privately.

There is nothing to explain about the three laws of killing heads, and everyone has no different opinions. Along with the eight punishment orders, there are dozens of detailed explanations of detailed rules that make as detailed provisions as possible for violations of a certain military order. For example, if there is a violation of the prohibition of gambling in the army, the handling will be divided into several situations: if the commander gambles with the soldiers, the soldiers will not be punished, but only the highest official in the gambling, but all the sole proprietorships will be confiscated and confiscated. The commander will face the punishment of 20 sticks, and the executioners will all be members of the internal guard. If all of them are soldiers, each general will receive ten military sticks. All those who have been punished will be recorded in the file, and if the same mistake is repeated, the punishment will be doubled, up to and including execution.

The fine print also clearly stipulates that the maximum penalty for violating military law is execution. Other death sentences have been abolished. It doesn't affect the family. In addition to shooting, there are only four kinds of punishment: additional training, confinement, hard labor, and beating with sticks. The rest of the corporal punishments, such as whipping and cutting off the nose, were abolished. The detailed rules explain the content and methods of the four punishments as much as possible, such as the subordinates obey the superiors, and there are several situations, and those who do not obey orders on the battlefield can be executed on the spot at the heaviest. In normal times, the death penalty is generally not carried out, and the punishment is hard labor, confinement, and increased training. The punitive rules of the military regulations are very detailed, such as the punishment of hard labor, which can only be done for public welfare, such as cleaning toilets, helping in the kitchen, etc., but cannot be used by officials for private use.