After breakfast the next day, Long Qian gathered the team in front of the Guangming Temple.

Although the explanation of several squad leaders has been very clear, they still can't assemble on time. Long Qian waited for a quarter of an hour, Jiang Yun and Gu Xiaolin urged several times, and finally urged everything that should come. Long Qian understands the reason why the phenomenon of lateness is currently difficult to stop, one is the lack of means of timekeeping, and the whole mountain also has a Western pocket watch seized from Maoyang Town, and the others still follow the old habit of the time, and the concept of time is probably Long Qian understands what time it is, and it is useless to talk to them. The second is that after experiencing life and death, everyone has a sense of relief that they have finally survived, and they don't deliberately despise Long Qian's military orders.

The soldiers who had taken prisoners and guards, as well as those who were injured and unable to move, including Sun Juan and seven other women, gathered in front of the Guangming Temple.

"Brothers," Long Qian cleared his throat, because of this sudden attack by the official army, he was finally able to speak according to his own meaning without restraint, he was a little excited, "Brothers, we took a turn before the ghost gate closed, and finally returned home alive. ”

Long Qian's words made his men laugh, the minions of Team Eight laughed the loudest, while the people of Team Six were a little restrained.

"I don't know what you think about what happened during this time, I don't know what you think about in the future, I think about it seriously, I want to live well in this troubled world, live like a person. We had to make some changes. Long Qian's voice was an octave higher, and his tone became fluent, "I want to ask you a question, what if the officers and soldiers know that we will return to Mengshan and come back to conquer and suppress?" ”

"There's nothing to say, it's a fight with the dog." The big man standing in the front row, Lu Shan, replied in a loud voice.

"Lu Shan is right, fight with the dog." Feng Guozhu and Feng Lun responded in unison.

Long Qian nodded, "Very good." The second question is, what should we do if the main force that Sun Da took down the mountain was wiped out by the official army, or if they ran to other counties and never returned to the mountain? ”

Wang Mingyuan shouted loudly, "Let's follow Captain Long!" I don't think it's possible for Sun Da to return to the mountain. Everyone, let's do the math, we broke off to cover the brigade, broke through and fought in this big circle, and many days have passed. If they had successfully broken through, there would have been news a long time ago. ”

Wang Mingyuan has always been wise, and his prestige in the eighth team is very high, and when he said this, everyone thought it was really the case.

Long Qian was glad that no one directly proposed to chase or look for the brigade, he had confidence in the people of the eighth team, but for Cai Chengxi's sixth team, his confidence was insufficient. In a series of actions after this breakthrough, Long Qian tried not to use the remnants of Team Six. At today's meeting, Long Qian has thought about it repeatedly, this topic must be picked up, otherwise the next step of the whole training will not be launched. If the people of Team 6 insist on leaving, insisting on chasing after the team, Long Qian has already thought about it, let them go!

But the people of Team Six did not raise this question, which made Long Qian happy.

"Everyone has learned the firepower of the new army. To tell the truth, we can't fight them hard, and we can only be wiped out. Therefore, what Lu Shan said is all nonsense. Long Qian's words cooled down, "Yuan Shikai is the newly appointed governor of Shandong and the largest official in the province. Before this, Yuan Shikai had been training in Tianjin for several years, invited Western instructors, and equipped foreign guns and cannons, and everyone had seen it. If it weren't for our luck and everyone's luck, we would have died a long time ago. Long Qian continued.

No one wants to die, ants still steal life, let alone people? Thinking of the tragic scene of flesh and blood flying caused by the terrifying flowering bullet, the hearts of the people who were still in high spirits just now were gloomy.

"So, I'm going to have a heart-to-heart relationship with you. If you want to stay in the mountains and continue to work, you must follow my routine. If you don't want to, whether it's the eighth team or the sixth team, I'll give you the travel expenses and leave the mountain to fend for yourself. The money is not much, ten taels of silver per person, and it is also considered a brother. Long Qian suddenly threw out a topic that surprised everyone.

The team defeated Maoyang Town, seized a large amount of materials and silver, and captured the 100th officers and soldiers.

"What's the problem?" Song Jinguo, who stayed behind in Mengshan and did not die, spoke, "Everyone can trust the captain, what are you leading us for." If we stayed on the mountain, we believed that the captain would come back. No, the team is back. Although there are fewer people than before, don't we still have two hundred brothers? When the big boss pulled the pole, how could he have such a great momentum? ”

"Hehe, Lao Song said well, the captain has a way, we will follow you and never break up." Feng Guozhu's voice is not small.

"No, you have to think clearly. Those who propose to leave now are not considered deserters, let alone betrayed their brothers. It's that when my rules are established in the future, I can't stand it, or it will not be good to be a deserter when I meet the officers and soldiers again. Long Qian knew that several squad leaders of the eighth team were willing to follow him, but the brothers below may not all be willing to stay, and the people of the sixth team were even more unreliable. On the way back to the mountain, Long Qian had already sorted out his next thoughts, and now he didn't need to be outnumbered, what he needed was elite soldiers, a real elite soldier.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Long Qian continued, "I know that everyone falls into the grass in Mengshan Mountain, and each has its own reasons. However, those who remain in the mountains are destined to have to play with their heads. If anyone wants to spend a few days in peace, take the cottage and walk with silver. Take all the goods you have accumulated with you, but you have to keep your weapons. I will say that today is the most important opportunity to leave, so stand up now and go down the mountain with the money I gave me and my own things. When we met in the future, we were still good friends. Miss this opportunity, don't say that I Long Qian has strict rules and is not easy to serve. Long Qian's face was grim, "Now, I will give you half a stick of incense time to consider, and anyone who is willing to stay and do it with me will stay put." And he that willeth the money from the mountain shall stand on this side. He pointed to the open space on the left side of the line with his right hand, "Don't discuss, it's a big deal, make up your own mind." ”

The air froze instantly, no one said a word, and slowly, someone came out and walked to the place designated by Long Qian, one, two__ Long Qian was expressionless, and he didn't look at the people who walked over.

After the half-burnt incense time, only seven people left the brigade, and the rest expressed their willingness to stay under Long Qian's command with their actions.

"Okay." Long Qian nodded with satisfaction, "Old Song, you give these seven brothers money and send them down the mountain." They can take their personal belongings with them, but they can't bring weapons. ”

As he spoke, Long Qian walked over and hugged the seven Qianmeng cottage soldiers who were determined to leave one by one, "The cottage is poor, I can't give you more silver taels." I hope we can see each other again in the future. I hope you will completely forget everything about the cottage and don't mention it to anyone. In that case, if we meet again, we will still be friends. Go ahead. ”

After seeing a few people leave, Long Qian continued his speech.

"Brothers, first of all, I would like to thank you for your trust in me and in the small army that survived the catastrophe. I swear, I, Long Qian, will never fail to live up to everyone's trust. ”

"Now, standing in front of me are all brothers who are determined to stay together in life and death," Long Qian looked at everyone with blazing eyes, "The first thing we have to do is to re-register." It is to write down the name, age, place of origin, oh, where the hometown is, the family situation, who else is in the family, and what specialties we have. Ning Shijun is in charge of this matter, everyone cooperate with him, especially the brothers of the original sixth team, I don't have your detailed information in my hand. ”

Looking at the puzzled eyes of some of the people in the sixth team, Long Qian explained, "The eighth team was originally registered, and the reason why we need to register everyone's most basic information is because we are doing the most dangerous work in the world. As long as you stay in the mountains, danger will always be with you. In the future, as long as I have the final say, for the brother who died in battle, we who are alive, we must remember him. It is not written with empty teeth, but it is written with silver. That is, to give a sum of money to the heir designated by the deceased brother, and if there is a family, find a way to send it to the family, and if there is no family, send it to the person he designates. Whether it is the leader or the new brother, everyone has the same standard - fifty taels of silver! No matter how poor the cottage is, this money must be taken out. This rule should be established from now on, unless Sun Da Da thinks it is inappropriate when he returns. ”

Almost all of them were shocked! Fifty taels of silver, it is definitely a huge amount of money that ordinary people dare not think of, a county order, the dignity of a county, the nominal annual salary is only more than fifty taels, if this is still a little vague, then, buy a house in Mengyin City, the general level, fifty taels will definitely be won!

Wang Mingyuan listened to Long Qian's wish expressionlessly, and he noticed that Long Qian used "from now on", that is, the just-concluded Mengshan Defense Battle and the Battle of Maoyang Town after descending the mountain were not within the scope of his "compassionate service". It's no wonder that if the brothers of Team 6 and Team 8 who died were given a pension according to the standard of fifty taels, Long Qian would immediately be "bankrupt"! However, no one compared Long Qian chose to start from now on, people, the most selfish, look at the excitement written on everyone's faces, who would think about the dead companion?

"Don't disbelieve what I say. The 100 people present are all witnesses, and they dare to coax the brothers for this kind of thing, and I can still mix in the cottage in the future? Long Qian's words caused the team to laugh, and everyone's laughter was filled with excitement that could not be concealed.

"Well, this matter is not the subject of my talk today," Long Qian said, "I must emphasize our potential crisis again. As I said earlier, everyone has a sense of luck that they will not die. What I am saying is that this feeling is wrong and dangerous. The crisis we face, oh, is that the danger is far from over. Cao Kun must now know that his remaining troops in Maoyang Town have been wiped out, and a large amount of supplies have been looted by us. Think about it, if you were Cao Kun, would you give up? ”

More than 100 officers and soldiers standing in front of Long Qian showed a thoughtful look on their faces.

"They must be looking for our whereabouts, and of course, they may also go up the mountain again and kill us. Therefore, those who think that this difficulty has passed are doomed to suffer a great loss! Long Qian paused for a moment, "I said yesterday, we don't want to be bandits all the time, we can't keep our heads up in front of people, we want to become an army that all enemies are afraid of, the first thing we must have is iron discipline!" Without strict military discipline, we will always be bandits and will never turn over. ”

"The military discipline I am announcing now is temporary, because I have not yet thought about the official military discipline, and I have not discussed it with you. However, before we converge with the brigade, the mountain rules of the former Sun Da will not be counted! Gotta come as mine! My military discipline is very simple, everyone listen well: First, all actions are under command. The captain must obey my orders, the commander must obey the captain's orders, and the soldiers must obey the orders of the chief. In short, the subordinates are absolutely subordinate to the superiors. As soon as the order is given, even if you are asked to face the tip of the knife, you must not frown. Second, all seizures should be returned to the public. All property and weapons captured in battle shall be handed over and distributed by the superiors in a unified manner, and the superiors will make reasonable arrangements according to the size of the war exploits and personal needs; all those who secretly possess property and goods shall be punished with beating with military sticks, punishing hard labor, and even killing their heads in peacetime, and they will all be beheaded in wartime. Third, it is forbidden to go down the mountain without permission, let alone to plunder and bully the people. We will look for opportunities to attack the big ones who are not benevolent to the rich, but we will not harm the ordinary people. Anyone who trespasses into a private house without the permission of the leader will be beaten with a military stick of 10 to 40 at the lightest, and beheaded at the worst! Fourth, women from good families are never allowed, and those who violate this article will be killed. ”

Beforehand, Long Qian had not told several captains about the four military disciplines he had drawn up, but now that he had said it, as expected, no one expressed confusion or incomprehension, including the one that was obviously different from the regulations on the seizure of private property in Sun Dewang's mountain regulations, and no one expressed dissatisfaction or opposition.

Sun Dewang's mountain rules are much stricter than this, but the military regulations cannot exempt the phenomenon of private possession, especially those jewelry and silver. After all, they are all bandits, and it is impossible to maintain the morale of the cottage by risking their heads to go up the mountain and fall into the grass, and not let everyone have a desire for money.

"Brothers, these four military rules were thought of for a long time, and the main feature is that they are simple, which are simpler than the mountain rules of Sun Da's family. I'll say a few more words about two of them. First, it is forbidden to possess seized goods. There are not only weapons in it, but also jewelry and silver taels. In a word, everything captured in battle will be handed over to the public for disposal. Some people will wonder, is this impersonal? What everyone risked their lives to rob, what can't they keep for themselves? I'm not unsympathetic, everyone goes up the mountain and falls into the grass to live better. But you must not have thought about what would happen if you were allowed to keep your possessions. In war, there is always a difference in the division of labor, some eat meat, and some gnaw bones. Just like what everyone experienced a few days ago, when you block the building and Tianmen, you can't grab anything, and you have to risk being killed by artillery and guns. What to do? If everyone follows the brigade down the mountain, who will break the rear cover? Therefore, since there is a division of labor, then the seizure must be different. Those who do not have the opportunity to obtain possessions will be dissatisfied. Only when everyone takes out the goods and distributes them uniformly can it be fair and unite the morale of the army. ”

Long Qian waited for a while, let everyone digest their words, and then continued to speak, "Regarding the unified handover and unified distribution, there will definitely be a question of who has the final say, and there will definitely be a question mark hidden in everyone's hearts, can you Long Qian do things fairly?" I'm here to tell you, I, Long Qian, will never abandon everyone to leave the mountain, let alone take away a tael of silver! Everything seized must be recorded in the accounts, how the money is spent, where it is spent, and everyone, including the grooms, has the right to trace the accounts. ”

Everyone in the team was shocked, Long Qian said this completely out of everyone's expectations, which was tantamount to depriving him of his greatest rights!

"In the future, we will also set up a committee to check the credibility of the accounts and ensure that every tael of silver and every load of grain handed over to the public is used for the legitimate purpose of the cottage. Here, I would also like to add that there are different official positions in the cottage, captain, squad leader, and even chief, and there will be differences in some necessary equipment, such as the equipment of guns, the equipment of horses, including this pocket watch. He took out the pocket watch that had just been seized in Maoyang Town, "These are all for the purpose of better winning the battle and prospering our team." But other than that, there are no other privileges. Meals are included. I solemnly declare that from now on, until we join the brigade, I, Long Qian, will be exactly the same as everyone else in life! What everyone eats, I eat! What everyone wears, what I wear! Never be special! The same goes for the squad leader and the captain! In a word, there are blessings and hardships! Whoever fails to comply with this rule will step down! ”

The soldiers of the eighth team are nothing, since the establishment of the eighth team, Long Qian has strictly implemented such rules, at least in life, he is exactly the same as ordinary soldiers. But the people of Team 6 were obviously a little surprised, and they were all talking to each other for a while.

"Okay, I'm going to explain the rules about not harassing and bullying women. We are all gentlemen, what is a gentleman? It is to protect and not bully the weak, and among them are women. I hate the kind of men who bully women the most, in my eyes, they are scum, they are wreck! Feel your conscience and ask, who doesn't have a mother? Who doesn't have sisters? Who wants their mother or sister to be humiliated? Long Qian glanced at the seven women standing at the back of the team, "Now, there are women in our team, I don't care what their original identities were, how they got up the mountain, but I know that in the past few days, they have fought with us, cleaned and bandaged the wounds, prepared dry food for us, if they are willing to join our Mengshan army, they will be our comrades-in-arms in the future, and they will no longer be women in Huazhai." As long as they stood on the left side of the line, it meant that they answered my call and changed their identities to become members of the Mengshan Army. I would arrange for them to do what they could, such as taking care of the wounded, such as cooking. But if any of us dares to treat them as prostitutes, he is violating the fourth military order, and he will be punished severely. Don't think I'm just talking. ”

Just now, under the leadership of Sun Juan, the seven women did not hesitate to express their willingness to stay on the mountain instead of leaving. This is mostly based on trust in Long Qian personally. Yesterday afternoon, when packing up food in the secret cave of the Dusk Mountain Pavilion, Long Qian had talked to Sun Juan, the oldest unfortunate woman, a few times, although Sun Juan did not believe in the world that Long Qian described to her, she decided that Long Qian was a rare good person, a rare gentleman. Therefore, when Long Qian really agreed to recruit them, the lowliest women, into a female soldier instead of a camp prostitute, she was the first to respond. Under her leadership, the other six women stood in place without hesitation.

Long Qian sent an encouraging smile to Sun Juan, "Very good, we now have seven female comrades-in-arms. I hope that everyone will forget their past and truly regard them as their comrades-in-arms. I am sure that you will soon learn that they are not a burden, and that they will show by their actions that they are worthy of being called comrades-in-arms. What else do you have to ask about the four military disciplines? It's okay, you can ask questions, and I'll explain it right away. ”

No one asked.

"Very well, then do it. I will take the lead in observing discipline, everyone can check me anytime and anywhere, and if I Long Qian violates military discipline, the punishment will be increased. ”