In the camp in Luojia Town, Nanyang Prefecture, the three leaders of the Nanyang camp - He Fei, Shumo and Zuge - sat around a table full of sumptuous dishes.

In Wu Shigong's Runing battalion, it was not just the official rank of the imperial court that was used as the criterion for distinguishing officers from soldiers. The Runing Battalion refers to the above military attachés, including the deputy captain of the 100-man team, as officers.

And the captain and deputy captain of the ten-man team, as well as veterans for more than three years, they form a class of non-commissioned officers similar to those in the modern army. And below are the average soldiers. Of course, in the general soldiers, they are also divided into auxiliary soldiers and recruits. One-year veterans, two-year veterans, etc., their treatment is also different.

However, below the non-commissioned officer level, the treatment of all soldiers is not much different, but as long as they enter the officer class, the military salary, welfare, and dietary standards in the army will be greatly improved. Therefore, in the Runing battalion, the process of promoting the non-commissioned officer class to an officer is jokingly called "climbing the dragon gate".

And there is only one way to become an officer, that is, every six months, select a group of non-commissioned officers with excellent performance, go to Wu Shigong's personal army team to train for half a year to a year, and then assign them to various units to become low-level officers. Therefore, the non-commissioned officers entering the personal army are also jokingly called "dragon boats".

Wu Shigong did not deliberately pursue the integration of officers and soldiers in terms of treatment. On the contrary, he believed that those officers who had made great contributions should be treated well above the level of soldiers.

In fact, this approach is also very reasonable. Let's take a look at the two famous generals of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty - Wei Qing and Huo Quai. At that time, their prestige in the army was quite high.

However, Wei Qing ate and slept with the soldiers, but Huo Quzhi except for the Jiuquan incident that was more famous, when he led the army, he didn't care about the soldiers eating poor food, but he always enjoyed the exquisite food, and even went out to fight, and brought a group of chefs with him to serve him. However, both of them won one after another in the battle against the Xiongnu.

What does this mean? This shows that in fact, the soldiers' requirements for the generals are very simple, the soldiers only ask the generals to bring themselves home safely, and the soldiers only ask the generals to lead them to win the battle and obtain rich rewards. And the soldiers simply don't care about what the generals eat or wear.

Wu Shigong's Runing Camp is not pursuing the kind of equality of treatment that appears on the surface, but equality of opportunity. As soon as each recruit in the Runing battalion enters the battalion, their officer reads out to them detailed promotion criteria. As long as the criteria are met, each recruit is promoted. As for whether they can be promoted, it depends on their own efforts.

As a result, a very good atmosphere was formed in the Runing camp. Basically, every soldier and officer is working hard to train and improve himself. Moreover, an active non-commissioned officer group was formed in the Runing battalion, and there was also an officer corps with a strong sense of honor. That's why the Runing Battalion invented the red-eye tactic that looked a little brainless.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the three commanders of the Nanyang Battalion are eating so well today. Of course, there is no wine on the table today. In general, in the army of the Runing battalion, it is absolutely forbidden to drink alcohol. Therefore, these three military attaches had no choice but to replace wine with tea.

Taking a sip of tea, Zug said to Shumo, "Master Shu." Outside your great camp there are ditches and pits. My cavalry was terrified every time they came in and out. That's a little too much. ”

Shumo rolled his eyes and replied, "What's the solution?" The earthen walls of this large camp were only two feet high, and there was no money to buy stones and bricks, and now they could only hastily build a place about two feet below the earthen wall. It will take a year or two for the earthen wall to dry, and now if the enemy comes to attack, it is a few hard hits with a wooden stake, and the earthen wall may collapse. I had to think of a way outside the camp! ”

"But you Chu Fox won't worry about this problem. Your mobile battalion has not recruited a few people so far, so if you let the mobile battalion walk sideways on the road out of the camp, no one will fall into the ditch. ”

Zug immediately narrowed his eyes and defended, "Then what can I do?" The lord said that he would give me twenty officers and fifty horses. But only now have I been given ten men and twenty horses. No matter how much I pestered, Mr. Deng and the old masters in the account room spread their hands and gave me two words: No! ”

"I've been posting notices in Nanyang Mansion for so long, and I've only selected thirty-four soldiers who have joined the army with horses. What is their background? All bandits. They all want to be whitewashed from black. It's not that no one is coming back to vote. But I don't dare to recruit it! If I recruit like this again, won't my mobile battalion become a den of bandits? What should we do if there is a war, and what happens to flee and surrender to the enemy? Then the adults have to swallow me alive? ”

Zug's words resonated with Hefei and Shumo. During the time of King Qin, the flight of the bandit-born soldiers hurt the Runing camp too deeply. Therefore, the principle of recruiting soldiers in the Runing Battalion now is to try not to use those old bandits. Even if you have to recruit it, you have to use it carefully. Except, of course, for tried-and-tested bandit-turned-military attachés and soldiers like Zug. Zug and they no longer classify themselves as bandits.

He Fei said: "Then why don't you go and ask for Liye?" Li Ye eats soft and not hard, you won't say more good things? ”

Zug replied with grief and indignation, "Why didn't I ask for it?" That time, when I went back to the Runing camp, I accompanied Li Ye and laughed so much that my face cramped. Li Ye also helped and took me to the little children who worked as grooms. Needless to say, I've seen them all, although the children's bodies haven't fully grown, they are all seventeen or eighteen years old, but they can still see the kung fu of their immediate past, and there are more than a hundred people. ”

"Lord Li has mercy and wants to give me fifty people. That's not bad, with these fifty people, and recruit some bandits with horses, at least the shelves of my mobile battalion can be erected. But Li Ye told me that when the lord went out on the expedition, he took away most of the horses in the Runing camp, and now he can give me people, and there are no horses. ”

"But the cavalry is useless for horses? I'm all white-headed. I'm not afraid of your jokes, I have the idea of robbing my wife's dowry to buy a horse. ”

"Don't!" He Fei immediately stretched out his hands to stop him, "Now who in our Runing Camp has a bear-hearted leopard and dares to offend your father-in-law and mother-in-law?" Don't they want their weapons and armor? Don't they want their uniforms and bedding? ”

"Just say me. I have all the spears and everything. The notch of the firearm armor can run a horse-drawn carriage with a large gap. Several times I went to ask for it, but your old man said in an official tone: The workshop department has no manpower now, and they are all busy building iron materials and blacksmith workshops. And the recruits of each battalion need weapons, so let's wait patiently. ”

"But can I afford to wait? Although the infantry battalion soldiers of our Nanyang battalion have been recruited. However, the training of firearm shooting and battle formation tactics could not be carried out due to the lack of firearms. ”

"Moreover, this batch of recruits from the miners is really good, as long as you teach them a few times, they will do a good job. This made me look greedy, and I wanted to recruit more. And their miners are still willing, when I recruited soldiers, but gritted my teeth and ruthlessly brushed off more than a thousand people. The ones that have been brushed off are much better than the soldiers we recruited in Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion! ”

Shumo continued: "Let's stop complaining. In fact, what we said is one thing, we don't have any money in Nanyang Camp. I'll tell you a piece of news, and don't ask me where I got it from. Originally, the silver that the young master allocated to our Nanyang camp was still enough. But the young master's expansion of the army was too fast. This time, I happened to encounter the battle in the north. Therefore, the silver taels of our Runing camp are a little tight. Therefore, the old masters in the account room gave us less than two taels of silver. ”

"!" Zug opened his mouth and scolded, "Our Nanyang camp is like being raised by a stepmother." But don't be mysterious! Who doesn't know that the source of your news is either from your wife or from your cousin? ”

"You Chu fox, don't talk nonsense." Shumo was noncommittal to Zug's speculation, and continued, "Our Nanyang camp is still not good!" But after the young master comes back, no matter how strange it is, he can't blame us! At most, he scolded a few more words. ”

He Fei also sighed and said, "But the master's vision is still quite accurate. He said that the world was going to be in chaos. No, he went to Liaodong to fight, and I heard that he walked halfway down, but he encountered a rebellion in Shandong, and he stayed there to fight. I don't know if the Year of the Monkey can be decided for us later. It's really impossible to say that the world is in turmoil. ”

Shumo was also a little proud of his young master, and he said, "Of course. My young master has been accurate since he was a child, otherwise how would he choose me as his scholar? But my vision is also accurate, when I saw the young master, I decided to serve by his side, knowing that following the young master will definitely have a future. In this Runing camp, the young master is the first, and I am the second! Haha-! After saying that, Shumo smugly daxiao.

Chu Ge couldn't get used to seeing Shumo's face on the side, so he stimulated him: "I will tell Li Ye what you said." Tell him: You said you were the second child of the Runing Battalion. ”

Shumo's laughter immediately stopped, and he immediately shot back angrily: "I will also tell Yang Goudan about your niece who slept with Qiu Yuanwai a few days ago." ”

"Alright! All right! Don't fight in the nest anymore! He Fei persuaded on the side, "No matter what, we haven't done a good job in the Nanyang camp." My old man can't stand the master! Shumo, you talk about it, if we find the financial resources to make the Nanyang camp decent, will the master be very happy? ”

Zug's eyes lit up, staring at Shumo's answer. But Shumo didn't notice anything strange about Zug, he still said with some pride: "Of course, I know my young master's mind best." As long as we have the ability, we can expand the Nanyang battalion to 5,000 people. Can you say that this nonsense is useful? It's no silver tael or no silver tael. The only way is for you Chu Fox to work your daughter-in-law. Maybe you can serve your daughter-in-law well, and your father-in-law will help us get more armor and firearms. I'll just say here, as long as you Chu Fox can do it, you just have a few more days of rest, and Lao He and I will bear it for you. ”

Shumo still holds a grudge, and he wants to stimulate Zug in his words.

But as if Zug and He Fei hadn't heard the second half of his words, after they looked at each other, He Fei said, "Okay! Or is our scholar bold. Since you have proposed to find your own source of money, then we will all listen to you! Haha-! ”

As soon as Shumo heard He Fei's words, he knew that he had fallen into the trap. He hurriedly said, "When did I say that I wanted to find my own money?" Oh! I see, you're talking about what Qiu Yuanwai said a few days ago! You are too unrighteous to be angry. Set up a set for me to drill today! ”

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