Chapter 80: The Establishment of the Women's Army
The next day, Xiao Li and Wu were still recruiting in the same position, but a few words were added to the recruitment chapter - "Women can also join the army".
As soon as this notice came out, the people of the entire Qisu City were boiling. The recruitment of female soldiers has no precedent or successor, and everyone has different opinions. The ancient view was that women were married and raised at home, and men were fighting outside the home to earn money. Now Xiao Li and the others want to recruit female soldiers, which is simply a depth charge in the fish pond.
A lot of people were talking around the announcement, and if you listened closely, you could hear the arguments between them.
"This notice is for women to become soldiers?" An old man's voice rang out, and an old man leaned on the ground with a cane and said, "This is just nonsense!" How can a woman go to war! ”
It was an old man who spoke, with gray hair and many wrinkles on his face, and he looked like an elderly person. The thinking is very stubborn and old-fashioned, and does not know how to change. But now many of the people in the city are elderly, and they all think that it is not appropriate to recruit female soldiers. So after this old man spoke out, there were still many people who echoed him.
People have been saying it for a long time, but no one has come to fill out the form. The Wu clan is a little anxious, now it is really a critical autumn of survival, and if you don't add a few more people, Qi Su will be attacked sooner or later. But Xiao Li was very calm, and even looked at the group of people with a chuckle.
"Li'er, no one has come yet, it's really going to make me sad to death!" Wu Shi frowned, sighed and said.
"Mother, you don't have to worry." Xiao Li shook Wu's hand and comforted, "Someone will definitely come." ”
Xiao Li looked confident, which made the Wu family feel slightly relieved. Sure enough, as Xiao Li expected, a woman came over.
"Conscription?" The woman is very good-looking, not like a lady, her eyebrows reveal a little heroic, and her thin eyebrows are slanted into her sideburns to give people a flamboyant feeling, "What do you think of me?" ”
"Good!" When Wu Shi saw this woman, it was as if she had seen a savior, and immediately nodded and said, "What's your name?" ”
"Zhu Xitan." Zhu Xitan didn't have any extra words, and answered Wu's question neatly.
"Is it a Qisu? Are there any other relatives in the family? Wu raised his head and asked, and couldn't help but admire the heroic woman in front of him.
"I'm from Qiju, and I only have one mother in the family." Zhu Xitan raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xiao Li and said.
At this time, Xiao Li didn't speak, just looked at Zhu Xitan, with a smile on his lips. However, she was also surprised that Qi Su would have such a woman, she hadn't noticed it before.
"Do you know martial arts?" Xiao Li was suddenly very interested in this person and asked.
"A little, it's just three-legged cat kung fu." Zhu Xitan was not arrogant, and his tone was neither humble nor arrogant.
"Okay, here's your uniform." Wu put down the pen of the record, then took out a set of clothes worn by the soldiers from the box and handed it to Zhu Xitan.
After seeing Zhu Xitan register, many women also walked towards Xiao Li and them. This kind of thing is actually a lack of a person to take the lead. At that time, Xiao Li saw Zhu Xitan standing in front of the notice, and knew with confidence that she was going to be a soldier. Therefore, she was not in such a hurry as Wu.
But even with Zhu Xitan taking the lead, there were not many women who came to sign up, only one or two hundred, and they were not sure if these women who came to apply would be able to stay until the end.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Xiao Li, Hui Shangyi's wife." Xiao Li felt that he should encourage the common people to join the army, so he stood up and spoke, "Everyone is from the Shengguo, and I think everyone doesn't want to become a slave of Zheng Guo, so it is very important to keep Qisu." ”
"However, we don't have enough people right now, so we have a whim to recruit female soldiers. Some people may wonder if it is impossible for a woman to serve in the army. Xiao Li said loudly, "But my wife and I held the Qi Su that day, which shows that women can also go into battle to kill the enemy like men." ”
After listening to Xiao Li's words, the thoughts of some stubborn old people also changed a little. But I still feel that it is unseemly for a woman to join the army.
"The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of every man, and there is no distinction between men and women to defend the country, as long as they can protect the country, anyone can do it." Xiao Li added another fire, and in an instant, everyone's enthusiasm was ignited, and in an instant, many women decided to join the army.
By the end of the day, they had recruited nearly 10,000 female soldiers. Wu was very happy, thanks to Xiao Li's words, which touched those women who wanted to contribute to the country.
The two of them returned to Huifu with the list, and as soon as Xiao Li returned to Liluo Courtyard, a small servant ran over with a letter.
"Young lady, the young general has a letter!" After handing the letter to Xiao Li, the little guy turned around and left.
Xiao Li's hand trembling slightly when he took the letter, this feeling was like answering a call from his parents when he was a child, excited and scared.
She opened the envelope with trembling hands and looked at the letter earnestly. After reading it, she breathed a sigh of relief. Hui Shangyi was safe and sound, and he won the battle, Xiao Li suddenly showed a bright smile on his face, and the worries that had been suppressed in his heart in the past few days disappeared without a trace. 4E
"Meihua, write a letter to grandpa and mother." Xiao Li put the letter back into the envelope and asked Meihua to give it to Wu.
After reading the letter, Wu was also very happy, and his confidence in the establishment of a women's army was even greater. The whole Hui Mansion was very happy, except for Mrs. Xu. Old lady Hui also happily drank a few more glasses during the meal.
Xiao Li thought about it, and simply wrote a letter to Hui Shangyi. The letter mentions the establishment of a women's army, and she must have been surprised when she thinks Hui Shangyi will see it.
I don't know why, Xiao Li involuntarily wrote "one life and one couple" at the end of the letter, she smiled self-deprecatingly, and still stuffed the written letter into the envelope, and asked the little girl to quickly whip it to Hui Shangyi.
The next day, Wu called Xiao Li to go to the training ground together to practice the female soldiers recruited yesterday. However, this was the first time that a women's army had been established, and the Wu clan did not know how to train female soldiers.
"Li'er, what do you think this team is called?" Wu Shi looked at Xiao Li and asked with burning eyes.
"Let's call it the Hui Lady Army." Xiao Li is a name for nothing, so he casually said that he dealt with the matter, but he didn't expect the Wu family to adopt it.
"Quiet!" Wu walked in front of a group of women, straightened his face, and spoke in a very stern tone.
The women also closed their mouths and looked at Wu and Xiao Li with wide eyes, waiting for them to speak.
"You're in the first women's army, so a lot of it is a matter of fumbling. I'm here to remind you that training is hard, and I'm going to train you like a male soldier, and when you can't bear it, you'll leave on your own. Wu put his hands behind his back and looked at the woman in front of him who was dressed in fancy clothes and said.
"Now that you are all wearing military uniforms, it means that you are already a soldier, and those who are dressed up in fancy clothes go and wash their faces first." Wu is not the kind of gentle woman, with a threatening tone in her tone, and the women have gone to remove their makeup.
Only a few women stood honestly, and their faces were also serious, including Zhu Xitan.
After these women had everything in order, the Wu clan began to train the female soldiers. These women are basically the kind of husbands and children, so they don't know martial arts at all, and they can't even pick up weapons.
Wu Shi had a little headache, because the soldiers she trained were all men, and they all skipped directly with weapons. But the women in front of them still need to teach how to use weapons and exercise their physical strength.
After a day of training, many people have quit, but more than half of them have persevered.
"That's the end of today's training, you guys go back and rest first." Wu raised his hand and told everyone to go back.
"Li'er, today's training results are not ideal." Wu shook his head and sighed and said to Xiao Li.
"It's true that these women are usually only family members at home, and they have never held weapons, so they can't be trained in the same way that they usually train soldiers." Xiao Li also saw the results of Wu's training, which were not satisfactory, so Xiao Li wondered if he could use the modern method of training soldiers to train these women first.
"Li'er, do you have any good ideas?" Wu didn't know what to do, looking at Xiao Li's pensive appearance, his eyes were full of hope.
Yizhou City, although the battle was won, the Huijia army did not relax, patrolling every day, ready to fight at any time.
Hui Shangyi had just taken the letter that Xiao Li had written to him from the guards, and walked up to the castle tower to look at it seriously. Hui Shangyi was still a little shocked by the women's army described by Xiao Li, but since Xiao Li wanted to do it, he must be sure to do it well.
When he saw the last sentence, he suddenly laughed. At this time, the weather has turned cold, Hui Shangyi smiled, but there was a feeling of melting ice and snow.
A couple for a lifetime, it turns out that Xiao Li's request is so simple. He also wants to have Xiao Li's company in this life, and he only needs Xiao Li alone. Thinking about it, Hui Shangyi couldn't help but look in the direction of Qi Su.
If it weren't for Dugu Yin's lack of plans to retreat, he would have been living with Xiao Li at home every day.
And Dugu Yin's side was uncomfortable, and the first battle of the Battle of Yizhou failed. As a result, the army sent to harass Qi Su was also defeated, making Dugu Yin tremble with anger and a messy beard.
"You bunch of trash!" Dugu Yin was furious and waved his hand, and all the things on the table were scattered on the ground.
The maids next to her were all so frightened that Dugu Yin shuddered, and then immediately helped Dugu Yin pack up her things and quit the tent. They all know Dugu Yin's temper, and no one dares to say a word when this Lord Yama loses his temper.
"The general is angry." Yu Zhuoqi saw several maids come out with a frightened look on their faces, and knew what was going on inside.