Chapter 14: First Arrival at the 13th Battalion
After leaving the registration office, Szeto walked directly to the place where Camp 13 was located according to the instructions on the sign in the camp.
It has to be said that the camp area is indeed very large, and the distance between each battalion and the others is very long, although Situ Jin walked very fast, and he walked in a straight line, but it took nearly half an hour to reach the 13th battalion.
Along the way, he had seen many barracks from afar, each barracks were very neat and orderly, and most of the soldiers were training in neat lines, but as soon as he walked into the 13th battalion barracks, he immediately wondered if he was in the wrong place.
Everything in front of him made Situ Jin a little hard to believe, the entire barracks were staggered, everywhere was messy, and a long line was drawn between many camp tents, on which hung a lot of clothes and pants, large and small, long and short, densely packed.
Speaking of soldiers, where are the soldiers? How can there be soldiers? A group of old men sit in a group to play cards in the east, sit in a ball to catch dice in the west, and some sit together in twos and threes to chat and fart, and the most unbearable thing is that some people directly take off their shirts and lie on the ground to bask in the sun with a face of enjoyment.
Oh my God! What is this! Situ Jin was completely messy.
After standing there for about a few minutes, Situ Jin slowly calmed down. He took a deep breath and walked straight to the middle of the field. A few people saw him coming, just squinted at him, and then went back to doing what they were doing, and finally, after walking a few more steps, someone finally spoke: "Hey, boy, who are you? What are you doing in our 13th battalion?"
Situ Jin turned his head sideways and saw a big man lying on the ground who didn't know when to sit up, saying that he was a big man, in fact, it was a little inappropriate, although this person was tall, facing fierce, and the beard on the side of his mouth was also densely enclosed, but he looked like he was in his 20s.
Situ Jin did not answer Dahan's words, but walked directly to the middle of the field, and then opened his mouth to everyone: "Who is the deputy commander of the 13th battalion?
"Hey, boy, who are you? Didn't you hear what Lao Tzu asked you?" Seeing that Situ Jin ignored him, Dahan was already a little annoyed, and at this time he had already stood up and walked towards Situ Jin.
Situ Jin looked at Dahan: "May I ask you are the deputy commander of the 13th battalion?"
Dahan sneered: "Hmph, deputy battalion commander? What is that, we don't have a deputy battalion commander here." β
"Oh?" Situ Jinjian raised his eyebrows slightly: "Then is there an adjutant?"
The big man had already walked in front of Situ Jin, and the others had stopped what they were doing and looked towards Situ Jin, many of them still had a smile on their lips that they were about to watch a good show.
"Boy, didn't you hear what Lao Tzu asked you?"
Situ Jin stared at the big man's eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he didn't mean to open his mouth at all.
This move completely annoyed Dahan, but he was not stupid, the people who could enter the barracks were not ordinary people, and Situ Jin was still wearing aristocratic clothes, so he didn't do anything to Situ Jin all at once, just stretched out his hand and tried to grab Situ Jin's collar.
"Brush!" Just as his hand approached Situ Jin's body, everyone saw a flash of silver light in front of them, and then something very small flew into the air at once, and then fell in a straight line, and when the little thing fell to the ground, everyone saw what it was, it was a small finger that had been cut off in half.
"Whew-" A breath sounded from all around.
"Hiss-" Dahan also reacted to what was happening at this time, he first grinned in pain, and then suddenly raised his head, staring at Situ Jin with a fierce face: "Boy, there is a kind!" The words fell, and his whole body suddenly jumped forward.
"Brush!" was another silver light, and the same sound, and when something flew into the air, everyone knew what it was before he could land, and then there was another inhalation.
The big man was stunned for a moment, and found that there was no one in the position where he pounced, he raised his hand, and was surprised to find that there were only four fingers left in his right hand, and when he turned around, he found that Situ Jin had run behind him at some point.
"Ahh
"Brush-" As soon as the sharp sound of the knife was drawn, Dahan's movements stopped instantly, and he saw that a dagger had been pressed against his neck at some point, which made Dahan's face instantly white, at this time, Situ Jin said lightly: "If you move again, it will be more than just a finger." β
At this time, everyone around had already stood up, and there was already a trace of deep fear in their eyes when they looked at Situ Jin, this young man's ruthless methods had already left a special mark on their hearts.
Seeing that the big man's eyes had gradually regained color, Situ Jin knew that he had calmed down, withdrew his dagger, and said to everyone around him: "Hello everyone, I am the commander of the 13th battalion who came to report today, and my name is Situ Jin." β
"Battalion commander?" immediately remembered a variety of voices below.
"This kid is actually the new battalion commander, is there no mistake?"
"Such a little ghost can actually be the battalion commander, I don't know which noble lord is the seed. β
"Wait, what did he say his name was? Situ Jin? I remember that the deputy commander-in-chief of the empire seems to be surnamed Situ, right?"
"Yes, yes, I also remember, there is also a joint battalion commander, who seems to be called Situ Kai, who is also said to be the son of the deputy commander-in-chief of the empire. β
"I'll just say it!"
The discussion became louder and louder, Situ Jin's face gradually darkened, and after a while, he said in a cold voice: "Please be quiet!"
At first, everyone didn't react, but gradually remembered Situ Jin's method just now, and the discussion finally became quieter and quieter, and finally disappeared.
Situ Jin's gaze slowly swept across the audience, whenever his eyes converged on whom, the other party would unconsciously lower his head, and after a while, he suddenly sneered: "I don't care what you think, in short, from today onwards you are all under my control, I hope you are all honest, otherwise"
He didn't say anything, but turned his gaze to the big man who was standing on the side and hadn't fully woken up, but this action made everyone feel chills instantly.
At this time, I heard him say again: "Here, I am the boss, if you don't obey orders, even if I kill you, nothing will happen, but you, even if you die, you will bear a punishment of "disobeying military orders", so that your family will be affected with you." β
Hearing Situ Jin's words, the people below were even more in a cold sweat, the ratio of the empire's enrollment of noble children to peasant children was 3:7, that is to say, out of 10 people, 3 were noble children and 7 were peasant children.
According to the regulations, with the exception of a few outstanding peasant children who can apply to become grass-roots officers, most of the rest cannot be promoted to officers and can only serve as soldiers for the rest of their lives. Most of these peasant soldiers have no backing, so although they suffer a lot of injustice, they can only swallow their popularity in the end, and many people are not afraid of death, but they can't help but think about the life and death of their families. Situ Jin's words can be said to have hit their weakness.
Seeing that everyone had been shocked, Situ said carefully: "Let me ask again, is there an adjutant in the 13th battalion?"
More than ten seconds passed, and there was still no answer, Situ Jin was about to speak, when a voice suddenly remembered: "Sir, when the previous battalion commander was here, I was appointed as an adjutant, I don't know if it counts now." β
Situ Jin turned his head slightly, and found that a young man with brown hair and blue eyes stood up, the young man looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old, about one meter seven or five tall, his figure was similar to Situ Jin's, his face was relatively long, the bridge of his nose was very high, and his eyes were very big and blue, and there seemed to be a mysterious sky hidden inside.
"What's your name?" Situ said.
"Sir, my name is Warren. The boy replied.
The young man's polite behavior made Situ Jin's heart rise a trace of goodwill: "Warren, okay, you can continue to be my adjutant, and come to my camp in a while." Othersβ"
Situ Jin withdrew his gaze from Warren, glanced around at everyone, and said, "I don't care what you do, when I come out of the barracks in a while, I want to see a clean and tidy barracks, otherwise you won't want to sleep tonight." β
After speaking, he stopped looking at the crowd and walked directly towards the largest tent in the middle.