Chapter 394: Refining the Soul of the Army

When the recruits heard Jose say this, their faces were a little moved, and the captain of the recruits turned even red, but he didn't see any dissatisfaction, he was just stunned on the spot, unable to say a word. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Seeing their expressions, Joseph sighed lowly, and then gestured to Gould, and the attendant beside him immediately took out a few boxes of ointment from the side.

"Today I ordered you to be beaten, although I am your lord, but you are also my subordinates, so my heart is also very uneasy. I can't take the bale with you, but I'm going to anoint you today!" As soon as Joseph's words came out, everyone present looked surprised:

Lord Viscount Sadland, you want to anoint us?!

Soon, however, José proved himself by taking the ointment, and despite the astonished and complicated eyes of the recruits, he applied the ointment to the eleven of them one by one. Such a move undoubtedly shocked these recruits more than what he had just said, and this lord, who is usually high in the sky, actually came to apply ointment to his own soldiers?!

What a low-ranking position, which of the noble lords I saw in Sadland in the past was not a high-spirited and domineering appearance, and which lord was willing to personally come down to apply ointment to the recruits? Moreover, these people are still guys who have just made mistakes and violated military regulations, this viscount is really sincere!

Joseph's method of buying people's hearts obviously moved these simple recruits to a mess, and even those guys who were still a little dissatisfied with Joseph in their hearts before felt embarrassed at the moment. These guys were not only moved, but also full of remorse: this Viscount is so sincere to us, but we still violate military regulations, which is simply a betrayal of the Viscount's trust in us!

After doing this, Jose's face softened a little, and then he said to the squad leader, "I will not punish you again, because your mistakes have been offset after the baton. Now you are no longer erring soldiers, but soldiers of my subordinates, so I am also fulfilling my responsibilities as a lord by medicating you. ”

Looking at the expressions of emotion on the faces of these eleven people, José believed that his actions were enough to convince these simple recruits. Even if some people are not convinced, there is no way, José does not care about this, anyway, no matter whether some of the recruits are dissatisfied or feel that they are too harsh, these decrees are all implemented in the army under Joseph's tough attitude.

And with the news that Jose personally drugged those recruits, many recruits were in awe of Joseph, and at the same time, they couldn't help but feel a little more convinced. These things happened a few times later, but Chase's prestige was established in the New Army. Although these recruits have not yet developed the quality of professional soldiers, they are only quite convinced by Joseph's system of rewards and punishments.

If you make a mistake, you will be punished, which is very fair! It is okay to be stricter, and it is good that everyone strictly abides by it -- this is the thinking of many recruits.

It has to be said that the fact that this new army was able to quickly establish decent military discipline is really due to the fact that there are not many veterans among them, and although the recruits are very difficult to train, they are much more convenient to manage than those veterans. At least there was no framework faction among the recruits, and Jose was adamant that he would not allow that to happen in his own private army.

Although the armies of the Northwest Army seem to be very cohesive, it is the factional splits that cause the civil strife in the Northwest, and even the most powerful Lonke multi-faction at the moment, I am afraid that the internal harmony is not a mess, right? The generals of the private army under his command are promoted and selected by dozens of officers under Alok, which also constitutes the general framework of this infantry private army. Using Yarok's subordinates as middle and low-level officers is actually equivalent to handing over the command of this infantry to Alok.

However, Jose still has a lot of trust in Allocke, although he is not as long as Gould has been with him, but he is still very relieved that this private army is currently being trained under him. And for this private army, he will come to inspect once every half a month, and every time he comes, he will enter the barracks and live for two days, not only eat and live with the soldiers, but even issue a very strange military order: that is, in this private army, regardless of the size of the official position, the food eaten is the same, and no general is allowed to open a small stove!

In the traditional army of the Bright Empire, almost all the middle and high-ranking generals are from noble backgrounds, and in this case, no army will have such a military order. Even those soldiers felt strange, but seeing that those superiors, those battalion officers, flag commanders, and even private army commanders like Alok Gould were all eating the same food as themselves, these guys couldn't help but feel a little more good and grateful in their hearts.

After all, in a feudal society like the Bright Empire, it was a matter of course for officers and nobles to enjoy privileges, so such a move undoubtedly won him the trust of many recruits. Because Jose understands that many times, what these recruits need is not good food, but an attitude of fair treatment!

Although not many people can say this feeling, and these recruits from poor backgrounds naturally have no concept of "fairness" in their hearts, but after these several military orders were implemented, most of the recruits in the entire army were quite convinced of this viscount. As for those middle- and low-level generals and leading officers, after receiving military theory studies and literacy courses, they have a somewhat enlightened feeling in their hearts. Many of the junior officers began to consciously learn the theories that Joseph had said, and decrees such as "it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders" spread to the junior soldiers.

Soon, the decrees issued by Jose had quietly had a subtle influence on the new army. Jose also knew this, so when he first trained these recruits, he didn't just want to build an army. What he wants to build is not only an army with combat effectiveness, but also an army with discipline and the so-called "soul of the army"!

It may sound ethereal, but in Jose's view, these things are nothing more than the discipline, cohesion, and sense of honor of the army, and so on. It may not be difficult to form an army with strong combat effectiveness, but it is very difficult to form an iron army with advanced combat ideas and the whole army as one, and this is the army that Joseph wants to build, he not only wants to train the army, but also to train the spirit of the army and the spirit of the army!