Chapter 54: Military Rank (II)

The teasing words of the middle-aged Taoist made the surrounding Taoist heroes laugh even more presumptuously. Jiang Chen's face flushed even more.

"Little brother, it's so short, let's cut it......" The middle-aged Taoist wanted to make fun of a few more words, and suddenly felt a cold light look at him, and he felt a thrill in his heart, but found that it was Chen Ying beside Jiang Chen who was looking at him.

Chen Ying had a long scar on his face, which looked a little vicious, and his eyes were sharp at this time, which made the middle-aged Taoist shudder, and when he reached the words in his mouth, he swallowed it hard.

"This fellow Daoist, your cultivation is so low, similar to a mortal, I'm afraid you can't join the Daozi Army. The young Taoist said.

"That ......" Jiang Chen plucked up his courage and said: "Although I am not good at cultivating, I have read through the art of war, and I have read the classics extensively, and I know the habits of many demon beasts very well. ”

"It turned out to be a scholar!" The young Taoist smiled slightly: "That's it, it just so happens that there is a shortage of clerks in the army, so you can take up the position." However, compared to other Daoists, Yu Lu is reduced by half. ”

"No problem!" Jiang Chen agreed, anyway, his purpose was just to stay by Jiang Wu's side, and the brothers could fight side by side.

"Next!" shouted after the young Daoist registered Jiang Chen's name.

"This is Chen Ying!" Jiang Chen hurriedly introduced: "He can't speak, and he can't do Taoism." ”

"It's okay if you can't speak, you don't know the Dao Law?!" The young Dao Xia suddenly became a little angry: "Then what are you doing to join the Dao Army?"

Jiang Chen said: "His secular martial arts are very remarkable, and he has the power to protect himself. He joined the army with him, and he was regarded as a bodyguard below. ”

"Joining the army actually brought bodyguards with you!" The young Taoist shook his head again and again: "Okay, anyway, with your Dao method, you do need bodyguards." Although secular martial arts are not as good as Taoism, they are also useful in marching and fighting or dealing with low-level demon beasts, so let's stay. However, his income must also be halved, otherwise it will be unfair to other Taoists. ”

"Yes, yes!" Jiang Chen promised, "As long as the three of us are placed on the same team." ”

"Of course!" said the young Taoist: "As the saying goes, fathers and sons go into battle, and tigers and brothers." When people close to each other are placed together, they can also work together and fight side by side. ”

After the Dao cultivators of the sword worship audience determined the military rank for the Daoist army, it was inevitable that some Dao heroes were not satisfied with their military ranks, so they turned to the Taoist theory of the sword worship. As a result, there were really a few people who proved that in addition to Dao cultivation, they were also more accomplished in other aspects such as kendo and dao weapons, so their military rank was promoted.

After the military rank was determined, the Daozi Army began to formally divide the marching formation. There are more than 1,000 Daoist troops in total, and the whole army is led by Ziqing Daoist as the chief general, and the two Taoist masters of Zixiao Daoist and Ziyun Daoist are auxiliary generals; the whole army is divided into 12 battalions, each battalion is led by two sword-worshipping Taoist disciples, and the military rank is the main and deputy captain.

Although these Sword Worship Dao disciples were all quite young, they had all cultivated their basic Dao methods to the eighth level or above, and half of them had reached the highest ninth level of cultivation. Moreover, their cultivation methods are more systematic, and they are still much more clever than these Jianghu casual cultivators, and with three Sword Worship Daoist masters in charge, these casual cultivators do not dare to disobey the orders of the main and deputy lieutenants.

In the next few days, the weapons and armor were collected, and various military regulations were promulgated. These Dao heroes are used to being casual, and most of them have their own commonly used Dao weapons, so most of them use the Dao tools they brought. As for the armor, it is also very bulky and inconvenient to wear, and the Dao heroes have their own Dao Qi and body protection powers, and they are reluctant to wear iron armor.

After the battalions began to exercise, there were more contradictions. These rivers and lakes are all free and casual styles, where can they stand the strict rules of the military camp. Moreover, those captains and lieutenants are also young Taoists who worship the sword view, and they have no experience in commanding and leading troops at all. The captains of the school reported to the main general, Ziqing Daoren, and Ziqing Daoist simply ordered no longer to practice, and let all Dao heroes practice Dao Fa on their own, in case of emergency.

So this Daozi army became a strange thing in the barracks. The other sergeants are all trained in the morning and evening, the military appearance is neat, and the military orders are well-understood. And this Daozi army has nothing to do, and the Daoists don't even want to wear ironclad military helmets, so they gather in groups of three or five all day long, chatting about some rumors and anecdotes in the rivers and lakes. If it weren't for the ban on alcohol in the barracks, some Taoist heroes would just be afraid of drinking all day long and being unconscious.

Occasionally, there are also aggressive Taoist warriors who make appointments with people about fighting methods. As long as there are no casualties when the fighting method is reached, those sword worship Taoist disciples will turn a blind eye and ignore it. Later, it gradually developed to the point that there were people fighting every day, and even all the Taoist heroes took pleasure in it, setting up gambling games, and betting on the wins and losses of both sides.

I thought that there would be a lot of hardships after joining the army, but I didn't expect that the days after arriving at the barracks turned out to be the most relaxed and happy time for the two brothers Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu in many years. As a member of the Daozi Army, they are well paid. Although Jiang Chen and Chen Ying can only receive half of their military salary, they also have five taels of silver every month; Jiang Wu has the rank of Taoist lieutenant, and he has 20 taels of silver every month. This is a windfall for the two brothers, who have been destitute for many years!

What's more, the discipline of the Daozi army is relaxed, as long as they don't leave the barracks, they can do whatever they want. You can cultivate on your own, or you can gossip around. Jun Zhu, as a pharmacist of the Daozi Army, has nothing to do except prepare some pills that may be used in the future, so he often comes to talk to the two brothers. The military salaries of the two brothers were also forced to "hand" Junzhu as soon as they were paid, so as to repay part of the "medical expenses" owed.

Jiang Chen even felt that there was nothing wrong with going on like this. As long as you mix peacefully for a year and a half, you can almost pay off the huge amount of money you owe Junzhu.

Unfortunately, it backfired, and the military situation on the front line gradually became tense. The sergeants in the barracks left one after another, and went to the front lines one after another, and later, there was a huge barracks, and only the Daozi Army was still stationed here. Losing the neat and loud sound of army drills in the past, the barracks seemed empty, and even the Taoist heroes felt a little deserted.

One day, a certain team that had been fighting on the front line for many days returned to the barracks, and compared with before departure, the marching procession was still neat and orderly, but the sergeants looked tired one by one, and their bodies were covered with scars and bloodstains. and the corpse trucks full of the bodies of the sacrificed sergeants, which were even more shocking.

All the Taoist heroes stopped fighting and chatting and other miscellaneous matters, and came to both sides of the barracks avenue together, silently welcoming the return of these sergeants with their eyes. Perhaps it was only at this moment that their rabble realized a little bit of the tragedy of the frontier of the army!