Ji'an is not a good place to train soldiers.

Because it was too prosperous, even the simple peasant soldiers were gradually corroded by the desires of the city.

Zhao Han killed five soldiers in one go, one of them was a veteran of Wuxing Town, one was a soldier recruited on the way, and three were recruits recruited in Fucheng.

I thought of letting the veterans bring the new recruits and send them to the south of the city to maintain order.

Who knew that the three nomadic recruits told their tragic experiences, and the two veterans listened to them with righteous indignation. The five men left the patrol block without authorization, broke into a profiteer's business, killed the profiteer's family, and then raped and humiliated the woman of the family under the lure of recruits, and then looted the goods and smuggled them.

There are so many military orders that have been violated that no one can keep them.

"Execution!"

At the pier south of the city, five soldiers lined up, kneeling on the ground and waiting to be beheaded.

Countless residents of Fucheng came to see the excitement, the blood splashed, the heads rolling down, the timid screamed, and the bold were excited.

Zhao Han said loudly: "These five people, who did not obey military orders, left their posts without permission, murdered and robbed, are now showing the law to the public!" ”

"Good!"

Some people began to cheer, thinking that they had been bullied by Zhao Han's soldiers.

"Bring it up!"

Zhao Han gave an order, and more than ten people were taken to the dock.

Zhao Han said to the onlookers: "These people either don't pay for food, or they buy goods at low prices. Punish the baton! ”

Originally, according to Zhao Han's intentions, he planned to cancel corporal punishments such as military sticks, and replace them with confinement and punishments for running. But he gradually found that he couldn't suppress it without beating the military stick, so he could only resume some corporal punishment.

"Bang bang bang!"

The executioners have shown mercy, otherwise dozens of military sticks will go down and kill and maim people on the spot.

Even so, the soldiers who were beaten on the board were a little unable to bear it. Pain is one thing, there are also psychological factors, taking off your pants and spanking in front of thousands of people, your face is really lost to your grandmother's house.

After the punishment was completed, Zhao Han immediately reorganized the army and promulgated a more detailed military law.

A total of nearly 4,000 people, according to the battalion sentry system in the Jiajing period, re-selected and trained.

Five people and one team, two teams and one team, three teams for the team, three teams for the whistle, five posts for the total, five for the battalion.

Zhao Han led the whole army by himself and was the chief military officer.

Fei Ruhe was the deputy battalion and the commander of the thousand, assisting Zhao Han in commanding the whole army and personally leading the 500 Chinese troops.

Jiang Dashan, Huang Qi, Huang Shun, Li Zheng, and Jiang Liang are all generals, each leading 500 people.

Li Xiangui, a military judge, led a team of 50 people.

Chen Maosheng, as a missionary officer, led a mission group of 120 people, including prostitutes, turtles and actors.

He also selected domestic slaves and people from military households to form Zhao Han's personal soldier "Slave Army", which temporarily consisted of only 92 people. Zhang Tieniu is the captain of the pro-soldiers, Liu Zhu is the deputy captain of the pro-soldiers, and the banner is the word "slave" written in blood on the white cloth.

The remaining hundreds of people were organized into a baggage team, and Xiao Huan was in charge of logistics.

In addition, Fei Chun actually supervised the money and grain, and Huang Shunde served as the chief secretary (Zhao Han's secretary in the army).

Each outpost (about 100 people) must be equipped with a missionary officer, who is responsible for propagating Datong thought, explaining military law and discipline to non-commissioned soldiers, and caring for the lives of ordinary non-commissioned soldiers. However, it is not allowed to interfere with the officer's command of the operation!

Except for the troops on duty, all the rest returned to the city for drills, and the general office and the city garrison camp were designated as training grounds.

After several days of drilling, the recruits could barely line up, but unfortunately the slightest movement would cause chaos.

Why didn't Zhao Han rob the money and food of big families outside the city?

Because of the autumn grain that has been transported by the entire Ji'an Prefecture and the counties one after another, the grain is all in the Xicheng warehouse, and the silver is all in the inner courtyard of the prefect. These money and grains will not be shipped to the capital until February next year, and now they are all cheap Zhao Han.

The military pay is sufficient, the meals are full, and even if the drills are very hard, even if the military law is very strict, the soldiers are full of enthusiasm.

Whenever there is a break, the missionaries at each post begin to shush and ask for warmth. After getting closer to the soldiers, the missionaries preached military law and various popular ideas of Datong.

In fact, these missionaries are also a little confused.

When the soldiers were training, they listened to Chen Maosheng's lectures. When the soldiers were resting, they learned and sold, and told the soldiers what they had just learned.

Sometimes, the missionary officer was even confused by the soldiers, and ran to ask Chen Maosheng with a question mark, which made the soldiers laugh.

Just when the training of recruits was on the right track, Zhao Han suddenly received news that Governor Xie Xuelong was coming with troops.

Zhao Han immediately stopped training, ordered the non-commissioned officers to deploy defenses, and convened a meeting of the chief sentinel officer (general officer) and above.

Fei Ruhe now leads the 500 Chinese army alone, and also assists Zhao Han in commanding the whole army. This goods was in high spirits, patted the table and said: "We should stick to the city, we have more than 3,000 people now, almost 4,000." There are soldiers and food, what kind of bird governor are you afraid of? ”

Xiao Huan said: "I think that I should abandon the city and leave the city to the eunuchs." In order to shirk responsibility, the eunuch will definitely impeach the governor, and the court will help us remove the governor. Now those officers and soldiers are actually village warriors, and they were recruited by Xie Xuelong. Once the governor was dismissed, the townspeople were automatically dispersed. If you can outwit, you don't need to fight hard. We seem to have nearly 4,000 people, most of whom are new recruits, and we haven't even trained our military formation. ”

As soon as this remark came out, most of the officers agreed.

Whether they admit it or not, these officers with mud legs hide their fear of the government in their hearts.

They are afraid of the governors, they are afraid of the officers and soldiers, and if they can, they will not fight if they can.

Seeing that everyone was silent, and seemed to be persuaded by Xiao Huan, Fei Ruhe said angrily: "You birdmen, when you see the officers and soldiers, you shrink your eggs, and what kind of rebellion do you fuck have?" Let's all go home and farm! ”

Including Chen Maosheng, they couldn't help but bow their heads, they were really afraid, the bigger the officials from the imperial court, the more afraid they were in their hearts.

Zhang Tieniu echoed: "Fighting, that is, fighting, but Lao Tzu is not afraid." ”

Chen Maosheng said loudly: "I think it, what Captain Xiao (the baggage team) said is reasonable. Since the imperial court will clean up the governor, those townsmen will automatically disperse, so what are we going to fight? ”

Fei Ruhe sneered: "Then don't fight in the future, just wait for the emperor to help us, it's better to give way by yourself." ”

Everyone was silent and looked at Zhao Han.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Captain Xiao's plan is indeed the best policy. Captain Xiao is resourceful, and he is Zhang Liang and Zhuge of our army. ”

Xiao Huan was quite useful in his heart, but he didn't show it, and accepted everyone's worship with a calm expression.

"But!"

Zhao Han stood up suddenly: "Mr. Zhao Qian (Fei Ruhe) is not rough in his words, he seems to be reckless and demented, but he shows the Achilles heel of our army. You are all scared, and you don't dare to face the governor! It's just a governor, only a few thousand townsmen, the same as our troops, and we still have the city to rely on, what is there to be afraid of? ”

Except for a few, the rest of the officers all bowed their heads, not daring to look directly at Zhao Han's anger.

"Originally, I listened to Captain Xiao's plan and planned to withdraw from the city quickly," Zhao Han slapped the table and said, "But now, I have decided not to leave, Lao Tzu wants to practice your courage!" Hold on to the city for me! ”

"Good!"

Fei Ruhe was overjoyed.

"The head town (another name for the chief soldier)," Xiao Huan hurriedly said, "The head town, please think twice, don't fight for a moment." ”

Zhao Han shook his head and said, "Captain Xiao, you don't understand. Sometimes, the best strategy may not be the best choice. We are in rebellion, and we must show military prestige, otherwise these officers in front of us don't know when they will be able to face the officers and soldiers! ”

Xiao Huan said anxiously: "The military power can be fought slowly, are you still afraid that there will be no battle in the future?" ”

"Retreat now, don't retreat in the future?" Zhao Han said in a resolute tone, "Right now, these officers in the house, and those soldiers in the city right now, are the seeds of our rebellion. Even if the seeds are not full, will the crops that will grow in the future be strong? Hit, must fight. The beating made our seeds self-confident, and the Jiangxi government was terrified. ”

"This ......," Xiao Huan wanted to say and stopped.

Zhao Han said: "Captain Xiao, you are a smart person, and smart people often like to cheat. But sometimes, we can't take advantage of it, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, and we prefer to go to the tiger mountains! ”

Xiao Huan sighed and asked, "How is the town going to fight?" ”

Zhao Han said with a smile: "We occupy Jiancheng, we have enough grain and grass, and most of the autumn grain collected by Ji'an Mansion this year is in our hands, except for those taken away by Xie Xuelong." So what are you afraid of? It should be Xie Xuelong who is in a hurry, he lost the city, and he didn't dare to drag it out. First, he was afraid that the court would ask for guilt, second, the requisitioned fleet would also be returned to the gentry and merchants, and third, he would have to worry about grain and grass if he dragged it down. ”

"That's true." Xiao Huan had to admit that it was Xie Xuelong who was really anxious.

……

Xie Xuelong was already in a hurry, and the city of Ji'an originated in the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, there were few people in the south, and the city was mainly military, but the city was high and deep but the area was not large. Moreover, except for the city gate against the Ganjiang River, the other city gates are all built with urn cities. Each tower also had an arrow tower, and even a few turrets - there were no gunners and archers in Zhao Han's army.

There are more than 3,000 thieves, as long as there is enough food and grass to occupy this kind of castle-like city, thousands of officers and soldiers will not want to fight for ten years.

It doesn't even take a long time to maintain law and order, because more than 80% of the residents live in the markets outside the city.

Xie Xuelong also bullied Zhao Han for not having a navy, and the large merchant ships outside the city ran out, and Zhao Han only grabbed a few big ships. This cargo blockaded the city with ships, and began to recruit soldiers to build siege equipment on Egret Continent.

Then he found that there was a shortage of blacksmiths and carpenters, and they were all brought into the city by Zhao Han to build weapons.

Then you can only go to the surrounding towns and villages to recruit!

The craftsmen and the common people were miserable, and their hearts were full of resentment, and they were not bullied by the thieves, but were oppressed by the government.

The government does not pay for the conscription of laborers, they are all in the nature of service, and they have to bring their own dry food and tools. Moreover, Xie Xuelong has temporarily cut off logistics and is sending ships to other state capitals to collect grain, and there is currently no extra money and grain to pay to the laborers.

The laborers were full of anger, and they were naturally lazy in their work, and the speed of manufacturing siege equipment was worrying.

Xie Xuelong was in a hurry, so he could only keep urging, and the officials below followed the urging, beating and scolding as if it were commonplace.

The gentry and merchants who were conscripted into the merchant ship urged Xie Xuelong to return the ship quickly, and they had to run the ship to do business elsewhere, and they would lose their silver for a day of delay.

The eunuch's impeachment is already on its way to the capital.

These gentry and businessmen should not be underestimated, because there are too many jinshi in Jiangxi, and there are too many officials in the court. They launched relations one after another, and the impeachment recital floated to the capital like snowflakes.

In order to exterminate the anti-thieves, Xie Xuelong levied food and conscription, which also made the people hate itchy.

This governor has offended all the eunuchs, gentry, merchants, and common people!

Regardless of whether he can recapture the city or not, his career will definitely be over.

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