"The Shogun has arrived—"

The shouts of the soldiers attracted the attention of everyone on the school grounds.

Including the bald soldiers who had their braids cut, everyone stood up from the ground and looked respectfully at Su Yan, who walked in from the camp gate.

"Sit down."

Su Yan waved his hand at them and motioned for everyone to sit down, and at this moment, Chen Shenggui, who had changed his clothes, walked over, clasped his fists and said, "General, Chen Shenggui has fulfilled his mission and completed your order." ”

"You've done a good job, and I'm here to reward those who have made meritorious contributions." Su Yan said with a smile, and after speaking, he looked at Chen Ying who was walking towards him and said, "Gather everyone, I have something to announce." ”

"Yes." Chen Ying hugged his fists and promised, and then ordered someone to ring the gong in the camp, and the soldiers who were still sitting on the ground didn't care about drooling over the mutton when they heard the gong, so they sat up one after another and lined up in a chaotic formation.

After those surrendered troops finally lined up, Su Yan looked at Chen Shenggui and said, "You and I can come." ”

Although Chen Shenggui is not the first time to go to the platform, but this time, his heart is very excited - in the past, when he followed Wang Manhan to the stage, the protagonist was Wang Manhan, and now the protagonist has become himself.

"Are you ready?" Su Yan looked at Chen Shenggui, whose face was flushed, and asked.

"Ready, General." Chen Shenggui forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and said.

Su Yan nodded, didn't continue to say anything, he faced the poor soldiers in the queue and said loudly:

"After this war, you have proved yourself to the general with practical actions, and you will no longer be held accountable for your rebellion against the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, and now the general intends to integrate you and others into the Zhongwu camp, and those who are willing to continue to be soldiers can receive two taels of money and silver per month, and those who do not want to be soldiers can also distribute land in this county and live and work in peace and contentment."

As soon as they heard that they could receive two taels of military salaries every month, the soldiers talked about it, which was much better than continuing to serve the Qing army, provided that the military salaries could really be paid on time.

They were thrilled when they heard Su Yan continue: "If you want to continue to be a soldier, you must abide by the military discipline of our army!"

First, obey the orders of the superiors

Second, there is no offense against the people

Third, it will be seized and returned to the public, and it will be distributed uniformly after the war!

Those who disobey military discipline will be severely punished by military law! ”

Although these three military disciplines can be easily done for modern people, they are not so friendly to these late Ming Dynasty, so after listening to the three military disciplines, some people began to retreat from the bottom of their hearts.

"Now, if you want to quit, when you are a farmer who lives and works in peace, leave the army and stand in the back, you only have one chance, if there are still people who want to quit halfway after today, they will be treated as deserters!"

Su Yan's voice fell, and it didn't take long for someone to hesitate to leave the military formation, and walked to the back under the gaze of others, and with the first person taking the lead, more and more people followed and left.

After the time of the incense stick passed, there were already dozens of people standing behind, looking ahead with complicated expressions, and everyone had confusion and worry on their faces.

After making sure that no one would quit, Su Yan continued: "The rest of you, no matter what you are for, from now on, we are our comrades who can stand together and kill the Tartars, and you are welcome to join the Zhongwu Battalion, which means loyalty and bravery, I hope you will not live up to this name!"

Now, I officially appoint Chen Shenggui as the Qianhu of the Zhongwu Battalion, and the training will start tomorrow! ”

After speaking, Su Yan changed his words, smiled and said, "Next, let's start enjoying the hot mutton soup." ”

"Hooray!"

"Great!"

As soon as they heard the mutton soup, the soldiers were all excited and full of vitality, listening to their shouts, the corners of Su Yan's mouth couldn't help twitching.

"Let's go, let's join in the fun." Su Yan said to Chen Shenggui beside him.

Hearing this, the latter hurriedly made a gesture of please, and said, "The general pleases first." ”

Walking off the platform, Su Yan instructed Liu Wenmin, who was waiting under the stage, to properly settle the soldiers who chose to quit, and then led the group to share the mutton soup with the soldiers.

The soldier in charge of the spoon saw that Su Yan actually came to make soup in person, and poured a few more pieces of mutton into his bowl with great vision, and even the few people who came with Su Yan also received the same treatment.

Although the mutton soup at the end of the Ming Dynasty did not have all kinds of condiments like later generations, it tasted unique, which made Su Yan, who was accustomed to big salt and ingredients, feel that the taste was fresh, and then look at the others, they all drank the soup in a big gulp, and they were very satisfied with the hot steamed sweet potatoes distributed next to them.

At this moment, Su Yan saw the dozens of people who had just opted out standing there with embarrassed expressions, watching the others drink soup and eat meat, and swallowed saliva from time to time.

He didn't have the idea of being a bad person, let them come and drink soup and eat meat, is this possible? It was they who chose to withdraw, and if they chose to withdraw, then there was no meaning of eating the same meal in the same pot as their comrades.

Moreover, he wanted to let the soldiers know that only by following him as a soldier could they have meat to eat, and if they left him, even eating hot sweet potatoes would be a luxury.

And this is indeed the case, those who choose to quit watch other people eat meat greedily, and can only sniff their noses, trying to inhale all the meat in the air into their stomachs, as if this can soothe the cravings in their stomachs.

There are thick-skinned ones, and they even come directly to the people they know, licking their faces and wanting the other party to share a piece of meat with them, no matter how bad it is, they can drink soup, but they are all refused.

At this moment, they finally understood what a stupid choice they had made, and they couldn't help but regret it, and it didn't take long for them to leave the Xiangyong camp with Liu Wenmin.

After eating the mutton soup, Su Yan counted the number of remaining soldiers, and chose to leave 625 people, and then interrogated, among them, 78 people knew how to use firearms, 60 people were good at bows and arrows, and the rest were sword and shield bearers or spearmen.

Su Yan plans to form a separate team of soldiers who use firearms and bows and arrows, and if there are new surrenders in the future, they can also be incorporated into it.

He tentatively organized the entire Chungmu battalion into six companies of 120 men (which can also be called hundred-man teams), divided into a firearms company, a bow and arrow company, two sword and shield companies, and two spear companies.

However, to be honest, there is no need to set up a firearms company at all, and there is already an advanced musket team under Su Yan's command, and then the relatively backward bird guns are organized into a team, which will inevitably have some taste of redundancy.