Chapter 31: Promotion

Standing on the low platform and looking down, Chen Wang saw one face after another with a little fear.

The soldiers of the four bureaus, four hundred and fifty-three, all stood on the school field with their heads held high.

Not only were the recruits of the third round trained, but the veterans of the other round were also trained.

These veterans basically have nothing to find fault with in terms of the queue, and Chen Wang just improved his standing posture.

Chen Wang's gaze moved slightly to the right, and the soldiers of the veteran round stood on the far right of the queue.

The soldiers of that round and the recruits of the other three rounds wore the same clothes, wore the same helmets, and held flags.

But at a glance, you can tell the difference between the two, as if an invisible ravine is in between.

After seven days of queue training, the 370 recruits barely knew what was left and right with the help of military sticks, corrected their standing and walking postures, and mastered the basic queue.

They could stand up straight, they knew to follow the direction of the flag, and they remembered to go to the school immediately wherever they were when they heard the bugle sound.

When they put on their armor, took up arms, and gathered together with flags, they looked like an army.

But they're not, they're still just a bunch of farmers.

There was no flesh in them, no murderous intent in their eyes, there was fear in their eyes, and they joined the army just to eat a good meal.

Chen Wang's gaze wandered left and right, those veterans were all soldiers who had seen blood and had been in battle, their bodies were full of blood, and their eyes contained murderous intent.

It is precisely because they have fought too many battles and fought old battles that they have become extremely slippery.

Can those generals in Liaodong fight?

Naturally, they are able to fight.

In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, on July 26, Hong Chengchou swore an oath in Ningyuan and led eight general soldiers and 130,000 people to the battle.

On July 28, Hong Chengchou led the army to the area of Rufeng Mountain in the south of Jinzhou City, and met the Qing army at Rufeng Mountain.

The two armies lined up in a fierce battle at Rufeng Mountain, and the Qing army ended in a crushing defeat, and the Qing army lost the first battle, almost to a rout.

Before the Qing army's eight banners entered the customs, there were a total of 40 Jiala Ezhen, and more than 10 people were killed in the battle of Songjin.

In the Jisi Revolution at the end of the second year of Chongzhen, the Guanning army and the Qinwang army fought fiercely with the Houjin army under the city, and also successfully repelled it.

If you really can't fight, how can you play such a record?

They were paid the most, wore the best armor, and held the best weapons.

But as long as they can cooperate sincerely, Houjin is afraid that he will be exterminated as soon as he shows up.

It's a pity that those generals in Liaodong have fought too many battles and cherished their wings.

Swift as the wind, Xu as a forest, aggression as fire, immobile as a mountain.

Retreat and turn into its swift wind, outflank its Xu Rulin, plunder money and invade like fire, and friendly troops are difficult and immobile like mountains.

There were a lot of opportunities, but they were all taken away from them.

Until the end, the evil wolf of Houjin has evolved into a real tiger, and it is too late.

The same is true of these Datong soldiers, when they fight against the wind, they all compete to be the first, and when they have a slight decline, they will retreat and their morale will drop greatly.

There will be no heart to the death, and the soldiers will not have the intention of fighting to the death.

Although Cao Wenzhao dared to fight and had the heart to die, he couldn't escape the limitations of this era.

Chen Wang retracted his gaze, these recruits were like a blank sheet of paper, they could be left to write, they had not yet been contaminated with the ugly habits of most of the Ming army in this era.

And these old soldiers are already hard to change, but now it is impossible to kick them out of the team, so they can only be temporarily separated, as much as possible to reduce their impact, and then see if they can be transformed.

Chen Wang didn't say anything to inspire, but chose to get straight to the point.

"The big war is imminent, and most of the rogues have already swarmed in the direction of Pizhou."

No one on the school field made a sound, and during the seven days of training, the military stick taught these recruits what it means to be quiet.

Although he didn't make any sound, Chen Wang stood on the low platform and clearly saw the change in the expressions on their faces.

Fear spread like a plague among the crowd, not only in the queue of recruits, but also in many veterans.

There are hundreds of thousands of thieves crossing the border in the direction of Pingliang, at the beginning of Xi'an City, the rogue joint venture is fifty miles, the night falls, the mountains are full of lights, how not to be frightened.

"I've already divided your teams for you before, and now each team has nominated three candidates for captainship."

"The captain and vice president of your team will be selected by me from among these three captains."

Chen Wang's words fell, and all the recruits on the school field looked confused, and they were very puzzled by Chen Wang's order.

On the school grounds, all the standing recruits looked at each other, they were all long-term farmers, and they had always been accustomed to being arranged.

They thought that after a while, Chen Wang would send a captain down to take charge of them.

They had thought about a lot of things, and they had thought that maybe those who performed well among them would be promoted, but none of them had thought that Chen Wang would let them elect the captain and promote the officer.

Tang Shi's plane color changed slightly, he turned his head to look at Chen Wang not far in front of him, and then glanced at Chen Gong who was standing beside him and the two brothers of the Hu family on the other side.

He noticed that the expressions of the two brothers Chen Gong and the Hu family had not changed, and they must have known it in advance.

Tang Shiping's eyes moved slightly, and he held back what he originally wanted to say.

"I have three tents on my left hand, and then you go into the tents one by one, and when you go in, you say the names of the three people, and someone in the tent will help you write them down."

"All the nominations are carried out in secret, and who you are promoting, only the recorder and you know it, and no one else knows."

Chen Wang took a step forward and said in a deep voice.

"But you must be clear that the man you have chosen will be your captain in the future, and he will lead you to the battlefield."

"The sword has no eyes, the battlefield is merciless, if you want to survive the battlefield, choose the one you think is the most reliable."

Chen Wang looked around at the group of recruits on the school ground, and then said.

"No one is allowed to communicate with each other in any way, and those who disobey the order will be given thirty lashes."

"From now on, everyone will follow the general banner of the bureau and enter the military tent in turn, and those who wait for the account will keep a five-step interval from the military tent."

Chen Wang's order was issued, Chen Gong, Hu Zhili, and Hu Zhiyi each led their own soldiers, walked down with the banner, and walked towards the military tent with the recruits of the three bureaus.