Chapter XVII: Pro-Barracks
Rows of barracks made of blue bricks and green tiles are neatly arranged on the plain, and in front of the barracks is a rammed school ground, and many ordnance used in training, such as stone locks and stone wheels used to train strength with spears, bows and arrows, are neatly placed on the school grounds.
The wall of earth and straw was more than a foot high, nearly six feet thick, and enclosed the entire barracks, leaving only the east and west gates to enter and exit.
Several towers were built along the walls on both sides of the gate, and in the event of a sudden war, the enemy could be observed and the enemy could be harassed with bows and arrows.
On both sides of the camp gate, horses were placed to prevent cavalry from raiding.
It is said to be a military camp, but in fact it is more like a military village, where you can hold on if there is a sudden war.
If the enemy wants to pull it down, it will have to take time to bring siege equipment or attack it with several times the force.
If you bypass here, then the soldiers in the barracks will be able to take the opportunity to attack the enemy's logistics and grass.
This place is not far from the official road, and it is impossible for the enemy to transport food to bypass here.
But these arrangements are really of little use on weekdays, especially in the realm of Xingyuan Mansion, where it is almost impossible to have a war.
But from the soldiers stationed on the tower, as well as the soldiers in charge of patrolling and guarding, it is enough to see that General Sun is strict in governing the army and doing things rigorously.
Even if there was never a war in Xingyuan Mansion, he and his own soldiers never relaxed.
He is worthy of being a veteran who has been fighting in the border army all year round.
"Fifth brother, how is the food in our pro-military camp, is there any meat? Can you eat fine grains? Chen Mo looked curious and asked Mo Hu.
He wanted to ask this for a long time, but he came all the way to Mo Hu to ride a horse and he took a carriage, so he never got the opportunity to ask.
Now that I finally have the opportunity, of course, I have to ask.
He didn't particularly care about other situations in the barracks, and the only thing that was important was how the food was.
You have to eat well in order to accumulate qi and blood strength faster.
"Ha, don't worry, let's go to the barracks, eat white noodles every day, and there is no shortage of meat every day."
When Mo Hu heard Chen Mo's question, he couldn't help but smile and answer.
He once brought many people into the pro-soldier camp, and some people asked him how much money his pro-soldiers were paid and whether they could be paid on time.
Some people also asked him about General Sun's official rank, and wondered if the old man who followed him could make contributions and win a wife.
There are also people who are concerned about how the pro-military camp trains and what they need to learn about the school.
Only Chen Mo is the only one who is so serious and simple and pays attention to the food treatment.
However, he has a very good impression of Chen Mo's question, and he only pays attention to eating honestly. Explain that as long as he is fed, everything will be easy.
"Fifth brother is back." Seeing Mo Hu coming, many of the pro-soldiers who were on duty at the camp gate greeted him with a smile, obviously he also had a certain status in the pro-barracks.
"Hmm. Brought a new person across. Mo Hu nodded in response, and led Chen Mo into the barracks.
"You are a new soldier in the camp, you don't have to worry about other things in the first three months, just concentrate on training. After three months, I will arrange your affairs with you. Mo Hu introduced the situation to Chen Mo as he walked.
The establishment of the large cadre army is five people and one team, with one team commander, two teams and one team, one team leader, three teams and one group leader, five groups and one team.
The above official positions are not among the ranks, and there are ranks but no grades.
The next three teams are a battalion with a captain.
The Captain Wang that Chen Mo had seen before was at this level, and he belonged to the lowest rank military attache in the Great Cadre Army.
Now there are not many people in the pro-military camp, so there is no team, and they are all divided into groups, and the gang leader is directly dispatched by General Sun.
Chen Mo listened very carefully, he was going to stay in the pro-military camp for a long time next, of course these things were important.
A soldier like him, who had just entered the camp, was given a tael of silver every month, a rest on ten days, and an extra two catties of meat and one catty of wine on the day of rest, in addition to normal meals.
On weekdays, you can eat enough fine grains, three meals a day, vegetables for each meal, and meat at noon every day.
This treatment can almost be called a luxury.
And General Sun was able to give such generous treatment to his subordinates because he was in a high enough position.
Zhengwupin Xingyuan Mansion guards, and all military forces in the Governor's Palace.
This is the limit of a military attache who can directly command the army.
If you go up, you can certainly rise, but you can't directly control military power on weekdays.
The Daqian system is divided into county capitals and prefectures, and the imperial court will not let people take charge of the military power of a state, and one government is the limit.
The town guards of the generals of each province are only under the supervision of the imperial court on weekdays, and are not subject to anyone's control.
General Sun is in charge of the military power of a government, and the empty salary he eats every year is not much to support his own soldiers, which is of course more than enough.
However, General Sun was not in the camp yet, and if Chen Mo wanted to see him, he would have to wait for at least another month.
Of course, not seeing General Sun did not affect his other situations in the recruit camp, and he was a personal soldier who had just entered the camp, and he could train slowly first.
In the future, there will be a long time in the barracks, and sooner or later I will be able to see General Sun.
Listening to Mo Hu's introduction to the situation in the barracks all the way, Chen Mo had already come to a row of barracks.
"There are not many people in our camp now, and there are still a lot of vacancies in the place for you to choose, but there are no beds or anything, and I will accompany you to get them when I go back."
Mo Hu pointed to the empty blue brick barracks in front of him.
Originally, the pro-military battalion company took him with a total of more than 400 people, but a few months ago in the battle at the border pass, it was reduced to only more than 100 people.
Therefore, General Sun asked to return to Xingyuan Mansion to train troops, but because the losses were too much, the same clan and fellow villagers could not replenish it for a while, so the scope of recruitment was expanded.
"This is it." Chen Mo looked at the house in front of him and was quite satisfied in his heart.
This room is made of bluestone, and even the ground is covered with bluestone slabs, which is much better than the barracks I lived in before.
It covers a wide area, more than one zhang long, more than one zhang wide, and it is not a problem to live two or three people.
What's more, this room has a window in addition to the door.
I don't know how many times better it was than the barracks I lived in before.
With the help of Mo Hu, Chen Mo asked the logistics officer to bring a wooden bed, a wooden table and two benches, as well as a bed and bedding and two sets of personal military uniforms.
After a brief tidying up of the house, the time has arrived in the evening.
"Let's go, the fifth brother will take you to dinner, and let you see the food in our barracks!" When the meal was approaching, Mo Hu took the initiative to call Chen Mo.
The barracks where he lived were not far from the barracks where Chen Mo lived, and there were only three barracks in between.
"Hey!" Chen Mo put down the thatched broom in his hand and hurriedly followed his footsteps.
Outside the barracks door, in addition to Mo Hu, there was another person who was extremely tall, six and a half feet long, with a tense face and no words.
"This is my brother, my brother Mo Dao, you can call the fourth brother." Mo Hu introduced him.
"Fourth brother." Chen Mo shouted with a smile.
"Hmm." Mo Dao bowed slightly, but still didn't say much.
"My brother is this temperament, cold on the outside and hot on the inside, he doesn't like to talk much, you know more when you go back and have more contact with him." Mo Hu was quite familiar and hooked Chen Mo's shoulder.
There weren't too many people eating in the room, and many of the pro-soldiers were like Mo Hu, and General Sun went around to select new pro-soldiers, and a considerable number of them have not come back until now.
If Mo Hu hadn't sent Chen Mo back first, he might not have been able to return to the barracks now.
A few people who were familiar with Mo Hu greeted him, and many more looked at Chen Mo with curious eyes.
didn't care about those curious eyes, Chen Mo took the sea bowl on the side, put a big bowl of tofu and cabbage, and picked up eight white flour steamed buns, as if no one else was eating.
I have to say that the food in this pro-barracks is indeed many times better than when I raised horses, and there is no limit to the number of foods.
After eating, he returned to the house to rest, and the next day Chen Mo began to train under the leadership of Mo Hu and other new soldiers in the camp.
There are not many people who can lift 300 catties of stones, but looking at the entire Xingyuan Mansion barracks, there are eleven or two people in total.
In addition, there were some of General Sun's fellow villagers, and there were also fifty or sixty people who were also added to the barracks.
Chen Mo trained with them, and two months passed in a blink of an eye.