Zhu Changwu's voice suddenly rose a lot, "To be a soldier is to protect the family and defend the country, and to be a soldier is to fight for the country, this is our mission, and it is our honor." ”

"Think about it, why we call the people outside the city thieves, because everything he does is like a thief."

"Everywhere they go, they will do everything they can burn, kill and loot, once someone doesn't obey, they will directly kill people, some of their actions are even more hateful than those corrupt officials who ride on our heads, and if such a person is allowed to enter the Beijing Division, what kind of consequences will you think?"

"Huh? If our family, relatives, and friends are in the Jingshi, then I can assure you that once the thieves enter the Jingshi, they will definitely suffer, and many may even die. And if this is the case, I think, before they die, they will definitely scold us, call us useless soldiers, and call us a bunch of rice buckets, then I want to ask everyone, are you willing to carry such an infamy? ”

As Zhu Changwu asked, there was naturally silence below. Even some people who want to make trouble and be a thorn in the head are silent at this time. Because they really don't know what to say?

Do you want to oppose it, saying that you can bear this infamy because you are greedy for life and afraid of death?

People can be cowardly, they can be cowardly, but they can't say that they are cowardly when they see people. If anyone can do that, it's really hopeless. Such a person is no different from a dead man. Such a person, I am afraid that any army will not accept it, and it will not be able to stand in the current crowd.

No one below refuted, so Zhu Changwu continued: "Therefore, we have no way to retreat now, and there is only one way in front of us now, and that is to fight to the death." Yes, fight to the death! Fight for the dignity of our soldiers, fight for the Ming Dynasty. And what I can do as your general is to charge ahead, and what I can do is to keep your blood from being shed in vain. Xiao Liangzi, lift the wooden box up. ”

Zhu Changwu was more and more excited, and when Liang Jun was listening, when he saw that Gongzi had called his name, he hurriedly shouted, and then ordered people to lift the closed wooden boxes one by one.

"Come, open them all up, and show our Ming soldiers what these are." Zhu Changwu said with great interest.

"Yes, Childe." After Liang Jun agreed, he ordered someone to open the first wooden box, and silver light flashed, and the neatly stacked silver ingots were displayed in front of everyone.

"Pour the box out and let everyone see if it's real." Zhu Changwu didn't seem to be satisfied with this effect, and gave another order.

Then, a wooden box was put down, and then the white silver appeared in front of everyone.

"Here, another box." Zhu Changwu didn't seem to like this was too enjoyable, and continued to give instructions to Liang Jun.

"Yes." At the same time that Liang Jun agreed, the second wooden box was opened, and then another burst of silver light flashed, and it was poured out.

"Again." Zhu Changwu shouted again, and the silver ingots in the third wooden box were also poured out.

"Go on." Zhu Changwu still shouted, but Liang Jun was scared out of a cold sweat.

How can this continue, and if you pour it outward, it will be all stones, and you will not be exposed?

But it is worthy of following Zhu Changwu for so many years, Liang Jun's cranial nerve reaction speed is still very fast, "Childe, you can't pour it, these boxes are sealed, and it won't be easy to fit for a while." ”

As he spoke, Liang Jun also looked at Wu Linzheng who was standing on the side with a gaze asking for help, as if to say, you are helping me say something.

After the contact just now, Wu Linzheng already knows the identity of Liang Jun, and the person who grew up with the general since he was a child can be said to be the most trusted person. Such a person has a good relationship with him, and it is also beneficial to himself.

Seeing the gaze asking for help, Wu Linzheng hurriedly said: "The general is enough, otherwise if so much silver is piled up on the city tower, everyone's hearts will be scattered, how can they fight with all their might." Besides, everyone trusts you and trusts you. ”

With Wu Linzheng taking the lead, the Ming soldiers below also had smart people, and they immediately echoed, "Yes, don't fall anymore, we believe in the general." ”

"Well, let's get down to business." Zhu Changwu said with a very good look of listening to the advice, but in fact, he gave Liang Jun a thumbs up in his heart.

The reason why he wants to take such a risk is all because of the current Ming Dynasty, the generals have already changed, and they don't think about how to fight, how to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, and how to make money and eat empty salaries.

After a long time, the soldiers didn't believe the general for a long time, which forced Zhu Changwu to come to such a show.

Now, when the silver is poured out, everyone believes that Zhu Changwu has silver, and then his words will give birth to more sense of identity in the hearts of the soldiers, and this is the effect he wants and the goal he wants to achieve.

"Everyone, you see, General Ben has silver here, and there are many, many of them. Maybe your generals owe you unpaid salaries, and even owe a lot, but this general can only say that future generations don't care about the predecessors, and I can't help these things. But if I had led the troops myself, I would never have sent hungry soldiers, at least what I said would have counted. ”

"See this silver, tell you, this is what I have prepared for you in this war, as long as you have made military achievements, you can come to me to receive the silver. Kill a bandit and get one or two, there is no upper limit. ”

Wow!

As soon as this sentence was just spoken, the fifteen thousand Ming soldiers below exploded.

What did Zhu Changwu say just now? They heard it right.

Killing a thief will give you a tael of silver, and if that's the case, isn't that too much money?

You must know that at this time, the monthly subsidy for ordinary soldiers in the Ming Dynasty is only three taels of silver, which is only on paper, and it is not even two taels that are really sent to them, if they can't eat and live in the barracks, I'm afraid they won't be able to support themselves.

Now, Zhu Changwu can get one or two pieces of silver for killing a thief, that is, a ten-day subsidy.

What is a thief?

I have to admit that there are indeed powerful people among them, who are good at riding and martial arts. But after all, it is a small number of people, and more thieves are composed of some ordinary people, they fight without rules, all with their strength, such ordinary thieves are not difficult to deal with for the Ming soldiers.

If you kill such a person, you can get a tael of silver, and to be honest, this reward is really high. In the past, when they fought wars, whether they won or lost, they had nothing to do with ordinary soldiers, and even if they won the war, they were only rewarded by their generals.

With the appearance of Zhu Changwu, the original big pot of rice has now been changed to a package production to the household, and it is conceivable that this initiative alone has mobilized the enthusiasm of all the soldiers to go into battle to kill the enemy.

Just when the soldiers below were surging in their hearts and were excited, Zhu Changwu spoke again, "Look at your unproductive appearance, does this satisfy you?" Let me tell you, rewarding one or two pieces of silver for each person killed is just basic. If anyone can kill three people, in addition to the reward of silver, the general will make him the commander of the army; Kill five people to do what's long; Kill twenty people to make a hundred households; Kill fifty people and make a thousand households. ”

"Shhh

This time it was not a surprise, but a burst of gasps and cool air sounded continuously.

Killing people can not only get money, but also get officials, which is something they didn't dare to think about before.

In the previous wars, the credit was all the general's, what does it have to do with them, at most you can fight and kill the enemy, it is possible to enter the general's personal army team, and eat better in the future, that's all.

That's right, this is the current situation of the combat effectiveness of the Ming army at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

All generals have personal soldiers, and among the armies they command, the most capable of fighting are their personal soldiers. The biggest reason for this result is that the good soldiers have been collected by them, so that it has evolved into the stronger the strong and the weaker the weaker.

Often in a battle, once the general's personal soldiers are exhausted, the general will not hesitate to turn around and flee, followed by the rout of the entire army. In many cases, the Ming army still had the advantage of numbers, but they were still defeated by an enemy who was smaller than them.

When fighting a war, everyone has selfish intentions and cannot fully display their combat effectiveness, how can this battle be won?

After a long time, most of the Ming army also coped with things with a passable mentality. So much so that when you touch the enemy on the battlefield, you will be defeated, and it looks like a play house.

Zhu Changwu knew this truth, and of course he wanted to find a way to solve the problem. There is a reward for killing the enemy, or a heavy reward, this is the first solution he gave.

If there is enough time, Zhu Changwu will also improve some methods in army training, but now, there is no time at all, and the enemy is on the other side, and he may attack the city at any time, and at this time, he can only use money and official positions to stimulate the army.

As soon as these two magic weapons came out, the fifteen-thousand-strong army was also stimulated and screamed.

Especially some capable people, such as some centurions, they know that their commanders were either cut down by Zhu Changwu or arrested, and now there are a lot of vacant positions, isn't it a good time for them to make contributions?

When people have ideas and heads, they will work extra hard no matter what they do. This was the case with these centurions, and when their enthusiasm was also mobilized, under their leadership, the morale of the army began to rise.

The faces of many soldiers also became excited because of this, and their whole bodies involuntarily exuded a kind of fighting spirit. Zhu Changwu, who was standing on top of the city tower, felt this fighting spirit and laughed immediately.

This is what the army should look like, although their combat power may not be very high, but at least they know how to kill the enemy, know that they want to kill the enemy for their own future, and have the initiative, which is enough.