Chapter 143 Stabilizing the Army's Morale
In the jungle, the great leader of Tonggu Village prostrated in front of the goddess of Nanzhao and said shyly: "Great daughter of the gods, your people are incompetent and have failed to kill all the servants of the devil, please lower your punishment." β
Nanzhao Goddess's face tightened, and she replied with a straight face: "Leader of Tonggu Village, I see that you have done your best, the devil's servants are strong, I can't blame you for this matter, I have asked people to mobilize the warriors of the Niuzhai and the Barbarian Tiger Village, and they will be able to reach the jungle in two days, the great leader of Tonggu Village prostrate in front of the Nanzhao Goddess, and said shamefully: "Great daughter of the gods, your people are incompetent and have failed to kill all the devil's servants, please lower your punishment." β
Nanzhao's little face tightened, and she replied with a straight face: "Leader of Tonggu Village, I see that you have done your best, the devil's servants are strong, I can't blame you for this matter, I have asked people to mobilize the warriors of the Niuzhai and the Barbarian Tiger Village, they can arrive here in two days, and go with you to destroy the devil's servants, but the leader of Tonggu Village, do you still have the courage to fight again?"
A look of determination flashed on the face of the leader of Tonggu Village: "The people of the gods are never afraid of death, even if the blood of the warriors of Tonggu Village is shed here, they will make the servants of the devil pay the price." β
On the other side, the Niu Village and the Barbarian Tiger Village, which received a summons from the daughter of the gods, under the leadership of their respective leaders, gathered all the warriors of the clan and rushed towards the direction of the Nankang River.
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The camp of the Heavenly Wolf Army had just experienced a big battle, and most of the soldiers who had experienced life and death had become silent, and the entire military camp was filled with a dull atmosphere.
Lin Ze inspected the camp around, only one team of veterans could still talk and laugh with each other, and the recruits of the other teams had just walked around on the edge of life and death, and when they saw their former familiar companions fall in front of them, the feelings in their hearts were extremely complicated, with sadness, happiness, and frustration.
Lin Ze frowned, it is not possible to go on like this, in the long run, the soldiers are easy to breed war-weariness, once the soldiers have war-weariness, it basically means that this army is completely finished.
Then Lin Ze remembered some practices in his previous life, and while asking Qianyuan to prepare clay pots, white cloths and other things, he ordered the whole army to gather in the school field, in addition to the seriously injured soldiers, including the lightly injured.
The whole army gathered together, and there was a gap in the originally dense queue, and when I looked around, I found that there were many familiar faces missing, and I was a little dazed, and I didn't know what the military division was going to do.
When Lin Ze wore white silk on his head, wore white clothes, and walked up to the platform, the whole army suddenly became a little commotion.
Lin Ze turned a blind eye and issued the first military order: "The whole army listens to the order, changes clothes, and sends the dead brothers on a ride." β
Then Qianyuan took a group of people to send the white silk and white clothes to the Heavenly Wolf Army, and the soldiers took it one by one and replaced it, and the entire military camp was completely silent.
Lin Ze continued: "Today, we have four hundred and thirteen brothers who unfortunately died in this wild land, but in the eyes of this military division, they are all real Great Qin men, who do not fall into the majesty of our Heavenly Wolf Army, and are an example for our Heavenly Wolf Army. Because of them, the Sky Wolf Army was able to win this battle, and this army division was proud of them. The whole army obeyed the order, stood upright, marched and saluted, and saluted them. β
Hearing this, all the Heavenly Wolf Army's faces were solemn, they stood up straight, raised their right hands and clenched their fists, first put them next to their temples, and then slammed them into their chests, "Dong Dong Dong" three times, and performed a military salute.
Wait until Lin Ze has mobilized the atmosphere of the whole army, and then order Qianyuan to take out a row of clay pots.
I only heard Lin Ze say impassionedly: "Although the soldiers of my Heavenly Wolf Army died in a foreign land, they can't bury their bones here, and this army division will take them home and return to Chang'an." Therefore, the military division decided to cremate the remains of the dead soldiers, collect the ashes and put them into clay pots, use their military badges as identification, and then bury them ceremoniously after he returns to Chang'an. β
"At the same time, I declare: this will be the first permanent military rule of my Sky Wolf Army, no matter whether you live or die, you will never leave any companion behind. β
The generals were shocked, and Lin Ze's image suddenly became brilliant.
Lin Ze ordered the entire army to get involved, help wash the bodies of their dead companions, change into decent clothes, and finally turn into ashes in the firelight, and finally put them into clay pots and hang military badges.
By the time this was done, many of the soldiers had regained some of their vitality, and although they were sad, they were not addicted.
Next, Lin Ze dropped another heavy bomb: "Very good, my Heavenly Wolf Army is a good man and understands righteousness." Naturally, this military division will not treat everyone badly, and I have already agreed with Gongzi Hu Hai that the dead in the war will give his family twenty acres of fertile land in the suburbs of Chang'an to commend his merits. β
The soldiers of the Heavenly Wolf Army present were boiling, twenty acres of fertile land, this is a good thing that can really shadow future generations.
Especially the fertile fields outside Chang'an City are even more rare, and the other soldiers have flickering eyes, and even a little envy of their dead companions.
Seeing this, Lin Ze continued: "If you can win a big victory this time, Gongzi promises to give another 1,000 acres of fertile land to reward the soldiers with outstanding military achievements. Do you dare to fight again, maybe again?"
I don't know who said the first sentence: "Fight, fight, fight." The voices of the whole army gathered together, and the sound shook into the sky: "War." β
Then Lin Ze spoke again: "In order to celebrate the first big victory of the Heavenly Wolf Army, this military division announced: The good rice is open to eat at night, and the demon beast meat is enough." β
"The military advisor is wise, the son is mighty" In a cheer, Lin Ze ordered the whole army to disperse, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this time the army's heart should be stable, no matter how unstable it is, it is really wasted.
Lin Ze convened Hu Hai, Han Xin, Chen Ping and Ren Huan to discuss the next battle.
With a wry smile on his face, Hu Hai was the first to speak: "Lin Ze, you promised so much fertile land at once, you want to hollow out the family of this son, in the end, after this battle, this son will lose a lot." β
Lin Ze shook his head: "Childe's words are wrong, Childe's field does not need to pay taxes in the first place, and now it is taken care of by a group of slaves, and it may not be able to gain much, it is better to distribute it to the soldiers of the Sky Wolf Army to plant, so as to obtain a group of loyal subordinates, and the taxes collected will not be too small, and the loss is not as big as imagined." β
Hu Hai was a little dazed and asked uncertainly, "Is it?"
Lin Ze didn't bother to explain to him that the motivation of the private contract system and part-time jobs would be different, and productivity was also a world of difference, so he replied directly: "Childe, don't you still trust me?"
In the end, Hu Hai said with some doubts: "What if this war is fought for many years and there is no land to divide in the end?"
Lin Ze said with some hatred: "Childe doesn't have it, doesn't Your Majesty have it either?" Isn't this kind of upright reason enough for you to ask Your Majesty?"
Hu Hai......
Putting this matter aside, Lin Ze asked, "Now that the battle situation has changed, what do you think should happen next?"
Han Xin was puzzled: "Why does the military advisor feel that the war has changed, it seems that everything is going well with the last general, and when the rest is over, there is no problem in destroying this stockade in one fell swoop." β
For Han Xin, it couldn't have been smoother, not only won the first battle, but also gathered sufficient military strength through this battle, so as to break through to the three grades of martial arts.
Lin Ze patiently said to the goddess of Nanzhao and the people of Buddhism: "This place is originally a place on the edge of Nanzhao, and Nanzhao belongs to a small country of tribal unity, although the tribes are of the same clan and obey the orders of the Nanzhao royal court, but they are actually scattered between the mountains and do not have much contact. β
"I originally chose to fight here, I just wanted to destroy one or two tribes, get enough military merits, and gain something, so that I can wait for His Majesty to summon Chang'an, but now I'm afraid it won't work. β
"Besides, that little girl claims to be the daughter of the gods, how can she allow herself to fail at the hands of the Heavenly Wolf Army, she will definitely mobilize more natives to attack us, by the way, General Ren, if the southern battalion sends troops, when will it arrive?"
Ren Huan replied: "As far as I know, I'm afraid it will be three days later at the earliest." β
Lin Ze didn't ask in detail why it took so long to travel more than 300 miles, but thought about how things would be worse, what to do if the army of Zhengnan failed to arrive within three days.
Lin Ze never pinned all his hopes on others, this was a habit he developed after he experienced in his previous life that people promised to lend money to his family to tide over the difficulties, and later denied it.
Lin Ze suddenly asked Han Xin, "Can you use the method of military formation to hurry?"
Han Xin nodded: "The last general just knows this kind of military formation method." β
Lin Ze nodded: "That's good, let the scout battalion pay close attention to the movement of the jungle, once the enemy army is strong, the Sky Wolf Army will immediately retreat east to avoid the edge." You go and get ready. β
Han Xin couldn't help but speak: "If you flee in a hurry, if the enemy is chased and killed, it will be harmful to the army, please think twice." β
Lin Ze said with a smile: "I have two strategies, they don't chase it, they will be able to regret it, you come here, I will tell you carefully, you go and prepare." β
After finishing speaking, Han Xin nodded excitedly: "The military advisor has a good strategy, the last general admires it, and the last general will go down to prepare." β
Lin Ze immediately said to Chen Ping: "Chen Ping, you go too, be sure to prepare things properly." β
Chen Ping also retreated as he said, and then Hu Hai and Ren Huan also went back.
Only Lin Ze was left to look into the distance, slowly falling into contemplation.