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Chapter 6? Recruits (Part 2)

"What's going on with your face? Who beats it?" Zhang Qian flew off his mount, took two steps in front of Zhang San, and asked with a pale face.

He knew Zhang San, who was one of the slave craftsmen who mobilized to take the lead in joining the army after he led the Anxi Army to recover Gumo last year. Because of his flexible speaking and strong body, he was promoted to the gang leader in the frozen city and led another group of new recruits to join the army in the frozen city. Later, because he could speak fluently, he was selected into the suicide squad and sneaked into Yezhi with him.

Logically speaking, the coach Ren Bing should appreciate such a plastic material. He was obviously very angry when he swung his whip on his face and even prepared to draw his sword to chop people. Therefore, as the commander of the Shattered Ye Army, Zhang Qian must figure out what happened between the two sides, rather than easily exposing the matter because Ren Bing had not had time to pull out the knife just now.

"He talked back!" Ren Bing felt guilty and explained without waiting for Zhang San to respond. "I originally wanted to teach him a lesson and slapped his shoulder a few times, but I didn't expect someone else to suddenly push him."

"I didn't ask you!" Zhang Qian glared at him fiercely and emphasized loudly. Then, he turned his gaze to Zhang San again, slowing down his voice and asked, "What's going on with your face? But he hits? Why did he hit you?"

"If you return to the garrison commander, you will be the coach. However, I shouldn't have talked back just now." The gang leader Zhang San hesitated for a moment and responded with his head down.

When he was a slave to the Tuqi Shi people, it was common for him to be beaten. According to his observation, most of the people who are instructors in the new training camp are surnamed Ren and Guo, and most of them are from Zhang Zhenshou's personal corps. Therefore, in his opinion, even if Zhang Zhenshou was polite to his brothers and presided over justice for him today, at most he would scold Ren Bing for his trouble. If Ren Bing holds a grudge and colludes with other personal soldiers to harm him, he will not be able to save his life and will also drag down his brothers.

Instead of that, it would be better for him to suffer some grievances and take the initiative to turn big things into small things. Anyway, the whip marks on his face will disappear soon, and after he graduated from the new training camp, he tried his best to ask for instructions and be sent to Xin Gumo or Ye Zhi to avoid Ren Bing's distance and try not to deal with this person any more.

This was a very "smart" choice. After the words fell, Ren Bing's face immediately showed a little relaxation. However, Zhang Qian seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Zhang San's answer, and turned his eyes quickly to several other recruits, frowned and asked: "Where are you, who can tell me what happened just now? Why did Chief Zhang be beaten? Is Ren Bing's punishment of him reasonable?"

"We, we..." Lu Guang's ass, horseshoe nails, iron pillars, poplar branches, Tarhu, plantains, Bao Ge and other recruits were stuttering, and could not answer a word for a while.

When we were slaves, we could only leave it to fate, not to mention being whipped, even if we were knives. Nowadays, life is a hundred times better than when we were slaves. Occasionally, we were whipped by the coach a few times, but it was really not a big deal. The reason why everyone worked together to grab the whip was because they were passionate. This blood came and went quickly. When their minds calmed down, none of them wanted to make enemies with Zhang Zhenshou’s confidants about this matter.

"Lu Dechuan, do you know what's going on?" Zhang Qian immediately understood. If he continued to ask this, it would be impossible to get the answer. He did not care about his disappointment and decided to be decisive.

This was the second recruit who had accompanied him to Yezhi City. Because he shouted in time that night, he persuaded all the at a loss to surrender the samurai warriors on the city, and was also awarded a great achievement. He sent this person to the new training camp, hoping that the basic combat skills he mastered would be of great use. Instead of becoming a coward who didn't even dare to tell the truth, he knew that he was flattered by Sima.

"If you go back to the garrison commander, I will know." Lu Dechuan, who was clicked, finally did not disappoint Zhang Qian. He saluted him with his hands crossed his hands and responded loudly, "The cause of the matter is his subordinates. The running subjects trained in the new training camp every day are two and a half laps. Our group had already completed two and a half laps and a half laps and was preparing to continue to practice for half laps. Wang Debao was not strong enough, and Chief Zhang was unwilling to give up his brother, so he acquiesced to me drag him away. Teacher Ren Bing mistakenly thought we were lazy and caught up and scolded us. Chief Zhang explained to him that he refused to listen and even whipped Zhang Gongchang!"

"You're talking nonsense, he was the one who contradicted me first!" Unexpectedly, a recruit was so scheming, and pushed himself to an extremely unfavorable position in just a few words. The coach Ren Bing was anxious and blushed and retorted loudly.

"They can all testify. The guerrilla leader showed you the bamboo sticks for the calculation circle. Zhou Lusheng should have seen it not far away." He firmly believed that Zhang San's whip was for him, and Lu Dechuan gritted his teeth to replenish.

At worst, I won’t be a soldier in the future and I can write and calculate. There are so many new workshops in Suiye City, so someone has to help me keep accounts. If I become a accountant, I won’t starve to death. What’s more, according to Suiye City’s regulations, as a Tang Dynasty man, I still have 100 acres of land for digging!

"Rong Bin, the guard commander, Lu Dechuan dragged me to run at that time, and our group had indeed run a thousand,500 steps." Wang Debao, who was the same thoughts as Lu Dechuan, came forward with breathing, tried to stand up straight, and saluted Zhang Qian's hand.

Zhang Qian ignored him and just glanced at the other recruits. Immediately, Lu Guang's butt, horseshoe nails, iron pillars, poplar branches, Taerhu, plantains, Bao Ge and others all had no choice but to hide. One by one, he had to muster up all his courage and responded in a low voice, "Return to the guard commander, Lu Dechuan is right."

"Returning to the garrison commander is what Lu Dechuan said."

"We have indeed run enough and are not lazy."

"The coach wronged us."

...

"Zhou Lusheng, come here! You said, what did you see just now?" Zhang Qian glared at Ren Bing fiercely, then quickly turned his gaze to Zhou Kuang, who wanted to escape but dared not.

"Return to the garrison commander, Bei Yi, Bei Yi saw it, saw them running two and a half laps, and sent them bamboo sticks with their own hands." He threw a glance at Ren Bing apologetically, and the brigade leader Zhou Kuang responded with a tough bullet.

He also worked as a coach in the recruit camp, but his level was much lower than Ren Bing. He came from Shule, while Ren Bing came from the Ren family in Chang'an.

"Do you know why Ren Bing beat Zhang Counselor?" Seeing Zhou Kuang's all his actions, Zhang Qian sighed in his heart and continued to ask in a low voice.

There were only more than 3,000 veterans under his command, but they had already been distinguished from close relatives and distances.

Half an hour ago, he was still worried that the dragon slayer would grow horns in the future, but at this moment, he had already seen that the fable was becoming a reality bit by bit.

"I know!" The brigade leader Zhou Kuang did not dare to offend Ren Bing, but he did not dare to leave a bad impression on Zhang Qian. He gritted his teeth and responded in a low voice, "Teacher Ren mistakenly thought that Zhang Huochang was lazy and wanted to teach him a lesson. But at the beginning, he didn't take any ruthless moves, and he did suck his spine. Later, he accidentally injured Zhang Huochang's face."

"Yes, someone wanted to get a whip for him and pushed him." The coach Ren Bing became more and more guilty and he took the initiative to explain in a low voice.

Zhang Zhenshou hated someone who bullies the weak the most. He had heard about this when he was in Chang'an City. Butler Cui lost Zhang Zhenshou's favor because he failed to collect debts and tried to take away other people's oxen, and then changed from a big butler to a second butler, allowing Ren Quan to get a big advantage. Today he beat up new recruits and was caught by Zhang Zhenshou. I'm afraid the ending was not as good as Butler Cui! At that time, Zhang Zhenshou was just a landlord, without any official position, and he did not need to win over the tenants. But now, Zhang Zhenshou has a high position and is in great importance, and needs to win over the morale of the army.

Sure enough, after finding out the causes and consequences, Zhang Qian's face became even more ugly. He turned his eyes to him and asked in a deep voice: "What do you mean is that if someone hadn't pushed him, you would have no problem hitting him? Your name is Ren Bing. It was transferred by Ren Cong to me as a guard since the winter of the previous year, right? I have beaten any of you in the past year and a half?"

"No, no!" Ren Bing's face suddenly turned red, he responded in a hoarse voice.

"Then why are you so easy to hit someone?" Zhang Qian's voice was still not high, but it was filled with irrepressible anger.

"Subordinate, I know that I am wrong, please punish the owner!" Ren Bing's heart twitched again, and he knelt down straight, not daring to make any arguments.

He was a servant of the Ren family, and Zhang Qian was considered half of his master. Before he was dismissed from his slavery and turned him into a friend of the Liushen Trading Company, as long as Zhang Qian did not beat him to death, even if he was half-disabled, the government would definitely ignore him. However, Zhang Qian had never beaten any guards, and even rarely said heavy words to them.

"After going to the battlefield, they will be your brothers. Do you treat them as slaves, and at the critical moment of life and death, can you still expect them to fight for you?" Zhang Qian glared at Ren Bing fiercely, shook his head with a blue face.

Advanced firearms can allow the Sabrei Army to gain an advantage on the battlefield in the short term. However, they cannot last long. Once the opponent finds the weakness of the firearm and starts targeted training, the slow-firing muskets and limited power will lose their mystery and greatly reduce their effect. At this time, the enemy and us are competing with the real strength of the generals and the army, including quantity.

With the current population base and farmland base of Suiye Town, the number of Suiye Army cannot exceed 20,000! Zhang Qian himself also knows that in terms of command level, he may not even be as good as Guo Yuanzhen. So, when the addition of firearms is greatly reduced, if he wants to win, he can only rely on the joint efforts of the Saiye Army, and the overall quality can far exceed the opponent. Otherwise, if only with advanced weapons, Suiye Army will become another late Ming official army in history. He was driven away by a group of savages who had just walked out of the mountains and forests with muskets and cannons!

"Stop the anger of the guard, and be the coach, he is actually for the good of his brothers!" Seeing that Zhang Qian was about to "go astray", Luo Huaizu decisively gave a reminder.

Zhang Qian lacks experience in dealing with lower-level officers and soldiers, but he does not lack it. In his opinion, it is normal for veterans in the army to bully new recruits and superiors to bully subordinates. Usually, the general will not, or should not care about this summary. In the long run, this behavior will help accumulate the murderous aura in the hearts of the soldiers and make them more fierce when facing the enemy. In the near future, this behavior can cultivate the obedience of the brothers and make them obey with their fate.

"For the good of brothers?" Zhang Qian turned his head in surprise and looked at Luo Huaizu, and repeated in a deep voice, "It's for the good of brothers to be together, what's the reason?"

"Resistance to anger!" In front of a large number of ordinary soldiers, Luo Huaizu felt that it was necessary to maintain Zhang Qian's authority, so he dared not call him the word "大天" "It has always been like this in the army. It is only because the guard is kind-hearted and loves soldiers like a son. He will feel distressed when he sees Zhang Gunchang being injured. His subordinates believe that it is a blessing for the brothers to pity the soldiers."

As he spoke, he clasped his fists and saluted again, and quickly winked at Zhang Qian. Zhang Qian was slightly stunned again, and then he quickly recalled the Tang military rules he had known in his mind that he had been familiar with in the battle a while ago.

If you don’t recall carefully, you haven’t felt it yet. After you recall carefully, you will suddenly realize that in the military laws of the Tang Dynasty, such as whipping, sticking, hanging, tattooing, and ear cutting, there are many ways to punish soldiers who make mistakes. However, it seems that no prohibition is made for officers to beat soldiers physically and punish soldiers.

In other words, when he saw Ren Bing beat Zhang San today, he could be angry, scolded, or someone could be whipped hard by Ren Bing. However, these behaviors belong to the head coach's personal authority and there is no military law. According to the military law, even if Zhang San's whip was wrongly accused, it would be in vain. He had no idea how to find a place to seek justice.

'This is too unfair. No wonder the army became the private soldiers of the generals in the late Tang Dynasty!' Finally realized that he had made another mistake of "idealism", and Zhang Qian whispered in his heart.

However, he is slandering. Since there is no provision in the military law, he cannot be too strict with Ren Bing, otherwise he will definitely make his personal soldiers think he is making a big fuss. So, after sighing softly, Zhang Qian stretched out a hand and pulled Ren Bing, who was kneeling on the ground and waiting for the fall, and whispered: "Since Secretary Luo Zhang pleads for you, and Mr. Zhang is not seriously injured, I will let you go today. Remember, Zhang never physically punishes his subordinates. If you beat soldiers for no reason, you are deliberately corrupting Zhang's reputation. In the future, if Zhang finds out, you will never let him go!"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Secretary Luo!" Unexpectedly, Zhang Qian let him go so easily. Ren Bing was overjoyed, clasped his fists with his hands, and saluted Zhang Qian and Luo Huaizu.

"But you beat him today, it's really unreasonable. So, you must apologize to him in public. And you pay all his medicine and medicine. In addition, you will deduct your military salary for three months to serve as a warning!" Zhang Qianheng glanced at him and quickly added.

"This, this, how to make it happen?" Zhang San was so scared that he waved his hand repeatedly, not even knowing how to stand firmly.

"This..." Ren Bing was so embarrassed that he blushed. He didn't care about the three-month military pay. In addition to the military pay, he also had a wage paid by the Liushen Trading Company, and he was fined so hard that he couldn't be hungry. In addition, as an officer, he also distributed 300 acres of land near Suiye City. Whether hiring people to grow crops or raising sheep and shearing, it was a considerable amount of extra money.

However, as an officer, it would be too shameful to apology to a new recruit and gang leader. For a long time in the future, his friends who came from Chang'an will definitely take this as a laughing stock. In the future, if he wants to show off his power in front of the new recruit, the other party dares not resist, and he will definitely use today's affairs as a reference in his heart.

"Why, you two are not convinced?!" Seeing that Ren Bing and Zhang San had not responded correctly for a long time, Zhang Qian frowned and asked loudly.

"No, no, no!" Ren Bing shivered again, made up his heart, walked to Zhang San shyly, and gently clasped his fists to the latter, "President Zhang, I'm a little anxious today, please forgive me."

"I dare not, I dare not, I dare not!" The gang leader Zhang Sanji had ever received such courtesy. He was so scared that he jumped half a foot away and bowed with tears in his eyes. "You are the coach, I am a recruit. It is natural for the teacher to beat the students, and it is natural to fight right and wrong."

"Stand up straight and accept his apology, otherwise Zhang will think you are holding a grudge!" Zhang Qian quickly frowned and shouted in a deep voice. "Ren Bing, apologize to him again. If his attitude is dishonest, Zhang will think you are dissatisfied with Zhang's handling!"

The team leader Zhang San and the coach Ren Bing had no choice but to stand firmly and the other salute again. The soldiers around them all looked at them secretly and ignored them. However, they vaguely felt that Zhang Zhenshou's actions today were probably not only targeting Ren Bing and Zhang San, but also targeting the entire army of the Shattered Ye Army.

Sure enough, he personally supervised Ren Bing to give Zhang San a courtesy. Zhang Qian turned his head and quickly glanced at everyone around him: "I don't care about the military law before. From today on, officers will not be allowed to beat and injure soldiers directly. If the soldiers have any mistakes, record them and hand them over to Mingfa. According to the military law, small mistakes can be handled by themselves. If it is a big mistake, any punishment that is more than twenty whips must be reported to the on-duty lieutenant, and it must be implemented after being approved by the lieutenant. If it is injured or beheaded, it must be handed over to the garrison yamen for unified approval."

"Yes!" The soldiers watching the fun around were in a panic and instinctively bowed.

"If someone is bullied by his superiors, or thinks that his superiors' handling is unfair, you can appeal to Mingfa, who is at the higher level." After a pause, Zhang Qian continued to announce: "No matter whether the appeal is successful or not, no one shall retaliate against him. If he still cannot get a fair deal after the appeal is higher than that, he can go to the central army tent to beat drums and shout for justice. The guards will arrange a special person to make the final ruling!"

"Yes!" The officers and soldiers watching the fun all bowed each other again. Some felt uncomfortable in their hearts, while others felt proud.

"In front of the two armies, if the military rules are violated, officers at all levels at all levels can still enforce military laws on the spot. Never delay!" After looking at everyone, Zhang Qian added coldly, "In addition, officers injuring soldiers for no reason and superiors injuring subordinates for no reason, they will be punished accordingly depending on the severity of the circumstances. The specific military rules will be formulated, and then announced in public. Before the announcement, the past will not be blamed. After the announcement, no violations will be tolerated!"

"Yes!" All the officers and soldiers obeyed the orders again.

"Okay, let's go and train each other. If you need to do it, you should patrol it!" Zhang Qianchong nodded and said loudly.

Everyone agreed to disperse, but after walking a few steps, Zhang Qian shouted behind him, "Zhang San, bring your brothers with me and follow me. I will check myself today. I will wait for the training results in the past three months!"

"This? Obey the order!" Zhang Qian was stunned at first, then responded loudly. Then, in an envious look, he called out his brothers under his command and lined up towards Zhang Qian.

"Go to the center of the schoolyard and give you a quarter of an hour to prepare. Then, you will move the basic formation and change it. The battlefield is armed and coordinated, and the bow and arrows are shot directly, shot, and climbing obstacles with weights, and demonstrate one by one!" He smiled and nodded to Zhang San and others. Zhang Qian gave a loud command, and then he quickly walked to the center of the playground.

He specially kept Zhang San and his brothers. His real purpose was not to test the training effect, but to show in this way that he looked at Zhang San, Lu Dechuan and others differently, to avoid any officers with good relationship with Ren Bing, who were dissatisfied with the handling just now, and deliberately put on small shoes for soldiers such as Zhang San.

The ice is not cold for a day, so Zhang Qian did not believe it. He issued an order today, and the veterans in the army bullied new recruits tomorrow, and the boss bullied subordinates could immediately disappear. In fact, as far as he knew, in another time and space, there was only one team that had eliminated this bad habit and achieved true equality between officers and soldiers.

However, the readers protected by this team prefer and admire banditry and domineeringness, and regard it as the key to the army's victory in every battle. However, they turn a blind eye to the true soul and core of this team.

"Your command today also seems to come from the scripture you passed on to me." Luo Huaizu quietly walked behind Zhang Qian and said in an extremely low voice.

"Only a small part is, I can't do it all." Zhang Qian sighed and responded in an equally low voice.

He did not want to bring advanced firearms, but eventually built an elite army in the late Ming Dynasty. He needed a small number of elite troops, but strong combat power, and the soldiers knew who to fight for. However, with the current conditions, he did not even prepare a political organization that agreed with the concept of equality, and of course he could not expect to completely promote equality between officers and soldiers in the Suiye Army.

Therefore, he could only do his best to reduce the unfairness in the Sailing Ye Army, and try his best to cultivate the self-esteem of the soldiers, give them the opportunity to defend their dignity through normal means and channels.

"It's really difficult!" Luo Huaizu also sighed and nodded slightly, "I have been reading that scripture, and the more I read it, the more I feel it makes sense. However, compared with what you encountered in Suoye City and the army, I feel that those who can implement the content of that scripture by more than 30% of the 100% are gods."

"Then let's learn some basics first." Zhang Qian was amused by Luo Huaizu's words. Then, he turned his head and looked at Zhang San and Lu Dechuan and other new recruits.

He spent three or four months training the recruits at all costs, not to replenish fresh blood for the original team. The original team, whether it was the personal soldiers he brought from Chang'an or the elites borrowed from Shule, had a clear mark of the times and could not be easily changed. However, the brothers trained in the new training camp were not yet established porcelain embryos!

Fortunately, he couldn't learn the core of another team in time and space, but he still had the opportunity to learn some fur. Fortunately, even if he only learned some fur, it would be enough to make his new army ahead of the entire era from appearance to soul.

"Zhang San, come here!" Thinking of this, Zhang Qian took a deep breath and ordered loudly at the recruits, "Don't be busy starting to show the training results. I will give you a quarter of an hour to discuss with Lu Dechuan. Give you a formal name with all the brothers around you! He has read books and knows how to help you. From now on, you can't have any nicknames. You can no longer call them Zhang San, Lu Guang's butt, horseshoe nail, iron pillar, poplar tree branch and plantain! Each of you should have your own name, and you must also have your own name. Your descendants will remember your names and actions, and feel honored by your names and actions!"
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