Chapter 86: The Iron Battalion and the Flowing Soldiers
?The Hulin Army barracks, the schoolyard that used to be shouted loudly, is now full of food tables and straw mats. There are dozens of stoves in a corner of the schoolyard, with various cooking utensils on it. Many chefs sweat and cook various large pots (kettles, woks) dishes.?
The harsh pigs were screaming one after another. With the help of his help, the pig slaughter bleeded the big fat pigs with his stomach and then waved the iron-cut pigs like mud to chop the fat pigs into pieces of meat.
Many soldiers gathered together, and they divided the work and cooperated. Some people boiled water and killed chickens and ducks. Some people used a pot of pots to pluck the bloody chickens and ducks. Others broke the processed chickens and ducks. Some were responsible for throwing the chickens and ducks into the boiling pot and cooking them directly.
The Hulin Army has a "famous dish" called "white cut chicken". "white cut duck", which means the chicken that plucks hair and removes internal organs, and boils it directly in boiling water, then chops it into pieces, and dips it in soy sauce when eating.
This way of cooking is mainly to save trouble. When soldiers eat it, they can dip it in soy sauce according to their own taste. The only problem is to cook it. If you want the chicken and duck meat to taste delicious, you must grasp the heat when cooking.
If the chicken and duck are not cooked, people will have diarrhea after eating it. If it is cooked for too long, the meat will grow old and taste like chewing wax. Ensuring that the meat is cooked but tender is a technical task. How to balance the cooking time is the key.
This is not a problem. The Hulin Army's leading soldiers are responsible for the food of four or five thousand people every day. After accumulating experience day after month, they are all chefs.
At the gate of the military camp, more than ten more carriages drove into the camp through inspection. This was the logistics carriage purchased in the city and returned with a full load, bringing more chickens, ducks, fish, pigs and vegetables.
More soldiers surrounded and waited for unloading the goods. Today, the Japanese army held a meal. The generals organized all the soldiers and started cooking together. After preparing the banquet, they saw off the retired comrades off.
The fat pigs who knew that the disaster was coming were struggling to death. One of the fat pigs broke free from the shackles by chance and rushed out howled. A large group of soldiers excitedly "set up a formation" to intercept them, and someone rushed directly to "capture the pig with bare hands", which made a mess for a while.
"Stop it, stop it!!"
"Run over there!"
"Look at me...Oh hey!"
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Under the clear sky, the soldiers of the Hulin Army gathered together to have dinner on the school grounds according to their respective teams to see off the retired comrades.
"Come on! Why did you do it with a sad face? I've done this bowl of wine!" Team leader Li Shimo shouted loudly, holding the wine bowl, and the two teams had a hundred people standing up, raised the bowl and shouted, "Don't!", and then they drank the wine in the bowl one by one.
They were all wearing military uniforms, but some of them had big red flowers on their chests, which was the mark of the retired soldiers. When they watched the comrades who were practicing together and killed the enemy raised their bowls to see them off, all the retired soldiers were filled with tears.
"Why are you crying! Liu Laowu! You were hit by three arrows in Yanji and didn't cry. Now there is nothing to cry. I'll punish you for drinking!!" Li Shimo shouted. Some of his subordinates had retired from the army, but in fact he felt uncomfortable, but the generals were right at the conference just now. Whether they were in the army or not, they were all good brothers.
"Punishment, it's time to punish!" The soldiers shouted, and the soldier who was called "Liu Laowu" immediately drank the wine in the bowl, and was choked and sprayed out as soon as he finished drinking.
Seeing his laughing comrades, he wiped his eyes full of tears and said silly: "Team leader, I... my parents in my family still have to take care of him, so..."
"Okay, yes! As sons, they have to respect their parents. Everyone works hard to make contributions to the land, just to let their parents and their wives live a good life!" Li Shimo said with a smile.
"If I hadn't had a younger brother help, I would have to go home to be filial. I said, Lao Wu, is there any movement in your newly married woman? I must have a wedding next year!"
"Don't forget us when we serve wine. We have to give birth to a handful of people. If not, you will have to punish you! Hahaha!" Everyone laughed, and amid the laughter, the retired soldiers were all in tears.
They were about to retire due to their own reasons, but they were just facing their brothers who were living together and fighting each other and killing their enemies together. They always felt quite guilty. Now seeing their comrades so happy, they could not control their emotions.
Some cried loudly, while others wiped their tears silently. When they thought of saying goodbye to the familiar military camp and ending their more than two years of military camp life, they felt very melancholy.
"Whatever we cry, everyone lives in Bahe... Badong City, so close to our neighbors, we don't have to meet often when we go home on vacation? Besides, we are all comrades, and we have to rely on you to take care of our family on weekdays, so don't let outsiders bully you!"
"You are right! You are all good brothers and good neighbors!"
"Stop talking nonsense, let's have another bowl! Today's wine is all good wine, enough!"
"Do it, I'll do it again!"
This scene is constantly being staged in various places in the school grounds. The Hulin Army has wine to see off the veterans. The scene is very spectacular. It consumes countless consumption just to prepare wine and food. The vendors and farmers selling chickens, ducks, geese and pigs in Bazhou market, as well as shopkeepers of the winery restaurants, have made a lot of money.
The Hulin Army had a meal and had a farewell to the retired soldiers. The news was not hidden. The Bazhou Prefecture Office was not worried that the news would reach Jiangnan, which caused Chen army to take the opportunity to cross the river and attack. First, the navy army that was finally rebuilt in Wuchang was over again, and second, they were eager for these turtles to go out.
The Hulin Army was in the "flowering world and wine", but the soldiers of Bazhou were not idle, and together with the navy, they were on high alert, just waiting for Chen's army to come to Jiangbei to die.
This farewell party also surprised the people of Bazhou, and they were talking about the "generous" of Yu Wenwen, the head coach of the Hulin Army.
Yuwen Wen, the Duke of Xiyang County, recruited young and strong men to train new troops. He has experienced dozens of battles of all sizes and big over the past two years. With the intensity of training, three days off for one day, strict military discipline and proper rewards and punishments, he is now a famous strong army in Shannan.
Today, the new army is known as "Tiger Forest", and its military strength has reached nearly 5,000. With such a strong army with strict military discipline stationed next to Xiyang City, the people of Bazhou can rest assured.
However, as the situation changed, the Hulin Army also changed a lot, that is, some soldiers were "retired" and returned to the field.
Yuwen Wen recruited young and strong men. The young and strong men who were recruited were basically from poor families and had no land at home every day. The reason why many people joined the army was to exchange their lives for a bite of food.
The Hulin Army is very well treated. Although the training intensity is quite strong, it can always be full. Not only can some meat and salt be eaten for meals, three meals a day are not expensive, and the military uniform is also covered. There are military pay every month, which is a beautiful woman in the eyes of many people.
After more than two years of battle, some people died on the battlefield, leaving generous pensions for their families, while others suffered from lifelong disabilities. They were arranged by the Xiyang County Duke to do work in his mansion, or they were taken as tenants with their families.
More people made military achievements and finally got the land and houses they had dreamed of in Bazhou, married a wife and brought their families to settle in Bazhou. This situation also changed the minds of many people.
They have their own land and houses, and can support their family through hard work. The once distant daydream has now turned into reality, so keeping their family safe and sound is the most urgent idea.
The battlefield of swords and swords began to make some people retreat. Although they dared not disobey military laws, their mentality changes have become more and more obvious. Some people no longer feel happy when they hear the battle. Thinking of their big-bellied daughter-in-law at home and Bai Cangcang's parents, their fighting spirit has gradually become smaller.
Bazhou Daxing Water Conservancy Crushes to Snails, and many wild lands can be reclaimed. As long as you work for a few years, you can turn the raw land into mature fields. Some of the soldiers of the Hulin Army who divide the fields are the only pillars of their families. They are afraid that once they have a short and small relationship, their families will be dispersed.
In the past, their family would die if they died, but now they have divided the fields and good days are about to begin. They should be filial to their parents and have children to continue the incense.
If you die in battle and your wife remarries, even if your parents have land to farm, there will be no one in front of you to fulfill their filial piety.
Many people have this idea. Although there will be no serious situation of disobeying and not fighting, the generals of the Hulin Army have noticed the changes in the mentality of some soldiers and immediately took it seriously.
Dayu was better than to control floods. The chief commander of the Hulin Army, Yu Wenwen, thought that the soldiers were recruited and joined the army without signing a contract. The Hulin Army was not a cage and would not allow a soldier to enter or leave: either die in battle or die of illness.
It is understandable that the soldiers who have divided the fields want to go home to work farming and live a small life, but the consequences are quite great: if too many people leave, it will cause the Hulin Army to "bleed heavily" and its combat effectiveness will drop sharply.
People should be let go, but they cannot leave as soon as they say they leave, otherwise the morale of the army will be dispersed. It takes time for the soldiers who have been trained to train bloody battles, and the space left behind will be filled in for the new recruits, so the Hulin Army decided to take the initiative.
The measures taken are as follows: Because the soldiers have many lands, many people have started their families, or their family has settled in Bazhou, in order to protect their families from being bullied, they also take care of each other on weekdays, the Hulin Army "mobilized" some soldiers to retire.
The soldiers who want to respond to the mobilization must apply, and then they can officially "retire the army" after approval. The soldiers who previously reclaimed wasteland will no longer farm, and those who want to retire will submit their applications together.
There are restrictions on the number of people who have retired from the army, and those who have made meritorious service will be given priority. Those who have exceeded the number can only wait for the next time. The retired soldiers will be classified as the newly established Badong County and register their names in the county government. If they encounter war, they should be conscripted and defended the city.
This is a step, giving those soldiers who want to get rid of their armor and return to the field a chance to leave the army with justification, so as not to be called "ungrateful" behind their backs. Yuwen Wen felt that everyone was together and there was no need to embarrass the scene.
The soldiers of the Hulin Army who had retired were all veterans with blood and well-trained training, so they were good at assisting local officials in maintaining public order, training county soldiers, and defending the city. With their old comrades who were helping their neighbors in their residence, they were not afraid of the families of the Hulin Army soldiers being bullied.
The application for retirement was subject to approval for several months. During this period, the Hulin Army had tormented Wuchang County, Yingzhou, Chen State opposite the river. The newly planted crops were basically done, and the harvest this year was a foregone conclusion. The Hulin Army, who withdrew its troops back to Jiangbei, then began to retire.
The generals who recruited soldiers in the past few days would not let the soldiers who had been trained to leave unless they had to force them. However, Yu Wenwen, the head coach of the Hulin Army, really did this. Not only did the Hulin Army let the people go, but they also came to a farewell party. The people all said that Yuwen Envoy was a good general.
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In the military camp and the conference hall, Chen Wudi was talking to a few old brothers. Today, they were sending off the veterans. They all drank a lot of wine and sobered up for an hour before they met in this conference hall.
Brother Chen Wu has now been promoted to another general with Zheng Liude. Tian Zhengyue, Hao Dadao was promoted to the commander of Zheng Wude and continued to command the Hulin Army. Liang Dingxing and Chen Qijin directly promoted Yi Tong General, with a rank of Nine Destiny.
"Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and I never expected to be able to reach this point today." Chen Wudi said, "I will wish both of you to be together and to be awarded the title as soon as possible."
"Hey! What is the last general? Old Chen, you are scolding people!" Liang Dingxing smiled, "My two of them are a lot more capable of carrying the position, but they are not as good as you. You should have given priority!"
"If you want to talk about this kind of scene, let's not talk about it between us. It's all the arrangements of the envoys. Lao Chen and Lao Tian are bold and will be promoted sooner or later." Chen Qijin scratched his head, "You follow the envoys, and there will always be a war and there will be a lot of opportunities to make contributions. Maybe you can have a 'post-controlling person'."
Hao Dadan smiled and said, "Speaking randomly, the envoy is now a general. Your soldiers in the palace are different from obedience to the envoy? If the envoy wants to fight, can't I go together?"
"The soldiers in the palace still have to practice from scratch, and they can't practice for three days and take a day off like our Hulin Army. Who knows when they can be pulled out and chop people?"
"Chen Yitong, when you arrive at the military palace, don't always be 'our Hulin Army', so as not to get confused by those soldiers, and think it's the Hulin Army branch!"
"Hahahahaha!"
The five people laughed out loud, Chen Wudi, Tian Zhengyue, Hao Dadan, Liang Dingxing and Chen Qijin. These five people were originally veterans of the Anzhou army. Three years ago, in May of the second year of the Elephant, Yuwen Liang, the general manager of Anzhou, raided Huangzhou, and then followed Yuwen Wen, the Duke of Xiyang County, and a few people dared to go to Beidingzhou to kill people and seize power.
Since then, they have followed Yuwen Wen to train the new army. The scale of the new army has gradually expanded to today's Hulin Army, and the fate of Chen Wudi and others has also changed, from ordinary elite veterans to veritable generals.
As Yuwen Wen's "Yuan Cong", they firmly grasped the Hulin Army for him, but as the situation unfolded, they had to part ways. Chen Wudi, Tian Zhengyue, and Hao Dadan continued to control the basic foundation of the Hulin Army, while Liang Dingxing and Chen Qijin wanted to master another military force.
"This is a retirement again, and a recruit is drawn again. Can the recruits be picked up?"
"I have been discharged from the army and transferred another thousand soldiers. It's a blessing that the envoy plans in advance. The two thousand recruits recruited will be trained in a few days." Tian Zhengyue said with some melancholy, "I have trained the recruits every year, and I have learned the experience."
Chapter completed!