At the garrison of the First Garrison Division of the Tiger and Leopard Army in Liaodong outside Liaoyang City, after a night's rest and big fish and meat, the tired expressions on the faces of the soldiers disappeared immediately.

A row of locations, a full arrangement of thirty-nine people before departure, at this moment, including the platoon leader Zhong Zhaoyu, there are only 26 people left.

As for the remaining thirteen soldiers, including a deputy platoon commander and a squad leader, without exception, all fell in the battle of Houjin in this sortie.

At this moment, the remaining 25 people in the platoon are squatting in front of the platoon leader Zhong Zhaoyu with a face full of expectations.

Because, according to the notice sent by the company commander: This morning is the time for the marshal to fulfill his promise.

Twenty-six people, with expectant expressions, waited in the barracks for half an hour, when a slightly hurried footstep suddenly reached their ears.

Then, the company commander appeared in their field of vision. At the same time, two guards from the guard squad followed closely behind the company commander with a heavy box.

"Brothers, let's wait too long" Seeing the twenty-six soldiers standing up from the ground in unison, because a platoon of excellent cousins on the battlefield was also praised by their superiors, and the company commander who was about to change from the rank of lieutenant to the rank of captain hurriedly replied with a smile on his face.

After waving his hand and signaling everyone to relax, the company commander said bluntly: "No accident, all brothers are in a hurry, let's make a long story short, I will immediately announce to you the reward that the commander will give to everyone."

"In this attack on Houjin, we seized a total of 9 million taels of gold and silver property from Houjin. According to military regulations, 1,800,000 taels of them will be given as a reward. Distribute it to everyone."

"According to the strength of our Tiger and Leopard Army. As long as it is a soldier who enters Houjin. Each of them was to receive a reward of a hundred taels of silver. As for those soldiers who died in Houjin, the marshal will also have them personally distributed to their families. In a word, these silvers, one or two pages will not be less than everyone."

One hundred taels of silver per person, for these soldiers from the lowest background, it can definitely be called a great fortune. Therefore, as soon as the company commander's words were finished, everyone's faces were covered with thick smiles.

That's when it happened. The company commander, who was standing in front of everyone, continued.

"The reward of one hundred taels of silver for one person is the fulfillment of the promise made to everyone before departure. Next, according to the military regulations of our Tiger and Par Army, according to the specific table of your brothers on the battlefield and the number of enemies killed, we will give rewards."

"According to the military regulations of the Haw Par Army, if you kill a Tartar on the battlefield, you will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver. According to post-war statistics, in the battle of Houjin in this sortie, the brothers relied on more than 30 people. Destroy more than one hundred and twenty Tartars before and after"

"However, because of the chaos of the battlefield. There is no way to apply these results to each brother. For the sake of fairness, the regimental headquarters decided to divide the rewards of more than one hundred and twenty tartars totaling two thousand five hundred and forty taels of silver among all the officers and men in a row according to their ranks."

"Two thousand five hundred and forty taels of silver, sixty taels for each private, eighty taels for each corporal, one hundred taels for each sergeant, and one hundred and twenty taels for each sergeant"

"That is to say, among the brothers, the private with the lowest rank can also receive a total of one hundred and fifty taels of silver in the battle of Jin after this sortie."

Seeing that the smiles on everyone's faces were getting stronger and stronger, the company commander continued to say in an astonishing voice: "In addition to various rewards, the General Staff of the Haw Par Army will also promote the ranks and ranks of your officers and soldiers according to the various military exploits made by your brothers on the battlefield."

"Next, I will announce to you the final decision issued by the General Staff to the regimental command"

"After this sortie, all the soldiers of Jin were promoted to one level, but because the brothers obtained the special table of the largest Warring States with the smallest casualties on the battlefield, the ranks of all the soldiers in a row were directly promoted to two levels, that is to say, from now on, among the brothers, the lowest rank is also a sergeant."

The promotion of military ranks means that everyone has moved from soldiers to officers step by step.

Faced with this result that I couldn't even imagine when I was in the border army before. Many soldiers had tears of emotion on their faces, directly because of excitement.

At this time, I don't know who is taking the lead.

More than 20 people raised their weapons at the same time as if they had discussed it, and shouted: "Swear allegiance to the tiger and leopard army, swear allegiance to the commander"

In the face of the white flowers, in the face of the fair promotion system of the Haw Par Army. Thousands of officers and men of the garrison division from the border army have been completely integrated into the Haw Par Army and become a member of the Haw Par Army.

At this moment, the news that the marshal was preparing to form the Second Field Infantry Division of the Tiger and Leopard Army spread very timely in the two garrison divisions.

Although after joining the field army, his military rank will be reduced to a certain extent, and even directly change from the squad leader of the garrison division to an ordinary soldier of the field division.

However, in front of the silver bounty of the white flowers and the military merits that can be used to promote the ranks. Most of the officers and men of the garrison division who tasted the sweetness did not hesitate to rush to join the field army.

Because, everyone knows, the gap between the garrison division and the field army.

Between the garrison division and the field division, the chances of the field division joining the battle are definitely much higher than the garrison division.

As long as there is a battle, for the officers and men of the field division, it means military merit, silver reward, promotion, higher and higher rank, higher and higher salary, and higher status

Under such circumstances, more than eighty percent of the remaining officers and men of the two garrison divisions directly became members of the Second Field Infantry Division. Of course, there are also people who are unwilling to join the field army.

In the battle of Houjin in this sortie, Zhong Zhaoyu, the commander of the first regiment and platoon of the first garrison division of Liaodong, who was directly changed from a sergeant to a lieutenant, was deeply affected by the chief of staff, Sun Chengzong, and was such a person.

The reason for this decision is very simple. Zhong Zhaoyu, who has been promoted to lieutenant, is very superstitious about the saying, 'Rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail'.

As for the opportunity to participate in the battle and continue to make meritorious contributions in the battle, Zhong Zhaoyu did not care about it at all.

In Zhong Zhaoyu's eyes, as long as he spends another day in Liaodong, whether he is in the garrison division or in the field division, he will not be able to avoid war. Because, Houjin, who was sacked by the Tiger and Leopard Army, will definitely not give up, this is Zhong Zhaoyutong's conjecture and speculation after understanding the character of the Tartars.

In this case, having been promoted to the rank of lieutenant, it is better for him to serve as a company commander commanding more than 100 officers and men in the garrison division rather than serving as a deputy company commander in the field division who does not have much real power and is subject to human limitations.

Although the idea is good, the situation Zhong Zhaoyu is facing is far more severe than he imagined.

In order to form the Second Field Infantry Division, the First Garrison Division, which had more than 3,000 soldiers left, was directly siphoned off with 3,000 men.

At this moment, the first garrison division of Liaodong, which seems to have a huge establishment, has less than 800 people left.

If you remove the artillery in it, the real infantry is only five hundred people.

And Zhong Zhaoyu's company, including himself, is only fifteen people.

The only thing that made Zhong Zhaoyu breathe a sigh of relief was that among the fifteen people in the company, including himself, six of them were old subordinates who served as platoon commanders in the first platoon at the beginning, and these six people were all officers above the rank of sergeant and platoon commander in the future company. With these people as helpers, there will be much fewer difficulties for oneself.

That night, the remaining fifteen people of the company gathered in the tent where the company commander Zhong Zhaoyu was.

Under the simultaneous gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes, Zhong Zhaoyu said bluntly: "Brothers, according to the order of the regiment commander, our company must make up the gap within half a month."

"Among us, I, two deputy company commanders, and three platoon commanders all came from Guannei. I don't know much about the situation in Liaodong. I want to know if there is any way for you to complete the task assigned to us by the regiment commander in the shortest possible time."

"Especially you squad leaders, say whatever you want, don't be polite"

Just when Zhong Zhaoyu stared at a pair of clever eyes, he was patrolling back and forth on more than a dozen people. A squad leader with rough skin who knew at a glance that he was from a coastal military household stood up.

Under everyone's gaze, he boldly said: "Company commander, I have something to say"

After getting Zhong Zhaoyu's affirmation, the squad leader said like pouring beans from a bamboo tube: "Company commander, don't you know that although the land in our eastern Liaodong is very fertile. However, due to drought and ice disasters, the land is hardly harvested. Therefore, most of the ordinary people in Liaodong are hungry all year round. ”

"I think that at the beginning, when the monthly salary of the border army was not even three taels, as long as the border army wanted to recruit soldiers, the major recruitment offices would be crowded by the people."

"Compared with the border army, the monthly salary of our Tiger and Leopard Army will be more tempting for ordinary people, I can say for sure that as long as the news of the Tiger and Leopard Army wants to recruit troops spread, it will not take a few days for us to recruit the missing soldiers."

Zhong Zhaoyu nodded and affirmed: "I know what you said, but the key to the problem is where are the people you said."

"As far as I know, the territory of Liaoyang, where we are located, except for Liaoyang, which has not been captured by the Tartars. In other counties, you can hardly see the people you are talking about."

Under Zhong Zhaoyu's gaze, the squad leader replied without thinking: "Company commander, I know where these people are hiding, if the company commander believes in me and gives me two days, I will definitely bring back hundreds of young and strong young men to the company commander" (to be continued......