Chapter 77: The Youth Army
The army has completed its oath and officially set out for the battle.
This journey took fifteen days, and on the one hand, the march of the large army was slow, and the battle at the front was not very urgent, so it advanced at a normal marching pace. On the first day, the march was eighty miles, and the army simply camped.
Xiao Wu looked at the camp tent set up in front of him, and was a little melancholy, eighty miles! In his hometown, which is less than an hour's journey by car, he actually has to walk for a whole day.
He looked at his army again, and the generalissimo's personal guard battalion naturally had no problems, not only was the army well-groomed, but also showed no tiredness.
can look at the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, it was such a day of marching, and the ranks were already scattered. Relying on these people to fight? Xiao Wu himself felt a little unreliable. Thinking of the demeanor of the people's army on the earth, Xiao Wu shook his head, feeling that his army was really incomparable.
After a few steps, Quan Gon followed behind him, and Tian Ben led a few guards to follow.
"Is there any way to train it?" Xiao Wu frowned.
Tian Ben thought for a moment, "Generalissimo, as long as you see a few more bloods, you can make them look like soldiers." Look at our team, it's a top one that has killed people, and at least a dozen of them have been killed in the border areas. ”
Xiao Wu shook his head, "Is there a way to solve the problem through training?"
"This is difficult, generally take 100,000 people to the battlefield, and those who can come back alive are the elite. ”
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Xiao Wu looked at Tian Ben, this is really a good way. Those who are alive are elite, and those who are not elite?
Xiao Wu walked to the position where the Tai students were encamped and frowned.
There were more than a dozen carriages parked here, a few servants setting up tents, and a few students eating pastries nearby.
Xiao Wu stepped forward, "Are you going to go to the battlefield like this?"
A student who ate pastries said, "We don't have to go to the battlefield, we just need to be civil officials in the future." ”
"Hehe," Xiao Wu smiled, "To be a civil official?"
The man stood up, his white clothes and wide sleeves, and directly flicked the sleeves of his robe, "With my talent, the lowest can be the county order, and the highest can be the Shangshu." ”
"Hehe, hehehe," Xiao Wu sneered a few times, "If you are a county commander and there are thieves who violate the border, what should you do?"
"Send troops to suppress it. ”
"What if there are no soldiers?"
"Mobilize the people to be young and strong. ”
Xiao Wu played with the taste, "Who is the leader of the people?"
"Naturally, it's me. ”
"Are you just eating pastries to lead the army?" Xiao Wu grabbed the pastry in his hand and threw it on the ground, "Just sit in a carriage to lead the army?"
Then Xiao Wu shouted sharply, "All the students, the accompanying young generals, give you a quarter of an hour, and give me a neat lineup." Anyone who doesn't get it, cut it!"
"Tian Ben, give me a drum. ”
The drums in the barracks were exquisite, and the drums of the generals sounded, and the generals heard it, and quickly came to the Chinese army, and then they were taken to the position of the students.
Xiao Wu looked at the students in front of him with a cold face. A quarter of an hour came, Xiao Wu looked at these people, they were all there, but there were very few people wearing armor, even fewer holding weapons, and some young masters even painted grease and powder, and their clothes were disheveled, as if they had rested in the tent, and they were shouted.
Seeing the East Palace student quartet, Xiao Wu nodded slightly. The four princes not only had bright armor, but also rode horses, holding weapons, and stood at the forefront.
Xiao Wu looked at it for a moment and didn't say a word.
The people below were inquiring about what was going on? Why did the generalissimo suddenly bring all the high-ranking generals in the army? After a while, everyone saw that Xiao Wu's face was getting darker and darker, and they were silent one after another.
Xiao Wu sneered, and walked directly in front of these people, there were only nearly two hundred people, and everyone could see the gloom on Xiao Wu's face, although he didn't know what was going on, he also knew that now was not the time to be a thorn.
"Look at you! Look at your group!" Xiao Wu shouted, "A team of nearly 200 people, but only 200 people, it took you a quarter of an hour to gather!
Xiao Wu stepped forward and pulled a man in a colorful shirt, "Are you going to visit the Qinglou? What kind of costume is this?"
The man screamed, "Oops! you hurt me!"
Xiao Wu was stunned, a little sick to his stomach, "Go back to the queue!"
"Are you undressed and ready to sleep? What time is it? Is it time to rest in the army? Tian Ben, tell him!"
Tian Ben drank, "The army is camped, and there is still an hour before you can sleep." ”
Xiao Wu looked at it again, and the people who didn't even have armor were there, "What are you here for? Are you here to fight! You just go to the battlefield, aren't you afraid of death?"
One of them muttered quietly, "My father gave you so much money, can you really let us go to war?"
"Hehe," Xiao Wu sneered, "Louder!"
The man was silent.
"I'll tell you to be louder!Did you hear me?" Xiao Wu drank again.
The man still didn't speak.
"Tian Ben, how should the army deal with the flagrant disobedience to the commander's order?" Xiao Wu asked loudly.
"Kill and decide!" Tian Ben replied loudly, and directly pulled out the matching knife.
The man shuddered, looked at Xiao Wu, and didn't know what to say.
"Say it again!" Xiao Wu shouted again.
"I said, my father sent you so much money, why did you let us go to war?" shouted the man, bold.
Xiao Wu smiled slightly, "That's right." In this barracks, I am the biggest. Xiao Wu's words are really not blowing, even the prince has to obey orders.
"I'm not afraid to tell you that your father has sent me military expenses, but you must also know that it is military expenses!"
Everyone showed disdainful expressions, military spending or not, that's not what you say?
Xiao Wu smiled, "Generals, give me an order to fight with all your strength today, and from tomorrow onwards, I will travel a hundred miles a day! If you defeat the Chu State, I, Xiao Wu, will take out the military funds sent by the adults and give them all to every soldier." If he dies at the border, I will give him three times the pension! But I demand that the army must look like an army. ”
After saying that, he looked at the student in front of him, "Early tomorrow morning, the entourage will be dismissed, and everyone will ride on horseback! Those who do not wear armor will be punished for disturbing the morale of the army!"
Xiao Wu continued, "From today onwards, the Tai students will be divided into four teams, called the Youth Army, His Royal Highness the Prince, Yang Zhen, Shen Xing, and Yu Qiu will each lead a team, the Prince will lead the team into the Generalissimo's personal guard battalion, and the rest of the teams will enter the three major battalions of the Beijing Division. ”
The East Palace quartet clasped their fists together to lead the order.
Tian Ben's face did not change much, but the three major battalions frowned in unison, these people travel hundreds of miles a day? Isn't this a joke?
Xiao Wu looked at the students, "Starting today, the youth army needs to continue training after camping, forty people against five people in the generalissimo's personal guard battalion. If they do not win, the food of the army will be halved. If you win, add meat to the meal. ”
A group of people were stunned when they heard this, what was the situation? Some people even looked at the sergeants behind Tian Ben and swallowed their saliva, forty people beat five, and they were not sure. But if any team can't win, the food in the camp will be halved, isn't this a thorn in the side of the flesh?
"That ......" Yang Zhen raised his hand.
Xiao Wu frowned, "Speak." ”
Yang Zhen hurriedly clenched his fists, "Generalissimo, you didn't say it just now, if you lose, what will the Youth Army do?"
Xiao Wu said with a smile, "There is still a face to ask, four teams are fighting, and the two winning teams have half the amount of food." The dinner of the two losing teams was gone, and the next day they ran a hundred miles hungry. ”
"Sigh......" There was a sound of inhalation.
Xiao Wu looked at the prince and the others, "The four team leaders have a long way to go." ”
Yang Zhen and Shen Xing gasped, looked at the crooked soldiers behind them, and frowned.
The crown prince Zhao Tian and Yu Qiu hugged their fists and said, "I will not disgrace my life." ”