Rise From the Humble

After about half an hour of competition, eighteen whistle commanders were finally born. Zhu Daniu's good luck did not continue. He met Zhang Kuang in the second round of competition. His skills were inferior to others, but Zhang Kuang won cleanly.

Zhu Pingan was optimistic about Zhang Kuang, Zhang Xiong, Li Yuanye, Wang Sixi and others. Except for Wang Sixi, everyone else stood out and won the post of whistle commander. Wang Sixi was a little disappointed. In the second round of the competition, he encountered a tough guy named Zhang Tiesuo. Zhang Tiesuo had studied Zhang Sixi's competitions and knew that he was not as agile as Zhang Sixi. He deliberately exposed a fatal flaw in the competition and tricked Zhang Sixi into coming closer. He attacked Zhang Sixi personally, and then he did not hesitate to exchange injuries for injuries, severely injuring Zhang Sixi, and then won the position of whistle commander.

"Congratulations on your victory in the final competition. I have officially appointed you as the sentry commander of our Zhejiang Army. In the future, you will be able to lead a sentry, and your monthly salary will be higher than that of a corps commander, and you will receive three more silver coins."

Zhu Pingan expressed congratulations to Zhang Kuang and other outstanding whistle commanders and officially appointed them as whistle commanders.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. We will repay you to the death for your kindness!" Zhang Kuang and other new sentry commanders knelt down to receive the title and declared that they would repay Zhu Ping'an to the death.

"Everyone, please get up." Zhu Pingan reached out and stood up, and then announced to everyone present, "At this point, the corps commander, sentry commander, and battalion commander of our Zhejiang Army have all been appointed. I will briefly announce the arrangements. In view of this Our Zhejiang Army currently has only more than 700 people, which is insufficient. The organization is temporarily adjusted. The number of people in each group remains unchanged at ten, and the four groups under each sentry remain unchanged. However, the number and total number of sentries under each battalion are as follows To prevail: the Zhejiang Army has a supervisory battalion, with Liu Mu as the battalion commander. He is currently leading a group of troops and is responsible for military discipline supervision of the Zhejiang Army. In addition to the death penalty, he has the right to act in accordance with military regulations; the Guards Battalion, Liu Dadao is the battalion commander. , currently leading one sentry, responsible for guarding the safety of the officers; it has the Huotou Barracks, with Liu Dagang as the battalion commander, currently leading one sentry, responsible for three meals a day and other cooking matters for the entire army; it has a logistics battalion, with Liu Dagang as the battalion commander. He serves as the battalion commander and is currently in charge of a sentry post, responsible for the army's food, supplies, equipment and other matters. Except for the supervision camp, personal guard camp, gang leader barracks and logistics camp, the rest are ordinary battalions. Ruofeng, Xia Laoqi, Zhang Hu, Liu Dachui, Liu Daxe, and Liu Daqiang serve as battalion commanders. Each battalion is temporarily under the jurisdiction of a general, and each general is temporarily under the jurisdiction of two sentries. All vacancies will be filled in the future when the army is expanded."

"Yes!" No one would have any objections.

Then, based on what he observed, Zhu Ping'an assigned specific outposts to the supervisory battalion, personal guard battalion, gangtou barracks, logistics battalion, and ordinary battalion, and gave each battalion commander and the general a stick of incense to familiarize themselves with their subordinates. time.

Then, Zhu Ping'an ordered, "Each sentry commander will go to the logistics camp Liu Dagang to collect weapons, military uniforms, bedding, tents and other military equipment for each sentry. In addition, each corps will have a military regulations and discipline manual, which will be kept by each corps commander sooner or later." Lead the soldiers in each unit to study and make sure that everyone memorizes it. Anyone who violates military discipline and rules in the future will be severely punished."

"Yes!" everyone responded in unison.

The sentry commanders led the soldiers to the Liu Dagang Logistics Camp to receive their weapons, uniforms and other military supplies.

"Wow, military uniforms. Everyone's uniforms are exactly the same. There are two sets for each person. Hehe, I also have two sets of clothes. Look, don't I look mighty when I wear them? Are they too tight for me?"

"Hehe, don't say it. Real life depends on clothes. You are such a stupid son. As soon as you put on this military uniform, your temperament will change instantly. You insist on it."

Everyone received the military uniforms and couldn't wait to put them on. They were so happy that they showed off their beauty in front of everyone. Many people wore them and went to the river to admire themselves. When they saw the reflection on the water, they felt that they were very arrogant.

Although the military uniforms they wore were old-style military uniforms sponsored by the Marquis of Linhuai, they were all re-dressed. They were all in good condition and of excellent quality. Zhu Ping'an had them starched and the uniforms were like new.

In addition to two sets of military uniforms, each person also received a quilt, and each corps received a tent as a resting place.

As for weapons, Zhu Ping'an only ordered Liu Dagang to issue cold weapons to them, each of whom was given a spear and a sword; he did not give them fire blunderbuss. On the one hand, they were new converts and were still in the testing period; On the one hand, they have never been exposed to firecrackers and have not been trained with firecrackers. If they are given to them, they will not know how to use them.

Of course, in addition to the above, each corps also received a military discipline manual, which was kept by the corps commander.

This military discipline manual is called: Four Iron Rules, Eighteen Kills!

The specific military discipline and military regulations are Zhu Ping'an's combination of "three major disciplines and eight points of attention", modern military regulations and military disciplines, Han Xin's 17 prohibitions and fifty-four cuts, "Wei Liao Zi" military regulations, contemporary military regulations and military disciplines of the Ming Dynasty, and In the future, Qi Jiguang and Qi's army military regulations and disciplines, combined with the specific actual situation, summed up the "Four Iron Laws, Eighteen Kills"!

The four iron laws are: follow orders in all actions; do not take advantage of the masses; all seizures must be returned to the public; do not demolish houses if you freeze to death, and do not loot if you starve to death.

Eighteen beheadings refer to: when the general is called upon to call the drums three times, those who fail to do so will be beheaded; those who fail to advance when the drums are heard, who hear the gold do not stop, cannot raise the flag, and do not lay down the flag; those who falsely claim to be sick when approaching the battle, beheaded; Those who abandon their weapons will be beheaded; those who disobey superiors and refuse to obey orders will be beheaded; those who kill civilians for meritorious service or rape women will be beheaded

General Zhu Ping'an's discipline is very strict. The reason for this is that on the one hand, an iron army must have iron discipline and a strict military camp management system to build the Iron Lion; on the other hand, the recruits under his command are bandits. It is necessary to use heavy rituals to control them. "Wei Liao Zi" says: "In ancient times, those who were good at using soldiers could kill half of the soldiers, followed by thirteen, and then eleven. Those who can kill half of them will be powerful in the sea." "If you kill the thirteen, you will strengthen the princes; if you kill the eleven, you will command the soldiers." This is the saying that compassion does not control the army.

After everyone changed into military uniforms, military training officially began.

The first item of military training is formation. Well, yes, it is the modern military training items that Zhu Pingan borrowed from: dressing in order, reporting numbers neatly, standing at attention and taking a break, turning on the spot between stops, assembling and disbanding, running in unison, and formation changes. , intensive evacuation, etc.

"Look to the right! Look at that, right, right, do you know?! When I yelled to look to the right, the base soldier didn't move. You were the first one. The others turned their heads to the right and looked at the person on your right. Cheeks, move faster, don't be like a girl, turning your head and whining, turn your head quickly."

"Stand at attention! Straighten your legs, don't look bow-legged, straighten up! Slightly tuck your lower abdomen, straighten your chest naturally, and look straight ahead."

Liu Dadao and others were appointed as military training instructors by Zhu Pingan and began to train everyone in queues.

It was the first time for everyone to come into contact with this kind of military training. Just like the first military training for modern students, their movements were aimless, stiff and awkward. Liu Dadao and others had to correct them over and over again. Of course, they were not as civilized as modern instructors. , they used whips or wooden sticks to assist teaching again and again.