Rise From the Humble

Today is the tenth day since the formation of the Zhejiang Army. The soldiers of the Zhejiang Army were born bandits and bandits, and are used to being free and loose. Nine consecutive days of high-intensity training have left them physically and mentally exhausted, and every cell is instinctively protesting.

However, despite their intentions to protest, they were powerless to do anything. In reality, they could only lie down and accept the ravages of training.

Because Zhu Pingan had tailor-made a training package for them on the fifth day: queue training, any soldier who made a wrong turn or went the wrong way would be beaten three times with a cane. They were not allowed to rest after the cane punishment, and they had to continue training; Fists, kicks, and weapons training, all soldiers who make mistakes in their movements will also be punished three times with a cane, and then continue training. And every day, Zhu Pingan will ask all the team commanders to draw lots, and the two teams will practice in actual combat. The winning team will eat first. The losing team not only has to eat last, but also has to wash clothes for the winning team for a day.

In addition to queue, fist, kick, and weapon training, Zhu Pingan also added "Command the Golden Drum and Flag" training. In ancient times, unlike modern times, there were no instant communication tools such as radios and telephones. It was difficult for the army to obey the command and fight. The battlefield was noisy with people shouting and horses neighing. It was unrealistic to command the army by shouting. The only way to control the army was through loud musical instruments such as golden drums and flags. To take command, simply put, it means beating the drums to advance, calling the troops to retreat, and marching with flags. In addition to the handsome flag, Zhu Pingan also set up five five-color flags based on the overall situation of the Ming army, namely the red flag in the front, the black flag in the rear, the cyan flag on the left, the white flag on the right, and the yellow flag in the middle, representing the front army and the rear army. The army, the left army, the right army and the center army, raise the red flag to order the front army to obey the order, raise the black flag to order the rear army to obey the order, raise the green flag to order the left army to obey the order, and so on. Waving the flag continuously means urging the soldiers to get ready. Waving the flag forward tells the soldiers to move forward; waving the flag to the left tells the soldiers to turn left; waving the flag to the right means telling the soldiers to turn right; turning the flag once Circle and wave backward to make the soldiers retreat.

Just like training in formation, fists and kicks, and weapons, if you make a mistake in the training of calling the golden drum and flag, you will be punished in the same way, and you will be punished by the same three strokes of the cane.

So much so that Zhejiang Army soldiers often laughed at themselves during their training breaks, saying that they ate the most "bamboo rice".

Zhu Ping'an tailor-made a training package for the Zhejiang Army, so that the free and relaxed attributes of the Zhejiang Army soldiers cannot be brought into play.

Of course, Zhu Pingan also knows the principle of combining work with rest and having a certain amount of relaxation. He gives them time to rest at the right time, conducts ideological education and military song training during the rest time, and at the same time ensures that their meals are filled with meat and vegetables every day.

The military law is very strict, the training is very hard, the boards are painful, and the food is delicious. The soldiers of the Zhejiang Army are in pain but persist

While Zhu Pingan was training the Zhejiang Army intensively, Hu Zongxian, who was full of ambitions, hit the wall again and again in the face of reality and suffered a bloody blow.

Hu Zongxian was a migrant worker with great ambitions. When he left Beijing to serve as the censor of Zhejiang, he made a great wish: "If I go to Zhejiang, I will not fight against the Japanese pirates or the southeast, and I vow not to return to Beijing!" Jiangsu and Zhejiang, in the southeast, took the Japanese invasion as an opportunity to write a glorious chapter in his life.

To quell the Japanese pirates and control the southeast, military strategy is the top priority.

Therefore, as soon as Hu Zongxian took office as the censor of Zhejiang Province, he immediately began to patrol the military camps and guard stations within his jurisdiction.

If you don't patrol, you won't know. If you patrol, you will be shocked. Not to mention the local military camps and guards, even the military camps and guards in Yingtian and nearby areas left Hu Zongxian speechless to the extreme! Before coming to Yingtian, Hu Zongxian did his homework, read the archives of Yingtian and Jiangsu and Zhejiang military preparations, and got a written understanding of the situation of Yingtian and Jiangsu and Zhejiang military preparations. According to archival records, Yingtian had 120,000 fighting troops, but reality gave Hu Zongxian a loud slap in the face one after another.

The first stop of Hu Zongxian's inspection tour was the Daxiaochang camp. According to archives, the Daxiaochang camp had 30,000 combatable soldiers. The data also records that the large school camp was well-trained and the military was at its peak, and it was Yingtian's model army to imitate.

But, what about reality.

Hu Zongxian came to the Daqiaochang camp and found that the gatekeepers at the Daqiaochang camp were loose and loose. Two of the ten gatekeepers were old, weak, sick, and disabled, and one of them was even a gray-haired veteran with a cane.

"Old man, why are you still a soldier at your age?" Hu Zongxian asked.

"Alas, my family has no land, no harvest, and we still have to pay for grain. My son has to work on the dock to endure the day, and I will serve as a soldier for my son." The gray-haired veteran sighed and replied after hearing this.

When Hu Zongxian heard this, he was silent for a long time.

When Hu Zongxian entered the camp in the university camp, he found that the old, weak, sick and disabled in the camp were more serious. He grabbed a lot of them and observed with the naked eye that they accounted for more than half of the entire army. In addition, there were many people who did not have weapons to practice. At first glance, he came to the military camp to hang out.

The entire military camp has a casual atmosphere, with people sunbathing, chatting, playing, and gambling. Various forms of leisure and entertainment can be seen in the military camp, but only training scenes cannot be seen.

With a gloomy look on his face, Hu Zongxian asked the general of the university field to beat the drums and gather the soldiers. It took half an hour to gather the soldiers in the camp.

After Hu Zongxian led some people to verify, he found that the number of soldiers and horses in the university camp was seriously inaccurate. Compared with the number of people reported on paper, it was seriously insufficient. Even with the old, weak, sick and disabled, the entire military camp was only 6,890. There were only eleven soldiers, which was nearly 80% smaller than the number they reported.

It was reported that there were 30,000 people, but the actual number was only 6,891, resulting in a deficit of more than 23,000 and a shortage of more than 23,000 in wages.

How unscrupulous! !

The dignified Beijing camp was in such a state. The soldiers had no fighting power and the generals had no scruples. Hu Zongxian was heartbroken and laughed angrily, "Haha, the campus camp is also a Beijing camp. Beijing camp, I didn't expect it. I never expected it. I'm so naive." Weary men live in the sixth place, and bare hands are in the second place. It is true that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and peace is long-lasting. I have nothing to fear."

"Haha, Mr. Hu, some soldiers have asked for leave and are not in the camp. Please be considerate."

Master Zhang, the master of the university field, stepped forward with a smile, explained in a low voice, and slipped a banknote to Hu Zongxian without leaving any trace.

Hu Zongxian pushed away the banknote, looked at the general with an expressionless face, and twitched his lips, "Master Zhang, have more than 20,000 soldiers asked for leave?! What a coincidence?!"

Master Zhang, the commander of the university field, smiled awkwardly and whispered, "It's not a coincidence."

Hu Zongxian's face suddenly became gloomy.

"Haha, Mr. Hu, please calm down. To be honest, this is not only the case in our military camp, but also in other armies."

Master Zhang, the commander of the large school field, laughed twice and explained.

"Nowadays, the Japanese invasion is becoming more and more serious. How can we control the Japanese invasion under such circumstances?!" Hu Zongxian asked with a sneer.

"Since the Battle of Jingnan, our Yingtian City has not been invaded for more than a hundred years. The Japanese pirates Xiaoxiao are just wreaking havoc in the countryside. Even if they eat the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard, they dare not come to our Yingtian City."

Master Zhang, the master of the university field, said without any worries.