At the end of the Sui Dynasty, I am the king

Chapter 28: Issue rewards

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He had just won a battle and built up the confidence of victory for the Dongdu defenders in the field battle. At the critical moment, Chen Yingliang was dragged down by the small body left by the dead ghost Chen Yingliang, but suddenly fell ill. all night.

As the news spread, the morale of the Dongdu garrison, whose confidence had just recovered, was naturally hit again. In addition, the generals at the grassroots level lacked experience in mobilizing troops. The rumors that Yang Xuangan was blessed by God said that Yang Xuangan was destined by heaven, and those who were hostile to him would be punished. That's why Chen Yingliang fell ill after defeating the rebels. Such nonsense still has a market among the Youwuwei Army, who are generally not highly educated.

Fan Zigai, Huangfu Wuyi and other important ministers of Dongdu who placed high hopes on Chen Yingliang were of course wanting to cry, so they had no choice but to send the imperial physician to the Baoguo Army camp overnight to treat Chen Yingliang. Fortunately, Chen Yingliang was still young and strong after all. He didn't get emptied by his hungry wife like a certain rickshaw driver. After being in a coma all night with a high fever, Chen Yingliang woke up, and opened his mouth to drink the excellent soup carefully prepared by the imperial physician.

After drinking the bitter decoction and another bowl of millet porridge, Chen Yingliang's mind has regained consciousness even though his body is still limp and weak, and he asked weakly to Guo Feng and Chen Zhihong who were standing by and wiping their tears: "What about the training?" How is the situation? Have you arranged training?"

"Go back to Chen Ji's office, it's been arranged." Chen Zhihong wiped his tears and replied, "Don't worry, Chen Ji's office. The training will continue as usual. According to the usual training volume, the four brigade commanders are in charge. You don't have to worry about the recording office, brother. We all hope that you will get well soon and lead us to train again."

Chen Yingliang pondered for a moment, and ordered: "Two orders, first, from now on, the training volume of veterans will be reduced to 30% of the usual level, maintain physical strength, and be ready to attack at any time. Second, Fan Liushou and General Huangfu have orders , the size of the national army will be doubled, and the soldiers will be selected from the battalions of Youwuwei. After the official document is delivered, you two will help me select the soldiers of the two regiments. According to my original method, the soldiers must enlist in the army within two years No matter how elite the recruits and veterans are, they are already set, and training will only get twice the result with half the effort."

Guo Feng and Chen Zhihong agreed with tears, and Chen Yingliang said weakly with difficulty: "After the recruits are selected, immediately follow the method I used to train you, train them strictly, let them wear white robes on the same day, and teach them to sing "Serve the Country with Devotion" Let them integrate into you as soon as possible. Also, we must make up for all the missing and sacrificed soldiers..." As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yingliang, who was very weak, fell into a coma again.

Dazed, sometimes drowsy, sometimes hazy, just lying on the hospital bed for more than two days, Chen Yingliang finally regained his sanity, and drank a bowl of rice porridge with the help of the servant Pei Hongce sent, Chen Yingliang was finally able to get dressed and get out of bed, and heard the sound of orderly footsteps and the sound of orderly military songs from outside the room. Regardless of the good intentions of Pei's servants to dissuade him, Chen Yingliang forced himself out of the room and returned to the Baoguo army camp again. on the school field.

The expansion of the national army has obviously been completed. Two Sui army regiment-level military flags have been added beside the banner of Jingzhong patriotic service. There are obviously many more soldiers trained on the school grounds, and they all wear white robes according to Chen Yingliang's request. Chen Yingliang came to the school field sickly, some unfamiliar soldiers were unavoidably agitated, and the orderly marching formation was a little messy, which naturally attracted Guo Feng and Chen Zhihong, who were leading the training, to scold them, and the slightly messy formation quickly recovered Then Chen Zhihong and Guo Feng ran to Chen Yingliang and saluted.

"Good job." Chen Yingliang praised: "In less than three days, you can train the ranks of recruits so well. Both of you have the potential of generals."

"Thank you Chen Jishi for your compliment." Chen Zhihong said modestly: "It's all Jishi who taught us well. He told us the importance of discipline before, and also taught us how to train and cultivate the discipline of our brothers. Only then did we know how to train them. .”

"That's right, we are all under the credit of you, Chen Jishi." Guo Feng also said: "The day before yesterday, Chen Zhihong and I went to the Youwuwei battalions to select soldiers. There are more soldiers in the battalion, and let us give you a message. Please train these soldiers well. As long as you can train them, no matter how strict they are. And these recruits, they are also very obedient. What do you ask them to do? Just do what you want, no one is lazy, ask them, they all said that they want to learn some skills from you, Chen Jishi, and earn more rewards."

"Reward?" Guo Feng's words reminded Chen Yingliang, and Chen Yingliang hurriedly asked: "Have you handed out the reward given to us by the imperial court?"

"It was delivered the day before yesterday." Chen Zhihong replied: "There is also the reward from the imperial court to the reporter, and it was also delivered, but without your words, we haven't dared to send it down."

"It's fine if you don't give it out." Chen Yingliang breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ordered: "Guo Feng, take some veterans and bring all the rewards here, along with the rewards given to me, and then assemble the team, and I will present the rewards in public. "

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the government soldiers were conscripts. Not only did ordinary soldiers have to bear their own armor and military travel expenses, but they didn’t even have a penny in their military pay. If they wanted to earn money in the army, the only source of money was military merit other than robbing the enemy and the common people during wars. The reward, although both Guo Feng and Chen Zhihong have been promoted to lieutenant and can receive the military salary, but the time is too short to receive the military salary of a senior, and the reward has long been longed for. Hearing Chen Yingliang's order, he was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly took some veterans who had finished their training to the warehouse in the camp, and brought in the rewards from the imperial court that had not been unsealed until now.

Taking advantage of Guo Feng's opportunity to bring people to move the rewards, Chen Yingliang asked Chen Zhihong about the situation of some recruits. Only then did he know that after the recruits of the two regiments were replenished, no new generals such as school lieutenants and brigade commanders had been appointed yet. The training was led by the school lieutenant and brigade commander of the old Baoguo army. At the same time, the two soldiers of the Baoguo army who were seriously injured in the battle three days ago have been determined to be disabled and unable to recover their combat effectiveness, and two other recruits have been selected replace. Chen Yingliang was quite satisfied after hearing this, and praised Chen Zhihong and Guo Feng.

A moment later, hundreds of large boxes of rewards were carted to the school grounds and placed in front of the banner of loyalty to the country. More than 800 soldiers of the Nationalist Army who had been expanded into four regiments also gathered under the banner and lined up according to the order. At Chen Yingliang's request, veterans and recruits stood in line. Seeing the mountains of rich rewards, the recruits were so jealous that their eyes popped out of their sockets, while the veterans were excited and nervous. They hoped to receive the rewards earlier, and secretly prayed for Chen Yingliang and the principal above them. The lieutenants and brigade commanders can be more kind-hearted, and reduce the amount of court rewards that are routinely withheld.

Everything was ready, Chen Yingliang stood under the banner of serving the country faithfully, forced himself to smile and said, "Try to be quiet, I'm sick now, so I can't speak loudly, don't speak without request."

More than 800 people were silent, and all eyes were on Chen Yingliang's face. Chen Yingliang nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Half of the brothers know me, and the other half of the brothers should be seeing me for the first time. Let me introduce myself routinely." , My name is Chen Yingliang, I am the secretary of the Zanzhi Yamen in Henan County, and I am also the chief general of the national service army temporarily appointed by the court. From now on, the new brothers and the old brothers will call me Chen Jishi."

After finishing speaking, Chen Yingliang gave Chen Zhihong a wink, Chen Zhihong understood, strode up to the recruit team, and shouted loudly: "Salute, I have seen Chen Jishi!"

"I've seen Chen Jishi!" More than 400 recruits saluted and greeted loudly, their movements were neat and their voices were loud and clear, which did not disappoint Guo Feng and Chen Zhihong's training in the past two days.

"Excuse me." Chen Yingliang returned the salute. After the recruit team stood at attention again, Chen Yingliang turned to the veteran team and said with a smile, "I can't wait anymore? My body was not up to snuff, and I suddenly fell ill and lay on the hospital bed for three days. My God, it made you wait for three days, I was wrong, I apologize to the brothers."

As he said that, Chen Yingliang really bowed to the veteran team, and tried his best to say loudly: "Brothers, I was wrong, which caused the reward you deserved to be delayed for three days. I apologize to you, and I promise you that I will definitely do it in the future Make corrections, and the rewards will be delivered to you as soon as possible."

Seeing the sickly Chen Yingliang bowing and apologizing to himself, the eyes of the veterans who reported to the national army were all red. Gritting his teeth, he tried hard to restrain the excitement in his chest.

"There are two rules for the distribution of my rewards." Chen Yingliang said loudly again: "First, the small ones first, then the big ones, and they are distributed according to the gangs. First, the soldiers are distributed, and then the gang leaders. After all the gangs have received their rewards, Then there is the deputy captain of the team, then the brigade commander, and finally the captain. The reason is very simple. If there are no soldiers, there will be no captains. Charge first, enjoy later, this is my rule! Do you understand?"

"Understood!" The veterans of the Nationalist Army answered in unison, while the recruits answered unevenly.

"Answer again." Chen Yingliang was a little displeased, and yelled at the recruit team: "From the moment you joined the National Defense Army, you are members of the National Defense Army. Questions, you have to answer together, I will ask again, do you understand?!"

"Understood!" More than 800 soldiers of the Nationalist Army answered in unison.

"Very good." Chen Yingliang nodded, and said loudly: "My second rule, you must shout a slogan to me in unison, eat the meal of the imperial court! Wear the clothes of the imperial court! Every time the red flag is raised, you should shout in unison, You must firmly remember that the money you receive, the armor you wear, and the food you eat are all given to you by the imperial court! Do you understand?"

"Understood!" After the soldiers of the Nationalist Army answered in unison, Chen Yingliang randomly appointed a captain to hold the red flag and command the soldiers to shout slogans. When the red flag was raised, more than 800 soldiers of the Nationalist Army shouted The voice also echoed in the school grounds, "Eat court food! Wear court clothes! Eat court food! Wear court clothes!"

Amidst the rhythmic slogans, Chen Yingliang shouted loudly: "The first group of the first group of the first regiment of the national defense army, all come out, come to me! Line up, line up!"

A team leader led nine soldiers out of the line, and strode up to Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang asked Guo Feng and Chen Zhihong to hold up the copper coins for him, put the two copper coins in the hands of the soldier at the end of the line, and asked loudly: "Go up!" Before the first battle, I told you that the rewards will be doubled! Now you tell the soldiers, what is your name, what rank and identity, and how many rewards have you received?"

"Zhang Hu, a soldier from the first group of the first group of the first regiment of the national army, received two rewards!" The soldier replied loudly, and at the same time was so moved that he shed tears on the spot - because Chen Yingliang did not withhold a single reward!

Chen Yingliang nodded, and then went to the next soldier, put two copper coins in his hands, and also asked to declare his identity and the number of rewards he received, the soldier took it with both hands, and cried out loudly, with Crying loudly: "The first group of soldiers of the first group of the first regiment of the national army, Wang Ya, received the reward, two rounds, one money is not missing..."

"Ding Si, a soldier in the first group of the first regiment of the first regiment of the national army, received two rewards, no less!"

"Chen Dadan, a soldier of the second group of the first group of the first regiment of the national army, received two rewards..."

"Eat court food! Wear court clothes! Eat court food! Wear court clothes!"

Amidst the constantly echoing slogans, and at the same time the soldiers' self-reported names and rewards, the crooked Chen Yingliang handed out the rewards to the soldiers one by one, and handed out the rewards to the soldiers without any deduction. In his hands, sweat ran down the face of Chen Yingliang, the newly released actor of the Sui Dynasty, and wet the copper coins distributed to the soldiers. Tears rolled down the faces of every veteran of the Nationalist Army, and wet the fronts of their chests. The soldiers wept bitterly on the spot, including some recruits who were not eligible to receive the rewards. At the same time, all the recruits of the National Defense Army also understood one thing. Their future has hope. They joined the National Defense Army and did the right thing.

Chen Yingliang's body was still a little weaker, and he couldn't support it halfway through the distribution, so he was forced to entrust the distribution of rewards to Guo Feng, and sat aside to rest and supervise himself. He was a full head taller than Chen Yingliang, and he was already used to it. Guo Feng, who was deducted from his reward by his superiors, cried like a child. Together with Chen Zhihong, who was also in tears, he distributed the rewards to the soldiers one by one, and distributed them to the soldiers who were also tearful. Chen Yingliang copied Yuan Datou The slogans of the school have been reverberating on the school grounds, and the fighting spirit of the already high-spirited Nationalist Army team is soaring. Everyone is looking forward to the next big battle, looking forward to the next opportunity to make meritorious deeds and earn money.

After finally distributing the rewards to the four hundred or so veterans, Chen Yingliang, who regained some strength, personally distributed the rewards to sixteen captains and deputy captains and four brigade commanders, and finally Guo Feng and Chen Zhihong. The veterans of the national newspaper army clasped their hands and said loudly: "Soldiers, you have worked hard. We still have 21 brothers who were lying on the battlefield forever three days ago. The two brothers were seriously injured and could no longer lift their swords against us. Let’s kill thieves together to put down the rebellion and serve the country loyally, but don’t worry, I will definitely hand out their rewards to them and their families, do you believe me?”

"Believe it!" More than 800 soldiers of the Nationalist Army answered in unison, their voices like thunder.

"There is one more thing. After explaining it, you can disband." Chen Yingliang pointed to another pile of unopened wooden boxes next to him, and said loudly: "This is a reward from the imperial court. Three hundred pieces of colored silk, and one piece of money. Qian Guan! Guo Feng, Chen Zhihong, you two will divide these rewards into four parts, one part will be divided equally between our disabled brothers and the families of the brothers who died in battle, two parts will be divided equally between the brothers who killed the enemy three days ago, and the last part will be given to us. new brothers, count me as a welcome gift for them!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the audience was shocked. Guo Feng was the first to jump out and shouted: "Chen Jishi, what do you do? You gave us all the rewards given to you by the court, what are you going to do?"

"Me?" Chen Yingliang laughed, and said loudly: "I have a salary, don't forget, I am the secretary of the Zanzhi Mansion, and I have a salary collar in front of Li Guogong. I have no worries about food and clothing. You are different. You are soldiers of the government. There is no salary in the army, and I live on this reward! Rewards are not important to me, but to you, they are more important than lives! I am not in a hurry to marry a wife, nor do I want to set up any family business. It is useless to keep these things , it’s all for you!”

"Chen Jishi, you..." Guo Feng opened his mouth wide, and couldn't help crying again, and the new and old ranks of the Nationalist Army were also crying.

"Why are you crying?!" Chen Yingliang was a little angry, and roared: "Man, don't shed blood and tears! Don't thank me, thank the court! Thank Li Guogong! If the court didn't give me a big reward, I would like to invite each of you to drink a bowl of porridge , I have to dismantle my bones to make a hammer, and peel my skin to make a drum! If Li Guogong hadn’t supported me, let alone I can share this thing with you, even if I fight side by side with you, then don’t even think about it thing!"

"That's it. The rewards given to me by the imperial court will be divided like this. If there is any objection, it will be handled according to military law!"

Chen Yingliang yelled again, then waved his hands, and ordered: "I have to go back to rest, you continue to train, after the training is over, two school lieutenants, four brigade commanders, and sixteen captains and deputy captains all come to my room Come, I want to discuss some military matters with you."

As he said that, Chen Yingliang, who was sick, walked straight to his room with difficulty. Without anyone's order, all the soldiers of the patriotic army knelt down on one knee to Chen Yingliang, saluted with fists in their hands, and cried unceasingly. And when Chen Yingliang's figure disappeared, Guo Feng jumped up and shouted at Chen Zhihong: "Chen Zhihong, we are already official school captains, and we are also paid by the army. I think you and I don't share the rewards from Chen Ji's office. Give it all to the brothers, what do you say?"

"Okay!" Chen Zhihong also jumped up, and shouted: "You and I don't want the captain of Chen Ji's office, and give it all to the brothers!"

"I don't want mine either, give it all to the brothers!"

One brigade commander jumped up and yelled, and then two more brigade commanders also jumped up and expressed their abandonment of participating in the distribution of spoils, but finally the brigade commander unexpectedly shouted: "I want it! I must have my share!"

Under the glaring gazes of all the soldiers of the Nationalist Army, the brigade commander who also had the same surname Chen added loudly: "My share is to be distributed to the families of the brothers who died in battle! So I must!"

There was thunderous applause and cheers, and Chen Zhihong, who dreamed of marrying Sister Feng, was so excited that he raised his gun and shouted, "Brothers, follow Chen Jishi! Kill thieves and suppress rebellion! Serve the country faithfully!"

"Kill the thieves and put down the rebellion! Serve the country with loyalty! Kill the thieves and put down the rebellion! Serve the country with loyalty! Kill the thieves and put down the rebellion! Serve the country with loyalty!" All the soldiers of the national service army shouted, shouting rhythmically, crying with tears streaming down their faces .

"The smoke rises, and the mountains and rivers look north. The dragon rolls up, the horse neighs, and the sword is like frost! The heart is like the Yellow River..."

Without any organization, more than 800 old and new soldiers of the National Defense Army sang this military song in unison again, singing this "original" military song of the National Defense Army by Chen Yingliang with tears streaming down their faces. Passionate and emotional, almost all soldiers of the National Defense Army are like this. But outside the camp, seeing and hearing all this through the fence, countless soldiers of the Sui army who watched the excitement burst into tears, humming this military song, and then hated their own bad luck. Entering an army like the Baoguo Army, I hated my boss for being ruthless. I couldn't be as selfless as Chen Yingliang, who loved soldiers like children...

Through the mouths of officials who assisted Chen Yingliang in forming the National Defense Army, Fan Zigai, Huangfu Wuyi and other important officials in the Eastern Capital finally found out what happened that night. Wuyi couldn't help but smile, because they all knew that they would soon have more elite soldiers to use in the difficult and difficult counter-insurgency war.

"This boy will really cause trouble for me! Even if you buy people's hearts, don't make the scene so big that You Wuwei's bunch of idiots can't get off the stage, right?"

Chen Yingliang's current uncle Li Guogong Pei Hongce scratched his head and the back of his head when he heard all this, and cursed the hypocrisy and treachery of the new nephew. But after thinking about it calmly and carefully, Pei Hongce soon felt relieved, and sneered secretly in his heart, "Afraid of a ball? My bastard nephew is not from You Wuwei, he is directly under the control of Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi, You Wuwei If those idiots hate him again, what can they do to him?"

"Also, in the current situation, if Youwuwei's gang of idiots dare to make trouble, Old Fan stubborn and Huangfu sick man can skin them! After the matter is over, if they dare to make trouble again, I will just find a reason and kill their whole family with a memorial It's all easy! Are you afraid that they will turn upside down?!"

"Wait! Wait! My bastard nephew, don't you even calculate these consequences?!"