Fortunately, things were far from that point. After a few days of domestication, the whipped guys immediately sat down with a smile on their faces, and everything went according to plan.

This time, the auxiliary soldiers scattered among the crowd did not leave after distributing the food as they did in the past. Instead, they stood there, smiling maliciously, watching the people wolfing down the food. Most of them only took three or two bites.

He stuffed the fragrant cake into his mouth and swallowed it, fearing that the kings would change their minds and snatch it back again, until there was only the last small piece left in their hands, and they began to chew slowly, savoring the enjoyment with half-closed eyes.

Let the large amount of saliva secreted in the mouth naturally transport the food into the esophagus little by little. Then he licked his oily fingers again and again, still intoxicated in the unfinished happiness.

The auxiliary soldiers began to speak: "Do you still want to eat?"

The crowd suddenly erupted into pleas that echoed through the sky.

"You, you, you..." the auxiliary soldiers began to point their hands at the guys who had just carefully examined them one by one, "go over there and get them! As long as you work hard, you will have enough delicious food!"

From east to west, the "lucky ones" who were pointed out stood up one after another with great joy, and walked in twos and threes toward the southeast, in the direction pointed by the auxiliary soldiers.

Guan Shengyun used the white flour that he was reluctant to save for the New Year to eat from people's homes. Well, a very small part of it, he got more than 3,000 cannon fodder that will be used in the first batch of siege. Now he is still very happy and grateful.

Cannon fodder.

Gu Baihua was wandering boredly in the crowd when he suddenly heard a faint whimpering. The crowd was buzzing with comments, chewing, swallowing, and violent coughs when someone choked...it was loud and the whimpering was very loud.

Light, almost like a nearly silent sob. Logically speaking, it should have been swallowed up by the noise, but for some reason, Gu Baihua suddenly felt his heart tightening. Then, it seemed as if the sounds around him suddenly became silent, and there was only that sound.

The sobs were thin, sharp, and pierced directly into his eardrums and into the bottom of his heart.

Turning his head to look around, there were people everywhere, but Gu Baihua recognized the source of the voice at a glance. It was a village girl with a lot of pot ash on her face, her messy hair was fluffy, and there were a lot of dead grass leaves on it.

The baby, who was about six or seven years old, was half leaning in her arms, with her eyes closed. The village girl’s hand under the baby’s neck tightly grasped the break of half a sheet of dough, and she kept holding a small piece in her other hand.

Touching the baby's pale lips, big drops of tears fell on the baby's equally dirty face, muttering in his mouth: "Gou Sheng is good, Gou Sheng eats white flour pancakes, Gou Sheng opens his eyes"

Open your eyes and take a look, I have pancakes." Beside her, a wretched-looking guy in his forties or fifties was still moving his mouth, his eyes fixed on the other half of the pancake, Lian Gu Baihua waded through the crowd and walked

I didn't notice it until I got closer.

The situation is not difficult to judge: the parents are gone for some reason, the siblings depend on each other, and the younger brother is dying. When the guy next to him saw that the auxiliary soldiers had gone away, he snatched half of the cake from his sister. The sister, who was unable to resist, besides sobbing,

What can be done?

The murderous Gu Baihua's heart had long been as stubborn as the thousand-year-old ice on the top of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. But at this moment, those teardrops were like a stream of incandescent molten iron dripping onto the ice and penetrating through it.

.At first it was just a slight crack. In a sudden moment, this piece of solid ice broke from the middle, cracked, and suddenly collapsed, turning into a crystal clear trickle, gurgling down, nourishing the area next to Shuhe Ancient Town.

Vibrant and brilliant mountain flowers.

The girl first saw a pair of cowhide combat boots in front of her. When she raised her head, she saw an armored skirt and two long knives slung on her left and right sides. Then, looking up from the breastplate, was Gu Baihua's gaze.

God's will in the dark.

Somehow, looking at the "thief" in front of her, the girl wondered why she didn't have a trace of fear in her heart at that time. Instead, she felt a sense of security, as if she had found support all of a sudden, and her tense heart relaxed instantly.

Come down and take a long breath.

Also afterwards, Gu Baihua explained to his companions who were making fun of him: "Don't laugh, you bastards. What we do is licking blood from the blade of a knife. I know in my heart that sooner or later, I will be hacked to death somewhere.

Before that, we would just chop someone else. But at that moment, I suddenly felt an itch and a soft feeling in my heart. Let's put it this way, I know that killing is wrong, but I have done so much, and I still have to keep doing it in order to survive.

.At that moment, I suddenly felt that I should be able to do a good thing in this half of my life, to protect someone, to protect someone who even if I have never met, but I can really protect her. I know in my heart that if I protect her today, she may be the same person tomorrow.

She will still die. But if she just walks away and doesn’t tell her that she won’t be able to survive now, this matter will definitely haunt me for the rest of my life. I will remember it after one day and I will never be able to escape it.”

The simple words plucked the fragile strings in the hearts of these rough guys. Yes, they are not vicious devils. Most of them have reached this point just because the court did not leave any other way for them to go.

Lu - Of course, although everyone felt sorry for each other, it didn't stop them from pinching Gu Baihua's nose until he vomited all over the floor.

This is something.

At this moment, Gu Baihua just calmly ordered Liang Laosi: "Take them to me and ask the doctor to come over and see if the baby can be saved." Then with a dark face, he said to the girl: "Follow him."

Liang Laosi stepped forward and picked up Gou Sheng. The girl did not flinch, she stood up obediently, followed Liang Laosi and left the crowd with her head lowered.

Watching their figures go further and further away, Gu Baihua turned around and looked silently at the guy grabbing the noodles. The latter initially smiled shyly and flattered him, but then he secretly glanced at Gu Baihua's cold eyes, and his smile froze in his eyes.

On his face, his eyes turned to begging for mercy, and then he turned over and knelt on the ground, kowtowing constantly, whining for the king to spare his life, exchanging tears. Gu Baihua stared at the undulating upper body, and slowly pulled out the waist knife, steel knife and knife

The friction of the scabbard made people's scalp numb. Gu Baihua was silent, holding the handle of the knife with both hands and raising it above his head, slashing down diagonally, and a miserable howl suddenly sounded...

There was no need for the doctor anymore, Gou Sheng had already died. When Gu Baihua came back, he arranged for people to bury it, and drove away the few soldiers who occupied the girl's house. The girl stayed in her own house. Liang Laosi took care of her every day.

Send some food.

Some of the generals have heard of storytelling. In "The Generals of the Yang Family", there is a saying that those who take wives before the battle are killed. But everyone is a rebel who lives day by day with his head in his belt, and no one will really take storytelling seriously.

It was the same thing. They were just joking about this with Gu Baihua, and when they met, they made beheading gestures: first they used their palms as swords and slashed at their own necks, then tilted their heads, stuck out their tongues and stared, making a strange look.

At first, Gu Baihua chased the guy making gestures, but later the generals learned the lesson and saw him making gestures from a distance, and then ran away laughing. Gu Baihua did nothing.

With the military affairs in hand and the general attack approaching, Gu Baihua was just soft-hearted at first. He really didn't want to take advantage of this unkempt and dirty-faced village girl. After the girl washed up, she realized that she was actually very beautiful, and she was even more moved.

.However, once we got to know each other really well, and even less able to save face and force the overlord to attack me, I still slept with Guan Luo and other generals in the restaurant that served as the headquarters of the former enemy. I went there from time to time to take a look, although I didn't break the window paper.

, the two of them have a good understanding of each other.

During the days when they were preparing to attack the city, the generals were busy preparing their troops and forging equipment, while Guan Shengyun drafted his own military orders with the help of his two masters, Luo.

Of course, the ancient army also had military disciplines, such as those clearly recorded in the "General Military Classics". However, in most cases, each department implemented its own military laws modified and formulated by the leading generals. In the past, they were bandits, but in the future they are thousands of miles away.

The future of the war is uncertain, and it is necessary to transform into a regular army. Therefore, it is indeed necessary to formulate a military law. Several Guan Shengyun came from the army, and they can remember some important contents. After Luo's father and son pondered and supplemented, in a few days

There will eventually be some success.

Luo and his son also gained a lot. As a civil servant before, Luo Yonghao didn't know much about the so-called military law. After thinking about it carefully through the memories of Guan Shengyun and others, especially Luo Shifan, a clever guy, he discovered many things.

Military regulations are actually based on the in-depth study and understanding of the psychology of soldiers by the generals on the front line, and are not just the whim of rough people.

For example, this one: "Anyone who escapes from the battle will be killed. After the war, the deserter returns to the camp and beats him with forty army sticks." At first, Luo Yonghao thought it was nonsense: It's the same as running away. If you catch him on the spot, you will kill him. If you don't catch him, he will give you a beating and it will be over.

Didn't you encourage everyone to run away together? After Guan Shengyun finished explaining, Military Advisor Luo realized that his thinking was completely wrong: escaping before the battle would undoubtedly greatly shake the morale of the army. The soldiers did not have a God's perspective overlooking the overall situation and could only see

In the situation around them, local defeats can often pull up the entire front, so the generals must stop it at the first opportunity through merciless killing. When the overall situation after the war has been decided, if the deserters who return to the camp are killed without mercy,

, the escaped guys will have no way back, and will have no choice but to become bandits, and the army will also lose a lot of cannon fodder. Therefore, just beating them up - compared with being killed as thieves sooner or later or starving to death in the wilderness, risking your life and getting a beating

A beating is obviously more cost-effective for the deserters. Moreover, some people were forced to run, but they still dared to fight. Some people were just a natural reaction to going to the battlefield for the first time... It would be unfair to kill them all.

fair.

When it comes to military law, we have to talk about Qi Jiguang anyway. Rather than saying that Lao Qi is a famous general in a hundred battles, it is more appropriate to say that he is better at training troops and leads a good army. For example, Lao Qi has a rule that if he fights

If you fail, the commander will be killed. If the commander dies, the entire team will be killed.

In this regard, he explained this: Do you think that if I lose the battle, I will only kill the commander and put all the responsibility on him? If the war starts, everyone will run away? Haha, wrong! Assume that you are a small flag officer and start a fight.

What will you do? You must rush! Because if you retreat, you will be dead when you come back. The only chance of survival is to rush forward and kill the enemy! Right? The officer rushes forward. Assume that you are his soldier, what will you do?

Watching your commander rush up and be hacked to death? No one can survive when you come back! You can only rush up with him, right? If your commander dies, you can bring back an enemy's head and kill the rest of the team.

Don't worry, man, you're fine. Otherwise, I will definitely kill you! In this way, the other generals have tried their best to use their personal soldiers to supervise the battle groups and kill the deserters, but they still can't stop them. Are you tired? I seem to have only killed one person, but I can use my fingers like an arm.

Leaders at all levels: If the battalion officer dies, I kill the team officer, and the team officer has to rush. If the team officer dies, I kill the chief flag officer, and the chief flag officer has to rush. If the chief flag officer dies, I kill the small flag officer, and the small flag officer has to rush.

You have to charge. If the flag officer dies, I will kill the whole team. Everyone has to charge for me! Thousands of tigers and wolves are howling and charging, who can stop them?

Qi Jiguang led 3,000 athletes to rampage through Jimen and beat 100,000 Mongolian compatriots to flee to Mobei. However, his casualties were always in single digits. In addition to being well-trained, this move also played an important role - it seems that the Shaomin compatriots were able to escape.

Apart from Maxim, classmate Lao Qi also became good at singing and dancing.

It's a pity that Guan Shengyun and Luo Yonghao didn't figure out Lao Qi's killer move. However, even so, the combat effectiveness of this unit was far superior to that of many official and regular troops of the Ming Dynasty.

A few days later, the general attack on Shaanzhou finally began.

Appendix, the law of seventeen prohibitions and fifty-four beheadings. This is the general rule of most battalions. Only the seventeen prohibitions are listed here. The fifty-four beheads are too wordy and will be omitted.

One: If you hear that the drums do not advance, that the gold does not stop, that the flag cannot be raised, or that the flag does not fall down, this is called rebelling against the army, and the offender will be killed.

Second: Failure to answer the call by name, failure to arrive at the appointed time, failure to arrive at the scheduled time, and changing the law of the teacher. This is called a slow army, and the offender will be killed.

The third one is to spread the word of unruly fighting at night, to be lazy and not to retaliate, to be more slow and disobedient, and to have an unclear signal. This is called a slack army, and the offender will be killed.

Fourth: He complains a lot, makes his commander angry, refuses to obey restraints, and becomes even more difficult to control. This is called arrogance of the army, and the offender will be killed.

Fifth: Raise your voice and laugh, defy the forbidden covenants, and rush into the military gates. This is called a light army, and the offenders will be killed.

Sixth: The weapons used are bows and crossbows without strings, arrows without feathers, swords and halberds that are useless, and flags withered. This is called bullying the army, and the offender will be beheaded.

Seventh: Rumors and deceit, fabricating ghosts and gods, pretending to be in a dream, spreading heresies, and deceiving the soldiers. This is called a prostitute, and the offender will be killed.

Eighth: A person with a sharp tongue and sharp teeth, thinks right and wrong without thinking, and mobilizes soldiers to make them discord. This is called slandering the army, and the offender will be killed.

Nine: Wherever you go, you abuse the people, and if you force the women of the people to rape you, you are called a traitor, and the offender will be killed.

Number 10: Stealing people's property for one's own benefit, taking someone's head for one's own merit. This is called robbing the army, and the offender will be beheaded.

Chapter 11: Soldiers and civilians gather together to discuss matters, enter tents privately, and spy on military aircraft. This is called spying on the army, and the offenders will be executed.

No. 12: If you hear the plan or the order, leak it to the outside and let the enemy know about it, this is called backing the army, and the offender will be killed.

Thirteenth: When called upon, those who are tongue-tied, lowered their eyebrows and bowed their heads, and have a troubled look on their face are called ruthless soldiers, and the offender will be beheaded.

Fourteenth: If you go out into the army, help people in front or behind, talk loudly, and do not follow the forbidden instructions, this is called a disorderly army, and the offenders will be killed.

Chapter 15: Treating an enemy with an injury and making him sick to avoid an expedition, pinching an injury and feigning death to escape. This is called deceiving the army, and the offender will be beheaded.

Chapter 16: When he is in charge of money and food, and when giving rewards, his relatives make the soldiers grudge against each other. This is called a bad army, and the offenders will be killed.

Seventeenth: Observing the invaders without interrogating them, detecting the unknown thieves, not saying anything about them when they arrive, speaking too little when there are many, and speaking too much when there are few. This is called misleading the army, and the offender will be killed.

Personally, I feel that the above-mentioned military laws were formulated with the participation of civil servants. I just came up with some awkward terms for rebelling against the army, deceiving the army, ruthlessly conquering the army, and no one can understand it, let alone remember it. The soldiers who are illiterate are still like Zeng Guofan.
Chapter completed!