Chapter 152 Reactions from all parties
The recruitment of recruits there is also coming to an end.
Chen Yunfa scared away most of the young people who came to join the army and received military pay with an almost cruel assessment. However, Liu Lang was slightly surprised by the 86 young people who were left after lifting 80 kilograms of stone barbells and being able to run three thousand feet in a quarter of an hour (kingdom measurement standard, one foot is now one meter).
No wonder in the full-scale war five years later, Qiu Tongzhou sent 300,000 troops with the power of the state, and the number of strong men reached more than 3 million. The huge population base ensured the quality of the troops.
After rejecting his parents' proposal to choose twenty more people from the guards to join the army, Liu Lang only took Sanchuan, who had been with him since childhood.
The reason is very simple. What Liu Lang wants to build is an elite army to defend his country, not a Liu family army. Even if one day Liu Lang is gone, this army can still continue to fight against the Black Hawk Empire Army. What they are loyal to should not be someone, but the people of this country, this country, and this is the military spirit that an elite army should have.
Liu Lang, who traveled through time and space, understood very well that the military soul seemed very illusory, but it really existed. An army without military souls would often collapse at a touch, while the army with it would often see that you would fight to the death without retreating.
Wang Mingzhang and his 122nd Division fought bloody battles with 3,000 Teng County, all the troops of Teng County were Mo and no one retreated. Hu Lian and his 11th Division defended Shipai to fight with the bayonets for three hours. As soon as the Duchy Kingdom was established, they went north to fight with the soldiers of the Baiying Kingdom in the ice and snow. All the officers and soldiers of the 6th Company of the 117th Regiment of the Ninth Corps, who were only wearing single clothes, were motionless in the low temperature of minus 40 degrees below Changjin Lake, and all the people were frozen into ice sculptures, and no one retreated.
If you retreat, you will live; if you don’t retreat, you will die. With such a simple choice, they chose the latter because of the honor of soldiers and the protection of soldiers. This is the military soul, the soul of soldiers.
After saying goodbye to his parents, he took the recruits, technical workers and the talented doctor who had not yet sobered up, it took Liu Lang a full week to return to Andong City. It had been half a month since Liu Lang left.
Liu Runsheng was even more decisive than Liu Lang imagined. On the second day after he finished his talk with Liu Lang, he sent all rights to Andongcheng from public security to administration to the Independent Regiment of the Second Division of the Kingdom Army.
This move not only caused an uproar in Qiu Tongzhou, but also the king who was in the royal capital was slightly surprised after hearing Liu Runsheng's move.
The kingdom has long been coveting Qiu Tongzhou. But although the eight warlords in Qiu Tongzhou fought over and had a grudge against him, if the kingdom showed his intention to completely include Qiu Tongzhou in control, those guys instantly became united together to form brothers and brothers to fight against the central government. Although the Qiu Tong army, which has hundreds of thousands of troops, is poorly equipped, the natural, steep and easy to defend but not easy to attack, and the huge population base make the kingdom like a hunting dog facing a hedgehog, and can only grin and do nothing.
The reason why Liu Lang's Independent Regiment was able to enter the gateway garrison in Qiu Tongzhou was because of the special family background of Liu Lang, the leader of the Independent Regiment. If Liu Lang was not a member of the Liu family, the king would be sure that not to mention 1,500 people, even a hundred people could make the robed brothers in Qiu Tongzhou angry.
However, what made the king feel relieved was that he had stationed an army in Qiu Tongzhou, reducing the embarrassment. Even if he was just garrisoning, even if the more than a thousand people were like a small ant in front of hundreds of thousands of Qiu Tong Army, a behemoth, and could be swallowed clean at any time.
But now, Liu Runsheng, one of the largest warlords in Qiu Tongzhou, has been very generous in handing over the entire northern gateway to the Independent Group. What is he trying to do?
No one would think that Liu Lang would change his flag and join Qiu Tongjun with his troops. That would be a death sentence. Not to mention that Qiu Tongjun could not protect him, even if he could, no one would want to protect him. Some things were destined to be placed below the table. If they were really placed on the table, they would completely tear them apart. This is the so-called politics.
Dirty, ugly, but always there.
The king was still touching his head, but the opposition in Qiu Tongzhou disappeared under the telegram of another big boss Liu Wei.
As Liu Lang’s identity as Liu Wei’s cousin and Liu Runsheng’s nephew, it is no longer a secret. Since both the Liu family’s bosses agree, what else would the rest of the big guys with far inferior strength say? Anyway, what they give is not their territory? As long as you don’t touch the fat meat in your hot pot, you will naturally be at your disposal. The one or two thousand independent group was not taken seriously by anyone.
The many thoughts of the big guys are not important to Liu Lang, but the enthusiasm of local snakes in Andong City is rising. If it was mostly flattering in the past, now it is almost licking.
If it were a civil servant, it might be just empty talk, but Liu Lang, who had a thousand elite troops, could truly dominate the fate of everyone in Andongcheng, including the county magistrate after obtaining this title.
The commander of the city defense security guard Zhan Chengfang secretly thanked that he had been careful and did not report the exaggerated idea that Liu Lang revealed to Shangfeng. Otherwise, the day when Liu Lang returned would be the time for him to leave. Liu Lang, who was in charge of Andong City, would not say that he had a fortress or a palace. As long as he had money, no one would make any noise, even if it was a kingdom.
This is the sadness of the people, but it has created a lot of convenience for Liu Lang.
However, the arrival of this news greatly accelerated the construction of Liu Lang's base. When Liu Lang returned, with the efforts of tens of thousands of migrant workers, the temporary base of the Independent Regiment had been basically completed in just half a month. Although it was still quite far away from the military fortress planned by Liu Lang.
However, the soldiers who had been in the sky for more than ten days finally had a spacious and bright barracks.
According to Liu Lang's request, a dormitory can accommodate twelve soldiers including the sergeant squad leader. They also used high and low beds, completely abandoning the previous large-scale shop.
Although a group of big men slept in a big bed, they certainly increase brotherhood, but the smell of smelly feet that lasted for a long time is also close to each recruit. It is a nightmare for almost every recruit. Maintaining good personal hygiene is also Liu Lang's most basic requirement for all the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment.
The recruitment of new recruits in the Andongcheng area has also achieved fruitful results. Being able to get fifteen yuan in cash silver coins and military pay per month can become a huge temptation in the city, not to mention that in mountainous areas like Andongcheng, after the same rigorous selection, 798 people were left behind.
The Gou family in Yili Town also sent 500 new recruits in Fuhongzhou as promised. A total of nearly 1,700 new recruits made the senior executives of the Independent Regiment face the trouble of happiness.
How can the entire independent regiment with only 1,500 people swallow up so many new recruits? Even if the quota of more than 700 disabled veterans is given out.
Chapter completed!