After breakfast, Liu Ruyi personally distributed one or two silvers of settlement allowance to each soldier, and then gathered these soldiers into the small school grounds.
Since ancient times, soldiers have been paid, which seems to be a matter of course. However, some things are easy to say, but the actual implementation is very different! Like Liu Ruyi, who has not trained in the army, but has been paid, not to mention it is
It is unique, but in the current Ming Dynasty, it is definitely rare!
These more than forty soldiers are basically young people, and some of them can even be said to be young boys who haven't even grown their hair yet. Not only did they have enough to eat and drink today, but they also received one or two taels of pay in advance.
They were all smiling and extremely excited. Although the wind was blowing hard and the weather was freezing, it did not affect their good mood at all. They gathered in small groups and chatted non-stop.
Since this small school ground is located in the Liu Mansion, it is not too big. It can be roughly equivalent to the size of two or three basketball courts in later generations. So many people poured in at once, which dissipated the winter chill a bit.
"Quiet!" Liu Ruyi shouted with a cold face,
Everyone in the venue fell silent. They were poor soldiers who were used to a hard life. Liu Ruyi's offer was so generous that no one dared to touch General Liu Qi's brow.
"Start lining up!"
After hearing the words, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they gathered together in a noisy manner. They did not rank according to their height, shortness, fatness, or skinny. They just stood in whatever position they found. A few stood at the back and did not grab the soldiers in the front row.
Han even yelled and started to fight.
At a glance, Liu Ruyi saw that these soldiers were all standing crookedly and staggering, just like rows of leaves on trees that had been wilted by winter frost. Not to mention the college students of later generations, even the junior high school students in military training were better than this group.
People are dozens of times stronger!
These people are all children of military families, and this is what they eat. If they continue like this, let alone their combat effectiveness, they may even be inferior to those thieves and bandits who dominate the mountains!
"You two, stand in the team too!" Liu Ruyi said coldly, looking at Huo Lang and Xiao Liu'er on the side.
"Yes!" The two of them did not dare to neglect and quickly walked into the team.
"General Liu Qi, Master Liu! Wait for me!"
At this time, Zhao Sanhu, who originally lived in the servant's room, ran over quickly. His legs and feet were not yet very agile, and he walked bumpyly, but his speed was not slow. He took three steps and then two steps at a time.
Kneeling down next to Liu Ruyi, "Sir, so-and-so also wants to participate in the drill!"
Liu Ruyi glanced at him worriedly, "Can your body hold on?"
"Sir, this little injury is not harmful. I am willing to die for you!" Zhao Sanhu kowtowed several times with "bang bang bang" and looked up at Liu Ruyi's eyes, full of perseverance.
"Okay! Good man! Come on, join the team!" Liu Ruyi personally helped him up and asked Zhao Sanhu to stand in the team.
"Are you all bitches? Stand up straight for me!"
Liu Ruyi casually tore off a pine branch as thick as a baby's arm from a nearby pine tree, and pulled it out at the dumbfounded soldier in front of him.
"Bang!" There was a muffled sound, and the soldier was hit with a red mark from head to face, and his nose and tears flowed out.
"Mr. Liu, why are you hitting me!" He covered his face, crying in his words!
"Hit you?" Liu Ruyi walked up to him expressionlessly and pressed her knee hard on his lower back. "Put your chest out, tuck in your belly, and raise your head! Stand still for me!"
"Woo! Woo!" This soldier was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he didn't understand the ways of the world. He whimpered a few times and ran a few steps away, "I, I don't dare anymore! I want to go home, woo! You
,Aren’t you bullying others?”
"Haha?" Liu Ruyi suddenly chuckled, "What's your name?"
"My name is Chunwa, Mr. Liu Qi, I, I don't want to do this anymore! Please let me go!" He looked at Liu Ruyi in horror, took a few steps back, and sat down on the cold ground!
"Stand up!" Liu Ruyi said coldly.
"Ah?" The soldier was stunned and quickly got up. He wanted to step back, but Liu Ruyi kicked him hard on the chest. He didn't react at all, and with a "plop", he hit hard
fell to the ground.
"Wow——" He couldn't bear it any longer and cried loudly, making everyone's bodies hairy from crying.
"Stand up!" Liu Ruyi remained expressionless.
"He's killing people! He's killing people! Help!" This young military man also had a rogue temperament. He was probably so pampered at home. Seeing that he couldn't get any benefits, he simply lay down on the ground and started to make a splash!
"You really want to die, don't you?" Liu Ruyi's face was gloomy and her voice was as cold as ice!
"Don't, don't, don't! You, don't come here!" He seemed to feel Liu Ruyi's murderous intention, and his upper and lower lips could not close together.
"stand up!"
"Yes!" He swallowed hard and got up from the ground with difficulty.
"Put your chest out, draw your belly in, and raise your head!"
"Yes!" He raised his head with difficulty and stood upright.
"Haha, very good!" Liu Ruyi smiled softly and patted his face a few times with her palm, "It's easy to get in here, but not so easy to get out! If you don't accept it, you can try to be a deserter.
End!"
His body trembled, but he didn't dare to say a word!
"Practice well and I won't hit you! If you practice well, there will be rewards! Do you understand?"
"I understand!" His tears slid down his cheeks, but he didn't dare to wipe them away, and he responded with a cry.
"What? Louder! I can't hear you!" Liu Ruyi put her hands to her ears and shouted at the young soldier.
"I understand!" This time, he followed suit and shouted with all his strength, as if he wanted to vent all his resentment!
"Okay! That's it! Return to the team!"
"Yes!" The young soldier also understood what Liu Ruyi meant and did not dare to neglect. He walked quickly to the front of the team and stood up straight!
Liu Ruyi nodded slightly and returned to the front of the team.
As the saying goes, 'A loving mother often loses her sons, but a stick produces filial sons!'
If he had no other choice, Liu Ruyi would not be willing to criticize such a young man so harshly! But time is running out, and Liu Ruyi has no choice. He must train a strong army with real combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time!
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary means!
The stable life of the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years has completely wiped away the bloody courage of this nation. Those self-righteous scholar-bureaucrats of the Celestial Dynasty are still immersed in the illusory dream of the Celestial Kingdom and the power of the four nations.
In order to fight for power and gain, they racked their brains and used all possible means. However, when the nation was in real danger and the royal family was about to be exterminated, they changed their faces faster than anyone else!
Every time a dog is slaughtered in a righteous way, it is a scholar who has a negative heart!
Now that we have been pushed to the forefront, there is no room for turning back!
Liu Ruyi gritted her teeth and clenched her fists tightly!
…………
The north wind roared past, blowing on everyone's face and blowing into everyone's heart.
With this 'Chun Wa''s lesson, no one else dared to neglect him. They all straightened their backs, for fear of touching Liu Ruyi's brow again.
"I've got all the damn things lined up for you! Are you grown men worse than just stupid kids?"
Liu Ruyi had a cold face and divided the nearly fifty people into five teams. The first four teams had ten people in each team, but the last team only had eight people. Each team was ordered according to height, shortness, fatness, and thinness, from high to low.
Orderly rows.
For those who react slowly or move sloppily, the pine branch whip in Liu Ruyi's hand will hit them mercilessly, even Xiao Liu'er and Huo Lang are no exception!
"Young Master, please have a drink of water!" Uncle Fu held a bowl of steaming tea and handed it to Liu Ruyi, saying with some distress.
"No problem, I'll stand with them!" Liu Ruyi waved her hand to Uncle Fu and stood straight in front of the team.
Uncle Fu wanted to say something more, but when he saw Liu Ruyi's resolute face, he had to swallow his words back in his stomach and slowly stepped aside.
The experience of later generations shows that standing in military posture is the most effective way to test a person's patience, perseverance, and overall obedience. In this era, there were no advanced communication equipment, and generals basically relied on semaphores or officers at all levels to command their troops.
With the supervision of trusted servants, the integrity of the unit and the execution ability after the order is conveyed are particularly important!
In the Battle of Hunhe River, all Ming armies were defeated one after another, but only the white-armed soldiers of the legendary female general Qin Liangyu in the late Ming Dynasty were able to advance and retreat in an orderly manner, uniformly, and with extremely strong will. In addition, most of the weapons they used were hooks.
, fork, ax and other extremely uncommon weapons, which really caused the Eight Banners cavalry to suffer a lot.
Although in the end, the Later Jin Army relied on the red cannons mobilized from Shenyang City to annihilate the Ming Army, the Eight Banners Army also suffered heavy casualties. Many generals were even captured alive by the white-pole soldiers. Even Nurhachi's two yellow flags were
The brave and skilled white-pole soldiers were defeated!
What they rely on is the integrity of the army. Even if there are tens of millions of people, they are still in uniform!
Qi Jiguang once said, "In a majestic formation, hundreds of ranks are marching forward. The brave are not allowed to go first, and the timid are not allowed to follow. Among the thousands of troops, there is only one person. In this way, you can be invincible in the world!"
The ancient Roman legions, the Crusaders in their heyday, or the bodyguards of the Prophet Muhammad, as well as the Yue Family Army, which the Han nation is most proud of. The reason why they have strong combat power is that they have done this very well.
A quarter of an hour passed...
Half an hour passed...
An hour passed...
Liu Ruyi still didn't make any move and still stood upright. Seeing General Liu Qi like this, the other soldiers did not dare to move. They tried to stand up straight and gritted their teeth and persisted!
Although the wind was biting and the weather was extremely cold, there were beads of sweat on everyone's face in the venue! Although these beads of sweat were blown away by the wind, they left a slight trace of salt on everyone's face.
Wet marks.
Uncle Fu stood aside and looked at the five straight lines in the field, but he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart! 'How did this young master's brain grow? I'm afraid even the emperor's personal bodyguards in the Forbidden City are no more than this.
Bar?'
Suddenly, Uncle Fu remembered a poem by Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, "The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, and the powerful warriors are returning to their hometown in the sea, and the warriors are guarding the four directions!"
"Young master, you have really grown up! You have become our support!" Uncle Fu silently stared at Liu Ruyi's body as strong as a green pine, but his heart was full of expectations!