Pu Dachui looked at Li Kuo gratefully. The brigade commander's smile that made people feel like a spring breeze melted the ice in his heart for many years, allowing him to dare to face a new life.
"Sir, don't worry. As for what you just said, as long as I, Pu Sledgehammer, can find a three-thirds of the ground to gain a foothold, I will not let the generals of our New Third Brigade fall down!"
"Yeah. Work hard, I'm optimistic about you. I'm going to prepare today. If you need anything, go to Captain Zhou. Our New Third Brigade will not lose to the warriors!" Li Kuo patted Pu Dachui's thick arm and encouraged him.
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Sometimes a look can convey a lot of things. At this moment, Li Kuo knew that Pu Dachui would definitely become one of his warriors in the future. And a few years later, Dachui also repaid his brigade commander with real military exploits.
Sir, this is something to talk about later, so I won’t mention it for now.
Due to the need to conduct actual siege drills, Zhao Shenjun (Note 1) of the Shence Army has been really busy recently. First, he directed the recruits to go to the West Market to sell mud, sand and cattail bags, and then he went into battle shirtless except for his robes, joining the other soldiers.
Wood piles were driven and planks were erected. The recruits, who had been bored for a long time, were obviously very interested in this drill. They were all scrambling to carry the mud bags, hoping to see the fortress they had built earlier.
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Because the cattail bags are filled with moistened sand, almost each bag weighs more than a hundred kilograms. Although the recruits are very ambitious, after all, most of them are young men who enjoy wealth and wealth. They have never suffered like this.
.Everyone’s back was so compressed that their legs were trembling uncontrollably.
"Oh, it's so damn heavy. I don't know if this actual combat drill is as fun as Deputy Lieutenant Zhang made it sound." Xian Yuyucheng only ran back and forth for two or three times, and his tired bones were about to fall apart. He squatted on the roadside.
Breathing heavily, the young man looked a little irritable. If he hadn't been so competitive back then, maybe he would have filled the vacancy in the Ministry of Civil Service Examination Department now. (Note 2) I originally wanted to rely on my strength to find a job in the army.
It was only after he got rich and truly joined the Shence Army that he realized that without the blessing of his father, who was an interviewer in Jiannan, all he could rely on was prudence and diligence. (Note 3)
"Hey, little brother Yucheng, can you carry such a heavy thing with your small frame?" Pu Dachui handed Xianyu Yucheng a bag of loose wine and joked kindly.
"Thank you, Brother Sledgehammer!" Xian Yuyucheng was not polite. He took the wine bag and drank half of it. He stretched out his hand to wipe the wine stains from his mouth. The young man smiled heartily: "I can't even kill myself with this little weight. Others can do it."
, I can do it too.”
Pu Dachui nodded slightly and cast an admiring glance at the young man.
"Be quick, be quick. If you can't do it anymore, go home and cool down, and bring up someone who can do it. If you miss the drill, let's see who of you can take the responsibility." Tu Laosan shouted, waving his whip and opening his mouth full of yellow teeth from time to time.
With a big mouth, he spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm.
"Alas, alas." The scolded recruits did not dare to resist, so they had to lower their heads and walk with heavy steps towards the "Fortress" carrying cattail bags filled with mud and sand.
It was noon at this time, but the sun in the sky seemed to be playing a joke on everyone. The cattail bag was carried again and again, but the old man did not see it sinking a mile to the west. Big beads of sweat fell from everyone's neck.
It dripped and splashed onto the ground glued with glutinous rice and clay, and turned into a puddle of water. The temperature of the ground was so hot from the sun that it seemed to the recruits that it was enough to cook a raw egg. At this moment, the soles of the feet, which were already numb, suddenly became wet.
Feeling, when you step on the ground, you will feel a slight numbness at first, and then there will be a burning pain like a fire.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way. The brigade commander has brought water to everyone. Don't grab it, don't grab it. Everyone has a share, take care of yourself!" Dou Qing, Li Kuo's personal soldier, shouted at the top of his voice.
The two recruits behind him were pushing a cart, with two large buckets standing on it.
The recruits who were carrying cattail bags stopped one after another when they heard the noise and looked back.
Feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by everyone, Dou Qing cleared his throat and added: "This benefit is only for the New Third Brigade. Brothers from other battalions, I'm sorry, we didn't prepare so much." Dou Qing felt his cheeks burning red.
, hurriedly shouted to the people behind him to push the car aside.
The soldiers of the other battalions inevitably looked at the soldiers of the New Third Brigade with a hint of sadness in their eyes, but they had no choice but to think that their brigade commander did not treat everyone as human beings. After cursing him several times in their hearts, they could only move helplessly.
Heavy steps.
"What are you looking at? You haven't drank water? A bunch of mud that can't hold up the wall!" Seeing that everyone's attention was attracted, Tu Laosan jumped to his feet anxiously. This time he was unlucky for eight lifetimes. Zhang Tou'er
He was actually asked to supervise the work. This job is the most thankless job. There is no reward for completing the work on time. If the time is delayed, you will have to bear the responsibility.
"Brigade Commander, you are mighty!" The recruits of the Third Brigade shouted and rushed towards the water tanker. The ceramic bowls had long been filled with clean water sprinkled with coarse salt, but now they looked like nectar to the soldiers.
"Drink slowly, drink slowly. Ma Chunqing, don't irritate yourself, this water is very cold." Pu Dachui reminded the young man who was choking and coughing by patting him on the back.
"Don't worry, everyone. The Brigade Marshal takes pity on everyone's health. He specially sent people to boil these two barrels of salt water. Let's drink it slowly. It's enough for everyone!" Dou Qing was very satisfied. At this moment, the young people must feel sorry for the Brigade Marshal.
I am very grateful. As the saying goes, it is easy to add icing on the cake, but difficult to provide help in times of need. Under the scorching sun, what is more attractive than a bowl of green salt water? In his opinion, this has completed the first step of his plan. An officer
If you want to secure your position, you must get the heartfelt support of your soldiers. Your own brigade commander's foundation is too weak and his connections are too few, so he has to start from scratch for him.
The soldiers who were so tired that they almost fell down didn't seem to hear Dou Qing's shouting. One by one they rushed to pour the blue salt water in the bowl into their mouths. There was only so much water in the bucket, and there were about a hundred or so people there.
If you don't grab it, where can you get something to drink? After drinking enough water, everyone gradually recovered a little bit of energy. After cursing a few words for God, they staggered to carry the next bag of sand.
Rakshasa's whip is not for nothing, you don't want to get flowers on your face before you go into battle to kill the enemy!
Bags of mud and sand were piled up and packed under the command of the veterans. The skeleton made of wooden piles and boards gradually became filled with flesh and blood, and the body became thicker, beginning to take shape of the fortress. Soldiers with dexterous hands had long been selected by the captains.
came out, spread lime and clay on the pallet, and placed the transported rocks on top. After compacting them, blowing on the simple crenels slightly, the work is completed, and it just needs to dry.
It was put into use. The simple ladder frame had already been made by the dexterous craftsmen in the army overnight and sealed next to the "hands-on platform" vacated behind the fort. (Note 4)
The soldiers who had finished carrying the bags gathered in twos and threes in the shade, laughing and mocking Pao Ze who was still carrying cattail bags. Seeing Pao Ze's embarrassed look, they felt extremely comfortable in their hearts, but they didn't know that just now they were also sticking out their tongues under the scorching sun.
He was breathing heavily with his mouth open, and he had absolutely no manners to show off.
Zhang Shouyu, who stood outside the school grounds and watched for a long time, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "They regard joining the army as just dawdling, they regard achieving military merit as fighting for ancestral wealth, and seeking the title of marquis as gaining qualifications. They have no idea that military merit is a sword-by-sword thing.
It was earned with blood and sweat. They don’t understand, they don’t understand.”
Note 1: In the Tang Dynasty, military officers were generally in the seventh or eighth rank, and some were as low as the ninth rank. They were generally in charge of money, food, and equipment.
Note 2: This needs to be explained. The Gong Gong Kao Department of the Tang Dynasty is equivalent to the personnel department of today’s government, and its powers are not insignificant. Therefore, the officials in the Gong Kao Department are hot commodities. Although their grades are not high, they have so many
Human political life, so there is a lot of gray income.
Note 3: According to records, in the ninth year of Tianbao, Xianyu Zhongtong served as the Jiedushi envoy of Jiannan. However, it was the seventh year of Tianbao at this time, and he was just an interview envoy.
Note 4: Crenels: short walls with concave and convex shapes on the city wall. In addition, clay and lime were used as construction adhesives in the Tang Dynasty.
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