Volume 2: The King's Way Chapter 130: First Half
Bai Tu was originally very worried about the military discipline of Lu Bu's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. He thought that after all, they were all border residents, and it was inevitable that they would become wild after fighting against foreign races for a long time.
But now it seems that the military discipline of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is better than that of other armies.
Bai Tu figured this out not long ago - it was because Bingzhou was always plagued by the Qiang people in Hetao and the Southern Xiongnu, so their soldiers understood more personally how hateful these rebellious armies that harmed the people were.
Moreover, the Bingzhou Army had another "convenience", that is, when they were in Bingzhou, they could plunder the Qiang people unscrupulously, and it would not be regarded as a violation of military discipline. Even if ordinary Qiang tribes with no conflict were plundered by them, their superiors would just turn a blind eye.
Although Bai Tu did not agree with this, but... it was true that after arriving in Jiangdong, even though there were no troubles from the Qiang people, these Bingzhou soldiers felt a little suffocated, but they were always restrained towards their compatriots in Jiangdong.
Moreover, the Wolf Cavalry are either under the command of Lu Bu or Zhang Liao, which is enough to restrain the soldiers.
However, once there is an opportunity to move to the "Pingshan Yue" army, these Bingzhou Wolf Riders are the most active!
Of course, the one with the best military discipline is definitely the "Entrapment Camp".
"Godfather, drink more hot water..." Bai Tu diligently poured hot water for Lu Bu.
The craftsmanship of today's tea is much worse and it is really not drinkable.
"Hmm? Hard drive, is there any difficulty? Is there anything that you and I, father and son, can't talk about?" Lu Bu saw Bai Tu's flattery.
"Well... there is indeed something that only father and son can talk about." Bai Tu said it more seriously, but he still couldn't hide his guilty conscience.
Upon hearing "only father and son can say that", Lu Bu raised his head even higher, which made Lu Lingqi curl her lips secretly.
At the same time, Lu Lingqi was always ready. If Lu Bu was about to attack, she must dodge to avoid being covered in blood!
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Three days later, five to six hundred representatives of military officers of all ranks arrived in Jinling City.
Except for the navy of Dantu , the garrisons in various places directly handed over the Ji-made soldiers in charge to their colleagues who stayed behind. The officers came alone, so the speed was very fast. After all, the lowest-ranking officers were also wearing wooden and stone armor.
Most of Dantu’s troops were transferred outside the city of Jinling - although the chances were slim, Bai Tu needed to guard against Guangling on the other side of the river.
What if Shu Shao, the governor of Guangling, suddenly makes a brilliant move and determines that most of the troops stationed in Dantu are in an over-capacity state, with a sergeant leading dozens of Ji-made soldiers... and decisively leads his troops to charge, maybe he can really blow up the Dantu camp!
On the contrary, if they did not leave any troops outside the city and with Zhang Liao stationed in Dantu, it would be impossible for the enemy to launch a surprise attack even if there were only a few thousand defenders - just like what happened after Chen Gong crossed the river before.
The Ji-made soldiers brought by the armies from all over the country did not enter the city, but were taken over directly outside the city by the Bingzhou young men led by Lu Bu. Each of them led dozens of Ji-made soldiers in excess. Although it was a stretch, there was no need to worry about being ambushed near Jinling.
Before coming to Nanjing, most of the more than 500 officers drawn from various places had heard some rumors. They knew that it was a Sima from another department of Yangxian, Wujun, who was disturbing the local people and behaving badly, and was caught by the lord, so this "killing the chicken to scare the monkey" was carried out.
Inevitably, there were some discordant voices circulating, which simply believed that the lord was making a fuss out of nothing.
Some people even deliberately spread complaints like "following such a lord, you have to work hard but still be treated like a slave", but fortunately, Bai Tu's popularity was high enough and he did not treat his soldiers harshly.
Although it cannot be said that the treatment has been improved, because there has been no large-scale expansion of recruitment, at least Bai Tu did not stop the payment of military salaries like other princes did.
Therefore, the morale of the army has not been shaken yet, but many people still have sympathy for the Sima of the Separate Department - due to the limitations of the times and status, it is difficult for them to empathize with the suffering people, so they can only be more inclined to sympathize with the Sima of the Separate Department who has the same status.
However, what surprised everyone was that after entering the city, Bai Tu did not take them to "watch the chicken being slaughtered", but instead took them to the Humin Temple first.
Bai Tu specially built the Temple for Protecting the People in the city of Jinling.
Although it seems very empty now, Bai Tu has used his actions to tell everyone that all the soldiers who died in the future will be engraved on the stone tablet of the Humin Shrine.
Depending on the different merits, there will even be an introduction. For example, during the Battle of Qu'a, one of them landed on the ground holding an enemy cavalryman in his arms in order to hinder the cavalry's charge. Before they both died, he tried his best to disrupt the other "war horses". There was even a small stone tablet built for him, right next to the large stone tablet of the Battle of Qu'a.
This is a man from Qu'a County , and his family lives in a farm outside the city...
Although he was only a sergeant, his achievements and spirit earned him his own stone tablet in the Humin Temple.
"And I can promise you that at the age of forty... now I am forty years old. Officers who have reached this age, regardless of their rank, can decide for themselves whether to stay or leave! The retirement reward is no less than the pension of their rank at the time!
Now I can only promise you 40 years old, but believe me, this age limit will only be advanced and not postponed. All officers who retire normally, your names will also be remembered in the ancestral temple monument. "Bai Tu said.
If an officer can make it to the rank of lieutenant or above, he basically won't think about retiring, and ordinary soldiers are composed of human resources, so they won't consider retiring either.
However, for those old soldiers who, due to their background, had too much manpower drawn from them when they were young, or for other reasons... can only hang around at the level of Du Bo or below, a reasonable retirement system is what they need.
Bai Tu also explained the standards of "settlement fee" and "pension" under his rule - pension is the compensation that family members or the soldier can receive after death or disability in battle, while resettlement fee refers to the land that can be granted in one lump sum when joining the army.
Lu Kang suggested that the resettlement fee should only be granted as farmland, or in other words, it should be promised that the wasteland would be reclaimed by the government within one year .
Firstly, this part of the salary needs to be reissued to all existing officers, which is a huge expense. Secondly, Lu Kang is also worried that someone will have bad intentions because of this!
Once the land is divided, it cannot be taken away. In the future, if someone maliciously "spends" the resettlement fee, it can be recovered at any time.
In addition, Bai Tu also announced new military pay standards. The pay for garrison and defense was only symbolically increased by 20%. At the same time, the provincial governor's office set the standards for "garrison" - that is to say, towns like Danxi and Chaisang, which are not nominally on the border of the Han Dynasty but are actually important towns at the junction of Bai Tu and other forces, will be correctly classified as "garrison" in the future.
During war, military pay, whether it was to suppress rebellion or resist invasion, was almost doubled, and even if one died in battle, the pay would be given to one's family together with the pension.
Afterwards, Bai Tu also specially prepared a surprise "award ceremony" session. The garrisons in various places had previously selected outstanding officers with various titles. As soon as they heard Bai Tu announce the new military pay and left the Humin Temple, the children who had rehearsed long ago lined up outside to put wreaths on the awardees, as well as silver medals hastily made by the governor's office!
The scene was very lively...
The officers had never expected that they were not here to watch the "chicken killing", but were instead "corrupted" by all kinds of honors and immediate interests.
Some people even began to doubt in their hearts whether the previous rumors were wrong.
But what was to come had to come. After the award ceremony, Bai Tu took them to the military camp in Wengcheng - a normal government office could not accommodate so many people.
Feeling the change in the atmosphere, everyone was convinced that the "second half" was coming...
