Northern Prefecture Rivers and Mountains

Chapter 83 Soldiers
With Mao Dezuo's cooperation, splitting the clan became smooth.

Since he stayed, it meant that he still agreed with Liu Daogui's ideas.

The desire of most people in this era is just to survive. If they leave Liu Daogui and Lushuibi, what awaits them is either death or slavery.

The refugees huddled together for warmth and also for survival.

Now that Liu Daogui can provide survival security, most people are naturally willing to stay.

"Since you're staying, we'll be brothers from now on!" Liu Daogui threw away the broken knife in his hand and held Mao Dezuo's hand tightly.

"Joining the army is truly a hero of the time. I wish I could have met him earlier and served him."

"It's not too late now." Liu Daogui felt a sense of sympathy for this man.

It can be seen that he is also a man of fiery blood.

It’s just that a few years ago, I was still chopping wood and fishing in Jingkou for a living, and I couldn’t make ends meet anymore…

Zhao Yuan led his men to divide the residents into groups according to their surnames.

There are eight colored flags, and under each one stand seventy or eighty men, representing seventy or eighty households.

Liu Daogui promoted Mao Dezuo to be Zhao Yuan's deputy, responsible for the management of Lushuibi.

His four younger brothers, Mao Yi, Mao Bian, Mao Can and Mao Zan, were all talented in both literature and martial arts. At the time when he was recruiting people, what he lacked most was literate people, so he promoted Mao Yi and Mao Bian to be the heads of the garrison, and kept Mao Can and Mao Zan by his side as personal guards, and at the same time won over the hearts of the Mao brothers.

After a whole day of hard work, the eight buildings were finally erected.

Each building is a mixture of various surnames, distributed in the eight directions of Lushui Pond, east, south, west and north, and separated as much as possible.

Zhao Yuan, Mao Dezuo, Xu Changming, Mao Can, and Mao Zan, a few people who could read, registered the population of each building.

All strong and powerful men were selected as bannermen.

The principle Liu Daogui set for them was to prefer having no one rather than having someone who was not qualified. Not only did they have to be strong and powerful, but they also had to have killed someone.

That evening, Zhao Yuan came over with a bag of bamboo tablets. Each tablet had a name engraved on it. "According to the commander's instructions, there are a total of 672 soldiers, all of whom are brave warriors who have fought against the Hu people!"

Basically, no one who can escape to Lanling alive is a weakling.

The weak ones don't need to be robbed and killed by the barbarians. Hunger, wild beasts, cold, disease, etc., any one of them can take their lives, and it is impossible for them to walk such a long distance.

These 672 soldiers have actually gone through layers of screening.

"That's great!" Liu Daogui was delighted.

After so much effort, we finally got some results. Although there are less than 700 people, it is already a considerable force and can be considered a local power.

"It's just that the equipment is insufficient. We only have swords and spears, no armor, and not enough bows and crossbows."

"You're being greedy. Most of the elite Northern Army soldiers among the conquerors lack armor. Don't worry, they'll have what they need. The remaining villagers can't sit idle either. Now is the slack season for farming. Men, women, and children should practice formations, bows, swords, and spears for at least two hours every day. I leave this to you. Don't let your guard down."

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the integration of farming and warfare has led to the emergence of powerful Qin and Han dynasties, as well as a glorious civilization.

"Yes, sir!" Zhao Yuan bowed.

After he left, Liu Daogui and Liu Zhong discussed the formulation of military law.

Obey the orders from above and do not disturb the people. Those who disobey the orders will be executed. This is aimed at the Northern Palace Army.

After all, Liu Daogui was only a Sima of the Middle Army, and he could not act too hastily when dealing with the old soldiers of the Northern Palace Army. This twelve-word military law was just a test. When his reputation improved or he was promoted in the future, he could proceed step by step.

But the soldiers are completely dependent on Liu Daogui, so there is no need to be so cautious and they can do it in one go.

After working hard for most of the night, Liu Daogui combined the "Infantry Combat Order" and "Wu Zi" to formulate twelve military laws.

First, when the flag is waved, it moves forward; when it is waved backward, it moves backward; when it is waved to the left, it moves left; when it is waved to the right, it moves right; anyone who moves forward, backward, left, or right without hearing the order will be beheaded.

Second, if there is anyone in the squad who does not advance, the row leader will kill him; if there is a row leader who does not advance, the fire leader will kill him; if there is a fire leader who does not advance, the capital officer will kill him.

Third, if one part of the army is attacked by the enemy and the rest do not advance to rescue, they will all be killed.

Fourth, those chasing bandits may not be alone, leading or trailing. Those who violate this order will be executed. Those who fight to steal cattle, horses, clothing, or weapons on the battlefield will be executed. Military exploits and trophies will be recorded by the Gongcao. Fifth, if a soldier deserts the battlefield, and his family fails to escort him to the government or report the matter to the officials within one day, he will be punished as well.

Sixth, those who kill innocent people to claim credit and harm the people shall be beheaded.

……

Wu Qi advocated that "orders must be strictly enforced and must not be violated."

Many things in "Bu Zhan Ling" are actually inherited from "Wu Zi".

The Wei Wu soldiers trained by Wu Qi fought against the princes in 76 battles and won 64 of them!

So terrifying.

If the number of banner soldiers could be half of the number of Wei Wu soldiers, I am afraid there would be no opponent around.

Of course, the Wei Wuzu also had land and military merits to match. Liu Daogui was currently in the primitive accumulation stage and had no way to improve himself. Even the fields in Lushuibi were borrowed from the Cao family.

"Your main duty these days is to educate the soldiers about military law."

The supervisory team was composed entirely of Liu Daogui's men, including Mao Can and Mao Zan, a total of twenty-seven people.

As for the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, Liu Daogui was not worried.

There is no one who survives in the north these days who doesn’t know how to fight.

"Don't worry, brother." Liu Zhong bowed.

For three consecutive days, Liu Daogui stayed at Lushuibi with the soldiers, teaching them to recite military laws and explaining them.

Originally, these soldiers were somewhat resistant to military law, but with Liu Daogui personally taking charge, they all became obedient.

Mao Dezuo was the most active in running around. "We are the royal army, not the barbarians. How can we kill civilians at will? Without the constraints of military law, we will be a mob. How can we fight the barbarians in the future?"

He enjoyed a very high reputation among the refugees, and no one dared to contradict what he said.

It saved Liu Daogui a lot of effort.

"Those who memorize it first can be promoted to squad leader or fire leader!"

In order to stimulate their enthusiasm, Liu Daogui set a reward.

The platoon leader and the fire leader are actually the squad leader and the platoon leader.

The Jin Dynasty moved south and integrated refugee armies from all over the country over the past few decades. Its military system was roughly the same as that of the Han and Wei dynasties, but the names were slightly different.

Five people form a row, two rows form a fire, five fires form a team, two teams form an official, two officials form a song, two songs form a department, and a department has four hundred people, with one Sima appointed.

Two departments form a school, with a school lieutenant appointed. Two schools form a lieutenant, with a lieutenant general appointed. Two lieutenants form an army, with 3,200 people, and with positions such as general and deputy general.

Being able to become a sergeant or a fire captain is a rare opportunity. The soldiers no longer worry about whether the military law is reasonable or not. They rush to recite it with great enthusiasm.

That afternoon, some clever person memorized the whole thing.

He recited it word for word in front of Liu Daogui.

"Wang Heizu, raise the fire!"

"Zhao Sheng, chief fire officer!"

"Chun Yuxian, raise the fire!"

The first few who could recite it were all fire captains, who assisted the soldiers in their own column to continue reciting.

Liu Daogui personally distributed bamboo plaques and carved the word "Liu" on them, meaning that they would not forget the Liu family.

"Wu Yantong." Both the name and the surname were a bit strange, and Liu Daogui couldn't help but take a few more glances.

He had a dark face, a thin figure, and a full beard, which was very different from the tall and big people of Jin in the north, but he did not have a beard smell.

(End of this chapter)