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Volume One One Hundred and Ninety-Eight Disarm

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    One hundred and ninety-eight disarm

    Meng Ju said in surprise: "This is natural. I am not a murderous madman like Shen Tujue. If the Red Eyebrow Brigade is harmless to me, I will naturally not cause trouble for it. But Li Shuai, how can you make me believe it?"  What if the Red Eyebrow Brigade loses its threat?"

    "Our Red Eyebrow Brigade has eighty-two Leopard-style battle armors, fifty-one King Tiger-style battle armors, and forty-five Greedy Wolf-style battle armors, a total of one hundred and seventy-seven battle armors. If we disarm, all of them will be  If you hand over all the armor and weapons and hand them over to the Dongling Guards, will you let us go?"

    Meng Ju was startled and said: "Li Shuai, please be careful. You can go back sooner or later. If the Red Eyebrow Brigade is ambushed and defeated by us, there will be many frontier generals who will be defeated this time. No one can blame you."  But if you take the initiative to hand over the battle armor, the Red Eyebrow Brigade will be useless. If you surrender without a fight, Tuoba Xiong will think that you are colluding with me, and your future will be ruined."

    Li Chimei smiled bitterly: "I know. But if the Chimei Brigade falls into the ambush of Dongling Guards and is slaughtered by you, then I might as well hand over the armor directly. In this way, at least my brothers can still keep their lives.  Take a life."

    Meng Ju stared deeply at Li Chimei for a long time, and he sighed: "Li Shuai, you are affectionate and righteous, and you are a real man. Since you are willing to do this, I can also guarantee you that as long as the Chimei Brigade can take the initiative to hand over  If all the Doukai weapons are not against us, then I will not harm them. Li Shuai, now your troops are less than a day away from Leping, how do you plan to get them to hand over the Doukai?"

    "This matter requires the cooperation of your Dongling Guards."

    Meng Ju called Lu Liulou and Wang Beixing, and everyone briefly discussed with Li Chimei. Because everyone came with sincerity, an agreement was quickly reached.

    At the end of the discussion, Meng Ju said seriously: "Everyone, please pay attention. I want you to keep this matter in your stomach and never spread it outside. Otherwise, you will be severely punished. Li Shuai, I will do this for the people on my side."  It¡¯s a good secret. As for your department, please worry about it yourself.¡±

    Li Chimei sighed: "Mr. Meng, thank you for your kindness. But one hundred and seventy-seven pieces of battle armor have been lost. This matter must not be hidden from the superiors. Whether it is kept secret or not, it doesn't matter."

    Meng Ju was silent.  He understood that Li Chimei had indeed made great sacrifices to protect his subordinates.  He has given up his official career and future, and may even be punished by military law, putting his life in danger.

    Meng Ju admired Li Chimei's courage.  If it were another matter, Meng Judu might have let him go, but now, Dongping Lingwei is under the threat of the border army, and must do everything possible to weaken the strength of the border army. This has a bearing on the people of Dongping Lingwei and others.  Meng Ju's life was in danger, and it was related to his ideals and Ye Canaan's great hatred. Meng Ju really couldn't let go.

    After understanding the origin of the matter, Lu Liulou and Wang Beixing also admired Li Chimei's care for his siblings.  They all advised Li Chimei not to be too stubborn and that lying would still be useful.  There is a big difference between losing the battle and losing the battle armor, and surrendering the battle armor without a fight.  If you lose a battle, the most you can get is a scolding from above, or a beating with a military stick at worst; but if you hand over your battle armor to the enemy privately, it is a violation of military law, and you might even be beheaded.

    Wang Beixing said: "Li Shuai, if you need any explanation, we will try our best to cooperate. For example, you said that on the way to Leping, the Red Eyebrow Brigade encountered the main force of our Dongling Guards. The two armies fought fiercely all day and night.  The soldiers of the Red Eyebrow Brigade fought bravely, but because the enemy was outnumbered, they were ultimately defeated and had to retreat.

    Here, we can also announce with a high profile that our army and the Red Eyebrow Brigade fought fiercely on the outskirts of Leping for a whole day and night, and finally defeated you.  In this battle, our Dongling Guard destroyed more than 170 pieces of Red Eyebrow Brigade fighting armor, and our army also suffered heavy casualties - Li Shuai, look, with this arrangement, isn't the matter over?  Governor, do you think so?  "

    "Yes, what Brother Wang said makes sense. Li Shuai might as well consider it. We are the only three people who know about this matter. We are all reliable and will never leak the secret. As long as Li Shuai can appease you,  subordinates, that¡¯s enough.¡±

    Li Chimei listened thoughtfully, and Meng Ju didn't know if he heard it. He patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Li Shuai, if you need our help to cover up, just send someone to bring a message."  If there is anything I can do to help, Meng will do his best.¡±

    Although Li Chimei agreed to cooperate, as a precaution, Meng Ju still took more than 600 armor fighters out to intercept the Red Eyebrow Brigade. The armor fighters lined up in the woods beside the road in the outskirts of Leping and waited. Li Chimei wrote a letter asking them to  He was given to the deputy brigade commander of the Red Eyebrow Brigade.  He took out the letter and asked Meng Ju to check it. Meng Ju didn't read it and just said, "I can trust Li Shuai."

    Li Chimei glanced at Meng Ju but said nothing.

    After about half an hour, the messenger sentCame back with several officers with Woye accents.  Li Chimei introduced to Meng Ju that they were the deputy commander of the Chimei Brigade and the leaders of each battalion.  Then, in front of Meng Ju, he told his subordinates that this was General Meng, the weapons review ambassador sent by the Sixth Town Governor's Office. He had been ordered by the Governor to review the weapons and armament of the Red Eyebrow Brigade.  After everyone returns, hand over all the armor weapons and send them over for inspection.

    It can be seen that several officers of the Red Eyebrow Brigade looked very confused. They were very suspicious of this "weapons review ambassador" who appeared out of nowhere.  But Li Chimei had a high prestige among his subordinates. Now that he had spoken, even though his subordinates could not understand clearly, they still carried out the order to the letter and transported all the armors over by carriage.

    After the Dongling Guard soldiers received the battle armor, Li Chimei waved his hand and sent his subordinates away: "You go back first and camp where you are to rest. I will come back to you later." The subordinates retreated without any doubt.  .

    Things went smoothly. After a while, Lu Liulou reported to Meng Ju: "Master Governor, the battle armors sent by the Red Eyebrow Brigade have been counted. There are a total of 177 battle armors, including leopard type.  There are eighty-two battle armors, fifty-one in King Tiger style, and forty-five in Greedy Wolf style."

    This number was exactly the same as what Li Chimei had reported in advance. Meng Ju couldn't help but sigh: "Li Shuai is such an honest gentleman!"

    Li Chimei smiled helplessly.  He said: "Governor Meng, I have handed over all the armor. Can you let me go back?"

    "Li Shuai, please wait a moment."

    Meng Ju walked over and gave some instructions to Lu Liulou, then came back and said to Li Chimei: "Li Shuai, you gave us all the battle armors. I'm afraid it won't be easy to do business when you go back. In this way, I have asked them to keep twenty-seven pieces."  Doukai, Li Shuai, you can take it back later so that you can deal with the criticism from above."

    "Well, thank you for the mayor's kindness. However, just leaving twenty-seven battle armors seems to have no effect."

    Meng Jusurong said: "Who said it was useless? These twenty-odd battle armors are the remnants of your Red Eyebrow Brigade and Dongling Guards after the hard and bloody battle. In the future, if there are any villains who dare to spread rumors and slander Li Shuai  You negotiated with the Dongling Guards privately and handed over the Doukai. Li Shuai, you can refute him plausibly. If the Dongling Guards took away the Doukai, then why didn't they take them all? We have two left in the Red Eyebrow Brigade.  There are more than ten battle armors!

    This is the strongest evidence to refute the rumors. Li Shuai, tell me, is this true?  "

    Li Chimei thought for a while, his eyes lit up, and he said with joy: "Supervisor, thank you."

    Li Chimei was loyal and upright, and Meng Ju admired him very much.  Before leaving, Meng Ju wanted to invite him back to the city for a farewell drink.  But when he heard that Meng Ju invited him to drink, Li Chimei turned pale with fright. He bowed repeatedly: "Mr. Meng, please let me go! It's all because I was so troublesome that night that I sat at the same table with you to drink.  Now it's unlucky!

    Now, when I think about drinking with you, I break out in cold sweat. Even if I were asked to go into battle to fight the demons, I have never been so afraid!  "

    Meng Ju laughed loudly when he heard this, and waved his hand: "Then, Li Shuai, we will meet again later!"

    Meng Ju felt relieved after receiving the battle armor from the Red Eyebrow Brigade.

    When he returned to Leping City, Jiang Hai came over to report that while Meng Ju was not in the city, he had led his men to inventory the arsenal, money storehouse and grain storehouse of the camp in the west of the city.

    "Lord Governor, this morning, we collected more than 3,000 weapons of all kinds and 21 battle armors in the arsenal. We found 18,000 dou of military rations in the granary, and 80,000 taels of silver in the treasury -  -Governor, we will make a fortune this time!"

    Meng Ju was also happy when he heard this. This time he sent out 700 armored warriors to fight. With such a great victory, it would be unreasonable not to reward his subordinates properly.  Meng Ju was originally worried about the bonuses for his subordinates. When he heard the news, he immediately became energetic and said hello repeatedly.

    "Using the enemy's money and women to reward your own soldiers has always been the only way for famous generals to lead troops - no wonder the military leaders like to fight, as generosity to others does taste good.  In comparison, fighting against the demons was a real loss. Even if they won, they would only be able to steal a few goats.

    Jiang Hai asked: "Lord Governor, in this battle, we captured more than 5,000 border troops - I am humble enough to ask you, sir, what are you going to do with these prisoners?"

    When Jiang Hai mentioned the prisoners of the border army, Meng Ju immediately felt dizzy.  The more than 5,000 captured border troops have become a worry for Meng Ju. The Dongling Guards' strength in Leping is not very large. Hundreds of armored warriors are sent in shifts every day to guard the prisoners, take care of their food and clothing, and  Meng Ju was always worried that someone would rise up to incite a riot and snatch the armor. Meng Ju was really worried.

    "About the prisoners? I haven't thought about it yet. Inspector Jiang, what do you want?"Any good suggestions?  "

    Jiang Hai had a smile on his face and looked confident: "Governor, we have harvested a lot of battle armor this time, right? More than 300 battle armors have been seized. We don't seem to have so many armor fighters, right?"

    Meng Ju thought to himself, you still don¡¯t know the 150 pieces of battle armor seized from the Red Eyebrow Brigade. In fact, the total number is nearly 500 pieces of fighting armor.

    Jiang Hai mentioned the prisoners and the lack of armor fighters - Meng Ju immediately guessed what he meant: "You want to recruit soldiers from the prisoners of the border army?"

    "Yes, although the Leping border army was defeated by our army, it was not a fault of war. There should still be many brave men among the prisoners. Selecting and recruiting some armored fighters from them can increase the combat effectiveness of our army."

    Meng Ju lowered his eyes and thought for a while. He raised his head and asked, "Soldiers from the border army, why are they willing to join us?"

    "Because we can give them enough military pay."

    "Just for military pay?" Meng Ju felt a little incredible: "For military pay, they are willing to betray the border army?"

    ¡°Governor, you really don¡¯t know how hungry people are when they are full!

    The monthly salary of ordinary soldiers of our Dongling Guard is half a tael of silver per month, but if you can meet the qualifications of a first-level armored fighter, you will receive an additional one-tael of silver subsidy; a second-level armored fighter can receive an additional two taels of silver subsidy, and a third-level armored fighter will receive an additional two taels of silver subsidy.  Then you can get an additional four taels of silver subsidy, and a fourth-level armored fighter can get an additional sixty taels of silver subsidy - that is to say, as long as you can be selected as an armored fighter, you will have a considerable income in our Dongling Guards, enough to support your family.

    ¡°As for the border troops, their treatment is much worse than ours.  Ordinary soldiers can only get one tael of silver per month. Even those who have reached the fourth level of armored fighter qualifications can only get less than 2 taels of silver per month. Not only does the money be small, but they are often deducted by 40 to 50% by their superiors. Usually,  Only about half were obtained.

    Although the frontier army is corrupt, there are indeed many talented people in it. Their training and combat capabilities are very good. We have long thought about poaching from the frontier army, but Governor Ye did not agree before, saying that they were all from the east.  Provincial troops, poaching each other like this will hurt everyone's harmony.  But now, we have beaten the Wuchuan border troops anyway, so why are we afraid of poaching?

    Governor, as long as we put up a sign in the prisoner camp explaining our salary and benefits, people who sign up to come to our side will line up in a long line - whether it is the border troops or the Dongling Guards, they are all helping the imperial court.  It's just work, not working for pay.  "

    "What if someone has different intentions, deliberately pretends to join us, and then secretly steals our information and leaks it to the border troops?"

    Jiang Hai smiled: "We have to rely on the Internal Affairs Department to screen. However, please ask the town governor to be clear, spies are inevitable everywhere. Not to mention the new recruits in the border army, they are our own old Lingwei.  Most of them also have the eyes and ears of the border army. Even if we recruit some newcomers with innocent wealth, we will still be bribed or lured by others. If we refuse to join outstanding talents because we are worried about spies, it will be a small loss but a big loss, don't you think?  "

    Meng Ju thought about it for a moment and found that this was indeed the case.

    "Okay, I understand this matter. I will arrange for the sixth floor to do it. Jiang Hai, you are responsible for another matter. We are preparing to withdraw to Jing'an. You can make preparations, organize personnel and convoys, and carry out our trip.  The harvest must be counted and shipped back, especially the battle armor, and it must be brought back piece by piece. This is a big deal and cannot be ignored."

    Hearing that Meng Ju asked Lu Liulou to be responsible for recruiting new people, Jiang Hai's expression changed slightly and immediately returned to normal.  He readily agreed: "Governor, don't worry. I will be responsible for counting and shipping, and I will ensure that everything is indispensable."

    "Thank you for your hard work, Jiang Hai."

    After sending Jiang Hai away, Meng Ju immediately summoned Lu Liulou.  He told Jiang Hai's suggestion, and then asked Lu Liulou: "Sixth floor, Jiang Hai wants to recruit new soldiers, but I think it is more appropriate for you to be responsible for this matter. Jiang Hai is really too busy these days - you  What do you think?"

    After hearing what Meng Ju said, Lu Liulou frowned slightly.  He also vaguely guessed Meng Ju's thoughts.  Governor Meng said that Jiang Hai was busy but it was just a reason. The real reason was that he was still a little worried about him.  Armored warriors are the most important branch of the army. If Jianghai recruits new armored warriors, they will all come from Jianghai's assessment. Just like the relationship between master and disciple in the imperial examination, according to the factions in the army, the batch of armored warriors will be selected.  The recruited armored warriors may also regard Jiang Hai as their backer, and Jiang Hai's influence in the army will inevitably increase. I'm afraid that this is what Governor Meng is worried about, right?

    "How about it, sixth floor? I'll leave this matter to you, is that okay?"

    Meng Ju asked for the second time, and Lu Liulou spoke: "Governor, I don't want to target Brother Jiang. However, the idea of ??recruiting new soldiers among border army prisoners, I really ReallyI agree.  "

    Meng Ju was surprised. He said: "Brother Jiang thinks that from the border army, we can recruit a large number of armored fighters who can be used directly without training. I think what he said is somewhat reasonable. What do you think on the sixth floor?  Isn¡¯t it appropriate?¡±

    "Yes. Governor, I think it's not only inappropriate, it's simply ridiculous! Governor, why are the border soldiers willing to join us?"

    Meng Ju found it funny. This sentence sounded familiar. Wasn¡¯t it something he had just asked Jiang Hai?

    "Because our salaries and bonuses are much higher than those of the border army, they should be willing to come over."

    "Nonsense!" Lu Liulou said angrily. Then, he immediately woke up and stood up in fear and bowed: "I'm sorry, Governor, I was disrespectful and disrespectful in my humble position. Please forgive me."

    "It's okay, Liulou, this doesn't have to be like this between us. This is Jiang Hai's idea. If you have any ideas, you might as well just say it." Meng Ju encouraged Lu Liulou with his eyes and said, "Say it!"

    "Governor, forgive me for being arrogant, but throughout the ages, I have never heard that a strong army was bought with money. Money can only buy mercenary thugs and gangsters, not good soldiers. See our Dongling  The guards' salary was higher, so they betrayed the border troops and joined us. If the enemy offered a higher price than us during the war, would such a soldier betray us again?

    Responsibility, discipline, bravery, obedience, as well as a sense of loyalty, belonging and honor to the team, these are essential qualities of an outstanding soldier, which cannot be bought with money.

    ?? Mayor, under your leadership, Dongping Lingwei is growing vigorously and prospering. Everyone is very high-spirited and full of confidence in the future.  But if we accept these profit-seeking people into our Dongling Guards, these people will be like corpses spreading plague. They will only corrupt our discipline and morals, and lead to bad soldiers.  "

    Seeing Meng Ju thoughtfully, Lu Liulou continued: "What's more, even if I don't mention the above, just from a reliable point of view, I don't agree with the large-scale recruitment of border army prisoners into our Dongling Guards. These people  , their relationship with the border army is too deep, and maybe some of their comrades died in our hands, and they have resentment in their hearts. It is too dangerous to let them take over the battle armor of our Dongling Guards.  As soon as the good border troops instigated rebellion, they ran back with their armors on, or they simply rioted in the middle of the night and killed us.

    ¡°Moreover, from the perspective of leading troops, recruiting a group of soldiers who have surrendered is not conducive to cultivating our army¡¯s high morale to fight.  My experience is that soldiers who have surrendered once are more likely to surrender a second time because they no longer have any sense of shame.  .  .  "

    Lu Liulou was talking eloquently. This was the first time Meng Ju knew that the dull and loyal Lu Liulou could talk at length like this and speak eloquently.  In particular, he said that money cannot buy discipline, bravery, and responsibility. Meng Jushen especially felt the same way.

    "The poorer the army, the better it can fight?"

    Meng Ju recalled the history he knew, and suddenly realized that this was really the case.  When an army is at its strongest, it is often when it is most difficult at the beginning of its creation.

    Countless times in history, those peasant soldiers armed with wooden sticks and forks, ragged clothes, yellow faces and skinny faces, with a determination to fight to the death, were often able to defeat the officers and soldiers with bright uniforms and good treatment.  But when the peasant army became a force, their fighting power plummeted from then on - there is no shortage of such examples in history.

    "This is really a strange thing! In order to increase the combat power of the Dongping Mausoleum, should I reduce everyone's salary?"

    Seeing the smile on Meng Ju's lips, Lu Liulou stopped talking. He looked at Meng Ju with a little panic: "Governor, did you say something wrong because of your humble position?"

    "No, what you said on the sixth floor makes sense." Meng Ju asked: "It's just that our armor fighters are indeed short of personnel now, and the gap is huge. What do you think should be done?"

    "Township Supervisor, I feel that I feel that the vacancies can be selected and expanded from the provincial department's on-duty warrior team, or they can be selected from the town standard and black room troops"

    "This is a good idea. It's just that when we expanded the armor fighter team last time, these troops were all screened, right? I'm afraid we won't be able to find many talents."

    "Yes, if there is still a shortage of people, we can recruit new soldiers from outside. If that doesn't work, we can also ask the General Administration for reinforcements - it's better than asking for a group of captive soldiers!"

    Although it is a bit troublesome to recruit new soldiers according to the list and retrain them, the people in Northern Xinjiang are fierce and have always produced strong soldiers. Moreover, such armored fighters are trained by themselves and are loyal and reliable.  Although it takes longer and is more troublesome, it is still a good idea.

    As for requesting reinforcements from the General Administration - Meng Ju felt that it would be better to go directly toThe number of captive soldiers is complete.  Are the people in the General Administration easy to provoke?  After a few days in Luojing, Meng Ju had seen their style. They were all coaxing and looking at the sky when they walked. When they came down to Dongping, didn't they attract a group of fathers to wait on them?

    "Sixth floor, do you really think we can't take any prisoners from the border army? I think among these thousands of people, there should always be some who have good temperaments and real abilities but can't get along with the border army, right?  It doesn't hurt to accept some people like this, right?

    I remember that the former brother Wang Zhuwang was also from the border army. Didn¡¯t he also become Governor Ye¡¯s bodyguard?  He is a pretty good person!  "

    Speaking of Wang Zhu, a friend who has shared weal and woe, Lu Liulou¡¯s expression darkened.  He said: "It's not that we absolutely cannot accept them. It's just that if we really want to recruit, there are conditions for a humble position."

    "you say."

    "First, the number of people cannot be too large. It should be enough to recruit about fifty people. You must not let them exceed eighty people. If the number of people is small, disperse them to various units. Even if one day they really have other intentions,  That won¡¯t stir up any trouble.¡±

    Meng Ju stared deeply at Lu Liulou and said: "Sixth floor, just now Jiang Hai proposed that we should recruit more new recruits among the captive soldiers, and he asked Miao to recruit them himself. I didn't allow him to go and gave this task to you.  , but you told me that you can only recruit fifty people - the sixth floor, do you know what this means?"

    Lu Liulou was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Governor, I don't know what Brother Jiang means. But I think that recruiting a small number of captive soldiers is because our army's atmosphere has assimilated them, but if too many captive soldiers are recruited,  If so, it means that they have alienated us, which will affect the stability and combat effectiveness of our army. I just talked about the matter, and I didn't think about other things."

    "Only recruiting eighty armored warriors, no problem, I agree to this. What else?"

    "Second, if we want to recruit soldiers from prisoners, we must not force them, but must allow them to participate on a completely voluntary basis - that is, we must release them first and then recruit."

    Lu Liulou has repeatedly emphasized that the recruitment site must be located outside the prisoner camp. After releasing the prisoners, let them sign up on their own. This can ensure that the prisoners have indeed signed up voluntarily.

    Anyway, Leping was about to be evacuated soon, and Meng Ju had already planned to release the prisoners. He agreed without hesitation: "No problem, I'll leave it to you to release the prisoners - it's best to wait until our convoy leaves."  You can release them after we get out of the city, so as not to cause trouble for us. Leave this matter to you on the sixth floor, I feel relieved. Just let it go, if you need money or people, just give me a shout."

    After talking about the matter, Lu Liulou bowed and went out.  Looking at the slightly hunched back of the middle-aged officer, Meng Ju couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Jiang Hai and Lu Liulou are really two completely different people.

    Jiang Hai is young, handsome, and has a sunny temperament. He is talented, eloquent, good at conversation, and daring to take risks. No matter where he is, he always attracts the attention of others like a torch. He acts flamboyantly and has a great reputation;

    " And Lu Liulou was just an officer who rose from the ranks of soldiers. He had an ordinary appearance, was simple and dull, was poor at speaking, and acted cautiously.  No matter in any aspect, he can't compare to Jiang Hai.

    But Meng Ju felt that in a group, not only a razor-sharp figure like Jiang Hai was needed, but a solid and stable character like Lu Liulou was also indispensable, or even more important.

    He has no outstanding achievements, but he is a peaceful and simple man. He does not strive for credit or fame. He takes the overall situation into consideration, is considerate in his work, and is not afraid of hard work or trivial matters.  Such people are the most precious national warriors.  When I met him, I found a treasure.
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