Chapter 208 The Wheel of History
Camp in the north of Yinren Village.
Ji Rentu looked at the empty camp and a pile of used and unwashed cauldrons on the ground, and the bald man's eyes became even more gloomy.
"Sir, we have already checked. This camp is indeed a shadow camp, and the flags on the back mountain are still standing there." A soldier in armor knelt on the ground to report.
"Find the captain of the scout team!" Ji Rentu calmly ordered.
"Sir... Your Majesty, the captain of the scout team has committed suicide." The soldier replied tremblingly.
The bald man closed his eyes, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "Find a place and bury him! Report him dead in battle!"
Luoye City has a standing army of 8,000 people, and also has a complete military promotion and welfare system. Among them, the money spent on the army every year, the fixed monthly military salary, and a large part of the money are used for the aftermath of the soldiers.
Soldiers are human beings too, with wives, children and parents. Joining the army and gaining military honors is of course the fastest way to be promoted, but this road has been forged through countless mountains of corpses and seas of blood. And more people fell halfway on this road. As the saying goes, one general can achieve great results but ten thousand bones will wither!
This also requires that every force with standing armed forces has a complete aftermath system. Hundreds of soldiers died in battle, and Luoye City needed to provide a large pension, equivalent to half a year's military pay for ordinary soldiers, and the family's taxes would also be reduced for at least three years.
This is the iron law written in the military regulations! It is also the most direct guarantee of Ji Shenfu’s appeal. This is also why no matter how big or small the forces are, once the army is crippled, their vitality will be severely damaged and they will not be able to turn over for several years.
Just like an army of 10,000 enemies is completely wiped out. In addition to having to invest in re-recruiting soldiers and generals for training, the previous 10,000 people died in battle and the pension is equivalent to one month of raising an army of 60,000 people. Military pay, coupled with the reduction in taxes for these 10,000 households, is a crippling problem for any force.
However, if a soldier is not killed in battle, but is beheaded, or is exterminated for treason or rebellion, then there will be no compensation at all, and some serious crimes will involve family members.
It is for this reason that before the demise of many major forces, many once-loyal troops will often rebel. In fact, many armies will not betray their masters. Their wives, children, parents, who are supposed to be soldiers, are in the hands of their masters. If they rebel rashly, the whole family will be killed.
The truth of the matter is that this army fought bloody battles to the end when resisting foreign enemies. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers fought until only a few thousand were left, and finally defeated or drove back the enemy. However, before he could return to the capital, he was surrounded by his own friendly troops. An imperial edict issued that he was charged with collaborating with the enemy and treason. Thousands of brave men who did not die in the hands of the enemy all died in the hands of his own robe.
Is the monarch a fool? No, this monarch may understand better than anyone else that this army of hundreds of thousands is more loyal than anyone else. However, he had to give this order. Because as long as this order is given, the death pensions of these hundreds of thousands of soldiers will no longer need to be paid, and even the taxes of hundreds of thousands of families will not be lost, and they will even be collected better and turned into slaves!
The compensation for the death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers can completely support an army of nearly one million for a month! This is why many forces that are in danger of annihilating their country always reveal heinous and shocking injustice cases!
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The wheel of history is always repeating the various processes that people have experienced. There are no exceptions in all dynasties and generations, just like the Yunxiao Army back then. The historical data of Luo Yun Kingdom still record: In the previous dynasty, Yunxiao's soldiers were powerful and brave and invincible. Then the Lord was unjust, and wars broke out year after year, making the people miserable. Mo Shang and Yun Xi surrendered one after another. God bless Luo Yun and Fifty Thousand Yunxiao, who rebelled against the civil war and finally achieved great success!
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Zhang Heng followed Ji Rentu and nodded slightly when he heard the other party's words. Yinren Village's move was indeed clever. In fact, the scout captain was also unlucky. Although he could not escape the charge of not observing intelligence, it would be unfair to blame him for this matter.
The middle-aged scribe sighed, bowed and said, "Sir, this subordinate is guilty!"
The bald man turned around and glanced at him, and said calmly: "Sir, what do you mean by this? What's the crime?"
Zhang Heng smiled bitterly and said: "Heng was ordered by the county magistrate to assist you in this expedition. However, Yinren used this method to deceive us and surprise Tie Xin! As a staff officer with the army, I failed to see through it. This crime of negligence cannot be evaded. .”
Ji Rentu's eyes lit up, and he understood what the other party meant, and said in a deep voice: "In that case, I will fine you sir three months of military pay as a warning to others!"
The middle-aged scribe cupped his hands and said with a smile: "That's fair, sir!"
Soon, the news of Zhang Heng being punished by General Ji spread throughout the cavalry.
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A group of black-armored soldiers knocked down the wall of the northern camp and lit a bonfire in the center of the original school grounds. Ji Rentu climbed onto the general stand and looked at the dark crowd of soldiers.
Following him this time were a thousand cavalrymen led by his headquarters. However, because the northern border of Yinren Village was mostly covered with dense forests, these thousand cavalrymen all dismounted and came on foot. Their horses would leave Yao Jingshun's camp early tomorrow morning. More than a hundred soldiers escorted them.
The other three cavalry generals each led 250 cavalrymen to perform their own tasks. Among them, the red-armored cavalryman Liu Dong and the white-armored cavalryman Zhu Wen, after reporting to Ji Rentu before, each sneaked back to Tiexin Village to find their own arrangements.
The last Qing family cavalry general has other tasks planned.
"You must have heard the rumors at noon today. Yes, we were defeated! One hundred and three brothers died!" Ji Rentu said loudly. Obviously, the man used his inner strength, otherwise there would be more than a thousand people. He was surrounded here, and the soldiers on the periphery couldn't hear what he said.
As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of whispers, but the bald man ignored everyone and continued: "This is the camp in Yinren Village. They killed our brothers not far away! You can look down and see this The pots and pans in the camp! Yes, after they killed them, they had a big meal here!"
Ji Rentu glanced at the people who were gradually calming down, and continued: "I have dealt with some people regarding this matter. The captain of the scout team died, and my staff officer Zhang was fined for one season! But what I want to say, It’s not just these! The people I want to punish are not just these!”
All the black-armored soldiers in the audience understood what their master meant and spoke one after another:
"Yes! General, you can't let those bumpkins go!"
"The hatred of Pao Ze must not be settled like this!"
"General, lead us to fight!"
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The bald man glanced at the crowd with a gloomy look, raised the sword in his hand, and roared: "Tomorrow at noon, attack Yinren, and pay with blood!"
I saw a crowd of black-armored soldiers under the stage, shouting in unison: "Attack Yinren! Blood debt must be paid with blood!"
As the saying goes, when people gather together, thousands of people shout and thousands of people roar!
These cavalry in black armor, even if they are dismounted, are still well-trained soldiers!
