The army, like the wolves, has a strict hierarchy, and the commander has the right to eat first.
At the dinner table, who uses the chopsticks first seems to be a small matter.
However, in fact, this is not a trivial matter, because it is equivalent to a manifestation of authority and prestige.
The military is a very special group.
In this group, if there is no recognized leader, this group will become very unstable, and conflicts will often break out, let alone obey orders and protect the country.
In order to control the army as much as possible, very strict military discipline was established.
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A bowl of porridge, a bowl of broth, two steamed buns, and a piece of rye cake, this is the lunch for the soldiers in the official village.
These things, to be fair, are not very good to eat.
However, they will definitely be full, so most of the soldiers who often don't have enough to eat are already very satisfied.
This was also the first step for Wei Qing to win over the army.
For this reason, Wei Qing didn't care even if he gave money to improve the food of the soldiers or lost money to serve as an official.
After all, a general can't even provide his soldiers with the most basic three meals a day. How can you expect your soldiers to listen to you?
When Wei Qing was the first to get the broth, the cook who handed out the broth went out of his way to please Wei Qing and gave Wei Qing some extra meat.
A large spoonful of soup, mixed with slices of meat, was poured into his bowl with a splash, and the rolled up soup splashed out of the edge of the bowl. The weight alone was quite a lot.
When Wei Qing saw this, he did not refuse the cook's kindness.
Moving a chair, Wei Qing sat at the head of the table, picked up the pottery bowl, blew on the thick layer of oil on the soup surface, turned it against the edge of the bowl, and took a sip of the soup.
Putting down the meat and water bowl, Wei Qing took two more chopsticks to pick up a piece of fat white meat, picked up the rye cake and stuffed it into his mouth.
He opened his cheeks and ate and drank heartily. In the blink of an eye, he had eaten a large bowl of broth and three rye cakes.
After eating, Wei Qing wiped his mouth and asked his other soldiers to start eating.
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After the soldiers finished eating and rested for a while, Wei Qing asked the hundreds of soldiers to start training.
Wei Qing's requirements are very strict, and he requires his soldiers according to the standards of Wei soldiers during the Warring States Period.
"Wear armor of three attributes, wield a crossbow of twelve stones, bear fifty arrows, place it on the spear, wear a crown and sword, win three days' food, and go hundreds of miles at noon."
In plain English, it means that the soldiers are required to carry forty or fifty kilograms of equipment and rations on their backs and run a hundred miles in three days.
This training intensity is very high.
This is why Wei Qing would spend money from his own pocket to improve the food of his soldiers.
Such high-intensity training requires food rich in salt and oil to support it.
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In order to train these soldiers, in the next few days, Wei Qing spent more than ten thousand dollars out of his own pocket to bribe the officials of the Yanling Arsenal, and moved out 300 second-hand weapons to equip his first army. .
There is nothing else in the Yanling Arsenal, but these dilapidated weapons and equipment are still piled up in the warehouse.
Some of these weapons and equipment have been accumulated over the years, and many of them were seized from the enemy.
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This day.
The soldiers curiously surrounded the bullock cart piled with weapons.
A few soldiers picked up a few long spears in a playful manner and waved them in a pretentious manner. What was embarrassing was that the wooden barrel of one of the long spears was broken just like this.
When the soldiers saw this, their originally excited faces suddenly turned a little gloomy.
"First unload all the equipment on the car before we talk."
Wei Qing, who was a little embarrassed, touched his nose and waved to everyone in full view.
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Wei Qing looked at the stunned soldiers around him, and casually took out a long gun from the wooden stand next to him.
Immediately, Wei Qing followed the gun and used all the skills of saving, stabbing, hitting, picking, blocking, and gouging in his marksmanship.
The most important move in the army is to kill fiercely!
The spear was curled like a dragon, and Wei Qing was holding a spear, like a giant dragon showing its teeth.
For a moment, Wei Qing pulled out a silver-white straight line from the spear in his hand.
The tip of the gun shook, emitting a bone-piercing silver cold light.
The soldiers who were complaining all the time stopped complaining when they saw Wei Qing, who was majestic and with a spear drawn out like a dragon, like a god incarnate into the world.
Everyone watched all this intently, and everyone could see that their captain was not a simple man.
Following such a general, maybe their lives will be different, maybe.
After demonstrating a set of marksmanship, Wei Qing threw the spear on the ground and said to the hundreds of soldiers in front of him.
"This is the border, the front line of the battlefield, the most dangerous place, and the place with the greatest chance of meritorious deeds."
"If you still want to go home alive, take a wife and have children, build a new house, buy a few acres of thin farmland, and practice the weapons in your hands, this is your only chance."
Hearing what Wei Qing said, hundreds of soldiers looked at Wei Qing with a kind of silent fanaticism in their eyes.
This is the power of example.
"Due to the deepening conflict between the Han Empire and the Xiongnu Empire, your Majesty issued a reward order for killing the Xiongnu a long time ago."
"One Huns' head is rewarded with a hanging coin, and one hundred Huns' heads can be rewarded with an acre of land.
Wei Qing explained in detail the Han Dynasty's military title system to his hundreds of soldiers.
From high to low, the military titles are divided into Chehou, Guanneihou, Da Shuchang, Sicha Shuchang, Dashang Zao, Shaoshangzao, You Geng, Zhong Geng, Zuo Geng, You Shu Chang, Zuo Shu Chang, Wu. There are twenty levels of titles including Dafu, Gongcheng, Gongdafu, Guandafu, Dafu, Bugeng, Hairpin Jiao, Shangzao and Gongshi.
In order to deal with the Huns, starting from the emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty, titles were divided into many levels based on military merit.
Later, in order to reward the soldiers who fought bloody battles, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che improved and perfected the Qin Dynasty's military merit awarding system.
The rewards are based on the size of the military merits. Those with high military merits will receive higher titles.
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Originally, many soldiers did not think that they would be opponents of the Huns, who rode like the wind, shot arrows like clouds, and were called killing machines.
Because the Huns spent most of their time on horseback.
They would even gather, eat, and even sleep on horses. Bow-bending and archery were a skill they must learn since childhood.
The Xiongnu army, which has great mobility and speed advantages, can be regarded as cavalry archers. Facing the Han Dynasty army, which is mostly infantry, it is a natural weapon restraint.
The Huns will naturally have a great advantage in the battle.
However, Wei Qing's demonstration just now made these soldiers feel that the once distant goal suddenly seemed within reach.
