Chapter 342 The Cruel Side

On April 12, Hong Chengchou met with the generals in Ruzhou (now Linru, Henan) to discuss encirclement and suppression of peasant army in Shaanxi. Hong Chengchou ordered Deng Yan, You Zhai Wen and others to station in Fancheng to defend the Han River; Zuo Liangyu and Tang Jiuzhou controlled Wu Village, Wawu, and guarded the important roads of Zhejiang River; You Shiwei, Chen Shifu, and Xu Laichao stationed in Yongning and Lushan Mountain to block the dangers of Luonan and Zhuyang. Hong Chengchou personally led the army and entered Tongguan with Cao Wenzhao to fight.

On June 28, he was surrounded by peasant troops in Qiutou Town, Zhenning (now Zhengning, Gansu) and committed suicide.

Although there are many conflicts between the bandits, they broke up and reunited under the pressure of officers and soldiers, and this year they gathered in Shaanxi again.

Hong Chengchou's encirclement and suppression effect was not obvious. The bandits began to hide from the main force of the official army to dare to hit the troops and attack the official army, and completed a beautiful turn. The result of this turn was reflected in Cao Wenzhao. Hong Chengchou's encirclement and suppression strategy was once again bankrupt. Faced with the peasant army who was good at swimming and fighting, Hong Chengchou could only encircle everywhere and did not have enough troops to eliminate the peasant army. In August, the Ming court was unable to take care of Hong Chengchou, so he promoted Lu Xiang to Premier Jiangbei, Henan, Shandong, Huguang, and Sichuan military affairs, and also the governor of Huguang. Governor Hong Chengchou was appointed to the northwest and Xiang was promoted to the southeast. Soon, he was appointed as the governor of the Ministry of War, and was appointed as the assistant minister of Shanxi and Shaanxi military affairs, and was granted Shang Fang Jian, acting cheaply, and encircled and suppressing the peasant army.

In the Central Plains, the Dengzhou Camp was excluded. It was not that the Ministry of War did not want to mobilize the Dengzhou Camp, but that it was afraid of another conflict. Compared with the Dengzhou Camp's domineering name in the Central Plains officialdom, in the officialdom south of the Yangtze River, the Dengzhou Camp's evaluation was relatively positive. In particular, Zhang Guowei, the governor of Southern Zhili, repeatedly wrote to the court, asking the Dengzhou Camp to be transferred to Xuzhou and Nan Zhili to be deployed to ensure the safety of the Southeast's tax-heavy areas. In response to this request, the court was also very quarreled and had no clear conclusion. On the one hand, the two encirclement ministers Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng did not want Chen Xie, but on the other hand, the financial exhaustion faced by the court. The existence of the Dengzhou Camp cannot be ignored. There are also some Qingliu Jing officials who take the Dengzhou Camp as a matter of political purposes and attack Wen Tiren. It seems that the Dengzhou Camp cannot be used correctly, which is all Wen Tiren's responsibility.

Chen Xie, who was temporarily out of the matter, immediately accelerated the pace of military construction since he returned from North Korea. Considering the large-scale chaos that may occur in the domestic battlefield in the future, the Dengzhou camp seems to have abundant troops. Once it is put into a vast battlefield, the unit area is very small. The problem of military source is easy to solve. Refugees who have been fleeing from Henan can go so far to the Denglai area, most of whom are in good health.

These people arrived in Dengzhou and selected them to be in good physical condition. They were between the ages of 18 and 25, and easily recruited more than 15,000 people. The new soldiers from the fourth and fifth battalions of the B-character Battalion were easily solved. In a short period of time, these recruits also had to receive training for recruits, and the early stage was mainly to take care of their health. The young and strong among the refugees were also representative of malnutrition in Denglai.

These people were thrown into the recruit training camp and would not have much exercise at the beginning. They would just stand in a queue under strict discipline and develop the habit of absolute obedience and team consciousness. Simply put, it is brainwashing.

Changyi Newcomer Training Camp, a large newcomer camp that can accommodate 5,000 new recruits. Every morning when the military roar sounded, the torture began. The instructor used a whip and leather boots, and beat and kicked the new recruits to the playground. He stood in a queue after another, and this took up an hour. Only after completing this task could he have breakfast.

Chen Xie, who attaches great importance to this expansion, naturally needs to see the actual situation. Chen Xie rarely does it. It is difficult to solve the fundamental problem by relying on him to do private visits alone. It is really difficult to do dirty and tiring work, and hiding in the dark corner to peek at everything is an organization called "shadow".

Chen Xie, who arrived last night, also got up when he heard the sound of the military horn. He stood in the corridor on the second floor, watching the training on the playground from afar. One recruit after another. The square formation of a hundred people was amid the continuous sound of instructors in groups of three people. The training volume of the day was completed.

Chen Xie’s way to understand the situation in various places is very simple, it is to listen to the report. The officers in charge of the report are careful. Only officers at the level of garrison in Dengzhou Camp could truly feel what kind of person Mr. Chen was. Chen Xie, who was seen by the grassroots people, was a kind master, and the reputation of Chen Daliang was not exposed. But these officers knew that ordinary people saw it was basically illusions. Just last month, a military officer embezzled 100 silver dollars and was taken down by the military legal team. The whole family disappeared overnight, and I don’t know where he went. What crime was not as good as his family, it was bullshit!

Only when you really get to the middle and senior management will you understand what kind of person Mr. Chen is. If you get the trust of Mr. Chen, and get power, you also have the corresponding income to ensure that your family can live a good life. But if you betray the trust of Mr. Chen, the punishment you will receive is absolutely unimaginable. In fact, Chen Xie is not very clear about the specific details. Few people know how cruel it is to deal with Ying Niang.

The report was interrupted halfway through. The instructor who knocked in the door said that the recruits were dissatisfied with the instructor's discipline and caused trouble. Gong An, the garrison in charge of the recruit battalion, immediately paled his face, stood up and looked at Chen Xie's expressionless face, and immediately ordered loudly: "Notify Changyi's third battalion, come and maintain order immediately."

The deployment in Changyi was a battalion of Jia. After receiving the order to dispatch troops, he had to arrive at the scene within half an hour. Before that, Gong An had to personally negotiate with the soldiers who were causing trouble and delay time.

Chen Xie had not made a clear statement, standing in the corridor watching the scene of 5,000 new recruits causing trouble. Ten instructors were held hostage by the new recruits who caused trouble. There were about 1,000 new recruits involved in the trouble, and the other new recruits were taken back to the barracks by the instructors and kept behind closed doors. In half an hour, things did not make a big difference, and to a large extent it was the role of the instructor.

The new recruits who were causing trouble occupied the playground, and the several new recruits in the lead were negotiating with Gong An.

Chen Xie’s location must be absolutely safe. Two-story building with steel and concrete structure only has one corridor entrance. This is the dormitory of the office and instructors. The personal guards guard the stairs. Not to mention guarding for half an hour, it will be easy for an hour.

After about twenty minutes of negotiations, Gong An returned. He went up to the second floor and met Chen Xie to report: "Master, the reason for the recruits to cause trouble is that they think the training is too hard and the instructor is too strict. During the training of the team this morning, a recruit was beaten by the instructor, and his fellow townsmen started to make trouble with the instructor. Then the matter was a big deal. Now the recruits in the lead demanded that the daily exercise be changed to every three days, and also required that a silver dollar pay be paid every month."

"Did you promise them?" Chen Xie still spoke expressionlessly, and he could not hear any meaning in his tone. Gong An, who came from the first phase of the teaching team, knew that this tone was not a good thing. He immediately stood up and replied: "Bizhi did not agree, nor did he refuse immediately, but said that he would ask for instructions from the superiors. The meaning of Beizhi was to delay the time first and wait for the third battalion of Jiazi of Changyi garrison to arrive."

"Well, I understand." Chen Xie's expression still had no meaning, and he could not hear any joy or anger. These were two completely different people from him in front of ordinary people and the elders of Zhangjiazhuang. Gong An, who breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and knew that he had barely passed.

The components of new recruits are quite complicated. On the surface, they all seem to be farmers, but in fact they include self-cultivated farmers, tenants, military households, wealthy slaves, deserters, servants, etc. At the beginning, it was difficult to distinguish between these people. In Chen Xie's opinion, it was completely unnecessary to distinguish. No matter what his origin was, he had to practice according to Chen Xie's requirements when he arrived at the recruit camp.

The recruit camp is a place with no human touch. It is necessary to turn all kinds of people who are used to being casual and become soldiers in the army. The human touch is not very effective. It can only be the strictest discipline and the most cruel training to make these people become qualified soldiers. As for causing trouble, haha, do you really think that Mr. Chen is a rude person? That is propaganda and fooling ordinary people.

When the infantry team of the A-shaped camp appeared in the recruit training camp, the recruits on the playground discovered it. After a brief riot, the recruits pushed the instructor out and stood in front. However, it did not have much effect. The soldiers holding the bayonet still pressed forward firmly. At this time, Gong An stood in front, holding a trumpet and shouted: "Cast the instructor, stop causing trouble, do not blame the past. Resist to the end, and die. Forget it, even if you ruin your life, it will also drag down your family."

The guns were raised, one by one, aiming at the troubled recruits. The instructors who were pushed in front had their eyes full of determination. No matter how the soldiers behind them fought, they didn't even noticed and gritted their teeth and persevered. When they saw the officer raising the command knife, they rushed forward neatly.

Bang bang bang bang bang, the gunshots sounded like fried beans. Four hundred rifle soldiers completely defeated the troubled recruits with two guns. The instructors lying on the ground showed a hideous smile and looked at the new recruits who were fleeing in all directions. The new recruits hiding in the barracks witnessed this scene with their own eyes, and had no other thoughts except for glory.

The new recruits who fled in all directions could not cross the high wall, let alone barbed wire and glass slags on it. In an hour, everything returned to normal. All the new recruits involved in the troubled cause were concentrated in a circle, squatting down and hugging their heads, waiting for the judgment of fate. Gong An, holding the trumpet, walked to the storm again: "Let me listen to it. Those who take the lead in causing trouble should stand up consciously and don't drag everyone down. I have dozens of voices, and the leader who refuses to stand up consciously will bear the consequences."

Only three people stood up consciously, dragged out by soldiers from the A-shaped camp, and tied to the pillars where they practiced assassination. (To be continued)
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