Most of the soldiers in this world are not for patriotism, and loyalty to the emperor is only on slogans. Perhaps those vested interests of the officers are really grateful for the favor of the emperor and the court and fight for it from the bottom of their hearts, but the soldiers at the bottom cannot have such a high political awareness.

The morale maintenance of military service under the Tang Dynasty generally comes from two aspects.

First, it is the factor that maintains morale the best effect: the sense of honor of the army!

The reason why the elite field soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can withstand high casualties is because of their own sense of honor!

I am the elite of all wars and I am proud of myself. For the sake of honor, I will never retreat and never surrender!

That's probably what it means...

Of course, the treatment of elites cannot be bad.

Second, it is very realistic. Only real elites can experience the sense of military merits and rewards, and the sense of honor of the army. Most Tang troops are still maintained by military merits and rewards. The strict military merit promotion system is an important factor in maintaining the combat capabilities of the Tang army.

However, Richard, who was from the bottom, did not have a huge amount of money to support the army, the gold-swalking beast, so he could only use a cheap but very effective incentive method - post-war looting.

Richard's promise to these soldiers was that as long as they won the battle, they could get 50% of the spoils and have certain priority choices!

This ratio is already very high in this world. After all, the bosses and officers above also need spoils to enrich their pockets. The bandits and others even eat meat, so the younger brothers below can only drink soup...

Because of this, Richard's promise moved the vast majority of Han soldiers. The remaining small number of Han soldiers surrendered were not because they were not interested in robbery, but because they were brainwashed by the county magistrate or Shangguan of Gaoxiang County...

There are such loyal and righteous people in every army, and there are not many people, but there are still some!

Such people have strong centripetal force on the government in Gaoxiang County and can easily impress the other party to change their camps. Their surrender is only driven by their instincts of following the crowd and fear of death.

It is difficult to make them work hard for the enemies of the Gaoxiang County government.

So, after the screening, Richard imprisoned this small group of people and the captured middle and senior officers alone, intending to choose a good time to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys and give them a pleasure...

Other Han surrendered soldiers were naturally incorporated into the Ming military camp with severe vacancies, and the Ming military camp was replenished from more than 300 people to just over 600.

There was no way, the county soldiers resisted too tenaciously on the battlefield, and most of them were injured and killed. Richard did not need serious injuries, so he naturally sent them to the road. In addition, the county soldiers themselves had only a base of 1,000, so there were not many Han surrendered soldiers in the end.

The individual soldiers of these Han people surrendered were of good quality. They rushed into the Ming army camp and simply reorganized them and could be brought to the battlefield to fight.

Han Li was worried about the reorganization of the Ming military camp, while Richard began to deal with the issue of more than 2,000 people surrendering to the army.

Like the Han soldiers surrendered, Richard first picked out all the Han officers among the Semu people surrendered. The Semu people servants were all Han people. After these Han officers were picked out, they did not remain as silent as county soldiers, but cried and shouted to work hard for Richard...

This situation was much beyond Richard's expectations. After Richard asked, he realized that the Han officers in the Semu people's servants were actually excluded Han people in Gaoxiang County, or Han soldiers who recognized some characters from the bottom of the country were quickly promoted.

It can be said that the loyalty of the Han officers of the Semu Jun to the government of the Semu Jun cannot be compared with that of the county soldiers. Many of them even hate the corruption of the Gaoxiang County government and the official behavior of suppressing dissidents!

If there is a Han officer with a connection, who would like to take a group of semen out all day long to fight against the green skin?

In fact, the collapse of the Seminister Army so quickly is also related to the leading role of these Han officers in fear of death.

After Richard discovered that the Han officers of these Semesters and County Soldiers had a fundamental difference, he accepted their allegiance very simply and asked them to continue to command the more than 2,000 Semesters and Soldiers!

The Sememen Servant Army is a military organization after all. If there are no officers, it would be a pity to become a farmer armed force like the Sememen Servant.

Therefore, Richard used the waste. These Han officers were very tame to themselves on the surface, and their flattery was very loud...

These two thousand eye-catching soldiers surrendered Richard gave him a very competent title - Pioneer Camp.

The name sounds like an elite army. Since ancient times, vanguards often represent elites, but in fact they mean literally. When encountering battles, they must be the first to take over...

According to the customs of later generations, Richard, the chief officer of the Pioneer Camp, was appointed as the battalion commander, which means the commander of the battalion.

By the same token, Han Li of the Ming military camp was also the battalion commander. Because the crime camp was a criminal unit and did not set up official positions, it was controlled by the Ming military camp.

Since Richard had rebelled against the court, it was naturally difficult to follow the military system of the Tang Dynasty. He might as well arrange it according to his own habits and preferences. Anyway, he had the final say in his own troops, and no one dared to refute it!

Although the commander of the Pioneer Battalion was one level lower than that of the Ming army battalion Han Li, he was not a subordinate relationship. The Pioneer Battalion was directly responsible to Richard. The battalion commander of the Pioneer Battalion was a Han lieutenant selected by Richard himself, named Xiahou Yucheng.

The name sounds very stylish, and I also look righteous!

With a national face and tall and tall figure, the first impression I give is the feeling of integrity and perseverance, and I am born with a decent appearance.

It is estimated that the other party can become a lieutenant at a young age, which is also related to this pattern...

The captain is the highest military post in the Semi-man servants’ army!

Further up is Long Liguo, the inspector who ruled the entire Seminister Army!

Richard chose Xiahou Yucheng as the battalion commander of the Pioneer Battalion, not only because he was righteous and was more pleasing to him, nor because the other party had a high official position and had certain command ability. It was mainly because Xiahou Yucheng was the first "loyal and righteous man" to kneel down to Richard and always said that he would devote his life to Richard until his death!

Richard knew very well what kind of troops the Pioneer Battalion was. This kind of troops were in the hands of those who were bold and dared to fight and rush, and Richard was really worried.

But if a person who is timid and afraid of death and is very conscious of the current affairs, Richard will feel at ease.

Moreover, Richard asked the soldiers in the Ming army camp. At that time, Xiahou Yucheng, who was obviously a decent figure, surrendered with his soldiers in order to save his life without any resistance in order to save his life...

At that time, the Semu people's servant army had no county soldiers to supervise the battle, so Xiahou Yucheng surrendered very simply!

In Richard's eyes, obedience is far more important than courage!
Chapter completed!