The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 73 Five Kill Orders

Teng Yuzao suddenly raised his voice, "In the army, one must keep one's word and fulfill one's promise. This time, we have more than 2,000 former Green Camp soldiers who have passed the assessment. Although many of them barely passed after I lowered the standards, one must keep one's word. I'm sure many people have heard of Shang Yang's "Standing a Tree at the South Gate". Now I will fulfill my promise. All the Green Camp soldiers who are selected to join the First Regiment, the Cavalry Battalion, and the Artillery Regiment will each receive five taels of silver."

"boom"

As soon as Teng Yuzhao finished speaking, the parade ground became lively again. The Green Camp soldiers who were fortunate enough to be selected all had expressions of happiness and excitement on their faces, while those who were not selected were stunned, and many of them began to beat their chests and stamp their feet.

Looking at the various expressions in the training ground, Teng Yuzao continued to shout loudly into the loudspeaker, "Although you have been selected to join the regular troops of the vanguard army in advance, it does not mean that every one of you has reached the qualified standard. I have made it clear that if any of you cannot become a qualified soldier in your respective troops within the next month, I will take back the five taels of silver."

"General Teng, I also want to become a regular soldier in the vanguard army in advance."

Someone in the team of defeated Green Camp soldiers shouted loudly. With one person taking the lead, many people in the defeated team immediately followed suit and shouted at the top of their lungs. As more and more people shouted, their shouts became louder and louder.

Teng Yuzao held up the loud speaker and said in a loud voice, "You guys are not up to their level yet, so you still need to go through the training of the recruit team. Only when you are qualified can you get silver, but you will get less."

"General Teng, I can meet the standards. I was just hiding my incompetence on purpose."

Teng Yuzhao could tell that the Green Camp soldier who spoke was the one who spoke first.

Teng Yuzao asked in confusion, "Why do you want to hide your incompetence?"

The man shouted in the team, "I didn't know that if I became a regular soldier ahead of time, I would get a reward from the adults. If you let me try again now, I will definitely meet the standards. If I can't do it, I am willing to accept the adults' military law."

The man's answer was very direct and straightforward, which made Teng Yuzao so angry that he couldn't help laughing. He knew that this man must be a veteran soldier.

After this veteran soldier started shouting, hundreds of people in the losing team followed suit. In just a short while, all the Green Camp soldiers in the losing team started shouting.

Li Yulin, Liu Yuzhi, Li Xianze, Liu Changfa, Xue Zhiqian, Wei Jinghai, Sun Shijun and others, who had been standing in a row behind Teng Yuzao and accompanying Teng Yuzao in giving speeches to officers and soldiers, looked at the increasingly chaotic team of defeated Green Camp soldiers below and could not help but look at each other in bewilderment.

However, it was not a good idea to continue the chaos. Li Yulin stepped forward quickly and whispered, "Sir, do you want Liu Bingyi to lead some people to suppress the rebellion?"

Although Teng Yuzhao wanted to boost morale today, he didn't expect that he seemed to have boosted morale too much, resulting in such a chaotic scene.

But he would definitely not allow Liu Bingyi to lead people to suppress the rebellion. If that happened, his efforts to boost morale today would be greatly reduced.

Teng Yuzhao thought about it for a moment, then shook his head firmly to reject Li Yulin's suggestion.

"The military's morale is good!" Teng Yuzhao whispered to Li Yulin.

After Teng Yuzhao finished speaking, he shouted without turning his head, "Li Xiance." "Here." Li Xiance strode up to Teng Yuzhao.

Teng Yuzao smiled bitterly and said to Li Xiance, "Kangnian, you have seen the situation. It looks like you will have to work hard."

"It's all up to you, sir." Li Xiance answered without hesitation.

Teng Yuzao said, "If these people don't come to an explanation today, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with them. So, I'll hand them all over to you. The organization will be based on the organization of the first regiment that we discussed last night. You will organize them all into your second regiment in advance, and then you will organize these people to train. You can only practice while fighting."

"I will follow your orders, sir." Li Xianze answered loudly with excitement.

Seeing that Liu Yuzhi's regiment already had more than 2,000 men, which was a strong force, Li Xiance had long been jealous.

Although Teng Yuzhao asked Liu Yuzhi to take out three platoons from the First Regiment that had participated in two consecutive battles in the "Beiyang Military Academy" and exchange three platoons with his Second Regiment in order to give his men more combat experience, his Second Regiment only had six platoons of veterans. The number of soldiers he, the regiment commander, led was even less than the number of soldiers led by a sentry in Liu Yuzhi's First Regiment, which made him extremely anxious.

Now, although those people left by Liu Yuzhi were handed over to him to be incorporated into the Second Regiment, these people were trained soldiers after all. How could he be picky? He was already very happy in his heart.

Teng Yuzhao also knew that doing so was somewhat unfair to Li Xiance, but there was no better way. He had never expected a scene like today.

Teng Yuzao sighed softly, smiled apologetically and patted Li Xianze's shoulder, "Kangnian, don't feel wronged. When Ziming's training camp completes the new recruits' training, you will be allowed to pick the first three batches, and Qionglin will assign the rest to you two equally."

Liu Yuzhi and Li Xiance are both his most loyal subordinates. Teng Yuzhao cannot let Li Xiance feel that he is too biased towards Liu Yuzhi.

After pacifying Li Xianze, Teng Yuzao raised the loudspeaker again and said loudly to the unsuccessful Green Camp soldiers, "Since you are all vying to become regular soldiers as soon as possible, I will give you another chance and assign all the strong ones among you to the Second Regiment. The old and weak will still have to go to the training camp for new recruits. Those who cannot meet the standards in the training camp will be sent to the baggage camp, and those who are really weak will be persuaded to leave the Vanguard Army."

Teng Yuzao's words caused cheers to break out from the losing team, and then Teng Yuzao's voice suddenly became stern.

"However, I want to warn you that all the bad habits in the Green Camp must be changed immediately, otherwise they will be punished according to military law immediately."

"Also, I'll give you half a month. If you can reach the standard within half a month, I'll give you five taels of silver each. If you reach the standard after a month, the silver will be halved."

Teng Yuzao raised his voice again and said in a cold tone, "All the soldiers of the vanguard army must listen carefully. Military law is ruthless. I will not emphasize the normal military discipline in the army. Your superiors will teach and restrain you about those military disciplines. What I want to emphasize is that in the vanguard army, those who are afraid of the enemy and flee privately will be killed, those who retreat in battle will be killed, those who disobey military orders will be killed, those who hide seized property will be killed, and those who commit rape and looting will be killed. Military law is ruthless, you all better take care of yourselves!"

Teng Yuzhao's "Five Kill Orders" was not only spoken in a cold tone, but also full of murderous intent.

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