The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 13 Military Discipline and Regulations
One hundred volunteer soldiers lined up on the flat ground in the valley and began Qi Jiguang's first military training lesson.

Yue Wenxuan, Gong Erniang, and Qian Zhuoqun stood aside and watched.

"Heavenly Generals are training their troops." Gong Erniang and Qian Zhuoqun were filled with curiosity, their eyes wide open. In fact, Yue Wenxuan was also interested, but he deliberately didn't show it, pretending to be calm.

Qi Jiguang stood at the front of the troops, his gaze sweeping across the formation with an intimidating presence: "You, I'm talking to you. Stand up straight. If I see you hunched over again, I'll give you a beating with five military sticks."

The person named was startled and quickly straightened up. This person was actually a well-known scoundrel in Jimo County, and even his parents couldn't control him. But the person in front of him was a "heavenly general", and he didn't dare to show his scoundrel temper at all, and was as obedient as a quail in front of Qi Jiguang.

The soldiers all stood in perfect order, not daring to move. Qi Jiguang paced back and forth at the front of the team, reading out the military regulations of the Qi Family Army as he walked: "... Anyone who leaves the team to urinate due to an urgent need will have his ears cut off... Anyone who makes noises in the ranks will be tied up and beaten with forty military sticks... During the march, apart from singing military songs, there is no entertainment, and no chatting about family matters to incite homesickness... Drinking and playing cards are not allowed... Anyone who claims to be sick during the battle will be beheaded; anyone who looks back at the enemy will be beheaded; anyone who is in an ambush and cannot get up early will have their captain beheaded and the soldiers tied up and beaten; anyone who disobeys their superiors, disobeys orders and prohibitions, kills civilians to claim credit, or rapes women will all be beheaded..."

When this military regulation came out, everyone's face changed.

Very strict! Or rather, too strict.

The Jimo rebels were just a bunch of ragtag bunches, and had never heard of such strict military regulations. Several of the rebellious soldiers in the army thought to themselves: "There's no way these military regulations can be strictly enforced? I'm afraid they're just saying it for fun."

At this moment, the tall and thin man actually said, "Oh? There are so many military regulations? I'm stupid and can't remember them all."

Qi Jiguang's eyes instantly locked onto the tall and thin man's face: "What's your name?"

The tall, thin man smiled innocently and said, "My name is Zhang Dashu."

Qi Jiguang: "You have just violated military regulations. Anyone who makes noise or talks in the ranks will be tied up and beaten with forty military sticks."

Everyone: "!!!"

Qi Jilai said, "Come here, tie this fellow up and beat him up."

After the order was given, no one moved...

In real history, when Qi Jiguang was training the Yiwu soldiers, he also brought his own household soldiers. Once a similar order was issued, the household soldiers would jump out to enforce military law and punish severely.

But here, he has no retainers at all, he is just a commander without any troops, and he has no military law team. Unfortunately, the plastic man does not know how to adapt, he can only memorize the settings, and has never thought about who will carry out the orders after he gives them.

When the order was given, it fell on deaf ears and no one responded.

Yue Wenxuan secretly shook his head in his heart: The figure is indeed just a figure, and its brain is rather dull. At times like this, I still have to rely on me to do the micro-manipulation.

The sky is full of wind and clouds...

Zhang Fei fell from the sky and landed next to Qi Jiguang.

At the same time, Yue Wenxuan's consciousness had already switched to Zhang Fei, and he said, "Brother Qi, I'm bored in heaven, and my hands are itching to do something. I might as well help you enforce military law and have some fun."

After saying that, he took a big step forward and stood in front of Zhang Dashu. He stretched out his hand and lifted up the tall and thin Zhang Dashu like a chicken.

Zhang Fei, the ancestor of the Zhang family, personally attacked Zhang Dashu, frightened to death. How could he dare to resist? He was thrown to the ground, stepped on, and tied up tightly with ropes. Yue Wenxuan chuckled, "It's tied up! Now I can beat him with forty military sticks. If you don't have a stick that's convenient, I'll just use the pole of my snake spear."

The onlookers were so frightened that their faces turned pale, thinking: What kind of person is Master Zhang San? Not to mention that he has become a divine general now, even before he was deified, he was still a powerful and fierce general. If he hit someone with his snake spear forty times, wouldn't his whole body be broken?
If a few unknown men had come and attacked and killed their comrades, the soldiers might have mutinied. But when Zhang Fei took action, who dared to say a word of objection? They didn't even dare to have the slightest thought of mutiny.

All the troublemakers in the army were trembling with fear, and Zhang Dashu himself was so frightened that he couldn't speak.

At this moment, Qi Jiguang suddenly spoke up: "Today is the first day of military training. You have just heard the military regulations and may not remember them clearly. Occasionally, you may make mistakes, which is understandable. I am not unreasonable. Today, I will only give you three strokes of the cane. The remaining thirty-seven strokes will be handed over to you for the time being."

Everyone: Phew! They all breathed a sigh of relief.

Yue Wenxuan also breathed a sigh of relief: Although this figure could only recite the settings, the soldier training ability in his settings was real. He also knew that newly recruited soldiers could not be punished harshly, and knew how to proceed step by step and with a proper balance between relaxation and tension.

Thinking of this, he laughed in his heart: If it was really Zhang Fei himself who came to fight, let alone three sticks, even one stick would be enough to beat this big tree to death. Fortunately, I am controlling this body now.

He turned the snake spear around, used the spear handle as a stick, and used some strength, striking three times neither too hard nor too light.

Zhang Dashu screamed in pain three times, rubbed his butt and climbed up. Not daring to complain, he returned to the team and stood in line.

Once this little incident was over, who dared to speak freely? They all remained silent, listening obediently as Qi Jiguang continued to read out the military regulations.

"In battle, if one man retreats, he will be beheaded. If the entire team retreats, the captain will be beheaded. If the captain dies and the entire team retreats, the entire team will be beheaded."

"During battle, if the musketeer dies, the melee soldiers will be beheaded; if the captain dies, the entire team will be beheaded; if the entire team dies, the captain will be beheaded..."

When Qi Jiguang mentioned this, everyone was stunned.

Zhang Dashu almost opened his mouth to speak again: "What is a bird gunner?"

But this time he learned his lesson. He swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth, not even uttering a single syllable. In fact, he was not the only one who wanted to ask, but everyone glanced at Zhang Fei and forcibly held back what they wanted to say.

It seems that military discipline and regulations have been initially established.

Yue Wenxuan couldn't help but laugh at this: "I have to clean up the mess again." His consciousness switched, taking control of the Qi Jiguang figurine, and he said, "You haven't seen the bird gunners I mentioned earlier. They are long-range weapons more powerful than bows and crossbows. It doesn't matter if you don't have them. Use crossbowmen first, and then replace them when you have bird guns."

Everyone then understood: from now on, when they heard the general say "bird-gunner", they could just understand it as "archer".

Madam Gong Er looked at her subordinates, a group of misfits who were now standing straight, with each of them listening attentively with their ears perked up, trying their best to memorize the military regulations. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart: A heavenly general is a heavenly general. Once he makes a move, this group of rabble will immediately become vigorous.

She turned to look at Qian Zhuoqun, only to hear him whisper, "Second Lady, if we train our troops this way, we'll surely accomplish great things. I... this is the first time I've had any confidence in defeating the Jin."

Madam Gong Er had the same idea and couldn't help but sigh: "I thought my father's wish was impossible, but now I have some hope."

(End of this chapter)