The Soldier of the Red Mansion

Chapter 1 Great Victory
The breeze blows gently, filling the garden with fragrance; the white walls and green tiles are reflected in the long water.

Despite such a beautiful scene, corpses were floating on the river one after another. The corpses had strange hairstyles on their heads, with the hair from the forehead to the top of the head shaved off, shaped like a half moon.

"gorgeous."

Wang Xin, who was wearing cloth armor, exclaimed happily.

Wang Xin would not show mercy to these Japanese pirates who invaded the Great Zhou no matter how many he killed.

On the bridge in the distance, soldiers were cleaning up the corpses, and some soldiers were using hooks to pull the corpses ashore along the river bank. There were also boats in the river, and every head of a Japanese pirate was a military achievement.

But no one rushed to grab it, and no one dared to offend the general's orders.

"General."

An officer approached Wang Xin excitedly, knelt on one knee, raised his head and said, "Tang Ping has sent people to chase the fleeing Japanese pirates. We have won another victory."

The general led them to victory after victory, and the casualty ratio each time was astonishing, just like in today's battle, with fifteen thousand against two thousand Japanese pirates. He beheaded more than three hundred of them, and countless others drowned or had their heads not cut off. Only three of them sacrificed their own lives.

Although the military achievements are dazzling, what is even more crazy is that the friendly forces are not strong enough.

They defeated the Japanese pirates who others could not defeat.

Not only were the generals promoted, but the people under them were also promoted.

"Tell the brothers to clean up the battlefield quickly and bury the pirates' bodies as soon as possible to prevent the spread of plague. The heads should be processed together and the military merits should be given to those who deserve them. If anyone feels that their captain has treated them unfairly, they can come to me directly."

Wang Xin never forgot the instructions.

"Here."

He Kuan bowed in response.

"If I find out that any general has embezzled the military achievements of his soldiers, I will punish them severely. You and Tang Ping will also be charged with dereliction of duty. Don't blame me for being ruthless then."

Although he knew that no one dared to disobey his military orders, Wang Xin still reiterated them seriously.

This army that has won victory after victory, every soldier was personally selected by themselves, and miners were recruited from voluntary mines. They strictly practiced the Mandarin Duck Formation, which was specifically used to deal with Japanese pirates.

From the initial 500 people to the current 1,500 people.

I was also promoted from captain to assistant attacker.

He was promoted three times within a year. As soon as the official document for promotion arrived, and before he could even sit down, another document for promotion was delivered.

One person attains the Tao and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.

He Kuan and Tang Ping, the former miners and flag officers, have now become his right-hand men. They have been promoted to captains, each leading four to five hundred people, and the remaining five to six hundred people are left as the headquarters.

"Don't worry, General. If any of my men dare to act recklessly, I will chop off their heads without your intervention."

"Humph."

Wang Xin sneered.

The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the ant nest.

Simply winning over people will not lead the army well; the right way is to use both kindness and severity. Military discipline is related to the combat effectiveness of the army, and Wang Xin will never show leniency.

at this time.

Military information appeared in Wang Xin's eyes.

Name: Wang Xin

Position: Assistant General.

Rule: +2
Special military branch: conscripted miners
Military characteristics: Discipline +1, Morale +1
Army Morale: +82
Army Status: Loyal
Subordinates: He Kuan and Tang Ping.

In the information bar, the options of He Kuan and Tang Ping can be clicked.

Name: He Kuan

Position: Captain.

Status: He Kuan is loyal to you.

Name: Tang Ping Position: Captain.

Status: Tang Ping is loyal to you.

Ordinary soldiers and officers do not have personal pages, only the overall morale and attitude can be seen.
When we first started recruiting soldiers, the morale was only 10-20. The soldiers began to accept us. This was also the characteristic point of morale +1 for conscripted miners. If we recruited ordinary people, I'm afraid there would be no morale at the beginning.

Without morale, even if the recruits are trained strictly, they will easily collapse before they even fight when they encounter the enemy on the battlefield.

Before today's victory, the army's morale was 79, and the status was very respectful. Now it has become 82, and the status has become loyal. With rewards and incentives, etc., it will probably rise by two to five points.

Basically every ten points, the status will change.

Now he is over eighty years old, and his status has become loyal. Loyalty is stronger than loyalty. Loyalty is loyalty + honesty. Before, when his status was still very respected, the soldiers did not allow anyone to say bad things about him. Now that he has become loyal, Wang Xin dare not even think about it.

After 90 is loyalty, which is the status of Tang Ping and He Kuan towards themselves, and they have been dead for a long time, so loyalty may be the final level. After all, they are already loyal and there is no room for further improvement.

Of course, morale is not static. If soldiers are subjected to negative influences such as injustice, morale will decline.

Soldiers' food, clothing, housing, transportation, victory or defeat in battle, etc. can all affect morale.

Then comes the subordinate column.

Subordinates are related to one's own ruling attributes.

I was promoted from a general to an assistant, and my ruling attribute increased from 0 to 2, which means I can see the status of my two subordinate generals.

He was an assistant striker, with more than a dozen sentries under his command, but only two vacancies. They were so precious, so of course the two subordinates with the highest positions were also promoted based on their military achievements.

To bind a subordinate, the subordinate must be between 10 and 20 points in his or her status, which means that the subordinate has begun to accept the subordinate. The binding can only be released if the subordinate's status drops to a negative level or the subordinate dies.

In order to ensure fairness, Wang Xin would promote whoever had the greatest military achievements.

Now that I have a system, I can clearly see the status of important subordinates. I don’t have to worry about being deceived by ungrateful villains, and it won’t affect my battle.

It was also because of the system that Wang Xin was determined to join the army.

Before going into battle, check your own morale first. Know yourself and know your enemy. Knowing yourself is 100% certain, as you have laid a 50% foundation. Your opponent is the Japanese pirates. Others are afraid, but you are not. The Mandarin Duck Formation plus the volunteer miners are specifically designed to defeat the Japanese pirates.

God has already fed the food into your mouth, but you are too lazy to even chew it?

I'm afraid God will be mad to death.

So Wang Xin resolutely joined the army.

Fifteen years have passed since the Supreme Emperor abdicated and the young emperor ascended the throne.

At the beginning of Shunzheng, the Japanese invasion resurfaced and became increasingly rampant. The new emperor sent an angel with an interpreter from the Four Barbarians Pavilion to Japan to reprimand them. As a result, Japan fell into chaos and no one could take charge.

In contrast, the interior of the Great Zhou Dynasty had been at peace for nearly a hundred years, the coastal defense had been neglected, the garrisons were empty, and the Zhou army lacked combat effectiveness. Now, the entire coastal area, including Shandong, was invaded by Japanese pirates without exception.

Worse still, the Japanese pirates penetrated deep into the interior and invaded Nanjing, the first place in the south.

While the Japanese pirates burned, killed, and looted property, they also plundered civilians in large numbers. The men led the way and were sent in advance during battles. The women spun cocoons during the day and were raped at night. When they retreated, they took the people they had captured back to their own country and sold them as slaves.

The tenth year of Shunzheng.

The new emperor mobilized soldiers from Huguang, Guangdong corvée soldiers, Guangxi wolf soldiers, Sichuan Miao soldiers, Fujian Lai soldiers, Chongming sand soldiers, Shaolin monk soldiers, and mobilized Shandong gunmen, Henan Maomin, Tianzhou Wa family, northern cavalry, and Peking archers from the north. Anyone who claimed to be victorious would be captured.

In the eleventh year of Shunzheng, the elite troops of each army repeatedly defeated the Japanese pirates and won victory after victory.

In the 12th year of Shunzheng, factional struggles arose in the court. The soldiers on the front line were not rewarded for their merits. Most of the governors, military governors and generals were imprisoned and executed for wasting money and repeatedly missing opportunities to advance. As a result, everyone in the capital was afraid of the Japanese.

In the 13th year of Shunzheng's reign, the Japanese pirates defeated the Zhou army and slaughtered all the captives.

There were no troops to control the southeast. Wherever the Japanese pirates passed, corpses piled up like hills, blood flowed like rivers, cities and fields were deserted, and those who passed by shed tears.

The fourteenth year of Shunzheng.

Wang Xin, a young man from the side branch of the Wang family in Jinling, invited the genius doctor Zhang Youshi to the Lin Mansion in Yangzhou to cure the serious illness of the salt inspector Lin Ruhai. With Lin Ruhai's sponsorship, Wang Xin joined the army and was promoted to the chief officer of the salt road. He volunteered to train troops to fight against the Japanese pirates.

The fifteenth year of Shunzheng.

Three victories within a year shocked the southeast.

(End of this chapter)