Chapter 623 Party A Zhou Xu
After receiving permission, the Weiguo slaves headed by Bai Tu hurriedly ran to line up to receive their meals, fearing that they would be gone if they arrived late.
During this process, Bai Tu and the others were still a little nervous.
But after seeing that the Da Zhou soldiers queuing up in front simply glanced at them and then showed no reaction at all, I felt completely relieved.
Actually, they simply worried too much about this. Their share was already done when the kitchen was making breakfast.
The recruitment of this group of hard laborers did greatly increase their food consumption, but they who captured Huangsha City also occupied Huangsha City's granary.
Don’t forget to consider the garrison camp. There are a thousand permanent troops in Huangsha City. Plus the daily consumption in the city and even the mines outside the city, the food reserves here are still It's quite sufficient, so they don't need to worry about this food consumption at all.
However, considering that the current situation is special and they are on an expedition, breakfast is relatively simple. It is basically two generous vegetable and meat flatbreads and a bowl of simple vegetable soup.
Although there are more vegetables and less meat, the pickles wrapped in the flatbread are also very delicious. Even for many Zhou soldiers, the meat in the flatbread is secondary, and the pickled vegetables in the flatbread are secondary. The food is the highlight.
Bai Tu and others had similar pancakes before Weiguo, but I don’t know if it’s because they haven’t had a full meal for a long time after being captured as hard labor, or what, but the taste just doesn’t taste as good as they do now. This is a good meal.
They devoured the two large portions of big cakes, and after that, each and every one of them couldn't help but have a look of happiness on their faces.
The soldiers finished their breakfast and quickly started a new day's work. As for the hard laborers headed by Bai Tu, Shi Lei was not in a hurry to arrange work for them.
On the one hand, these hard laborers are malnourished for a long time and need time to recover.
On the other hand, he has received news and knows that their king is still resting at the moment. He has no idea how to arrange these hard laborers to defend the country. Anyway, he is not in a hurry about this matter, so he might as well Wait until their king wakes up.
By the time Zhou Xu woke up, it was already past noon.
"Has anyone come to see me?"
"Reporting to the king, no one came to bother me."
Faced with the question, the guards quickly answered.
There are no major events in the city at the moment. Shi Lei has been stationed at the border for a long time and has a strong ability to make decisions. When Zhou Xu needs to rest, he naturally does not need to worry about those things.
At this moment, he finally felt much better, and the matter of the centaur mercenaries was temporarily forgotten by him.
[By the way, yesterday I was only thinking about the centaur mercenaries, but I forgot to confirm with Bai Tu how many of the country's hard laborers are willing to join the army. 】
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu spoke directly...
"Go and ask Bai Tu to come see me."
With the order, Bai Tu came to Zhou quickly in front of emotions.
“Subordinates, please see your Majesty!”
"No courtesy."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu asked Bai Tu straight to the point about the business.
"Speaking of which, I was negligent yesterday. How many of you are willing to join the army should have been counted, right?"
"Report to the king! The count has been completed. We have a total of five hundred and one. Seventeen people are all willing to join the army! "
[It sounds nice to say that you want to serve me, but in fact you want to take revenge? ] I wanted to think about it, but Zhou Xu didn't care what their motives were.
"Very good. Since you have joined the army, you should obey the rules and regulations of the army on weekdays. I shouldn't need to tell you more about this, right?"
"My subordinates understand! ”
Bai Tu, who was originally a centurion in the army, naturally knew the importance of military discipline. On this point, he undoubtedly supported it.
"Logically speaking, you have not made any achievements since you surrendered to me, the Great Zhou Dynasty. If I grant you an official position, it will not be acceptable to other soldiers."
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Listening to Zhou Xu's words, Bai Tu lowered his head the whole time, maintaining an expression of 'listening respectfully', and had no intention of speaking.
"But considering that the current situation is special. Let's do this. I will first make you a warrant officer and grant you command of the five hundred and seventeen soldiers. You will also be responsible for their daily training tasks. Don't slack off. I will come to inspect the results then. "
"You also know that we have now breached the opponent's border city, and war may break out at any time, and you need to be ready to go to the battlefield at any time. Mental preparation, do you understand? "
As a person with outstanding military leadership, how could Bai Tu not understand what Zhou Xu said?
As for the fact that they also want to go to the battlefield, Bai Tu does not reject it in his heart. After all, they surrendered to the Zhou Dynasty. In addition to wanting a way to survive, there is also a very important reason, that is, to find that person. The first emperor Yan Sheng avenged the country's subjugation!
If they cannot participate in this war, many of them will become dissatisfied.
Under this premise, their king was willing to hand over these 517 compatriots to him for training, and Bai Tu was also greatly relieved.
Compared to being broken up and integrated, it is definitely better to be able to come together and take care of each other.
"I understand!"
"Okay, go down and report to Captain Shi Lei. He will tell you the system and standards of our Great Zhou Army."
"Yes!"
This whole process went much smoother than Bai Tu expected, which made him feel a little incredible.
As everyone knows, Zhou Xu, as a ruler, and Bai Tu, as a general, look at one thing from completely different perspectives.
In Zhou Xu's view, these newly added soldiers led by Bai Tu have two problems.
One problem is that long-term malnutrition has caused them to be weak. Due to their physical limitations, it is very difficult to train them and produce results in a short period of time.
Another problem is that compared with their internal soldiers in the Great Zhou Dynasty, they are foreigners after all.
In this case, if Zhou Xu asked Shi Lei to train them, Shi Lei's strictness would most likely cause those soldiers who were defending the country to have a confrontational mentality, and they would be prone to disobeying discipline and even causing trouble.
Once this happens, the impact will not be good after all.
But as long as this troublesome matter is directly handed over to Bai Tu, who is also from the Wei Kingdom and was originally a centurion in the Wei Kingdom Army, then all these problems will be solved.
To put it simply, Zhou Xu is Party A, Bai Tu is Party B, and those more than 500 soldiers are the plan Bai Tu wants to make.
No matter how much trouble there is in making this plan, that's all Bai Tu's business.
As Party A, Zhou Xu is too lazy to care about what Bai Tu wants to do. Anyway, the requirements and time are there. When the time comes, he will see the results. If the requirements are not met, military law will be used. Disposal, isn’t this matter simple?
Update is here, thanks to book friends ‘Hometown’s Ni’ and ‘A Dazai’ for their tips!
(End of this chapter)