Chapter 373 A mercenary with stories and abilities

The Principality of Saxony was a small country among the German states. At that time, all the states were poor countries. After the peasants went bankrupt, they became mercenaries.

Compared with the rigorous and loyal Swiss mercenaries and the Spanish mercenaries with strong combat skills, the mercenaries of the German states are well-known to all countries for greed, cruelty and shamelessness. Among the evils and the worst reputation among them are the mercenaries of the Principal of Saxony. This country is located in the heart of Europe and is in the whirlpool. If you are not a little bit unscrupulous, you will never have the truth to survive.

Although there are various explanations, there is no reason for such a person to be happy as the master of Li Meng.

Denggras was very profound in the Chineseization of the foreigners. He knew that Li Meng was a habit of using people. Even if the Han people were disloyal, it would be a serious crime to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan. If another mercenary who was traitorous, he would know what would happen and what would be the result.

Since Li Meng asked Deng Weiren to ask today, Deng Grass knew that what he said today was to endorse Ouman. Military priority was given to Jiaozhou camp. This Ouman seemed to have goods in his stomach and would definitely be reused in the future. However, the reputation of mercenaries in various German states in Europe and Europe is extremely poor.

Systems like Li Meng Jiaozhouying require extreme loyalty. If Ouman has the traditional habit, if something happens in the future, he may still be responsible, so he must make these words clear in advance.

These scenes are not accepted in modern film and television media and general reading. Li Meng was quite interested in listening to them, but Li Meng was not worried about whether Oman was loyal to this.

"Unfaithfulness and unfiliality, as long as you have talent, you can use it." Li Meng also had to accept Cao Cao's employment philosophy helplessly. His status is not high now. Without a righteous name, Li Chuang and the Ming court knew that he was powerful in his military power, but among the people in the world, there were two camps, one was an official and the other was a thief, the official was the Ming court, the thief was Li Chuang Cao Cao's eight kings, and Li Meng was a member of the Ming officer and soldier system. Aspiring talents would not find the inconspicuous Jiaozhou camp.

Therefore, a humble origin is not a problem, and making mistakes in the past is not a problem. As long as you can help Jiaozhouying and as long as you can avoid making trouble in this group, Jiaozhouying can still ignore past grudges and let go.

Besides, this Oman is still a foreigner. Even if he has done anything, he is still in the mainland thousands of miles away. It has nothing to do with the Jiaozhou Camp. As long as he can be loyal to the Jiaozhou Camp, Li Meng will not care about anything.

After listening to Denglas's story, Li Meng nodded calmly and said with a smile:

"What's the specific? You have to listen to him telling him about his ins and outs before you can decide to use it. Deng Yangren, there is a saying by myself. If you miss home, the inner guard team still lacks a team deputy. If you are willing to come, I am willing to help."

From the deputy commander of the water battalion to the deputy of the guard team, this was reduced by several levels in a row. Denggras seemed to have been stabbed suddenly and immediately stood attentively.

Li Mengdi's attention turned to the German mercenary Oman, about his behavior. All the information he could collect was continuously gathered to the General Army's Office.

In the Jiaozhou Camp system, there are many general translations of Franji language. Several of them studied with Father Federer and Dunglas. They followed Ouman every day. Although Ouman was a German mercenary, he knew several foreign languages.

This further shows that his identity is problematic. You should know that the popular education level in Europe is even lower than that in the Qing Dynasty outside the city. You can recognize words. Some people with culture are either rich or noble, or they are clergy in the church. As for the fact that this self-proclaimed mercenary, Oman, who has such knowledge, is really shocking.

However, Jiaozhou Camp did not take this suspicion seriously, because there were too many other problems. For example, Oman often asked soldiers in blunt Chinese, and often went to the surrounding villages and towns to ask local residents. As for the questions asked about the local area, it was not about military confidentiality, but about the discipline of Shandong officers and soldiers.

Not to mention anything else, this military discipline is really reproachable. Although the military camps are far away from the towns, those who occasionally deal with each other praise the discipline of the soldiers in Jiaozhou camp. Oman was not sure when he got this answer, and he was still asking around.

Moreover, according to the observations of several intelligence personnel, this is not the first time that Oman has come to the inland of the Ming Dynasty. Although his Chinese is quite awkward, he seems very skilled in some small details of his life, and there is also a bold but uncertain speculation that Oman may have been to Shandong.

"Sir, I came here just to find a military with strict military discipline and a sense of honor to serve."

When asked by Li Mengdi, Oman answered quite calmly. After talking to Deng Yangren for three days, Li Meng brought the priest Federer and Denglas, as well as the personal leader Wang Hai, and the commander of the horse team, to the experimental camp.

He called Oman from the Principal of Saxony to the lobby and raised a few doubts. Oman had no intention of hiding it, and explained his purpose straight to the point.

After knowing that his identity was not an adventurer, the personal barracks led by Wang Hai strengthened Li Meng's defense work, and the officers of the experimental battalion also sent guards. The lobby he summoned could be said to be murderous, and ordinary people and even ordinary soldiers were not very comfortable in this occasion.

For example, Father Federer always felt a little cold, while Dunglas tried to lean back as much as possible. However, Oman, dressed in the costumes of ordinary soldiers in Jiaozhou camp, stood there calmly and talk freely, which further demonstrated his quality and extraordinaryness.

This state made Li Meng even more appreciated, and he said bluntly:

"My Shandong army is very disciplined and has the determination to serve the Jiaozhou camp and defend the country. It should be the kind you are looking for. But you also want us to listen to your experience and to be honest, let's see what you can do for the Jiaozhou camp. I will decide whether to retain it."

The dialogue between soldiers does not require so much red tape. Oman, who has been much cleaner than before, gave a military salute according to the etiquette of the non-commissioned officers in Jiaozhou Camp, and stood in the hall and talked happily.

"When the Swiss began to be mercenaries, the German peasants also began to work hard all over Europe, but since they were mercenaries, they were different from soldiers in nature. They were fighting for money. The German warriors no longer had the glory of the knights of the Holy Roman Empire back then. This was especially true for my motherland, the mercenaries of the Principality of Saxony."

The people in the lobby were all focused on listening. There were also all kinds of new things in the West thousands of miles away. Oman was not telling any strange stories, his expression was very solemn.

"More than a hundred years ago, a veteran mercenary who wanted to restrict his mercenary discipline was killed by his mutiny subordinates. After that, the mercenaries of the Principal of Saxony were disgraced to the shame of my motherland... I am the heir to a bankrupt noble, my ancestors were glorious knights, and I want to be a mercenary with a sense of honor."

In the following statement, Oman slowed down a lot, and it was obvious that he had no choice but to recall the past, but he also knew that if he really wanted to serve the Jiaozhou Camp troops, he had to explain his experience clearly.

"I have family education and experience in the standing army. As my mercenary team wins more and more battles, more and more people gathered here. At the most, I also commanded more and more mercenary brigades from more than 10,000 people."

Speaking of this, Li Meng glanced at Denglas standing on the side and saw that Deng's foreigner was already in awe, but Oman on the other side had stopped telling. Many of Oman's words were replaced by his mother tongue. Father Federer on the side translated it. Wang Hai was very focused and stopped suddenly, and couldn't help but ask:

"What's next?"

Oman cleared his throat and said with difficulty:

"My team killed thousands of mercenaries who were also Germans in a battle. After this, my subordinates mutinied because I did not allow them to plunder civilians and drove me out.

"At this point, Oman's always calm mood finally showed some fluctuations. He spoke a little louder and said loudly:

"The Germans should be a nation and a country that inherited the glory of the Holy Roman Empire back then, but now they are dozens of scattered small states, attacking and killing each other and consuming themselves."

Because his speech was a little fast, Father Federer couldn't even keep up with his translation. After a moment of pause, Oman became calm again and said lightly:

"I am just a mercenary without a title. I have lost my place in Europe and do not want to defect to other countries to fight again with German mercenaries spread all over Europe. I can only bring my ideals to the East and find an army with good military discipline."

Deng Yangren has always been standing beside Li Mengdi, and was approaching to explain that if Oman was really as he said, there would not be more than ten people in Germany in this place, and the military discipline he mentioned was indeed the actual situation. According to Deng Yangren's observation, Oman did not seem to be telling lies.

The next thing was related to the observation of the Jiaozhou Camp intelligence system. Ouman came to Macau a year and a half ago with a merchant, but the merchant in the Netherlands did not die, but left Indonesia. At this time, Europe was similar to the myth of the East.

Many philosophers and scholars portrayed the unified empire of the East as a morally nearly perfect paradise. This description lasted until the 18th century. The great thinker Voltaire still insisted on this argument. Oman was influenced by these theories and hoped to find a moral and honorable army in the Ming Empire.

In Macau, Oman followed merchants and missionaries from Europe to the coastal cities of the Ming Dynasty and seized the opportunity to go to the mainland. But now it is the end of the Ming Dynasty, with chaos, and warlords everywhere, or militia, and the people can talk about military discipline and honor. Compared with the chaos of European mercenaries, they can also be called equal and equal to each other.

He was extremely disappointed and was ready to go to America for the rest of his life. Who would have thought that by chance, he heard someone talking about Shandong, saying that the army in Shandong was different from the army in other parts of the Ming Dynasty, and could almost be called moral perfection. This information made Oman Garries immediately interested.

Because Lingshan Private Port is almost the only port for maritime merchants to and from the north to the north, the Zheng family's ships and merchants from various Chinese and foreign merchants, and the sailors on the ships have experienced it. Various Lingshan Private Ports have witnessed rumors, and occasionally there are descriptions of Jiaozhou Camp, but it just happens to be the ideal of Oman.

After receiving this news, Oman's interest increased greatly. He once came to Shandong with a boat and stayed in Lingshan Private Port for a few days.

The foreign merchants went inland, and the farthest was to go to Fengmeng Town, where they were spending and having fun. There were military guards nearby, but there were martial law around them, which was impossible for ordinary people to get close to. When Oman saw this, he felt a sense of affirmation in his heart.

The military camps he saw in other Ming cities were bustling like markets, with soldiers and civilians coming and going in and out. It is said that the generals lived in luxury mansions in the city and were unwilling to have too much contact with the soldiers. It is conceivable how combat effectiveness such an army can have.

Unable to get close to the military camp, you can see the appearance of the armed salt ding. The appearance of the armed salt dings, equipment, armor, and behavior of the armed salt dings has already shocked O'Man. This is how the troops that maintain public order on weekdays are already like this. What will the regular army look like? It is really exciting.

Oman also knew that if he turned his back rashly, the other party would not accept it easily. Instead, he would be suspicious. While racking his brains to think of something, he got the news that Father Federer was recruiting people to Shandong.

Macau and Nanyang are also a paradise for white adventurers. There are many people like pirates, mercenaries, etc. Ouman also has some contact with them. These people sneered at Father Federer's recruitment, thinking that it was not a good choice at all. Only Ouman himself was secretly happy and decided to join.

The tall and red-bearded Ouman talked about it in the hall. Li Meng was not very concerned about the contents below. He found that although Ouman's pronunciation was stiff, he was still skilled in Chinese. It seemed that he had made a lot of preparations to join the Ming army.

When he finished speaking, a leader of the Shandong Salt Gang nodded at Li Meng. The leader had been to Macau with the ship. What questions Oman mentioned were clear about?

After receiving this news, Li Meng smiled and said to Oman standing there:

"It's right, but I don't know how to do it, Xiaohai, try choosing a guard and Oman!"

Wang Hai stood aside, and when he heard the commander of the commander, he immediately turned his head and glanced at the queue standing aside, and pointed out a personal soldier to leave.

Perhaps when I saw that Oman was tall and the personal soldier he chose was also a tall and strong type. Since the cold weapon battle in Jiaozhou Camp was mainly based on gun art, Oman and this personal soldier both chose long sticks to compete. In the martial Jiaozhou Camp, this one-to-one competition always attracted the attention of most people.

Whether soldiers or scholars in the hall were all staring at the middle of the hall that had been cleared out.

The spear combat skills of Jiaozhou Camp are improved by the People's Liberation Army's bayonet tactics. They pay attention to the swing of their arms and the coordination of pace. When stabbing forward, they burst out speed and strength to kill the enemy.

The personal soldier had already set up his posture in advance and prepared to exert force, while Oman pointed the long stick in his hand flat, looking very relaxed.

Someone shouted at the other side. Li Meng's personal soldiers shouted loudly and stabbed the long stick in his hand forward. Almost as he exerted force, Oman's body side, his arms trembled, and the long stick slightly reached an angle. The long stick in front of the personal soldiers' long stick was very powerful, but Oman set out this angle and exerted force, just to open the spear of the front spear.

This spear thrust has always been about going without returning, and exerting all its strength, so that it can be a rapid and strong momentum, but there is also a problem, and the subsequent actions are slightly slower.

But when Jiaozhou Camp stepped forward, dozens of spears and hundreds of spears were stabbed forward, so the other party had any chance to move, but there was two people in front of him.

Oman just used static movements, but now he rushed forward in a slanted direction. The long stick in his hand had already pointed to the other party's Adam's apple, and the long stick of his personal soldier was still in the process of recycling.

The victory and defeat were clear. Except for Li Meng, Wang Hai and the other Jiaozhou camp soldiers looked bad. This foreign monk really couldn't recite scriptures. In the day, Denglas defeated several soldiers with an axe gun. Why did this Sen mercenary Oman win again recently?

Tang Er, who had not made any noise, stepped forward. He was about to speak, but was stopped by Wang Hai with a gray face. He turned around and took a long stick and was about to end the scene himself. He could see the other party's movements clearly, knowing that this ghost is probably proficient in martial arts. He should be able to take it off after he appeared. The subordinate just now had too little experience.

Wang Hai moved, and before Li Meng could speak, Ouman bent over there and put down his weapons, bowed and said:

"General, such a competition is meaningless, and personal bravery on the battlefield is meaningless in the battle between the army. I am forty-five years old this year. I have been training with swords since I was seven years old and have been training hard. The competition with this young guard is of course a bit of advantage."

Before he finished speaking, Li Meng raised his hand to stop Wang Hai's actions and asked with great interest:

"What do you think is meaningful!?"

"General, what determines the victory or defeat on the battlefield is the team. It is formation and morale. These are not something that one person can do, but a collective work. Everyone is just a part of this collective. They cannot have their own will. Everything they do is serve the goals of the entire army!"

In fact, Li Meng has always done this, but he did not have such a theoretical synthesis. Many words need to be translated and explained by Father Federer. The warriors in the room were moved. Everyone has similar ideas in their hearts, but it is the first time that they have said such synthesis.

Li Meng reached out and patted the handrail beside him, smiled and said to Wang Hai on the side:

"Xiao Hai, no matter whether this ghost was what he said or not, he could say this. This person is worthy of our intake, and he is indeed a talent!"

Although Wang Hai had a little angry on his face, he still nodded. It is indeed admirable that he could combine the actual situation into a theoretical person. The theory that Oman mentioned is actually the concept of modern army, and Jiaozhou Camp. Although it is now a training for modern army, the concept is still very old.

Suddenly, someone told me the outline and the shock in my heart is imaginable.

"General. I have seen your troops these days, and the formation is almost the same as in Europe, but there are still problems with the queue and some basic movements."

The queue and basic movements are exactly where Jiaozhou Camp is proud of. Now, a new ghost said "there is still a problem". Even the scholars in the room knew how powerful this sentence was, and the warriors were even more stunned. The lobby was immediately quiet.

In this quiet, Li Meng leaned against the back of the chair and laughed loudly. It was obvious that he was in a very comfortable mood, but the people in the room were all a little strange. I don’t know what the coach was laughing at. Li Meng stopped quietly and pointed to Oman, who had always been standing solemnly, and said:

"You are a talent, I decided to let you be my subordinate!"

After saying this, everyone understood that this Oman was favored by the coach and decided to accept it. Although Oman was calm, a smile appeared on his face. He put his right hand in front of his chest and bowed.

Li Meng sat behind the desk and said with a smile:

"Since I want to be a member of my Jiaozhou Camp, I have to implement rules in everything. Ask Master Fei, what should I do when I see my ground in the Jiaozhou Camp!"

Father Federer, who had been a translator, stepped forward and whispered a few words. Oman, who had been showing a sense of reserve and pride, changed his expression on his face. It could be seen that he was a little complicated and a little embarrassed. However, this hesitation did not last long and he took two steps forward.

Oman stood there, looked around, and looked at Li Meng who was smiling in the hall. He bent his knees and knelt on the ground. The next move he knelt down was much faster. He held the ground with both hands and kowtowed nine times, and said loudly in a rather stiff Chinese:

"Prior Oman Garris is the one who meets the Grand Marshal, and the Grand Marshal Wan'an is willing to die for the Grand Marshal in the future. He will be heartbroken and will never refuse!!"
To be continued...