Chapter 2 Cannon Fodder Troops (Part 2)
Cons didn't know the farce at the entrance of the camp. He was lying quietly on his bed to rest. Although the army's medicine was not very good, it was very effective. Cons was the only person in this camp who had lived for three years, of course the commander who was afraid of death did not count. So when the quarantine came to him, he not only gave him the medicine immediately, but also asked him about his well-being. For some reason, he didn't speak much, even if he spoke lightly. He didn't have a good friend, but everyone who had been with him was very nice to him.
While Cons was recovering his strength, the horn of the assembly rang. He got busy and walked out. He ignored what was going on, nor did he worry about the enemy coming, but he just had to obey the orders anyway.
When he came to the square of the camp, there were already a lineup of people. His army originally had 500 people, but now there are only more than 200 people. Every time a war occurred in the past three years, half of his comrades would disappear, but they would be filled soon. This kind of thing has become accustomed to and numb.
He was automatically ranked last, and he was originally the one who was unwilling to show off, but he was the one who was unwilling to show off. He was always at the last. But every time he went to the battlefield, he was at the forefront. There was a person standing on the wooden platform at the front of the team. He was the commander of the military camp. Cons knew that he hid in the military camp every time he fought, and knew that he regarded most of his subordinates' contributions as his military achievements in exchange for silver rewards. Cons did not hate these things very much, because the commanders of the entire world army were almost like this.
"Dear brothers! In a few days, the supreme King will come to the front line to comfort our army! In order to welcome His Majesty the King with a more spiritual look, we will pay in advance and give everyone a day off! This is what I, the captain of the brigade, finally won with the general!" The captain standing on the stage shouted with great enthusiasm.
The military ranks of Qihong Kingdom are divided into this way: the squad leader is sure to lead fifty people, the squad leader is sure to lead 500 people, the squad leader is sure to lead 1,000 people, the deputy general is sure to lead 5,000 people, the general is sure to lead 10,000 people, and the general is sure to lead 50,000 people, and the marshal commands the country's troops. The ranks of the countries around the world are similar. However, the position of marshal is generally held by the king, and only a few countries have marshals. The soldiers led by the state pays the military pay. In this way, many generals are dissatisfied with the soldiers, and they are delicious and empty.
The soldiers did not react when they heard the king coming. After all, the soldiers at the bottom had no relationship with the king who was above them. But when they heard that the military pay was paid in advance and the day off, it was different, so they couldn't help but cheer in unison. The captain thought that the soldiers were cheering for the understanding of him, the captain, and shouted to disband and left with satisfaction.
Cons did not cheer with him. After the captain left, he did not squeeze into the quarantine officer to collect money. He just walked to the training ground in the military camp to practice physical strength and martial arts. Although he did not want to train himself to kill the enemy better, he was unwilling to do nothing and had nothing else to do, so he could only kill time in this way.
After a long time, the soldiers received their military pay and left the barracks in groups of three or three to enter the city to have fun. The quarantine officer came to Cons's side, handed him a bag and said, "Cons, your military pay this month is 20 silver coins, I will exchange it for 100 10-month copper coins."
"Thank you." Cons stopped practicing, took it, thanked him lightly. You can buy two meat bags of 1 coin, 50 coin is equal to one silver coin, and 10 silver coin is equal to one gold coin. These money can make a family of five comfortable for a month.
After seeing Cons taking the money, the quartermaster was about to leave and couldn't help but persuade: "Cons, it's not that I said you, you should save money, don't spend it all at once, otherwise you'll have nearly a hundred gold coins in the past three years."
Cons smiled faintly, without answering, and took the purse and left the barracks. The quarantine looked at his back and sighed, turned around and left.
Cons took a car specially prepared for soldiers and came to the city closest to the barracks. In fact, it was not a city, there was not even a city wall. Most of the people here were doing military business, so the streets were full of taverns and brothels.
The streets were full of soldiers who were drunk and flirting with some people. Cons also saw through these, because the soldiers who didn't know whether they could survive tomorrow would of course drink as much as possible and play as much as possible for women.
Cons escaped the pull of several ** and the tavern waiter. He had no interest in these two consumptions and came directly to the orphanage where he used to invest in his daughter. This was established by monks from some churches to adopt some war-torn orphans.
When a monk guarding the gate saw Cons, he immediately crossed his chest and greeted him respectfully: "Sir, you are here." Cons nodded and handed over the bag of money: "Leave it to the dean." After that, he turned around and left.
The monk hurriedly called out, "Sir, please wait, the dean wants to see you..." But Cons ignored the man and left quickly. The monk knew that it was not possible again. The man had been like this for three years. After silently handing over the money, he left without saying his name. He couldn't help but look at his back and sighed, "May the Lord bless you."
Money was of no use to Cons. Anyway, in the army, they had to pay attention to food, accommodation and clothing, and they didn't have to pay attention to anything except war. After Cons gave the money, he returned to the military camp and lived a monotonous life.
For some reason, the war did not happen in the past month, such regular days were practiced, eating, and sleeping. After a few more days, a large number of new recruits and supplies suddenly poured into the front line. Cons immediately learned that there would be a war. He also saw the captain who did not do anything, and was busy in and out. Although he was very curious, he was too lazy to ask. But he still knew why the captain was so busy.
"Cons, do you know? The captain of the brigade has been promoted, and now he is a general!" This was what a veteran told him when Cons was in the martial arts training ground. After Cons knew about it, he just said oh, while practicing martial arts, he listened to the veteran's nagging. The content was nothing more than to make a team leader. Because the system of the Qihong Kingdom is that except for the king, the general cannot appoint people below him, which means that the general cannot appoint who is the general, but can appoint positions below the deputy general. The general cannot appoint a captain but can appoint a captain. It is said that it is to prevent someone from rebelling.
This strange system is only owned by Qihong. Although it can prevent rebellion, the army's organization cannot command well. In chaos, one team and one team can only fight independently. Although some people have proposed to abolish this system before, it just happened that because this system eliminated a rebellion, kings of all dynasties would not agree to abolish this system in the future.
It should also be mentioned that the above generals can have personal soldiers, 20 generals, 200 deputy generals, 1,000 generals, 2,000 generals, and 5,000 marshals. These systems are also consistent throughout the world. Of course, if the king is a marshal, there are more than this number of personal soldiers.
A few days later, the camp gathered. This time the square was full of people, more than 200 veterans and more than 700 new recruits. Cons still stood silently at the back. Looking at the captain who was full of energy and had just become a side general, he took 20 soldiers with distinctly armored armor to board Muqi.
The general glanced at everyone with a proud look, cleared his throat and shouted: "I will be appointed as the captain of the Supreme King!" He stopped here and looked at the veterans in the front row. Seeing that they all had an urgent light, the two captains showed disgust and smiled proudly.
Cons knew that the two captains were appointed by the deputy generals. The deputy general of his troops was about to pull the general off the horse, but the general was appointed by the general. Of course, he had to arrange his people to the grassroots level to pull the captain's legs and then the deputy general's legs. In the war, he still fought for power and profit in this way. How to fight? Cons shook his head and sighed silently. He just had to do his duty as a soldier.
The generals began to read the name of the team leader, all of which were veterans. The man who was angry with Cons was the captain of the 15th team. Cons didn't care much about listening, but just wanted to join which team he would join. So even the generals read the name of the captain of the 20th team, but didn't hear it. When they saw everyone looking back at him, they looked confused.
"Captain of Team 20, Cons!" Seeing that Cons was stunned and did not respond, he shouted loudly again. Cons heard this time. Although he was a little shocked, he could still maintain a cold expression on his face. He passed through the crowd and stood with 19 squad leaders with pride. Military orders are like mountains and cannot be violated.
After reciting the appointment of the team leader, he said a few words of encouragement and announced his disbandment. Those few words and veterans of Cons could recite them, and those words have been said for three years.
Then under the command of the clerk, the recruits and veterans were assigned to the command of each squad leader. Cons's veterans accounted for half, more than a dozen more than the other teams. On the battlefield, the recruits sometimes died Qingguang at once, and it seemed that they were the special care of the clerk. The one-year veteran who was dissatisfied with Cons was also assigned to the 20th team. Seeing that he was like that, he must be unwilling to look at Cons, and he even peeked at Cons with a horror expression. This may also be the care of the clerk? Because the chief can punish his subordinates at will, and the escaped subordinates can be executed on the battlefield.
After the number of people was allocated, each team leader took his subordinates to find a place to teach, and of course he gave them a warning. This is the routine of the army. Cons looked at the soldiers who were at a loss in front of him, smiled bitterly, looked up at the sky, and no longer just took care of himself. The fate of these 50 people was in his hands. He lowered his head and said "disband" and left.
The 50 people left were staring at Cons's back as he left, and it took a while for each to leave.
Cons and the squad leader from 11 to 19 gathered in the squad leader to receive the lecture, which was also a common saying. What is loyal king and brave battle? The most common saying is to obey your orders. Of course, the squad leader said yes and ignored them in his heart. Who are you? I was not promoted by you, so why should you obey you? This is what other squad leader said in his heart, besides Cons.
Cons was very indifferent and didn't speak. He gave the captain the impression that he was a confidant. Of course, he would not show him a good face, but he could not have an attack because he did not have the right to appoint and remove him.
After finally leaving, Cons participated in the celebratory invitation of the team leader, but even at the cocktail party, he stayed silently in the corner, watching the 19 team leader eating slowly. For some reason, he didn't seem to know how to get along with others, nor how to join the lively atmosphere. It might be related to his childhood life alone, and his world seems to be the only one who is alone.
In the evening, when he was about to go to wash his clothes, his recruits rushed to help him wash, but he shook his head and went to wash alone. The recruits looked at the other recruits next to him who were washing their clothes with a blue nose and swollen nose, and looked at the backs of Cons washing clothes, and couldn't help but be stunned.
The next day, the army was performing routine morning exercises. Cons silently ran with 50 people. Cons had sandbags tied with hands, feet and body. He did not ask the soldiers to be the same, but the soldiers were tied up automatically. Team 20 was different from other teams. Other teams heard the captain's angrily scolding and whipping. Team 20 just followed the captain silently. Cons did not beat and scold the left-behind recruits, but after the fallen recruits took a break, they immediately followed again.
After running, the 20th team practiced martial arts with Cons. After finally disbanding and having dinner, both the veterans and the recruits were starved. As soon as they entered the soldier's cafeteria, the one-year veteran complained: "Are you wrong? If you continue like this, you will die before you even go to the battlefield! It's so exhausting..." But before he finished speaking, he was frightened by the broken appearance of the recruits all over his body, so he was a little glad that he joined the 20th team.
While eating, a sharp-eyed recruit whispered, "Captain Cons!" The 1-year veteran laughed, "Don't be stupid, the captain is in the Chief's restaurant, where the food is very different from ours!" He said, knocking on the rice bowl.
"Really! Look!" Seeing the new recruits, the one-year veteran turned around while saying, "You must have read the wrong person..." He shut up because Cons was indeed having dinner not far away. At this time, the two recruits who originally wanted to flatter Cons to help Cons wash clothes told the story last night. After hearing this, everyone was eating silently.
Cons took the 20 team members to run, practice martial arts, eat, practice martial arts, and sleep. He spent a month repeatedly in sequence. Because Cons didn't speak much, the 20 team members didn't speak much, and was nicknamed the Silent Squad. Of course, Cons still went to the city to donate it after receiving military pay every month, and the day of paying the pay became the day he had left the military camp for three years.
Chapter completed!