Chapter 623 Party A Zhou Xu
After getting permission, the Weiguo slaves, led by Bai Tu, hurried to line up for food, fearing that they would be gone if they were late.
During this process, Bai Tu and the others were actually still a little nervous.
But after seeing that the Great Zhou soldiers queuing in front of them just glanced at them briefly and then had no reaction, they were finally relieved.
In fact, they were just worrying too much. Their portion had already been prepared when the kitchen was making breakfast.
The incorporation of this group of hard laborers did indeed significantly increase their food consumption, but when they captured Huangsha City, they also occupied the city's granary.
Don't forget to take into account the garrison camp. There are a thousand permanent troops stationed in Huangsha City. Add to that the daily consumption in the city and even in the mines outside the city, and the food reserves here are still quite sufficient, so they don't need to worry about this food consumption at all.
However, considering the special circumstances and the fact that they are away on a mission, breakfast is relatively simple, basically two large vegetable and meat pancakes with a simple bowl of vegetable soup.
Although there are more vegetables than meat, the pickled vegetables wrapped in the pancake are also very delicious. Even for many soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the meat in the pancake is secondary, and the pickled vegetables are the essence.
Bai Tu and his people in Weiguo used to have similar cakes, but maybe it was because they hadn’t had a full meal for a long time after being captured and forced to do hard labor, or something else, but the taste just didn’t seem as good as what they were eating now.
They wolfed down two large pancakes, and then couldn't help but show an unconcealable look of happiness on their faces.
After finishing breakfast, the soldiers quickly started a new day's work. As for the patriotic laborers headed by Bai Tu, Shi Lei was not in a hurry to assign work to them.
On the one hand, these hard laborers have been suffering from long-term malnutrition and need time to recover.
On the other hand, he had already received news that their king was still resting. He had no idea how to arrange these hard laborers for the Wei State. Anyway, there was no rush, so he might as well wait until their king woke 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 disturb us."
Faced with the question, the guards gave quick answers.
There was nothing big happening in the city at the moment. Shi Lei had been stationed at the border for a long time and had strong decision-making ability. Since Zhou Xu needed to rest, he naturally didn't need to worry about those things.
Now he finally felt much better, and he temporarily put the matter of the Centaur mercenaries behind him.
[By the way, I was so busy thinking about the Centaur mercenaries yesterday that I forgot to confirm with Bai Tu how many patriotic slaves were willing to join the army.]
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu spoke directly...
"Go and ask Bai Tu to come see me."
At the command, Bai Tu quickly came in front of Zhou Xu.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"
"No need to be polite."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu went straight to the point and asked Bai Tu about the main business.
"Come to think of it, I was negligent yesterday. I should have counted how many of you are willing to join the army, right?"
"Reporting to the king! We have completed the inventory. There are 517 of us in total. All of us are willing to join the army! To serve the king!"
[It sounds nice to say that you are working for me, but in fact you are more looking for revenge, right? ]
He could think about it, but Zhou Xu didn't care at all what their motives were.
"Very good. Since you have joined the army, you should obey the rules and regulations of the army on a daily basis. I don't need to explain this to you, right?"
"I 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 haven't made any contributions since you surrendered to my Great Zhou. If I give you a small official position, it won't be acceptable to other soldiers."
Listening to Zhou Xu's words, Bai Tu kept his head down the whole time, maintaining an appearance of "listening attentively", and had no intention of speaking.
"However, considering the current special situation, let me make you a warrant officer and allow you to lead the 517 soldiers. You will also be responsible for their daily training tasks. Don't slack off. I will come to inspect the results when the time comes."
"You also know that we have now broken through the enemy's border city. The next war may break out at any time, and you need to be mentally prepared to go to the battlefield at any time. Do you understand?"
As a man with outstanding military leadership, how could Bai Tu not understand Zhou Xu's words? Bai Tu was not opposed to the fact that they also had to go to the battlefield. After all, they surrendered to the Great Zhou, in addition to wanting a way to survive, there was another very important reason, which was to find the first emperor Yan Sheng to avenge the destruction of the country! If they could not participate in this war, many of them would be dissatisfied.
Under this premise, their king was willing to hand over these 517 compatriots to him for training, and Bai Tu was greatly relieved.
Compared to being broken up and recruited, it is definitely better to be able to stay 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!"
The whole process went much more smoothly than Bai Tu had expected, which made him feel a little unbelievable.
Little did they know that Zhou Xu, as a ruler, and Bai Tu, as a general, had completely different perspectives on things.
In Zhou Xu's opinion, these newly joined patriotic soldiers, led by Bai Tu, had two problems.
One problem is that long-term malnutrition has made them physically 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 the soldiers within their Great Zhou, they are outsiders after all.
In this case, if Zhou Xu asked Shi Lei to train them, Shi Lei's strictness would most likely cause those patriotic soldiers to develop a confrontational mentality, making them more likely to disobey discipline and even cause trouble.
Once this kind of thing happens, the impact will ultimately be bad.
However, as long as this troublesome matter is handed over directly to Bai Tu, who is also from the Wei State and was originally a centurion in the Wei State Army, then all these problems will be solved.
Simply put, Zhou Xu is Party A, Bai Tu is Party B, and the more than 500 soldiers are the plan that Bai Tu needs to prepare.
No matter how much trouble there is in carrying out this plan, it is all Bai Tu's business.
As the Party A, Zhou Xu didn't bother to care what Bai Tu would do. The requirements and time were there anyway. When the time came, he would see results. If the requirements were not met, he would be subject to military law. Isn't this a simple matter?
Update is here, thanks to book friends '故乡的妮' and 'A太宰' for the tips!
(End of this chapter)
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