The Song army not only maintained the image of a cruel bully to the people, but also oppressed, exploited, and treated cruelly from the inside.

There is very little warmth between each other, and basically bullies others by virtue of their power. If you don’t be an officer, you are an ant. You can humiliate others in the army, and you will not lose everything you suffer. When it’s your turn to share the benefits, it will never be the turn, and it is extremely depressing and painful.

Of course, this does not mean that you can reach the top in one step by becoming an officer.

Being an officer can indeed transcend the pain of ordinary soldiers, but it is definitely not without pain. Similar situations will occur between officers and officers. The superior officer is the sky, and the subordinate officer is the earth. When treating superiors, the subordinate officer is directly lowered to the dust.

If you are not careful, the words of Shangguan can make you lose your military post and become a soldier again. If you lose everything, you may be collectively bullied by the soldier who was bullied when he was an officer. Life is worse than death.

Among this highly hierarchical group, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one, the bitterness is not worthy of being told by outsiders.

So many grassroots Song soldiers cried as they talked, wiping their tears while saying that the peasant army cadres who were responsible for screening were also quite moved.

With such a terrifying oppressive system, it is no wonder that this army collapsed so thoroughly because of a rumor. If it were them, the ending would not be much better.

The troops trained in this way have no trust between each other, only mutual suspicion and extremely serious hatred. As long as you open a hole, hatred will burst out like a volcano eruption, becoming a bombing camp where famous generals will be scared to hear it.

So what else can be said?

The identification of the peasant army is really much simpler than imagined. Many scumbags were exposed by their subordinates. One blow-up and the other was accurate. The rate of scumbags in the military officers was extremely high, which means that they were institutionalized very seriously and could hardly control themselves.

Only a very small number of officers still maintain a fresh mind and treat soldiers with military law. The gentler ones who love soldiers like children choose one in a hundred, and the soldiers are all protecting the peasant army from being able to distinguish them for him.

It's very embarrassing for them.

After the screening, the entire public trial lasted for three days. During the day, during the bonfire party at night, they expressed their feelings, poured out their grievances, and then hugged each other and cried bitterly.

In this case, cadres sent by the peasant army often take the lead in telling their miserable past and great changes in the present, telling the differences between the past and the present, using the past to arouse recognition, and using the present to make people think deeply.

Some Song Bing took off their guards under such circumstances, couldn't stand the condemnation of his conscience, and vomited out the wrong things he had done.

For example, who has stolen someone's things, who has teased his daughter, who has stolen someone's cattle and sheep, etc.

They confessed their mistakes in front of everyone and expressed their willingness to accept any disposal.

The cadres of the Peasant Army said that this was not a death sentence and would not be taken to the public trial.

If you really want to do this, you will not be able to finish the public trial meeting in five days and five nights.

This kind of crime is of course a serious crime among the peasant army. It may be executed by the military and judicial department, but in a group like the Song army, it is under a layer by layer.

If there was a grassroots soldier who didn't do such a thing, it would be abnormal and would probably not be able to survive now.

Therefore, such sins require them to practice in the future to atone for their sins and use their own practical actions to clear their sins, so they do not have to go to the public trial stage.

The public trial meeting ended three days later, the scumbags were executed, and the remaining Song army prisoners faced a choice.

If they are willing to go home, they can go to the peasant army to receive the travel expenses for their homes. The peasant army will give the travel expenses and will never force them to stay.

If you are willing to join the peasant army, the peasant army welcomes their joining and is willing to absorb them into the army and become their comrades and partners.

From then on, everyone was a family, enjoying food and drink together. If you had a taste of food, you would never let anyone go hungry.

This is the highest level of commitment that the peasant army can achieve at present.

The captive soldiers of the Song army had never seen such a formation. They had never seen such a reasonable army since they were born, and they didn't know whether to leave or stay for a while.

But the choice has been handed over to them.

The captives watched for a while, and then they came forward with courage and said that they wanted to go home, but they didn't want to continue to join the army, and they missed their family members.

They felt that the military was too hard. They were forced to serve as soldiers. Now that they can go home, of course, they still have to take care of the elderly at home, their children have to eat, and they have to plant the land.

Zhao Yucheng nodded and allowed them to go to collect the travel expenses. After receiving the goods, they could leave.

Depending on the distance, the peasant army sent the travel expenses to these prisoners who wanted to go home. After taking the money, they were skeptical and then tentatively left the barracks, and no one stopped them even though they walked far away.

There wouldn't be anyone to stop him.

Seeing that someone really left, the rest of them wanted to leave but didn't dare to leave were overjoyed. They rushed up and said that they wanted to go home, saying that they had had enough of the suffering of the army and really didn't want to stay in the army anymore.

This feeling is also normal, and it is normal not to want to stay in the army that brings you hellish experiences.

But can the home they return to still bring the shelter they want?

No one knows.

Zhao Yucheng can only wish that they can truly live the peaceful life they want after returning to their families, rather than ending under the increasingly severe rule of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Many prisoners chose to take the road fee home, and of course more people chose to stay.

After the three-hour journey of taking the road, those who still stayed in the military camp and were unwilling to leave, of course they would not leave.

They chose to join the peasant army to continue fighting.

"Since you don't want to leave and don't want to go home, then from now on, you will be our comrades-in-arms. As comrades-in-arms, we will accept you all. You must also strengthen your studies, strengthen your self-reflection in the days to come, and bring you a complete change."

Zhao Yucheng stood on the high platform, spreading his arms.

"You guys are welcome!"

After voluntary selection, a total of 35,128 people chose to stay and join the peasant army.

This is still a big number.

So Zhao Yucheng and Du Qi immediately set up the military reorganization committee and began to deal with the military reorganization.

First, they promoted peasants' military knowledge level and military cultivation to grassroots officers on the front line, allowing them to lead the newly joined prisoners.

Then, members of the peasant army who are relatively outstanding in politics will be selected as instructors at all levels, and the skeleton after the expansion of the peasant army will be built according to the Ming army's approach.

It is not easy for the seven thousand peasant army to absorb more than 35,000 Song army.

However, with ideas as weapons, strict military rules and regulations as constraints, superiors leading by example, and Zhao Yucheng's exemplary role, the rebirth of this army is not a strange thing.

In early July of the third year of Hongwu, the reorganized peasant army was reorganized into four combat divisions and two direct combat brigades of the army according to the Ming army, with a total number of 44,000 people.

And at this time, there is no need for the peasant army to continue to hide.

Under Zhao Yucheng's plan, four combatants were dispatched in full swing, divided into four groups, and began a large counterattack against the Southern Song Dynasty.

On the fifth day of July, the First Division of the Peasant Army and two direct combat brigades under Zhao Yucheng's personal leadership captured Luling County, the capital of Jizhou, and successively captured Jishui County and Yongfeng County.

On the sixth day of the seventh month, the Third Division of the Peasant Army, led by the division commander Lu Chengren, captured Anfu County after capturing Yongxin County.

On the same day, the Second Division of the Peasant Army, led by the division commander Xu Tong, successively captured Taihe County and Wan'an County, and then captured Longquan County.

On the ninth day of the seventh month, the Fourth Division of the Peasant Army, led by the division commander Zhang Xiaohu, broke into the Nan'an Army, and raided Meiguan, Xiongguan, Nanyue, with lightning speed, successfully occupying Meiguan, and controlling this important passage from south to north.
Chapter completed!