Inside the barracks, all the sergeants, led by the centurion Hu, were gathered together.
The messenger took out his military orders and said that
“By order of the General: Zhao Lang has been meritorious in his fight against the bandits, his rank has been raised three levels to lord of the utensil, and he has been made a centurion.”
Hearing these words, the entire military camp was stunned.
Hu, the leading centurion, was even more astonished.
They were of course extremely impressed with Zhao Lang, a ruthless man who had beaten up the entire Hundred Man Squad on his first day here.
And on his first day, he had gone from a junior soldier to a shifu.
This kind of speed had already surprised them extremely.
But how could they have imagined that they would be promoted to centurion on the third day?
Just what would happen to their original centurions after that?
Centurion Hu’s face was extremely ugly at this point.
He had asked Zhao Lang to go to the other mountains to recruit people, not thinking at all that the other side would succeed.
It was to make things difficult for this arrogant newcomer.
But to his surprise, Zhao Lang had actually led ten men and eliminated the bandits on Other Mountain.
He was directly promoted to three levels in rank and was also appointed as a centurion.
“Many thanks to the general.”
Under everyone’s gaze, Zhao Lang nevertheless took the military order extremely calmly.
The messenger looked at Zhao Lang with an extremely complicated gaze, he had delivered the military order from the Shishou only the day before.
He didn’t expect that he would come so soon to deliver the centurion’s military orders.
Soon, the messenger took out another military order and said that
“Centurion Hu, who does not know the people well and is not good at defending his subordinates, is demoted to the rank of Shifu.”
Hu, who was standing at the front of the group, looked ashen, but he did not dare to disobey, and after receiving the order with both hands, he said.
“Respect the order.”
After the order was passed on, he did not go away, but took out another military order and said.
“Centurion, the general orders that in ten days’ time you are to escort a thousand folk, to the Great Wall.”
Zhao Lang nodded his head and said.
“Good.”
Then he took the military order.
Only then did the order-bearer leave.
When Zhao Lang turned around, he saw all the Qin troops looking at him.
At that moment, A Er, a soldier leader at one side, spoke
“Centurion, the brothers are waiting for you to speak.”
Only then did Zhao Lang realise that the tradition of speaking had existed in the Great Qin?
So, with a wave of his hand, he said.
“Let’s all disperse and do what we need to do.”
He didn’t have the heart for all this nonsense.
The other sergeants froze once again.
A centurion was considered a middle-ranking officer in the Great Qin, and a new officer would make some moves in order to win people’s hearts.
But Zhao Lang didn’t seem to take it seriously.
The centurion on the side… Hu, who should have been a Shishou, had a hint of contempt on his face.
He was really just a newcomer who knew a bit of force and didn’t know anything about the world.
Do you really think you can hold out by force above a centurion?
Other things aside, the escorting of the people and the intervening movements required a great deal of familiarity with the rules of the Qin army.
Otherwise, it would be easy to make mistakes.
The Qin military law will not spare anyone if they run away or miss a day!
Of course, he would not say a word about these things.
As expected, a shiksa soon asked.
“Centurion, what are the arrangements for the escort of the people?”
Hu also looked at Zhao Lang, he wanted to see the other man make a fool of himself.
The first thing he did after taking office, if it was not done well, then his prestige would drop.
Even Fusu and the others also looked at Zhao Lang with concern, as they knew him well.
He was a son of a farming village, highly skilled in martial arts and rich in wealth.
But it was the first time that he had joined the army as an officer.
Moreover, in the end, Zhao Lang was still only a young boy of 16 or 17 years old.
It was just that he acted in such a way that it was easy to overlook his age.
Zhao Lang himself, however, was oblivious to this, looking unnerved and giving the general order directly to Shichang Hu, before speaking
“Make the arrangements.”
Then he was ready to leave, the weird situation in that cottage today was still not clear to him.
Shichang Hu, looking at the military order in his hand, was straightforwardly confused.
He was ready to see Zhao Lang’s joke, but in this way, it seemed like he had become that joke.
Hu gritted his teeth and spoke to
“Centurion, please wait a moment, my subordinate has something to say,”
All the sergeants looked over at once, they knew that Hu was about to strike back.
“This military order…”
Just without waiting for the other side to finish, Zhao Lang said to Ah Er, who was on the side of
“What is the consequence for disobeying military orders?”
Without the slightest hesitation, Ah Er said that
“According to the Great Qin Military Law, those who disobey military orders will be beheaded! With his kin!”
Zhao Lang nodded at once, picked up a soldier’s lance that was on the side, and asked
“What are you going to say?”
Hu looked at the lance in Zhao Lang’s hand, took a deep breath and said that
“This military order, my subordinate will do his best to fulfill it!”
Zhao Lang nodded his head at once and said that
“That’s good.”
Only then did he put the lance aside, and then addressed Hu Hai and Ah Er, saying
“Both Shishis, pick your teams and get ready for battle.”
The two men froze for a moment, and then said with great joy that
“Yes, Brother Long!”
Nepotism in the Great Qin is actually an extremely valid thing to do.
If not for the fact that there was no one else under him, Zhao Lang would have wanted to replace all the shishou with his own people.
With his two new captains, Zhao Long took the largest room in his name.
“Ah Er, you go and follow Hu, learn what you need to learn and watch what you need to watch.”
Without any hesitation this time, Ah Er said that
“Yes, chief.”
Then he led the order and left, he had already completely considered himself as Zhao Lang’s man.
Hu Hai was also waiting for Zhao Lang’s order at the side, but after a while, Zhao Lang did not give any order, and could not help but ask
“Brother Long, what task do I have?”
Zhao Lang was stunned for a moment and said that
“Go back and stay honest and don’t cause any trouble.”
Hu Hai instantly collapsed and
“Brother Long, I also want to share your worries…”
“Get lost!”
Hu Hai left unhappily.
On the side, Fusu, seeing that there were no other outsiders around, only then frowned and said
“Brother Long, is it too violent… Well, too unemotional?”
He had seen clearly what Zhao Lang had done, both in his treatment of the villagers and his own sergeants.
It was really too violent, a situation that could be suppressed for a while, but not for long.
If he still wanted to subdue Zhao Lang in the future, then at this time, he would have to give the other side a hammering.
Zhao Lang smiled and said.
“What do you think should happen?”
Fusu thought for a moment and said that
“Although one cannot be a woman in the army, one must also convince people with virtue.”
“This will convince the subordinates.”
Zhao Lang nodded, in fact, in a way, the other party was right.
This was what he did to go to hell with them to get them to die.
But now it was a special situation, he had gone from a junior soldier to a centurion in three days, if he didn’t use thunderbolts.
I’m afraid I won’t even get past the first hurdle!
And so indifferently returned.
“It is with virtue that I have convinced people, and martial virtue is also virtue.”
Fusu froze at once.
On the side, Gongzi Gao saw this scene and smiled, saying
“I do think that Lang is doing a good job.”
Win Yin Man, who came from royalty and naturally knew what his two brothers had in mind, muttered in a small voice that
“Neither is any good.”
Zhao Lang said no more and let a few people leave.
Then he took out another piece of cloth and began to write something.
Soon, as night fell, a handyman came over and replaced the lamp.
After the replacement, he did not leave immediately, but approached Zhao Lang and said that
“Spider Web, point level scout, meet the master.”