Chapter 4 Section 4

For a period of time, Xue Song's buttocks were very fair, and those black characters were embedded in the flesh, as if they were made of black sesame seeds.Although Xue Song is tanned now, those words are still very clear.He had to use ink to smear the words on his buttocks.On that naked red soil hillside, everything can be seen at a glance, with a black buttocks, it does look ridiculous; but it is better than being a Jiedushi with words on the buttocks.Xue Song also gave each soldier armor money, enough for them to buy a pair of iron armor, but all they bought were fakes, made of wood chips painted with ink, which were light and cool to wear.It's a pity that it rained a few times on the road, and the black soup flowed, and the white wood bottom was exposed.Xue Song said: Wearing wooden armor to fight, you are making fun of your own lives; but those soldiers have a smile like Mona Lisa on their faces.When Xue Song turned his head away, those soldiers laughed loudly, patted their stomachs and said: "War!"Who said we were going to war!When those soldiers heard about the war, it was as if they had heard a big joke.This shows that although they are soldiers, they are not prepared to fight.They build houses for themselves and steal wives, but they are very good at it.

What mercenaries are best at is not fighting, nor building houses and robbing wives, but selling; but Xue Song doesn't know this.Having mercenaries under the commander's command is like having counterfeit banknotes in the hands of ordinary people. The biggest problem is to get rid of them.To make these men die on the battlefield requires the highest art of command.Obviously, Xue Song does not possess this kind of art.I've heard that some Jiedu use cavalry to lead mercenaries to fight, but it doesn't work, those people can run faster than cavalry on the battlefield, and some Jiedu use mercenaries to guard the stockade and lock them on the fence, but it doesn't matter use.When the enemy came to attack the stronghold, not a single mercenary could be seen.Because they have holes under their feet like groundhogs, and they will crawl into the holes to hide when they are in danger.So it's better to tamp the ground and pour cement so that they can't make holes, but it's too labor-intensive to do so.I have also heard that some of the most shrewd Jiedushi have such units as the "Long Pole Squad", consisting of reliable cadres of soldiers, holding hard wooden poles with iron chains at the ends, locking the mercenaries' necks, using this way to push the mercenaries to the front.Only in this case will the mercenaries enter the engagement.Soldiers in the long pole team must also be very vigilant, because if they are not careful, they will be locked on the long pole and pushed to the enemy's position by mercenaries.In addition to refusing to fight, mercenaries also like to make troubles: making troubles about military pay, food, women, and so on.As soon as Xue Song led the team to Xiangxi, he was harassed once, and his head was covered with bruises. Specifically, it was some round big bumps, all of which were punched out by the knuckles of the middle finger.I don't know if Xue Song will be in pain after being knocked on so many bags.Because I see myself as Xue Song, I don't like this plot very much.I also think it's not good to let those soldiers be so rampant.

Xue Song's group of mercenaries traveled with Xue Song from Chang'an City to Fenghuang Village.At that time, Xue Song was riding on a horse, holding in his hand a map issued from above, indicating the territory under his jurisdiction.As a result, he found that this territory was a desolate red earth hillside, and as for the location of Phoenix Village, it was actually a red earth hillside.All in all, this is a worthless wasteland, and it is not worth breaking the bank to buy it.Seeing this hillside, those mercenaries pulled Xue Song off his horse with a loud noise, pulled off his helmet, and beat him hard on his head.After the fight, they were all taken aback, because there was wilderness all around them—as mentioned earlier, these people are good at betrayal, but now they don't know who they betrayed Xue Song to.Because there was no buyer, they put a helmet on Xue Song again, helped him onto the horse, and obeyed his orders.Xue Song ordered them to stay, and they stayed. Of course, they were not very happy, because they had to open rivers and dig ditches, plant trees, and farm in the valleys.Those bums have never done such a hard job, coupled with acclimatization, half of them are dead by now, and half are left.I have already said that letting the mercenaries under him die is a headache for all Jiedu envoys, so Xue Song's achievements are envied by everyone.It is precisely because of this achievement that Xue Song is not highly respected by his soldiers.Without these achievements, it is impossible to be respected by them.In this way, the story started in gray, and now it is red again.