Volume 1: Chaotic World as a Bandit Chapter 42: Fifty Big Slaps Each

  After listening to Xiao Tianjian's explanation, Yan Chongxi also gave up his opinion and followed Xiao Tianjian's orders, entering Tie Tou's class and temporarily becoming a knife shield.

  Xiao Tianjian did not configure archers, but that does not mean he completely gave up on the pursuit of medium and long-range firepower. He was also very aware that a team without medium and long-range firepower would be in great danger when facing enemies with archers or gunners, and it would be extremely passive.

  The best way to solve this problem is to equip him with a musket, and it's best to be the most lethal Remington rifle of this era. Muskets are much simpler to train than archers, and in a short period of time, you can cultivate a qualified musketeer.

  He even privately found Li Dongzhu, who had been a blacksmith, and asked if he could make fire guns, but Li Dongzhu said that he was just an ordinary craftsman, not a border town craftsman, generally did not learn how to make fire guns, let him make a knife gun farm tools is fine, but let him do this, he can't.

  So for now, the problem of firearms cannot be solved, and it can only be put on hold. After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Tianjian still came up with a temporary solution.

  Since Tie Tou, Zhao Er Liu and others were promoted to class leaders, although they didn't quite understand the meaning of this somewhat unusual official position in their eyes, but anyway, now they have become small heads, each still quite happy. Especially Zhao Er Liu and Feng Gouzi, there is a bit of a feeling of petty people getting their way, more of a feeling of raising eyebrows and spitting out air, even when walking, it's a bit like they're floating on air, one by one puffing out their chests high, their chins also unconsciously raised many times. In their hearts, they are very grateful to Xiao Tianjian, thinking that Xiao Tianjian is indeed good to these old brothers, each and every one of them full of energy as they take office.

  With the experience of Xiao Tianjian's previous training, these new recruits immediately threw themselves into the new training. Iron Head, Zhao Er Liu and several other squad leaders fully inherited Xiao Tianjian's training method, which was loud shouting plus big stick drills. First, they demonstrated in person, then required their subordinates to follow their orders to perform various actions. For each action, Xiao Tianjian personally supervised, making sure everyone completed the requirements. Those who failed were immediately punished with a big stick.

  As soon as they started training, the new recruits discovered another difference between the combat troops and the auxiliary troops - the intensity of the training and the number of beatings they received. The new recruits were beaten much more frequently than the auxiliary troops! At first, the new squad leaders would scold and beat the new recruits mercilessly, making them want to quit. Fortunately, these new leaders were fair and would punish anyone who made a mistake, regardless of whether they were old or new. Even the veteran soldiers weren't spared, and when the squad leaders themselves didn't perform well, Xiao Tianjian wouldn't show any mercy and would beat them too. This actually helped to alleviate the grievances of the new recruits, as even their own leaders were being beaten along with them. The new recruits saw that even the veteran soldiers were getting beaten, so they gritted their teeth, rubbed their sore bottoms, and continued training without complaint. What else could they say? For the sake of three meals a day and occasional meat dishes every few days, they had to endure it.

  Moreover, they had witnessed the fighting strength of those old brothers and knew that as long as they followed Xiao Tianjian's requirements, they could exert very strong combat effectiveness, and at the same time, they would have more opportunities to save their lives. When the leader beat them, it was not for no reason, but because they did something wrong or did not do well enough, and there was no intention of finding fault with them, so mentally speaking, being beaten was not unfair!

  The second is that after they came here, Xiao Tianjian's treatment of them can be said to be kind and righteous. No matter what he does, it is basically equal treatment. He takes care of their food and accommodation, eats and lives with them, trains with them together, and does more than they do. Compared to when they followed Sha Erbao in the past, following Xiao Tianjian now has a much better life. He doesn't treat them as if they owe him anything, although his training requirements are very strict, but mentally it is much more comfortable than when they were with Sha Erbao.

  So after these people came here, they started training at first, although they were trained to the point of exhaustion, but there was no case of desertion. Moreover, these new partners, after reorganizing, quickly got along with the old brothers and eliminated the gap between each other, which made Xiao Tianjian quite relieved.

  What made Xiao Tianjian secretly delighted was that this old fellow, Jing Fuzi, after being rescued this time, had become even more devoted to him, doing things with even greater diligence. Even when serving meals every day, he would personally take up the ladle and say with a hum: "This is our Pan's righteousness! You're all eating and drinking what we've brought back with our lives on the line! We can't forget where we came from! You must work hard to live up to our expectations! Eat your fill, add some strength..."

  As for this old man's endless propaganda, Xiao Tianjian naturally wouldn't interfere with it. Someone is giving him free help to win people's hearts, why wouldn't he be delighted?

  These days, he often took a few of his men to the deserted place behind the mountain to do something secretly, even Li Diao, the blacksmith, was pulled in by him. At night, they would work overtime to make some things with the pig iron they had obtained from Zhaojia Village and Guchuang.

  There were a few people in the auxiliary army who were also assigned to help Li Zhuozhu, anyway Xiao Tianjian was very busy, only most people were tired like dogs during the day and night, as soon as they lay down, they just hummed and didn't want to get up again, so there weren't many people paying attention to what this palm-sized thing was doing.

  It was Tie Tou who had an unpleasant incident with Yan Chongxi in the past few days after starting training. This matter is also very simple to say, Tie Tou admired Xiao Tianjian to the extreme, and Xiao Tianjian's words were already revered as a holy order, which must be strictly enforced, and without any conditions.

  At present, Tie Tou is the class leader of the knife shield hand, so he has to bear the training of the people under his command. He doesn't know any other knife techniques and only learned a move from Xiao Tianjian that combines knife and shield with a direct slash. Now that he's in charge of training his subordinates, he can only teach them to practice this one move repeatedly, and if anyone does it slightly differently, he'll hit them with his club.

  Yan Zhongxi, on the other hand, had a military background and initially served as a knife shield soldier in the border army. He received regular training from some officers, so even if his knife skills were not excellent, he was at least better than Xiao Tianjian's self-created moves, and he also had some actual combat experience.

  After being enlisted as a small soldier in the knife shield army, he had to follow Tietou to train his knife shield coordination skills. However, it seemed that Tietou only knew one move, which was a straightforward slash. As a result, Yan Zhongxi naturally looked down on this nearly idiotic technique and couldn't help but occasionally utter some sarcastic remarks and bicker with Tietou.

  The result was that Tie Tou and Yan Chongxi soon fell out, because Yan Chongxi had opinions on his training. Tie Tou insisted on hitting Yan Chongxi, but the moves he taught were not only done perfectly by Yan Chongxi, but even a bit flawless, so Tie Tou had a bit of a provocative meaning. As a result, Yan Chongxi was provoked to confront him, refusing to yield to Tie Tou's military staff, and immediately Tie Tou drew his sword, ready to take people to capture and beat Yan Chongxi severely.

  Xiao Tianjian rushed over as soon as he heard the news, and when he arrived, Tie Tou was already leading several older brothers, holding wooden sticks to surround and beat Yan Chongxi. Meanwhile, Yan Chongxi also held up a wooden stick, making a gesture that he was ready to fight them off.

  Xiao Tianjian roared: "Have you gone mad? You?"

  As soon as Xiao Tianjian let out a loud roar, everyone in the field immediately hastened to stand at attention. Several old brothers quickly dropped the wooden clubs in their hands, and Yan Chongxi also dropped the wooden club in his hand, standing up straight with a standard salute. Only Tie Tou's chest was still puffed out, like a fighting rooster.

  Xiao Tianjian's face was cold as he stared at everyone in the room before asking them what this was all about. Tie Tou, with a stern expression, pointed at Yan Zhongxi and scolded: "This rascal is disobedient! He dares to question the actions you have set for him, and when I try to discipline him with a military stick, he resists!"

  Xiao Tianjian gave Yan Chongxi a cold glance, hummed, and then asked Yan Chongxi: "Is that so?"

  Yan Chongxi also put on a deadpan expression, puffed out his chest and replied: "It's about the plate! I didn't do anything wrong, but Squad Leader Zhao wanted to hit me. I naturally wouldn't accept it! Please, Plate, judge for yourself!"

  Xiao Tianjian then asked others and basically figured out what had happened. He shouted loudly: "Assemble everyone!"

  The remaining personnel of each team also gathered around, quickly gathering and lining up on the empty ground under the command of their respective squad leaders. Although there was some confusion, they still concentrated at a relatively fast speed.

  Xiao Tianjian's face looked extremely unpleasant, and he walked back and forth with his hands behind his back in front of these people. Everyone felt that Xiao Tianjian's mood was very bad, so they all held their breath, not even daring to breathe out loudly, trying their best to puff out their chest, making their movements as perfect as possible, for fear of being found trouble by Xiao Tianjian. The entire empty space was silent, as if a falling needle could be heard.

  "Zhao Tietou!" Xiao Tianjian suddenly stopped in his tracks and let out a loud roar.

  "Present!" Ironhead immediately responded loudly as soon as he heard his name being called!

  "Tell me honestly! Was there any irregularity in Yan Chongxi's movements during the exercise today?" Xiao Tianjian angrily asked Tie Tou.

  Tie Tou hesitated for a moment and replied with an ashen face: "This... but he... said that the movements taught by Zhuo Pan Zi were too..."

  "Shut up! I didn't ask you that! Just answer me directly! Were there any mistakes in Yan Chongxi's training movements today?" Xiao Tianjian suddenly shouted, interrupting Tie Tou's response, and asked him even louder.

  Tie Tou almost instinctively puffed out his chest and replied with his legs together: "Return the plate? No way!"

  "So you hit him, is that right?" Xiao Tianjian took big strides to stand in front of Tie Tou, almost nose to nose, staring into his eyes and spitting as he questioned him.

  His iron head didn't even dare to blink, a hint of shame appeared on his face, and he replied loudly: "This humble one knows his mistake!"

  "So you know what punishment you should receive for your mistakes?" Xiao Tianjian was also spat with a mouthful of saliva by Tie Tou, but he didn't wipe his face and continued to stare at Tie Tou, questioning him.

  "Unjustly physically punishing subordinates, officials will be caned twenty times! I'm willing to take the blame!" Tie Tou replied indignantly.

  "Yan Zhongxi!" Xiao Tianjian suddenly turned around and loudly called out Yan Zhongxi's name.

  "Here!" Yan Chongxi also shouted loudly and stepped forward to answer.

  "I've come to ask you! For offending a superior officer, what crime should he be guilty of?" Xiao Tianjian also loudly asked him.

  "Turn the palm of your hand over and you'll see it's a different story! The rules say that superiors are always right! If you contradict them, you get twenty lashes! I'm willing to take the blame!" Yan Zhongxi also replied loudly.

  "Liu Er Dan, Zhao Yang Tong, Zhao Feng Tun, Li Gou Zi, step forward!" Xiao Tian Jian continued to loudly call out.

  The four iron-headed brothers under him immediately stepped forward in unison and replied loudly: "Yes!"

  "I ask you! Following the rules I set, gang up and bully newcomers, what crime is this?"

  "If you return the plate! Those who gang up to bully newcomers will receive ten military sticks!" The four people's faces didn't look good, but they still immediately responded in unison.

  "Take the blame! I'll take the blame! Today, it's my fault first! It has nothing to do with these few brothers! I'm willing to take their punishment!" Tie Tou had already sensed what was about to happen next, so he immediately stepped forward and loudly said to Xiao Tianjian.

  "As an official, you still deliberately commit a crime, your sentence is increased by one degree, and you are punished with ten military sticks! However, their mistakes should be borne by themselves! You can't replace them! Zhao Erdui, Feng Gouzzi, Li Shuangzhu, Shi Rang, come out and execute the punishment!" Xiao Tianjian shouted loudly.

  Everyone in the court was stunned, and they didn't know what to say in their hearts. Because Xiao Tianjian punished them like this, they really had nothing to say. Whether it's for newcomers or old-timers, it can be said that the water is evenly distributed, leaving people speechless.

  The several class leaders who were called out immediately stepped forward, each asking for a military stick and walking to the front of the people who had committed the offense.

  Tie Tou and Yan Chong Xi, among others, didn't say a word and immediately fell to the ground. Zhao Er Liu and his men swung their bamboo sticks and started beating them up.

  In the field, only the sound of bamboo sticks hitting flesh could be heard, accompanied by the muffled groans of those being beaten. Soon, these people finished their punishment and returned to their teams. The punished ones also got up, stood straight, gritted their teeth, and endured the pain while waiting for Xiao Tianjian's orders.

  "Everyone, fall in!" Xiao Tianjian saw Tie Tou turn around and fall in, his pants were even more torn, revealing the flesh underneath that had been beaten red and bruised, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

  When everyone had fallen in, Xiao Tianjian thought for a moment, then stepped to the front of their ranks, stood upright with his hands behind his back and swept his gaze over everyone's faces again. Only then did he say in a low voice: "Today's matter, I am extremely grieved! I had thought that such a thing should not have occurred under my command, but it has still occurred!"

  I have always emphasized that as a fighting team, discipline and obedience are key, but at the same time, it is also required that those in power must be fair to their subordinates!

  I beat you, the pain is on your body, but it's painful in my heart, because I treat all of you as my own brothers! I hope you can remember today and never make similar mistakes again! Tie Tou is the first brother who followed me, and he has been with me through thick and thin for the longest time. But today, I also beat him up! Do you know why?

  It's just to let you know that when working under me, I only talk about one thing: fairness!

  This time, although I handled them in this way, I think you may not necessarily understand the reason why I did so. However, whether you understand or not, you must remember that fairness is most important here! At the same time, there is also obedience to superiors. Even if the superior is wrong, you should follow your superior's orders and do it, but afterwards you can come to me to complain!

  "Now I ask you a question, Yan Chongxi, do you know what to do if you encounter this kind of thing again? Or is there anything else you'd like to say?"

  Yan Chongxi's mood was quite complicated at this moment. Xiao Tianjian's handling of the situation left him speechless, as he had never seen such fairness before. In his previous experience in the military, there was no such thing as fairness. Whoever had a good relationship with the officers would be protected by them, regardless of right or wrong. If you offended one of the officer's trusted subordinates, you would only get punished. But here, it was different. The situation was handled based on facts, and whoever was at fault took responsibility. Yan Chongxi even felt a bit guilty towards his comrades who got beaten up because of him.

  "If you return the plate, then it's settled and there's nothing more to say! Moreover, this matter was caused by me, and I feel very sorry for Zhao and the others!" Yan Chongxi hastily stepped forward to answer Xiao Tianjian.

  With Yan Chongxi's words, Tie Tou and several other old brothers also calmed down, thinking that they were indeed in the wrong, and their faces showed a hint of shame.

  "Alright, I'll tell you then! From now on, if something similar happens again, you can privately talk to your superior and express your differing opinions. If they don't accept it, you can go over their head and find their superior to continue explaining your thoughts, instead of publicly confronting them in the training grounds! As long as it's a good suggestion, I welcome it with open arms, and will reward those who propose reasonable ideas! Even if it's a wrong opinion, I won't blame anyone for it. No one needs to worry about that, this is what we call collective wisdom, all for the purpose of making us stronger! Do you all understand?"

  Yan Zhongxi immediately stood at attention, shouting: "Understood! Boss!" However, this sudden movement still strained the muscles in his buttocks, causing him to grit his teeth in pain.

  The rest of them immediately replied loudly: "Understood! Boss!"

  (Today's updates are done! But it's almost 10,000 words! That's enough to be impressive! By the way, I've reserved a spot for tomorrow's red envelope, hoping that next week's new book rankings will be even better! This can't be achieved without everyone's support!)