Chapter 25

When Yueyang arrived at the training ground, he saw a chaotic scene. Hu Laosan, who was standing next to him, noticed Yueyang's frown deepen and immediately knew that their young master was very dissatisfied.

Afraid that Yueyang would blame him, Hu Laosan quickly took a few steps forward and shouted to the chaotic militiamen on the training ground, "Listen up, everyone! The young master has come to see you all. Now, all of you stand properly, and no one is allowed to move around. Hey... I'm talking to you, stand still, no moving around!"

Yueyang stood with his hands behind his back, watching Hu Laosan try to organize the troops. Although Hu Laosan was very skilled in fighting, it was clear that he was not very good at managing people. After a full fifteen minutes, the people on the training ground were still running around like headless flies. The newly recruited farmers had no idea what it meant to follow orders.

Seeing that Hu Laosan's voice was almost hoarse, but the new recruits were not paying much attention to him, some of them were even talking and laughing loudly, Yueyang felt a growing anger in his heart. He turned and beckoned to Hu Laosan, who was standing next to him. Hu Laosan was initially stunned, but then quickly came to his side.

Yueyang pointed to the chaotic scene in front of him and said with a stern face, "You, take a few people and go to the training ground to teach them what it means to follow orders. In two hours, I want to see them all standing in front of me, and they must all be quiet! Can you do that?"

Hu Laosan's throat was already dry from shouting, but few of the people in front of him were listening to him. He was already seething with anger. Now that Yueyang had given him an order, he would not be polite anymore. A sinister smile appeared on his face, which was full of scars, "Young master, you just watch. I will make sure these guys behave!"

With that, Hu Laosan called over a dozen servants, each of them wielding a thick wooden stick, and charged towards the new recruits on the training ground. Soon, the sound of wooden sticks hitting flesh and the cries of pain echoed across the training ground.

"Smack, smack, smack, smack..."

"Ah... Stop, stop! You'll kill us if you keep hitting!"

"Sir, stop, we haven't done anything wrong!"

For a moment, the training ground was filled with cries of pain and pleas for mercy. Hundreds of newly recruited soldiers were chased around like a defeated army by Hu Laosan and the dozen fierce servants.

However, the cries for mercy did not evoke any sympathy from Hu Laosan. He continued to beat the new recruits mercilessly, causing them to howl in pain. Finally, one of the more clever new recruits, seeing Yueyang standing silently on the side with his arms crossed, had a sudden idea. He scrambled to Yueyang and fell to his knees, sobbing, "Young master, please, make them stop. We know we were wrong. We can't take it anymore. Please, make them stop!"

Yueyang looked at the ragged young man kneeling before him, his lips twitched, and he was about to help him up, but then he hardened his heart and said coldly, "You say you know you were wrong?"

The new recruit, seeing Yueyang speak, quickly crawled forward and cried, "Yes, young master, I know I was wrong."

"Good!" Yueyang asked calmly, "Then tell me, what did you do wrong?"

"I was wrong... I was wrong..." The new recruit stuttered, unable to say anything more.

Seeing this, Yueyang felt a deep sadness. These were his new recruits? They didn't even know why they were being beaten, let alone why they were joining the army. Could he really lead such soldiers to carve out a path in the coming chaos?

But this thought flashed through Yueyang's mind and quickly disappeared. He secretly encouraged himself. Since he had chosen this path, he had to stick to it. Otherwise, he might as well escape to the modern world and live as a wealthy man.

Taking a deep breath, Yueyang said to Hu Laosan, who was still leading the servants in beating the new recruits, "Hu Laosan, stop. Have them all stand in front of me in order!"

"Yes, young master!"

After beating dozens of people, Hu Laosan was tired, and sweat was dripping from his forehead. Hearing Yueyang's words, he stopped and shouted at the new recruits, "Are you all deaf? Didn't you hear the young master? All of you, stand properly. If anyone thinks their bones are too hard and need to be loosened, I'm happy to help. Hurry up!"

With Hu Laosan's loud command, the new recruits started to move around, and with the sound of heavy footsteps, they began to run to Yueyang and stand in line. However, even then, they were still pushing and shoving, causing chaos, which made Yueyang inwardly furious.

Finally, after another fifteen minutes, over three hundred new recruits, under the supervision of Hu Laosan and the dozen servants,勉强排成了五排歪歪斜斜的人墙站在了岳阳面前。即便如此，在岳阳看来，这些人排的队列连后世小学生做早操的队列都不如。

岳阳用锐利的目光盯着面前的数百名新兵，大声喝道：“各位五里寨的老少爷们，首先我要恭喜你们，从今天开始，你们就成了五里寨光荣团练光荣的一员了，也就是从今天开始，你们将告别你们往日的身份，你们不再是一名从地里刨食吃的佃户、不再是一名农民，而是一名有饷银拿的兵丁啦！

或许你们有人看不起团练乡兵这个身份，以为乡兵不过是替人看家的私兵罢了，但是我要告诉你们，总有一天你们会为这个身份而感到自豪，为这个身份而感到骄傲的。不过话说千遍不如亲身体验，我说得再多也不如用事实来证明有力量，你们给我半年时间，半年后你们就会发现，你们等加入到这个团体是你们一生中所作出的最正确的选择。不过，你们想要领到每个月的饷银和那笔安家费可不是那么容易的事，你们需要付出比常人更多的努力才行！”

在木棍和胡老三极富杀伤力的眼神的威胁下，新兵们在岳阳说话的时候很是老实的没人发出声音，整个训练场呈现出一种很诡异的安静。

看到安静的众人，岳阳满意地点了点头，大声喝道：“好，今天本公子就给你们上第一课，告诉你们如何成为一名合格的士兵，全体都有。所有人以手臂为距离，全部排成五排站好，中间不得喧哗，违令者重罚！”

“快……都快点，你们他娘的都是死人啊，没听到公子的话吗？全都给老子站好，中间距离一手臂，都站好啰，听到没有，都他娘的快点！”

胡老三依旧带着十多名家丁在场上维护秩序，遇到动作慢的新兵则是二话不说就是一木棍打下去，就这样，岳阳正式开始了他在这个时空的练兵生活……

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Finally, after another fifteen minutes, over three hundred new recruits, under the supervision of Hu Laosan and the dozen servants, barely formed five rows of a wobbly human wall in front of Yueyang. Even so, in Yueyang's eyes, their formation was not as good as the line-up of primary school students doing morning exercises in the future.

Yueyang stared at the hundreds of new recruits with a sharp gaze and shouted, "Fellow men of Wulizhai, first, I congratulate you. From today, you have become a proud member of the Wulizhai Militia. From today, you will leave your old identities behind. You are no longer tenant farmers or peasants, but soldiers who will receive a salary!

Some of you may look down on the identity of a militia soldier, thinking that they are just private soldiers who guard homes. But I want to tell you that one day, you will be proud of this identity. However, a thousand words are not as powerful as personal experience. I will give you six months, and after six months, you will realize that joining this group is the best decision you have ever made. However, to receive your monthly salary and the settlement fee, you will need to work much harder than ordinary people!"

Under the threat of the wooden sticks and Hu Laosan's intimidating gaze, the new recruits were very quiet when Yueyang spoke, and the entire training ground was eerily silent.

Seeing the quiet crowd, Yueyang nodded in satisfaction and shouted, "Good, today I will give you your first lesson on how to become a qualified soldier. Everyone, line up in five rows with one arm's distance between each other. No talking in the middle, and those who violate the order will be severely punished!"

"Quick... hurry up, are you all dead? Didn't you hear the young master? All of you, stand properly, one arm's distance apart, stand still, did you hear me, hurry up!"

Hu Laosan continued to maintain order on the field with a dozen servants. When he encountered slow-moving new recruits, he would beat them without a word. Thus, Yueyang officially began his training of the new recruits in this time and space...

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