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Chapter 117 – 115 [Army Expansion And Reorganization]

Chapter 117 115 [Army Expansion and Reorganization]

Ji’an Fucheng is not a good place for military training.

Because it was too prosperous, even the simple peasant soldiers were gradually corrupted by the desires in the city.

Zhao Han killed five soldiers in one go, one of them was a veteran of Wuxing Town, one was a soldier recruited on the way, and three were recruits recruited in Fucheng.

I originally wanted to let the veterans bring the recruits and send them to the south of the city to maintain order.

Unexpectedly, the three recruits who were born as homeless, told their tragic experiences, and the two veterans were filled with righteous indignation. The five people left the patrolling block without permission, broke into a profiteering business, killed the entire male family of the profiteer, and under the lure of the recruits, raped and humiliated the woman of the family, and then looted the property.

There are too many military orders violated, and no one can keep them.

“Execution!”

At Chengnan Dock, five soldiers lined up, kneeling on the ground waiting to be beheaded.

Countless residents of Fucheng came to watch the excitement. The blood splashed and heads rolled down made the timid scream and the daring excited.

Zhao Han said loudly: “These five people disobeyed military orders, left their posts without authorization, raped, murdered and robbed, and now they are being punished by the public!”

“it is good!”

Some people started to applaud, thinking they were bullied by Zhao Han’s soldiers.

“Come on!”

Zhao Han gave an order, and more than ten people were brought to the pier.

Zhao Han said to the onlookers: “These people either don’t pay for food, or buy goods at a low price. They should be punished with military sticks!”

Originally, according to Zhao Han’s intention, he planned to abolish corporal punishments such as military batons, and instead use confinement and punishment for running. But he gradually discovered that he couldn’t suppress it without the baton, so he could only resume some corporal punishment.

“Crack, crack, crack!”

The executioner has already shown mercy, otherwise dozens of army sticks would go down and kill people on the spot.

Even so, the soldiers who were hit by the board couldn’t bear it. Pain is one aspect, and there are also psychological factors. In front of thousands of people, taking off their pants and spanking, it is really embarrassing to grandma’s house.

After the punishment was completed, Zhao Han immediately reorganized the army and promulgated more detailed military laws at the same time.

A total of nearly 4,000 people were re-selected and re-trained according to the battalion post system during the Jiajing period.

Five members form a team, two teams form a team, three teams form a team, three teams form a whistle, five whistles form a general, and five generals form a battalion.

Zhao Han leads the whole army by himself and is the commander-in-chief.

Fei Ruhe was the battalion deputy and general manager, who assisted Zhao Han in commanding the entire army, and personally led 500 members of the Chinese army.

Jiang Dashan, Huang Yao, Huang Shun, Li Zheng, and Jiang Liang are all generals, each leading 500 people.

Li Xiangui, a military judge, led the French army of 50 people.

Chen Maosheng, as a missionary officer, led a missionary group of 120 people, including prostitutes, tortoises and actors.

Also selected domestic slaves and people from military households to form Zhao Han’s personal soldiers “Nuer Army”, currently only 92 people. Zhang Tieniu is the captain of the soldiers, Liu Zhu is the deputy captain of the soldiers, and the banner is the word “slave” written in blood on the white cloth.

The remaining hundreds of people were organized into a supply team, and Xiao Huan was in charge of logistics.

In addition, Fei Chun actually supervised the money and food, and Huang Shunde served as the chief secretary (Zhao Han’s military secretary).

Each post (about 100 people) must be assigned a mission officer, who is responsible for propagating Datong thought, explaining military law and discipline to soldiers, and caring for the lives of ordinary soldiers. However, the officers must not interfere with the command of operations!

Except for the troops on duty, all the rest returned to the city for drills, and the generals’ office and the city guard battalion were designated as training grounds.

Drilling for several days, the recruits can barely form an array, but unfortunately, a little movement will cause chaos.

Why didn’t Zhao Han rob money and food from big households outside the city?

Because the entire Ji’an Prefecture, the autumn grains delivered by the counties are all in the Xicheng warehouse, and all the money is in the inner courtyard of the magistrate. These money and food will not be shipped to the capital until February next year, and now they are all cheaper for Zhao Han.

The military pay is sufficient and the meals are full. Even though the drills are hard and the military laws are strict, the soldiers are full of energy.

During the rest time, the missionary officers at each post began to ask for their health. After getting closer to the soldiers, the missionaries preached military law and various popular ideas of Datong.

Actually, these missionaries are also a little confused.

When the soldiers were training, they listened to Chen Maosheng’s lectures. When the soldiers were resting, they learned what they learned and sold it now, and told the soldiers what they had just learned.

Sometimes, the mission officer was even confused by the soldiers, and ran to ask Chen Maosheng with a question mark, which made the soldiers at all posts laugh.

Just when the recruit training was on the right track, Zhao Han suddenly received news that the governor Xie Xuelong had brought the troops.

Zhao Han immediately stopped the training, ordered the soldiers to arm their defenses, and called a meeting of the general sentinel (general) and above.

Fei Ruhe is now leading the 500 Chinese Army alone, and assisting Zhao Han in leading the entire army. This guy was in high spirits, and he patted the table and said: “We should stick to the city. We have more than 3,000 people now, and we are almost 4,000. We have soldiers and food, so why are we afraid of the governor?”

Xiao Huan said: “I think we should abandon the city and leave the city to the eunuch. The **** must impeach the governor in order to evade the crime, and the imperial court will help us dismiss the governor. Now those officers and soldiers are actually Xiangyong, Xie Xuelong. Recruited. Once the governor is dismissed, those brave men will disperse automatically. If you can outsmart, there is no need to fight hard. We seem to have nearly 4,000 people, most of them are recruits, and the military formation has not even been drilled yet .”

As soon as this remark was made, most of the officers agreed.

Whether they admit it or not, these mud-legged military officers have a hidden fear of the government in their hearts.

They are afraid of the governor, they are afraid of the officers and soldiers, and it is best not to fight if they can.

Seeing that everyone was silent, and seemed to be persuaded by Xiao Huan, Fei Ruhe said angrily: “You bird people, you shrink your eggs when you see officers and soldiers, and you are so **** rebellious? Go home and farm!”

Including Chen Maosheng, they couldn’t help bowing their heads. They were indeed afraid. The more officials came from the court, the more afraid they were.

Zhang Tieniu echoed: “Beat, just beat, I’m not afraid.”

Chen Maosheng said: “I think, what Captain Xiao (the supply team) said is reasonable. Since the imperial court will clean up the governor, those brave men will automatically disperse, so why should we fight?”

Fei Ruhe sneered: “Then don’t fight anymore, just wait for the emperor to help us, it’s best to step aside yourself.”

Everyone was silent and looked at Zhao Han.

Zhao Han smiled and said: “Captain Xiao’s strategy is indeed the best strategy. Captain Xiao is unparalleled in resourcefulness, and he is Zhang Liang and Zhuge of our army.”

Xiao Huan was very grateful in his heart, but he didn’t show it. He calmly accepted the worship of everyone.

“but!”

Zhao Han stood up abruptly: “Mr. Zhao Qian (Fei Ruhe) is not rude. He seems to be reckless and demented, but he has revealed the fatal weakness of our army. You are all afraid, and you dare not face the governor! A governor! , only bring a few thousand township warriors, which is comparable to our military strength, and we still have the prefectural city as our support, so what is there to be afraid of?”

Except for a few, the rest of the officers all lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Zhao Han’s anger.

“Originally, I listened to Captain Xiao’s advice and planned to quickly withdraw from Fucheng,” Zhao Han slapped the table and said, “But now, I have decided not to leave. I want to practice your courage! Hold on to the city! “

“it is good!”

Fei Ruhe was overjoyed.

“General Town (another name for Chief Soldier),” Xiao Huan said hastily, “Chief Town, please think twice, don’t fight for a moment.”

Zhao Han shook his head and said, “Captain Xiao, you don’t understand. Sometimes, the best strategy may not be the best choice. We are rebelling, and we must show our military might, otherwise these officers in front of us will not know when they will be able to face the enemy directly.” Officers!”

Xiao Huan said anxiously: “The military power can be fought slowly, are you afraid that there will be no battles in the future?”

“Retreat now, and won’t you back down in the future?” Zhao Han said firmly, “The officers in the room right now, and the soldiers in the city right now are the seeds of our rebellion. Even if the seeds are not full, will the crops that grow in the future be strong? Fighting, it must be fought. It will make our seeds feel confident, and the Jiangxi government will be frightened.”

“This…” Xiao Huan hesitated to speak.

Zhao Han said: “Captain Xiao, you are a smart person, and smart people often like to play tricks. But sometimes, we can’t play tricks. We know that there are tigers in the mountains, and we prefer to go to the tiger mountain!”

Xiao Huan sighed and asked, “How does the town plan to fight?”

Zhao Han said with a smile: “We occupy Jiancheng, we have sufficient food and grass, most of the autumn grain collected by Ji’an Mansion this year is in our hands, except for those taken away by Xie Xuelong. So what are you afraid of? Xie Xuelong should be the one who is anxious. He didn’t dare to procrastinate after he arrived in Fucheng. Firstly, he was afraid of being punished by the court, secondly, the borrowed fleet would have to be returned to the gentry, and thirdly, he would have to worry about food and grass if he dragged on.”

“Indeed.” Xiao Huan had to admit that it was Xie Xuelong who was really anxious.

…

Xie Xuelong was in a hurry.

Jianfu City originated from the Tang Dynasty. At that time, there were few people in the south, and the city was mainly military. The city was tall and deep but the area was not large. Moreover, except for the city gate that relies on the Ganjiang River, all other city gates are built with urn cities. Each tower also has arrow towers, and even a few gun towers—there are no gunners or archers in Zhao Han’s army.

There are more than 3,000 rebels. As long as there is enough food and grass to occupy this kind of castle-like city, thousands of officers and soldiers will not even think about defeating it for ten years.

It doesn’t even take much effort to maintain law and order, because more than 80% of the residents live in various markets outside the city.

Xie Xuelong also bullied Zhao Han for not having a navy, and all the large merchant ships outside the city ran away, and Zhao Han only grabbed a few large ships. This guy blocked Fucheng with ships, stationed troops on Bailuzhou, and began to recruit laborers to make siege equipment.

Then he discovered that blacksmiths and carpenters were in short supply, and Zhao Han had brought them into the city to make weapons.

Then you can only go to the surrounding towns to recruit!

The craftsmen and common people were miserable, and each of them was full of resentment. Instead of being bullied by the rebels, they were oppressed by the government.

Government recruited laborers are not paid, they are all in the nature of service, and they have to bring their own dry food and tools. Moreover, Xie Xuelong has temporarily cut off the logistics and is sending ships to other state capitals to collect food, and there is currently no extra money and food to pay the laborers.

The laborers are full of anger, and they are naturally lazy at work, and the speed of manufacturing siege equipment is worrying.

Xie Xuelong was anxious, so he could only keep urging, and the officials below followed him, beating, drinking and cursing as usual.

The gentry and merchants who were conscripted into merchant ships urged Xie Xuelong to return the ships as soon as possible. They had to go to other places to do business, and they would lose a lot of money if they were delayed for one more day.

The impeachment memorial of the **** is already on its way to the capital.

These gentry and merchants should not be underestimated, because there are too many Jinshi in Jiangxi, and too many officials in the court. They started their relationship one after another, and the impeachment memorial floated to the capital like snowflakes.

In order to exterminate the rebels, Xie Xuelong collected food and conscripts, which also made the common people hate it.

This Governor Xie has already offended eunuchs, gentry, businessmen, and common people!

Regardless of whether he can take back Fucheng, his official career is definitely over.

(Thank you for this is a monster, Yanhan Wuxin, for rewarding the leader of Xishigu, thank you all book friends for your support and rewards. In addition, I have the cheek to ask for monthly tickets.)

(end of this chapter)