Donkey Dan was appointed commander of Shuangchengzi Training Base.
He was very familiar with the training of servants. Yang Fan did not bring too many people this time. He asked Lu Dan to lead a camp of servants as instructors to organize and train the Jurchens from the East China Sea who were arriving one after another.
These savages don't know how to fight in a formal way. They fight in a swarm and in a chaotic manner. If Yang Fan wants to use them, he must train his queue and orders. By the way, he can upgrade their weapons.
Yang Fan seized hundreds of thousands of Mongolian sinew-horn composite bows and gave one to each of them.
Most of the Mongolian arrows were made of stones and bones, and Yang Fan had no need for such rubbish. He simply gave them to the Jurchen soldiers in the East China Sea, and left the rest to the Sauron soldiers.
The Mongolian bows are much better than theirs. These people are all natural hunters, and they are more skilled in using bows and arrows than the Jian slaves, but they do not have good bows and arrows.
They don't raise cattle here, and they don't have the materials for composite bows. They can only make single bows.
Now they are equipped with good Mongolian bows and arrows, and their archery skills have immediately improved a lot.
Two hundred of these bone and stone arrowheads were given to each person, and Yang Fan gave an additional 300 steel arrowheads. These steel arrowheads could shoot through Jiannu's triple armor within fifty meters. This made these savages even more powerful.
Yang Fan sent a telegram and asked Tianjin to urgently send three ships of weapons and armor by clipper ship. Five hundred of the obsolete Fran cannons and general cannons were also transported. Ten thousand barrels of gunpowder and lead bullets were sent. Various kinds of
There are 7,000 muskets. These muskets are all obsolete. Most of them are muskets.
The Ming Dynasty had a lot of broken guns, so Yang Fan got all these obsolete muskets. It was better to equip the savages to fight slaves than to throw them away.
After Lvdan arrived at Shuangchengzi, he selected nearly 50,000 Jurchens from the East China Sea who had arrived. He removed those who were obviously old and young, leaving 40,000 people. They were organized into eight guards, each with about 5,000 people.
The commanders and officers are the chiefs and their cronies. Each guard has five thousand households, and the thousand households have ten hundred households. The organization of the army has basically been completed.
Then, they began to train them to walk in queue and identify the meaning of the golden drum flag. How to move forward and backward, etc.
These savages were used to being loose and unaccustomed to such strict military management, so they started making troubles one after another. Donkey knew that corporal punishment and beheading were useless to deal with these people, and they could easily lead to mutiny.
Donkey Dan announced that the top three teams in running exercises every day can eat meat and white flour steamed buns. The others can only eat polenta and pickles. The top three teams in the training team will be given a knife.
In fact, these knives, spears, bows and arrows were originally given to them. However, in order to stimulate them to obey orders, they were specially proposed as rewards. Those who failed to complete the training would be deducted. This made them obedient.
One month is only a short period of time. We can only give them a rough training so that they can understand the golden drum flag and command smoothly. It is not required to improve their combat effectiveness. After all, they are very good at fighting.
The old servants of a battalion serve as training officers and go down to every hundred households to command and train these people nearby. These people will serve as supervisors and stay among the Jurchens in the East China Sea. They will not return to the team until the war is over and they are disbanded.
This is because only these people can accept orders without problems and in turn direct these East China Sea barbarians to fight according to Yang Fan's orders.
On the training ground, a dozen huge iron pots were lined up. Braised pork and potatoes were stewed in them. This was the favorite food of these savages. They had never eaten such delicious pork.
Only those who have completed the day's training tasks can eat it. Otherwise, they can only eat corn porridge and pickles. If you exceed the training limit, you will be rewarded.
Qi Lenghala was the leader of a small tribe. He brought fifty warriors and was appointed deputy 100 households. He received a pair of feather root armor captured from Mongolia. The warriors also received a pair of Mongolian leather armor.
The training of their general banner is very outstanding. Because they are the best hunters. They have never used such good Mongolian riding bows. During shooting training, almost everyone has ten rings.
Then, their happy days came. Before they were sent out to fight, their rewards had already been softened. First, he got a Mongolian scimitar. Then, they all got a military coat. This thing was made of cloth.
The surface is made of cotton. Cloth is a good thing. It feels really warm when you put it on.
Then, they got a saddle-shaped stainless steel lunch box and kettle.
Their food is also very good. They can eat meat almost every day. Braised pork stewed with potatoes and dried vegetables is really delicious. It is a perfect match with unlimited and sufficient rice.
The officers here don't beat them or scold them, it's all up to your own free will. Anyway, if you train well, eat well, and get a lot of things. If you're not greedy, just do as you please.
After doing this, these savages went crazy and threw themselves into the training with enthusiasm.
Yang Fan had two cavalrymen from the servant battalion and sent one to lead the Jurchens in the East China Sea. In addition, there were three regiments of infantry from Vladivostok and Shuangchengzi. They were equipped with flintlock rifles and a small number of artillery.
In addition to the Jurchens and Saurons from the East China Sea, this is Yang Fan's entire force. This time, it can be regarded as a drill for the attack on the general slaves. It is a test of the combat effectiveness of the slaves through the attack.
Yang Fan planned to wait for the Sauron people to come, join forces, and then go south from Shuangchengzi, take the western foothills of Changbai Mountain, and go directly to the hometown of Jiannu. Because the Suifen River Basin in Shuangchengzi is close to the northern foothills of Changbai Mountain, take this road.
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Moreover, this is the hometown of the Bohai Kingdom. There is a road leading to the hinterland of Liaodong. This is the nearest road.
Now that the main force of Jiannu has gone, Liaodong must be empty. Although Yang Fan gathered a group of rabble, the advantage is that the scale is large enough, and Jiannu can also have a good taste of what they felt about what the Ming Dynasty did.
At this time, the Qing army had arrived at the bank of the upper reaches of the Liao River. The Ming army relocated the 140,000 people from the disbanded Nine-Border Army to this place. In the past year, they marched along the Liao River from Chifeng to Tongliao.
On this line, more than a dozen castles were built and troops were stationed.
This line of defense was completed under the leadership of Dong Lin and under the counsel of Sun Chengzong and others. It is almost a replica of the Guanningjin line of defense in Liaodong. Lao Sun is still the same as building high walls.
However, the Ming Dynasty does not have the financial resources to build another Guan Ning army. Except for Chifeng City, which is made of rammed earth and covered with bricks, the rest are all made of earth.
Lin Danhan has been frightened by Huang Taiji and will not come out to support the Ming army. He needs to lick his wounds and regain his strength. In the past year, he has lost 40,000 to 50,000 horses.
Huang Taiji was riding on his horse, looking at the Liao River in the distance. On the other side of the river was an earthen city.
"What kind of Ming army is opposite?" Huang Taiji turned around and asked.
Ning Wan I replied: "Qi Khan. Opposite are the 5,000 infantrymen who have been abolished from Yulin Town."
Huang Taiji stared at the Tucheng opposite for a while, smiled contemptuously, and said: "I thought this defense line was so amazing. It was touted as another Ningjin defense line. At this time, it seems that it is nothing more than a chicken with tiles and a dog's ears."
