Jiang Wanli glanced at Cao Bianjiao and Li Dashan, then nodded to Shi Dayong and said: "After discussion, the generals agreed that the prisoners should be reorganized on the spot. It would be a pity if they were directly sent back to their hometowns."
"Although these people are useless, they have been active with the rebels anyway, so they are better than ordinary people. As long as they train more and follow strict rules, they will be able to make up for the plight of our army going south with few troops." Cao Bianjiao supported sending the remaining soldiers to the south.
Captive expansion in place.
Li Dashan also said: "What we will face when we go east to Denglai is the main force of the Kong thieves. It is always good to have more soldiers. If these people are released, it will be difficult for us to recruit more troops." After saying this, he mouthed.
Then he added: "There are quite a lot of these prisoners. At a critical moment, they might be able to stand in our way."
After hearing this, Cao Bianjiao and Jiang Wanli glanced at Li Dashan at the same time. The meaning of blocking was worth pondering.
Shi Dayong knew very well what Li Dashan meant by what he said next. If he changed the words, it would mean cannon fodder.[
The Jinzhou Army is affiliated to Liao Town. According to the Ming Dynasty military system, soldiers and horses can only be recruited locally. That is to say, if Shi Dayong wants to expand his army, he can only recruit sergeants within the scope of Liao Town. This is also what the successive governors of Liao Town have said.
The specific implementation of the strategic policy of "defending Liao soil with Liao people".
The border soldiers are different from the guards soldiers. Most of the soldiers of the border soldiers are recruited, which is similar to the concept of professional soldiers in later generations. The guards soldiers have a hereditary military system, and their soldiers have been in the army for generations. Different from the system of the border soldiers, the guards are
Children of local non-military households cannot be recruited. Border soldiers can be recruited at will, and can even recruit soldiers outside the town. Of course, the premise is that these soldiers voluntarily surrender to the army and are not forcibly taken.
Before the Battle of Jinzhou, the three thousand Changping soldiers who defected to Shi Dayong were one such example. Since the rebellion of the old slaves of the Donglu, the generals in Liao Town have accumulated more troops, and the total number of soldiers and horses under their command often exceeds the establishment assigned by the court. To put it simply,
In other words, as long as the general can support more troops than his establishment, the imperial court will not be too outrageous about the expansion of the army by the general, such as a general raising 100,000 soldiers, and a general raising 50,000 soldiers, etc.
Most of the behavior was semi-tacitly approved by Yu Wai.
Therefore, in theory, Shi Dayong can recruit many more soldiers than he currently has. However, it can only be through recruitment rather than forced recruitment.
Shahe is the jurisdiction directly under the jurisdiction of the north, the jurisdiction of Shandong to the south, and the jurisdiction of Denglai to the east. Without the consent of the military and political chiefs of these three places, it is impossible for Shi Dayong to recruit troops on the spot. Otherwise, the three places will send a memorial together.
, Shi Dayong would be killed.
The imperial court turned a blind eye, but it did not say that the Liao army could forcefully recruit soldiers in the pass. If everyone did this, it would be a mess. There is no way to verify the number of soldiers recruited.
Yi Zhi, how can that be so great?
Therefore, these two thousand and six hundred prisoners have become Shi Dayong's only choice at present. Otherwise, he can only wait to expand his troops after returning to Liaodong. But this is obviously unrealistic, because he still has to go east to Denglai.
Fight against the main force of the rebels.
As Cao Bianjiao said, it would be difficult for Shi Dayong to do anything important without a strong army at hand.
In order to realize his ambition and turn the tide, Shi Dayong must immediately expand his army.
"Okay then, it's settled, all the prisoners will be sent to the army."
Shi Dayong made the decision to expand the army with captives, but added, "But we need to check, the only sons in the family will be released, those over forty and those under eighteen will be released, and the rest will be kept regardless of their reasons.
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"How to weave it?" Cao Bianjiao asked a practical question.
"This" Shi Dayong thought for a while and asked his subordinates: "What do you say?"
Jiang Wanli said: "Just follow our method in Liao Town."
The system of Liao Town is the method of the Liao Army, with generals, deputy generals, staff generals, guerrillas, commanders, guards, and generals. The general level is arranged level by level. Each level has corresponding customization. Just move it over. No need to
Troublesome.
During the Jinzhou Guard War, Shi Dayong temporarily reorganized the army in the city. The method used was different from the Liao army system, so he prepared to make a final decision. However, Cao Bianjiao had different opinions. He said: "Although this batch of prisoners is large in number,
, but in order to break up and reorganize, a lot of veteran troops and officers must be drawn out. As a result, our combat effectiveness will be compromised. This new army has just been established, has not been trained, and has not been in battle.
He's a newcomer, I'm afraid he won't be able to do anything if I bring him here."
Shi Dayong nodded and said: "That's true. Then what kind of braiding method does Xiao Cao say?"
"The final general believes that we should expand based on the current situation of our army, and conduct appropriate expansion without changing the combat effectiveness of our Jinzhou Army or reducing it as much as possible." Cao Bianjiao seemed to have an idea.
Shi Dayong said to him: "Be more specific."[
Cao Bianjiao said: "For example, the general's wolf cavalry army currently has two hundred soldiers, but my camp has recently acquired a lot of horses, so it can be expanded appropriately. But it should not be too many, just add another hundred. If there are more, it may be difficult to run in.
On the contrary, it will reduce the power of the wolf cavalry charging into the formation."
Shi Dayong said: "Xiao Cao is right." He turned to Jiang Wanli and asked: "How many troops and horses are there in the camp now?"
Jiang Wanli replied: "Except for Xiao Cao, there are more than 370 war horses that can be used as cavalry, and more than 100 draft horses that can pull carts."
After listening, Shi Dayong ordered: "You choose one hundred people from the Changping soldiers to give to Xiao Cao."
Jiang Wanli responded: "Yes."
Cao Bianjiao said again: "The remaining two hundred and seventy war horses should also be used. The last wolf rider is wearing heavy armor. If he is acting alone, he should ride on two horses, one with a camel and a camel with armor. But now
It is difficult to do this, and it is moving with a large army, so it is necessary to have two horses. When not in war, the armor can be pulled by carriages, and then worn again in war. Therefore, the general thought that the more than two hundred war horses should be organized into
A battalion of light cavalry is used to support the formation before the battle."
The idea of building a light cavalry had been brewed by Shi Dayong when he was in Jinzhou. He was suffering from horses and there was no ready-made cavalry, so he never put it down. Now that there are war horses, although the Changping soldiers are not yet able to control them freely, the auxiliary formation is strong.
The momentum was still good. I immediately agreed to Cao Bianjiao's suggestion of Qingqi without hesitation.
Seeing that all his suggestions were adopted, Cao Bianjiao was a little happy and said: "The wolf cavalry will take one hundred, the light cavalry will take another two hundred, and the infantry will only save more than one hundred. We can choose from the prisoners, and use these more than one hundred infantry."
As an officer, I will temporarily form the left battalion of infantry and the right battalion of infantry, and the remaining prisoners will be used as baggage supplies. I wonder if the general thinks it is okay."
Shi Dayong nodded and said: "Okay, the three of you will go to Shao Wu to implement the details together. The personnel will be decided today, and we will set off at dawn tomorrow. This Shahe can't be delayed any longer."
"Yes, General." The three of them agreed in unison and went out to implement it.
When he reached the door, Jiang Wanli suddenly stopped, turned around and said, "General, why hasn't Zhao Xueqi come back when he went to persuade Wang Tiande to surrender? Do you want to send someone to search south?"
Shi Dayong waved his hand: "Wait another two hours. If you haven't come back yet, send someone to check it out. Regardless of whether they come or not, we will set off tomorrow."