After solving the mental problems of the Runing Army, of course we must further strengthen the limbs. The next step is to expand the army.
Fortunately, this time the Runing Army gained a lot from the great victory in Huainan, and the funds for army expansion were not a problem. Of course, Wu Shigong would not expand the army to the extreme. He was afraid that the situation that killed him last time would happen again.
In addition to the Marine Corps and Cavalry Regiment that had been prepared for establishment long ago, Wu Shigong planned to add an infantry regiment to each of the Guide, Nanyang, and Runing armies.
However, Wu Shigong is still planning to reintroduce the rotation training system and will establish another rotation training regiment at the headquarters, so that each regiment outside is guaranteed to have an infantry regiment training at the headquarters. Therefore, the three regiments outside are actually still the original strength.
But at this time, Wu Shigong had a visitor here, and that was Li Lu, a famous general from Nanyang. After Li Lu suffered an ice and fire incident in the Hong Chengchou camp, he just returned to Ye County and received a formal appointment from the Ministry of War. Appointment
He is the general training soldier of the Nanyang regiment, with a rated combat strength of 6,500.
With the appointment, Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, also allocated the first batch of food and salary and the construction cost of the camp. It should be said that Xuan Mo's behavior was quite friendly, and even the lowest discount was given, just to win over Wu Shigong through Li Lu.
But Li Lu was very panicked after receiving the appointment. Why? He actually had no soldiers. Now that the appointment of the Ministry of War had come down, it was imminent to annihilate the peasant rebel army. In addition, Li Lu's reputation was outstanding, no matter what
How many reasons does Li Lu have? He must fight the peasant rebels!
So this time Li Lu came to visit Wu Shigong for two things. One was to buy some weapons from Wu Shigong to arm his urgently recruited soldiers; the other was to borrow troops from Wu Shigong.
Li Lu thought this way: with his own soldiers and the soldiers borrowed from Wu Shigong as the core, plus the new soldiers recruited, first fool Hong Chengchou and Xuanmo in terms of numbers. In case of a real war, those who
With the new soldiers as cannon fodder, Li Lu's personal soldiers and the soldiers borrowed from Wu Shigong could also have time to bring Li Lu back safely.
But after Wu Shigong heard Li Lu's idea, he immediately thought of a good way to lay eggs by borrowing chickens. So Wu Shigong said to Li Lu: "Brother Li is looking for me because of two considerations. One is to deal with the court.
Check out: First, prepare for war. Is this what my brother said?"
Li Lu immediately nodded and replied: "That's exactly it."
"Then the matter will be easier to handle." Wu Shigong continued, "Brother, I will give Brother Li a thousand-man regiment. There is no need to borrow it, just give it to you. The weapons and equipment of this regiment are also provided by our Runing Army.
But Brother Li has to pay for the food and salary. I will keep it with Brother Li to protect your safety."
"In this case, this regiment, your 500 soldiers, plus the troops of our Runing Army in the Luojia Town camp and the Longyan Town base, are about the same as Brother Li's 6,500 people. This imperial court
I can definitely pass the point test."
"But I have to explain something clearly to Brother Li. The appointment of officers in this regiment is only subject to our Runing Army. The food and salary you give to this regiment must be sent to our Runing Army first, and then distributed from our hands.
Go down."
Because of the incident involving Yao Liang's militia in Ningling County, Wu Shigong will definitely take the distribution of army food and salary into his own hands. Only with the right to control food and salary and the right to appoint officers can this army be said to be completely controlled.
Controlled by the Runing Army.
Seeing Li Lu's excited expression, Wu Shigong immediately explained: "Brother Li, don't think that I want to take advantage of you. If you do the math, my regiment can occupy up to three thousand of your soldiers' food and salary. If you recruit new soldiers yourself,
, then how much will you spend? And the remaining food and salary now belong to you personally? And don’t you have another way to make money now? "
"Oh? What kind of wealth?" Li Lu's eyes lit up when he heard about wealth.
"Think about it! With my regiment and your soldiers, you still have five thousand people left in that town. Don't talk about those miserable soldiers. You have hundreds of military attache positions!"
"Originally, according to your idea, you need to recruit all these people. You can drink the blood of those soldiers, but you can't drink all the salaries of those military attaches, right? And you can't just drink the blood for yourself.
Why don’t you let those military attachés take a sip?”
"Now you can give those official positions to the squires in Nanyang and Ruzhou. Those rich locals are all very wealthy, and they just want an official position to support their dignity. They have many servants, so you can let them take care of them.
The soldiers come to surrender! And the soldiers they bring can also be supported by themselves. You can definitely get more benefits!"
"That's right!" Li Lu immediately drew inferences, "Giving it to them for free would be an advantage. Let them buy it with money!"
But Li Lu immediately thought of another question, and asked again: "Brother-in-law! Although those local bastards will definitely take the bait. But I'm afraid that they won't be able to get food and wages for a long time. I don't think the benefits are much, and they will disperse over time!"
"Then tie them together!" Wu Shigong immediately replied, "Brother, let me have an idea. Is it appropriate for Brother Li to help with the calculation? Those squires can't get their official positions in vain, they also have to pay two or three
Thousands of people. Brother Li organized them into two thousand-man regiments. I bought half of the weapons and half gave them away. They are definitely not comparable to those used by our Runing army, but comparable to those in the hands of the thieves. They must be called sophisticated.
Already."
"Both regiments were trained by instructors from my place. We first turned them into armies. Then we started to develop financial resources. Although our Henan is in chaos now, there is gold everywhere. It depends on whether anyone has the courage to pick it up.
Already."
"Your personal soldiers, the regiment I gave you, the two regiments of the squire, plus the five hundred people I asked Chang Meng to come over. This number should be over four thousand. Set up a reclamation camp here with you.
There are countless unclaimed lands in Nanyang and Ruzhou among the branches of commercial banks. It depends on how much your branch can occupy."
"Establishing a farm village, recruiting refugees, and organizing farming are all tasks that Chang Meng is very familiar with. You don't need to worry about it, Brother Li. When the time comes, our Runing Army will collect all the things you planted, and you can also get a big share of it. This
You should be able to do business without capital!"
"You four thousand people are just to ensure the safety of those villagers, and to occupy some new terra nullius. After you taste the sweetness, you beat them with sticks, but those squires still refuse to leave. Then what do you have to worry about?
What about?"
Li Lu thought over Wu Shigong's words from beginning to end, and the more he thought about it, the more reasonable he felt. However, he still had a worry that he had not yet resolved: "Then brother-in-law, what if Governor Hong and Governor Xuan mobilize our army?"
"Then let's talk nonsense! One principle is never leaving home." Wu Shigong then replied, "You will always play this old official trick. Besides, you also have good reasons. Your body is inconvenient! What if it really happens?
It’s hard to shirk it, brother, I won’t just sit back and do nothing, and I won’t make things too ugly no matter what.”
Now that all doubts have been resolved, Li Lu and Wu Shigong have settled the matter. As for the specific trivial matters, they will be handled by Li Lu and Chang Meng in the future, and Wu Shigong does not need to worry about it anymore.
Li Lu also knew that as a result, his troops were actually controlled by Wu Shigong. But in his heart, Li Lu really didn't want to be a famous general, he just wanted to be a rich man. So now he has such good money
He had nothing to be dissatisfied with.
In addition to Wu Shigong raising an additional infantry regiment through Li Lu's food and salary, the two regiments composed of the squires will also be under the control of the instructors he sent out, and are semi-controlled by Wu Shigong.
These two regiments may be lacking in field combat, but defending this area can be a powerful help. Coupled with the cooperation of the Nanyang Army, they can basically completely block the enemy from invading in this direction. As for the benefits of Tuntian Zhuangzi
, the training of the village protection team, etc., these are all additional additions.
But in this way, the commander of the Nanyang Legion will be vaguely superior to the other commanders. Therefore, Wu Shigong is going to send his earliest guard captain, Xue Yong, there. And He Fei will be transferred back to the headquarters to train the legion.
Legion commander.
This time the senior officers of the Runing Army will also undergo a major redeployment. The cavalry corps, teaching corps, training corps, directly-affiliated artillery regiment and directly-affiliated engineering corps remaining in the headquarters will form a town, which Wu Shigong named "Tiger Roar".
Wu Shigong will concurrently serve as the town commander of Huhou Town, and Zhou Xun will be the deputy commander but actually commands the town. After Qian Qi recovers, he will serve as the commander of the Runing Army, swapping positions with Yang Rusong. Wu Shigong believes that these army commanders are
You cannot hold a position in one place for too long, otherwise if you have too close ties with the place, you will be in danger of becoming a warlord.
After that, Wu Shigong received and commended the meritorious personnel of this battle. In this award, the Runing Army adopted the method of medal award for the first time. In addition to having a reward system that matches the medal level, all meritorious personnel have a place.
Beat gongs and drums to deliver the good news to his home, so that he can be extremely prosperous among his neighbors.
Surprisingly, Huang Qifai was also on the list for this interview, but he thought that he had not made any contribution this time, so he was a little confused about Wu Shigong's interview.
But after kowtowing to Wu Shigong, Wu Shigong asked with a smile: "Enlightenment! How are those children doing?"
Huang Qifai hurriedly bowed and reported: "It's really good to report back to your lord! Those children learn very quickly, and the villain's family fortune is almost wiped out by them."
Wu Shigong nodded and continued: "That's good! Qiqi, I put you in that position just to sharpen you. Now it seems that you are stable and doing everything well! So this time I will
I’m going to give you a chance, just to see if you can seize it, right?” (To be continued..)