On October 19, the eighth year of Chongzhen, in the meeting hall of the Runing Army camp.
"...Sir! This is the summary of this month." Zheng Ling finally finished his long report. He looked at Wu Shigong, waiting for Wu Shigong to ask questions.
Xue Zhinong and Xue Cunyi on the side looked at Zheng Ling and felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts. In the "Intelligence Summary", almost all the intelligence collected by these two intelligence departments was, but in the report, Zheng Ling was always ranked last
.Although Zheng Ling's official rank is not as good as Liang Xue's, judging from the order of reporting, Zheng Ling's position is already slightly higher than the two of them.
Wu Shigong frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "The war is about to begin. In the next three days, we will gather together and report any emergencies as soon as they arrive!"
"Yes! Sir!", "Yes, uncle!" the three of them replied in unison.
"Do you know the exact number of bandits who entered Henan and Shaanxi this time?" Wu Shigong asked.
"According to calculation, it is no less than 300,000. This is about the same number of people who entered Henan last time, but they did not enter Huguang and Shanxi, so they all came to our Henan province." Zheng Ling replied.
"Three hundred thousand!" Wu Shigong nodded, "Same as last time, after the coercion, it will be no less than 600,000. Let's relax a little more and calculate it as one million! Those who can fight will be calculated on May Day, and two hundred thousand people will come in.
The army!"
Although this number is a bit scary, the officers of the Runing Army looked calm. This is because the Military Command has calculated based on previous battle examples that as long as the Runing Army is established, an infantry regiment of 1,000 people can be equal to 10,000 peasant army soldiers.
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Of course, if the number of Runing troops is too small to form a complete formation, then one will never be able to defeat ten; if there are more people and a complete formation of infantry, cavalry and artillery is formed, the difference in combat effectiveness will be even greater.
Therefore, as long as the entire Runing Army is dispatched, the million-strong peasant army, mixed with a large number of old, weak, women and children, will definitely not be the opponent of the Runing Army. And now it is not the Runing Army that directly fights the peasant army. Other Ming armies
They are all on the front line.
But while the officers were calm, civilian officials like Deng Qifan couldn't sit still. Indeed, these millions of people were too scary.
So Deng Qifan asked: "Sir! Can partial mobilization be allowed?" Deng Qifan was quite calm. At least he had not proposed general mobilization of the entire army.
Wu Shigong smiled and shook his head: "There is no need for this. Vice Commander Nanyang Zhou is enough. There are also people from our headquarters behind us. Once mobilized, production will be affected, and people will be panicked. In fact, the gains outweigh the losses. We haven't reached that point yet."
But at this point, Wu Shigong suddenly thought of a question: "Uncle Yongli! How many soldiers can we mobilize now?"
"By the end of last month, in addition to active duty, more than 146,400 people could be mobilized. But only 58,000 of them have weapons. The rest are just farm tools and wood weapons." Xue Yongli replied.
"How about the weapons supply of our Workshop Department?" Wu Shigong asked Yang Goudan again.
Yang Goudan quickly bowed to Wu Shigong and said: "Sir! The current workshop department mainly manufactures armor, vests, fire guns, etc. to equip the newly established army. There are also ship artillery and nine-pound and twelve-pound bombardments.
City artillery is very labor-intensive, so we can only produce 800 pieces of weapons such as swords and guns every month."
"Too little, at least two thousand." Wu Shigong said, "Set a reward amount. Ensure the original production of ordinary weapons. Add one hundred. The workshop department will be rewarded with a thousand taels. Anyone who proposes a method will be given an additional reward."
"No!" Yang Goudan quickly accepted the order.
Wu Shigong frowned again and was thinking about it. Suddenly, Zhang Zhiheng on the side interrupted: "You really can't move lightly!"
Wu Shigong raised his head and smiled appreciatively at Zhang Zhiheng. After all, Deng Qifan was not the most experienced and could not see the disadvantages of mobilizing the entire army.
You must know that if the entire Runing Army is mobilized, the number of active troops plus mobilization will be close to 200,000 troops. If such a situation occurs, the first person to be scared to the ground is not the peasant army, but Emperor Chongzhen.
With such an army, it is possible to conquer the world. Therefore, the general mobilization of the Runing Army is a one-shot deal. The moment of mobilization is the time to push Wu Shigong to the throne, so it must not be moved lightly until there is a crisis.
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But this truth cannot be explained thoroughly, and can only be understood by each person. But there are so many civil and military personnel on the scene, but only the newly joined Zhang Zhiheng can see through this, which makes Wu Shigong only a little regretful. And he got Wu Shigong's praise.
,Although Zhang Zhiheng kept his expression calm, he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.
Wu Shigong asked Zheng Ling again: "What you just said is that the imperial court divides power to prevent one family from becoming dominant?"
"Exactly!" Zheng Ling quickly replied: "It is not information obtained, it is what the villain thinks from the newspaper, so it is just the opinion of the villain. First, two governors are established, and then Yu Yushi is established. Although it is for the smooth flow of government orders and the power of affairs
Unification is also for the purpose of containing each other."
"That makes sense!" Wu Shigong nodded, "The weakest among them is Yu Yushi. He doesn't even have a whole town of soldiers to help him. Yu Yushi and I have been friends for a long time, so we still need to help him more!"
After finishing speaking, Wu Shigong glanced at Xue Cunyi.
All the civil and military officers present here knew that Wu Shigong was not a man who repaid evil with kindness, so his words must have some meaning. However, when they saw Wu Shigong winking at Xue Cunyi, they all knew that there must be something fishy in it, so they all remained silent.
Pretending to be confused.
This time Yu Zilian expanded and reorganized the Ruzhou Army, and Xue Cunyi followed Wu Shigong's order and infiltrated many spies from the Military Intelligence Bureau. The largest group was more than a hundred cavalry, led by a man named Liu Guqian.
As a bandit, he joined the Ruzhou Army and was immediately appointed as the Chief Thousand Commander of the Ruzhou Army and Horse Troops by the ecstatic Yu Zilian.
In addition, in Ruzhou City, which is the base of the Ruzhou Army, a group of Runing troops also entered with the help of Yan Jing. In case of changes, these Runing troops can also control the families of the generals of the Ruzhou Army. So,
Although Yu Zilian is very proud now, he doesn't know that his Ruzhou Army has become a sieve and has been greatly penetrated by the Runing Army.
Of course, in order to keep secrets, Wu Shigong handed over all the infiltration of the Ruzhou Army to Xue Cunyi's Military Intelligence Bureau, and did not let Xue Zhinong's Shanchuan Division intervene, just to prevent internal friction and leaks. And what he is saying now is to ask Xue Cunyi to support Yu Zi again
We must acquire some personnel and weapons to strengthen the Ruzhou Army. Of course, we must also control the Ruzhou Army more tightly.
Wu Shigong's intention was to make the situation more chaotic. If there were those three civil servants fighting, arguing and containing them in front, plus their fighting with the peasant army, it would be difficult for the court to notice Runing behind them.
The army can also give the Runing army more time to develop.
However, Wu Shigong felt that it was not enough for these three civil servants to perform the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He was also prepared to make the situation even more chaotic. (To be continued...)