On the 25th, Zhao Qinmin followed the newlyweds Lin Jingzhong, Sun Wenpei and his wife, Sun Wenbing and others back to Jiangning. Zhao Hu led the soldiers of Prison Island to accompany him; Qin Chengzu quietly arrived in Chongzhou in the evening of this day...
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Join hands with Fu Qinghe to save Su Mei and Xiaoman, and rescue thirty kidnapped boys on Changshan Island. Qingjiangpu meets Qin Chengzu and Zhou Pu, and they work together to save Cao Ziang and the fourth lady. They return to Shanglinli and take advantage of the situation in Jiangning.
From then on, he lobbied the power of Taihu Water Village to rescue Xisha Island, went north to King Qin and became famous, supported troops to advance into Shandong, solved the crisis in Xihehui, and returned to Tu Guangjiao Temple in Chongzhou... At this time, Lin Fu could be said to be a hero.
From Changshan Island gangsters to Jiyun Society, to Jiyun Military Guards, to Prison Island Military Soldiers, to Xisha Island Township Camp, to Jiangdong Left Army... Although Lin Fu is sitting on the elite Jiangdong Left Army, he still has
Many combat forces are fragmented, lack effective integration, and have not formed a complete and effective system.
While lacking efficiency, it is not only detrimental to the concentration of combat effectiveness, but also makes logistical supplies quite confusing.
After solving the fundamental problem of establishing a foothold in Chongzhou - Han Zai came here alone, and even harbored deep hostility towards Wu Meijiu, and it was impossible to break this side's preemptive layout in Chongzhou in a short period of time - now
The most important thing is to integrate the Jiangdong Left Army and all affiliated forces to form a simple and effective system for operation.
In addition, an important issue that needs to be solved urgently is: How to maintain the huge supplies needed by the Jiangdong Left Army?
Qin Chengzu, Fu Qinghe, Cao Ziang, Lin Mengde, Sun Jingxuan, Sun Jingtang, Zhou Pu, Wu Qi, Ning Zechen, Zhao Qingshan, Ao Canghai, Ge Cunxin, Ge Cunxiong, Hu Zhiyong, Hu Zhicheng and other important figures gathered in Chongzhou, that is
We should focus on discussing several core issues that determine the future development of the Jiangdong Left Army.
In addition to the 400 soldiers who stayed in Jinhai under the control of Sun Shangwang and the 200 soldiers who went to Jiangning under the control of Zhao Hu, the Jiangdong Left Army's five-battalion system also had more than 800 Jiyun Military Guards and Xisha Island Township Camps.
Elites, more than 200 elites from Changshan Island and more than 1,500 elites sent to Xisha Island to recuperate in mid-to-late February.
The total number of elite combat troops that Lin Fu could integrate to serve as the main soldiers of the Zuo Army in Chongzhou was close to 6,000.
Lin Fu finally decided to keep the five battalions of regular soldiers in Chongzhou.
Xunbao Camp was set up as a cavalry camp, with three 600 cavalry posts, 800 war horses, and 200 auxiliary troops. Zhou Pu was the commander of the camp and stationed in Chongzhou.
During the Fourth Battle of King Qin, the general from Fengli in Zhongzhou, headed by Ning Zechen, made the most meritorious service and was the most courageous in killing the enemy. He set up Fengli Camp as the infantry camp with four posts of 800 armored soldiers. Ning Zechen was the camp.
The commander is stationed at Guanyin Beach.
An infantry camp was set up in Chongcheng with four posts of 800 armored soldiers, with Zhou Tong as the battalion commander, stationed at Zilang Mountain in Chongzhou.
The first and second battalions of the Jinghai Haiying Battalion were established as the standing navy, and warships were also formally finalized. The three categories of Jinhai-class, Jiyun-class, and Hailu-class ships were established as the main sea-going combat ships, including stern ships, walking boats, and fighting ships.
Small and medium-sized inland river vessels such as warships, large-winged ships, chariots and ships are used as auxiliary warships. Each battalion is composed of one Jinhai-class warship, three Jiyun-class warships, several loach ships and various auxiliary warships, and is composed of warships.
Eight hundred, 400 auxiliary troops, the first battalion is commanded by Zhao Qingshan, with Ge Cunxiong as deputy, stationed at Guanyin Beach; the second battalion is led by Ge Cunxin, with Sun Wenyao as deputy, stationed at the Nanya Wharf of Zilang Mountain.
Zhou Pu, Ning Zechen, Ao Canghai, Zhao Qingshan and Ge Cunxin were all awarded the title of Yunqiwei, Xiaoqiwei or Yuqiwei, ranging from the seventh to the ninth rank, for their military merits. They were also considered Jiangdong Zuoying Township Army.
Formal establishment of military attachés.
In addition, Lin Fu also secretly set up Changshan Camp on Changshan Island, with Qin Chengzu as the battalion commander and the elites of Changshan Island as the backbone. He selected elites from Xisha Island to supplement the three sentry regular soldiers and two additional sentry auxiliary soldiers.
Some warships continued to operate on Changshan Island in the name of Tan Zong, the East China Sea Fox.
The fifth battalion of main soldiers was added to the secret camp on Changshan Island. In addition to the more than 4,400 elite main soldiers, there were also 1,400 auxiliary soldiers, all of whom were recruited from the grassroots members of Xihehui and civilian warriors. Nearly 1,500 experienced soldiers were chartered.
The veterans who fought hard retired and settled in Chongzhou or Xisha Island.
No matter how elite the army is, it is inevitable that a large number of soldiers will be war-weary and fearful of war.
As an outstanding general, you must inspire the brave spirit of your generals and curb the war-weariness and fear of war in the army. Sometimes these are two sides of the same coin, and should not simply be attributed to greed for life and fear of death.
Lin Fu thought about how he had resolutely separated from himself in his previous life and lived a secular life. He couldn't suppress the feeling of boredom rising from the bottom of his heart.
There are many extremely outstanding soldiers. They are not just killing machines. The war-weariness that arises in their hearts is, in the final analysis, boredom and spontaneous thoughts. Perhaps after a period of time, the martial arts in their hearts will become more profound and pure.
He managed military supplies wisely and cut down on expenditures. Lin Fu allowed some of his soldiers to return to their localities, allowing them to join rural camps or participate in local affairs, even if they returned home to farm. There was no compulsion to recruit them all into auxiliary troops, which was also the case.
Achieve the goal of integrating troops with the people.
There are two permanent military battalions on Xisha Island, with a total of more than 2,000 regular and auxiliary soldiers. In addition to the rotation training of civilians and bravery as usual, there will be no additional rural camps. This arrangement also saves more manpower.
, materials are put into production and construction.
In addition, there is a women's battalion with three hundred able-bodied women, headed by Sun Wenwan and Sun Jingtang's concubine Zhao Hongyu; a personal guard battalion with an elite sentry and horse infantry, with Ao Canghai as the battalion commander. Chen Enze and Hu Qiaoguan also formally joined the army.
Deputy sentry general——Hu Qiaozhong was obsessed with Shanghai ships and asked to be a deputy sentry general in the No. 1 Water Camp of Jinghai.
In addition to the generals of the battalions, Lin Fu also appointed Cao Zi'ang as the military envoy. The military envoy had the power to supervise the army and was responsible for inspecting the conduct of the entire army and assisting Lin Fu in handling military affairs. Wu Qi was the general sentry, responsible for information and scouting.
Fu Qinghe is the chief instructor, responsible for the military training and the rotation training of civilians in rural camps; Sun Jingtang is the general affairs officer, responsible for assisting Lin Fu in handling trivial military affairs.
At this point, Lin Fu has integrated all the main combat forces at hand into a relatively complete system and coordinated them, with a total of more than 6,500 regular soldiers and auxiliary soldiers.
Since the Jiangdong Zuo Army belongs to the rural army system, it has to raise its own money for soldiers and even camp expenses. Setting aside Chongzhou County as the source of payment for the Jiangdong Zuo Army was also a special feature obtained by Jiangdong Zuo Army after King Qin made his first contribution.
reward.
To maintain an army with regular soldiers, more than 6,500 auxiliary soldiers, and almost completely self-financed troops, pay, armor and even camps, the requirements for logistics and supplies are extremely demanding, not to mention the Jiangdong Zuo Army has cavalry
Ying, Bu Ying, Shui Ying, the complexity increases in a geometric straight line.
Lin Fu was granted the title of Jinghai Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Zuoying Township Army in Jiangdong. Although he was restrained, he was no longer an official subordinate to the Jiangdong Governor's Department and had the right to set up the Jinghai Governor's Office in Chongzhou to recruit soldiers.
Officials and assistant officers assist in military affairs.
Lin Fu appointed Lin Mengde, Hu Zhiyong, Sun Jingxuan and others as the clerks, clerks and other officials in the yamen. In fact, Lin Mengde was the leader, and Hu Zhiyong, Sun Jingxuan, Hu Zhicheng, Lin Jingzhong and others were in charge of the logistics of the left army in Jiangdong.
Supplies, settlements and ordnance construction on Xisha Island.
Cao Zi'ang, Wu Qi, Fu Qinghe, Sun Jingtang and others all stayed with Lin Fu in Chongzhou to handle military affairs.
Jiyun Society is under the remote control of Lin Mengde, and also secretly controls the civil affairs of Chongzhou; Jinhai Jinwei Island is also remotely controlled by Cao Ziang, and also secretly controls Chongzhou's personnel and military affairs, and is also in charge of all matters on Prison Island. In this way, a relatively complete system is formed.
military and political system.
Everyone has their own duties and responsibilities, and no matter what happens, the specific person in charge can be found, instead of piled on Lin Fu's desk regardless of priority, stretching his head.
Relatively speaking, although running the army is the top priority, it is an easy thing to do. After all, a preliminary military attaché system has been formed, and everything has a clue. Although Lin Mengde has nearly 400,000 taels in his hands,
Cash, but relative to what needs to be done, these 400,000 taels of silver are just a drop in the bucket and far from enough.
In addition to Jinghai No. 1 and No. 2 Water Camps, Jiyun Society will also form a formal merchant fleet headed by Sun Wenbing, integrate all excess transportation capacity into the merchant fleet, and temporarily be responsible for the transportation from Jiangning to Chongzhou. To be announced
After the delivery of the three batches of sea-going ships, we will try to formally open up the route to the Tianjin Sea from the north. When the third batch of sea-going ships with a total transport capacity of 10,000 shi is delivered, Longjiang Shipyard will have to pay 30,000 taels for shipbuilding.
silver.
Even if the people of Xisha Island do not need additional relief, work-for-work relief is enough to solve the people's livelihood, but building farms, accumulating fertile fields, purchasing livestock, building water conservancy facilities, building roads, and building enclosures are all
Requires long-term sustained investment.
In the next period of time, Xisha Island will not only increase investment in reclaiming wasteland for farming through the formation of collective farms, but the most important type of investment is the construction of various types of factories.
In the early stage, in order to resettle the refugees and build enclosed buildings and large-scale enclosed houses, the only way to make bricks on the island was to use soil to bake bricks.
Iron and steelmaking, ordnance manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, weaving, shipbuilding, etc. are all basic factory operations that currently require urgent large-scale investment.
Especially shipbuilding. To fight against the East China Sea pirates, contend with the She family, and have the opportunity to fight side by side with Li Zhuo in two or three years, invade Liaodong from the sea and copy the Donglu's retreat, the Jiangdong Left Army must ensure strong surface combat capabilities.
.Simply repairing sea-going ships and building small and medium-sized warships cannot rely solely on the Longjiang shipyard. Shipyards and shipyards must be built immediately in Chongzhou or Xisha Island.
It is not only limited to armor, arrows, war equipment, warships and settlements, but also consumes a lot of iron products - the largest consumption of wars in the world can be said to be concentrated on iron products.
The level of iron-making at that time was higher than expected. For example, the iron-making workshop affiliated to the Jiangning Ministry of Industry produced nearly one million kilograms of raw wrought iron and filled steel every year.
Lin Fu and Lin Mengde also made a rough estimate. To maintain the Jiangdong Left Army's armament level from slipping, at least 200,000 kilograms of raw, wrought iron and steel would be needed every year, and the level of equipment was almost the same as the amount of iron used by the army.
is directly proportional.
Jiangdong Zuojun's armory ordnance had to be self-financed, and factories such as iron smelting, ironwork, and various ordnance repairs also had to spend a large amount of money for construction; even at this time, it was necessary to establish storage of iron sand, coal, and other materials.
In order to prevent the coming of troubled times and the supply of supplies being cut off.
A strong army needs excellent generals and brave soldiers, but we must also realize that any strong army is almost always made of money.
The ancients often said, "Soldiers are not more valuable than more soldiers." This is not because they do not want more elite soldiers, but the regime based on farming civilization simply cannot afford to support a large team of elite soldiers.
Lin Mengde, Cao Ziang, Hu Zhiyong, Sun Jingxuan, Sun Jingtang and others are planning these things these days. There is no shortage of manpower. They even need to build these factories to accommodate the surplus labor. However, in order to build these factories on a large scale, it is necessary to obtain money in the early stage.
Two hundred thousand taels of silver came out to make preparations.
The gates and docks in Guanyintan can be used as permanent garrison forts, but in Chongzhou, no matter where the new city is to be built in the future, Lin Fu will build a permanent garrison at the eastern foot of Zilang Mountain.
use.
Different from temporary camps, the defense requirements of permanent military fortresses are no lower than those of ordinary cities, but the scale is smaller, and the construction costs are naturally astonishingly high.
Lin Fuzheng entrusted the old work officer to do this work, which cost at least sixty or seventy thousand taels of silver.
Once these items of silver were deducted, Lin Mengde only had one hundred thousand taels of silver left to supply Jiangdong Zuo Army. Even if Jiangdong Zuo Army's armor, warships, and horses did not need to be replenished for the time being, one hundred thousand taels of silver would be enough.
Jiangdong Zuojun’s daily expenses for half a year. ,!