After a long time, Li Zhicai said: "Zu Dashou, you and I had the feeling of fighting side by side in Jinzhou. Now that you are desperate, I will naturally not leave you alone. If you have twenty thousand people willing to defect to me, I am willing to accept you!"
When Zu Dashou heard what Li Zhi said, his face flushed with excitement. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Zhi, and said loudly: "Zu Dashou will serve the Duke of Jin as the master from now on, and he is willing to break his body to pieces for the Duke of Jin!"
"but!"
Li Zhi paused and then said: "But in our army, we don't need your infantry. How many horse troops are there in your army? How many infantry are there?"
Zu Dashou said on the ground: "The Duke of Huijin, I have 12,000 infantry and 8,000 horse troops under my command!"
Li Zhi nodded and said: "Cavalry is not easy to train. Our Huben Army has always lacked cavalry. So far, we only have 5,000 cavalrymen from the Selected Front Division. If your 8,000 cavalry are willing to join the Huben Division, you can. I will add two cavalry regiments under the Polu Division.
.From now on, your eight thousand cavalry will be integrated into these two regiments."
"Although the Guan Ning Army is stronger than other Ming armies, it still has some ruffian habits. I want to organize people to give political lessons to these cavalry, teach them to observe discipline, honor and disgrace, and reform their thinking. Before the reform is successful, they will have
I only received a monthly salary of two taels. After one year and two years of transformation, my treatment was on par with other soldiers in the Huben Army."
"I will not incorporate your infantry into the army and disband them all. Those who are willing to stay under my command can join the reclamation team in Shandong to go to Shandong to reclaim wasteland and develop water conservancy. Once the reclamation team in Shandong opens up new fields,
You can then turn into a tenant farmer on the new land. The treatment during the reclamation stage is one or two months' salary, which includes three meals a day, with each meal including a small amount of fish."
With the advent of trawl fishing technology, Li Zhi's marine fishing industry is now developing extremely rapidly. The fish caught this month has caused the price of fish to plummet in the coastal counties of Tianjin. The price of fish was originally similar to that of pork and mutton, but now fresh
The price of fish has dropped to two-thirds of that of pork.
If the fishing industry continues to develop like this, the people in Li Zhi's territory will have the momentum to eat fish every day.
Li Zhi now provides fish and meat for the reclamation team to make meat dishes, and the cost is controllable.
Zu Dashou did not expect that Li Zhi would lay off 12,000 long-time veterans with a stroke of his pen. He couldn't help but said: "My lord, those veterans are all very arrogant. They have all been practicing for several years.
Many people have seen blood.”
Li Zhi said: "My army is completely different from your army, and the infantry recruited by me is completely different from your infantry. This matter is settled."
Zu Dashou said helplessly: "It all depends on the Duke of the country."
Li Zhi finally said: "As for your personal arrangements, you are a seasoned veteran and have experience. Naturally, I can't let you start from the grassroots level. But you just joined me, and you can't be in a high position all of a sudden. You just
Become a regimental commander and lead one of the two new cavalry regiments."
"Although the commander of the cavalry regiment has command and training rights, in peacetime there is a disciplinary officer in the army to manage the discipline, and there is also a food and salary accountant to issue food and wages. The power of the commander is much different from that of the general soldier who arbitrarily eats the wages and blood of the soldiers.
"
"The leader's monthly salary is seventy taels. How about that?"
Zu Dashou was very happy when he heard what Li Zhi said.
He was desperate and came to Li Zhi just to save his life. Li Zhi was willing to let him continue to be the leader of the regiment and lead the cavalry. Of course he was very happy. Although the regiment leader only made seventy taels a month, his power and status were not as good as before.
It looks a lot different, but after all, he is the leader of four thousand people, and he is still a well-known military attaché.
More importantly, with Zu Dashou's sophisticated eyes, he felt that Li Zhi's future would be far from just being a Duke of Jin. If he could join Li Zhi's camp as the leader, his future would inevitably follow Li Zhi's.
With the tide of development, all boats are lifted. Maybe within a few years, I will be able to become the commander-in-chief again.
Zu Dashou shouted loudly: "Zu Dashou is willing to saddle the horse in front and behind for the Duke of Jin, and wrap his body in horse leather!"
Li Zhi stepped forward to help Zu Dashou and said with a smile: "Captain Zu, the future combat effectiveness of the cavalry regiment will depend on your work!"
Zu Dashou stood up, wiped the tears from his face, and saluted Li Zhi.
He suddenly thought of something and said: "This time the Guanning army entered the pass, more than 600,000 people from western Liaoning entered the pass with the army. Most of these people were Liao people who fled from eastern Liaoning to western Liaoning decades ago. They were very pitiful. At this time,
The Tatars have occupied western Liaoning and these more than 600,000 people are homeless. I hope the Duke of Jin can take them in."
Hearing Zu Dashou's words, Li Zhi was speechless.
Does this Zu Dashou regard himself as an all-powerful robot cat? Why does he always find himself in trouble?
It will cost a lot of money to resettle 600,000 people, but as long as they are resettled, these people will also be valuable manpower. In the future, these Liao people can also serve as road guides when attacking the Tatars.
Li Zhi took a breath and said: "Let's all go to Shandong to open up wasteland. I will be responsible for the food, and I will give each person a month or two of money. After the new fields are opened, these people will be my tenant farmers."
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Denglai Governor Shi Hanzhang looked at the rock-solid Dengzhou City and sighed.
Unexpectedly, the more than 10,000 militiamen recruited by Li Zhi were so brave and guarded Dengzhou City like an iron wall.
Shi Hanzhang secretly sent his family out of the city some time ago, and then waited for Li Zhi's Huben army to evacuate before mobilizing troops to attack Dengzhou City. Unexpectedly, after fighting for half a month, half a foot of the city wall was not knocked down.
The militiamen on the city wall were extremely united. Under the command of a hundred Tiger Army officers, they were like a powerful force. Li Zhi had seized countless military supplies over the years, and all the militiamen on the city wall were wearing chainmail. Shi Hanzhang even suspected
Even if they go out to fight in the city, the Denglai Guardsmen are no match for these militiamen.
After a day of attacking Dengzhou City today, the 15,000 people who attacked the city were defeated. These defeated troops finally gathered in front of Shi Hanzhang's central army, and their morale was shaky.
Shi Hanzhang glared at General Denglai and cursed loudly: "Liu Chengxing! How did you lead this soldier?"
Denglai Commander-in-Chief was crying and speechless. Denglai Town is not a border town. Where is there any training on weekdays? On weekdays, officers eat empty pay and drink the blood of soldiers and are very ruthless. The army is all old and weak. In fact,
For military towns like Denglai Town, the criteria for appointing officers are basically based on whether the amount of money sent to them is sufficient, and whether the relationship is strong or not.
In such a military town, how can the soldiers have combat effectiveness?
The governor blamed himself for not being strict in managing the army, which was really embarrassing for him.
Shi Hanzhang was getting angry there when he suddenly saw a fast horse rushing into the Chinese army camp in a panic.
"Master Futai! Master Futai! Oh no! Li Zhi defeated Guan Ning's army! Guan Ning's army fled to Shanhaiguan in embarrassment!"
Seeing the messenger shouting so loudly, Shi Hanzhang secretly thought that it was not good.
Sure enough, upon hearing the words of the messenger, a loud bang suddenly erupted from the Denglai army marching near Shi Hanzhang. The soldiers shouted and pushed, trying to escape far away. The local army, which had no fighting spirit in the first place, was like a fly without a head.
, fled in all directions.
The 20,000 Denglai local army collapsed because of a word from the messenger.
