The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 176 Supplementary Troops
At least 2000 more armored men, [-] banner men and coats were killed in Jiannu than in the first entry in history, and the Tartars should have lost [-] more troops.

Due to the continuous fighting of the "Red Banner Army", there are now more than [-] cavalry and infantry who need to recuperate due to injuries and have been disabled and unable to return to the team.

Veterans who have shed blood on the battlefield are all treasures, and these people can be promoted without exception once they return from injury.

There are two or three hundred veterans who have bled with Jiannu as officers, and thousands of people are selected from the military service to form an army. This team will surpass the ordinary Ming army in combat effectiveness after half a year of training.

Huang Han has already selected soldiers from the 500 soldiers who have been on the battlefield, and those who can shoot and ride horses are given priority to be selected as cavalry. He has added [-] people to train under the leadership of Hanzi, Yang Danian, and Yuan Siming.

Due to the good treatment of the cavalry, many of the original infantry were selected to be upgraded to the cavalry.

In the end, [-] to [-] percent of the infantry with relatively good riding skills were selected, including [-] original infantry archers. They will practice riding and shooting every day. These veterans with basic training should be able to ride and fight after a year or so of training.

Compared with recruiting cavalry, it is much easier to recruit infantry, and now there are 500 people receiving Song Pengfei's training.

Among these people, 100 people practice bird guns, 200 people practice ash pole spears, 100 people are hunters and can shoot arrows, so they participate in training as foot archers, and 100 people train sword shields. Most of them are good at martial arts. .

A thousand servicemen who joined the army were able to become regulars, and those who became infantrymen would get a monthly salary of one tael and five renminbi plus five buckets of wheat.

Such a move by the "Red Banner Army" gave hope to everyone in the army. Although they can only earn six renminbi and five buckets of miscellaneous grains per month, due to their ambitions, no one retreated. They all thought about the next time they joined the war. Time can make meritorious deeds and turn positive.

Due to the fact that the general speaks out like a mountain, there are too many talented members scrambling to become the "Red Banner Army". It is only a lot more money and food than the Ming army in Guannei.

The salary of the Ming army in Guannei is very low. On the surface, it is one tael of silver to change the color and five buckets of miscellaneous grains for a month. However, due to layer upon layer of deductions, the soldiers can get half of it. Thank God. Even so, they are still in debt. It is a blessing to get the salary.

Therefore, there were often riots in the Ming Dynasty where soldiers gathered to raise wages. If they were not handled properly, the armed Xiaoju mountain forests that originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty might become rogues and bandits that the court needed to kill.

One positive and one negative, how much damage will the Ming court cause?However, no one in Wen Tian Wuxi of the Ming Dynasty paid any attention to the ordinary people and grassroots soldiers who were struggling on the poverty line. In the end, the demise of the Ming Dynasty was actually a self-destruction.

The reputation of the "Red Banner Army" has spread, causing hot-blooded men in the capital to flock to it, and men who are not worried about digging in the soil come to try their luck. Huang Han not only took in two thousand strong men, but also deliberately kept them. Five hundred and thirteen to fifteen-year-old war orphans.

Including the original [-] young apprentice soldiers, the total number of young firearms troops reached [-]. These children are all reserve gunners, and everyone must learn culture and accept the influence of nationalism.

Gyeonggi has a population of several million. Most people have already learned that the recruitment conditions of the "Red Banner Army" are harsh. Only men who think they are capable will look for opportunities to become soldiers of the "Red Banner Army". Among the two thousand strong men recruited just now, there should be There are many family members with riding and archery skills.

However, Huang Han was not in a hurry for success, and deliberately let these people start as military servants. During this period, they would be constantly inspected by the "Red Banner Army" soldiers.

The investigation comes from many aspects, and the most important thing is character. Even if he is the reincarnation of Lu Wenhou who commits crimes and bullies the common people, the "Red Banner Army" does not want such a person.

Not to mention weird words, simple people who work hard and do their job well will get priority. Even if his combat skills are not satisfactory, hard work can make up for his weakness, as long as he is willing to endure hardships and strengthen training in the future, it will be sooner or later that he will have combat skills.

Just after the war, the "Red Banner Army" began to practice hard, and the soldiers on the training ground were sweating profusely.

All regular soldiers have experienced actual combat, and the recruits who have just turned regular have also been honed on the battlefield in the identity of military service.

"Sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in wartime." All soldiers have empathized with it. During training, no one cheated and cheated, and many of them even put pressure on themselves for extra training.

Yongping Mansion was plundered by the Hou Jin army for less than half a year, and the price of chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep here skyrocketed.

Now the "Red Banner Army" has more than [-] soldiers, and there are still many wounded and sick in need of nutrition. It is really impossible to buy so much meat and poultry eggs. In order to increase the nutrition of the soldiers, they can only go to the beach to buy a large amount of marine fish products.

Jiannu did not come to the seaside when he entered the customs, so the fishermen were basically not harmed.

However, most of the common people in Ming Dynasty had a self-sufficient natural economy with limited purchasing power, and there were really not many ordinary people who spent spare money to buy sea fish.

As a result, the fishermen living in the wind and waves are even more miserable. In summer, when they go to sea, there are naked tide-wanderers on board.

Sang Yu escorted Huang Kezao, Liu Zaiqi, and dozens of handymen to the seaside of Funing with a cavalryman from the "Red Banner Army" to find fishermen for business.

Ever since, this fisherman who was dressed in a black silk short coat like Jiang's door god fell ill. Sang Yu, who was already jealous, had received education from the "Red Banner Army" soldiers and civilians in the past few months. .

When he saw Yuba leading seven or eight thugs to bully those naked fishermen, he became very angry. In the end, Yuba and two hardcore thugs were thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

From now on, this sea area will be covered by the "Red Banner Army". Whoever dares to collect protection fees and monopolize transactions can go to the "Red Banner Army" for friendly negotiations.

The fishermen saw the domineering fisherman for more than ten years struggling in the sea for a moment before sinking to the bottom. Knowing that the "Red Banner Army" would protect all the small people in the future, everyone clapped their hands and cheered.

Without the exploitation of Yuba, fishermen have received unprecedented enthusiasm for big business. They use traditional techniques to marinate or cook fresh sea fish on site and put ingredients in ceramic jars to seal them up. Using this method, sea fish that are originally perishable and deteriorated can be preserved for as long as [-] days. a year.

Since the processing of sea fish requires cooking or baking without exception, fishermen need to buy a large amount of coal and a large number of jars and clay pots. Nowadays, the carts that go to the beach to transport sea fish back are full of coal and ceramics for trading every time, and they do not go back and forth empty-handed. high efficiency.

(End of this chapter)