I am one year older than Chongzhen

Chahar, Karaqin, Tumut, Karachelik, Isut, Zalut, Aohan, Naiman, Alu, Bahrain, Horqin, no matter who they are, whoever dares to approach the base area will be attacked. .

This is not because Huang Yiyelang is arrogant.

The base has strong soldiers and horses, and can organize no less than 10,000 armored cavalry and more than 5,000 mounted infantry.

This kind of strength is no longer weaker than the troops that Jiannu can launch an expedition.

Historically, it was the Jiannu who defeated Lin Danhan again and again and fled to Dacaotan, Qinghai.

Monan Mongolia simply surrendered to the wind and willingly became Jiannu's servant army.

During the lean period, Huang Yi will lead 15,000 troops to plunder the Mongolian tribes that refuse to surrender.

Eating the enemy's cattle and sheep to train your own soldiers can at least save the rations of hundreds of thousands of people in the base area.

Some readers must be wondering.

With only 15,000 troops going on the expedition, how could the saved food and grass be enough to feed a population of more than 100,000 people?

That's because the food standards for cavalry soldiers are high.

In order to be able to move quickly to form a plowing court and clear holes, the Xinghe Army cavalry and mounted infantry must be one person and two horses.

The concentrated feed for war horses is also grain, and people can of course cook it and eat it.

The base area can save the concentrated feed of 30,000 war horses, which can provide food for 100,000 people.

The fodder consumed by a war horse can also be used to raise sheep and chickens to obtain more protein.

oh! By the way, the situation is always changing. These are the issues Huang Yi considered some time ago.

Geng Yueru came and brought the good news that 700,000 stones of grain had been purchased and sent to the base area. He also said that urgently needed grain could be purchased urgently.

So the day after Geng Yueru arrived in Dengzhou, the work of registering and screening refugees began again.

Going to Xinghe City to settle down is based on the principle of voluntariness, and it is still a matter of taking everything you need.

In less than three days, more than 10,000 young adults signed up. They all asked to join the Xinghe Army.

After the battle was over, the various Ming troops assembled in Denglai returned to their bases one after another.

There was no way not to go back, and the soldiers who camped in the wild during the war had no complaints.

After the war, he did not go home and was still stationed in the ice and snow, so he complained a lot.

Dengzhou City was conquered by the Xinghe Army, so it was naturally garrisoned by the Xinghe Army. If the original barracks couldn't fit in, there were more than a dozen deep residences and compounds to be stationed in, and the accommodation conditions were much better.

The soldiers and horses of Yang Yufan, Deng Qi, Chen Hongfan and other general officers were refused by Huang Yi to enter the city. If they don't leave, why should the northwest wind blow?

At the time of departure, their troops and horses were actually reduced by 70%.

These generals abandoned all the commoners, refugees, and beggars they had captured to pretend to be soldiers.

There are too many people who cannot live without food these days. It is convenient and practical to expand the army in your own land with money and food. Why bring these Shandong people back to their base?

Although the number of people left behind by the generals of each battalion was close to 20,000, there was no mutiny or other trouble.

Because these people all envied the Xinghe Army and hoped to join the Xinghe Army. Before that, they even thought of escaping from the original army and joining Huang Yi.

Therefore, the refugee registration office has been bustling with people these days. More than 10,000 young adults who can understand howling and have some combat skills have volunteered to join the army.

Literary teachers and town governors led hundreds of literate young soldiers to carry out propaganda and spread the word.

Becoming a soldier of the Xinghe Army is not something you can do just because you want to, you have to do it step by step.

Those without any skills must start from hard labor without military pay and only enough food to eat. Those who are good at archery, good at loading and shooting muskets, those with great strength, and those with decent riding skills, etc., can become auxiliary soldiers with monthly salary after passing skill assessment and political review.

Now a skill priority option has been added, that is, knowing how to row, steer, hoist a sail, and have good water skills.

Only by making meritorious service as an auxiliary soldier, or by passing the semi-annual assessment and selection, can one become an entry-level soldier of the Xinghe Army.

The young soldiers of the Xinghe Army made it clear that they would not go hungry if they became laborers. As long as they worked hard enough, even if they were stupid, they would definitely become regular soldiers in the end.

In fact, a promise of not going hungry can attract the vast majority of young people. Most of the young adults abandoned by other battalions have become laborers of the Xinghe Army.

Except for Huang Yi, the other generals had no status at all in front of the governor, governor, Bingbei Dao and other civilian officials.

Moreover, the civil servants saw with their own eyes the combat effectiveness of these generals.

So when the benefits were shared, the civil servants ate meat and the generals only got some soup.

No one would feel comfortable sitting back and watching others make a fortune. These generals were unwilling to do so, but they all chose to swallow their anger.

It is foreseeable that Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo and their like were not able to make a fortune in the Denglai battlefield as historically, which will inevitably affect their strength.

The Xinghe Army was not idle during the period when it was stationed in Dengzhou City. Instructors, governors and young soldiers screened and interrogated more than 23,000 prisoners.

oh! Also, the Dengzhou attack and defense ended much better than in history. The nearly 30,000 survivors in the city were not killed and eaten.

These people must also be interrogated and screened.

Thanks to the experience of the literary teachers and town governors, hidden gold and silver treasures were recovered almost every day.

It is no exaggeration to describe the property confiscated by the Xinghe Army as digging three feet into the ground.

With the joint efforts of tens of thousands of Xinghe troops, the Battle of Dengzhou came to a perfect conclusion. The gold, silver, jade, agate and other valuables seized were no less than six million taels in silver.

Liu Yulie and Wang Kun were very self-conscious and did not even mention how to divide the gold and silver.

Huang Yi did not treat them badly and handed over all the captured artillery, large and small, to them for distribution.

The base area has already mass-produced lighter and more practical steel cannons. Huang Yi really looked down on these heavy and messy artillery pieces.

The warships in the water city are also a huge treasure. Huang Yi carefully selected seven warships, all of which should be the second lucky ship.

This kind of warship has a draft of three and a half meters. Huang Yi calculated the displacement and it should be five to six hundred tons.

A series of supporting ships were also left behind.

All the remaining ships were handed over to Wang Kun, Liu Yulie, and Xie Lian.

It was estimated that they could make a fortune just by selling boats, so they have been actively buying food for Huang Yi without even mentioning things like dividing gold and silver.

Denglai's contribution to countering the rebellion was very great in history. This can be seen from the fact that the general officers who participated in the siege, such as Chen Hongfan, were awarded the title of Prince's Young Master for their contribution in countering the rebellion.

Gao Qiqian, the great eunuch of the Supervisory Army, also became famous because of the Battle of Dengzhou and became a fighter among the eunuchs. Not only the generals of Liaodong, but also the generals of Jizhen, Xuanda and Denglai looked up to him.

From then on, Wu Sangui, the godson who had a high career, had a prosperous official career.

This means that there are people in the court who want to be officials! All in all, the general officers, deputy generals, staff generals, and guerrillas who participated in the suppression of the Denglai rebels were basically promoted and made a fortune.

Generals such as Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Mou Wenshuo, etc. were promoted and made a fortune, then recruited a large number of troops to increase their strength, and they all once dominated one side.