A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 342 New Army

"How can such a person be able to serve as the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province? He is in danger of serious trouble! Wearing guards in royal robes, he will be arrested and sent to prison, and his house will be ransacked! The people who recommended him will also be imprisoned by me."

He ordered loudly.

As Yan Ling expected, when Zhang Lai was withdrawn, the emperor naturally thought of Lin Xiao, so he made an order to appoint him as the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang.

Looking at Lin Xiao's performance, he seemed to see another rising star.

"My Ming Dynasty is also full of talents and famous generals!"

He said to Wang Tiqian with a smile.

When Lin Xiao made some more meritorious deeds, he raised his official position and asked him, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng to control several provinces. Why worry about rebellion and unrest in the world?

……

The imperial decree was quickly issued. Lin Xiao was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Zhejiang, and his rank was promoted. General Ning Shao was replaced by another general who had made certain achievements in battle and was also a member of the family. It didn't take much time. Worry.

"Sir, I am here to serve as the commander-in-chief. What are your instructions?"

Lin Xiao was not arrogant because of his promotion to Zhejiang Commander-in-Chief. Having been attached to his family for generations, he knew very well that with the power of his family, it would not be difficult to pull him down.

He also knows very well how much he has. With the great achievements he has made now, he will inevitably be sent to face rogue bandits in the future. Without his subordinates, he will be exposed, even if he does not die on the battlefield. will be executed by the emperor.

Therefore, his attitude remained deferential, even somewhat ingratiating.

Yan Ling smiled and patted his shoulder and said:

"You did a good job this time. Ten thousand taels of silver have been sent to your house."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao's eyes became brighter, his back became more curved, and the smile on his face became even wider.

"I don't have anything to say. Once you get to the provincial capital, you can do whatever you want."

Yan Ling said with a smile, in fact, Lin Xiao is just a name, and all kinds of problems can be dealt with by Yinlong and others. Lin Xiao is not a particularly capable person, and Yan Ling doesn't know how to do some important things at all. Leave it to him.

"Don't worry, even in Hangzhou, I will still do my best to serve you!"

Lin Xiao originally just showed an attitude, but when he saw what he said, he expressed his loyalty loudly and then led the team north.

Yan Ling squinted his eyes and looked at the large banner with the word "Lin" in the distance.

What he was looking at was not Lin Xiao, but the two thousand clan soldiers.

They will follow the newly appointed Zhejiang General Soldier to Hangzhou City to garrison.

When they are needed later, they will definitely play an important role...

However, with the dispatch of this battalion, the family's military strength was visibly reduced, and more troops were needed to supplement it. Don’t say anything else. Now even the two guard posts of Ningbo Guard and Shaoxing Guard have not been filled, and there are two thousand more vacancies for soldiers.

"It is better to be short of troops than to be indiscriminate. We are taking the route of elite troops. We would rather have fewer soldiers than an army that is overwhelming like rogue bandits, but is actually useless. Look at Zhang Xianzhong this time, who had more than 100,000 people, but we only defeated 10,000 people. What is the use of such an army if you throw away your armor?" Although the family currently does not have enough troops, Yan Ling still told the responsible clan elders:

"Recruitment and training must be strictly followed."

The training of family soldiers is not like that of rogue bandits, who can go into battle with just a knife. It is much stricter than that of the Ming army. In fact, there is a certain reason why the recruitment of soldiers is so slow.

The recruited soldiers will first be excluded if they are sick, and then those who are over 35 years old and under 18 years old will not be accepted. There are requirements for height, vision, physical fitness, etc., and they will be tested on the spot during recruitment. This is how it is. Brush away a batch.

Subsequently, even if these recruits pass the test, if they want to be transformed into actual combat effectiveness, they need to undergo long-term training and complete training in shooting, battle formations, tactics, discipline, etc. before they can walk out of the recruit camp and enter the army.

This kind of time and cost far exceeds that of soldiers from any country at the same time.

But this method is proven. The Luzon Army relied on this method to train elite troops and conquered large tracts of land.

The clan elder took note of it, and then he said:

"If this is the case, then the current inventory of muskets and artillery may be somewhat insufficient."

The family has basically eliminated the long guns and the like of the cold weapon era. The entire army has been equipped with hot weapons and bayonets. It can be said to be quite advanced, but similarly, the equipment is not as good as that of the cold weapon army. Convenient, muskets are not like swords that can be made by hand in a blacksmith shop.

After these prefectures and counties were basically controlled by the family, Yan Ling of course ordered the construction of arsenals, ironworks, etc. in various places. However, due to the short time and limited production volume, support from Luzon was still needed.

Yan Lin nodded:

"I will grant you another 10,000 muskets and 800 large and small cannons for military use."

"The military can also be reformed according to new standards and no longer has to follow the old order."

"In addition, I have sent people to purchase horses from the northwest, and I have also captured some in these battles... You have arranged equestrian instructors, and selected people with basic riding skills from the army to prepare to form relevant cavalry units."

When the clan elder heard the words, he immediately nodded and agreed, and then left in a hurry. With such a big project, he was very busy after that.

The so-called new standard refers to the new reform of the army organization. Different from the official ranks of the Ming army's hundred households, thousand households and battalions, his army adopted the army configuration of later generations, with 10,000 people forming a division, which was more scientific.

However, there have been some changes in the name. For example, division-level commanders are called "division commanders", which is more in line with the environment of the time. The military rank system has not yet been activated, but the one to nine-grade official system is used.

After all, if future generations of colonels, captains, etc. were made up, no one except Yan Ling himself would be able to adapt.

The equipment of the artillery has also been improved. The main equipment in the army is the Type 3 infantry gun, the Type 5 light field gun, the Type 8 heavy howitzer and the Type 2 heavy artillery, which are suitable for different environments.

Among them, the most powerful No. 2 heavy artillery. According to experiments, three cannons can destroy the walls of an ordinary city. However, this artillery moves slowly and is not decentralized to the army. Instead, it has its own infantry guard battalion, which can be used as needed during war. send.

These are all changes that have taken place under the leadership of Yan Ling.

It is conceivable that while the cost of such an army far exceeds that of contemporaneous countries, it will also be at the peak of its combat effectiveness.

It will also be his capital to compete in the troubled times in the future.

(End of this chapter)