nanming man

Chapter 370 Training New Soldiers
Sun Chuanting is a talent, able to pull out more than [-] Qin troops in the broken pass.

Now Gao Yihuan occupies the southern part of Yuzhou, most of Hubei, and there is also a province. Why is it so difficult to pull out 10 horses?
Although Gao Yihuan used the method of giving military land to offset most of the money needed for recruiting soldiers, rewards and pensions, military salaries and supplies still needed to be settled with silver.

The one-year military salary for a 200-strong army is nearly [-] million taels of silver, which is difficult for Gao Yihuan to afford.

Although Gao Yihuan's land is much larger now, but the land is mainly based on farming, and the commerce is not developed enough, so the taxation is naturally limited.

At this time, he had obtained more than 100 million yuan by copying Sun Kewang's mansion, plus blackmailing He Tengjiao 50 taels, in order to realize the reorganization of the troops, but how to maintain it in the future, he had to think more ways.

Now Gao Yihuan can think that the best way to make money is to mint money, and even establish a currency and financial system.

This method of exploitation is much more secretive and prestigious than direct taxation.

Direct taxation, people can see and feel it, and a large sum of money is paid at a time, so it is natural to be disgusted and complain.Minting money and issuing banknotes are unknowingly, a little bit of exploitation in various aspects such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, like boiling frogs in warm water, is difficult to detect.

Originally there was only so much money in the market, so Gao Yihuan collected some good money and fine silver, and mixed it with something for him. The two taels of silver were melted into three taels of silver, and the two taels of silver were cast into three taels of silver, and then put into the market. Buy and sell supplies, and continue to collect silver and copper coins from the market to maintain the war.

If possible, leverage can also be used to issue bank notes, but in this way, more money will be available in the market, which will be an exploitation for the common people.

It's just that this kind of exploitation is relatively invisible and not as intuitive as direct taxation. Most people usually don't realize that they are being exploited.

Of course, this matter is not as simple as just casting money. It is necessary to be a little restraint internally, casting a batch of money with better quality, establishing reputation, and prohibiting the circulation of money from the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty in the country, and the purchase of materials in the country. .

Foreign money must be exchanged for Gao Yihuan’s money to come in, and a large amount of low-quality Manchu money and Ming Dynasty money are minted abroad to buy supplies in their area, and the appearance of a large amount of low-quality money will inevitably hit both parties The economy destroyed the people's confidence in the copper coins of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties and the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, to accomplish this, a set of financial ideas and a complete system are needed. Gao Yihuan is only thinking about it now.

Lu Yifang nodded, "After returning to Runing, I will immediately find a few craftsmen and give them to the commander."

Gao Yihuan nodded slightly, "This matter should be done as quickly as possible. In addition, now that I am in control of Jingzhou, Runing is beyond my reach. I plan to set up Jieshuai Mansion in Nanyang or Xiangyang, some workshops in Runing, Move some over here."

"I'll arrange it after I get back from the humble job!" Lu Yifang cupped his hands.

Gao Yi laughed happily, "Mr. Nalu continues to count at the pier, this commander will go to the barracks to have a look!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Yihuan pulled his horse and left the pier. Lu Yifang and others handed him off and watched him lead a group of people away.

After reaching an agreement with He Tengjiao, Gao Yihuan began to reorganize the Yunyang people and soldiers, and selected 5 young and strong people to form a new army.

Previously, Gao Yihuan had ten battalions of elite soldiers, totaling more than [-] soldiers.

Although after many battles, the losses were not small, but after each battle, a small supplementary battalion and new attached battalion soldiers entered, so this number has been maintained.

In the Battle of Ruzhou, the new affiliated battalion lost the most, and now there are only [-] people left.

Now these troops add up to a total of close to one hundred thousand troops.

At this time, what Gao Yihuan wanted to see was the selected [-] recruits.Now that Gao Yihuan's territory has expanded, the pressure on defense has also increased.

Therefore, in order to enable the new recruits to take on important responsibilities as soon as possible, Gao Yihuan personally went up with the generals to train the new recruits for three months. After forming a certain combat strength, they were sent to garrison everywhere, and continued training while undertaking defense.

The [-] recruits were not all in Jingzhou, but distributed on both sides of the Yangtze River.In order to avoid confusion, Gao Yihuan did not disrupt the organization. Instead, he conducted basic training first, and then reorganized after the situation stabilized for three months.

The new army camp that Gao Yihuan went to was in the west of Jingzhou City, near the Yangtze River. It was a large camp covering an area of ​​[-] mu, with hundreds of military tents and [-] new soldiers stationed there.

Gao Yihuan rode his horse to the outside of the camp, and Jin Shenghuan led a few people out to greet him, "Master!"

Gao Yihuan nodded on the horse, then got off the horse, handed the whip to the guards, and walked into the camp surrounded by everyone.

As soon as they entered the camp, they saw many new recruits lined up in a long line. After receiving their robes, shoes, weapons and a roll of mats, they entered the tent under the leadership of the team leader.

Three years ago, Gao Yihuan and merchants in Luyi and other places jointly established many handicraft workshops for the production of various military supplies.

Among these workshops, apart from a few important workshops such as weapons, gunpowder, and cannon casting, they were managed by the government, and most of the remaining military supplies such as shoes, military blankets, and tents were handed over to these merchants.

Last year, Gao Yihuan said that he wanted to expand his workforce, and these workshops began to speed up production, and they saved a batch of materials for Gao Yihuan.

Gao Yihuan looked at the situation in the camp, and asked as he walked, "Have all the soldiers' equipment been distributed?"

"Marshal, almost all the things that have been shipped have been distributed!"

Gao Yihuan nodded, "The gap is not big!"

Jin Shenghuan said: "It's okay to talk about other supplies, but the armor is a little short, and the soldiers can only send black robes and headscarves, and there is no armor for self-defense."

"It's more troublesome to make the armor. Now the old battalion has just one armor for each person. The commander is still going to hand over the newly made armor to the old battalion, and build a double-armor or triple-armor battalion. Except for the officers, the new soldiers will not be issued armor. Already." Gao Yihuan thought for a while and said.

During the battle, Gao Yihuan discovered that an elite soldier was more effective and decisive than thousands of ordinary troops.

The Tartars who were approved as double-armors in the Qing army were very difficult to deal with, but this time Gao Yihuan went south, and a small number of soldiers were also approved as double-armors during the battle.They are hard to hurt with swords, and they are not afraid of death, which greatly shocked the Ming army and played a deterrent role.

Jin Shenghuan nodded after hearing this, and instead of mentioning Yijia, he asked: "Commander, if Nanjing recruits us, will our military system be changed?"

Gao Yihuan shook his head: "Change and change, the soldiers are easy to be confused, internally we still keep our own organization, there is no need to change it."

Gao Yihuan did not want to integrate into the Ming army's system, and Nanjing would not give him 10 soldiers. He stopped for a moment in thought, and then suddenly continued: "Huchen, now that our troops have expanded to [-], we must add more troops to the battalion. At the first level, I am going to set up the five armies in the front, rear, left, and right sides. Huchen, give me a plan as soon as possible!"

The establishment of the Five Armies is a very important symbol. It is the same as Li Zicheng's Five Battalions and the Five Armies Commander's Mansion in the Ming Dynasty.Hearing this, Jin Shenghuan was overjoyed, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, commander, I will give you a plan within three days of my humble post!"

Gao Yihuan took another step in the camp, and asked, "How will Hu Chen plan to train these new recruits?"

"It's still the old commander's method, that is, the old leads the new. A group is drawn from the old battalion, and some students from the martial arts hall are used as officers, and the new recruits are brought first."

Speaking of this, Jin Shenghuan couldn't help admiring, "Now that I think about it, the commander really has a vision. He not only set up a lecture hall, but also stipulated that officers at all levels must train a deputy to replace him. If the deputy is called out, tens of thousands of troops can be pulled out!"

A trace of complacency appeared on Gao Yihuan's face. How can others compare to my handsome wisdom?Ben Shuai can tell you, this method is~~~~
He was about to say a few words when Gao Chengxun hurried over, "Marshal, a message from He Duxian."

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