Chapter 96(1/2)
After Chen Junchong and Ma Ke left, Zhu Yuluo and others continued to organize the army in Li County.
Ma Keyuan led 5,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers to attack Tongchuan.
Although there were some losses before and after, there were still more than 4,000 elite soldiers and more than 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers after capturing Qixian County.
It was not that Ma Ke used elite troops to attack the county town and did not use miscellaneous soldiers, but that after the miscellaneous soldiers were lost, he recruited a group on the spot in Tongchuan.
Yesterday, the first thing Li Yan and Red Lady did during the reorganization was to eliminate the old and the weak.
Before Ma Ke recruited mixed soldiers, he wanted to be cannon fodder, so he was not particular about it, so that among the mixed soldiers there were gray-haired old men and teenagers.
In addition, there are some who are too thin and cannot serve as soldiers at all.
After eliminating nearly a thousand old and weak people, the Red Lady selected two thousand people who were relatively strong, or had certain combat experience and skills from the remaining people.
The remaining eight thousand people are the miscellaneous soldiers assigned to Chen Junchong.
The two thousand people selected by the Red Lady can quickly transform into combatable soldiers after a few battles, almost the same as the so-called elite soldiers of the Ma Ke Department.
As for the elite soldiers of the Red Lady's Department, they are truly elite soldiers and cannot be compared to Mark's elite soldiers.
These two thousand people were dispersed and organized into Ma Ke's elite troops.
Another two thousand elite soldiers from the Ma Ke Department were selected into the Red Lady Department.
The above reorganization is only for infantry.
As for the cavalry, the Red Lady Division and the Horse Division each have about a thousand men, and there has been no change.
After all, Madam Zhu Aao and Li Yanhong still have a certain degree of trust in Ma Ke.
After reorganization, there were one thousand cavalry and four thousand infantry on both sides.
There are ten thousand soldiers in total, all of whom are elite.
Then the organization of the Dashun Army was changed to the Ming Army's camp and sentry system. Because the Ming Army's organization was complicated and confusing, Zhu Ainao and the others made some changes on this basis.
The most basic level is the Shiwu system, which means there is a corps commander among ten people, one for each commander, and the corps commander is the deputy for the commander.
The five-tithing team has a captain and a deputy, a total of 50 people.
Each of the five teams has one sentry, with a sentry commander and a sentry deputy, a total of 250 people.
There are five sentries and one general, four of which are combat soldiers, and one sentry is the auxiliary soldier responsible for baggage, food and other matters. There is one thousand general and two generals. The general is composed of the first combat sentry commander and the auxiliary sentry.
The sentry commander serves concurrently, with a total of 1,250 people.
There are four generals and one battalion, with guerrilla or generals serving as battalion officers. One of the generals is the battalion officer's personal soldiers, with a total of 5,000 people.
Multiple battalions form an army, with a general commander in charge.
After reorganization, although the entire army could only form two battalions, Zhu Yusao appointed Hong Niangzi and Ma Kedu as the commander-in-chief.
This does not count as a promotion, because the two of them were in Dashun before, and the rank in Ming Dynasty was not lower than that of the general soldier.
The last thing is practice.
Just after reorganization, the combat effectiveness of the troops must have declined. If they are sent to fight without training, the soldiers will lose their lives in vain.
As for Chongqing, it is now June 22nd.
According to Hao Guangming's historical records, Chongqing was captured by Zhang Xianzhong on June 20th.
Now even if not, it would be too late for Zhu Aona and others to rush to the rescue.
Defending Chengdu was the key to Zhu Yuluo and others' victory over Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan.
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"Gao Shengqi/Li Zhenwu pays homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
In the camp, Gao Shengqi and Li Zhenwu bowed to Zhu Aina.
"Plain body."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
After the two of them stood up, Zhu Yulao said to them: "You two used to serve as Jin Yiwei, and now you are still responsible for the affairs of Jin Yiwei in Sichuan."
After saying that, he signaled Fei Zhen'e to take five hundred taels of silver for each of them.
In the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty, silver did not retain its value as well as gold, and was not even as reliable as food, so this money was not actually a lot of money.
As for Zhu Aona's silver, she exchanged it for gold from the Red Lady.
"Gao Shengqi will be appointed as Fusi Qianhu in North Town, and Li Zhenwu will be appointed as Fusi Qianhu in South Town. From now on, the Central Sichuan Jinyi Guards will be headed by you two. This is the activity fund. You can take it first. If it is not enough, come back to me.
Gong said."
Gao Shengqi and Li Zhenwu were both a little excited.
They have been with the princess for so long, and they are finally being activated, and they have all been promoted.
Zhu Yuyao added: "Now that you have no one under you, you still have to work together. The first thing I entrust you with is to find four people. This is their information."
After speaking, Zhu Aola asked Fei Zhen'e to hand each of them a booklet with four pages stapled together.
Gao Shengqi and Li Zhenwu discovered that these papers were not only extremely regular and as white as snow, but the words printed on them were only the size of a finger.
They took a closer look and discovered that the characters were not arranged vertically, but horizontally!
Zhu Aelao said bluntly, "This information is printed by the prince-in-law. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me."
Gao Shengqi and Li Zhenwu immediately endured their discomfort with horizontal text and patiently read the information.
The contents of the books they obtained were the same, and they both recorded some information about four people.
These four people are Zeng Ying, Liu Linchang, Yang Zhan, and Cao Xun.
"Zeng Ying, courtesy name Yanhou, has a beautiful beard and is a native of Putian, Fujian.
He followed his father to serve as an official in Chengdu and settled down.
He was a man of suave and martial arts, and he liked to save people in urgent need. Many people at that time praised him and called him "Mr. Zeng".
Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan from Huguang 2, and Zeng Ying mourned Chen Shiqi in Chengdu and asked for troops to fight.
Chen Shiqi granted him the position of garrison officer and hundreds of local soldiers, and asked him to try it.
After Zeng Ying established the garrison, he spent all his wealth, recruited heroes, and trained for a few days before heading to Kuizhou.
At this time, the vanguard of Zhang Xianzhong's troops had passed Qutang Pass in Kuizhou, and the advance was overwhelming. The generals were arrogant and underestimated the enemy.
So Zeng Ying set up an ambush in Wushan and blocked Zhang Xianzhong's troops from heading north to Daning for four months.
Since there were no reinforcements and Zhang Xianzhong's large army had already rushed to Chongqing Prefecture, Zeng Ying led his troops to move to Zhongzhou in Chongqing Prefecture.
Zhang Xianzhong attacked Zhongzhou, and Zeng Ying supervised the navy to fight against the enemy, burning hundreds of enemy ships and beheading more than a thousand.
Later, Zeng Ying was ordered by his superiors to retreat to Peizhou, and Zhang Xianzhong occupied Zhongzhou.
Chen Shiqi saw Zeng Ying's ability, so he named him a general and ordered him and Liu Linchang, Shoudao (a political officer stationed in the local area under the chief envoy) to stick to Peizhou and guard the line of Fuling River.
In June, Zeng Ying was defeated and retreated to Wangjiang Pass in Peizhou. He was pursued by Zhang Xianzhong's troops and had his cheek chopped off.
Zeng Ying killed several people and was able to break out and escape.
Later, Liu Linchang and his remaining troops withdrew to the Jiangjin, Qijiang, and Nanchuan areas."
In terms of data, the record of relevant information about Zeng Ying ends here.
Gao Shengqi and Li Zhenwu were quite surprised after reading it.
It should be noted that the Ming Dynasty is not a later generation, and information transmission is very slow.
Although Zeng Ying is now showing his talents for the first time, it has not yet reached the time when Yufupu defeated Zhang Xianzhong and shocked eastern Sichuan.
His request for troops from Chen Shiqi and his achievements in Wushan and Zhongzhou were not reported to northern Sichuan.
However, Zeng Ying's deeds in the past six months were written down on it, as seen from the sky.
After thinking for a moment, the two of them realized that this should be what the prince consort had seen from the history books of later generations.
But there was a hero like Zeng Ying in Sichuan, which still surprised the two of them.
The next page is Liu Linchang's information, and the content is much less.
"Liu Linchang, courtesy name Menglong, was born in Jinjiang, Fujian.
Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli period.
Good at supervising construction, river engineering and other projects.
Now he is participating in politics in Sichuan.
He should be with Zeng Ying in the Jiangjin, Qijiang, and Nanchuan areas."
Hao Guangming actually found more information about Liu Linchang, but it mainly described his political achievements in matters related to the Ministry of Industry.
In other words, this is an official who is good at supervising and executing various projects, and he is quite capable and virtuous.
This kind of talent Zhu Yuluo will definitely use in the future.
Since there is a high probability that Liu Linchang is with Zeng Ying at this time, Zhu Yushuo will of course take him into his pocket.
To be continued...