"There are one hundred soldiers in the infantry camp, one hundred in the gun camp, the smallest number in the archery camp, only sixty, and one hundred and fifty-seven in the baggage camp. The total strength is 317!"
"In addition to the old brothers, there are 106 Oroqen people and 390 strong men of various ethnic groups. In total, our available troops are 813. [] With more people, the team will inevitably be reduced.
We need to make some changes, and the establishment of each battalion also needs to be changed. We have gathered everyone today, and the most important thing is to reorganize the existing troops."
"How are you going to change the law, Mr. Qian?"
Hu Wang, Wu Si and others have no objection to reorganizing the team. They have the territory and the manpower, so of course they have to reorganize the team. There is nothing wrong with it. They are eager to have several opportunities to reorganize the team in the future, because reorganizing means more and more available troops.
The more there are, the stronger the strength becomes.
When Qi Zhuang came, he pulled Wu'er Leng over. Hearing that Zhao Qiang had included his clansmen, he was startled for a moment, but he was not dissatisfied and only raised his body slightly.
"No rush, let's first listen to Wei Ji tell us about the good things we got from the Rakshasa people."
Zhao Qiang motioned Wu Si to sit down, glanced at Wei Ji who was standing next to Hu Wang, and said with a smile: "Tell the camp officers about it and make them happy too."
Wei Ji had been very happy since he was notified to go to the meeting hall to discuss matters. However, after he came in, he was very cautious and did not even dare to sit on the seats there. He was afraid that he might not handle it properly and let Zhao Qiang and several battalion officers
Is there anything bad you can do to yourself?
"Mr. Qian, some battalion officers!"
Wei Ji carefully took a step forward, raised his hand and saluted everyone: "There are quite a lot of things belonging to the Rakshasa people in the fort. I took a dozen people to count them all night, and I just sorted them out this morning. That's all."
Report it to General Qian and several camp officers." After speaking, he opened the account book in his hand and read softly: "In total, there are 380 shi of rice and flour, more than 100 shi of miscellaneous grains, 66 horses, cattle, sheep and other large animals.
More than six hundred heads, one hundred and ninety new Rakshasa firearms, plenty of gunpowder, and eighty sabers."
Thinking of this, Wei Ji glanced at Zhao Qiang excitedly and continued: "There are countless ginseng and medicinal materials, more than 700 pieces of various kinds of fur, more than a thousand taels of gold, six thousand taels of silver, and some other gold and silver utensils.
There are more than a hundred pieces, which can't be estimated at the moment. I have made some calculations and found that if these things are turned into grain, it will be enough for us to eat for more than ten years."
Wu Si stuck out his tongue: "Good guy, I didn't expect that such a small fort could hide so many things."
Hu Wang smiled and said: "It's nothing strange. The Rakshasa people are just a group of bandits. They have robbed and slaughtered so many tribes for so many years. How can they have less things? This is still a small stronghold. It would be even worse if it were a larger city.
Already."
Qi Zhuang laughed and said, "If we had strong soldiers and strong horses, we would be able to rob the Rakshasa people one by one. Wouldn't we be rich enough to rival the country?"
"Haha, it's not..."
Zhao Qiang coughed lightly, quieted everyone, and said: "Right now, food and weapons are the lifeblood of our survival. Gold and silver are of no use. I plan to use these gold and silver to purchase horses and food from various tribes, and recruit more soldiers."
Come and expand our strength."
Hu Wang nodded when he heard this: "Mr. Qian has thought carefully about it. It is best to use these gold and silver to recruit troops, otherwise the brothers will be dazzled by it."
Wu Si also agreed: "Gold and silver are the most demoralizing things. It would be best if Mr. Qian could arrange it like this."
Qi Zhuang and Guo Fei also readily agreed to Zhao Qiang's arrangement. Seeing that they agreed with his arrangement, Zhao Qiang was a little relieved. After hearing the figures reported by Wei Ji, he was also a little surprised, so he was worried that Wu Si, Qi Zhuang and the others would have trouble.
Now that I have the idea of buying gold and silver, I am worrying too much. These people still have some sense.
After unifying everyone's opinions, Zhao Qiang began to talk about the plan he had already thought of to expand the army and allocate personnel to each battalion.
According to Zhao Qiang's idea, the existing troops were organized into four battalions, namely the gun battalion, the cavalry battalion, the guard battalion, and the heavy supply battalion. The officers of each battalion restored the original Guanning Army military system, with the battalion officer being a hundred households and the team leader being the general.
Flag, the corps leader is a small flag, and his Qianzong is also called Qianhu. The full strength of each battalion is 300 soldiers, that is, there are two general flags under the Hundred Houses, and ten small flags under the general flag, each with fifteen soldiers.
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The hundred households of the gun camp will continue to be held by Wu Si, the two general flags will be held by Lin Jiafeng and Zhao Guo, and each small flag will be held by outstanding performers from the original defense team. Because of the Russian musketeers and the stored fire guns, the gun battalion soldiers and weapons
When the staff is full, all the original infantry battalion and the archery team will be transferred to the gun battalion, and those who are insufficient will be transferred from the baggage battalion.
The cavalry battalion is headed by Qi Zhuang, and the two general flags are headed by Ma Long and Wu Fengqiu. In addition to Wu Jun who know how to ride, some of the soldiers are also selected from the Oroqen people and strong men of various ethnic groups. The shortfall is very large, and it is planned to be supplemented by recruited people in the future.
Go in.
The hundred households in the guard camp were headed by Hu Wang, the two general banners were headed by Zuo Mingnan and Qian Lin, and the soldiers were filled by Oroqen and strong men of all ethnic groups, achieving full strength and full equipment.
Guo Fei served as the battalion officer of the transport camp. Since there were only more than thirty young men left for Guo Fei to command, the candidates for the general banner had not yet been decided. Only three small banners were appointed, and they were planned to be supplemented in the future.
Since there were hundreds of women of all ethnic groups in the fort, as well as family members of the Wu army from the north, Zhao Qiang asked Wei Ji to serve as a civil affairs officer, and he would be the assistant to select these people and be responsible for the management of these people.
Wei Ji was overjoyed when he got this appointment. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times, saying that he would live up to the expectations of thousands of households. Zhao Qiang was not used to others kneeling down at every turn, but seeing that Wei Ji insisted on doing so, he had no choice but to do so.
He kowtowed three times, then helped him up with his own hands and said a few words to ask him to do well.
After Wei Ji got up, he gave Zhao Qiang a suggestion, which was to give this Rakshasa fortress a name. Zhao Qiang thought about it and named the fortress "Shouyi City".
Wu Sangui's army was originally the Guan Ning Army of the Ming Dynasty, so Hu Wang, Wu Si and others had no objections to restoring the military system of the Guan Ning Army. However, Guo Fei asked why he didn't directly raise the military number of the Zhou Army. In this regard, Zhao Qiang gave
The explanation given is that the current strength is still relatively weak, and the main enemies are the Rakshasa people. In the future, when the territory is expanded and the troops are strong and ready to go south to deal with the Qing army, the banner of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be shown.
Tens of thousands of young people in the Wu army were moved and responded enthusiastically.
Guo Fei just said it casually. Seeing what Zhao Qiang said, he immediately agreed, and everyone went to reorganize the troops according to Zhao Qiang's allocation.
When Wei Ji was about to leave, Zhao Qiang called him and told him to gather those Rakshasa women as soon as possible and not let them live in their original residence. He also dictated to him the system of military prostitutes. After hearing this, Wei Ji understood.
He happily went down to execute it.
After everyone left, Zhao Qiang walked up to Wu'er Leng, who was in a daze, and said softly: "Have you ever heard the saying, patriarch, that a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise?"
Wuer said in a dull voice: "What do you mean, Master Qianhu?"
Zhao Qiang forcibly assigned the tribesmen to his newly built camp without his consent. This made Wu'er Leng very dissatisfied. He was the knife and I was the fish. Facing the powerful Zhao Qiang, Wu'er Leng had no way to oppose this matter.
. Hearing that the five battalion leaders could not even get a general flag, they couldn't help but feel even more disappointed, secretly thinking about how to tell the tribesmen about this.
"I promised the clan leader that after we capture the fort, I will give your clan members a lot of thanks."
Zhao Qiang slowly sat down next to Wu'er Leng and tapped his index finger: "What Zhao said is true, so I decided to give the clan leader one hundred taels of gold and three hundred taels of silver. In addition, I will give you fifty dan of food, cattle and sheep."
Fifty heads, some ginseng and medicinal materials, I wonder if the clan leader is satisfied."
Not to mention the cattle, sheep, food and medicinal materials, one hundred taels of gold and three hundred taels of silver alone were a considerable amount of wealth. Wuer was stunned and did not expect that Zhao Qiang would be so generous. He was stunned for a while before he woke up.
He stood up and said excitedly: "Thank you, Mr. Qianhu."
"Hey, you deserve this, why do you need to thank me."
The smile on Zhao Qiang's face remained unchanged. He was very satisfied with Wu'er Leng's reaction. As long as you know what he likes, it's not difficult to deal with him.
The conversation changed and he said: "However, the clan leader has also arrived. Now I have newly formed five battalions, but they are not strong enough. They say they are recruiting troops, but we are all Han people. We are not familiar with this place and we don't know how to deal with it.
.So the recruitment of troops is still very difficult. If the Rakshasa people counterattack in a large scale and I have enough troops to deal with it, the consequences will be unimaginable."
If the Rakshasa people really attack in a large scale, and Zhao Qiang and the others cannot defend it, what will happen to the Oroqen people who participated in the massacre of the Rakshasa people? Wuer Leng naturally understood, his face changed, and he lost his voice: "What should we do?
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Zhao Qiang slowly glanced at Wu'er Leng and said in a deep voice: "There is no way to do it. Now I have a big fortune to give to the clan leader. I don't know if the clan leader has the courage to do it!"
Wu'erli said without hesitation: "Master Qianhu, please tell me! But if my subordinates can do it, I will do it for Qianhu!"
"I heard that there are many Oroqen people scattered outside the customs. There are eight assistant leaders in Yafaha Oroqen alone. In addition, there are many Oroqen people who have been incorporated into the Eight Banners. The total number should be tens of thousands. So I want to invite
The clan leader can go to various tribes and persuade the leaders to come north to my Shouyi City. If they are unwilling to surrender, the clan leader can also use gold and silver to persuade their young men, or hire them.
Or bribery, no matter what method, as long as you can recruit people for me."
"this"
Wu'er didn't expect that Zhao Qiang would ask him to persuade the other Oroqen people. He shook his head subconsciously: "This must not be done. All the subordinates are under the control of the Qing Dynasty. If we let them Beitou, I'm afraid
It’s extremely difficult to do it. If my subordinates go there, they might kidnap them and send them to an official.”
"Head of the clan, you must be worried. You are here too. The Rakshasa people are completely vulnerable. Letting them come is only to make a fortune. As long as you tell them the truth and promise a lot of money, these people will come."
Zhao Qiang didn't care whether Wu'er Leng was in danger or not, and said with some temptation: "Every time the clan leader invites an Oroqen person to come, I will give the clan leader two taels of silver as a reward. If he invites ten people, he will get an extra one tael of gold. If the whole clan comes,
I'll give you a reward of ten taels, a hundred taels of silver, fifty cattle and sheep, thirty shi of grain, and ten Rakshasa women. Of course, if the clan leader doesn't want a Rakshasa woman, the clan leaders of the various clans in the fort can choose for themselves."
"Sir Qianhu's words are true!"
After hearing Zhao Qiang's huge reward, Wu'er Leng's heart was moved. He had lived a long time, but he had never seen so much wealth, including cattle, sheep, women, gold, and silver. Wu'er Leng's heart was beating fast. All he needed was himself.
As long as you are brave enough, those tribesmen may not come to vote for you.
"Of course it's serious!"
Seeing Zhao Qiang's resolute look, Wu'er hesitated for a few seconds, then gritted his teeth and said: "I am willing to serve Qianhu, and I will go south to recruit people for Qianhu tomorrow!"
"good!"
Zhao Qiang was overjoyed when he heard this. He didn't care about gold, silver, wealth, women, or food. All he cared about was soldiers and horses. With soldiers and horses, those things could be snatched from the Russians at any time.
"Then I'll look forward to hearing the good news from the clan leader!"