After the Zuowei Army Town was established, Zhu Youxiao took advantage of the situation and announced the immediate expansion of the Yulin Army.
The Royal Forest Army and the Left Guard Army divided nearly half of the main force of the four major battalions. Today, the four major battalions plus the auxiliary battalions only have more than 50,000 people. He still needs at least 80,000 people to supplement the supply of troops.
This is already the limit of what he can achieve at present. The three armies add up to nearly 150,000 people. If there are too many, he will not be able to support them.
Although he raided many houses this time, the wealth he obtained did not meet his expectations.
The level of these officials is really too low. They are basically low-level officials with a high or low moral character. They don't have much oil and water at all. Their total amount is less than five million taels.
The gentry and hereditary military officers were not as rich as they thought. The money confiscated was only three million taels, but there was quite a lot of military and farmland, and nearly two hundred thousand dan of grain were confiscated.
In this era, except for the corrupt officials and businessmen who hold high positions, no one else is so rich, because they all make money by hoarding and selling food and annexing land. Even though they have inherited it for hundreds of years,
I'm afraid it can't be compared to the greed of a minister for three years.
However, this batch of food can be regarded as solving his urgent need. Now it is not only Shaanxi that is in urgent need of food, the entire north also needs a large amount of food rations to provide disaster relief, and it is impossible for him to use the money and food in his own warehouse to save these people.
"Old Duke, after the selection of the 10,000 sergeants of the Royal Forest Army is completed, you should immediately use my decree to gather together the 21st Guards of the former Shangzhi Guards and select a group of them to replenish the auxiliary barracks.
Let’s recruit the rest from the private sector!”
"Old minister, I obey the order!"
Zhang Weixian now understands that His Majesty has already planned. The reason why His Majesty abolished the personal military guards is to gain more military power and weaken the rights of civil servants and generals to strengthen his own imperial power.
Although Zhang Weixian noticed it, he didn't say much or even mentioned the matter. The Zhang family has never been a talkative person.
Although Zhu Youxiao abolished the twenty-one pro-military guards, he only punished the hereditary military attachés and commander-in-chief. The lower-level soldiers have not yet been disbanded, and they have not been affected by this incident.
, but instead took out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from their internal funds to reissue their army.
He had previously budgeted for a total of nearly 100,000 people for the 21 Guards Guards. After excluding those who had fled and had vacant seats, there were still nearly half of them. Among the half, there were more than 30,000 young people.
Although most of them do not meet his requirements, there is no other way. These people have at least worn armor and touched swords and bows. Although there is little training, they still have some, and they are still stronger than those "newcomers" who have just been recruited.
And if all the 80,000 people are "newcomers," it may take two months to get back on track and start normal training.
But time no longer allowed him to train his troops properly, so he could only use quick methods.
Immediately afterwards, he formally ordered that all 30,000 sergeants from the auxiliary battalion be organized into the four major battalions, and 5,000 Mongolian cavalry outside the pass were organized into the Xiaoqi battalion. With the addition of this group of elite cavalry and some cavalry from the auxiliary battalion, Xiaoqi
The strength of the battalion increased greatly. Although 3,000 cavalry were transferred to Left Guard Town, the number still reached more than 13,000.
The Shenji Battalion also carried out a large-scale recruitment of troops. After all, the training of these firearms soldiers is much simpler than that of other arms. They only need to pay attention to teamwork and be proficient in firearms. The number of sergeants has reached more than 8,000
.
Huben Camp has always had the largest number of troops among the four major battalions. After deployment and replenishment, it is no less than before, and it still maintains a quota of 25,000 men.
The Taishan Battalion did not expand this time. Although many people in the army met the criteria to enter the Taishan Battalion, Zhu Youxiao still incorporated them into other battalions.
Heavy armored troops were too expensive. Even if Emperor Zhu had a fortune worth tens of millions, he would still feel the pressure. For this special force, four to five thousand men would be enough, no more, no less.
"Your Majesty, who will take over the post of General of the Xiaoqi Battalion?"
The position of the battalion commander was so critical that Zhang Weixian was afraid that Zhu Youxiao would forget about it, so when he saw that the planning was completed, he immediately reminded him.
Zhu Youxiao also encountered difficulties at this time. He originally wanted Cao Wenzhao to take over, but his qualifications were too low, and his military exploits were not enough. He had just been promoted from a general to a guerrilla.
Now that he is mentioned as a general, some people will definitely be dissatisfied.
"Li Wensheng will take over the position of general of the heroic cavalry battalion. Li Wensheng's position will be taken over by Cao Wenzhao. The other five thousand Mongolian cavalry will be directly under the command of Li Wensheng. There will be no other generals for the time being!"
"Li Wensheng, you bring a few generals with the rank of Commander-in-Chief to temporarily serve as your deputies to govern the Mongols. You must separate them and not make them work together!"
"There are also those small leaders such as the thousand-household chiefs and the hundred-household chiefs in their army. They cannot be allowed to gather together. I will pass an order to you when the time comes to transfer them from the military camp and only retain the ten household heads.
Category."
Li Wensheng solemnly raised his hands and replied:
"I understand!"
"Wang Tigan!"
Wang Tiqian, who was standing in the left column, whispered:
"The slave is here!"
"You can recruit some literate little eunuchs from the Royal Horse Prison to teach those Mongolians. I don't need them to be very knowledgeable. I only need them to understand Chinese. They must be able to speak and listen. If the Royal Horse Prison has not enough manpower,
Just go find Wei Zhongxian, the Chief of Ceremonies will send more!"
"My slave obeys the order!"
Wang Tiqian replied with a smile.
For these eunuchs, they would rather suffer and be tired than be ignored by the emperor like a loser. They hoped that the emperor would trust them more. Only in this way can they maintain their status and strive for further advancement.
Zhu Youxiao originally wanted those civil servants and scholars to do this. They would definitely be better than these eunuchs who had become monks on the way, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. The army was too important, and he could not guarantee that these people would not secretly interfere.
Mongolians are simple-minded and are really easy to fool.
Zhu Youxiao then said to the three generals Li Wensheng, Qin Bangping and Chen Guang:
"The new structure of the four battalions of the Yulin Army has been determined. After you three generals have integrated your battalions, you will immediately select a group of capable soldiers and then send them to the auxiliary barracks to lead the army and be responsible for training!"
The three generals immediately surrendered their hands in response, and they all obeyed the emperor's orders unconditionally.
"Especially those Mongolians. Their riding, archery and equestrian skills are much better than ours. Li Wensheng, I want you to learn the Mongols' horse control and horse raising skills at all costs. You don't need to ride and shoot. I am Ming Dynasty."
Our cavalry cannot be worse than barbarians!"
Although he will not fall behind and be beaten now, he must have these hard skills, and mounted archery will soon be eliminated. He will soon reform the cavalry, and superb equestrian skills are even more crucial!