"Your Excellency has asked me to serve as the commander-in-chief of the personal army. I am a little scared, fearing that I will miss your business." Beside the rockery in the courtyard of the back office of the garrison, Zhuang Chao was following Pang Yu, who was pacing slowly, surrounded by people from time to time.
There are soldiers coming and going, bed frames and cabinets are being moved out of each room, and tables and chairs are being brought in. Pang Yu's back office will become the exclusive use of the Zan Painting Room.
site.
Pang Yu looked back at Zhuang Chaozheng and said, "So Chaozheng, who do you think is the most suitable person to be the commander-in-chief of the private army?"
"My subordinates dare not talk nonsense."
"This is a military order. You are the one who leads the troops in war. You can kill people. Why don't you dare to answer it?"
Zhuang Chaozheng hesitated and said, "My subordinates think that Commander Yao and Commander Wang are both suitable." "What you really want to say is that Yao Dongshan is brave, while Wang Zenglu is calm and good at forming formations, so he seems more suitable to lead heavy infantry." Pang
Yu pointed at the stone bench by the pool and asked Zhuang Chaozheng to sit down together, "But I believe that the most important thing in a soldier is tenacity, so I asked you to lead it."
, because you performed resolutely at the Qingliu River Ferry, with more than half of the casualties in the seventh round but the formation is still there, I can trust you."
After hearing this, Zhuang Chaozheng stood up quickly. Pang Yu waved his hand, "I can trust you, so you must trust yourself. No one is born a famous general. If you fight for ten years, you will be a famous general if you survive."
"I will take up my post in the afternoon. However, this division of personal soldiers is all heavy infantry. I am not sure how to train them." "This time, since the division of personal troops has been changed to heavy infantry, whether it is hills or water,
Net or plain, whether defensive or offensive, it must be used in the key points of the battle formation. When we were defending Tongcheng in the eighth year, the bandits had already breached the south wall. In the end, we recovered the south wall, many of which relied on several heavy armored soldiers.
In the subsequent battles at Beixiaguan, Puzikou, Chuzhou, etc., as long as the heavy armored soldiers appear, they can often immediately deter the thieves from attacking. When crossing the Qingliu River, the first division and the rear are all heavily armored troops. You lead the seventh division to guard the ferry.
To defend ten times as many elite thieves with a hundred men is to rely on the power of heavy armor." Zhuang Chaozheng heard this and agreed, "It is true as your Excellency said, that day at the ferry, we relied on heavy armor to resist, and most of the bows and arrows hit the armor.
It won't hurt at all, and the same goes for swords. Only big axes, bones, and thread guns can hurt, but the fight will last until the end.
Most of the casualties were lightly armored generals. The bandits later did not dare to charge upwards. Later, my subordinates recalled that if they had led an army like Xu Ziqiang's, ten thousand people would have been defeated."
"Currently, it seems that heavy infantry is more suitable for defense, but I believe that the role of heavy infantry is much more than that. In this private division, I will be fully equipped with heavy armor and auxiliary armor, and even the front door will be protected."
Zhuang Chaozheng hesitated and said, "My subordinates are thinking about how the soldiers should fight in the hot summer when they are so armored." "I have also thought about this. The two bandits were wreaked havoc in autumn and winter. It is not without reason.
, since all the needs of men and horses are needed in the autumn, heavy armored troops are used properly. In case of invasion in summer, the personal troops are mainly used for the defense of each city. In this way, there is no need to march, and there are cities
But the Guards Division is also an army. When it is time to fight, no matter whether it is summer or winter, even if the military order is given, you have to go up bare-chested."
"My subordinate understands."
Pang Yu watched carefully for a moment. Zhuang Chaozheng's eyes were still a little evasive, but he was much more confident than when he first saw him, and he looked like an officer. Then he warned, "Although a hundred soldiers and generals have been transferred from each department, but in total, they are close to each other."
There are still half of the recruits in the army division, and the training is quite laborious. The heavy infantry's own march, formation, skills, defense and attack at different positions and terrains are almost different from those of the previous third division, but the officer must be more than just
This. In the past, each division attacked its own thing, and the artillery also attacked its own thing. The artillery attack on the leader of the bandits at Puzikou Bridge, the infantry watched there, and when the bandits ran away, they went to pursue them. The elite bandits were already there.
By breaking away from contact, you have lost a good opportunity. This reorganization is not to change the organization. In the future, infantry, artillery and cavalry will have to practice together. I call it joint operations. I only have a clue at the moment. How to come up with a specific way of fighting? I still need you.
These officers moved
"Brain, how to use heavy armored soldiers in it, Chaozheng, you can just make plans according to this idea first." Zhuang Chaozheng looked admiring when he heard this, and Pang Yu was quite impressed. He didn't know where he had seen a joint operation before.
, but that’s it. He didn’t know how to unite in this era, but he had fought against the bandits several times.
I also realized a little bit. A single arm has its own shortcomings, and the coordination of multiple arms should be effective in both ancient and modern times. "The bandits suffered a disastrous defeat in Chuzhou, but the disaster of the bandits was far from over. In February, they also killed
In Tang Jiuzhou, we are generals who cannot tolerate sloppiness in training and fighting. We must work hard." Pang Yu stood up and looked at Zhuang Chaozheng. He was very sure about this. Although he had never heard of most of the other bandits, the ones in the middle
I don’t know the process at all, but I know that Li Zicheng entered the capital, so the rogue bandits will never be eliminated after the Chuzhou war. From the perspective of the area where the rogue bandits moved, Anqing is far better than Beijing.
The capital is in danger. If the capital is not defended in the end, the situation in Anqing will only become more severe. What is further away is where the slaves are not concerned.
Pang Yu didn't know whether the Liu bandits had conquered Anqing in history. Now, due to his arrival, the Anqing garrison was much stronger. With this variable, would the outcome of the Liu bandits' capture of the capital be changed? In the original history,
At this time, Anqing's garrison was Pan Keda, and Tongbiao Camp had not yet been established. Zhang Guowei had to mobilize troops from Jiangnan many times to reinforce Anqing. In addition to Xu Ziqiang, it was Chen Yuwang and others whom Pang Yu had met during the rescue of Jiangnan.
With such a force facing the surging bandits from Huguang and Henan, Anqing is naturally in danger. This also forces Zhang Guowei to urgently want to separate Anqing. However, due to the emergence of the garrison camp, the current situation has greatly changed.
Change. Pang Yu naturally knew nothing about this. The conversation with Zhuang Chaozheng was basically over. Today he had talked with the chief officers of each department. The biggest changes in the original establishment were the Personal Soldiers Department and the Cavalry Department. The Personal Soldiers Department
Zhuang Chaozheng was appointed as the new general, and Chen Rulie was appointed as the cavalry commander because of his outstanding performance in the Chuzhou Campaign. Yao Dongshan, Wang Zenglu and Ren Dalang were still in their original posts, and they had all been discussed. In the end, there was only one water camp left.
The Department of Land Warfare was expanded, and the commander-in-chief, Blacksmith Bai, was promoted to the post.
Pang Yu left him to talk in the afternoon.
After Zhuang Chaozheng left, Pang Yu returned to the study and lay down on the Taishi chair to rest for a while. The sound of soldiers moving furniture outside kept coming. Pang Yu couldn't take a nap, but he still had people intervene.
There were two knocks on the door, and Pang Yu knew it was Pang Ding without even opening his eyes. Everyone else who came was asked by the soldiers to see them, and only Pang Ding came in directly with permission.
The door creaked, and sure enough it was Pang Ding who walked in. He turned around and closed the door, then approached Pang Yu and handed over a booklet. After Pang Yu took it, he said, "Master, this is June's account.
Mr. Yu just sent it. Our garrison camp has a monthly salary of 3,137 officers and soldiers. The monthly salary expenditure is more than 7,100 taels, and the food, fodder, meat and vegetables consumed total 4,100 silver.
One hundred taels; there are 241 craftsmen and apprentices in the workshop, and 420 laborers, with a total salary of more than 1,110 taels; the cost of making and outsourcing amphibious weapons, equipment, quilts, clothing, etc. is 5,200 taels.
The remaining two liang will be donated to Tongcheng Zhuang Class School
Two hundred and thirty-four taels of silver, three hundred taels of silver for the pay of Caobang sticks, and four hundred and fifty-two taels of silver for Yaxing, and a total of 570 taels for the officials and subordinates of Tongcheng, Huaining, and Taihu counties." Pang Yu turned it over casually.
After a moment, he said, "There are more than 5,000 taels of equipment. Because the new soldiers need to replenish their armaments, a lot of copper, iron, leather, carbon, cloth and other raw materials have been purchased. There will be more in recent months, but not every month."
So much, from this point of view, it’s normal every month
The expenditure should be about 13,000 taels." "But the money allocated by Daotai Yamen is based on two thousand soldiers and two hundred servants. The monthly salary of soldiers is seven qian, and the servants are only one tael, which is only one thousand six hundred taels per month.
, its quality is often not enough, and other natural-color fodder and other materials are forced to sign for it, but they have never been seen.
Even if they all have to raise their own funds, the young master will lose ten thousand taels per month to raise soldiers." Pang Yu lay on his back on the Taishi chair, still looking at the details in the booklet, "Relying on the money from the court to raise soldiers, you can only raise soldiers like Xu Ziqiang.
Come on. How can you call it a loss if you spend your money and have strong soldiers in your hands? Besides, you just missed the calculation.
Those people recruited by the state, although these people do not have monthly salary, their food is still ours, and they always have a few hundred taels a month." "There are also pensions for the dead and wounded soldiers in the past, and they still need a few hundred taels a month.
Next month, more than 500 supplementary soldiers will be converted into regular soldiers. From now on, more than 500 soldiers will be paid every month. Currently, the largest shortages are heavy infantry, cavalry, and artillery. Their monthly pay is higher than that of infantry. Waiting for these battalions
The head recruitment is in order, and there will be a lot more. And there is interest...the interest on the pre-collection of silver and city-building silver in each county alone is thousands of taels per month, and the interest on the deposit of soldiers and generals has not yet been calculated.
." Pang Ding couldn't help but think more after thinking about this.
Urgent, any number he is talking about now would have been unthinkable to him two years ago, and now he has to mention so many items in succession.
Looking at Pang Yu secretly, he saw that this big debtor still looked relaxed. Pang Ding sat down dejectedly and said, "According to the way the young master uses it, the 60,000 taels borrowed from Taihu will be used up in just four months."
"There are also those from Taihu that use Qianshan, but do you know where those monthly wages have gone?"
Pang Ding sat dumbly and couldn't answer. Pang Yu put down the book easily, "Have you ever gone to Yinzhuang to see this month's accounts?" Pang Ding had not seen the accounts of Yinzhuang, so he could only shake his head. Pang Yu blinked.
He blinked and smiled, "The biggest expenditure just now was the army. The monthly silver from the workshop was more than 8,000 taels this month. Adding the heads of more than two sticks from the Caogang and the heads of the Yaxing, the total was more than 9,000 taels, which accounted for
More than half of our daily expenses are spent in the bank, but only 2,400 taels were withdrawn from the bank this month, which means that we only paid out less than 30% of the salary, and the rest of the money is still in the bank. This monthly salary Nanjing Baishun Hall is
can earn
Come."
Pang Ding frowned and thought for a long time, but still said doubtfully, "But then you have to pay more interest, and you will have to withdraw it after all."
"I can make profit. As long as I am still an official, young master, I will not withdraw all the money I have deposited. This is the benefit of the bank. As long as the money is in the bank, it will not be given away. That is all I can do."
Used." Pang Ding suddenly blinked his eyes, "Should we recruit more unmarried soldiers in the future? They are training in the camp on weekdays and they have no time to spend money. The monthly salary has to be deposited in the bank, so the young master can use it.
Those who start a family have a lot of daily expenses, and they have to pay every month
If you get money, once there are casualties, young master, you will have to support those orphans and widows, and the money will cost even more." "Soldiers have their own purposes for saving money. Soldiers who are not married always have parents and brothers. If they are from other places, they still have to support their families, the same.
After spending it, the money also flowed to the countryside. There were a lot of people getting married in their 15th and 16th years in the countryside, so what were the younger ones recruited for? Soldiers with families have worries and prefer to save money. They have some large consumption needs.
Yes, I have my own plans." Pang Yu pondered for a moment and then smiled and said, "After all, these are just minor details. Nanjing Bank is our lifeblood. Only Nanjing
Once the bank is done, the expenditures you just mentioned are not a big deal."
"But the young master said last time that someone was trying to set up a bank." "I have sent Jiang Fan to Nanjing to investigate, and the news that came back is not good. This time the court is really going to deal with Fushe, and the people who want to use Baishuntang are on guard from inside.
Although no one has paid attention to the government offices and banks, it will be a matter of time." Pang Yu sighed, "Only when Nanjing Bank is built can it expand to the south of the Yangtze River and the canal. When Jiang Fan figures out the details behind Li Lizhen, I have to go to Nanjing.
Come on, I just want more members of Baishuntang. If I want to rob the bank, I don’t care who she is.
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At this time, the voice of the soldiers outside the door came in, "Sir, the governor's office from Suzhou is here to deliver horses urgently. It's from Mr. Zhang Du."
Pang Yu was stunned for a moment. Most of Zhang Guowei's dealings with him were private, and official documents were sent through the Bingbei Road Yamen. Such urgent delivery had never happened before.
Immediately he stood up and let the soldiers be sent in. Pang Yu took a quick look and stayed on the spot.
Upon seeing this, Pang Ding asked cautiously, "What's going on, young master?" "The Qing army has entered the border! Zhang Guowei asked me to go to Jurong immediately." Pang Yu turned to Pang Ding with the report, looking lost and murmuring.
He murmured, "I said how long was Chongzhen? It turned out that it was over in nine years. Why did he enter the pass so quickly? Why is this bastard Wu Sangui so anxious? I only have three thousand soldiers and horses... I haven't trained well yet, and I don't have time."