Sure enough, once Shang Yi made the decision, others no longer had any objections, and Huang Dongling and Zhao Yinghao were saved enough face. After all, the punishment standard was lowered. Tang Zhen also felt that Shang Yi's decision was more reasonable than his own. No matter what, he fought with his life on the battlefield, and his achievements cannot be wiped out. Therefore, the punishment was decided.
However, when the punishment decision for these twenty-two people was announced, it still caused a great shock within the militia. Everyone was shocked. Many soldiers who secretly regretted not taking the trophies at that time. I couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that I had held back at that time, otherwise I would have been punished this time.
But generally speaking, the old regiment soldiers had no objections to this punishment, but the new regiment soldiers had some emotions, and many people had some complaints behind their backs. But these complaints and emotions were quickly calmed down. Because Shang Yi distributed rewards for this battle to everyone who participated in the battle based on the performance of each regiment, including the punished regiments, the rewards they deserved were still issued. At the same time, the same was true for the regiment soldiers who died in the battle. They will provide compensation according to the regulations and promise to take good care of their families. They will treat both old and new regiment soldiers equally.
Seeing that their contributions have been rewarded, and that the families of their companions who died in the battle can also receive good care and pensions, the new regiment soldiers have calmed down in their hearts and feel that this is not bad. Anyway, they have to rely on their own ability to make a living. Although There are still a few people who are still dissatisfied, but this sentiment is no longer the mainstream. In fact, most of China's farmers are still simple. They don't ask for much, as long as they are fair.
Naturally, the severed heads were given to Zhang Guangyuan and Wang Zhongping to take back to the county for advice. As for the disposal of the prisoners, it also took a lot of trouble. First, the villagers in each village identified them. If they were taken within a year, For men who were kidnapped by bandits, the militia came forward to guarantee that they were villagers and not bandits. Women, on the other hand, identified the villagers they identified to identify the family members of the bandits. Only a few were found, and the vast majority of women stayed. As a result, there were 232 men and 198 women left among the prisoners.
This is mainly because Shang Yi considers that among the new villagers, the ratio of men to women is extremely unbalanced, almost reaching more than 1.5:1. Retaining more women and forming families with single villagers will also be conducive to the stability of the villagers. Anyway, a few Even if the bandits are dead, they are not afraid of how much trouble women like them can make.
Of course, the officers and soldiers could not be allowed to return to the county with only their heads and prisoners. Shang Yi also presented Zhang Guangyuan and Wang Zhongping with five hundred taels of silver each, and each soldier had twenty taels of silver. At the same time, he asked them to take back one thousand taels of silver. Two taels of silver were distributed to various officials in the county. As a result, the officers and soldiers were naturally very happy and returned home with a full load.
After sending off the officers and soldiers, Shang Yi gathered the remaining men and women and lectured in public: "You are all people who came from Qinglang Peak. I don't care what you did on Qinglang Peak. You did it for bandits." The coolies still became bandits, or were family members of bandits, but now that Jinglangfeng has been wiped out, you are now considered peaceful and kind people, and you are completely done with the bandits. You will be fine if you stay in the village. I will give each of you a piece of land, and from now on you can live your life honestly relying on your own hard work."
After a pause, Shang Yi added: "But since you have come to our village, you must abide by the rules in our village. If anyone dares not to abide by the rules, he will think that it is still like on Qinglang Peak, relying on his own wealth.
With a little strength and some martial arts skills, he can bully good people and endanger the countryside. I will never forgive him. So what about Qinglang Peak, and what about Lao Luotuo, they will still be destroyed by us. So you have to think carefully,
Those who are willing to stay can stay, and those who are unwilling to stay can leave immediately. We will never stop you. Now you decide."
As a result, no one among the men and women was willing to leave, and all wanted to stay.
In the following days, Shang Yi was very busy. Although the work of resettling the villagers was left to Zhou Shiqi and other village chiefs, the scale of the militia further expanded and it needed to be reorganized. At the same time, the militia's military discipline and awards were also needed.
Penalty system and standards, all these tasks need to be done by Shang Yi himself, and the workload is not big at all.
First of all, in terms of the establishment of the militia group, it still adopts the three-level establishment of the main group, the auxiliary group, and the youth group. However, each level has undergone major adjustments.
The size of the main regiment more than doubled, and was divided into seven infantry teams and a reconnaissance team. Since there were now enough horses, Shang Yi also formed a cavalry team.
The number of each infantry team is 100, with a captain and a deputy captain. All the original captains of each team are retained. The deputy captain is appointed by the captain of the regiment or auxiliary regiment who has performed well in these battles.
Shang Yi is no longer serving as captain. The nature and captains of the seven teams are:
The first team captain Zhou Shaohuan and deputy captain Tong Dayong were composed of twenty long archers, twenty sword players, and sixty spearmen;
The second team, captained by Bao Tonggang and deputy captain Cheng Gang, consisted of twenty short archers, twenty machete hands, and sixty spearmen;
The third team has captain Wang Xin and vice-captain Cheng Jin; the fourth team has captain Huang Zhen and vice-captain Liu Botao; the fifth team has captain Zhao Yingjie and vice-captain Feng Feng. These three teams are full-length gunners.
The sixth team, captained by You Hongliang and deputy captain Zhao Tuo, consists of fifty machete players and fifty knife players;
The captain of the seventh team, Jiang Yiqu, and the deputy captain, Yan Zhengfang, are the full-length archer team.
Under each team, it is divided into five sentries, each with twenty people and a sentry commander, who is served by regiment soldiers who have performed well in these battles.
The cavalry team consists of sixty people. Because there is a lack of cavalry personnel in the militia, the captain is concurrently served by Tang Zhen. The weapons and equipment equipped by the cavalry include iron armor, spears, machetes, shields, and short bows.
The reconnaissance team expanded to fifty people. The captain was still Zhou Qi and the deputy captain was Wu Hansheng. The whole team was divided into five sentries, each with ten people and a sentry commander. Each person in the reconnaissance team was also equipped with a horse.
War horses. Other weapons and equipment include leather armor, spears, single swords, shields, throwing axes, short bows, and some special equipment.
The people added to the main regiment are basically selected from the new regiment soldiers, and they are all under the age of twenty-five. Because Shang Yi considers that he is still an outsider in Qingshui Village, Bajiaotai Village, and Shilitun Village.
Although it has a relatively high prestige, it still lacks the power to mobilize people. Although the cooperation has been very harmonious so far, once the two sides conflict with the ideas of the militia, the three villages can easily take back the militia. Therefore, it is necessary to
The new regiments are just right for this purpose. They lack the constraints of rural forces and are basically under their own control now. On the other hand, recruiting more young people will also have
It will be helpful to support junior military officers in the future.
Shang Yi originally wanted to develop a musketry team and an artillery team, but the conditions are not yet mature at present, and there are only two tiger squatting guns in the militia. The muskets have not yet appeared, so this plan is temporarily shelved and will be launched when conditions are available.
In principle, all young adults are allowed to join the auxiliary regiment, but this time Shang Yi also made major adjustments. First, it is divided into groups according to age groups. Those between eighteen and thirty are classified into the Youth League, and those between thirty-one and forty. The Young Adult Regiment is organized into a young adult regiment at the age of five. The Young Adult Regiment will serve as an auxiliary and reserve force for the main regiment. Once the main regiment is insufficient in strength, they will also be deployed to fight. In principle, the adult regiment does not participate in external battles and only has responsibilities. Protect the village and maintain local security.
The auxiliary regiments are also organized according to the team-post level, and each team has also been expanded to one hundred people, with a total of twenty-three auxiliary regiments, ten junior regiments and thirteen prime-age regiments.
Only the Youth League has not changed much. It is still composed of teenagers aged 14 to 18. Each team still has 60 people, one captain, and four sentries. Each sentry has 15 people and one sentry captain. The militia has a total of eight youth teams.
However, Shang Yi officially stipulated that in future battles, youth regiments will be selected as appropriate. Once the youth regiment soldiers reach the age of eighteen or above, they will automatically enter the main regiment. It also stipulates that every youth regiment soldier must be literate, and Zhou Shiqi was entrusted to hire someone to teach them literacy. This was because Shang Yi considered that this was an important reserve force of the militia, and some future propaganda work would be left to them, so that they could know some words and be able to do basic reading and reading. Writing is also completely necessary.
At the same time, teaching teenagers how to read also allows their parents to feel that there are certain benefits to being in the youth league, and will not prevent teenagers from joining the youth league.
After the reorganization of the militia, the total strength of the militia reached more than 3,500. In foreign campaigns, about 1,800 to 2,000 troops can be mobilized. As long as they are equipped with enough weapons, let alone ordinary people. Bandits can still fight even if they encounter larger-scale bandits.
At the same time, Shang Yi convened Tang Zhen and others to discuss, and based on the seventeen rules of the ancient military law, the military discipline in the "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", and the three major disciplines and eight principles of attention proposed by the Red Army in later generations, a new military discipline was re-formulated. The military discipline and reward and punishment system shall be formally announced to the regiment soldiers to ensure that violations of military discipline are legally enforceable.
Of course, Shang Yi also knew that almost all the regiment soldiers were illiterate, so before every day of training, he had someone lead the regiment soldiers to read aloud together, every day until the regiment soldiers could recite the chant.
However, compared with the current scale of the militia, the logistics force is seriously insufficient. There are gaps in blacksmiths and carpenters, and there are fewer craftsmen who can make gunpowder. Moreover, the technology cannot meet the requirements of future development, so it needs to be gradually strengthened. By There are currently less than ten doctors in the three villages combined, which is far from enough. In Shang Yi's plan, a medical team will eventually be formed, and it is best to recruit some young women as nurses, but in this case Don't rush things yet, take your time.
Therefore, Shang Yi not only lamented that it was not an easy task to recruit a team of people.