While building Muling Pass, Shang Yi certainly did not forget to reorganize the army. As the saying goes, infrastructure construction and army construction both require hard work.
Shang Yi's army at Mulingguan now has a standard of 1,000 men. According to Shang Yi's idea, all nine squads of the main regiment were incorporated into the regular army. Of course, the regiment soldiers still need to be solicited for their attitude and voluntarily
as a principle.
At this time, Shang Yi had established a high prestige in the militia, and also received the full support of the three village chiefs. In addition, in the more than two months since the establishment of the militia, Shang Yi had always paid the regiment soldiers' monthly payments on time.
A sufficient amount was distributed, especially after these few victories, each regiment soldier also received some additional rewards, which also made the regiment soldiers full of almost blind faith in Shang Yi.
It made them feel that as long as they were under Shang Yi's leadership, they would never defeat Zhan.
Therefore, when soliciting opinions, the vast majority of people were willing to join the army and follow Shang Yi. Maybe they could be successful in some way in the future. Only a few dozen people were unwilling to become military members, and Shang Yi was not immune to this.
Strong enough to only select some people from the youth league of the auxiliary regiment to replenish each squadron. In this way, the total strength of the Mulingguan Qian General Division is 810 people. The original captains of the nine squadrons of the main regiment are all
He served as the commander-in-chief of Muling Pass, and Tang Zhen served as Shang Yi's deputy.
While the main regiment was reorganized into the army, the three villagers' regiments continued to remain, because now that the Qing army had invaded, the strength of the Mulingguan Qian General Division alone was not enough to resist the Qing's attack. The militia regiments remained
Going down, it is also a powerful supplement to Chief Qian. To this point, the three village chiefs did not object.
So Shang Yi reorganized the militia and promoted all the youth leagues of the original auxiliary regiments to the main regiment. Their actual treatment was the same as that of the regiment soldiers who had transferred to the military, but they did not have military status.
The principle of voluntariness was also adopted for this reorganization. After some people quit, there were still 886 people willing to stay. Shang Yi combined those who quit with the original 13-year-old auxiliary group.
A new auxiliary regiment was formed, with a total of fourteen squads. They were responsible for maintaining security during the busy farming period and training in their free time. They were also responsible for daily defense of the village and logistical support for the officers and soldiers. When necessary, they served as supplements for the officers and soldiers.
One point is that it is mandatory and is an obligation that every adult villager must fulfill.
The rest of the regiment soldiers who are willing to be upgraded to the main regiment are still divided into six infantry teams, one cavalry team and one reconnaissance team according to the officer and soldier establishment of Mulingguan. Each team is actually assigned a general jurisdiction, and together with the officers and soldiers
Training, in fact, is equivalent to doubling the military strength at Mulingguan.
In fact, Shang Yi originally planned to reorganize the entire army according to the organization methods of later modern armies, but considering that the time was not yet ripe, he gave up temporarily.
For the Youth League, Shang Yi also adopted a voluntary principle. Of course, with the consent of their parents, they were organized into the main Youth League and the auxiliary Youth League. The former, like the main Youth League, is a non-staff officer and is mainly responsible for the logistics of the officers and soldiers.
Supplement, but the military pay is reduced by half that of adult soldiers. After reaching the age, they automatically become full soldiers. The nature and work of the latter are the same as those of the auxiliary regiment.
After the division, two main youth league teams and three auxiliary youth league teams were established. In this way, the total strength of Mulingguan can reach 1,898 people, and the auxiliary team can reach 1,730 people. Sixteen people. A total of more than 3,500 people can be mobilized. It has almost reached the standard strength of a guerrilla general.
After the army was reorganized, Shang Yi took charge of the infrastructure construction of Muling Pass, but he did not relax the training of soldiers. Because the barracks in Muling Pass had not yet been built, Shang Yi only included those who had been incorporated into the official army. Eight hundred and ten people were transferred to Muling Pass, on the one hand, to protect the city, and on the other hand, to maintain the order of construction and production. The newly upgraded regiment soldiers remained in Wangjia Datun, and were trained by Tang Zhen. Shang Yi traveled back and forth between Mulingguan, Wangjiadatun and Qingshui Village.
The troops who arrived at Muling Pass temporarily camped outside the pass, and their usual training was also conducted outside the city. However, a group of soldiers would be arranged to patrol the city several times every day, giving the residents a sense of security. Since the new officers and soldiers not only His mental outlook was unique, and his military discipline was also very good. He would never disturb the residents' normal life. Therefore, after a few days, the residents' attitude towards the officers and soldiers changed from fear to welcome.
After the foundation of the large training ground in the city was leveled, Shang Yi arranged for soldiers to hold a Cuju competition in the city, which also attracted residents from all over the city to watch, filling Muling Pass with laughter and laughter.
Unconsciously, half a month has passed, and it is about to enter the end of leap November. And the construction in Mulingguan is still in full swing. The main structure of Shang Yi's Qianzong Yamen is based on classics. All are completed, and the roof tiles, doors and windows are being installed. The barracks and craftsmen's workshops have also entered the construction period of the main structure. The foundations of the houses in the northwest district have also begun to be laid. The entire new pattern is based on the matrix can be formed.
The first batch of materials purchased by Shang Yi were also delivered to Mulingguan. They were mainly grain, wood, pig iron and other building materials. The rest will be delivered one after another as the project progresses.
At the same time, after the Qing army captured Hejian Mansion, they did not continue southward, but temporarily stationed themselves in Hejian Mansion. Shang Yi knew that this was the consistent approach of the Qing army in attacking. After capturing a large place, , they will take that place as the center, plunder everywhere, and then accumulate it.
This day happened to be the 18th of the leap month in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1162). Zeng Hualong, the governor of Denglai, also sent a batch of supplies. In addition to the firearms that Shang Yi wanted, there were 200 blunderbuss. Sixty Rumi blunderbuss, six Crouching Tiger cannons, four Folang machine guns, eight hundred kilograms of gunpowder, in addition there were one thousand taels of silver, fifty war horses, one hundred iron cannons, and three hundred pieces of swords, guns, and equipment. Twelve gunpowder craftsmen were also sent.
At the same time, Zeng Hualong also brought a letter. Yanzhou Mansion was attacked by rogue bandits. At the request of Shandong Governor Wang Yingtai and Yanzhou Magistrate Chen Guan, he went to rescue Yanzhou Mansion. He asked Shang Yi to also lead troops to help.
Originally, the seat of the governor of Shandong should be in Jinan Prefecture, but since the Qing army entered the Pass in the twelfth year of Chongzhen (1639) and burned Jinan Prefecture, the seat of the governor of Shandong was temporarily located in Yanzhou Prefecture. And this time The rogue bandits who attacked Yanzhou Prefecture were not ordinary people. Several of their leaders were well-known people in the peasant army in the late Ming Dynasty. They were King Xu Bian who changed the world, Wang Guoning, the King of Xingshi, Hun Shiwanma Jinzhong, the Four Heavenly Kings Li Yangchun and others. , are all members of the 72nd Battalion who participated in the Rongyang Conference.
By the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the peasant army in the late Ming Dynasty had basically formed two major groups: Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. At this time, they were active in Henan and Huguang areas respectively. Members of the 13th 72nd Battalion who had participated in the Rongyang Conference
, except for those who were recruited and exterminated by the imperial court, most of the others were annexed or jointly operated by these two groups. Especially Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, who was nicknamed Cao Cao at this time, and He Yilong, who was nicknamed Cao Cao, as well as He Yilong and Lao Huihui.
The Zuo Ge Five Battalions, composed of Ma Shouying, King He Jin of Zuo Jin, Wang Lin Cheng of the Troubled Times, and Liu Xiyao, the King of the Contending World, formed a joint operation with more than 300,000 troops and had the strength to compete for supremacy in the world.
Of course, not all peasant armies were willing to join forces with Li and Zhang. Because once the weak peasant armies joined forces, they would be basically annexed by Li and Zhang. So Xu Zhan, Wang Guoning, Ma Jinzhong, Li Yangchun and other stronger
The weak peasant army did not want to be annexed by Li and Zhang, so a few people gathered in the Huaixi area and formed a battalion. At the same time, in order to avoid Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, several people decided to avoid Henan and Huguang and divert into the
Shandong activities. Therefore, they gathered men and horses to attack Yanzhou Prefecture.
After these few people joined forces, they had an army of 50,000 to 60,000 people. Their strength was not weak, so they announced to the outside world that there were 100,000 troops and marched straight towards Yanzhou Prefecture.
After Wang Yingtai, the governor of Shandong, and Chen Guan, the prefect of Yanzhou, got the news, they were frightened out of their wits. There were only three to four thousand troops in Yanzhou Prefecture. Now the Qing army has also reached the edge of Shandong, and Dongchang Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture have also
There were not many troops available to withstand the attack of the rogue bandits, so they had no choice but to ask the imperial court for help. However, after some discussion, the two believed that the imperial court would not be able to send troops to rescue the Yanzhou Prefecture now, and Zuo, who was responsible for suppressing the bandits,
Liangyu was far away in Huguang and could not be relied on, so he had no choice but to go to the neighboring governor of Denglai for rescue.
Zeng Hualong is only the governor of Denglai. It is said that Yanzhou Prefecture is not under his jurisdiction, so he can completely ignore the life and death of Yanzhou Prefecture. However, Zeng Hualong is still a responsible official. When the neighboring district is in trouble, he is in a situation where he is in trouble.
Li should also go to the rescue.
On the other hand, Yanzhou Prefecture not only had two officials, governor Wang Yingtai and prefect Chen Guan, but also a special figure - King Zhu Yipai of Lu.
He was a member of the Lao Zhu family. After Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, he still took good care of these Tibetan kings. Once a Tibetan king died at the hands of the peasant army, the local officials would be severely punished. Therefore, if the city of Yanzhou was destroyed, King Lu would have
A mistake would have been serious. In the Qing Dynasty invasion three years ago, the German king Zhu Youshu was captured alive in Jinan. As a result, the three governors of Shuntian, Baoding, and Shandong, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, and the commander-in-chief of Shandong were killed.
Thirty-two senior officials, including soldiers, were sentenced to death. The remaining more than 120 officials were dismissed and demoted. The execution was so extensive that it was rare.
Therefore, although Yanzhou Prefecture is not under Zeng Hualong's jurisdiction, he must take precautions against these past mistakes. After all, he is the local official closest to Yanzhou Prefecture. If the court later accuses him of missing a letter and losing the vassal status,
, although he was not killed, it was obvious that the governor could no longer work.
When sending out troops, Zeng Hualong thought of Shang Yi again. His men and horses were indeed quite capable, so he sent an order to Muling Pass and asked Shang Yi to lead his men and horses to gather at Yanzhou Mansion.