"That's it." Zhang Rong breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, he and Yan Shi both had their families under their command, unlike Yan Ning, whose subordinates were all fierce warriors. When they came to Haicang Town, they were shocked by the power of the Ding Navy, but if they had just invested in Guo Ning
It's not good for his subordinates to put their swords in the middle of a series of battles.
And when the group of people left, several soldiers who had been lying down and resting got up.
"Did you hear it? Did you hear it? What Commander Ji said just now!"
A soldier with a round face, reddish and black, who seemed to have some foreign blood, laughed and said: "Commander Jie said he has no majesty! What a liar, he went to fight in the killing field, his majesty, his power, how powerful! To be honest,
I can’t even look at him!”
"...You guys are indeed a bit stupid."
"You bastard, what are you talking about? Do you underestimate the majesty of the commander-in-chief?"
The round-faced soldier cursed angrily, while several soldiers beside him nodded: "Commander Jie is certainly majestic, but Old Wu, you are indeed stupid. What you are talking about is not the same thing."
"It's not the same thing? Then what did you guys hear from Commander Jie?"
When the soldier was waiting for words, Chen Ran hurried over from behind with a cold face. The soldiers seemed to be more serious about this important attendant than they were towards Guo Ning, so everyone kept silent.
It wasn't until Chen Ran was far away that the soldier stood up and pointed his halberd at his round-faced companion: "Expand the army! Expand the army!"
He said sadly: "Commander Jie just said that we will expand the navy to ten thousand people!"
Many people further away did not hear Guo Ning's words clearly at first, but now they all looked at it: "Really? Are you going to expand the army again?"
Guo Ning's subordinates went from hundreds of people by the Xiangjun River to where they are today step by step. They have experienced several fierce battles and suffered heavy losses. However, each loss was exchanged for a big leap forward.
expansion.
In such a world, soldiers are horribly tolerant of death and sacrifice, and Guo Ning's style of rewarding soldiers for their merits has enabled many of them to benefit greatly from the expansion.
In particular, most of Guo Ning's companions who initially gathered at the Xijunhe camp became officers. People like Han Xuan and Qiu Huiluo were already commanders.
When Ding Haijun came to Laizhou, there were more than 6,000 soldiers and subordinates in total. After several fierce battles, more than 1,000 people were killed or seriously injured, leaving less than 5,000 people. This loss was real, and the soldiers were all
I know that Tuo Lei and Guo Ning were negotiating in the prison cell at that time, and he used this to threaten Guo Ning.
But this was Tuo Lei's first trip south to fight in the Central Plains. He saw how vast the Central Plains was and how densely populated it was, but he could not imagine how easy it would be to expand the army in the Central Plains.
With the manpower Guo Ning has in Laizhou, he can easily raise an army of 20,000 people if he mobilizes all his young men. Guo Ning is about to obtain Jinan's household registration, and as long as he expands his army to 10,000 people, he is already striving to have elite troops and strong generals.
It's a prudent move.
The expansion of five thousand soldiers and horses to ten thousand does not mean that Meihuajianzhu mixes old and new personnel and reorganizes them. An experienced general will definitely retain an elite force composed solely of veterans, and then select and promote meritorious soldiers and junior officers.
Serve as the instructor and backbone of the newly formed army.
Even though the navy's officer establishment is not as bloated as the ordinary imperial army, the expanded 5,000 people will actually include hundreds of generals, hundreds of captains, dozens of lieutenants, and even more.
All those above will be in charge.
There are so many positions, each of which is a stepping stone for veterans. Each one represents a better future, more military pay, and more generous land gifts... Who is not jealous?
And in the original army, the vacancies left after veterans and junior officers are transferred will also become a stepping stone for others!
In such a world, soldiers can die at any time, but precisely because they face death at any time, soldiers' desire for status, wealth, and future is also naked and unabashed, deeply engraved in their bones, just like their desire for Guo Ning
The worship of the strong is the same.
Before Guo Ning and the others walked out of the military fort, the soldiers in many barracks inside were all spreading the news.
The only people who could rest in the military fort, apart from Guo Ning's headquarters, were the wounded and meritorious soldiers. Many of the soldiers were counting their own merits and couldn't help but laugh, guessing that they would earn a lot of money no matter what.
The generals of the Ding Navy are not the most useless people in the imperial army. A general is in charge of five regular armies, five servants, and fifty households! Fifty households are five households.
Thousands of acres of land!
Although a general at this level can only get 10% of the output from the five households directly under his family, there are also a lot of acres owned by military households. They can be farmed by tenants and harvested every year.
Food, how beautiful is that?
On Zhongdu Road or Hebei Road, I'm afraid those wealthy Jurchens can only live like this if they are extremely powerful in plotting against the Communist Party, right? Once they have land, they can build a house, marry a relative, have a wife, and have several children.
Baby...how beautiful were those days?
Who would have thought that all these guys, all from poor military backgrounds, could really win such a good life by killing enemies and performing meritorious deeds?
Many people were thinking about it at the moment, and some people smiled as they thought about it, with a strand of saliva dripping down their chins.
The entire barracks was quiet for a long time, and everyone was immersed in expectations for the future.
After a while, someone suddenly took a breath of air and whispered: "No, there is a trouble."
The person speaking at this moment was General Zhang Qian. His elder brother Zhang Jiao was the leader who died while defending the camp in Haicang Town. He himself had been on the front line of the battle with the Mongols, and his face and shoulders were
He was injured and was admired by ordinary soldiers.
At that moment, several people around me asked: "What's wrong? What's the trouble?"
Zhang Qian crossed his fingers and said: "Think about it, when the commander-in-chief established the military household system, we had 6,000 soldiers and generals, and then there were 12,000 households. Therefore, it is said that each soldier protected five households.
Farmers, in fact, when the Mongols came, many brothers only had their turn to shelter one or two farmers. Commander Jie said that after the war, he would recruit people and enrich them..."
"That's right, I only shade one family. After a while, if I marry the daughter of that family, and the two families become one family... there won't be even one shade house!" Someone nodded repeatedly.
"So, now that the war is over, the Commander-in-Chief wants to expand his army to ten thousand people. Where do so many shelters come from?"
Zhang Qian looked at his companions: "What's the use of just relying on the more than 30,000 people from Jinan? Isn't it enough?"
"this……"
Someone was bored for a long time and whispered: "Jie Shuai won't trick us, right?"
"Nonsense...when has the commander-in-chief ever fooled you..." Someone sneered and said: "Zhang Qian, you are calculating a stupid score! I tell you, everything is under the control of the commander-in-chief! The navy must first be expanded by 10,000 people.
, and then there will be all kinds of houses and acres of land!"
Zhang Qian was suddenly scolded by someone and couldn't help but curl his lips: "Then there must be 50,000 households for distribution! Are you afraid of 200,000 to 300,000 people? Where do so many people come from? Did they fall from the sky?"
With his mouth still curled, Zhang Qian suddenly saw the soldiers in front of him saluting one after another. Zhang Qian felt something was wrong. He turned around quickly and saw Wang Shixian's livid face.
It seems that Wang Shixian spent a lot of time in the school to settle the officers who questioned his poor command before the battle, but this matter will never make people happy. At this moment, he is in a bad mood and is looking for someone to vent to.
Zhang Qian was so desperate that he hit the head of his immediate superior's gun.
"Zhang Qian, there is a military review in the school. You can't make excuses, but you have the spirit to arrogantly discuss the major affairs of the Jiedushi government here? Wait for the detention!"
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