Since receiving the strong support of the political affairs hall, Ning Yu has accelerated the pace of army expansion, from personnel, equipment to military training, almost strides forward, almost all the soldiers of the original Eagle Battalion have been promoted, become officers, and the set of the Eagle Battalion has begun to inculcate.

The total size of the new Fu Han army is 15,000 people, although the current number can basically meet the demand, but Ning Yu did not refuse the idea of further expansion of the army, in the plan he submitted to the political hall, in addition to the new training of the Fu Han army, there will also be three garrison regiments, these three garrison regiments are only 3,000 people, the main purpose is to guard Wuchang City, as well as other towns, and the strength of these three garrison regiments will absorb part of the original green battalion captured officers and soldiers.

Ning Yu rushed to the prisoner of war camp outside the city with his men and horses, and there were about 3,000 prisoners of war in the green camp at this time, in fact, from the perspective of combat effectiveness, their strength was still good, at least much stronger than the farmer who had just signed.

At this time, the prisoners of war in the camp were all held in different areas, and there was as many as one battalion of soldiers guarding them, so there was no sign of the prisoners of war escaping at all, and everyone stayed in the camp honestly, most of them were in good health except for their gray faces.

Seeing a group of neatly dressed Ning soldiers with guns walking in, the original prisoners of war in the green battalion lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look at each other. After all, the other party really beat their own side, and as soldiers, they are still convinced.

"I hereby reply to the military order of the Han Metropolitan Governor's Office, you are all Han Chinese, you should have fought to defend your hometown, and you should not oppress your brothers and sisters for the sake of Tatar slaves. For the sake of your ignorance, the Governor of the Metropolitan specially forgives your crimes, as long as you cut off your braids, you can join our army to restore the Han Dynasty, and you will not be guilty of the past, and you will be a new person. ”

The officers of the Fu Han Army in Taishan were preaching loudly, this was a specially written and very popular recruitment order, and the main target was these green camp prisoners, which was also a good strategy that Ning Yu thought of to divide the enemy.

Because the order is written very clearly, and there is no dictionary, most people can hear it clearly, which makes many green battalion soldiers feel a little more close, in the past, the imperial court has always taken them these green battalion Qiu Ba in their eyes, but in contrast, the Fu Han army attaches more importance to them.

After all, in the eyes of the world at this time, the Fu Han army will sooner or later be destroyed under the attack of the Qing army, and the pressure on this boat can be imagined.

Ning Yu also understood in his heart that it was actually useless to talk about national righteousness with this group of people, after all, most people were soldiers just to get paid, which was not the same as the Eagle Battalion that he had cultivated with his heart, but from the lessons of later generations, Ning Yu had a good idea.

"I know that most of you are not optimistic about my Ning family, think that my Ning family, and think that the Fu Han army will be defeated!" Ning Yu looked at the people in the audience, with confidence in his eyes, "But what I want to tell you is that the current Fu Han Army is not only the Fu Han Army, it has become the last hope in the eyes of the Han people in the world!" ”

"Everyone here is our fellow countrymen, and I don't say any polite words, I just want to ask you a few questions, after asking the questions, I won't stop you from leaving, if you want to stay, we welcome you."

Seeing that these people's eyes gradually softened, the corners of Ning Yu's mouth rose slightly, and he continued: "I'll ask you first, if you have your own land at home, stand up first!" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the more than 3,000 people present fell silent, and only a few people stood up.

"I'll ask you again, if you have read a book and can write your own name, stand up!"

This time, no one stood up, and some prisoners were dissatisfied below: "My lord, if my family has land and land, if I have the opportunity to read and write, who will be this soldier?" ”

In the traditional social cognition, good men are not soldiers, and there are few people who are Qiu Ba in the green camp who are sincere, so the audience suddenly made a commotion, and many prisoners thought that Ning Yu was playing tricks on them.

Ning Yu's face became serious at this time, and he pointed to a soldier of the Fu Han Army beside him.

"He was even worse than you before, he didn't have a father and mother, and he was almost starving to death, but since he came to the Ning family and came to the Fuhan Army, he already has three acres of land, and he has learned to read and write, do you believe it or not?"

The soldiers of the green battalion expressed their doubts one after another, a big-headed soldier still has a field? Isn't that a joke.

Under Ning Yu's sincerity, the soldier took a step forward and said: "Brothers, my name is Deng Wu, I know you don't believe it, if it was before, I wouldn't believe it, but this is true, since I followed the adults to fight, I will win every battle, and I was awarded the third-class Medal of Loyalty and Bravery, given three acres of land, and there is a gentleman in the camp to teach and write." ”

As soon as the soldier's voice fell, the rest of the soldiers of the Fu Han Army also stood up, they were selected as Ning Yu's personal guards, and they themselves all made war exploits, so they were all rewarded with fields.

"My name is Liu Lin, and since I followed the adult, I was awarded the second-class Medal of Loyalty and Bravery, and I was given five acres of land!"

"My name is Xue Tao, and I was awarded the fourth-class Medal of Loyalty and Bravery, and I was given one acre of land!"

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With the appearance of the soldiers of the Fu Han Army who were present, those soldiers of the green battalion gradually let down their guard and gradually believed this, and in this process, because Ning Yu had already detained those officers in solitary confinement, no one came out to make trouble.

Seeing that these people gradually began to waver, and even some had begun to exchange heads, Ning Yu decided to give the final blow.

"Brothers, why did you all come to serve as soldiers? I believe that the vast majority of people can't survive, and they have no choice but to come to this green battalion! But have you ever thought about it? Who caused you to end up like this? ”

"We in Huguang originally had a saying, called 'Huguang is ripe, the world is full.'" It shows that our Huguang is not a poor land at all! But why are so many people still unable to survive? Or even someone starved to death? ”

"It's those Manchu relatives! It's those who don't do anything! Only by following the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Han Dynasty, driving them all away, and distributing the land of those banner fields and the landlords and gentry who were attached to the Qing court, will everyone's life be better! ”

"At that time, each of you will have the opportunity to get the land and live a good life, and now all you have to do is join us!"

These words made the green battalion soldiers present completely lose their scruples, they stepped forward one by one and cut off the braids on their heads, although there were still a few people who held on to the old ideas, but in Ning Yu's opinion, it was not enough to worry, and it was enough to find an opportunity to put them all in the mine to mine later.

Through this method, at least for the time being, the dilemma of insufficient strength of the Fu Han army can be alleviated, especially since these veterans have been on the battlefield, and what they lack is only the skills of fighting in a serious war, and Ning Yu does not need them to have much experience, as long as they will not easily run away in the war of lining up and shooting.