"The new army of Zhuwei under the Left Behind Division of the Central Capital, a total of four associations and one battalion, more than 6,800 horse infantry soldiers joined the team, and more than 3,600 men and soldiers who did not join the team. 3,000 horses and 2,000 mules were all ready. Armor, blades, and all the utensils in the army are enough to use...... Please stay in the capital to overcome the difficulties and become a national public school to read the military appearance! ”

More than 10,000 soldiers and accompanying soldiers have lined up in the large school yard belonging to Wu Pingwei in Bozhou City. Wang Jun, who was in charge of the whole team, went to the Zhongdu Left-behind Division War Training Station and reported to him loudly.

At present, the sequence of the new army is divided into two categories: the new army of the divisions directly under the generalissimo's palace and the new army of the guards under the jurisdiction of the local capital, the general military department, and the feudal prince's mansion.

Among them, the new army of the divisions is the five divisions that have been formed, the front, the front, the center, and the right, and the first division with the number as the number that is being formed. Except for one division that was on its way to Denglai, the remaining five divisions, all stationed around Nanjing, did not go north, but were undergoing rigorous training.

According to the regulations of the "New Army Laws" just promulgated by the Generalissimo's Office, the soldiers and colonels of the new army in all divisions are all "Long March" soldiers, and ordinary sergeants only have three days off a month to go home to reunite with their relatives, and the rest of the time has to be in the camp at four o'clock, two to three exercises a day, and they are ready to go out at any time - this is even more fierce than the "996" of later generations!

However, the treatment of the new army is also worthy of "996", and the most basic monthly salary is 2 taels of silver, which is guaranteed to be paid in full at Anshi!

In order to ensure quality, the officers and men are also provided with meat in one piece, and it is also free of charge.

In addition to adequate salaries and food, officers and men of the new army who have served for 10 years or have made meritorious contributions to a certain standard can be awarded meritorious fields. The meritorious field is 50 acres, and those who joined the new army before the Nanjing eunuch rebellion were awarded Jiangnan paddy fields. After that, it was awarded from 50 acres of dry land in Jiangbei.

Moreover, all meritorious fields are exempt from tax for life - until the year following the death of the minister who bestowed the land or 20 years after his sacrifice, it will be converted into private land and owned by his heirs. However, the part of Xuntian with more than 50 acres is of the nature of a vocational field, that is, it can be increased or decreased according to the rise and fall of the official position!

Although the standard of treatment of the Zhuwei New Army is not as good as that of the Zhushi New Army, it can also be called generous.

First of all, the salary standard of the Zhuwei New Army is two levels lower than that of the Zhushi New Army, that is to say, from the school captain, you can start to get the equivalent of the military salary of the new army of the Zhushi - two taels of silver a month.

Secondly, the military rations of the Zhuwei New Army during the last period need to be prepared by themselves, and they can prepare whatever they like to eat.

Third, the land granted to the Zhuwei New Army reached 100 mu per capita—100 mu regardless of the level of official rank, and these 100 mu of land were not meritorious fields, but professional fields. The field cannot be converted into private land, nor can it be directly inherited by children and grandchildren, and only when children and grandchildren can enter the defense and serve, they can inherit the field.

Of course, the Zhuwei New Army also has its own pension and pension regulations, most of which are given money, and some cases can be granted. However, the meritorious heroes of the new army of Zhuwei will not be awarded fields in this guard, but will be transferred to the new officers and soldiers of Zhuwei and awarded fields in other places.

Although the treatment is a little worse, the Zhuwei New Army is also better than the Zhushi New Army. The first is the implementation of the squad military system - that is, the working hours are short, not "996". Theoretically, it is a rotational service, and you can also take a group vacation during the busy farming period. However, in wartime, it is still necessary to "work overtime", and of course "overtime pay" will not be less.

The second is to be close to home - in principle, they will serve in their own province and neighboring provinces, and they will not go too far, unlike the new armies of the divisions that will be transferred everywhere.

Because of these benefits, it is still a good job to be a soldier in the Zhuwei New Army. Therefore, among the five prefectures of Fengyang, Runing, Dengzhou, Laizhou, and Qingzhou, which currently have the new army, the source of troops for the new army is very secure.

For example, in the territory of Fengyang Mansion, the four guards of Huaibei under the jurisdiction of the Left-behind Division of the Central Capital, under the auspices of Zhu Chunchen, the commander of the left-behind capital, have all recruited quite strong guards - Fengyang Qingtun and recruiting troops are still using the method designed by Li Yan, and the method of sorting out the Denglai Zhuwei is also sorted out.

First recruit warriors at a high price, and then clear the tun and re-divide the fields.

As for the guards that no longer have squad troops, they will be taken over by the generalissimo's military cantonments, and the original structure will be gradually abolished, and the land and households will be managed by the military cantonments of each prefecture (not under the jurisdiction of the government......

Of course, this is another huge new deal, if all the unguarded military fields and official fields and hidden fields in the direct jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty can really be brought under the jurisdiction of the military guards, then the land rent that the military guards can receive alone is enough to support Prince Zhu's northern expedition to the Central Plains and dominate the world!

Of course, the comprehensive rectification was not achieved overnight, but the sorting out of the four guards in Huaibei of Fengyang Mansion was still very successful.

The more than 6,000 Huaixi soldiers who have been allocated land and have received a settling-in allowance (ten taels per person) are now neatly draped and carrying fairly good weapons - the equipment of the Zhuwei New Army is in principle the same as that of the Zhushi New Army, but now there are not so many usable firearms, so they can only make do with spears, bows and arrows, and swords. As for the armor, it was even more lacking, and less than thirty percent of the generals found the ancestral armor to wear.

Of course, the weapons and armor of the new army are also self-prepared...... The Generalissimo's Mansion subsidized each guard with ten taels of silver, allowing them to dig up some ancestral antiques and make some of their own.

There are also firearms, mainly tiger squat cannons, and each association (one guard and one association) is equipped with twelve, so make do with it.

These officers and soldiers of the guards are now in four co-square formations. The polished and oiled tiger squat cannon was placed at the front of the line, reflecting a dazzling light in the sun. The few horses were led by cavalry, and they were all neatly arranged.

Although this group of officers and soldiers of the Guards has only been training for less than a month, because the training intensity is very high, and they themselves have a little foundation, they look quite like things now.

Zhu Chunchen rode on a tall horse, draped neatly, skillfully drove the horse around in front of the four co-squares, and his heart was full of the feeling of glorifying his ancestors - haha, the Chengguo family finally has a general who can lead the army to fight, and the ancestor will be very happy to see himself like this in the sky!

Then he drove his horse back to the governor of Henan, Lu Daqi, and the governor of Fengyang, Ma Shiying, and said to them with a smile: "What? Compared with Liu Zongrong and Xu Zongrong's people, our Fengyang New Army is not weak, right? ”

Weak?

Ma Shiying and Lu Daqi are both soldiers, and both of them have a not weak supervision and fubiao in their hands. But compared to the new army recruited from the Fengyang Guards in front of him, it was really much worse - at least the queue of people was neat, and they could stand upright on the colonel's field for two hours with their full armor!

I heard that this army can still carry dozens of pounds, travel 100 miles a day, and can dig trenches and build barracks when it arrives in the locality.

Just this kind of hardship and hard work can be compared with the families of the Zhuzhen army...... I don't know how I performed on the battlefield?

"Cheng Guogong, Fengyang soldiers have been trained!" Ma Shiying picked up the thumb brother, "I didn't expect that in just one month, 7,000 strong teams could be formed...... Guogong deserves to be a famous general! ”

Lu Daqi also said: "If such a strong team can have 100,000, my Ming Dynasty's Zhongxing cause should be successful, right?" ”

Zhu Chunchen waved his hand and smiled: "It is to give the field, give the silver, and control their families...... What kind of celebrity is this? These 7,000 generals are actually a little better looking, and they may not be useful in a real fight.

But it doesn't matter, we don't really want to fight with the Tartars this time, we just escort Lu Futai into Shangqiu! ”

It turned out that Zhu Chunchen not only led the entire army of the Fengyang Four Guards, but was also ordered to go on an expedition, but the target was not Beizhili, but Shangqiu County and Suizhou in Defu. The former is Liu Liangzuo's base camp, and the latter is Xu Dingguo's lair.

Now Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo were coaxed by Zhu Cihong to go to Beizhili, so the opportunity for Zhu Chunchen and Lu Daqi has arrived.

Zhu Chunchen has 6,800 new troops, and Lu Daqi has 2,000 patrols, a total of 8,800 soldiers, which is enough to deal with Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo's men and horses left in Shangqiu and Suizhou.