Chapter 33: Recruiting Soldiers (1)
Early the next morning, Liu Xia walked out of the tent a little tired, Liu Xia stretched his waist, his eyes were still half-closed, obviously he didn't sleep well yesterday.
It's already midday, and the soldiers are starting to get busy, because they have to leave here today.
Wang Shishi, as the captain of Liu Xia's personal guard, had already woken up, but he had not been next to Liu Xia, and now he saw Liu Xia coming out, so he also walked up, and then saw Bian Yujing walking out of the tent with a basin of water.
Wang Shishi looked at Liu Xia's spiritless appearance at this time, and smiled.
Liu Xia yawned, squinted at Wang Shishi and smiled, and then turned his head to look at Bian Yujing, who had just walked out of the tent not far away, Liu Xia thought of what Wang Shishi was thinking, but Liu Xia shouted in his heart that he was wronged, he was innocent and had done nothing.
Liu Xia was slightly embarrassed and said to Wang Shishi: "Shishi, that, how are the various battalions prepared now?" You go to the battalions and report back to me later, and then I'll see when I start leaving."
"Hehe, it's the general, I'll go." With that, the king walked outside.
As soon as Wang Shishi left, Bian Yujing walked back with a basin of clear warm water, and when he walked to Liu Xia's side, he said: "General, come in first, and the concubine will wipe the general's face."
Liu Xia looked at Bian Yujing embarrassedly, and finally showed helplessness, and followed Bian Yujing in, in fact, he was happy in his heart.
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After the disbandment and split of the Scout Brigade yesterday, the Second Scout Brigade and the three squadrons have now come to their respective camps to report to their respective battalion commanders, and the two principal and deputy captains also came to the recruit camp at this time to report, and belong to the chief and deputy captains of the reserve scout corps of the recruit battalion.
At present, according to Liu Xia's division, the recruits in the new barracks are divided into seven major arms: the reserve scout corps, the reserve artillery corps, the reserve cavalry corps, the reserve musketeer corps, the reserve infantry corps, the reserve naval corps, and the reserve archery corps.
However, at present, the new barracks are only open, and the scout corps is prepared, and the chief and deputy captains of the original scout second brigade are served. The reserve infantry corps and the reserve archer corps are three arms, and the remaining four arms are not yet Liu Xia has not gathered the manpower and equipment needed, so it cannot be formed, as for the cavalry corps, although Liu Xia has a lot of horses, but these horses are useful and cannot be given to new recruits.
According to Liu Xia's requirements, at present, the special forces will first maintain the size of a brigade, that is, more than 90 people, with Yu Mingjun as the captain, as for the source and supplement of the special forces in the future, it will come from the scouts of each battalion, and the scouts of each battalion will be selected, and those who pass can enter the special brigade.
The logistics battalion, after Yu Mingjun's scout team was split, Wang En served as the commander of the logistics battalion, and the logistics battalion is currently responsible for transporting materials, but although there are more than 100 people in themselves, there are not too many who can fight, because these more than 100 people are some soldiers who were wounded in the previous battle with Liu Xia, some of them have broken hands, some have lame legs, and some even have missing an arm, and the combat effectiveness can be imagined, but Liu Xia did not give up on them, just took advantage of the logistics in the team to integrate them into it, Although they don't have much combat strength, they can still do it under the management of food and see that the food does not fall, and these people also need protection.
The Tiger Battalion will definitely not let them go to protect the logistics battalion, if they go, then the main force of the battle will be gone, and the Wolf Howling Battalion will not be able to, the battle cannot rely on a battalion of 300 people, sometimes more troops are needed, and the Wolf Howling Battalion is also the second main force.
Then the lion battalion, the lion battalion can't protect the logistics battalion at all times, because if there are too many enemies, they have to follow, if the enemy is very weak, Liu Xia can't still use the main force to attack, so he can only use the third-rate army, that is, the lion battalion to clean up.
After thinking about it, in the end, Liu Xia decided to let the logistics battalion follow the headquarters, and then the special brigade and the personal guard team to protect it, these two troops are dead elites, and they don't have to participate in general battles, of course, they have more leisure time than other battalions, so it is suitable to protect the logistics battalion.
After Liu Xia's split and reorganization, each battalion has become a comprehensive battalion, and the scouts are no longer directly subordinate to Liu Xia, and if they want to find out about the situation, the battalion commanders of each battalion have to go to Yu Mingjun to talk about it, wasting a certain amount of time.
Now each battalion has its own squadron of scouts, that is, three squads of thirty scouts.
In this way, it is much easier for each battalion to find out what the situation is, and it is much easier to send out scouts to find out the news, and there is no need to go to Yu Mingjun specifically, and then let Yu Mingjun cooperate in the battle, and then Yu Mingjun will send people, and then the people sent will investigate clearly, and then the information will be handed over to Yu Mingjun, and then Yu Mingjun will transfer the information to the battalion commanders of each battalion.
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"All battalions assemble and all stand in their positions, the Tiger Battalion is in the front leader, the grain and grass are in the middle, the special brigade and the personal guards are scattered in the middle and left, the Lion Battalion is located on the two wings of the grain and grass, and the wolf roars behind the palace!"
The recruit battalion, together with the logistics battalion, is located in the middle.
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After walking for a few hours, Liu Xia and his entourage came to a strange place, with a strip of peace to the north, and plains to the left and right of the river.
"Stone, you send someone to inquire, what kind of boundary is here now" Liu Xia was in the middle army, riding a horse and holding Bian Yujing, walking slowly, and said to Wang Shishi behind him.
After hearing this, Wang Shishi said to a guard beside him, "Go and ask where those scouts are now." ”
"Yes," the guard hurriedly rode forward.
After walking for about two quarters of an hour, some stinking corpses began to appear on the side of the road, these corpses were dressed in tatters, with yellow faces and thin muscles, apparently the corpses of some poor homeless people, and they were obviously starved to death, or because they had eaten and drunk something unclean, and they died on the roadside, no one cared for them, no one buried them, and then they were always on the side of the road.
One or two scattered homeless people began to appear one after another, but these homeless people did not meet Liu Xia's standards, even if Liu Xia gave them food now, it is estimated that they will not survive tomorrow, because these current homeless people are almost half-dead, Liu Xia tried hard to hold back the unbearable heart in his heart, did not look at those homeless, shifted his eyes to Bian Yujing in his arms, lowered his head in Bian Yujing's hair, took a deep breath, and a fragrance made Liu Xia intoxicated.
"Da Da ......"
"General, I have heard about the situation here" At this time, I saw that the personal guard who had been ordered out by Wang Shi just now rode a horse and ran over, and saw Liu Xia hurriedly said to Liu Xia.
Liu Xia raised his head and asked, "What kind of place is this?" ”
"General, now we have reached the boundary of Taihe County, to the west is the boundary of Kaifeng Prefecture, to the northwest is the boundary of Defu, if we go straight along the Yinghe River, the front is the border of Jieshou County, we are now walking on the official road, General, the little one knows so much" The guard pointed to a hundred-meter-wide river not far away, and said.
"Then let's go upstream along this Yinghe River, and through the direction of Kaifeng Mansion, it will be Luoyang, Henan Province."
"Give the order to go down and go upstream along the Ying River!"
"Yes"
"No wonder more and more homeless people are appearing now, it turns out that we came to the official road, but this is also just right, there are more homeless people on the official road, and it is easy to find those recruits who meet the requirements, as for whether it will be discovered by the Qing army Tartars, I will not consider it now. I think now the Qing court must be unable to find us, and Dolgon is constantly losing his temper in the main hall, hahaha." Liu Xia laughed as he spoke.
Wang Shishi also laughed on the side, and said: "That is, we all walked on the wild road before, there were not many people, or it was a deserted place at all, and it was impossible to find us, but the general, now that he has stepped on the official road, he will definitely be discovered by the officers and soldiers, let's ......."
Liu Xia shook his head indifferently and said: "Now even if our whereabouts are exposed, the Qing court will not get news for a while, even if he gets the news, we have already gone to other places, and in this part of Henan, the Qing army does not have many troops, although we are not too many, but I believe that with the same strength, or even more than part of our troops, I can lead the soldiers to retreat." ”
"Stone, you go to find Yu Mingjun, I'm afraid the task of the two of you is about to begin." Liu Xia looked into the distance and said to Wang Shi next to him.
Wang Shishi looked at Liu Xia with a puzzled expression, task? What task? Wang Shishi really couldn't think of it, so he asked Liu Xia in a low voice, "General, what is my task?" Tell me again! ”
Bian Yujing, who was originally in Liu Xia's arms with his eyes closed, listened to Wang Shishi's loud voice, but now he spoke in a low voice and giggled, which made Wang Shishi even more embarrassed, and thought silently in his heart that in the future, he must find someone to write it down for him, and then read it every day, so that he will not forget it.
Liu Xia looked at Wang Shi with a black line on his face, this guy is too forgetful! The task he just gave him yesterday has been forgotten today, so he said helplessly: "I asked you and Yu Mingjun to check the two of you yesterday and go to select recruits for the new barracks, and you forgot?" ”
When Wang Shishi heard this, he immediately remembered what the task was, but he said in his heart: You didn't tell me the specifics, how do I know.
"I remembered, I remembered, I went to find Yu Mingjun that guy, yesterday I discussed with him how to choose recruits, he said that he had a lot of things to be busy, so he didn't bother me, it depends on how many things he has to be busy this time, I have to ask him well, the general I went first" When Wang Shishi mentioned Yu Mingjun's name, he was a little unhappy, it seems that Wang Shishi was quite dissatisfied with Yu Mingjun's attitude yesterday.