(The second one is delivered, ask for a recommendation ticket, the recommendation ticket is a bit miserable, let's give Lao Kun some motivation.) ）

For Zhu Cihong, the most important thing at the moment is to improve his own strength.

Only with an elite division in his hand that is absolutely obedient to the court and the Son of Heaven can he influence the general trend of the world.

Although the Shence Army is trained according to the elite army, the number is too small. The control of Nanjing by 8,000 men was still somewhat stretched, and it was basically impossible to play a decisive role in the future showdown with the Manchus.

Therefore, it is imperative to expand the army.

The number of people that can be accommodated in the Beijing camp is 100,000, but Zhu Cihong can't expand the Shence Army to this scale all at once.

This is not because I am worried that I will not be able to pay my military salary. After copying those corrupt and rebellious nobles and ministers, Zhu Cihong accumulated tens of millions of taels of silver in his inner money, and he didn't have to worry about military salaries at all in two or three years.

Zhu Cihong was worried about the uncertainty caused by the surge in the number of Shence troops.

After all, what he wants to train is an elite division, and if there are too many people recruited at once, the qualifications of the personnel are uneven, and the training effect is difficult to guarantee.

Of course, Zhu Cihong needed enough manpower to defend the emperor, but not at the expense of the quality of the army.

It was because he planned to expand the Shence army to 50,000 men first, and then recruit a group of new soldiers after a few months of training, reaching the scale of the Beijing camp at its peak.

With the initial experience of recruiting new recruits, this time it was much easier.

Zhu Cihong decided to leave the expansion of the army to Lu Zhenfei and Zhao Xin.

As for the outstanding performers in the four battalions of the Genshin God Army, they can serve as officers to train the newly recruited soldiers this time.

Of course, the principle of elimination will not change. In order for these recruits to become full-fledged members of the Divine Army, they must have a death row inmate in their hands.

There were obviously not enough death row prisoners, so Zhu Cihong decided to let the soldiers of the fourth battalion of the original Shence Army go to suppress the bandits. First, these systematically trained soldiers can experience the test of actual combat, and second, they can also capture enough bandits to train the new recruits.

In addition, Zhu Cihong decided to organize the soldiers eliminated in this training camp into auxiliary soldiers and form a separate battalion.

The idea is definitely ahead of its time.

Whether it is the official army of the Ming Dynasty, or Li Zicheng's Shun army, Zhang Xianzhong's Western Army, or the Manchu Eight Banner Army, almost all of them are war formations. The so-called auxiliaries are nothing more than masters and strong men who have been captured temporarily.

The advantage of this is obvious, that is, they do not have to bear the rations of these auxiliaries. The strong man who was temporarily caught died when he died, and it was a consumable anyway, so it was a big deal to catch another batch.

But the downside is just as obvious.

These strong men were coerced into the camp, and the slightest disturbance would blow up the camp, and if it encountered a night attack, it would even cause the camp to roar.

The auxiliary battalion that Zhu Cihong wanted to set up was more similar to the modern engineer battalion, which was responsible for building barracks and fortifications before the war, and providing effective material support to the soldiers during the war.

Of course, the auxiliary battalion of the Shence Army is also paid by the leader, and Zhu Cihong is ready to set the salary at half of the soldier's salary, that is, one tael of silver.

It is not impossible for auxiliary soldiers to be promoted to soldiers, as long as they perform well, they can be promoted through meritorious service.

Or if the barracks suffer heavy losses and there is a serious shortage, some auxiliaries will also be added to the barracks.

This model can ensure that the blood of the battalion can be replenished at any time, and the auxiliary soldiers are the best soldier supplement because they have been training, living and fighting with the soldiers for a long time, and there is no problem of adaptability.

The only problem, of course, is that it adds a significant expense. However, Zhu Cihong thinks that it is worth it, in the final analysis, the war is about supply, and having a professional auxiliary team can effectively improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.

If according to the original historical development, Zhu Cihong will have about ten months to spare, but I don't know if his arrival in this time and space will trigger a series of butterfly effects and change the pattern of the world?

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Shanxi, Datong, General Military Mansion.

Jiang Xuan, the former chief soldier of Datong in the Ming Dynasty, convened a group of staff to discuss countermeasures.

Ever since he killed Zhang Tianlin, the general of the Shun military system appointed by Li Zicheng, on the tenth day of May, he has been thinking about what to do next.

To say that the situation in this world is really changing day by day.

At the beginning of the year, Li Zicheng took Taiyuan with a devastating posture, and Jiang Hao did not hesitate to lead his troops to surrender.

At that time, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Ming Dynasty was coming to an end, and Li Zicheng was a sure thing to win the world.

As a subordinate of the Ming court, Jiang Hao could not obtain the merit of the dragon like the eighteen horsemen of Shangluo, but at least he could keep his official title and keep his descendants rich and noble.

It is to surrender to Jiang Jiu without any pressure.

In March, Li Zicheng won the Jingshi without any suspense, which further proved the ruthlessness of Jiang Hao's vision.

But who knew that Wu Sangui then led the Qing troops into the pass, Li Zicheng was defeated, and in a blink of an eye, the Qing army occupied Jifu.

After the defeat of Li Zicheng Shanhaiguan, he immediately abandoned Jifu and led his troops to retreat to Shanxi.

He sent Ma Chongxi to garrison Guguan, Zhang Tianlin to garrison Datong, Liu Zhong to garrison Changzhi, Chen Yongfu to garrison Taiyuan, Tang Tong to garrison Baode, and Yuan Zongdi to garrison Fenyang.

In the eyes of outsiders, Li Zicheng wants to hold Shanxi.

But Jiang Hao doesn't think so.

If Li Zicheng really wanted to hold Shanxi, why was he so anxious to lead his troops across the Yellow River and return to Guanzhong?

If Li Zicheng really wants to hold Shanxi, why not mobilize elites from Xi'an to reinforce them?

If Li Zicheng really wants to hold Shanxi, why didn't he send Liu Zongmin to sit in Taiyuan and dispatch in the center?

Because Li Zicheng didn't want to hold Shanxi at all!

From the beginning, Li Zicheng did not have the ambition to conquer the world, he just wanted to be a mountain king in the Guanzhong!

This can explain why he did not appease the former Ming officials and gentry in time after taking the Jingshi, but instead tortured them on a large scale. This can explain why he couldn't properly solve the problem of Wu Sangui's placement, which led to Wu Sangui's surrender. This can explain why he did not mobilize heavy troops from Guanzhong to guard Shanxi, and regarded it as a must-defend place!

Such people are not worthy of allegiance at all!

Since Li Zicheng has no ambition to sit facing south, Jiang Jiu will not hang himself on his tree. So he didn't hesitate to lead his troops anyway, killed Zhang Tianlin and controlled Datong.

It's just that Jiang Jiu hasn't thought about whether to surrender to the Qing Dynasty or to join the Southern Ming Dynasty.

In the past few days, he has been sending people to inquire in many ways, and learned that the Qing army had captured most of Henan, and the Southern Ming court had recovered Shandong.

In this way, most of the world is still in the hands of the Ming Court.

Jiang Hao's heart gradually leaned towards Ming Ting. With his strength, as long as he leads his troops to surrender, the Southern Ming Dynasty will definitely not pursue his crime of surrendering thieves.

At this time, a personal soldier suddenly came to report the military situation.

Jiang Hao waved his hand and motioned for the pro-soldier to come in.

As soon as the soldier entered the flower hall, he knelt on the ground and reported: "Jiang Zongrong, the Qing court has sent an envoy to ask for a meeting!" ”

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