Chapter 176: Replenishing the number of troops
Jiannu died at least 1,500 more armorers, 2,000 bannermen and coats than the first entry in history, and the Tartars should also lose 1,000 or 2,000 more men and horses.
As a result of the continuous fighting of the "Red Banner Army," more than 300 cavalry and infantry officers who need to recuperate because they have been wounded and are disabled and unable to return to the unit.
Veterans who have shed blood on the battlefield are treasures, and these people can be promoted once they return from injury.
There are two or three hundred veterans who have bled with Jiannu as the foundation of officers, and thousands of people are selected from the military service to form an army, and the combat effectiveness of this team will exceed that of the ordinary border army of the Ming army as long as it is trained for half a year.
Huang Han had already selected soldiers from the 2,000 people who had been on the battlefield, and those who could ride guns and sticks were given priority as cavalry, and 500 people had been supplemented for training under the leadership of Hanzi, Yang Danian, and Yuan Siming.
Due to the good treatment of cavalry, many of the original infantry were also selected to be promoted to cavalry.
In the end, two or three percent of the infantry with relatively good riding skills were selected, including 200 original infantry archers, who would practice riding and archery every day, and these basic veterans should be able to ride and fight after a year and a half of training.
Compared with recruiting cavalry, it is much easier to recruit infantry, and now there are 500 people who are being trained by Song Pengfei.
Among them, 100 trained in birds, 200 in ash spears, 100 in hunters and knew how to shoot arrows, and 100 in training as archers, and 100 in swords and shields, most of whom were skilled in martial arts.
A thousand servants who were conscripted with the army were regularized, and those who became infantry were to receive a monthly salary of one or two and a half pieces of silver, plus five buckets of wheat, and the cavalry were paid a higher salary, and they were given an extra five pieces of silver a month.
Although each of them can only earn six dollars of silver and five buckets of miscellaneous grains per month, none of them have retreated because of their enthusiasm, and they all want to be able to make meritorious contributions when they participate in the war next time.
Everyone knows that this is actually a reserve soldier, and they are all paid monthly salaries and true colors, although it is not much, but it is only a lot more than the money and food received by the Ming army in Guannai.
The treatment of the Ming army in the Guannai is very low, on the bright side, it is one or two silver folded colors plus five buckets of miscellaneous grains for a month, but due to layers of deductions, the soldiers can get half of it Thank God, even so they are repeatedly owed, and it is fortunate that they can get last year's salary this year.
Therefore, there are often riots in the Ming Dynasty where soldiers gather to make trouble, and if one is not handled properly, it may lead to the armed gathering of the mountains and forests that originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty and become the rogues and bandits that the imperial court needs to kill.
One positive and one negative, how much loss will the Ming court cause? But no one in the Ming Dynasty will pay attention to the small people and grassroots soldiers who are struggling at the poverty line, and in the end, the demise of the Ming Dynasty is really self-destructive.
The reputation of the "Red Banner Army" was beaten, causing hot-blooded men in Gyeonggi to flock to it, and men who were not at ease with the soil came to try their luck, and Huang Han not only took in 2,000 strong men, but also deliberately left behind 513 to 15-year-old war orphans.
In addition to the original 100 junior soldiers, the total number of young firearms troops has reached 600, and these children are all prepared birds, and all of them have to learn culture and accept the influence of nationalism.
Gyeonggi has a population of several million, and most people have already learned that the recruitment conditions of the "Red Banner Army" are harsh, and they think that only men with two sons will look for opportunities to become regular soldiers of the "Red Banner Army".
But Huang Han was not in a hurry, and deliberately let these people start from miscellaneous military service, during which they would be constantly inspected by the regular soldiers of the "Red Banner Army".
The investigation comes from many aspects, and the most important thing is character, even if he is the reincarnation of Lu Wenhou, the "Red Flag Army" does not want such a person.
Don't say strange things, a simple person who works hard and does his job well will be given priority, even if his combat skills are unsatisfactory, diligence can make up for his clumsiness, as long as he is willing to endure hardships, strengthen training in the future, and have combat skills, it will be sooner or later.
As soon as they experienced the big war, the "Red Banner Army" began to train hard, and the soldiers on the training ground sweated like rain.
All the regular soldiers have experienced actual combat, and the recruits who have just become regular soldiers have also been honed on the battlefield in the capacity of military service.
"Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime." All the fighters have already felt the same way, no one cheats and cheats during training, and many even put pressure on themselves to practice.
Yongping Mansion was plundered by the Houjin army for half a year, and the prices of chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep here were scarce and expensive.
At present, there are more than 3,000 soldiers of the "Red Banner Army," and there are still many wounded and sick who need nutrition, and they really can't buy so much meat and poultry eggs.
Jiannu did not come to the beach when they entered the customs, so the fishermen were basically not affected.
However, most of the people in the Ming Dynasty are self-sufficient in the natural economy, with limited purchasing power, and there are really not many small people in Shengdou who spend spare money to buy sea fish to eat.
Therefore, the fishermen who come and go in the wind and waves live a poorer life, and when they go to sea in summer, the boats are all naked and tidal.
Sang Yu took a general banner "Red Banner Army" cavalry to escort Huang Kezao, Liu Zaiqi and dozens of miscellaneous servants to the Funing beach to find fishermen to trade.
As a result, this fisherman who wore a black silk short coat like the god of Jiang Men fell into blood mold, and Sang Yu, who was already jealous and hateful, has received the education of the "Red Flag Army" military and civilian fish and water conditions in the past few months, and has even more pity for those ordinary people who work all day long for their lives.
He saw that the fisherman was bullying the fishermen with bare butts with seven or eight thugs, and he was angry, and the final result was that the fisherman and the two hardcore thugs were thrown into the sea to feed the fish.
From now on, the "Red Flag Army" will be covered in this sea area, and whoever dares to collect protection fees and monopolize transactions can go to the "Red Flag Army" for friendly negotiations.
The fishermen saw that the fishermen who had been in power for more than ten years had been struggling in the sea for a moment and then sank to the bottom, knowing that the "Red Flag Army" would protect all the small people in Shengdou in the future, and everyone applauded.
Without the exploitation of the fishermen, the fishermen received unprecedented enthusiasm for big business, they used traditional techniques, pickled or cooked fresh fish on the spot, and sealed the ingredients with ceramic jars, using this method, the original perishable sea fish can be preserved for up to a year.
Since the processing of marine fish invariably needs to be steamed or baked, fishermen need to buy a large amount of coal, a large number of jars and clay pots, and now the carts that go to the beach to bring back the sea fish are loaded with coal and ceramics every time to trade, and the back and forth is not empty-handed, and it is very efficient.