Since Yang Fang was moved, Guan Zhuofan had a bottom about the matter of the foreign gun team, and turned his mind to recruiting Yong.

Xinyong's recruitment went surprisingly smoothly, but it was also because it was so smooth that he almost had an accident.

There are refugees in Shanghai from all provinces, but the four provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi have the most. The news of recruiting courage has just been passed down layer by layer by the township chiefs, security chiefs, and lieutenant chiefs, and the crowd of people who have joined the army has been surging, making Jin Yulin and Ding Shijie a little confused.

The reason for the surge of people is that this recruitment is Xuanjun! In the ordinary green battalion, one is corruption, the second is that it will be defeated in the first battle, and the third is that the military salary is so low that they can't even support themselves, so everyone has the idea of "good iron does not hit nails, and good men do not serve soldiers". But the Xuan Army is different, in everyone's eyes, this is the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven from the capital, not to mention the good treatment, and it can really fight, there is no need to eat and wait for death, so whether it is a blood debt in the hands of the Taiping Army, or someone who wants to get ahead, or a person who only runs for that piece of salary, he wants to give it a try.

It was planned to recruit 1,000 people, but for three days, every morning, thousands of people were waiting outside the newly designated recruit camp, and the number of people continued to increase, and even the people of Huating, Qingpu, and Lou County began to rush to hear the news. The more than 20 people brought by Ding Shijie were too busy just to help the officials maintain order, let alone look at people, and in three days, less than 100 people were recruited.

When Guan Zhuofan saw this scene, he frowned, knowing that this was not the way, but at the same time, he also had a new idea in his heart, so he ordered to go down and suspend recruitment.

Who knew that this time it was even worse, the thousands of people outside the camp turned from hope to disappointment, and there was a lot of clamour, and there was a commotion, and the more than 200 officials sent by Shanghai County were squeezed by the surging crowd, and it was useless to shout out loud voices, and the situation was about to get out of control. Fortunately, at this time, in the Xuan army camp half a mile away, seeing that something had happened here, led by Daniel Zhang, the horse team poured out, hundreds of war horses galloped to the front of the crowd, and rushed forward, immediately frightening the noisy crowd to retreat, everyone thought: This is the invincible Xuan army horse team in the world!

The world is invincible, naturally it is still far behind, but these were originally soldiers of the infantry army and the yamen, and when it comes to the kung fu of bullet pressure, that is the old business, and it is really invincible in the world. The word "bullet pressure" pays attention to "bullying people with power", and when you see blood, you will fall down. I saw these cavalrymen, galloping back and forth, shouting and shouting, and some soldiers even took the long whip from the hands of the officials and beat the whip crackling, but the whip was only waved within half a foot in front of the face of the crowd, and they would never miss the face.

In this way, it took only a moment, like a shepherd dog driving a flock, to enclose the crowd that was still in anger on a clearing outside the camp, and stood in an orderly manner, and no one dared to make a noise anymore. The golden rainforest, whose face was like earth, only revealed a breath of air at this moment, and sighed again and again: "Iron Army! Iron Army! ”

The leader of the Iron Army was already sweating and heavy at the moment. Guan Zhuofan let go of the fist that he had been clenching, but he still couldn't stop being afraid: he was still young after all, and he had little experience, and he almost provoked a big event.

But he was afraid that he couldn't fall on the shelf, so he pulled the golden rainforest, jumped on his horse, and was followed by a bunch of cavalry to the crowd.

"Everyone wants to be a soldier and is not afraid of death, which is a good thing!" He tried his best to say loudly, "But if you want to be a soldier, you must first understand the rules, this is the barracks, and it is the most disciplined place!" Today is the first time, everyone doesn't understand, I won't pursue it! But I have to put my words here: If anyone dares to make trouble again next time, they won't be so polite. ”

After saying these few words, he saw that no one said anything, and then continued: "No recruitment today!" No recruitment tomorrow! When will it be recruited? Day after tomorrow! Start recruiting the day after tomorrow! What a trick? Township by township, led by the township chief! Which day, which township is the turn, there will be a notice from Songjiang Mansion from Master Jin and sent it to the township! ”

Jin Yulin and Ding Shijie, who were behind them, glanced at each other, and they both felt that this method was good, everyone had a share, and it would not mess up the order, so they could choose calmly.

"How many people are recruited? It turned out to be a thousand people. But I looked at everyone's appearance and felt that the people's hearts were available! The people's morale is commendable! So double the number of people and recruit two thousand! As long as you have the courage and ability, I am waiting for you to come and eat! Since I can afford to open a restaurant, I am not afraid of a pot-bellied man! ”

The crowd let out a low cheer, followed by whispers, and then realized that the young official in front of him was the imperial guard, Guan Zhuofan, the new prefect of Shanghai.

On the way back to the camp, Guan Zhuofan didn't speak until he entered the camp gate, jumped off his horse, and threw the reins off.

"Damn, there's a ghost." Guan Zhuofan said with a gloomy face, "Among these thousands of people today, Li Xiucheng's spies are not a hundred, but also fifty. ”

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From recruiting 1,000 to recruiting 2,000, it was not entirely improvised. In addition to the two battalions of Xuan Army, the foreign gun team was originally going to recruit 500 people, and with the other 500, Guan Zhuofan planned to let them start with the "long husband" first.

"The eldest husband I'm talking about is different, he is considered a 'half-brave', and they are allowed to receive half a salary. Tell them that when this battle is won, you can turn them into righteous and brave! Guan Zhuofan sat down in the big tent and said to a few people.

When the army fights, it turns out that it is also necessary to have a long husband, which is used to carry guns and ammunition, logistics and grain, that is, people's servants. The eldest husband is not counted in the official establishment, lacks training, and the silver withdrawn is only 30% of the righteous and brave, so when a war starts, it is easy to flee first, and it will often delay major events.

According to Guan Zhuofan's idea, it is to let the battalion with more recruits be brave and do the work of the long-term husband first. This is counted within the establishment, and there is both a half-pay and a promise that you can become a regular after winning the battle, so the morale will be completely different. Moreover, on weekdays, they should also be given a certain amount of training, as a "reserve soldier", and when they turn into righteous and brave, they can immediately get started, which is very different from completely newly recruited soldiers.

Everyone thinks that Mr. Guan's method is very good, except for spending a little more money every month, there is no other harm, and the benefits are visible at a glance.

"Ixan, Ding Xianda, when we recruit troops the day after tomorrow, you two will go with Ding Dusi." Guan Zhuofan nodded his name, and both of them stood up and listened respectfully, "I will send you a word, which was said by Commander Zeng: Whose soldiers are recruited, and whose soldiers are trained." Remembering this sentence can be endless. ”

This sentence is Zeng Guofan's experience in training soldiers - as a battalion officer, you must have a complete and thorough understanding of the soldiers under your command. Ixsang and Ding Xianda, assigned by Guan Zhuofan, served as the battalion officers of the recruits of these two battalions, and used their names as the battalion names: Kezi Battalion and Xianzi Battalion. The entire Xuan army still has Ding Shijie as the commander, Daniel Zhang as the deputy commander, and Daniel Zhang as the pipe belt of the horse team.

"Most of the sentry commanders and chiefs who have been transferred with you have been promoted. Tell them, give me a good life, don't put on a shelf of old qualifications. In the end, this is Buyong, which is different from the original horse team! Guan Zhuofan finished explaining sentence by sentence, pondered for a moment, and said to Ding Shijie and Daniel Zhang: "The military system and battalion system of the Xuan Army, first like this, when this battle is over, I will still change." ”

It should be changed because the original rank of the imperial court is less and less compatible with the current camp system, and there are more and more situations of high quality and low use, and low quality and high use. Guan Zhuofan's Xuan Army is more modeled after the battalion system of the Hunan Army, which is quite different from the establishment of the Green Battalion, so he has been thinking about it for a long time and wants to play a set of his own things: the separation of rank and position.

But that's all for later, and there are more practical issues to be solved now.

"Boss," Ixan carefully proposed, "our guns ......"

"Don't worry, it's not short of yours." Guan Zhuofan smiled, "The foreign companies in the concession have all the stocks, although they may not be as sophisticated as this batch of guns in the horse team, but it is enough to deal with long hair." I still say the same thing, if you win this battle, I will give you a new gun, including you have never seen it. ”

Since it is not so sophisticated, that is, there is a difference in both accuracy and range. Guan Zhuofan saw that Ixsang looked inadequate, and said with a smile: "Although the gun is not as good as the horse team, I will give you another good thing that the horse team does not have-twelve foreign cannons!" ”

I heard that there are cannons, or foreign cannons, and there are as many as 12 of them, and the eyes of Ixan and Ding Xianda are bright, especially Ding Xianda, whose eyes are not only bright, but they are simply green, like a hungry wolf seeing fresh meat.

"Xianda, do you like cannons?" Guan Zhuofan looked in his eyes and asked with a smile.

"I like it." Ding Xianda nodded vigorously, "When I was in the navy, I liked to operate cannons. If it is a foreign cannon, with flowering shells, two cannons can be worth a battalion of soldiers! ”

"Boss, when will our guns and cannons arrive at the battalion?" Now Ixan has become salivating.

"Don't worry, go back and call Xu Wenwen, let's make a list of accounts together and see how much silver we want, so I can go to Lord Wu to fight in the ring." Guan Zhuofan knows in his heart that this sum of money is definitely not small, but fortunately, it is backed by relevant silver, so there is no need to worry. "It's Songjiang Mansion, I have to ask Lao Jin for you to run."

"Okay, what do you want to say?" Jin Yulin hurriedly agreed.

"You tell Jia Taizun that in the past two months, you must inform all counties and townships, send additional government officials to practice, set up card checks, and if you encounter suspicious people, you will be detained first and sent to the government for interrogation."

Jin Yulin thought of what Guan Zhuofan said just now, "There is no hundred, there are fifty", his face changed a little again, and he said worriedly: "Yixuan, do you mean that a spy with long hair has mixed in?" ”

"Naturally. What kind of character is Lee so-sung? Just like Fang Cai, he said that he would suspend the recruitment, and the crowd immediately clamored, if it were not for the instigation of long-haired spies, this would never have happened. Guan Zhuofan said firmly, "Just now, nearly 10,000 people were crowded together, and they couldn't be checked, and it would be chaotic when they were checked." I said that I would recruit by township, and the township chief would lead the team, which also meant that the spies would have nothing to hide. Otherwise, in my Xuan army, if I recruit a few long hairs, the joke will be bigger. ”

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