Chapter 215: Reorganizing the Defeated Army
After that, a steady stream of people arrived, and by the end of the night, the preliminary statistics were about 340,000 people, and looking at the tents that spread for miles outside the city, Yang Xuan also drew up a reorganization plan. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
According to the past practice, the rebels who had returned to the army were formed into supplementary battalions and incorporated into the Loyal Army, or militia groups were formed to assist the Loyal and Righteous Army in fighting, and a total of more than 10,000 people were selected to form 20 battalions.
The rest of the men and horses were protected by local vigilantes and evacuated to the surrounding states and counties, and now there are 22 counties under the jurisdiction of the Loyal Army, with no more than 1-2,000 people in each county.
After a simple expansion, the guard regiment has reached the establishment of 6 battalions, the 1st to 7th regiments to 5 battalions, and the 8th to 11th regiments to 4 battalions.
Ordered the formation of 4 militia groups, plus 2 militia groups formed in order to deal with the Tartar invasion of Kou Shunqing, so that a total of 6 militia groups were led by Du Jigui, Yang Wei, Wang Gao, Wen Zirang, Hong Zhenglong, Guo Shangyi and others.
After receiving the reorganization order, the general in charge of participating in the reorganization immediately convened his subordinates to discuss and arrange the reorganization matters.
Early the next morning, the reorganization work began in the camps of the rebel army, and the regiment commander and battalion commander personally sat in the town, and were arranged to serve as the captain of the brigade and the squadron leader to select men and horses in batches.
A pair of homeless people walked by, and the captain first examined his personal appearance.
All the recalcitrant people, or those who seem to have bad habits, will be brushed off, and the old, weak, sick and disabled will be brushed down.
Then there is the assessment, including the use of guns, bows, crossbows, knives and spears, according to the level of skills, or assigned to the supplementary battalion, or assigned to the security regiment.
Before coming, everyone had heard that the loyal and righteous army was well paid, not only to eat and eat, but also to pay for the tooth sacrifices.
The monthly salary of the supplementary battalion is 1 tael and 5 coins of silver, and the battlefield meritorious service is counted separately.
When the militia fights, it will receive a monthly subsidy of 1 tael of silver.
Although there are not many people, as long as they are selected, at least the food and clothing of the family are settled, and suddenly there is such a good opportunity, and everyone is quite enthusiastic.
Many of those who were eliminated were crying and mourning, and some even begged repeatedly, while the secretary and assistant next to them stood next to them and continued to enlighten.
Everyone is not afraid of such a thing as going into battle to kill the enemy, how can they worry about farming?
You can choose two forms: Guantun and Mintun, if you choose Guantun, the government will provide cattle and grain, and implement 4,6 accounts, as long as you cultivate for 20 years, these lands will belong to everyone.
If you choose Mintun, each person gets 10 acres of land, and the government does not levy any taxes in the first two years, and after two years, the Ding Fu Tian Fu is normally paid.
Although the military discipline of the Great Western Army is very strict, many people still have broken silver hidden on their bodies, and when they heard that there are fields, the good land is only 6 cents of silver per acre, the dry land is only 2 cents of silver per acre, and the Ding Fu is only 1 money and 2 cents, and many people turn to laughter.
Of course, there are also people who are not convinced, especially those who are senior leaders in the Great Western Army, who are obviously the commanders of a battalion, but here, how can they only become a small commander, and some are even a captain.
But there was no way, the army was newly defeated, and many of the various departments fled, and there were not many people left around now.
Besides, many brothers are loyal to the righteous army, not to mention that everyone has food, clothing, and money, how can they be willing to be thieves all day long.
In the process of reorganization, the old, weak, sick and disabled, as well as the displaced people who had been eliminated, were dispersed to the counties under their jurisdiction under the protection of the militia soldiers to participate in the cantonment farming.
If a large number of displaced people are resettled in the city, it is necessary to send troops to monitor them to prevent them from causing chaos, and to provide everyone with three meals a day.
In the process of reorganizing the Great Western Army, Tan Ma reported that there was a military horse of more than 20,000 people going straight down the Fujiang River to Hezhou, Yang Xuan was quite shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly summoned Yan Ximing and others to understand the news.
Yan Ximing knelt on the ground and pounded his head like garlic, hoping for forgiveness.
Yang Xuan was quite annoyed, and said angrily: "Yan Ximing, since you defected to this governor, you shouldn't deceive this governor, your approach is really disappointing." ”
After Yang Xuan dragged Yan Ximing and Gong Wanjing out to fight thirty boards each, he thought about it again and again, and still sent Gong Wanjing and Zhang Lang as envoys to the camp of the Great Western Army, hoping that the two families could form an alliance, and that Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo could lead their troops back to northern Sichuan to jointly resist the Manchu Tartars.
It took Yang Xuan six days to complete the disposal of Zhang Xianzhong's remnants, as he had heard in his previous life, in these six days, Yang Xuan also became more and more aware of the combat power of the Barbarian Qing.
Although the 3,40,000 soldiers of the Onishi Army were reduced to less than 10,000, most of the soldiers who remained were strong and had skills on the battlefield.
As a result of this reorganization, the size of the Loyal and Righteous Army has also expanded, and the number of the Loyal and Righteous Army has now increased to 40,000, which is much higher than in the past.
During this period, through the memories of those soldiers who had experience in fighting with the Manchurian Tartars, Yang Xuan had a deeper understanding of the strength of the Manchurian soldiers and horses.
Each banner is set up with one person in Gushan Ezhen, two people in Meler Ezhen, and one person in command of the escort army to lead the soldiers and horses of the banner.
Among them, the commander of the Protector and his command of the Baya Lama, composed of the most elite soldiers of the banner, often wore two or three layers of armor to charge the enemy.
Ao Bai, who was familiar in his previous life, now serves as the commander of the Yellow Banner Protector, and as the vanguard, he shot Zhang Xianzhong and then rampaged into the enemy formation.
The Eight Banners of Manchuria were dominated by cavalry, and there was also a certain number of infantry.
In addition to the often said cavalry archery, the Tartar cavalry also used a small number of three-eyed guns, and during battle, some soldiers often charged in front, while those behind killed and injured the opponent by constantly shooting arrows.
At close range, the Tartar cavalry also used javelins, often throwing javelins more than two feet long at more than ten paces, killing and wounding opponents. When attacking the city, through the Han Eight Banners, the firearms in the hands of the Han people, blasted through the city wall, and then the green battalion soldiers and horses entered the city in an endless stream, fighting with the panicked defending troops.
Nowadays, the Loyal and Righteous Army is superior to the Han Eight Banners in terms of firearms, and superior to the Green Battalion, more than 2/3 of the squadrons are firearms squadrons, many of which are equipped with flintlock rifles.
After the opponent approaches, first blow up the opponent with a handle Shaking Thunder, which is often called a grenade, and then rush up to fight hand-to-hand.
Bird guns are generally modified, equipped with spurs, and spears, which can be used as spears.
In addition to the Birdguns, some elite units are equipped with flintlock pistols, which can be used to shoot in a dense formation to kill the opponent during combat.
And the various killers in the team are mainly through the Mandarin Duck formation to meet the enemy, because in recent months the army has participated in kicking kickball, in order to train everyone to understand the Mandarin Duck Formation to the Sancai Formation, the adults have created a new style of kicking, how to attack, how to defend, how to cooperate, many people have already been handy.
In the face of the rushing Tartar cavalry, everyone initially used the mandarin duck formation to defend, and the tall wolf hand raised a wolf sword about two feet long to stab the opponent's formation and block the horse's own momentum.
After that, everyone rushed up, like kicking a kickball, there were frontal blocks, active attacks, and feints, which was much more subtle than in the past.
For those who are close, they will fight with daggers and short knives, or rattan players will hold the rattan cards in one hand and fight with a short knife in the other.
Each battalion is equipped with 4 Tiger Squat cannons, which can provide strong support to the infantry during battle.
Judging from the actual combat effect of the Xichong front-line battle, or from other directions, the loyal and righteous army is not afraid of the Eight Banners of the Han Army at all, and it is not afraid of the soldiers and horses of the Green Battalion.