Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume III: The Turbulent Central Plains

Chapter 2 The Crisis of Gathering Hungry People Begins

Section 5: Expansion of the Provisional War

After Liu Yunwei heard the news of the rebellion of the displaced people, his first reaction was to go to the camp of the displaced people to appease Huang Fuming and others. However, Liu Yunwei was immediately stopped by Lu Ying and Gao Hongguang, and the two thought that now the displaced people in other places had rebelled, and if Huang Fuming and others heard the news, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not have any evil thoughts, and it was too dangerous to go now.

But Liu Yunwei still insisted on his own opinion, and said to the two: "Now those displaced people are just some defenseless people, what am I afraid of?" What dangers can there be? After saying that, he led everyone to the camp of the homeless people.

As soon as he entered the camp, Liu Yunwei saw Huang Fuming with three subordinates coming to greet him, and after everyone was polite, they came to the big tent.

As soon as Liu Yunwei sat down, he said straight to the point: "Brother Huangfu, brothers, there is something I need to tell you. After speaking, Liu Yunwei told about the riots of the displaced people and the requisition of grain.

When Huang Fuming and the others heard this, they were immediately furious, and Huang Fuming stood up directly and said loudly: "How did the general promise me to wait before?" Now we have just surrendered for a day, and the general tells us that the food is gone, is this playing with us? ”

Lan Yuan, Li Mingzhi, and Liu Jinhui were also angry, while Lu Ying and Gao Hongguang quietly held the hilt of the knife, nervously watching everyone's demeanor, and being careful to watch out.

Liu Yunwei said: "I didn't expect the rebellion of the displaced people, and now that it happened suddenly, I didn't come here to quarrel with the Huangfu brothers, but to discuss the future with you." ”

Huang Fuming sneered and said, "What else do you want to do in the future, now we are all going to starve to death, what is the future!" ”

"Now that Henan is in chaos, the officers and troops of the entire Henan Prefecture are being mobilized, and it is estimated that my Hanwei battalion is also among the recruits, and it is possible that we will receive an order from the Ministry of War in the next few days. And before that, I will first reorganize you, and integrate the young and strong among you into my Hanwei camp. Liu Yunwei looked at the expressions of Huang Fuming and the others, and saw that they were all listening attentively to their words, obviously touched, so he continued: "Once you join the army, you will be the Ming battalion, then the imperial court will issue military food and military salaries, and if you have money and food in your own hands, those old people, women and children will also have a way to live." Now the question is, are you willing to follow me into battle to kill the enemy? ”

Huang Fuming and several of his subordinates looked at each other, and several of them were excited, all of them nodded heavily, and they were speechless with excitement.

Liu Yunwei laughed when he saw this, and said: "Okay, since you have all agreed, then your reorganization will be in charge of my subordinates Lu Ying and Lu General, and the Huangfu brothers and you must cooperate well." After speaking, Liu Yunwei handed over a reorganization plan he had written last night to Lu Ying, and instructed Lu Ying to seize the time to reorganize and expand the Hanwei battalion from a thousand general battalions to a guerrilla battalion.

After explaining, Liu Yunwei said goodbye to Huang Fuming and others, and rushed to Dengfeng City with Gao Hongguang and a team of personal guards.

"Lord Wu, you have to give me an explanation today! Now that I have pacified tens of thousands of displaced people, I will reorganize these displaced people next, and finally bring these tens of thousands of people out of Henan. You didn't say anything, you didn't even give me the food we said in advance, Lord Wu, are you too much! ”

Liu Yunwei roared angrily in the prefect's yamen, his voice almost like he was about to lift the roof, and Liu Yunwei's angry roar could be heard within a mile of the surrounding area. And Wu Zhoukang sat on the chair helplessly, letting Liu Yunwei vent the anger in his heart, and always said nothing.

After a while, seeing that Liu Yunwei vented his anger for a while, Wu Zhoukang said: "General Liu, it's not that I, Wu, don't believe in my words, it's really sudden." Now all parts of Henan can be said to be full of wolf smoke, everywhere are rioting homeless people, the only little grain left in the treasury of Dengfeng Mansion, and the 30,000 stone of grain I raised from various sources have all been requisitioned and transferred by the Henan Political Envoy, what can I do? ”

Liu Yunwei sneered and said: "Since it is Lord Wu, there is no way, then I can only lead my troops back to Sichuan, anyway, I am also a guest army transit, and anything that happens here has nothing to do with me!" Let's shoot it and break up! After speaking, Liu Yunwei was about to leave with Gao Hongguang.

Wu Zhoukang hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Liu Yunwei, and said anxiously: "I said General Liu, why are you so reckless!" Let's have something to say. ”

"Say it well? Master Wu told me how to say it well? Liu Yunwei said fiercely: "Now there are tens of thousands of people waiting outside the city to eat, if there is no food to feed them, tens of thousands of traitor soldiers will come to the city early tomorrow morning!" Master Wu told me how I should speak well! ”

Wu Zhoukang was speechless for a while, and then said in a curtled voice: "Let's take a good look at it, there will always be some way." ”

Liu Yunwei sighed heavily and said: "In this way, I will be a good person to the end, I will recruit all these tens of thousands of displaced people into my Hanwei camp, it is estimated that in a few days, my Hanwei camp will be requisitioned and quelled the chaos." When the time comes, Lord Wu will go to the political envoy of Henan and ask for grain and grass for me. ”

Wu Zhoukang heard it in his heart and said, "Okay! That's it! ”

At this time, Liu Yunwei's eyes were firmly fixed on Wu Zhoukang, and he said word by word: "Lord Wu, you won't break your promise again this time, right?" ”

"No, no, I'll send the rations as soon as possible." Wu Zhoukang hurriedly said, the beads of sweat on his face fell one after another.

Liu Yunwei snorted and left with Gao Hongguang.

In the next few days, Liu Yunwei and Lu Ying seized the time to expand the Hanwei battalion, which originally had 3,963 soldiers, plus 3,000 serfs, and 38,700 young and strong people screened out by Lu Ying and Huangfuming, Liu Yunwei's strength has reached 45,663 people, which can be described as a strong army. Of course, it is impossible for all these horses to be integrated into the Hanwei battalion, and after Liu Yunwei carefully selected them, he expanded all the headquarters into a thousand general battalions, and built a new thousand general battalions, with Huang Fuming as the thousand general battalions, and the battalion number was called the Yulin battalion.

In this expansion, Liu Yunwei greatly increased the strength of each thousand headquarters, so that each Hanwei battalion had its own combat power, and it was reorganized according to the establishment of the Qi family's army. After the expansion of the Hanwei Battalion,

With five people as a team, there is a total of one team, and a team of six people;

Five teams are one flag, with a total of one flag, and a total of 31 people in one flag;

Five flags for a game, set up a total of 100 people, a total of 156 people;

The five bureaus are a division, with a general manager, a total of 781 people, Wang Bo, Jiang Wentian, Liu Jinhui, Lan Yuan, and Li Mingzhi were all appointed as generals;

The five divisions are one department, with a total of one thousand, and a total of 3,905 people;

Lu Ying, Wang Kangdang, Wu Xing, Zhao Kaishan, Li Tianhao, Wen Poyu, Gao Hongguang, Huang Fuming and other eight people were appointed as the commanders of each department, and at the same time, each department also directly governed a baggage division and a banner system, and the strength of each thousand headquarters reached 4,717 people.

The guerrilla general's headquarters under Liu Yunwei's direct jurisdiction was composed of the Longxiang Iron Cavalry, which was expanded to 2,000 people, as well as Master Chen's baggage headquarters and a bureau's Yebu Collection, and the four big Buddha Lang machine guns were also used by the guerrilla generals' headquarters, with a number of 2,937 people.

So far, the entire battalion of the Hanwei Battalion has a total of 40,673 officers and men, and the remaining 4,990 people have all been organized into a reserve battalion, which is under the direct jurisdiction of Liu Yunwei and is specially responsible for protecting and taking care of the remaining old people, women and children.

When the expansion was almost underway, Liu Yunwei also specially organized a grand military parade, and saw tens of thousands of soldiers passing under Dengfeng City in a not very neat phalanx.

Liu Yunwei looked at the soldiers who were a little scattered in formation, and said to Lu Ying, Huang Fuming and others beside him: "This time, our Hanwei battalion has expanded too much, and the number of recruits has far exceeded the veterans of a hundred battles, so it is not possible to go on like this!" The development and growth of our Hanwei battalion should not be at the expense of reducing combat power, so you must pay close attention to training, improve the combat power of each thousand headquarters in the shortest possible time, and let these recruits grow into the elite of a hundred battles in the shortest possible time! ”

Everyone said yes, and at the same time, Lu Ying also said worriedly: "If we fight against the rebels this time, we must be prepared to suffer losses, after all, the combat power of the thousand headquarters has declined too quickly in a short period of time." ”

Liu Yunwei said: "This is also a matter of no way, so it should be a battle training exercise!" However, I am more worried about the problem of food and grass, after all, our army of more than 40,000 people, the maximum number of soldiers who can really report to the imperial court is only 10,000, and the rest of the people can only be regarded as my family. Therefore, there will still be a large part of the difference between the military rations issued by the imperial court. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Fuming's face was a little unsightly, and the rest of the people were also worried.

Liu Yunwei patted Huang Fuming's shoulder and said to everyone: "But you don't have to worry too much, I already have a solution to the urgent need for the time being." ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly asked, "What is the general's good way?" ”

Liu Yunwei said: "Didn't the Huangfu brothers be displaced because their family suffered a bandit disaster before? Now there are many bandits and horse gangs in all parts of Henan! From tomorrow onwards, all 1,000 headquarters will take turns to attack and suppress bandits, train their troops before the big war, and come back with some money and food by the way! ”