On October 23, the fourth year of Taiping, the first snow in the land of Andong has begun to fall, and many local farmers are busy with winter work, and it has officially come to an end. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The first batch of 8,000 Liaodong Domain soldiers who crossed the sea, under the leadership of the general Tuo Junjing, arrived at Momoyama Port, and then continued along the road non-stop, leading troops south to join my main formation.

Of course, being able to stay on the warm and humid island of Yizhou in this winter is also a rare experience and relaxation for them in the bitter cold and dry northeast. It can also be regarded as a disguised compensation and reward for their loyalty to the "king's affairs" in the past two years.

After all, in the long-term planning, Yizhou Island is designated as the rear of Weihuai Town, which doubles as a vacation and recuperation place for the army and insiders.

Nowadays, in addition to the official establishment of our Huai Town, there are about a dozen local armed forces of various sizes, mainly feudal soldiers, who are listening to or accepting control, totaling about 30,000 to 40,000 people (mainly affected by the season and agricultural time);

In peacetime, at a relatively small maintenance cost, it undertakes some secondary tasks and low-intensity combat needs of the second and third fronts, such as law and order cleanup, sub-divisional suppression of bandits, and suppression of local resistance.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the adequate ration supply and basic training equipment are ensured, but most people do not have a fixed salary, and only when they go on duty or enter a wartime state can they receive corresponding long-term and short-term allowances and subsidies;

During this period, only a small number of elite parts who have been on the battlefield many times or have performed well and made meritorious contributions can receive the basic salary and treatment of the second-line defense battalion that is specially approved, and there will be rational rewards for food and clothing during the New Year, as an example and goal of the efforts of other feudal armies.

Therefore, according to the training equipment, battlefield and service experience, and the region of origin, the strength of these feudal armies also varies greatly.

Among them, the weakest troops are equivalent to the level of the armed cantonment regiment, or in other words, under the banner of conscripted feudal soldiers, to provide corresponding cantonment and development labor for the enclave controlled by our Huai Town;

This part of the army mainly came from the southeast corner of Andong Province, and many small and medium-sized princes from Wugushui to Yalushui jointly provided about two-fifths of the foreign vassal army;

Because the local territory is generally small and the population is limited, often a small prince can only provide one or two hundred, to three or four hundred heads, so the equipment of these feudal soldiers is also extremely rudimentary, often only a weapon and a cloth coat, and then they are sent to deal with things empty-handed and empty-handed.

Those who were in slightly better condition were the feudal soldiers from the land of Silla; It is divided into two parts: the old and the new.

There were about 10,000 old feudal soldiers, almost all of whom were from Jeolla Province; In the process of pacifying Jeolla Province, there was a considerable degree of experience in the coordination of operations and auxiliary services. Later, he participated in the successive battles of the Huai army to the northern provinces of Beijing, so those who can survive to the present are undoubtedly quite reliable old troops.

The new feudal troops were constantly recruited, gathered, and gathered together by Zhao Long in the process of fighting all the way; Mainly from the remnants of the princes' forces who were defeated, dispersed, or even exterminated by the Later Baekje Army;

Although after several decisive battles and the pursuit of the north, in the end the hedgehog gathered under his banner and the number of people of all colors was quite large, but most of them were arranged on the spot and sent to Tuntian; Only a small number of relatively elite and experienced people remained, and they were brought back to Huaidi by him to continue to listen and work hard.

Of course, in terms of the general combat effectiveness of these Silla feudal soldiers, they belonged to the type of more than enough to defend and not enough to be aggressive; It is also used as a garrison force in the rear and the maintenance of strongholds along the line, which is still more competent. However, if you want them to play active aggression to carry out frontal breakthroughs and long-distance maneuvers, they will inevitably lack stamina and explosiveness.

Then, it is the oldest soldier of the Anton Domain who has the oldest qualifications to serve in the Huaidi system, and it is only a few years to say that he is the oldest, and most of them are the old Da Luo clan that I brought back from Liaodong.

Because it is operated as a high-quality military source second only to the core six states, it has been exposed to and transformed and influenced for a long time, so these Andong feudal soldiers have gradually completed the transitional stage of adaptability under the Huaidi system, and have more opportunities and uses than the feudal soldiers in other places.

Among them, they also witnessed the destruction of the old enemy Liaoxi Xue and the invasion of the Yingzhou army; a cross-border attack by the alliance of the Northland princes; The change of power and civil strife of Anton Da Roche, the establishment of hussars and mountain troops, and many other events, large and small,

Even in the Second Northern Expedition, the auxiliary infantry team, which was dominated by Anton's children, showed perseverance and resilience on the battlefield, which left a deep impression on people together with the hard-working adaptability of the Fujian soldiers.

In addition to the thousands of Anton's sons and daughters who have been added to the main battle force, the garrison army, and the Jiansheng army, they probably continue to maintain more than a dozen battalion heads and a number of characteristic garrison units (cavalry and mountain soldiers) in the name of the Anton Domain soldiers who defend themselves in Liaodong and western Liaoning;

The specific rules and standards used by the remaining horses and horses have gradually been synchronized with the Huai army, except for the Liaodong Domain Army on the banner, the rest of the place is no different from the local second-line troops in Huaibei.

As a result, a considerable number of these soldiers can even directly serve as a supplementary battalion to the regular army when needed, or one of the second-line mobile units that can be deployed over a longer distance without fear of a significant loss of morale.

The tens of thousands of feudal soldiers who were transferred to Yizhou this time also took them as the core and supporting force. and the local feudal soldiers led by the Yuwen family, who had just been included in the mastery, followed by the reorganized troops from Fujian on the other side of the sea; It constitutes a large triangular structure of Huaizhen's permanent military force, daily presence and deterrence on the island of Yizhou.

Of course, although most of the feudal soldiers were annexed and forcibly requisitioned through various channels and means.

Despite this, relying on Huaizhen's fairly developed logistics and output types, coupled with a mature organization and supply system, it was still possible to make the lives of most of the feudal soldiers far superior to their encounters and conditions in their own domain;

After all, most of them were under the original princes' leadership, and most of them were peasants and soldiers who served regularly and unpaid; In normal times, you need to cultivate and eat your own household registration, and when you encounter the call of the feudal lord, you have to bring your own weapons and dry food to respond;

Even except for those close branches of their own families, even if they are ordinary clansmen and retainers of the same clan, not everyone has the opportunity to obtain stable treatment similar to standing soldiers, full of food and clothing.

Therefore, in the process of being conscripted and forced to defend in other places, it was not very satisfactory and voluntary for them to desert for a while; However, once you settle down and feel the benefits and benefits in the station, the process of accepting the reality and accepting your fate as a whole is quite fast; Since then, there have been no cases of escapes.

On the contrary, in order to maintain the current situation and life, there are many people who take the initiative to report their fellow villagers who have made abnormal movements and are suspected of fleeing.

By analogy, it will be necessary to spend an additional amount of military spending and other expenses every year, similar to about one-third of the existing garrison army, to ensure their basic condition and relatively normal morale.

But the extra cost and phone bill is totally worth it. Relying on these peripheral and auxiliary forces as rotation and support, I can have a limited number of three regular army orders and more than forty main battle battalions on the surface; While continuing to effectively control and develop the large enclaves of HB Andong and Silla Cheng in the Bohai Rim, he still easily sent enough troops and horses to participate in the follow-up war of the Northern Expedition.

After this group of garrisons has initially grasped the situation and has taken control of the key points and key areas in the plains, I will, in the name of the deputy governor of Yizhou and the ambassador for dealing with the aftermath, order the reduction and abolition of the self-raised local regiments and township soldiers, and only retain the most basic military establishment under the strict requirements of the national and imperial regulations.

After all, under the name of the five prefectures and sixteen prefectures of Yizhou, there are still more than 20,000 troops stationed in Tun, which can be used to expand the army in disguise. Although the dynasty no longer provides the corresponding food and salary equipment, it is a good thing for me to take advantage of the situation;

Theoretically, it would be more than enough to double the number of garrisons to support and maintain them by pooling the resources of these places after they have been eliminated.

In this case, my mobilization system in Huaibei Province can be completely reorganized and adjusted, and a complete military order can be re-drawn to avoid other uses.

At this time, I got the news from Jiangnan again:

The one who was in Jiangning finally made up his mind to hold a great court ceremony, sacrifice to the gods of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers, and feast on the soldiers of the land and water armies, announced that he would go to the prison country and add nine tin ceremonies, and was promoted to the Great Xiangguo, and took office as the ruler of the Great Liang and the head of the shogunate, and since then he has stood in the position of the lord of the world and preached to the world.

Naturally, I also have to send someone to present the table as soon as possible, and attach the ministers to show loyalty and express their attitudes, so as to catch up with this excitement.

According to the usual practice, the new lord will be granted amnesty to the world and the suburbs will be crowned with a hundred officials, although it is likely that there will be no substantive rights and benefits due to the simplicity of the situation, but in terms of titles and titles, it is still possible to enter one or two specifications. (To be continued.) )