In April, May, and June of Chongzhen's four years, the whole Ulzhou was busy, the spring ploughing had just ended, the tense spring ploughing had finally passed, and Xiao Yi also had time to do something else. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were two names for officers and soldiers, one was regular soldiers, and the other was to prepare officers and soldiers.

Xiao also served as a garrison and brought with him before, both known as the 'garrison army', which was a local garrison of soldiers and horses stipulated by the imperial court, but Xiao also served as a guerrilla general on the Datong East Road at the beginning of the fourth year.

In addition to the local garrison soldiers, the headquarters became the 'regular soldiers' of the imperial court, and the regular soldiers were the direct leaders of the general army, the general guards in various places, and the guerrilla generals in different routes directly led the officers and troops.

If the imperial court issued an edict to enter the guard, it was these regular soldiers who could take away to participate in the war, and generally speaking, the regular soldiers were the elite of the local official army.

However, up to now, the quality of regular soldiers is also uneven, and most of them are soldiers and ruffians everywhere, which is slightly better than that of the officers and soldiers, and they are still not on the table.

After becoming a regular soldier, the treatment of the imperial court will naturally increase accordingly, and the monthly salary, equipment and other things have been improved, which will not be mentioned for the time being.

Xiao Yi and the others don't care about these things, according to the habits of the imperial court, these are always in arrears, but they can't be left out, Xiao Yi also sent someone to the military garrison Nie Kegang to ask for it, it's better than nothing.

Regarding the food and salary of Xiao Yi's department, Nie Kegang, the military commander, attached great importance to it, and even if he issued 200 stone of military rations for Xiao Yi, the document to Xiao Yi was sincere, saying that he must find a way for Xiao Yi.

This surprised Xiao Yi, although the military rations of 200 stones were really a little small, if they relied on the rice grain of the imperial court, the soldiers of Yong'an would have starved to death.

However, Xiao Yi knew that at this time, it was not an exaggeration to say that Nie Kegang's 200 stone military rations were pulled out from between his teeth.

Although the feathers are light, they are finally Taishan, and in order to express their gratitude, Xiao Yi also 'expressed gratitude' and returned a document to Nie Kegang.

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After the reorganization, the Yong'an Army has a more complete establishment, and in addition to the three general soldiers, it also has a baggage battalion, a firearms battalion, and a cavalry battalion is still being recruited.

It is not easy to recruit people who know how to play in this year, and it is even more difficult to meet various conditions.

The garrison can lead 1,000 officers and soldiers, and if it is promoted to a guerrilla general, this number will be raised to 2,000 people, according to the establishment of the battalion, that is, Xiao can also lead three battalions of about 2,000 regular soldiers.

However, the soldiers of the Yong'an Army went to the baggage battalion, the firearms battalion and the night, there were only more than 800, and Xiao Yi's subordinates were the only ones who entered the regular soldiers, according to Xiao Yi's understanding of history.

There should be a big war in Liaodong this year, I can't remember exactly how many months, naturally the sooner you prepare, the better, and Xiao Yi is thinking about expanding the army before the spring ploughing is over.

If what he expected was good, the imperial court should order the three towns of Xuanfu to enter the guard to support Liaodong, and the three towns of Xuanfu to enter the guard, which also happened from time to time in the late Ming Dynasty.

In particular, the two towns of Xuanfu have to enter the defense to support Liaodong almost every two months, and most of them end up being beaten.

I have now been promoted to guerrilla, which means that I have the qualifications to lead the 'regular soldiers' into the guard, and I think of this.

Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes, and his fist slammed into the table, making a 'bang', and the table and chair squeaked and swayed, and finally was broken up by Xiao Yi's punch.

"A year and a half have passed in the blink of an eye, this time I must not be able to do nothing like last year, it's time to fight the Tartars, even if I can't defeat them, I have to knock out the two teeth of these dog Tartars!"

However, the Tartars are different from the Liukou and the Mongols, and they need to be carefully considered, according to Xiao Yi's opinion, the only people under his command who can really be called elite soldiers are these more than 800 ironclad soldiers.

With this bit of people to fight against the Iron Cavalry of the Houjin Tartars, this is far from enough, you can only go to death, and it is too late to expand your recruitment and retrain.

Fortunately, the sergeants of the Zhenwei battalion are also perennial bandits and drills, and Xiao has already decided, and more than 1,000 people who are short of this quota will be selected from the Zhenwei battalion.

After the reorganization, we can save many steps by using the old to lead the new, and we can directly carry out the final military formation drill, which will also greatly shorten the process.

Equipped with ironclad tiger guns, in this way, more than a thousand elite soldiers can be successful!

After careful consideration, on May 1 of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the news of the fourth expansion of the Yong'an Army spread from Xiao Yi's mansion to the entire territory of Ulzhou, and in a few days, the whole city was boiling.

It's just that this time is different from the past, and the newly recruited people cannot directly enter the Yong'an Army, but are incorporated into the third battalion of Zhenwei to make up for the vacancy of the Zhenwei battalion.

After that, the best of the Zhenwei battalion will be selected, and the elected person can be called a glorious Yongan Army soldier who will fight for his homeland.

Unconsciously, the selection mechanism of the Yong'an Army has become more and more mature, and it is no longer a matter of directly recruiting people to join the army for training from scratch, and everyone who is selected for the Yong'an Army.

In fact, they are already qualified soldiers, everyone has seen blood, experienced life and death battles, plus the better equipment, training and food in the Yongan army, they will definitely exert greater combat effectiveness.

Under the sensation, people from all over the world gathered together to talk about the fourth expansion of the Yong'an Army, and now that the spring ploughing has ended, it is just right to send their men to join the army.

There are too many differences between the previous three documents and proclamations in this official document and proclamation.

For example, the selection of the Zhenwei battalion is not simply based on previous military merits, this is only a part, and the other part is a big competition for the whole army.

This is also the idea of Shi Lu and Huang Yang, Xiao Yi and a few people discussed it for a few days, and felt that this idea was very good, which could not only make the soldiers of the Zhenwei battalion train harder, but also cultivate the martial spirit of the military and civilians of Ulzhou, which was very important.

After the competition, each soldier will be ranked according to the performance in the school field, and there will be a special scribe to record the weapons they are good at.

The first place in this competition will be recorded as a major merit, the second and third places also have a medium merit record, and the top ten and the remaining seven people will each have a small merit.

The top ten can be personally received by the guerrilla general Xiao Yi and others, and the rest of the participants, even the last one, will have a small amount of rewards for condolences.

Under these measures, the soldiers of the Zhenwei battalion are all excited, and the next expansion of the Yong'an Army, which has been waiting for a long time, has finally arrived, and even if it fails, there will be rewards to be awarded, and it is more likely to be personally received by Xiao Yi.

Ten days before the start of the competition, the military camp of Zhenwei Camp was the same as the military camp of Yong'an Army, and all day long there was the sound of soldiers shouting and killing.

The people who walked by around couldn't help but look forward to the martial arts, and after the chat, the dinner was the upcoming martial arts competition.

A military camp in Zhenwei Camp is more than 20 steps away from Dongdajie, and there are constantly pedestrians coming and going on the street, and several inns, restaurants, and teahouses are located on both sides of the street, and there are already many people chatting inside.

In a teahouse, a scholar wearing a green shirt and a square scarf is very conspicuous, but the difference is that ordinary scholars hold folding fans and other objects in their hands.

This man was holding a long sword, drinking in the tea room, and his eyes were shining.

The tea guests in the teahouse chatted about the expansion and competition of the Yong'an Army, and there were four people around a table, with different forms, and they talked about it when they were waiting for tea.

"Have you heard, the Yong'an Army is going to expand."

Seeing the thief's embarrassed appearance, the other person said, "Now no one inside and outside Ulzhou knows about this, and the notice has been posted for several days." ”

"A few objective, tea is coming~"

picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said: "This time is very different from the previous three times, and those who are selected cannot be directly incorporated into the Yongan Army, but they are only filled into the Zhenwei camp, which is sighing." ”

Speaking of this, the other three all looked at the man with foolish eyes, and one of them sneered: "What's wrong with the Zhenwei Battalion, the reputation of the bandits inside and outside the Zhenwei Camp is not small, haven't you heard of it?" ”

Pointing to the military camp outside, he continued: "A while ago, 1,000 people from the 3rd Battalion of Zhenwei leveled the long-suffering Wolf Mountain, and there were more than 2,000 bandits. ”

While chatting, there were several loud cheers from the Zhenwei camp not far away, followed by the sound of neat steps changing formations.

"Hey, I've heard of it, it is said that more than a dozen cars have been seized, and all of them in the Zhenwei camp are heroes!"

At first, the man nodded, and said with anticipation in his eyes: "The Zhenwei Battalion has a big competition, and only the bravest heroes in the Zhenwei Battalion can enter the Yongan Army, and that competition must be a feast!" ”

These people raised their teacups and said in a loud voice: "Come on, come on, in a few days, you and I will get together, get together!" ”

"Good!"

"This is not to be missed!"

The scholar in the green shirt, when he heard this, suddenly put down the teacup that had been empty, lifted his sword and walked out of the teahouse, and there was a few pennies on the table after leaving.