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At the same time that Qin Liangyu issued military orders and rectified the army of the guard, Ma Xianglin began to reorganize the white pole soldiers.

Su Tiancheng also focused on the re-organization of the white pole soldiers, the Jiangning battalion needs to be expanded, there are currently more than 70,000 soldiers, and more than 60,000 people have entered Sichuan, and the goal is to expand to about 100,000 people, mainly to prepare for the confrontation against the Manchurian Eight Banners.

The Jiangning battalion is very famous, and there are still a lot of people who want to enter the Jiangning battalion, it is precisely because of the fame that the requirements for recruiting sergeants in the Jiangning battalion are more stringent, which can be regarded as harsh, when he served as the governor of Shaanxi, Su Tian thought that he could recruit some sergeants among the border army, after all, the sergeants who have experienced the baptism of blood and fire are still different from ordinary people, but this purpose has not been achieved.

When he entered Sichuan, Su Tiancheng was still thinking about this problem, there was not much time left for the Jiangning battalion to breathe, after the elimination of the Liukou, he would definitely enter Liaodong directly, and he didn't even have time to rest, the reason why the time was so urgent was that the encounter of the white pole soldiers this time aroused Su Tiancheng's great concern.

Liukou actually had a Fran cannon and a tiger squat cannon, as well as an arquebus, and the white pole soldiers suffered heavy losses in front of the firearms, and they were almost only beaten, which greatly surprised Su Tiancheng's expectations.

After grasping this situation, Su Tiancheng immediately asked Qu Qingze to investigate in-depth to see what was going on, Song Sijun would never dare to directly conduct an arms transaction with the rogue.

This answer came out quickly, Song Sijun did not make any transactions with Liukou.

When he was engaged in arms trading, Su Tiancheng prevented that there might be problems in the future, and in order to be able to grasp the whereabouts of each batch of arms, he traded guns and artillery that passed through Song Sijun's hands. There are numbers, and this number is engraved on the back of the barrel, and Bi Maokang has a detailed record of these numbers, and Song Sijun will also record them, after the transaction is gone. The records are to be checked again to clarify the direction of the munitions.

When Hong Chengchou took the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion to drive away the Liukou, he seized a small number of arquebuses, and the numbers of these arquebuses were quickly copied out, and a series of verification work began.

According to the records of Song Sijun and Bi Maokang, this batch of arquebuses was traded to Houjin.

But Song Sijun never made an artillery deal with Houjin. This shows that the artillery in the hands of the Liukou is likely to be provided by Houjin separately.

This information made Su Tiancheng feel the seriousness of the situation.

If you want to say that there is collusion between Li Zicheng and Huang Taiji, this information, Su Tiancheng will not believe it, in this regard, Li Zicheng has clear grievances. will never hook up directly with Houjin, but this cannot be ruled out. Houjin secretly provided arms to the Liukou through other channels, and the purpose of this was too clear, hoping that the Liukou could grow stronger and harass all over the Ming Dynasty. Let the emperor and the court be exhausted, let the national strength of the Ming Dynasty decline, and Houjin will bury his head in construction, what will happen next. Needless to say.

Su Tiancheng once again felt that Huang Taiji was indeed not simple.

Houjin's purpose was achieved.

The white pole soldiers suffered such a heavy blow, and firearms played a vital role.

Don't talk about the white pole soldiers, when they were guarding the Beijing Division, the Manchurian Eight Banners led by Azig also suffered a big loss in front of firearms.

Su Tiancheng was not worried that the Liukou had firearms in his hands, after all, the arquebus was a gun that was completely eliminated by the Jiangning battalion, and the shells of the Furang machine gun and the tiger squat cannon were controlled in the hands of the Jiangning battalion.

The danger still comes from Houjin and Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji paid for firearms, let the rogues plunder, and the Ming army, which fulfilled a sentence, cranes and mussels competed, and fishermen profited.

That's where the danger lies.

If the time to exterminate the Liukou drags on too long, Houjin will make full use of this opportunity, on the one hand, to give the Liukou firearms support, on the other hand, to develop and strengthen their own strength, and even when the Jiangning battalion and the Liukou start a decisive battle, they will suddenly send troops to threaten the capital.

The purpose of Houjin is to need the existence of Liukou, that is, to prevent the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

I have to say that Huang Taiji does have an unusual vision.

This situation, Su Tiancheng specially reported it in the secret fold, but the source of the firearm was hidden, and it was only mentioned that Houjin might be aiding the Liukou, and the crown prince Zhu Cihong also knew the news.

After Zhu Youzhen saw this twist, he was furious, and replied in a rare stern tone, demanding that the Jiangning camp must completely exterminate the Liukou, without the slightest hesitation, and once again grant Su Tiancheng the power to be arbitrary.

The development of events prompted Su Tiancheng to pay attention to the recruitment of sergeants in the Jiangning battalion.

He believes that as long as the announcement is out, there are countless people who want to enter the Jiangning battalion, but he will not do it, what the Jiangning battalion needs is iron-blooded soldiers, after entering the army, they can fight directly, the cost of training investment is too great, and the training of the top sergeants pursued by the Jiangning battalion in the past can build a brave and good fighting army, and now there is not so much time.

So the white pole soldier came into his sight.

The combat effectiveness of the white pole soldiers is very good, after entering the Jiangning battalion, they will definitely be able to go directly to the battlefield, and they don't need too much training, as for the possibility of the white pole soldiers entering the Jiangning battalion, Su Tiancheng has full confidence.

Qin Liangyu is nominally the chief military officer of Sichuan, but in fact there is no such power, to a certain extent, this chief military officer is a fictitious position, what Su Tiancheng needs to do is to let this chief military officer sit down, and in the next step, Qin Liangyu also needs to concurrently serve as the commander of the Sichuan Metropolitan Command Department, so that it can really play a role, as for the arrangement after the reform of the guard army, it will take a while.

The existence of Tusi, Su Tiancheng's heart is quite dissenting, such a practice, on the surface, respects ethnic minorities, but in fact does not play such a role, Tusi can decide on matters within the jurisdiction, and has the power of life and death, which is not suitable in itself, and Tusi also has an independent army, concurrently serving as the commander of the capital, and it is also relatively independent militarily, which is not conducive to the unified command of the imperial court.

Another situation is that Tusi has been discriminated against for a long time, officials at all levels have no respect for Tusi, there have been many cases of this, because officials at all levels despise and even discriminate against Tusi, and contempt for ethnic minorities, which leads to Tusi rebellion, so in Su Tiancheng's view, the Tusi system needs to be abolished.

The Qing Dynasty once implemented the reform of the land and returned to the stream, which basically solved the situation of the existence of Tusi.

Su Tiancheng's idea, by reforming the army of the guard, changing the way the army is formed, step by step to take back the power of the Tusi, the Tusi and the court officials, also need to enter the court as an official, after a period of time, the Tusi also has to participate in the imperial examination, and its status is slowly drinking the patriarch.

Of course, such changes will take time.

Based on such purposes and considerations, the white pole soldiers need to enter the Jiangning battalion.

Ma Xianglin was a scholar in the end, and he also saw the momentum and courage of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, so in the process of preparing to reorganize the white pole soldiers, he often asked Su Tiancheng for instructions, and Su Tiancheng was not polite, and asked the total number of white pole soldiers to be controlled within 15,000 people, so as to reduce the burden on the people.

The white pole soldiers are all composed of ethnic minority people, the life of the ethnic minority people is very difficult, most of the places controlled by the Tusi are basically like this, and some places even live a primitive life, the Tusi in terms of economic construction, most of them are incapable, keen to form an army, keen to have a strong army, including Qin Liangyu, in this regard is no exception.

Most of the supply of the white pole soldiers still needs to be supported by the local people, and the white pole soldiers themselves must also participate in labor, otherwise it is impossible to maintain, this practice can only make the local people more poor, they can't eat enough, and they have to feed the army.

It is not very difficult to form a 15,000-strong white pole soldier, and there are still nearly 10,000 non-commissioned officers left in the white pole soldier, and 5,000 people are recruited, and the impact is not very great.

In the later battles, there will be losses in the white pole soldiers, and Su Tiancheng's consideration is that it is very good to be able to have 10,000 white pole soldiers enter the Jiangning battalion.

The Jiangning battalion provided Ma Xianglin with a lot of silver taels and grain and grass to help the white pole soldiers reorganize.

Su Tiancheng's requirements are also very clear, the reorganized white pole soldiers will become a professional army, basically do not participate in agricultural production, military salaries are fixed, so that the sergeants can support their families, and a white pole sergeant can basically support a family.

Ma Xianglin did not have such a mental preparation at all, if the white pole soldiers did not participate in the labor, then their tribe would be unsustainable, young and strong men joined the white pole soldiers, the rest of the family was basically old and weak, and life could not be maintained, but the Jiangning battalion provided a large amount of silver taels and food, which made the work of recruiting sergeants for the white pole soldiers become extremely popular, and they became white pole soldiers and sergeants, and they were able to support their families, such conditions, no matter where they were, were able to attract a large number of people to join the army.

In less than a month, 15,000 white pole soldiers were formed.

A new team of white pole soldiers was born.

The biggest difference is that the reorganized white pole soldiers did not stay in Zhongxian, but directly followed the actions of the Jiangning battalion, and were subordinate to the direct command of the Jiangning battalion.

Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin both knew what this portended, but neither of them had an opinion, not only them, but the sergeants of the white pole soldiers were also very happy, they couldn't ask for it to be able to join the Jiangning battalion.

The two big things were done very well, Su Tiancheng was very happy, he saw hope, it should be said that with such a good foundation, it was only a matter of time before the Liukou was exterminated. (To be continued......)