However, after this period of contact, Wu Shigong also knew that Gonzalez was Portuguese, and even more aware of Carreli's boasting and Gonzalez's ambitions.

Of course, Wu Shigong would not debunk this, he just had a heart-to-heart with Gonzalez and told them: Although he is not a marquis, his strength is not the strongest. But it is also going in the direction of competing for hegemony in the world.

As long as Gonzalez and they can help Wu Shigong win the high position, Wu Shigong will swear that he will definitely give Gonzalez these people titles and fiefs. As for the difference between the powerless marquis of the Ming Dynasty and the electors of similar kings in the West, Wu Shigong certainly won't break it.

But what's funny is that after Gonzalez heard it, they were even more sure that Wu Shigong would become the Elector. Because this title and fief are not cabbage, you can pick them anywhere, which must require a lot of dedication and effort. As Portuguese officers who dared to venture to the Far East, Gonzalez was mentally prepared for this.

And Wu Shigong was completely fooling Gonzalez and them. Now Wu Shigong, who can divide one side is Amitabha, where does he have the strength to dominate the world?

However, Wu Shigong is not unprepared, even if Zuihou Wu Shigong has taken shit luck, he has really succeeded in the battle for hegemony, and at most he will give Gonzalez a place in Southeast Asia! Anyway, these places were later colonies of the West, so let the Westerners like Gonzalez and the Western colonists who came to the East kill each other.

When Gonzalez introduced the most advanced tactics of the West at the time, of course, he talked about the famous Spanish phalanx. However, Wu Shigong heard the term "Spanish phalanx" for the first time, and he only knew Spanish girls before.

When he learned in detail about the composition and combat application of the Spanish phalanx, Wu Shigong felt that this phalanx was in line with his spleen and stomach. Hiding behind a wall made of spears and striking the enemy with a firebolt is a cool way to think about it! It is deeply favored by Wu Shigong, a turtle stream.

And Wu Shigong also found out. The training of the queue and the emphasis on firearm shooting are very important in the Spanish phalanx. This gave Wu Shigong a sense of pleasure like winning the lottery. My previous efforts were not in vain.

Of course, there are many tactics and tricks on how to use the phalanx. But Gonzalez was only a middle- and low-level officer in the Portuguese army, and they did not serve in the Spanish, French, or Swedish armies, which were the most used in the phalanx at that time, so they had no problem commanding a specific company (relative to the hundred-man team of the Ming Dynasty) in the phalanx, but they only knew a little about the tactical use of the entire phalanx.

Although Gonzalez did everything they could to hide for their own face and future. But after all, Wu Shigong and these officers of the Runing battalion had gone through a lot of battles, so they were all aware of it. Of course, Wu Shigong didn't break them down.

But this made Wu Shigong a little uneasy, afraid that there would be some problems in the Runing camp if he rashly used the Spanish phalanx. Zuihou still decided to use the old method of the Runing battalion to find and solve problems during training.

Do what you want. Wu Shigong immediately summoned all the officers of the Runing Battalion and the Portuguese officers such as Gonzalez, and decided to build a legion to try out the Spanish phalanx. And this legion was named the Teaching Corps.

In order to reach a unified title. Do not cause confusion in the title. Wu Shigong first upgraded his Runing Battalion to the rank of Army, so that from now on, the Runing Battalion would be called the Runing Army (from here, a new name would be used, and the official position of the officers in the Runing Army would also be changed to a new official position). But these official positions of the Runing Army. There is a difference from the official position of the Ming Dynasty, those officers will use the official position of the Ming Dynasty externally, and internally, the official position of the Runing Army will be used).

This teaching regiment is a mixed regiment. There shall be one chief and one deputy commander. General Zhou Xun was promoted to deputy commander of the Runing Army. The commander is, of course, Xue Yongli. And Wu Shigong is the military and political leader of the Runing Army. And Li Sanhe will become the commander of the teaching corps, and Yu Ji will be the deputy commander.

The main force is two infantry thousand-man teams, and Wu Shigong is called a modern infantry regiment. There is also a chief and deputy head of the regiment.

plus a cavalry battalion with five hundreds, of course, one commander and one deputy battalion commander. A tank battalion of five centurians. This battalion will do some auxiliary work such as transporting food, building bridges and setting up camps, and of course it will also fight in an emergency. The 100-man team will be called a company, and there will also be a chief and deputy company commander.

In addition, there is a firearms battalion attached to the regiment, which will carry three three-pound guns and six one-pound guns. There were also ten chariots with ten swarms of bees. The Runing Army has now used up all the bees, and these equipment will be added after returning to Runing.

In addition, there are nearly 100 corps commanders, soldiers, veterinarians, etc., so the entire corps will have 3,300 personnel, more than 600 war horses, more than 300 pack horses and snail donkeys, and more than 100 chariots, carts, and wheeled bicycles.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wu Shigong also simply arranged the expansion of the Runing Army. He Fei's Nanyang Battalion will be changed to the Nanyang Legion, and the establishment of this Legion will be the same as the Teaching Legion, which will be the main force with full strength.

It is also necessary to establish a Guide Corps in Guide Province and a Runing Army in the southern part of Runing Province. These two legions will be half full, that is, the number of men and horses will be half of the full number of legions. In the event of a war, when Wu Shigong mobilized, the two corps would replenish the local guards to full strength within a month before entering the battle.

Wu Shigong would also set up a cavalry corps consisting of two thousand-man cavalry regiments with a total of 2,200 cavalry and carrying ten one-pound guns. Wu Shigong's internal commander will be Zhang Biao, who is now in Guide Province.

Wu Shigong's personal army will also be expanded to 500 people, which will still play the dual role of Wu Shigong's escort and officer training. The officer command training conducted by the personal soldiers of the personal unit will be completed in the teaching corps.

The artillery team directly under the Runing Army will also reach the scale of a thousand-man regiment. However, two infantry and one cavalry company were used to escort the artillery corps, two transport companies were used to transport ammunition and food, and one engineer company was used to do some auxiliary work.

The artillery regiment will command all of the remaining mobile artillery, but the caliber of the guns will be basically three pounds or higher. With the increase of artillery, the size of the artillery regiment will be further expanded.

There is also a thousand artificial regiments directly under the Runing Army. They will accompany the main action of the Runing Army, and do a good job of opening the road and logistics and other auxiliary work.

Therefore, this expansion of the army will expand the Runing army to about 15,000 people at once. Of course, most of the personnel, horses, and equipment of these troops are now on paper, and they will not be implemented until Wu Shigong returns to Runing Mansion.

This expedition has brought too much sense of crisis to Wu Shigong. Coupled with the support of nearly 200,000 taels of silver and goods, Wu Shigong was able to make this determination.

In addition, Wu Shigong will also set up 10 militia groups of 500 people. The militia will be composed of members of the local village guards and Xue Qiang's internal affairs department. Their role is to be like the modern militia, usually focusing on their own work, but only gathering and training at regular intervals. Of course, in the event of an emergency, these people will also be transformed into full-fledged soldiers.

The establishment of the teaching corps this time almost swept away the personal soldiers of Wu Shigong's personal army, and they were all sent to the army to become officers. The quality of the soldiers is very good, because the soldiers who have been trained for more than half a year are the domestic slaves recruited by Wu Shigong in Shandong and the miners recruited by Laizhou City.

The only one who was a little unhappy was the commander of the pro-army team, Yang Rusong, who was about to become a single commander.

When he muttered to Wu Shigong, he complained, "My lord, there are so few guards, how can you and your wife protect their safety?" “

Wu Shigong replied with a smile: "It's okay! I have so many guards in the Teaching Legion, there must be no danger. ”

Wu Shigong knew what Yang Rusong was complaining about. He has been by Wu Shigong's side for so long, and he also wants to go down and lead the troops. In fact, Wu Shigong was already preparing to return to Runing Mansion and release Yang Rusong as the commander of the Runing Legion. But this young man obviously doesn't have a city government, so Wu Shigong has to sharpen his temperament now.

And Li Sanhe's horse team also recruited more than 300 soldiers who could ride horses from these recruits. Shandong was originally the place where the Ming Dynasty horse administration was practiced, so there were many local people who could ride horses.

As for horses, there is no shortage of harnesses, but there are no more war horses. It can only be replaced by a pack horse first. It's better to have a horse than not to have a horse.

And this large-scale expansion of the army also caused a shortage of officers in the Runing army. Especially the artillery team. The commander of the artillery team, Liang Hui Neiding, became the deputy commander of the Runing Legion. Although this position is not necessarily higher than that of the head of the artillery regiment directly under him in the future, this transfer will give Liang Hui's promotion room for improvement in the future.

You must know that Liang Hui was promoted from a craftsman who built the fortress of a thousand households to this position in just four or five years, surpassing many of the guards that Wu Shigong brought out of the capital. From this point of view, as in modern times, the promotion speed of this jishu officer is fast.

However, as a result, there were many vacancies in the artillery corps, and there were also quite a lot of vacancies for officers in the firearms battalions of the four regiments formed. As a result, Gonzalez and the others are now busy helping the artillery team to step up their training and make a surprise attack to train qualified artillery officers.

Gonzalez and them were also awarded the official position of Runing Army by Wu Shigong, and the highest was Gonzalez's regimental commander. However, none of them became the chief officers of the Runing Army, and they were all false advisers. But when Gonzalez learned about the salaries, allowances, and benefits of these positions, they were overjoyed. This income has far exceeded their previous commissions.

As a result, these people are more motivated. I want to gain Wu Shigong's trust as soon as possible and become the real commander in charge. However, Wu Shigong also made a request to them, asking them to learn to speak and write official dialect as soon as possible, and it must not be the official dialect of Cantonese people! (To be continued......)