Chapter 794: Seventh Army

The generals laughed and laughed, almost everyone had expectations, after all, Rwan's handwriting was always unexpected, and who knows who will hit the next easter egg.

Every industry has an unspoken rule, and everyone will abide by this unspoken rule, just like the generals in the military tent know that Zhang Xianzhong was killed by Lu Wang, but they also know that from now on Zhang Xianzhong can only be killed by Tian Jianxiu.

After chatting about the distribution of military merits that the generals were most concerned about, Rwan's habit was the icing on the cake, that is, the generals each gave an off-road vehicle, which immediately made the military tent cheer again.

Then the topic began to get serious, that is, the next move of the army, and all eyes were focused on Rwan, waiting for the military order.

"Did Li Dingguo arrive yesterday?" Lu Wan looked up and asked slowly.

"I arrived yesterday afternoon, but I didn't go to the camp but went directly to Qianshan, and I heard from the Ministry of Military Affairs, did you form a new army on the orders of the prince?" Zheng Hong was the first to reply.

The tens of thousands of prisoners of Zhang Xianzhong's troops were all imprisoned outside Qianshan City, and the Fifth and Sixth armies each sent a man to guard over road construction and logging, of course, including Li Dingguo's original team.

"Yes," Lu Wang nodded, "Over there in Huoshan, Gao Jie and Ma Xianglin have also been sent out to build their own new army to prepare for the south, and here you are going to prepare for the eastward expedition!" ”

"Sure enough, there was a big move! As soon as I heard yesterday that Li Dingguo was going to build a new army, I knew that the eldest brother was coming", Xu Wuhou shouted: "Big brother, are you going to do little Japan?" ”。

Lu Wang smiled: "It's about to do it, not to do it immediately!" ”

"Why? I'm impatient! Xu Wuhou scratched his head.

"It's not that you go to Hualou to fight a cannon, you can't wait to raise a gun and stab it, you have to make a lot of preparations here! Everything must be carefully prepared, and you can't pull out a gun until everything is ready," laughed as Rwann said this.

"How can the prince ask me to wait?" Wu Sangui then asked.

"There is no urgency in this matter, now the battalions are busy replenishing soldiers, registering new soldiers, veterans and wounded soldiers are discharged, prisoner management, etc. The military affairs department has not yet been completed, and the war has just ended, and the soldiers must be given some time to recuperate", Lu Wang said and paused for a moment and continued: "But you can't just eat and do nothing, now is the time for spring ploughing, so that soldiers and prisoners can be allowed to open up wasteland and cultivate fields."

"Lord, what can I plant now, the wheat is not in a hurry, and I see that the wheat will be harvested in two months......" Li Qingshan expressed puzzlement.

Lu Wang smiled: "I haven't planted much wheat, rice can, but there is a shortage of water in a dry year, but I brought good things, potatoes, sweet potatoes, this thing is easy to reproduce, the yield is large, and the most important thing is that it is very practical as a reserve food to fight hunger"!

Potatoes are not very strange or familiar to the people of this era, after all, they have just been introduced to China at this time and have not been mass-produced, while Rwann is ready to grow them in large quantities, after all, this thing is simply invincible as a ration in a disaster year.

"Give you one to two months, open up the wasteland to grow grain, raise soldiers to live, of course, don't forget to train the troops, and when I am almost ready, you can set off for Wenzhou to gather!"

"It's a pity that the military camp here is abandoned, and it will be left to Xu Liangkou as a camp, and the Ministry of Military Affairs will immediately issue an order that the garrison of the state capital shall not be in the city during non-war times, and in the future, no more than 1,000 troops shall be stationed in the state capital city."

Indeed, with the stability of the domestic situation, there is no need to keep so many permanent troops and horses in various places to increase military expenditures, and there is no need to garrison troops in many small cities at all, and the average remaining 100 people can be, to put it bluntly, he is streamlining the non-combat garrison troops.

The sky was slightly bright, and most of the generals in the military tent had dispersed, only Zheng Hong, Xu Wenjue's brothers, Zhu Yujian and Liu Liangzuo.

"What about the little one?" Lu Wang turned his head sideways and quietly asked Xu Wuhou beside him, and soon this guy reacted and was a little surprised: "I was just picked up yesterday and said that I was back in Luzhou Daying, didn't you see it, big brother?" ”

Well, Lu Wang shook his head, he happened to go to Lu'an yesterday, and it seems that he missed it.

"Big brother, I recently formed an elite special combat team called the Black Hawk team!" Xu Wenjue also came over, looking proud.

"Moreover, you didn't learn from me, Lord Wang, I transferred four regiments of elites in the First Army to form a black wolf special attack team, Xu Wenjue learned from me!" Zheng Hong's face is full of sorrow!

"What do you mean by learning from you, every one of my Xu Zi Battalion is an elite, and the Eagle Clan is the elite of the elite, but your first army imitates my Xu Zi Battalion", Xu Wuhou and Zheng Hong have never dealt with each other, and they will immediately turn their faces when they hear him say this.

"Hey, I can still play", Lu Wang smiled, and had a chance to pull out the practice to see if you were a wolf or an eagle. Lao Zhu, what elite team do you have in the Tang Battalion? ”

"Yes, almost every army has it now, and the name of my Tang Battalion is the Black Tiger Regiment!" Zhu Yujian also looked scared.

Haha, Lu Wang laughed, and then looked at Liu Liangzuo, who was silent: "What about yours?" ”

"The lowly position and the subordinates led by him are all people who treat crimes, and they do not seek to be rewarded, but only to make up for their ......" disappointed, Liu Liangzuo let the topic jump away as soon as he opened his mouth, which made Lu Wang feel extremely disappointed.

But since he said this, Lu Wangzhi also planned to talk to him about the future, after all, he just let him stay for this matter.

"Liu Liangzuo, with what you committed in the past, it is not a pity for me to kill you ten times, even if it is for the sake of your ability, at most, I will let you be a foreman like Zuo Liangyu, and the reason why I still use you to lead the troops is not that I have no generals under me, but I am giving you a chance" Lu Wang's tone was light but cold.

Liu Liangzuo immediately left his seat and stood with his hands: "Thank you for the grace of not killing."

Hmph, Lu Wang pouted, he didn't have a good impression of Liu Liangzuo, the reason why he didn't kill him was not because he was really given a chance, but because the situation was too complicated at that time, the war was imminent, and he didn't want to mess up the army's heart, after all, Lao Liu was deeply rooted and leafy, and he was very prestigious in his army, and those subordinates had followed him to do countless bad things, belonging to those who wore a pair of pants, if he was slaughtered by Lu Wang, it would not be possible to ensure that those subordinates would not take the opportunity to make trouble, which was what Lu Wang did not want to see.

At this time, at that time, the war has ended, Liu Liangzuo's original troops have also been disrupted, Lu Wang now wants to relocate this goods, but he doesn't know how to deal with it for a while, first, he has no murderous intentions, and secondly, although the character of this goods is poor, but the leader does have a hand, not to mention that he can still mingle with his subordinate soldiers, share rewards and share evil, which is why his original subordinates are loyal to him.

Looking at Lu Wang's erratic eyes, Liu Liangzuo's expression also changed many times, he could see the entanglement in Lu Wang's heart, and he also knew that his future was decided with the words of this young master.

The atmosphere was a little condensed, including Zheng Hong and others, who also felt it, and sat silently on the side and didn't dare to say anything.

Whew, finally Lu Wan let out a long breath, "This team is still led by you for the time being, and see how the performance makes decisions!" ”

Whew, Liu Liangzuo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "Thank you for your kindness!" The subordinates will live up to the high expectations of the prince, and they will definitely build this Qing army into ......"

"Don't call it the Qing army anymore, they are not prisoners now, and they are not Qing troops, they are all Ming troops, well, they are newly organized into an army, called the Seventh Army!"

Liu Liangzuo was overjoyed and thanked him again.

"Big brother, you can't change the fact by changing your name, after all, they are still prisoners of the Qing army, although this cannon fodder is brave in the mountains, it is difficult to ensure that loyalty is insufficient, and there are tens of thousands of people in the Luzhou battalion, what are you going to do!" Xu Wenjue threw out his own questions.

"They are just a knife in power, there is no need to divide it too carefully, and there is no need to worry too much, this knife can be used for the emperor before, and now it can be used for me, and I am not only good at using knives but also good at maintenance", Lu Wang smiled slightly.

"Keep them all?" Xu Wenjue frowned.

"This part of the people who went into the mountains to fight, the order gave them freedom, those who want to return to the Northeast will return to the Northeast, those who want to stay as soldiers will still get a high salary, and those who want to settle in the place will also be given household registration", Lu Wang gently shook the tea in his hand, "They are all Ming people, how do they divide each other!" ”

However, Zheng Hong and the others were still very surprised, after all, for them, the racial problem was deep-rooted, but when Lu Wang let them go, they couldn't say anything against it, they just sighed slightly, obviously feeling that Lu Wang was too kind to these foreigners.

"What about those in the Luzhou military camp?" This time it was Liu Liangzuo who was questioned!

"After the camp is built, they are also given the freedom to serve as soldiers, to settle down, to return to their hometowns, and of course, don't forget to warn them that it is best to abide by the law whether they are settled or returning to their hometowns, otherwise they will not be able to protect their heads." Lu Wang said and turned his head to look at Xu Wenjue, "Which path do you think most of them will choose?" ”

"Returning home", Xu Wenjue said without thinking!

Lu Wang chuckled and shook his head: "I dare to bet you, most people will choose to join the army."

"In the poor land of the Northland, it is difficult to make a living, and when I go back there, I am a slave to be a cow and a horse, there is no freedom, no status, and more importantly, there is almost no income, it is difficult to support my family, and my subordinates also think that they will choose to join the army to earn some silver and choose a male land to settle down!" However, Zhu Yujian and Lu Wang had a point of view, and Liu Liangzuo and Zheng Hong also nodded again and again.

Lu Wang gave Zhu Yujian a thumbs up and nodded his thumbs up, "According to the conscription regulations, if you are voluntary, the young and strong will be the first!" As for choosing where to settle, it's not so free."

"Why don't you want to divide a settlement area for them?" Zheng Hong asked curiously.

"Similar" Lu Wang smiled slightly, "You know that the army has injured important replenishment soldiers, and the same is true for the people...... So also to add".

Zheng Hong and the others nodded again and again after hearing this.

Lu Wang then asked Liu Liangzuo whether the Qing army and the thieves had escaped, and the answer he got was more satisfactory, firstly, the detention was relatively tight, and the probability of wanting to escape was not great, and secondly, the Qing army did not find a precedent for escape, but when they went to the mountains to cut wood, there were thieves and prisoners who tried to escape, but they soon returned.

Obviously, being a prisoner is much better than being a deserter, although they have to work but have no worries about food and clothing, and there is hope for the future, but if they choose to escape, not to mention that they who have already registered will not be able to appear in the sun in their lives, and escaping into the mountains at this point is almost equivalent to seeking death. (To be continued.) )