Chapter 53: The Army of the Exiles

053 Exile or Army

In the early morning, Yuan Chonghuan joined Sun Yuanhua, who had hurried from the capital. The two of them slapped their horses, accompanied by four personal soldiers, and ran to a hill near the official school. The Royal Army Academy is located in the northernmost part of Changping County, close to the Yanshan Mountains.

In the early winter, the men and horses that stopped neighing and spewed out long white gases.

Yuan Chonghuan pointed to the dense camp outside the official school under the mountain with a horsewhip.

"On the far right are Cao Bianjiao and He Renlongbu of the Shaanxi Army, next to them are Yungui Qin Bangping and Qin Minping, and then past are Daniel Zhang and Li Guoying of Huguang, and finally the one you are familiar with is Mangui and Zu Dashou of the old acquaintance Liaodong."

"Then Guan Jinning's military headquarters was handed over to Zhao Shujiao?"

Yuan Chonghuan had a bottom in his heart, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, now it is Bi Zisu, the robed brother of Bi Ziyan, the secretary of the household department, who is coordinating logistics and military needs in Dengzhou, and the treasury has sent nearly 800,000 taels of silver to Lao Zhao, so it is not a big problem for the time being." ”

In the past few months, Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Yuanhua have improved their vision and pattern a lot under several drills by the military department. Sun Du also filled up the night of Zunhua and Shanhai Guards. Chu Yang, according to this momentum, the chances you want to play are getting fewer and fewer. ”

Sun Yuanhua felt a little regretful, but also faintly felt that he seemed to be more interested in the new field. didn't answer Yuan Chonghuan's words, just patted the horse: "Let's go, let's go back to the official school." ”

The group of people on horseback roared along the pipeline towards the official school, and it was not until they reached the outlying camp that they showed their waist cards and stopped the horses. Looking at it all over the place, it was hard to hide the disappointment on his face.

These are the elite of the empire.

There is no military village at all, and a few lonely buckets and wooden fences are just a kind of goods. The auxiliaries didn't even have tents, so they crowded in piles near the grain stacks and weapon carts to warm up and sleep. The soldiers were better but limited, the tents were in tatters, and they were clearly inadequate, and everyone was crammed into them. I can see those who hurriedly ran out to the toilet, and the golden horse manure was everywhere, but fortunately, the smell was not very big in winter. Four or five of the watchmen held their spears in their arms and sat down by the fire to keep warm.

"Whoa." Sun Yuanhua Nunuzui, from the Daniel Zhang camp of the Liangyu Department of Huguangzuo, Yuan Chonghuan even saw a few teenage baby soldiers, unkempt and did not know what to eat.

"Where is this still a little bit of an empire?" Yuan Chonghuan spat in disdain, but he forgot that the three-month Jingying might not even be as good as this. "This is still the result of His Majesty's name, believe it or not, if the military department doesn't name it, Zuo Liangyu can send you someone who asks for food."

finally walked slowly through the outer camp, and finally came to the outside of the official school. The two of them saw the golden dragon flag on a black background fluttering high, and then they came out of their frustration.

"Leave them alone, let's go back to camp!"

As soon as the two of them landed, Kong Youde, who was on duty that day, appeared on his side.

"Blowing the trumpet, eight miles in the mountains, all the staff are lightly armed, and the five battalions are vying for the lead."

"Whoa!" Kong Youde bent his arms and knocked on his chest to salute.

In a short time, a loud horn sounded in the camp. Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Yuanhua stood on the flagpole of the official academy and were frightened on the high platform, clenched their fists and bent their fingers to count, and the two huge hourglasses on the side of the high platform were also flipped into place by the officer on duty.

According to the new military system adjustment of the military department, the new army of Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Yuanhua was turned into a town of 2,500 people. There are five battalions of mountains, forests, wind and fire, and one battalion of 500 people. Each battalion consists of five teams of 50 people each. Each team has five teams, and every five people are one team. An independent auxiliary battalion was set up in the town to be responsible for logistics, medical care, and food, with a total of 2,500 people.

Zhu Youzhen originally hoped to adopt the three-three system of later generations, but after he proposed it, he found that it was impossible to implement it because the individual firepower was too poor, and later agreed to the town camp system designated by Sun Chengzong in combination with Qi Jiguang's experience. In the end, the only thing he had to join was the system of medical soldiers, expanding the original 2,000 auxiliary soldiers to 2,500 people, and also pulling over Wu Youxing, who was already an imperial doctor, to help.

In this way, Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Yuanhua, who already basically possessed strategic command ability, became the chief and deputy commanders of Jingzhen as generals.

When the adjutant generals of the five battalions were in place, the hourglass had already reached the red line of the first grid, and the officer on duty behind Yuan Chonghuan began the first round of drumming. The only sounds of drums, footsteps, the clash of weapons, and the sound of team reports could be heard in the school grounds. The officers obviously arrived earlier than the big soldiers, and the main targets of the later soldiers were their commanders and guerrillas.

Yue Wenqing was one of the few veterans left in the original Beijing camp, and since the restructuring he was promoted by virtue of his ability to read and write, and he was promoted to the top in several assessments, and now he has become a guerrilla with the word "internship".

He looked at his team of fifty almost anxiously, and then looked at the whole team next door with a side light. In the new army, every assembly, training, killing, and shooting are all assessments, and they will be recorded by those military masters who stand on a high place.

......Fortunately, his team was the first of all the teams to sound the sound of the assembled registration.

The first team of Wu Chang Jiao Lao Wu is still the most reliable, at a distance of about ten steps from himself, Jiao Lao Wu stomped his feet and stood still, bent his arms and saluted, "The first team of the Jingzhen Weizi Battalion A has been assembled, and the full team is here!" ”

"Roger, sort it out and stand by!" He originally didn't like this kind of roaring registration, but who knew that after two months of practice, he found that after each report reply in the roar, the momentum of the whole team was raised again and again.

The right hand knocked heavily on the leather armor on his left chest, and there was a clattering sound, which also represented his gratitude to the first captain who was fully in place.

The assembly was still going on, and soldiers were running out of the rows of large tiled houses. Yue Wenqing stood straight and didn't dare to look back, and his military appearance was also an assessment. The original long hair not only affected his gathering speed, but also affected his every military appearance assessment. Later, he was ruthless and found his fellow countryman to shave clean with a razor, and this incident brought countless criticisms to himself. But when the evaluation of the first class fell on his head again and again, shaving his hair became a new fashion in the new army. It started with the officers, and slowly spread to the small soldiers, knowing that later there were a few stubborn soldiers who were escorted by their own teammates and shaved because their hair affected the assessment of their own team, and the entire new army became bald.

Today is light, the cold wind of early winter blows on his short hair stubble, and the cold feeling makes him more sober.

2nd Team, 3rd Team, 4th Team...... Until the fifth team completed the assembly report. What made Yue Wenqing feel lucky was that he was the first place again today. So many times, every time he gathers, it always makes his heart beat faster.

Yue Wenqing tidied up his clothes, glanced at his team, and found that there was nothing wrong. Turning on the spot and running to the bottom of the high platform, the deputy general of the guard's battalion in front of the team ran.