0624 Count the soldiers

Everyone soon came to the front of the platform, and Liu Haojia took the lead on the stage and stood in the center of the platform. This time, Wu Yunshan was much more honest, and stood behind Liu Haojia's side in a proper manner. Because in the barracks, the position of the commander of the army is supreme, and no one can stand in front of them!

Seeing that Liu Haojia was on the platform, many clever soldiers had already begun to run into the barracks. Because their uniforms and weapons are still in the barracks, they need to put on their uniforms and stand with their weapons before the drums are over.

At this time, Liu Haojia waved his hand and said, "Drumming!"

The soldiers on both sides of the high platform who had been prepared for a long time immediately beat the big drums, and the drum sound of "dong dong" immediately covered the entire barracks. As the drums sounded, the relatively peaceful camp shook completely! And the whole barracks was like a beast that had just woken up, moving its muscles and bones!

Huge numbers of soldiers swarmed from all over the camp, running like raindrops! Even Wu Yunshan stood on the high platform and felt the trembling of the wood under his feet, and he was even more secretly frightened!

After the three-way drum, there was a phalanx of five large and one small on the school field, and a group of soldiers on war horses gathered together, but the formation was relatively loose.

In the school field, except for the soldiers in the two phalanxes, one large and one small, all of whom were armed with firearms, the soldiers of the other four squares were mixed with firearms and spears. However, the spears they use are not the same as those usually used by the Ming army, but they are a little outrageous, almost nearly two zhang long, which is very conspicuous!

These spear soldiers were just trained by Liu Haojia, because he found that in the case of insufficient artillery, the firecrackers could not completely suppress the opponent's charge, so the only way was to increase the hand-to-hand combat troops! This reminded him of the Spanish phalanx!

The Spanish phalanx was actually a hollow phalanx, but the four corners were made up of spearmen, their spears were surprisingly long, and the soldiers on the two horns were armed with spears, the tips of which could touch the center of the phalanx, so that the spears were enough to cover the four fronts of the entire phalanx.

Under their cover, the firecrackers can rest assured that they can carry out firepower. Moreover, there are four fire squads on the periphery of the phalanx, which roam around the phalanx and replenish the phalanx's firepower output and coordinated defense at any time. Such a large phalanx can be attacked at close range, can be attacked from a distance, has strong defense, and has great lethality!

At this time, Wu Yunshan, who had been pinching his fingers, was already terrified! Because according to his finger pinching calculations, he had just counted more than seven hundred counts, and the people in the entire barracks had already been assembled! In the past, when he went to inspect the barracks, even if he received the news in advance, the soldiers would have to toss and turn for two or three quarters of an hour before they could gather. And it won't stand as neatly as a few phalanxes below!

At this time, Liu Haojia pointed his finger below and said, "Lord Wu, those four phalanx mixed with firecrackers and spearmen are full-time soldiers. The phalanx on the right, all with firearms, was full of baggage soldiers. The smallest phalanx was artillery. Those who ride horses don't take it at night!"

Now there are more than 8,000 regular soldiers among the soldiers under Liu Haojia's command. These soldiers were all used to form phalanxes and conduct regular combat soldiers. The other 1,000 or so baggage soldiers were not specially transported baggage, but were formally trained soldiers. They were responsible for directing the people to transport the baggage during the war.

With these soldiers leading the team, they can command several times the number of people, carry out rapid camp construction, road construction, transportation and other work. And they can be replenished to the regular army at any time.

Liu Haojia didn't hear an answer after speaking, so he turned his head to look, only to find that Wu Yunshan was already stunned! So he also smiled proudly and said, "Lord Wu, you can start the inspection now!"

Wu Yunshan was awakened, and immediately arched his hand and said, "Hou Ye has led the troops well, this Wu'an army is really a strong army!"

A smile tugged at the corner of Liu Haojia's mouth and nodded to accept the compliment. But in fact, he was already very proud in his heart! How can an army that can even be subdued by an opponent not a strong army? Then he saluted and said, "Thank you, Lord Wu, for the compliment! The sons and daughters under his command can still handle it!"

Wu Yunshan didn't want to discuss this matter with him, so he arched his hand again and said, "Since this is the case, then the lower official will officially start the inspection!"

Liu Haojia nodded in agreement, and Wu Yunshan got off the platform and walked towards the phalanx with the people he brought. And when he walked to the front of the phalanx, he had even more in mind

It was surprise, because only by getting close to the phalanx could he feel the true extraordinariness of these soldiers, which he could not feel on the high platform!

When he walked around the edge of the phalanx, he clearly saw that all the soldiers in the phalanx were arranged very neatly, both horizontally and vertically, and they were all in a line! Even the angle at which their weapons are tilted and placed are almost identical, as if they were printed from a mold!

And look at the soldiers in front of him, all of them are strong and ruddy! From their exposed necks, it could be seen that these soldiers were extremely muscular, and they were completely different from the Ming soldiers he had seen in the past, who were like old ghosts!

At this time, although Wu Yunshan despised the appearance of other Ming soldiers in his heart, he didn't expect that those soldiers would also have his share of credit for becoming like that! The military salaries were all greedy for ink by the civilian officials and military generals, and the soldiers couldn't even eat enough, how could they have a good body?

While Wu Yunshan was observing these soldiers, the people he brought were quickly counting the number of soldiers. They quickly came up with the final figures, and one of them gathered the numbers and walked up to Wu Yunshan and said, "My lord, the numbers have been counted."

Wu Yunshan then turned around and said, "How, what is the specific number?"

The scribe said, "The total number of the rosters is eleven thousand four hundred and twenty-six, of which seven hundred and twenty-four are missing. However, not counting the personnel on duty, they should all be among the more than 700 people."

Wu Yunshan was very surprised! More than 10,000 people have a shortage of more than 700, how is this possible! There are more than so many people who dare to do chores on weekdays! Where is this shortage, this is complete! How so?

But as soon as he wanted to speak, the officer who had been following Wu Yunshan's actions spoke, "Among the vacant people, there are a total of five hundred and eighty-five soldiers on duty everywhere, and these people can send soldiers back in rotation. In addition, one hundred and twenty-two soldiers were responsible for the daily tasks of cleaning, cooking, etc., and these people could be summoned by someone. In addition, there are 12 people who are resting due to their injuries, and Shangguan can send people to the camp for examination."

Wu Yunshan calmly said, "Please also send someone to lead the way, and this official will immediately send people to count the other places."