The Counterattack of the Villains in the Movie World

Chapter 103

The regular army of the Qing Dynasty was the Eight Banners Army and the Green Camp, but it also allowed the folk gentry and some nobles to recruit their own soldiers, the so-called brave camp, which began in the Yongzheng and Qianlong years.

At that time, the White Lotus Rebellion broke out, and the Eight Banners Army and the Green Battalion had already pulled the plug on their fighting power. There was no way to suppress the rebellion, and they could only ask the squires to recruit soldiers to form a brave army, and the Brave Battalion came into being.

It only flourished during the Xianfeng period, and finally became the main body of national defense in the late Qing Dynasty. The Hunan Army created by Zeng Guofan himself was the Yongying Camp, which destroyed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

So it's not surprising that Wu Yan got the power to recruit his own soldiers.

And in the end, it was not named as "Mie Beggar", because Wu Yan thought it would scare the snake.

After "a brainstorm", Emperor Xianfeng also felt that this level of naming was detrimental to his majesty as an emperor, so he took it back as a matter of course and replaced it with the champion camp.

When the No. [-] Scholar Camp was first established, Wu Yan didn’t have to stay in the palace every day to stand guard for Emperor Xianfeng. He only needed to report on the situation every five days, which meant he still had the opportunity to meet the Holy Spirit. This is the envy of many people in this era. up.

"The name Zhuangyuanying is very good."

Although Wu Yan was so emotional, he was not in a good mood, because the military system of the Qing Dynasty was too chaotic.

The Eight Banners Army is completely different from the Green Camp. The Eight Banners Army is divided into the Manchu Eight Banners Army and the Han People's Eight Banners Army. The military system is also different.The military system of the green battalion is also very different because of the different functions and places where they are stationed.

The highest establishment of the green battalion is the town, followed by the standard, the association, the camp, the flood, the shed, etc., and some towns are not as many people as the standard and the association.

Wu Yan wanted to change the messy military system directly. The arrangement of military divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions and companies, combined with the corresponding military ranks, was simply clear.

However, he is only the leader of the first battalion now. Emperor Xianfeng gave him a quota of 360 people, and now he has only 37 people, of which 15 people are from Seng Gelinqin, and the rest are recruited by Huatong. There are more than 20 youths with the body of a child, and they are also Wu Yan's secret weapon, and it is impossible to pull them into the champion battalion to join the army.

At this time, if Wu Yan dared to change the military system, he would be impeached every minute to ransack his family and exterminate his family. Although he has no family to destroy, he still has a family, although strictly speaking, he is the only one in his family now.

"Huatong, I'm very optimistic about you, so don't let me down."

Wu Yan decided to focus on the big and let go of the small, as long as he caught Huatong, and the main helpers headed by Huatong who had eaten the three corpse brain pills, he didn't need to pay attention to those messy things in the Zhuangyuan camp, he just needed to raise some opinions That's it.

Huatong was also extremely excited. He really didn't expect that in such a short time after switching to Wu Yan, he would be able to practice the peerless bow and have the background of a general.

Sure enough, giving charcoal in a timely manner is worse than icing on the cake, and staying with Seng Gelinqin, people like him will be useless if they catch a lot of them.

The rest of the original guards were also grateful to Wu Yan and worked hard.

However, how could the people sent by Seng Gelinqin have any real talents?It is already very good to have a flower. Wu Yan has no shortage of ordinary soldiers, and joining the army is also a very good place these days.

What he lacks is talent.

So, after he finished making arrangements, he found the former master of the Su family who was looking for a job in the capital.

The capital and Guangzhou are far apart, and these years are not very peaceful. Without the Su family father and son and all the guards, how could he, a frail scholar, dare to go back with money?
I just want to find a good job in the capital, but if it doesn't work, I have to spend more than half of the wealth I brought and accumulated for many years, and then go back.

More money brings more misfortunes, but when money goes away people are happy.

"Zhao Wou-ki?" The master was shocked. He knew that Su Can's martial arts were abolished by Wu Yan himself, and he knew Wu Yan's threat to the Su family and his son at that time. He thought of his own idea to help the Su family and his son deal with Seng Gelinqin. , terrified and said: "I and the Su family are purely employed, each is the master, and I don't know martial arts. If the prince is dissatisfied, I am willing to do the same."

Good guy, you still want to take the opportunity to find a job while you are in danger?
Wu Yan was very satisfied with the master's performance, and asked with a smile: "Master Zheng, who gave you the confidence to make you think that you can fall into the eyes of the prince?"

Master Zheng also suddenly realized this truth.

Although he was the number one scholar, he helped Su Can take the martial arts test, but at that time it was an open-book test after knowing the test questions, so it was actually worthwhile.

As we all know, the ancient imperial examinations cannot select real talents. Those who can be admitted to the number one scholar are not necessarily more talented than scholars. .

But still the same sentence, there is no shortage of others, but Wu Yanque.

Master Zheng thought about it for a while, then asked with surprise in his eyes: "Lord Zhuangyuan, are you looking for a master for the Zhuangyuan camp?"

Wu Yan didn't pretend to be profound either, and said directly: "That's right, Master Zheng was able to argue with the prince in the brothel at that time, I, Zhao Wuji, was quite impressed, I don't know Master Zheng, would you like to give me Zhao Wuji a face? "

If you don't give you face, will you lose your martial arts?
No, I don't know martial arts, so will I be the same as the Su family father and son, who are forced to be beggars now, and I want to give relief, but I was threatened and robbed of 300 taels of silver?

Master Zheng said directly without any hesitation: "From today on, my humble life will belong to the number one scholar."

Wu Yan nodded in satisfaction, and took Mr. Zheng to his barracks to meet people.

There must be barracks. Outside the city, it was originally an abandoned school ground. The conditions are a bit rough, but it can be regarded as Wu Yan's first site.

On the way, Mr. Zheng and Wu Yan each rode a horse, accompanied by a few guards. Some people who had seen Wu Yan, the new champion, "paraded the streets" before, were also impressed by Wu Yan's extremely high appearance. Profound, seeing Wu Yan again, or kowtowing or shouting in the street.

There are also many young ladies throwing flowers, purses, handkerchiefs and other things at Wu Yan on the street. The damage is not high, but it is very provocative.

It's not the first time Wu Yan has seen this kind of situation. When Dongxing Crow went out on the street, it was even more beautiful than this.

I have always responded with a smile. In this era when an official does not make decisions for the people, it can be regarded as earning all the goodwill.

After leaving the city, Master Zheng, who had just joined Wu Yan's subordinates, asked, "Master Zheng, I don't know which battalion our Zhuangyuan camp is based on?"

There are many battalions of the Qing army, such as Xiaoqi, Vanguard, Guards, Infantry, Firearms, Jianrui, etc. There are also the so-called three major battalions, Tongzhou Camp, Tiger Gun Camp, and Fengtai Camp. At its peak, there were 17 people, and each small camp also had 500 people.

There is also the Shenji Camp inherited from the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of it, the Shenji Camp was already equipped with muskets and firecrackers as standard in the Ming Dynasty, and later it was equipped with matchlock guns. It was many years ahead of the Western powers, but in the Qing Dynasty Emperor Xianfeng, the structure of the Shenji Camp was still not perfect The main structure of the Qing army.

When everyone else is playing with guns, here is still mainly cold weapons, supplemented by muskets. Some military towns have thousands of gentlemen, but only dozens of muskets, what a chicken.

Wu Yan said: "Master Zheng, do you think that if I imitate Shenjiying, can the Zhuangyuanying be able to withstand it?"

If you can bear it, you can't bear it. Naturally, the target is the pressure from the imperial court, and there may also be pressure from Emperor Xianfeng.

At this time, the control of firearms was quite strict, but at least it was better than in Jiaqing and Daoguang, because the Opium War was feared by Western powers.

After pondering for a while, Master Zheng asked, "I don't know what the function of our No. [-] Scholar Battalion is?"

Wu Yan smiled and said, "Beat the Beggars' Gang."

Master Zheng was stunned for a moment, suspecting that he had heard it wrong, so Wu Yan repeated what he said to Emperor Xianfeng again.

Master Zheng pondered for a longer time before saying: "I heard that there are many masters in the beggar gang, and ordinary soldiers are no match at all. If you want to catch them all when they elect the gang leader, 360 people are not enough at all. It will only make the fish that slip through the net continue to retaliate. Whether it is directly retaliating against the No. Reasonably speaking, it is not a big problem for the Zhuangyuan Battalion to match the standard firearms of the Shenji Battalion.”

"The champion of the good teaching knows that the current situation is different from the past. The Su family... had a battalion of soldiers equipped with muskets before, which is not considered an overstep. However, the Su family is located in Guangzhou after all. If you want to emulate the Shenji Battalion in the capital, The resistance will be greater, and it will be easier to be impeached. If the relationship between the number one scholar and the prince is good, I suggest bluntly speaking, if the prince speaks, all problems can be solved easily."

Wu Yan was quite satisfied with Master Zheng's analysis. Although he was looking for Seng Gelinqin after all, it seemed like he was talking nonsense, but it was good to be able to tell some things.

For this era, Wu Yan still lacks sufficient understanding. When he had a private interview with Emperor Xianfeng Weifu, he said something wrong.

Later, when facing Seng Gelinqin, someone like Master Zheng was also needed to remind him, so that he would not be influenced by modern people's thinking and be kicked hard by the thigh that still needs to be hugged for the time being.

"Okay, Master Zheng, then you should think about it carefully, what should I tell the prince." Wu Yan said with a smile: "I have a man named Huatong under me, Master Zheng needs to communicate more."

After speaking, Wu Yan also brought Mr. Zheng to the barracks.

Looking at the camp that had begun to take shape and there were still many people working on it, Mr. Zheng said with emotion: "The number one scholar is really a holy family. It is not easy to ask for military expenses elsewhere."

Construction must cost money, and everyone can know this. Even if there is a Ministry of Industry, they may not necessarily take care of you as a new camp.

It is even more difficult for the household department to give money, even if it is the money that should be given.

In Master Zheng's view, Wu Yan had an imperial edict from the emperor.

But Wu Yan said directly: "Your Majesty did not give the money, but I earned it from Su Can before, 10 taels, enough to spend for a long time."

Of course, Mr. Zheng also knew about the 10 taels, but he never imagined that Wu Yan used his own money to build the No. [-] Scholar Camp, but still said it so openly, would the people next to him really not know how to tell the truth?

It seems that this Zao Wou-ki is very popular.

He also knows how to buy people's hearts. The subtext is to tell the people in the Zhuangyuan camp: Your food, drink and lax are all Lao Tzu's money, not the emperor's money.

But after all, his former employer was involved, so Master Zheng could only smile awkwardly: "10 taels, if it is an ordinary family, it will not last in ten lifetimes."

Wu Yan looked at Master Zheng, and asked with a deep expression: "Master Zheng, do you think I am an ordinary person?"

Master Zheng was stunned. He felt that Wu Yan's words had the meaning of scaring him. Combining with the words of buying people's hearts just now, he was as smart as Master Zheng. He suddenly felt that the more promising job he found seemed to be more There are huge risks.

Should... no?

He is only a champion of martial arts, and he is not a child of the royal family. Although the situation in the world is chaotic at this time, the imperial court is still orthodox and has enough oppressive power over the whole country.

Well, probably not.

Master Zheng felt that he was simply thinking too much.

(End of this chapter)