Lord of Ming Dynasty

In the past, he didn't have many soldiers. Several subordinates commanded one type of troops, and he commanded his subordinates to form an army to fight against the enemy. Now he has to make this simple military system a little more complicated.

Below the capital is the commander of the guards, who is in charge of commanding thousands of households. Otherwise, it is difficult for you to assign them. The generals assigned by Zhang Qiang are probably Qianhu. The number of troops they command far exceeds the number of thousands of households stipulated by Zhang Qiang. It looks low-profile.

Dusi, Guard Commander, Thousand Households, Hundred Households, General Banner, Small Banner, Shichang, and Wuchang. These are the military positions of the army divided by Zhang Qiang. The Ming Dynasty's Weisuo military and official system has been simplified and revised, which is clear at a glance.

The Dusi and Wei commanders will not fix the number of subordinate thousand households under command, because this is not suitable for Zhang Qiang's current situation.

Right now, a guard commander may command two thousand households, or even two thousand households, one hundred households, or one thousand or several hundred households, all for the purpose of deploying troops to defend against the needs of the enemy.

Inside Zhang Qiang's team:

A corps leader commands five soldiers, and with him there are six.

A Shichang, commanding two corps leaders, 12 people, plus him and two messengers, is 15 people.

A small flag, commanding two chiefs, 35 people, plus his own four guards, who are also messengers, and him, that is [-] people.

A general banner, commanding three small banners, 110 people, plus himself, and ten guards, is [-] six people.

One hundred households, commanding two general banners, 230 people, plus himself, plus 240 guards, is [-] eight people.

One thousand households, command five hundred households, 240 people, plus himself, plus 270 guards, [-] people.

As for the commanders of Wei, Wei Wuji, Xuanyuan Longfei, Du Ge, Mi Chun, Mi Lin, He Jin, Lin Chengcheng, and Hu Kui all had different forces.

Wei Wuji and Du Ge have heavy tasks.

Wei Wuji has two thousand households under his jurisdiction, plus one hundred households, plus his own personal guard with a hundred households, a total of 500 close to 210 people. In the county, there is a fellow commander named Zhou Porridge who has just been equipped. The strength of a guarding one hundred households is also [-] eight people.

Because there are three towns in Du Ge's defense that need to be defended, in order to completely block the enemy's attack on Dongyang, Yongkang County, and Jinhua Mansion, so he has three thousand households under his command, plus one of his own. The Hundred Household Guards, because it is not a county seat, did not guard the Hundred Households.

Zhou Porridge, a fellow confidant, was stationed in Fucheng, and the garrison of the whole mansion was controlled by him. He also served as the commander of the garrison of Fucheng in Fucheng, commanding a force of thousands of households.

Xuanyuan Longfei was stationed in Yiwu County, leading two thousand households, two hundred households, and his own personal guard of 150 people, which also had nearly three thousand troops.

He Jin and Lin Chengcheng have [-] troops at the same time, each of them controls the troops of a thousand households stationed in a county, and at the same time controls the temporary deployment of troops for two hundred households, and they themselves have a relative of dozens of people. guard.This is mainly because Zhang Qiang doesn't trust them very much. After all, they are surrendered generals, which means that they are only equivalent to the rights of a thousand households.

If it weren't for the heavy defense task, Zhang Qiang would not temporarily send them two hundred households of troops.

Mi Lin and Mi Chun each govern two thousand households.

Hu Kui was originally stationed in Wucheng, and he had four hundred-household cavalry squadrons under his command. He was also responsible for monitoring the movements of the surrounding enemy troops. Later, because Zhou Porridge returned to Fucheng, he could only take one hundred-household cavalry guards to take over Wuyi County. The garrison, serving as the commander of the city guard of Wuyi County, has two thousand households under its jurisdiction.

Zhang Qiang personally led three cavalry squadrons of one hundred households, but those three cavalry squadrons of one hundred households were still stationed in Wucheng, while Zhang Qiang led one of his own cavalry squadrons, 150 people, and two firecrackers with a strength of one thousand households stationed in Jinhua Inside the county seat.

The army of thousands of households led by Zhou Porridge was actually stationed behind the county seat, on the Beishan Pass, to prevent the enemy from attacking Jinhuafu City from behind.

At present, a thousand households are stationed in each county to guard the county, and the prefecture is led by me personally, and the strength of the troops changes without a permanent system. "

Let's put it this way, Zhang Qiang's current army actually follows a part of the military system of the Weisuo Army of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact his army has formed its own system.

But it’s a little different. Guarding is responsible for executing the orders of the chief envoy, and Tongzhi is responsible for the specific implementation, guarding the city, eradicating bandits, hunting down bandits who threaten us, and other vicious criminals. It is the government's business to be in charge of the yamen servants and the police.

Zhang Qiang's regular soldiers, now also known as the Jinhua Rebel Army outside, are also responsible for guarding the city, but they are directly under Zhang Qiang's jurisdiction, not under the jurisdiction of the local government. Their main duty is to guard against foreign enemies and go out to fight.

Zhang Qiang's model, to put it bluntly, is equivalent to the division of labor between the police, armed police, and army in later generations.

Time passed quickly, and another week passed. Jin Sheng has actively recruited administrative staff in Jinhua Mansion and its subordinate counties, refugees and the original people of Jinhua Mansion, and visited some people who are still staying in Jinhua Mansion. The squires reorganized the local relations, allowing them to recognize the rebel army's responsibility to protect Jinhua Mansion, and they recognized the rebel army as a local army, and recognized that the rebel army paid taxes to the rebel army, that is, Zhang Qiang's army.

Thanks to Jin Sheng's propaganda, Zhang Qiang's popularity has risen a lot again. According to the system's statistics, his popularity has reached [-].

According to the system's division of popularity, 0 means indifference, 5 means accepting, 10 means friendly, 20 means friendly, and 30 means closeness.

In other words, they have now accepted Zhang Qiang from the bottom of their hearts, and are willing to get close to such an army and this person.

With Jin Sheng's preliminary work, Zhang Qiang decided to recruit all his subordinates back, formally held a ceremony of conferring officials and conferring seals, and formally adjusted the military system that he had planned this time, so as to prepare for the next battle with the enemy. Prepare.

Chapter 73 Discussion on the direction of attack

After another three or four days, Zhang Qiang recruited all his subordinates back, and everyone gathered together to discuss major issues.

Jin Sheng was wearing the official uniform of the chief envoy of the Ming Dynasty that he made himself. Although Zhang Qiang occupied only Jinhua Mansion, he and the system had already regarded this mansion as their own territory.

At least he has elevated himself to the level of a local government, not to mention that Zhang Qiang has also occupied a county in Quzhou Prefecture, and he can already call himself a Taoist official. Not just the role of the magistrate of a mere prefecture, so Zhang Qiang awarded Jin Sheng the post of governor.

It's just that the official uniform did not have patterns of birds and beasts embroidered with the corresponding officials of the Ming Dynasty on it. Zhang Qiang wore the official military uniform of the commander of the Ming Dynasty, and there was no pattern corresponding to the official position of the Ming Dynasty. This is Zhang Qiang. Where it is required to distinguish Ming officials.

Zhang Qiang sat on the first middle seat in the lobby, and on the chair under the steps to the left of Jin Sheng. Zhou Porridge was wearing a Tongzhi civil official uniform and sat on the chair below Jin Sheng. Opposite Zhou Porridge was Wei Wuji, wearing a military official's mansion from thousands of households. Wei Wuji Below is Hu Kui, and below that are Xuanyuan Longfei, Du Ge, Lin Chengcheng, He Jin, Mi Chun, Mi Lin and others, all of whom are Zhang Qiang's new interpretation of the official position of guard commander.

Everyone's faces were full of joy. Have they been promoted? Thinking about it, a few months ago, they were all ordinary people, small people, servants, and even rogues. Now they have finally become full-time officials and become official officials.

Although the group they worked for is actually in the entire Ming Dynasty, it is not considered legal, or it is not officially recognized as a legal group recognized by the court body, but how can I say that now they occupy a place with a large number of soldiers, and there are still 10,000 + Common people, since Ruan Dacheng was defeated, the Qing army never came to harass them again. For more than a month, they are almost equivalent to a small kingdom.

Zhang Qiang said to Jin: "Can the official seals of all levels be engraved?"

Jin Sheng said: "Report to my lord, the seal has been carved, and I will let the servants present it later."

"Okay, can the notice be distributed to all counties?"

Jin Sheng said: "I have sent yamen servants to various counties, and now there are 15 former officials of the Ming Dynasty, and 35 scholars, all of whom are talented and famous, willing to work for me. I have recruited people for assessment, and when the assessment is completed, You can grant official seals and send them to take office."

"We must let the place resume production as soon as possible to stabilize the people."

"My lord Jin, there is a lot of waste to be done now, you can hurry up and settle down the Jinhua Mansion before the Qing army is free to deal with us. I will arrange for Zhu Dayou and Zhou Porridge to hand over the materials seized earlier. , you should also set up your team as soon as possible to make the whole government run."

"Don't worry, my lord, I will do my best to return my lord a stable and prosperous Jinhua Mansion."

Zhang Qiang looked at the crowd, He Jin looked up at the sky, still drifting away from his group, after beating Ruan Dacheng, after he returned, he received Zhang Qiang's death order and took 1 soldiers to attack Yongkang County, using It took a week to take down Yongkang County, and sent another [-] prisoners to Zhang Qiang. This increased the number of prisoners that Zhang Qiang had already transferred several times, and it was still as high as [-]. Zhang Qiang no longer pursued him. He got close to himself, anyway, what he did was beneficial to him and harmless to him, that's right.

Zhang Qiang supported the armrests of the chair with both hands, stood up, and said in a loud voice as he walked: "Our army has rested for more than a month, and the surrounding situation is changing. The Qing army has no time to take care of us, but we can't just sit here and wait until the enemy is wiped out and they will fight against us." Fight against the enemy, and then gather forces to attack us, we should take the initiative to attack, everyone can speak freely, tell me, which direction should we develop?"

Seeing that no one was talking, Jin Sheng stood up, "My lord, I believe that our army should continue to rectify its troops and horses, restore people's livelihood, and wait until next spring to send troops."

Zhang Qiang raised his hand, "No, time waits for no one. Seeing that the Longwu court that Li Chengdong's department has already fought is retreating steadily, Li Chengdong's department has already taken Yanping Mansion and Fuzhou Mansion. The next step is Quanzhou Mansion and Tingzhou Mansion. The state capital is already in jeopardy, if our army does not send troops to contain the Qing army, the Qing army will destroy the Longwu court, and if this is the case, we will face a pincer attack from east to west."

Zhou Congee said: "My lord, I think we should attack Shaoxing Mansion and take Shaoxing Mansion. This will cut off the land connection between Taizhou Mansion and Ningbo Mansion and the Qing army. We can slowly develop here and take Ningbo Mansion. Taizhou prefecture, sitting on the land of four prefectures, backed by the sea, can also do business by sea, obtain funds, food, support the development of our army, and at the same time have a retreat."

Wei Wuji said in a deep voice, "Then why not take Taizhou directly? We will be able to reach the sea in no time, and even if we take Shaoxing, we can also be near the sea, but the problem is that the main force of the Qing army is stationed in Hangzhou. On the sea, if you take Shaoxing Mansion, do you want to welcome back Lu Jianguo? Wouldn't that be a wedding dress for others?

If you don't welcome back Lu Jianguo, will you be under the control of other courts? Besides, if we take Shaoxing Mansion, we will be under the enemy's back.

Although Chuzhou Prefecture, Wenzhou Prefecture, and Fuzhou Prefecture are within the scope of the Qing army's occupation, the enemy's army has limited strength. Their main task is to destroy the Longwu court. The Longwu court is more attractive than ours. , so I suggest taking Taizhou Mansion instead of taking the initiative to approach the enemy's main force and attack Shaoxing Mansion. "

Zhang Qiang looked around, "Master Wei is right. Well, let's prepare according to this policy. Everyone will be vigilant and guard their respective jurisdictions while training soldiers. One month later, we will send troops to Taizhou Capital."

In fact, Zhang Qiang's idea is to send troops to the state capital to squeeze the living space of Li Chengdong's department. Li Chengdong's department occupies the state capital, Wenzhou, Funing, Fuzhou, Yanping, and upwards with Ji'an, Nanchang and other places Connected, Zhang Qiang's purpose is to squeeze out this space, expand his territory, weaken the enemy, and give the Longwu Nanming forces some living space, so that he will not face the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army in an all-round way.

But right now, the subordinates are still right. They have to think for themselves and expand to the sea, so as to avoid the desperate situation that if the Qing army blocks all sides, their territory will fall into siege from all sides, unable to supply troops, and unable to escape.