While Yang Fan was busy building his own infantry army, he received a report from Ali.
The remaining Mahdi army surrendered and he was captured.
Ali and his tribal warriors totaling 300 people have taken over all the Mahdi's territory. That is, a large desert area in the southern part of South Juba State, a dozen towns along the coast, and a small fishing port.
Ali offered twice the salary and recruited two thousand mercenaries in just ten days. Most of these people are from Kenya and Ethiopia. A few are recruited locally.
Now, there is serious famine in Africa. With the epidemic of diseases and reduction in food production in recent years, war in Europe and many other reasons, there is not enough food in Africa.
In addition to paying wages in US dollars, Ali also provided each soldier with an additional 100 kilograms of flour per month.
This treatment immediately moved the hearts of many veterans in East Africa. U.S. dollars, how can any boss be willing to pay wages in U.S. dollars? This is hard currency, not local shillings used in bundles. It's not the kind of toilet paper that you might just use to wipe your butt after a nap.
Ali quickly pulled the team together. He is now working in Mahdi's office. Civil servants in Mahdi's civil administration quickly recognized the reality and directly appointed Ali as their new leader.
In order to support Ali, get a firm foothold as soon as possible. The scammer quickly handed over the inventory of arms to Ali.
An international mercenary army of two thousand people equipped with heavy firepower is worthy of everyone's awe.
Other surrounding forces immediately expressed their desire for peaceful coexistence. Even Major General Moody, the actual controller of Lower Juba State, also sent people to win over and recruit people aggressively. And awarded Ali the rank of colonel. It is tantamount to admitting that Ali replaced Mahdi.
Yang Fan instructed Ali that he could submit to Moody as long as he could hold on to this territory.
What Ali lacked was a piece of territory. As long as he stood firm, no one could get rid of him.
Because Yang Fan has astronomical amounts of money in modern times. You can recruit mercenaries at will. Africa has no money to eat, but there are too many veterans who have fought all their lives, from North Africa to South Africa, everywhere.
Even if Yang Fan is a violent soldier, he can kill those rotten garlics in the Horn of Africa.
But this is not necessary. Rabbits do not eat grass near their nests. With Major General Moody on top, he was hidden deeper and would not be noticed. How could those old Europeans and big countries pay attention to a small warlord with only 2,000 people on the southern border of the Horn of Africa, the poorest place in the world?
The scammers finally had a protective ring of locals around them. I feel much more relieved.
From the moment he sent away the little girls who were having fun, he was still worried until Ali won the battle.
Now that the situation has stabilized. Scammers began recruiting people near their hometown in China to raise donkeys in Africa. Negotiate cooperation with several important domestic manufacturers to establish donkey hide gelatin factories. Xinghe Group invested in its own slaughtering and donkey meat processing plants in the city.
They also hire several well-drilling teams to dig wells, pump water for irrigation, and plant pasture on their own territory all year round. Large-scale donkey breeding is impossible without enough water and alfalfa.
I have always heard that there are rich mineral resources here, but they cannot be developed because of the war. However, we can hire people from China to explore them.
The scammers began to buy camels from Ali and drove them into the dock. Whenever a night passes, these camels will disappear without a trace. No one knows when the ship came and took it away.
Ali's camel and donkey business grew bigger and bigger. In this era, there are very few places that need creatures like camels, and there is basically no market for them.
Now Alibaba has released the acquisition of Camel. It immediately attracted the attention of various warlords. This is a good opportunity to turn waste into treasure. Sell the extra camels and get the money back, which can be used to buy weapons and expand the army.
Camels arrive in droves. A large number of camels went to the grasslands to form the new camel artillery regiment of the cavalry division. The remaining camels will form a transport team for logistical transportation when the team uses troops in the northwest.
A new infantry army has begun to be formed in the new city. A large number of militia backbones were recruited into military camps and became regular soldiers. Officers were transferred from the retainer regiment. At the same time, the Jia Ding Group added new personnel.
Now the Jiading Regiment has actually become a teaching team and training base for army officers. Army officers at all levels come from here. Now everyone in Yang Fan's system understands that as long as you join the Jia Ding Regiment and train with the master for a period of time, you will be an officer at the level of Xiaoqi.
The Dragoon Regiment actually became the Cavalry Teaching Regiment, and all levels of cavalry officers came from here. The first batch of thirty trainees were all regiment-level officers at this time, and some even reached the division level.
The difference between the Dragoon Regiment and the Jia Ding Regiment is that Mongolian warriors are recruited here. In other words, there will be a certain number of Mongolian officers in the cavalry.
The Jiading Regiment and the Dragoon Regiment are Yang Fan's main security forces. They mainly follow Yang Fan and are responsible for protecting the safety of Yang Fan and his family.
Xinghe Tuanlian is the garrison team of Yang Fan's home base. Important places, such as Yang Fan's mansion, arsenal, scientific research institutions, and important factories. They are responsible for the city defense of the new city.
The total strength of these three regiments is just over 10,000, which is Yang Fan's actual garrison strength in the Ming Dynasty.
This force is not too large and is within Chongzhen's tolerance. It is also the lowest level of security.
From now on, the infantry corps, the cavalry corps, and the fleet will serve as the three field mobile forces and will be the main forces fighting against Mongolia, Liaodong, and overseas countries in the northwest. No special reason will appear in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.
Until now, the court did not know any information about the cavalry army. Dolon also prohibits outsiders from entering. Only allowed in but not allowed out. Deep in the Guxuan grassland of Duolun, there is only transportation by ship. The surrounding area became a no man's land. News was cut off from the mainland.
While Yang Fan was busy organizing the infantry army, the Jingyan of the first year of Chongzhen in the Wenhua Palace began.
The Ming Dynasty stipulated that in order to avoid cold and heat, two periods of economic extension were organized every year, which were called "spring lectures" and "autumn lectures". Each period lasted about three months. The spring lectures usually started in February and ended in May.
Autumn lectures usually start in August and end in October. During the extension period, it will be organized three times a month, on the second, twelfth, and 22nd of each month. Among them, the first lectures of the spring lecture and autumn lecture are the most solemn.
About the extended location. In principle, it will be held in the main hall of Wenhua Hall.
There were a lot of things going on this fall, and after several delays and interruptions, the event could not be held as scheduled. Chongzhen issued a special decree to postpone the reissue this month. This lecture was extended to one day. In the morning, "Extensions of the University", "Zhenguan Politicians", "Illustrated Commentary on the Emperor's Mirror" and "Tongjian Compendium" were lectured. In the afternoon, a special lecture was given on the situation in Mongolia and Qinghai-Tibet in the northwest since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.
Because troops will be used against the northwest soon. At this time, Jing Yan summoned civil and military ministers to discuss the situation in the northwest region, which was particularly sensitive.
Especially three days ago, Chongzhen summoned 500 military generals of third rank or above from Northern Zhili and young men from noble families at the Guande Hall in Jingshan to form the Jingwei Martial Arts Camp, designated to be led by Zhang Shize, the British Duke's grandson. He went to Nanyuan Barracks for training, and at the same time, he will follow this army's western expedition.
Jingwei martial arts existed intermittently during the Ming Dynasty. It was a way for the emperor to train his own junior officers and thereby control the army. This action of the emperor immediately attracted great attention from the cabinet and civil officials.
There are rumors in the palace that His Majesty intends to foretell the news that more than a thousand families of military attachés in the guard stations across the country will send a male from each family to study martial arts in the capital guard. It even aroused a lot of discussion among civil servants.
The news spread that the Jingshan rear school grounds would be converted into the Jingwei Martial Arts School. His Majesty intends to appoint the British prince Zhang Zhiji to offer wine to the Jingwei martial arts school.
Yang Fan also heard the news. He was about to go on an expedition, and the emperor transferred Changping's army to the north city for defense. Now he was about to restart the Jingwei martial arts. He felt that a new struggle had begun to undercurrent in the court. I'm afraid the storm is coming again.
