Yan Yingyuan was appointed by Yang Fan as the military training ambassador, and he was responsible for training 80,000 prisoners.
These 80,000 prisoners were organized into 160 battalions, each with 500 men. Among them, about 20,000 were death row inmates and real criminals, organized into 40 death camps.
They will assign it to Commander Yan Yingyuan. Because Yang Fan has already written to the emperor to recommend Yan Yingyuan as the commander-in-chief of the snow area. Leading 15,000 regiments and 20,000 prisoner troops to escort the master back to the snow area. From now on, this unit will be stationed in the snowy area to defend the country and guard the border.
Incorporate snow areas into the garrison to further improve local control.
Because of the brutal siege of Jiuyuan City, the regiment lost another five thousand people. The original group training of 40,000 people only had 15,000 people left.
But these people are now qualified warriors who have experienced dozens of brutal battles.
The nails planted by Donglin and the Jin Party had already been identified or dealt with. Or died in battle. After many waves of battles, those who survived had nothing to do with them and became pure soldiers.
Under Yang Fan's step-by-step guidance and with the military support of the Beijing camp army. Yan Yingyuan also firmly controlled this army. This year, his ability has improved a lot. Now if you give him these 20,000 scum and scum, he will be able to handle them with ease.
The entire Blackwater City began a large-scale military training. To become soldiers, these prisoners need brutal training. As for the training of these prisoners, Yang Fan acted as a hands-off manager and directly put Yan Yingyuan in charge.
Yang Fan gave Yan Yingyuan three months. After three months, Yan Yingyuan would take the death camp and group training to escort the master.
The remaining 60,000 people were organized into atonement camps. Settled on both sides of the Heihe River, cultivated land and guarded the border. They have no military pay, so they can only farm their own land to support themselves.
But they are not guardsmen. They are still essentially prisoners.
Chongzhen was having a meeting on the platform when he received the news of Jiuyuan City's victory.
All the forces in the imperial court were actually jealous of Yang Fan's achievements in the past two years. Yang Fan not only occupied territory and raised an army, but also opened various businesses and made a fortune.
That kind of money is ridiculous.
Originally, they planned to plot against Uncle Ding Yuan. The emperor also turned a blind eye and pretended not to notice the twists and turns inside. Following the tide, he agreed to Qian Longxi's plan to destroy his family.
However, no one expected that Yang Fan would actually win the battle just over ten days after the prisoners were released. They were stunned by this turn for a while, and it took them a long time to come back to their senses.
Qian Longxi and Li Biao looked at each other, and they both saw fear in each other's eyes.
Even a battle with such disparity in strength can be won. Yang Fan made them feel scared.
All their plans turned into jokes in the face of Yang Fan's strength.
However, Chongzhen was very excited and repeatedly asked the guerrillas sent back to report the victory if the Oirat people had really withdrawn their troops and returned to the Tianshan Mountains. Won't come back again.
After receiving a positive answer, Chongzhen stood up happily. Walked back and forth on the platform a few times. This means that the war in the northwest is completely over. Jingying can come back.
This was the first time that Chongzhen had left his military power outside for so long. To be honest, he couldn't sleep.
"What are the casualties in the Beijing camp?"
"In reply to Your Majesty, there were more than 80,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp when we went out for the expedition. Now we still have 40,000 fighting troops, and there are about 10,000 disabled officers and soldiers."
Chongzhen was silent for a while, even though he knew that Yang Fan could fight like this with Oirat cavalry six times his own, which was already very good. However, he still feels bad for the Jingying camp that he spent two million taels of silver to rebuild.
Half of the casualties were lost, and there were still 10,000 disabled people to be resettled.
He was a little reluctant to part with money again.
Chongzhen thought for a while and said: "Wang Banban, let the Chief of Ceremonies draft the edict, and promote Yang Fan to be the commander of Suiyuan Province. He will be in charge of the military affairs of a province. He will be stationed in Guihua City. From Zhangjiakou to Heishui City, the Great Wall The north and south of the Mongolian Gobi are all assigned to Suiyuan Province."
Chongzhen thought for a moment and then said to the cabinet: "The province of Suiyuan is newly established. You should also select governors, envoys, envoys and other officials and report back later. Suiyuan is a sparsely populated area and has just experienced a war. We won’t set up prefectures and counties. Let’s manage Fengzhou around Guihua City first.”
Li Biao and others took the lead. They all had grimaces on their faces.
Guihua City was a bitter and cold place, and Yang Fan killed all the herdsmen. Farmland cannot be planted locally, and the people have nothing. If you want to make money, you can't find anyone.
There is no gain in being an official there. I guess no one wants to go.
Yang Fan's official report to the cabinet stated that Fengzhou's current population is only 800, and they are all miscellaneous. There was not a single Han Chinese, and there was nowhere to prepare supplies. I can only kill two or three sheep every day to make ends meet.
The richest things in Monan are actually the former territories of Haraqin and Duoyan. It is very close to Daming. There are also many pastures.
Many people who evaded taxes went to rely on the Mongols to colonize. So it is not considered a mature place. The Suiyuan side is purely Mongolian territory. Only sheep can be herded.
Therefore, Donglin cut off the most fertile parts first.
The reason is also very good, to cooperate with Yuan Chonghuan's restoration of Liao Dynasty in five years. Now it is very important to unite with Chahar to seal off the establishment of slaves and isolate Liaodong. The province of Rehe must be handed over to Yuan Chonghuan for unified management.
As for the western part of the desert Mongolia, after the war, it was deserted for thousands of miles, and there were still many horse bandits. The scattered soldiers were scattered and their own safety was not guaranteed. Only ghosts want to go.
Chongzhen ignored the cabinet and continued: "The order is given to Yang Fan and Zhang Shize. After receiving the order, they will immediately lead the Beijing camp back to the court. No delay is allowed."
Chongzhen hesitated and added. "We must arrive in the capital within a month."
Wang Chengen looked at the emperor and whispered: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it won't take a month. I heard that the train has been repaired to the outskirts of Guihua City. They will take the train back to Beijing and it will only take three to five days."
Chongzhen was shocked and asked: "What are you talking about? Is that train so fast? Besides, there are 50,000 people in the Beijing camp. Can the train fit it?"
Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, Dingyuanbo's train can transport troops in a kind of carriage called a tank car. One car can hold fifty people, and one train has thirty carriages and can transport one thousand five hundred people. One day. It departed six times. It could transport 9,000 troops in one day. It took six or seven days to transport the capital back to the capital."
Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen in shock. He did not expect this train to have such a large capacity. It's really useful for transporting troops. If all eighteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty were connected by railways, it would definitely be of great benefit to strengthening the management of the country.
However, when he thought about the railway investment, he stopped thinking again.
This railway was listed for financing and issued shares. A total of three million taels of financing have been raised. The end point is to reach Blackwater City. This much money is not something anyone can afford. Without the issuance of stock financing, this railway would not be built at all.
When he thought of three million taels of silver, Chongzhen felt breathless.
This railway was initiated by Yang Fan, as the major shareholder, and then issued shares on the exchange at one tael of silver per share. Three million shares in total.
This kind of small denomination stocks can be participated in by traffickers and footmen in the capital. After all, there are still many people who can spare a few taels of silver.
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