When the officials and censors of the Great Ming Dynasty impeached Yang Hao for his unfavorable situation, lost troops and generals, and wanted to kill him, Master Jinglue has not been idle these days. He is using the dwindling power in his hands to destroy the treasures stored in Shenyang City. All kinds of grain and grass supplies were continuously shipped out of the south gate and given to his son-in-law Chenglong Kuai in the form of supplementary grain and salary for the East Route Army.
These large army grain and grass transported to Shenyang from Tongzhou, Jingshi, Shanhaiguan and other places were originally needed to support the four groups of people after they occupied Hetuala. Although the quantity was much less than Juniper, Marin, Liu Wei and others expected, and it was shipped to Shenyang It was also very untimely, but now it is more than enough to supply the new army under Liu Zhaosun's command.
The dead do not need to eat, the living do.
If there is a living person, we must fight and kill the Tatars.
It's a pity that the old men in Liao Town don't understand this truth.
The guerrilla generals who were entrenched in Shenyang watched eagerly as the food and grass came out of the treasury and were divided by a group of southern soldiers (although the people in the south of the city who were trained every day were all Liao people, they had been expelled from Liao by Liao Town), and everyone felt in their hearts. How to be willing.
Fortunately, the imperial court has not yet begun to completely liquidate Yang Hao. The payment of Liao's salary has to go through the hands of Mr. Yang, so everyone has to give him some face.
After Li Rubai, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Province, returned from Crow Falcon Pass, he became in a trance and behaved strangely. Sometimes he would not leave the house for several days in a row, and sometimes he would talk about going to Xuanyuan Temple to become a layman. A few days ago, he even hung out with Taoist Zhang, doing De Liao Town is centrifugal and disloyal.
In Liu Zhaosun's view, Li Rubai's desire for survival was too strong and he was too fearful of the court. He was far less decisive than his father Li Chengliang in killing. Of course, this was also related to Li Rubai's strength.
Now in Liao Town, the boss doesn't care about things, and the second boss has not yet taken over, which is very embarrassing.
Although there are new military bosses in Liao Town, the newcomers and the masters of the capital have not yet connected. The division of millions of taels of silver cannot be explained clearly by a few Tang newspapers between Liaodong and the capital.
The establishment of any new order takes time, so for now, everyone can still tolerate Mr. Jinglue and his sesame and mung bean guard son-in-law running amok in Liaodong.
Liu Zhaosun understands the plight of his father-in-law very well. The only ones who can save Yang Hao now are Emperor Wanli and Liu Zhaosun.
The old Emperor Wanli did what an emperor should do. He left the memorial to impeach Yang Hao unpublished, used Dongchang Jinyiwei to suppress those famous public officials, and then treated the Six Ministries with silence. By the way, Zhu Yijun is best at doing this.
What Liu Zhaosun needs to do is to train the new army as soon as possible and strive to obtain reliable force in the short term.
The southern soldiers were brave, but after all they were just guest soldiers. Their numbers were limited and it was difficult to transport troops, so they could not stay in Liaodong for a long time.
In history, the Ming army's several disastrous defeats in Liaodong, from Sarhu to Hunhe, from the Jisi Incident to the Battle of Songjin, were all related to the fact that the southern troops were too far away and failed to arrive in time.
Training the Liao people strictly and accurately according to the standards of the Qi family army, using the Liao soldiers as the basis, and then absorbing other strong armies is one of the good ways to solve the dilemma of Liaodong.
Since the Jurchens in Jianzhou could corrode the Liao people, why couldn't Liu Zhaosun assimilate the Jurchens?
Taking the enemy's path and leaving the enemy with nowhere to go is the best strategy.
All Liu Zhaosun can think of now are some details at the military level. As for how to improve the living conditions of the Han people in Liaodong from the economic, political, and cultural levels and gradually reverse the situation in Liaodong, that is a bigger issue that requires long-term thinking.
Liu Zhaosun's previous general level was too low to be on the table. Even though Yang Hao promoted him to the front line and was promoted to two levels in a row, he was still in charge of a small garrison of hundreds of soldiers.
There are too few soldiers and the people speak softly. This is definitely not possible in Liaodong, where tigers, wolves and jackals are everywhere.
Master Jinglue insisted that the imperial court should promote Liu Zhaosun to the rank of general, at least as a guerrilla. He asked Mao Yuanyi to write memorials to the emperor every day these days, and asked the Ministry of War to come to verify military achievements as soon as possible. He also reminded the old emperor to keep his word and at least give Liu Zhaosun a commanding officer. After all, thousands of people saw Mr. Liu kill Amin. Don't chill the hearts of the soldiers on the east road.
I don’t know if the old emperor suffered from gout after reading Yang Hao’s memorial and died a year early. Yang Hao knows Wanli's temper. It is safest to negotiate terms with him during a war, especially if you win the war. This is the experience Yang Hao learned when Wanli aided the DPRK.
Yang Hao asked his son-in-law to be bold and recruit troops. Only with soldiers can he take root in Liaodong. It doesn't matter what the guerrilla defense is, what the number of troops is, as long as it doesn't exceed two thousand, don't go too far.
Yang Hao specifically told him that the portion that exceeded the number of garrison soldiers was to supplement Marin's troops. If it didn't work, he said that it was righteous people who were eager to kill slaves. Thousands of people brought their own food and grass and voluntarily surrendered. The people's support can be used, as long as the emperor Regardless of this matter, I am not afraid of impeachment by those officials.
The number of soldiers suddenly increased from three hundred to two thousand. Liu Zhaosun admired his father-in-law's operation and fell to the ground.
However, in order to repay the kindness of the manager, Liu Zhaosun decided to directly recruit five thousand people.
Liu Zhaosun was familiar with history. He knew that Nurhachi would soon come to open the original source, and Shenyang would not be protected. At that time, Liaodong was in war. As long as the money was in place, there should be few civilians and supervisors who would be spared. They were involved in dangerous situations and were not afraid. During the war, he went to Liaodong to check how many troops he had?
Of course, maybe Master Xiong and Yuan Dudu will be excluded.
After thinking about this, Liu Zhaosun began to concentrate on military training.
Military training in this era mainly focused on military discipline training and Qi Jiguang's "Records of Military Training" and "New Book of Discipline Effects". These are ready-made teaching materials that can be copied without much modification.
Qi Shuai's most important thing in military training is the source of troops and military discipline.
The southern soldiers under Lord Garrison, who were fighting fiercely with the Xianglan Banner, had quite a few soldiers, not to mention other troops. Last time in Hunjiang, when they were attacked by Xianglan Banner Zhenyi warriors, these soldiers were the first to flee.
After so many years after Qi Jiguang's death, the Qi family's army, which once had great military exploits, has continued to fade. Although Qi Jin trained his troops as his uncle did, times are changing. In the Wanli Dynasty, where the commodity economy was highly prosperous, in the later period, he recruited a pure army of Yiwu miners. , the more difficult it becomes.
If the source of troops is not good, everything is out of the question.
According to Qi Jiguang, they don't want it for smooth people in urban and rural areas, they don't want it for veteran veterans, they don't want it for city people who are used to government officials, and they don't want it for those with fair faces, thin skin, and tender flesh.
Only country people, black, big and strong, who are timid when seeing the government, rural people and miners are the best.
They also need to be singles. Before the establishment of the garrison, those soldiers with families would not dare to risk their lives on the battlefield, and after their death, the garrison would need a large pension.
In one sentence: a single, honest and strong country man.
The economic development level of Liaodong is only a few miles away from that of Jiangnan, and the number of soldiers here may not be much worse than that of Yiwu. It's just that the officials in Liao Town didn't spend their energy on training troops at all. They thought that border troubles could be solved by relying on hundreds or thousands of servants, so why should they spend more money on training troops? To take a step back, even if you invest in back money and keep your salary and management, you can still make a lot of money. What's the point of working hard to train troops?
Many of the suffering Liao people in front of Liu Zhaosun met this standard, so he decided to recruit three thousand people first.
In actual training, soldiers must also be divided into different areas to prevent the problem of being too big to lose in the future. In addition to Liao, soldiers from other places also needed to be recruited. Liu Zhaosun decided to select 2,000 soldiers from the South for mixed training with the Liao people.
After solving the problem of soldier resources, the next step is military discipline.
The so-called military order is like a mountain, and it must be implemented and prohibited.
Since returning to Shenyang, Liu Zhaosun has eaten and lived with the soldiers. He lived in a slightly larger tent with only two soldiers around him.
The garrison master is now gradually downplaying the role of servants. Although servants are useful, they are like poppies. If used too much, it will only have a counterproductive effect on improving the combat effectiveness of the entire army.
Jin Yuji stood at the south gate every day, guarded by several Yang Hao's servants, looking at the south military camp like a watcher's stone, waiting for her garrison to return to the city.
Now North Korea Mei Ji and Yang Qing'er have reconciled, because Liu Zhaosun has been away, and without a man, the woman has become a good best friend.
For more than ten days, Liu Zhaosun led his new army to conduct devilish training in order to develop a fighting force before the Battle of Kaiyuan.
Every morning before dawn, a fire is made to make rice. After the whole army had breakfast, the generals of each battalion led the soldiers to run around Shenyang City.
The perimeter of the Shenyang City Wall is 9 miles and 30 steps. Only a few of these physically weak refugees can complete one lap within the time (one stick of incense) set by the garrison.
The garrison leader personally led a battalion, totaling 800 people, all newly recruited Liao people. This force will serve as his guard battalion.
After a lap, everyone was exhausted and lying on the ground gasping for air. The commanders of each battalion waved their whips and beat them up to continue doing push-ups. Each person does three sets of push-ups, each with fifty push-ups. If you can't finish it, continue running around Shenyang City.
After doing this, the strongest soldiers in the new army turned pale and stared at the ground blankly.
The New Army's nightmare was temporarily over, and then it was lunch time.
Thanks to the efforts of the garrison adults, the new army had a sumptuous lunch, which made the southern soldiers jealous and greedy. However, no one is willing to run around Shenyang City like a cow just to eat a few more pieces of meat.
For lunch, there were two plates of meat dishes and one plate of vegetarian dishes, accompanied by a large bucket of clear soup. Everyone could only relax while eating.
Liu Zhaosun could not relax. He borrowed money from his father-in-law every day to buy pigs, sheep and grain. He was exploited by profiteers in Liaodong and felt very angry.
In the afternoon, the recruits' nightmare continued.
Long distance running, push-ups.
The garrison master's life-threatening training made all the Liao Town generals at the city head dumbfounded and suspected that he had gone crazy.
The Liao people asked Liu Zhaosun to toss like this. He could still hold on after a few days, but only half of it. Those Liao people who could not persist were permanently eliminated. Fortunately, there were many refugees around, and they had religious fanaticism towards Liu Zhaosun, so a steady stream of new people joined every day.
After several days of physical training, the five thousand soldiers in front of Liu Zhaosun were obviously much better.
However, the formation was still a bit awkward. Except for the southern soldiers who had been transferred to practice as training partners, the remaining battalions stood together and stood crookedly, without any military momentum at all.
Some time ago, Liu Zhaosun mainly conducted physical training, and queue marching was temporarily put aside. Now, it is time to conduct queue training.
