After the Zuowei Army Town was established, Zhu Youxiao took advantage of the situation and announced the immediate expansion of the Yulin Army.
The Royal Forest Army and the Left Guard Army divided nearly half of the main force of the four major battalions. Today, the four major battalions plus the auxiliary battalions only have more than 50,000 people. He still needs at least 80,000 people to supplement the supply of troops.
This is already the limit of what he can achieve at present. The three armies add up to nearly 150,000 people. If there are too many, he will not be able to support them.
Although he raided many homes this time, the wealth he obtained did not meet his expectations.
The level of these officials is really too low. They are basically low-level officials with a good or bad moral character. They don't have much oil and water at all. Their total amount is less than five million taels.
The gentry and hereditary military officers were not as rich as they thought. The money confiscated was only three million taels, but there was quite a lot of military and farmland, and nearly two hundred thousand dan of grain were confiscated.
In this era, except for the corrupt officials and businessmen who hold high positions, no one else is so rich, because they all make money by hoarding and reselling food and annexing land. Even though they have inherited it for hundreds of years, I'm afraid it can't be compared to the greed of a minister for three years.
However, this batch of food can be regarded as solving his urgent need. Now it is not only Shaanxi that is in urgent need of food, but the entire north also needs a large amount of food rations for disaster relief, and it is impossible for him to use the money and food in his own warehouse to save these people.
"Old Duke, after the selection of the 10,000 sergeants of the Royal Forest Army is completed, you should immediately use my order to gather together the 21st Guards of the former Shangzhi Guards and select a group of them to replenish the auxiliary barracks. Let’s recruit the rest from the private sector!”
"Old minister, I obey the order!"
Zhang Weixian also understood now that His Majesty had already planned. The reason why His Majesty abolished the personal military guards was to gain more military power and weaken the rights of civil servants and generals to strengthen his own imperial power.
Although Zhang Weixian noticed it, he didn't say much or even mentioned the matter. The Zhang family has never been a talkative person.
Although Zhu Youxiao abolished the twenty-one pro-military guards, he only punished the hereditary military attachés and commander-in-chief. The lower-level soldiers have not been disbanded, and they have not been affected by this matter. , but instead took out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from internal funds to reissue their military weapons.
He had previously budgeted, and the total number of the 21 Guards troops was almost 100,000. Excluding those who had fled and those who had vacant positions, there were still nearly half of them. Among the half, there were more than 30,000 young and strong people.
Although most of them did not meet his requirements, there was no other way. These people had at least worn armor and touched swords and bows. Although they had little training, they still had some training. They were still better than the "newcomers" who had just been recruited.
And if all 80,000 people are "newcomers," it may take two months to get back on track and start normal training.
But time no longer allowed him to train his troops properly, so he could only use quick methods.
Immediately afterwards, he formally ordered that all 30,000 sergeants from the auxiliary battalion be organized into the four major battalions, and 5,000 Mongolian cavalry outside the pass were organized into the Xiaoqi battalion. With the addition of this group of elite cavalry and some cavalry from the auxiliary battalion, Xiaoqi The strength of the battalion increased greatly. Although 3,000 cavalry were transferred to Zuowei Army Town, the number still reached more than 13,000.
The Shenji Battalion also carried out a large-scale recruitment of troops. After all, the training of these firearms soldiers is much simpler than that of other arms. They only need to pay attention to teamwork and proficiency in firearms. The number of sergeants has reached more than 8,000 .
Huben Battalion has always had the largest number of troops among the four major battalions. After deployment and replenishment, it is no less than before, and it still maintains a quota of 25,000 soldiers.
Taishan Battalion did not expand this time. Although many people in the army met the criteria for entering Taishan Battalion, Zhu Youxiao still incorporated them into other battalions.
Heavy armored troops are too expensive. Even if Emperor Zhu has a fortune worth tens of millions, he still feels deep pressure. For this special force, four to five thousand people are enough, no more, no less.
"Your Majesty, who will take over the post of General of the Xiaoqi Battalion?"
The position of the battalion commander was so critical that Zhang Weixian was afraid that Zhu Youxiao would forget about it, so when he saw that the planning was completed, he immediately reminded him.
Zhu Youxiao also encountered difficulties at this time. He originally wanted Cao Wenzhao to take over, but his qualifications were too low, and his military exploits were not enough. He had just been promoted from a general to a guerrilla. Now that he is mentioned as a general, some people will definitely be dissatisfied.
"Li Wensheng will take over the position of general of the heroic cavalry battalion. Li Wensheng's position will be taken over by Cao Wenzhao. The other five thousand Mongolian cavalry will be directly under the command of Li Wensheng. There will be no other generals for the time being!"
"Li Wensheng, you bring a few generals with the rank of Commander-in-Chief to temporarily serve as your deputies to govern the Mongols. You must separate them and not make them join forces!"
"There are also those small leaders such as the thousand-household chiefs and the hundred-household chiefs in their army. They cannot be allowed to gather together. I will pass an order to you at that time to transfer them from the military camp and only retain the ten household heads. Category."
Li Wensheng solemnly raised his hands and replied:
"I understand!"
"Wang Tigan!"
Wang Tiqian, who was standing in the left column, whispered:
"The slave is here!"
"You can recruit some literate little eunuchs from the Royal Horse Prison to teach the Mongolians. I don't need them to be very knowledgeable. I only need them to understand Chinese. They must be able to speak and listen. If the Royal Horse Prison has not enough manpower, Just go find Wei Zhongxian, the Chief of Ceremony will send more!"
"My slave obeys the order!"
Wang Tigan replied with a smile.
For these eunuchs, they would rather suffer and be tired than be ignored by the emperor like a loser. They hoped that the emperor would trust them more. Only in this way can they maintain their status and strive for further advancement.
Zhu Youxiao originally wanted those civil servants and scholars to do this. They would definitely be better than these eunuchs who had become monks on the way, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. The army was too important, and he couldn't guarantee that these people wouldn't secretly obstruct them. Mongolians are simple-minded and easy to fool.
Zhu Youxiao said to the three generals Li Wensheng, Qin Bangping and Chen Guang:
"The new structure of the four major battalions of the Yulin Army has been determined. After you three generals have integrated your battalions, you will immediately select a group of capable soldiers and then send them to the auxiliary barracks to lead the army and be responsible for training!"
The three generals immediately responded, and they all obeyed the emperor's orders unconditionally.
"Especially those Mongolians. Their riding, archery and equestrian skills are much better than ours. Li Wensheng, I want you to learn the Mongols' horse control and horse raising skills at all costs. You don't need to ride and shoot. I am Daming." Our cavalry cannot be worse than barbarians!"
Although he will not fall behind and be beaten now, he must have these hard skills, and mounted archery will soon be eliminated. He will soon reform the cavalry, and superb equestrian skills are even more crucial!
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