Chen Xunping frowned and said: "If we transfer the backbone of our two thousand-man team to form a new camp, the strength of our two thousand-man team will inevitably be weakened. Even if we add 700 soldiers, these are all With new recruits, it will be difficult to regain our previous combat strength in a short period of time.”
Liu Heng said with a smile: "Nowadays, there are no major battles in the Tiger Flag. The most we do is escort convoys and deal with some blind bandits, so this period is the best opportunity to expand the camp."
"How many soldiers do you want to remove, the master?" Jia Liu asked.
Liu Heng took out a piece of paper from the desk, handed it forward, and said, "Let's take a look. The specific number of people needed is written on it. When you go back, you two thousand-man teams must select people according to the above requirements. "
Jia Liu took two steps forward, took the paper with both hands, held it in front of his eyes and read it.
Chen Xunping on the side came over and watched together.
After reading the contents on the paper, Jia Liu looked bitter and said: "Master, will the number of people transferred away be too many? Many of them are not ordinary soldiers, but small captains and squadron leaders in the army. Even my deputy is on the list."
Liu Heng smiled and said: "Having been your deputy for such a long time, I have long been able to take charge of my own affairs. Now that I have this opportunity, I will be transferred to several other camps to be my independent military commander."
Chen Xunping complained: "It is a good thing that the deputy beside me can take charge of the first battalion. We will not stop it, but the number of squad leaders and squadron leaders transferred is also a bit too much. More than half of the corps commanders alone have been transferred. Quickly remove them." The backbone of my thousand-man team has been taken away, which has a huge impact on combat effectiveness."
"It's better to switch to ordinary soldiers! Even a hundred more people can be deployed." Jia Liu suggested from the side.
Liu Heng smiled brightly and said, "What are you thinking? If they are all ordinary soldiers and there are no officers as the backbone, how can we set up a large battalion of soldiers?"
"But there are too many people transferred. Adding up the squadron leader and squad leader of my thousand-man team, almost half of them were transferred away." Chen Xunping said with a bitter look on his face.
Jia Liu beside him nodded in agreement.
The same goes for his Thousand-Man Team. The captains, vice-captains and corps commanders at all levels who were transferred out totaled half of his Thousand-Man Team.
Liu Heng straightened his face and said: "I am not discussing with you, but giving an order. Except for the 3,000-man team, which will not be redeployed because of its relationship with the grassland, the two of you from the 1,000-man team must contribute to help." The other three soldiers’ camps set up a stand.”
When the two people heard this, they knew that there was no room for negotiation on the matter, so they had to stand up straight and agreed: "Yes, my subordinates will definitely select candidates according to the requirements on the list as soon as possible to help set up the other three military camps. shelf."
Seeing that the two people had agreed, Liu Heng softened his voice and said, "I know you feel bad for having so many people removed. Don't worry, a group of students will graduate from the Jiangwu Hall soon, and we will give priority to you when the time comes."
A group of trainees graduate from the martial arts hall every five months, which greatly alleviates the problem of scarcity of low-level officers. If it were not for the martial arts hall, he would not have dared to expand six camps at once.
Chen Xunping and Jia Liu nodded.
There is no problem for students who graduated from the martial arts hall to serve as officers at the level of squad leader. They can somewhat supplement the number of officers in the military camp.
Chen Xunping said, "As far as my subordinates know, our Tiger Flag has placed troops on several hills in Datong. Now that the soldiers are so nervous, it is better to let those teams join my camp."
There were several fighting teams in Datong that appeared as bandits on the mountain tops. Only the senior people in the Tiger Banner knew about them. Chen Xunping was qualified to know about these fighting teams at his level.
"You can also join my second warrior camp." Jia Liu said.
A combat soldier camp was established, and he was promoted from captain of the Thousand-Man Team to battalion commander. However, the number of soldiers under his command was not much greater than when he was in the Thousand-Man Team. On the contrary, the strength was even weaker because a large number of officers were transferred away.
Not only was Chen Xunping's first battalion in urgent need of replenishing soldiers, but his second battalion was also in urgent need of replenishing soldiers and increasing its strength.
"Don't worry about it." Liu Heng said, "The war troops you mentioned are indeed going to join several war battalions, but they are not yours, but the fourth, fifth and sixth battalions. .”
Hearing this, Chen Xunping and Jia Liu looked disappointed.
As far as they know, there are almost five combat brigades of these soldiers pretending to be bandits. Although many of them are newly joined people from Liaodong, after several months of training, their combat effectiveness can still be guaranteed. As long as Joining their military camp can serve as a veteran.
Liu Heng said: "Okay, you go back and prepare. Remember to help the other three camps set up the shelves as soon as possible."
"Yes, I am resigning."
Chen Xunping and Jia Liu both bowed at the same time, and then exited the room where they were signed.
After the two people left, Liu Heng said to Zhao Wu: "Tell Chen Daqing that people from the Intelligence Bureau will be placed in several soldiers' camps to find the spies who have sneaked into the soldiers' camps."
"Yes." Zhao Wu agreed, turned around and exited the signing room.
Liu Heng put down the account book in his hand and rubbed his thumbs back and forth near his temples.
A single order is enough to expand the six military camps, but the amount of silver required to build weapons and armor is indeed a large amount.
With the expansion of business roads on the grassland, more and more profits have been brought back, giving Tiger Character Banner the confidence to expand the military camp. However, Tiger Flag's newly filled wallet has also increased with the expansion of the military camp. The expansion became dry again.
The top priority of the military camp is soldiers. The shortage of more than 10,000 soldiers is not so easy to find.
It is impossible to rely on Lingqiu alone to supplement these more than 10,000 soldiers. They can only recruit soldiers from all the states and counties in Datong. However, due to the grievances between their Tiger Character Banner and Governor Xu Tong, they cannot recruit soldiers openly.
If it hadn't been for the battle between Hou Jin and the Ming army in Liaodong, the Ming army was incompetent and lost two important towns one after another, causing a large number of people in Liaodong to flee into the pass. Otherwise, even if the Tiger Character Banner established six military camps, it would be difficult to defeat them in a short period of time. Recruit a sufficient number of soldiers within time.
Nowadays, the pass is filled with many Liaodong people who have fled from outside the pass. Many Liaodong people who have no relatives and no money in the pass are troublesome to the local officials in any state or county, but this also gives the tiger-character flag an opportunity.
When he decided to set up six military camps, he focused on these Liaodong people scattered in various states and counties.
People from the Foreign Intelligence Agency have begun to secretly guide people from all over Liaodong to come to Lingqiu.
The Fan family is also indispensable for this. First of all, the Fan family coaxed the Liaodong people in Xuanfu to go to Lingqiu, hoping to get these Liaodong people to come to Lingqiu to cause trouble.
But the Fan family never imagined how strong the Tiger Flag's demand for population would be now.
