There are two thousand-household soldiers and horses in the Lingqiu garrison camp. They have always been on empty pay. Each thousand-household only has four to five hundred people. This is the number of soldiers and horses when Li Huaixin was guarding Lingqiu.
Later, Wang Tong became the garrison of Lingqiu, and he was even more hungry. There were only six to seven hundred people left in the entire garrison camp. All the soldiers and armor that could be sold were sold for money.
He himself could see clearly that the person who spoke in Lingqiu was not the county magistrate or his guard, but the tiger-character flag.
Lingqiu has soldiers and horses with the tiger flag, and Lingqiu's safety is guaranteed. It doesn't matter whether he has the garrison camp, because the soldiers and horses garrisoning the camp can only bask in the sun every day.
Moreover, with the tiger-character flag there, not only was there nothing going on in Lingqiu, but it was also prosperous, becoming more and more prosperous, and was richer than several surrounding states and counties.
Those soldiers and horses in the Lingqiu garrison camp that could not even wear armor were no longer qualified to be opponents of the heavily armed Tiger Flag supply camp.
"Don't just laugh. The Lingqiu garrison camp is no match for us, but don't forget that there are still Datong border troops here." Liao Junyi looked at the people below.
Lingqiu's soldiers and horses have never been a match for his supply camp, and his opponent has always been the Datong frontier army.
Since the Guards Division went north to the grasslands, there were not many Tiger Flag soldiers and horses left in Datong, and the heavy supply battalion he commanded was the largest regular army among the Tiger Flag soldiers and horses left in Datong. Soldiers and horses.
In addition, there is still an army of miners from Dongshan Iron Field.
This miner army has more people than a combat division of the Tiger Banner, but the miner army is not an official Tiger Banner army. They usually work as miners in the iron yard, and they will spend a few days every month. time, they were trained by the regular army of Tiger Character Banner.
The miners' army is definitely far inferior to the regular army of the Tiger Flag.
The reason why miners need to be trained is entirely because the miners are well organized, and these miners are originally working for the Tiger Flag. With a little training, they can become soldiers of the Tiger Flag.
However, as the number of Tiger-Character Banner soldiers increased, miners were rarely selected to join the Tiger-Character Banner soldiers. However, the military training for miners has been retained.
Even though Jia Liu led his personal division to leave Lingqiu, the remaining supply camp still maintained the task of conducting military training for the miners every month.
The miners have long been accustomed to this kind of training.
As for the miners participating in military training, the food they eat is better than those working in the iron yard, and they are not as tiring as working, but there are some restrictions on their freedom.
But this is nothing to the miners.
The meeting lasted for more than half an hour before it ended. People from each thousand-man team also began to return to their stations, and several staff officers also went about their own affairs.
Only Liao Junyi, Ye Yuncheng and Du Yan from the transport camp stayed behind.
"When do you think the imperial court is going to take action?" Du Yan, the deputy battalion commander, blew out a puff of smoke.
The three people who stayed in the house each held a pipe and started puffing away.
The pipe pot was inconvenient for them to carry, so everyone wore a pipe and a pouch specially designed to hold cut tobacco.
These two things together are not heavy. Basically, as long as the officers of the Tiger Flag smoke, they will wear these two things.
"Wait, wait until the expanded recruits of the border army are trained into an army, maybe it's time for the imperial court to take action." Liao Junyi said.
The imperial court's current intention is obvious, which is to eradicate the Tiger-Charactered Banner, and both sides know this. Many officers on the Tiger-Charactered Banner's side are also waiting for a war with the imperial court.
When many people within Tiger Character Banner mentioned the imperial court, not only were they not afraid, but they were more excited.
Not only because the Tiger-Character Banner once defeated the official army, but also because the Tiger-Character Banner had the land of the Tumote tribe. Even if it was defeated by the imperial court in the Ming Dynasty, the Tiger-Character Banner could withdraw to the grassland.
Du Yan smoked a cigarette and said, "There is no need to wait for the imperial court to take action. Why don't we take the initiative to attack Datong's border troops? The slave thieves in Liaodong can capture most of Liaodong. We have nearly 100,000 troops under our Tiger Flag. How can we be afraid?" I can’t win a Datong.”
"Chief of Staff, you came here from the proprietor. What do you think our proprietor is thinking? Are you planning to become a king on your own, or are you preparing to rebel against the court one day?" Liao Junyi looked at Ye Yuncheng at hand.
With the land of the Tumut tribe, the Tiger Flag has the capital to become its own king.
Ye Yuncheng spread his hands and said, "Don't ask me about this. I don't know. Don't say it's me. I'm afraid Zhao Wu who is next to the proprietor may not know what the proprietor is thinking."
Zhao Wu is Liu Heng's guard commander and Liu Heng's sidekick. This is not a secret within the Tiger Character Banner and is known to many people.
"If it were me, I would have rebelled against the imperial court a long time ago. Now that all the places are suffering, I don't think the imperial court can last long." Du Yan spat on the ground.
He is different from Liao Junyi and Ye Yuncheng. Before he joined the Tiger Flag, he had to leave his hometown because of famine in his hometown and fled from Shaanxi to Lingqiu.
Later, with good luck, he directly joined the Tiger Flag and became a soldier. Later, he participated in several battles. Because of his background in Gansu and Shaanxi, he was sent back to Lingqiu and became the deputy battalion commander of this supply camp.
The camp leader Liao Junyi was the first bandit to follow Liu Heng, and Ye Yuncheng was a miner from Dongshan.
Ye Yuncheng said: "Since the Wenxiang Rebellion in Yuncheng, Shandong Province, we have never heard of any major rebellion. This shows that the pressure of the imperial court is still there, and it is not a good time to rebel."
He has been exposed to many things in the Servant Team and has learned more about things. Although it is not good, he still feels that it is not good to rebel at this time.
"The chief of staff is right. Even the situation in Liaodong has stabilized, which shows that the imperial court's strength is still there." Liao Junyi said.
Regarding military reports about Liaodong, in addition to being sent to Qingcheng, several more copies will be copied from Qingcheng and sent to some military generals in several military divisions to know about the situation in Liaodong and pass the information in the military reports. The content includes an analysis of the Ming army and slave rebels in Liaodong.
This is to prevent the tiger-character banner army from encountering one of the two armies one day in the future. It will not suffer losses on the battlefield because it does not understand the other party.
People at the battalion level are already qualified to directly read the contents of military newspapers.
Ye Yuncheng said: "The situation in Liaodong is stable, which is not a good thing for our Tiger Flag, because the court will have the opportunity to deal with our Tiger Flag. On the contrary, the more chaotic Liaodong is, the harder it will be for the court to take action against our Tiger Flag."
He told his analysis to the two people at his table.
