On the way to the prisoner of war camp, Luo Zhixue said earnestly to the seven cavalrymen under his command:
"The Wo Baoxiang Battalion continues to expand. In the past three months, the Wo Baoxiang Battalion has recruited nearly 400 new soldiers, and recruitment is still ongoing. Although the recruitment expansion is now mainly infantry and artillery, the cavalry The recruitment and expansion of the army will also be carried out simultaneously, and now the selection of cavalry auxiliaries is the first step."
"Now you are each a corps commander, and when there are more cavalry auxiliaries in the future, you will naturally become the cavalry chief and captain."
"I hope you will keep up with our pace of military expansion and not fall behind."
Sure enough, after hearing this, Anyongduo directly patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, sir, we will keep up with the pace of expansion and will never fall behind, let alone miss your business."
Anyong and the other four were like this, and the three gunners transferred from the artillery team were even more active.
Each one of them said that they would follow Mr.'s pace closely from now on and would never fall behind.
In fact, these three gunners were not willing to be gunners at all. After all, they were serious cavalrymen. Just because they had played with some bowl-mouth cannons in the past, they were found by Sun Chengli and assigned to the artillery battalion under Luo Zhixue. Become an artilleryman...
Now Luo Zhixue allowed them to resume their cavalry status and become cavalry corps commanders. He also promised a bright future, and all of them looked excited.
Of course, Luo Zhixue also asked these three gunners to continue to help train the gunners, and they were regarded as the gunners' instructors.
But it's just a show. After all, they themselves are half-baked. They have exhausted all their skills in the past period. In fact, there is nothing to teach the artillery recruits in the future. It is better to let the artillery recruits Under the guidance of Luo Zhixue, I will explore on my own.
Luo Zhixue led a group of people towards the prisoner-of-war camp, but the prisoner-of-war camp had already received instructions in advance and had gathered the old thieves.
Luo Zhixue looked at the nearly a hundred people standing in the open space and looked at them carefully.
After these people became prisoners of war, their treatment was slightly better in the first few days because they had been hungry for many days. In order to prevent them from dying directly, but after their initial recovery, their various The treatment is the same as that of the original prisoners of war. They don't eat much every day and have to work hard.
These people thought that they would be like the prisoners of war who were transported here, living in darkness every day, and eventually dying of exhaustion.
Luo Zhixue appears!
When they heard that Luo Zhixue was planning to select some of them as auxiliary soldiers, and mentioned that once they were selected as auxiliary soldiers, they would become a member of the Funiu Mountain Baoxiang Battalion and become a member of Luo Zhixue's personal army. When the food supply was compared with that of the infantry, everyone had different reactions.
Some had expectations in their eyes, others had numb faces, and still others had disdain.
Regarding this, Luo Zhixue would not question or talk to them one by one.
Instead, the selection criteria were directly outlined: those who can ride a horse and be good at shooting are even better!
These people are indeed old thieves. When An Yongda shouted and the good riders came out, more than seventy people stood up.
Yes, they are all old thieves. Even if they were not a cavalry officer, they should have learned how to ride a horse during their many years of being a thief.
Then Anyongduo shouted again: Those who are good at riding and shooting will come out!
At this time, there were far fewer people coming forward, only a dozen people came forward.
Being able to ride a horse and being able to bend a bow and shoot an arrow on horseback are completely different concepts in terms of difficulty and require a long period of training.
Luo Zhixue is already very satisfied that more than ten people can come out.
At this time, Luo Zhixue stepped forward and said: "My personal army is short of elites. Are you willing to serve for me?"
This is actually all nonsense. Luo Zhixue has made it clear before that this is for recruiting troops. If he is not willing to serve Luo Zhixue, then naturally he will not take the initiative to stand up.
As for whether they have other thoughts in their hearts, such as running away in the future.
There was no way to control this. After all, he knew people but not their hearts. Luo Zhixue had no way of confirming whether they were sincerely surrendering.
But it's still not important.
These days, whether they follow Tianhu and become bandits, follow Luo Zhixue and become rebels, or join the army, what are they doing?
But there aren't that many messy reasons. They just want to make a living.
As long as Luo Zhixue doesn't treat them harshly and can have enough food for them to eat, they don't mind fighting for Luo Zhixue!
Therefore, after hearing Luo Zhixue's words, more than a dozen old thieves who were good at riding and shooting came out and said something like "I am willing" one after another.
Seeing this, Luo Zhixue nodded slightly: "Good!"
Although they found more than a dozen old thieves who were good at mounted archery, they were still a few short of the full complement of seven cavalrymen. They immediately selected a few people who were able to ride horses. Although they could not shoot arrows on horseback, they could use them. Did the infantrymen or old thieves who were good at melee combat join in, and twenty-eight people were gathered together.
After selecting the people, Luo Zhixue did not delay and directly divided the twenty-eight people into groups of four, and asked An Yongduo and others to lead four people each.
In this way, the seven cavalry corps appeared on the surface. In order to facilitate command, Luo Zhixue directly changed the seven cavalry corps into three cavalry corps.
Anyondo is still the captain of the Guards and also serves as the commander of the first corps.
The three cavalrymen are Zhao Hongshu, Ma Dapao, and Ding Chuwu. They are also the commanders of the corps.
There are three more corps commanders, three cavalrymen from the artillery team.
In this way, a corps of thirty-five people, composed entirely of cavalry, was established.
But in order for them to display their combat effectiveness, they must continue training.
As for horses and sword equipment, they also need to be solved.
However, they already have swords and spears in stock, as well as ordinary bows and arrows, but riding a bow is more troublesome. They don't have much stock, and they have to figure out a way later.
War horses can also be scraped together. When they escaped before, all the baggage was carried directly by mules and horses. Therefore, there are actually many mules and horses in the army, and many of them can be selected as riding horses.
After finalizing the cavalry, which was called the Guards but actually turned into a cavalry, Luo Zhixue asked An Yongduo and the others to take these people into training immediately to familiarize themselves with cooperation.
But he continued to be busy. He still had to choose new captains and commanders for the infantry team and artillery team in the baggage camp.
To this end, Luo Zhixue conducted a comprehensive consideration of the existing commanders and corps commanders in the supply camp and prepared to select a number of new commanders from them.
At the same time, we are also preparing to select several people to serve as captains.
The current military system of the baggage camp is very simple. It basically imitates the camp and sentry system of the official army. After all, they are originally mutinous officers and soldiers, so they are naturally familiar with the same system of the official army, and the establishment of the official army may be different in each department. , but very similar.
At present, the Funiu Mountain Baoxiang Camp adopts the most common camp sentry system, that is, there are five people in the team, two teams are the teams, three teams are the teams, three teams are the sentries, five sentries are the general, and five generals are the camp.
For the time being, regardless of the infantry, cavalry or artillery, Luo Zhixue has not had time to temporarily unify the organization, and it is not easy to create other types of organizations for a while, so he can only use the existing organization first.
However, the scale of each department of the Funiu Mountain Baoxiang Battalion is very small, far from the level of a general headquarters or a battalion. Even now, there are no formal sentries or even team establishments. Basically, they are all under the direct control of the big boss.
This is the baggage battalion with the most infantry at present. Previously, there were nine or even one twenty-man artillery team directly under Luo Zhixue, but the previous artillery team did not have a captain.
This is mainly due to the fact that there are too few troops, and most of the soldiers were recruited after the autumn harvest. Luo Zhixue has not yet had time to establish a team-level organization.
Now, Luo Zhixue plans to do it all at once.
This time, he will set up three infantry teams and an artillery team in addition to the personal troops.
This means that three infantry team captains and one artillery team captain need to be selected.
At the same time, it is necessary to select a few more professionals to fill the vacancies.
After detailed inspection, Luo Zhixue finally selected four people to serve as captains of each team.
The captains of the three infantry teams are Huang Chengyong, Huang Dingquan, and Li Duo, and the captain of the artillery team is Zhang Malin.
The names of these four people were actually given to them by Luo Zhixue himself, because when they were recruited as soldiers, they came from poor families and didn’t even have a name. They were all Agou Amao Dalang Erlang and Sanwazi. The name of the class.
Therefore, when these people were selected for registration, Luo Zhixue conveniently gave each of them a name. Because there were dozens or hundreds of names at that time, Luo Zhixue naturally didn't pay much attention to the names, and they were all casual. Taken.
The four newly elected captains were all the first batch of recruits, including Huang Sangou, who was the first to stand up and surrender to the thieves, no, to the army.
Of course, he is no longer called Huang Sangou, but Huang Chengyong, which is also the name given to him by Luo Zhixue.
In addition to joining the army early, these four people also have one thing in common, that is, they can do whatever Luo Zhixue asks them to do without any doubts or refusals.
When Luo Zhixue selects soldiers, he basically only selects people who are honest and responsible.
When subsequent promotions to corps commanders, chief officers, and others are made, those who are more resolute in executing orders will be selected.
During the previous training process, Luo Zhixue often issued some seemingly ridiculous orders to test the soldiers' obedience. During this process, anyone who showed hesitation and compromised in execution was basically given a cross in Luo Zhixue's heart. , when they are promoted later, they will basically have no chance.
After all, Luo Zhixue's biggest requirement for officers is to obey and resolutely execute orders, no matter how absurd the order is.
As long as he can reach this point, even if he is less capable, in Luo Zhixue's eyes, he is a good captain and very talented.
After all, if you don’t have the ability, you can learn later, and if you don’t have enough experience, you can slowly accumulate it.
But if your character is not good enough, there is really nothing you can do about it.
When Luo Zhixue was preparing for war in Sanshui Village to meet the possible attack of officers and soldiers.
The officers and soldiers outside the mountain did not keep Luo Zhixue waiting for long. Just five days later, Xuhe in the direction of Wuliguan sent a messenger to inform him that a group of about 200 officers and soldiers began to penetrate deep into Funiu Mountain from the periphery of Funiu Mountain.
According to the itinerary of this team of officers and soldiers, they can reach the hinterland of Funiu Mountain in just a few days.
In this regard, Luo Zhixue did not hesitate and directly ordered the transport battalion to send troops to prepare to intercept the officers and soldiers.
