I want to be emperor

Chapter 430 He Can Sell Me And Can Sell It

The Chu army treated the prisoners of war kindly, and demoted talents in an eclectic manner. It is not a secret to reuse some demoted officials and generals. Basically, anyone with a little bit of information can find out some examples.

For example, Huang Guangmao, Chen Yongfu, and He Renlong, these three were all surrendered generals of the Ming army, but now, these three are all serious senior generals in the Chu army.

Huang Guangmao served as the commander of the West Route Army and the commander of the second garrison division in the early days. Later, the West Route Army was revoked. He once served as the commander of the Chubei garrison and continued to concurrently serve as the commander of the garrison division. After the garrison division was revoked, Huang Guangmao served as the newly established army No. The commander of the 17th division, concurrently serving as the garrison commander of Shaanxi, awarded the rank of lieutenant general.

Chen Yongfu served in the garrison successively in the early days. Because of his outstanding performance, he was first transferred to the staff department and studied at the same time, and then transferred to the ninth division as brigade commander.

When the garrison division was eliminated last year, some of the garrison troops in the South Chu area selected elites and joined forces with part of the 19th Division to form the new No. [-] Division of the Army. Chen Yongfu served as the division commander and was promoted to the rank of Major General of the Army.

He Renlong's experience is similar to Chen Yongfu's. He first served in the garrison and was later transferred to the regular army because of his outstanding performance. He went a step further in last year's expansion wave and served as the commander of the No.16 Division of the Army and was awarded the rank of Major General.

The Great Chu Empire Army now has a total of 25 divisions and a mixed brigade, plus two guard divisions, and there are three division commanders who were born as generals.

And they are all standard first-class teachers, which is not uncommon to be honest.

There are actually more lower-level deputy division commanders, brigade commanders, and regimental commanders.

In addition, some special surrendered generals, especially generals who defected to the past with a large number of troops, were often awarded titles.

For example, Zheng Zhilong in the navy, this is the most typical. Zheng Zhilong was awarded the rank of rear admiral after voting for Chu, and he was also awarded the title of Earl of Zhenhai.

Then there was Shen Yuankui who defected to the past with a thousand elite frontier cavalry not long ago, and was awarded the rank of Brigadier General and the title of Viscount.

To put it bluntly, the Great Chu Empire used military ranks plus titles to buy their troops.

Of course, it's not that someone who leads troops to surrender will be able to get a title. The troops you bring over must be what the Chu army lacks.

Before Zheng Zhilong's surrender, the Great Chu Empire lacked warships and its coastal defenses were unstable. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong's surrender brought hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of skilled sailors to the Great Chu Empire, which made the Great Chu Empire's sea frontier all of a sudden. It became safer.

Therefore, for the sake of warships, taxation and coastal safety, the Great Chu Empire was willing to pay for the title of earl.

Shen Yuankui, don't look at the fact that he has only a thousand cavalry, behind the thousand cavalry are more than 2000 war horses, more than 1000 batches of service horses, and hundreds of them serve as grooms and auxiliary soldiers for the coachman.

Not a thousand people alone!
Shen Yuankui's men were elite frontier cavalry, riding two horses was the standard operation, without this mobility, they could still be jumping around, they were wiped out by the [-]st Cavalry Brigade long ago.

Because the first cavalry brigade in the Chu army also rode two horses, and they were very mobile.

For these more than 3000 horses and [-] elite cavalry who are good at riding and shooting, and considering the advertising effect of buying horse bones with thousands of dollars, the Great Chu Empire is willing to pay a viscount title.

No, Shen Yuankui not only continued to lead soldiers after defecting there, but also the soldiers under his hands could eat and drink enough immediately, and they also held a large number of armors, swords and even guns, and Shen Yuankui also won the title of knighthood.

To be honest, this made many generals of the Ming army in Jiangbei a little jealous...

Especially Zhang Wenzhi, the commander-in-chief from Liaodong.

Zhang Wenzhi is a new general soldier. Before leading troops south, he was actually a general, and when he left Liaodong, the soldiers he brought with him were only five or six hundred cavalry.

And the reason why he went south was purely because he couldn't get along in Liaodong!
He is not a member of the Guanning Frontier Army, and he is not even a member of the Liaodong Frontier Army... He was in the three sides in his early years, and he was a member of the Yulin Frontier Army system. He suppressed thieves like other Yulin Frontier Army a few years ago Later, Hong Chengchou led an army to reinforce Jiliao, and he also took more than 1000 men to follow Hong Chengchou to Jiliao.

Immediately after Hong Chengchou took over as governor of Jiliao, Zhang Wenzhi was arranged to be stationed in Liaodong, but life was very difficult when he was stationed in Liaodong.

The cities in Liaodong are basically the sons of the local general family. The ancestor family headed by Zu Dashou plus the Wu family of Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui, who have risen in recent years, these local general families basically control every city. .

There is no room for other outsiders to live in this broken place in Liaodong.

When Zhang Wenzhi led more than 1000 Yulin cavalry to garrison Liaodong, they couldn't get food and pay, and when they fought with Dongyao, they were always regarded as cannon fodder and placed at the forefront...

After more than a year, more than half of the more than 1000 people were killed or injured, and only more than 600 riders remained.

Zhang Wenzhi couldn't get along in Liaodong, and he had been trying to find a way to transfer out of Liaodong. Last fall, the Ming court planned to transfer the cavalry of the frontier army to the south. Zhang Wenzhi found Hong Chengchou to recommend himself, and then became a member of the southward frontier army.

After going south, Zhang Enzhi is like a bird flying high in the sky, and the whole person feels comfortable!

Zhang Wenzhi couldn't say how happy he was without the people from the ancestor's family suppressing him, and without the Wu family, especially Wu Sangui, who made him sick to watch.

This way south, there is no shortage of money and food, and no one is suppressing him, so he will expand his troops unscrupulously.

When he passed by Jizhen, he also dragged a few colleagues who were also from Yulin, but who had lived in Jizhen not so well, to go south together.

When it came to Shandong and Fengyang, he also annexed other cavalry one after another.

So, until now, his subordinates have expanded to nearly two thousand cavalry. Of course, not all the cavalry within these two thousand cavalry are elite. Probably only Qian Qi is a serious Yulin frontier army. The elite cavalry, and the remaining thousand cavalry are ordinary cavalry he got everywhere.

And with more and more cavalry under his command, his rank is also getting bigger...

When he first arrived at Fengyang Mansion, he was promoted to lieutenant general, that is, deputy chief soldier.

After several battles with the cavalry of the Chu army in Fengyang and some small-scale victories, the most important thing is that his cavalry is getting more and more, even when Zhu Dadian talks to him politely Therefore, it is logical that he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Jiangbei Front Battalion in January this year.

In order to arrange a vote of generals in Jiangbei, the Ming court created a bunch of generals prefixed with Jiangbei, the title of deputy general, the commanders of the front and rear battalions around Jiangbei, deputy generals, generals, guerrillas, etc.

In addition to awarding the generals of the traditional old army, some of the generals of the new standard army are also awarded.

The reason why it is said is partly because the source of the new standard army generals of the Ming court is relatively complicated, some are from the old army generals, some are from the military and civil servants, and some have no experience in the army or an official. A scholar, born in Juren.

So you can see that in the Jiangbei New Standard Army, there are not only the titles of generals, deputy generals, and generals; , Left and right consultations, experience, all things, civil titles such as magistrate, general judge, and push official of a certain government, so the titles of generals of the new army of the Ming court are often very complicated, there are all kinds of things...it cannot be unified .

Most of the time, Ming Ting himself uses the positions in the new standard army to distinguish them, such as army commander, deputy commander, battalion commander, post commander, etc., which is simpler and clearer.

However, the distinction between civil and military is still very clear. It is impossible for a new standard army general who is born as a military general to obtain the titles of civil servants and generals such as left and right counselors, political participants, and even ministers and deputy envoys.

But this is only limited to the new standard army, but it is much simpler in the traditional old army, and the old set of general ranks is still used.

After Zhang Wenzhi was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Jiangbei Front Battalion, he also swelled up a little. Even if it was an order from Yang Sichang, he had to consider his personal pros and cons before deciding whether to listen to it or not.

If the order would cause him to suffer losses, and at the same time there was no compensation, then Zhang Wenzhi would not even pay attention to Yang Sichang.

If it is something beneficial, then Zhang Wenzhi doesn't mind following Yang Sichang's order.

If it is something of great benefit, even if Yang Sichang stops him...

It was still talking about the new Governor of Water Transport, the powerful Yang Sichang. As for the fact that he had been demoted several levels in a row, and now there was only Fengyang governor Zhu Dadian with the title of imperial censor, Zhang Wenzhi didn't even bother to answer what he said.

It's just that although the past few months have been very cool, Zhang Wenzhi also knows that this situation may be difficult to continue. After all, the current situation is Chu Ming's struggle for hegemony.

The Chu army is on the Northern Expedition, conquering Youzhou City all the way and establishing a unified Huaxia Dynasty. During this process, Zhang Wenzhi will either be defeated or surrender to Chu.

As for the generals of the Ming army, including myself, they can lead the army to stop the Chu army's Northern Expedition.

Zhang Wenzhi felt that the possibility of success was less than that of choking to death by drinking water...

He didn't understand other things, but he knew that the soldiers of the Chu army on the opposite side were all strong and strong. They didn't dare to say that they would die in battle, but most of them had high morale and rarely collapsed easily.

what does this mean?
This means that the treatment of the soldiers by the Chu army is very good, at least in terms of food, it should be the same as the rumors say: eat enough!

Otherwise, how could those soldiers of the Chu Army develop such a body of tendons!
It's not like one soldier or two soldiers, but all the soldiers of the Chu army that Zhang Wenzhi has seen are basically the same, all of them are strong and strong.

And a dynasty that is willing and able to make the soldiers eat and drink well, no matter how bad it is, it can't be that bad.

On the other hand, compared to the Ming court... Even Zhang Wenzhi himself forgot when was the last time he took money from the court, maybe two years ago?Or was it three years ago?It's been too long, he has forgotten...

This is only a small amount of money and food given by the court, and the cost of a large army is huge. Even if some frontier troops have part of the money and food provided by the court, most of them actually have to raise their own money.

As for a large army, it only relies on the money and food given by the court to maintain its operations...

He had never heard of such a thing.

But... on Chu Ting's side, all the money and food for the army are provided by Chu Ting, all in full!
Under such a big picture, Zhang Wenzhi believed that the end of Chu Ming's hegemony war was already obvious.

And what he has to do is, before this almost doomed ending comes, try to earn some capital for himself, and then exchange for a better ending.

Now, it's time for a better ending.

He wants to use the more than 2000 cavalry under his hands to exchange for a fortune and wealth for himself!
He, Shen Yuankui, can sell a Brigadier General and a Viscount, so there is no reason not to let Zhang Zhiwen sell his troops in exchange for wealth!
It doesn't make sense!
(End of this chapter)