The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 240 Expansion of the Army and Expansion of the Army

In March, when the weather warmed up, Lushun continued to stockpile fields. At this time, all the forts at the South Pass had been built.

There are 30 newly built 24-pound iron cannons in the two bastions plus city walls and forts at the South Pass, which is still half the target of Ding Yi's requirement of 60 guns.

In addition, the Xuwei Eighth Battalion guarding here has been equipped with 12 15-pound bronze field guns.The first battalion of Zhang Jing was equipped with 12 15-pound bronze field guns.

Ding Yi really has field artillery.

At present, there are about [-] captives in Lushun (including soldiers and civilians of the Later Jin Dynasty), all of whom are working in various places.

Among them, 3000 people continued to increase defense at the South Gate, behind the city wall section, including digging pits, rebuilding walls, and building alleys.

Ding Yi has a population of 6000, of which more than [-] are soldiers, [-] are reserve soldiers, and among the other [-] Liao people, there are about [-] strong men.

At this time, the first line of defense at the South Pass was basically completed, and Ding Yi was confident that he could hold the South Pass.

In this way, Ding Yi can gain nearly [-] mu of fertile land, and the defense depth will increase by about [-] miles.

In particular, the road from Nanguan Pass to Lushun is relatively narrow. In theory, as long as he wants to defend, he can continue to build walls and forts.

But his purpose is not to defend, but to attack and seize more territory. Only more territory can give him enough grain fields and enough people to support.

He can't keep buying food to feed the whole army. Right now, 6 to 60 people are fine, but what about the next [-]?
So he is going to attack.

After the South Pass can be defended, he can hoard fields and storm troops in the South Pass.

The task for the logistics department this year is to stockpile more than [-] mu of land.

It sounds like a lot, [-] Liao people get rid of the old and weak and other workers, etc., and there are about [-] left. Each person can achieve the goal by hoarding two or three acres, so this year's task is not as heavy as before.

Then next year, he can own 12 mu of land.

This year's Yantian will also double, reaching about 20 yuan, because Wei Jiye has opened up sales channels in other places, selling at a very low price, and adopting the principle of small profits but quick turnover. Bring him about 20 taels of income.

Including the salt dividends from the Dengzhou government-run salt farm and Qin Nan's profits, the total amount is about 15 per year.

In this way, his fixed income next year can reach 35 taels, and it will be no problem to raise [-] soldiers and horses.

In early April, Ding Yi expanded his army, and Lushun had more than 1 soldiers. (Qu Haibo Guard Battalion does not count)

In addition, from the [-] strong men, another [-] will be drawn as reserve soldiers. These people do not need to hoard fields and focus on training, physical fitness, and literacy.

When Ding Yi first selected 4000 people as auxiliary soldiers for half-training and half-farming, it took many days. Many Liao people did not want to be soldiers.

This time, 4000 people will be drawn, and everyone rushes to sign up.

Because everyone knows that Lushun is victorious in all battles, and the treatment is very good. Lord Ding treats the people of Liao very well.

To be honest, Ding Yi's military-to-civilian ratio reached six to one, and he was under a lot of pressure. If he hadn't got the shipping business, and he could make money himself, most people wouldn't be able to afford it.

If you let Mao Wenlong and Xu Fuzuo, or any of the general soldiers of the Ming Dynasty do this, they will go bankrupt.

In mid-May, Ruan Siqing's fleet returned from Japan, bringing back both good and bad news.

The good news is that they made money, and with the help of Mr. Ding Yizhang, Matsuburo Takanobu, they brought back more than 20 Japanese shipbuilders and more than 100 workers and their families.

The bad news is that Matsugasexiang is not pregnant, and seems to want Ding Yi to plant a seed again, which makes Ding Yi feel like a pig.

To make matters worse, they encountered pirates on their return.

Fortunately, Fran followed with his navy and warships. The two sides fought for a long time at sea. Here they brought two newly cast bronze cannons, plus the cannons bought from the Dutch, and finally won the battle, forcing the pirates to run.

But one of their [-]-material merchant ships loaded with a large amount of iron materials was attacked, with more than a dozen casualties and six dead.

Ruan Siqing rescued some supplies before the ship sank, but still lost nearly 5 catties.

Ding Yi sighed and patted him lightly, as long as everyone can come back safely.

The iron material is okay, and Lushun currently has 10,000+ catties in stock, which is enough for a long time.

It just hurts to be hit.

Everyone in Lushun felt uncomfortable. Lushun has always beaten others, and he has never been beaten like this by others.

The key point is that the pirates still ran away.

Ruan Siqing ran for half a year on this trip, and used Ding Yi's 40 funds to travel all over the Ming Dynasty, and also went to Taiwan and Japan.

He was sick and injured, and lost nine crew members, [-] catties of iron, and one ship.

After returning, he brought back 55 silver, 30 catties of nitrate, 5 catties of copper ore, [-] catties of sulfur, [-] catties of flint, more than [-] catties of iron, and a boatload of medicinal materials and other supplies, including clam wood.

More than 100 Japanese craftsmen and workers and their families, more than 100 Ming craftsmen and their families, and more than a dozen doctors and their families.

There are also [-] Japanese knives and a ship of Japanese crafts.

Generally speaking, Ruan Siqing took 40 taels of silver to go out, and when he came back half a year later, he made about 70 taels, which was more than doubled, which is not too good.

And most of the money earned was exchanged for supplies and stocked up for Ding Yi.

Ding Yi lost a boat worth about ten thousand taels.

This encounter with pirates made Ding Yi more determined to build a navy and build warships.

Then Ding Yi asked people to transport the Japanese knives and handicrafts to Dengzhou and hand them over to Qin Nan for sale, and he stopped traveling far away to let Ruan Siqing take a good rest.

On May [-], Ding Yi held a meeting and reorganized the army.

Qu Haibo's garrison camp remained unchanged, with 1000 men guarding various places in Lushun, and it was called the Lushun garrison camp.

原1、3、6、7、8、10六营兵马都扩充了，建制不变。

In the 1st Battalion Zhangjing, there are already 1 cavalry, and the infantry has expanded to 1. The infantry is still more than 300 people in one round, and each round has 120 guns and shields, and the rest are artillery. (Ding Yi's artillery has 6 men with one cannon, and each round is equipped with 6 cannons, and another 20 people rotate and drive and transport.)
From the perspective of a main game, the total number of players is about 330-350.

There are 120 gunners each, which is 240, 6 guns with 6 people each, 36 people, and about 20 people in rotation. These people are also responsible for the artillery convoy and the transportation of shells.

Because starting next year, Ding Yi will allocate vehicles to the artillery, with 10 carts in each round, and when encountering cavalry, they can form a formation.Calculated in this way, there are about 316 soldiers, and the others are officers at all levels.

The three bureaus are still one division. Under Zhang Jing, any of his own divisions will be in charge of the cavalry division, and Ma Yue will be the commander-in-chief of the infantry division 1.

In the 3rd Battalion Maoxin, the original three bureaus with 1 people expanded to 2 bureaus, which are also two divisions.

Mao Xin himself served concurrently as the 3rd Division of the Infantry, and Xu Bicheng served as the general manager of the 4th Division of the Infantry.

The 6th Battalion is still Wang Weizhong, expanded to 2000 people, with two divisions and six bureaus.Wang Weizhong served as the head of the 6th Infantry Division, and Zhou Yougen served as the head of the 7th Infantry Division.

(End of this chapter)