Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 57 Solving Soldiers
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"Wang stay"

"This is a reward of three hundred. After you take it, go camp with your Chief Banner Officer."

At the gate of the Yanshan military camp, thousands of people lined up, and one by one, they came forward to receive the reward according to the establishment of the general banner.

Fortunately, Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun made the south gate of the barracks big enough at the beginning. The gate of the barracks was two feet and four feet wide, enough to accommodate five orderly people to receive rewards at the same time.

The three guards of Habayashi who received the reward, under the condition that Lu Wenzhao sent a Jinyiwei, went to various places with the general banner as the establishment, and re-camped according to Zhu Youjian's request.

Ten Jin Yiwei copied the book and handed it out. After copying a copy, they sent it to the Jin Yiwei who was in charge of supervision.

Yang Lian, who was silent, spoke at this moment:

"The three guards of the Habayashi marched for more than fifty miles today, so they should take a rest."

He put forward his own opinion, explaining that he did not approve of Zhu Youjian's approach, but his tone did not have the aggressive feeling before, giving people a feeling that the elders reminded the younger generation.

Zhu Youjian was not angry when he heard this, but said:
"It's good to be tired after a long march, but the current wooden village can't block the cold wind for them in winter."

"If you want to keep your face from being blown apart by the north wind in winter, you have to be more tired now, and I'm afraid you won't be able to dig the soil two days later."

Zhu Youjian's words made Yang Lian nod slightly, thinking that it made sense, so he continued to say nothing, just watching the scene of labor, not knowing what he was thinking.

But I have to say that with a scale of [-] people, the speed of work is still very fast.

According to Zhu Youjian's request, they first set the city wall nine feet outward as a future moat, and then began to dig.

It has only been snowing for two days now, and the soil is not hard. If there are two more nights, the ground may be as hard as iron plates. The only way to repair the city wall is to wait until the spring of next year.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian did not ask them to tamp the wall within a few days, but asked them to dig out the soil first.

As long as enough soil is dug out, then cemented with the old-fashioned compound soil, and tamped down with a stone plate, it can be used to build walls all winter without fear.

With this speed, after only two hours, a deep ditch three feet wide, four feet deep and six miles long was dug out of the original wooden village.

The soil excavated from the deep ditch was placed three feet away from the wall of the wooden village, forming a long slope.

"Okay, let's eat, Mingjin."

After watching two hours pass and the sky gradually getting dark, Zhu Youjian asked someone to call Jin.

Accompanied by the golden sound of "Dang Dang Dang", all the soldiers returned to the barracks with hoes and bamboo baskets on their shoulders, and dispersed in units of the general flag.

Yang Lian and the others were also given a place to live. After a day's driving, they all went back to rest.

Zhu Youjian, on the other hand, was still full of energy even after sitting in the car for a whole day. After asking someone to draw Yanshan Daying into a blueprint, he continued to observe the blueprint.

According to the drawings, the Yanshan camp is six miles long in the south, eight miles long in the east and west, and six miles in the north. It is a rectangular barracks with four squares.

The soldiers' residences of the various guards and battalions have been built. The rammed earth walls and wooden planks and straw roofs don't look very good, but there is no need to build green bricks and green tiles for the military camps.

Although the walls of the barracks are not good, the place where soldiers rest is in accordance with Zhu Youjian's regulations, and five people are one room.

Ming Dynasty has too many military establishments, and the Weisuo system is already overwhelmed, and Zhu Youjian does not intend to maintain the Weisuo system.

He planned to use the battalion system that was not fully promoted in the late Ming Dynasty, and after making some improvements, he compiled and trained it as the military system of the Royal Horse Supervisor.

The battalion system basically consists of five people, which is also the most basic establishment.

Although Qi's army has a team of twelve people, Zhu Youjian still wants to use it.

With this in mind, under the leadership of Wang Chengen, he came to the only small courtyard with green bricks and tiles in the barracks.

This courtyard is not big, covering an area of ​​only three acres, and the front yard is the meeting hall of the general Yumajian, only the backyard is Zhu Youjian's personal place.

There is only one main house, two side houses and a back kitchen in the backyard, as well as two rows of huts on both sides of the back door.

The main house is divided into the left wing room and the right wing room of the main hall. Among the two side rooms, one is still a study room, and the other is reserved for some important generals to stay overnight.

There are only those two rows of huts, where the eunuchs serving Zhu Youjian, the chef, and Jin Yiwei live.

There are three huts on the left and right, each of which can accommodate six people, that is, a total of thirty-six people.

There are not many such guards, and the place is not big, and all of these are requested by Zhu Youjian himself.

He came to Changping to endure hardships and to be pampered, so he went back to the Forbidden City.

Therefore, as soon as he entered the backyard, Wang Chengen confessed:

"Your Highness, this command post is too rudimentary, and the servants will die."

"I told you to do this. What is the saying that death is not death?" Zhu Youjian took a sip of tea and nodded secretly.

Although the place where he lives is not as good as the Forbidden City, he has brought enough food and drink. There are seven or eight catties of Fujian tribute tea, enough to drink for a long time.

Thinking of this, he put down his teacup, sat on the main seat and glanced at the main hall.

Wang Chengen, Lu Wenzhao, and four Jinyiwei hundred households.

"Where is Mangui now? Where are the Zhejiang soldiers and Shizhu soldiers?"

It was Lu Wenzhao who was questioned by Zhu You, and he quickly replied:

"Returning to Your Highness, according to the news from Nanzhen Fusi, Man Gui came to Changping on horseback with twelve soldiers on the fifth day of the lunar new year. They galloped all the way, and arrived at Youtunwei in Guangning early this morning."

"According to their speed, it is estimated that it will only take eight days to reach the Yanshan military camp."

"Zhe soldiers set off from Wen'an County this morning. According to the speed, they should arrive in Bazhou by now."

"Tomorrow they should rest in Huangcun for a day, and the next day they will detour to the capital and continue northward. After being picked up by Admiral Cao, they will continue northward. They should arrive at the barracks on the eleventh day of the Lunar New Year in four days."

"The Shizhu soldiers entered Baoding Mansion early this morning. According to the distance, it should take ten days to reach Changping."

Lu Wenzhao uttered the news in his hand, and after Zhu Youjian heard it, he couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction.

As long as Shizhu soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers arrive in Changping, they will help him train for a month.

You don't need to be an elite horseman, just memorize the formation and practice slowly.

But in this way, that is to say, the time for him to recruit soldiers is less than five days.

In five days, a certain number of soldiers must be recruited, or even if they are not recruited, the more than [-] people in the Yumajian must be kicked out indiscriminately.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian immediately said to Lu Wenzhao:
"Now you go to all the hundreds of households in Habayashi Sanwei, and after selecting six capable thousand households, tell them to get up two quarters of an hour tomorrow morning and stand sideways on both sides of the school grounds."

With that said, Zhu Youjian looked at Wang Chengen and said:
"Notify the Four Guards and One Battalion of the Yumajian, and tell them to ring the bell tomorrow!"

"Accept orders!" Wang Chengen and Lu Wenzhao returned their salutes one after another, but Zhu Youjian nodded slightly when he saw this, and after thinking about some ways to recruit troops in his mind, he said:
"There are four guards that belong to my Imperial Horse Supervisor, right?"

"Returning to Your Highness, there are four guards, all near Yanshan Mountain, and there are more than [-] people in Dingkou."

"In addition, there are nearly [-] Dingkou and millions of military households including Huangzhuang, Yumajian and other guards."

Dingkou also refers to men, so it seems that if mandatory recruitment is required, Zhu Youjian can choose soldiers from [-] men.

But among the [-] people, there may not be [-] soldiers who meet his conditions.

Therefore, he must expand the scope of the source of troops.

But right now is not the time to recruit troops with great fanfare, we must first solve the internal problems of the Yumajian...

(End of this chapter)