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Chapter 194
"Quickly leave the camp and line up! The governor personally came to inspect the camp!"

In the Daye camp, following the arrival of Shen Shuren and his party, batches of barracks quickly became noisy, and groups of soldiers who had withdrawn from Liaodong were not able to put on their clothes.Wearing only the newly issued military uniform with big red arrow sleeves, they went straight to the school grounds to assemble.

Many people in later generations have the illusion that the arrow sleeves are the costumes of the Qing Dynasty, but they are not.Since ancient times, the clothes of the Han people have arrow sleeves for the convenience of riding and archery. They are a kind of narrow sleeves that have been Sinicized since the time of Hu Fu riding and shooting.

As for the narrow-sleeved dress unique to the Manchus in braided dramas of later generations, it is called horseshoe sleeves.

When these Liaodong soldiers first withdrew to Wuchang, they were all disheveled, like beggars. After all, they were besieged in Tashan and Xingshan for half a year, and some of them escaped from Songshan, and they were already desperately poor.

As long as there were leather armors on the body, the leather parts were boiled and eaten up, and the clothes could not be renewed.

After returning to Wuchang to be stationed, in just half a month, Shen Shuren at least changed them into new military uniforms. This alone made the withdrawn Liaodong soldiers feel that the new coach treated them differently this time.

The current military uniform of the Shen family army is not much different from the traditional Ming army in shape, but it is a little more compact, and the color is more vivid pure red - Shen Shuren did this not to imitate the British lobster soldiers a century later, but It's purely for military advantage.

In an era when soldiers did not seek cover and use protective colors to hide their needs, there was little need for green and gray uniforms.And pure red can make soldiers get used to the color of blood, and encountering comrades casualties on the battlefield will not stimulate morale and expand panic.

In the Ming Dynasty and even before the Ming Dynasty, it was quite common for troops to wear red. It was only because elite soldiers needed a lot of armor and iron armor was not easy to dye, so the armor was generally in the primary color of metal, or black.

When armored generals and elite soldiers need a red appearance to cover up blood, they can wear a red cloak on the outermost side. As for the clothes inside, they don’t deliberately dye red, because the dye is not cheap, and they can’t be seen inside anyway.

The Japanese of the same era liked to smear the leather and bamboo armor of elite troops with vermilion lacquer, nicknamed "Chi Bei", which is said to be very helpful in maintaining the courage of soldiers to charge.

Shen Shuren was considered to be the first general to wear the soldiers' uniforms inside the armor, and all of them were made of scarlet cloth.

And he did so, obviously considering that the era of pure firearms is coming.Maybe a few years or more than ten years later, heavy armor such as iron armor will be completely eliminated from history because it cannot withstand more and more advanced muskets.

At that time, the soldiers will always have to take off the useless heavy armor, and directly wear regular uniforms or cotton armor to fight, and unify them into bright red inside and outside in advance, which is also a sign.

And in half a month, at least 2 people will be replaced with new clothes. This may be a huge expense in the eyes of other generals and feudal officials, but it is not a problem at all in front of a rich man like Shen Shuren—— —

His family is the source of Xiaowan spinning machines and shuttle looms. The textile business is the largest in Nanzhili. It is not a problem to produce [-] sets of clothes in half a month.

Moreover, these military uniforms are very neat, and they look uniform in shape. In fact, Fang Yizhi, Dong Xiaowan and Song Yingxing have helped to tinker with a new type of machine in the past few months——

A primitive sewing machine driven by a hand-cranked rotary wheel, which realized the uniform production of large-scale clothing.Compared with the pedal sewing machines used by later generations, this sewing machine saves the crankshaft and cam mechanism.There is no need to convert the reciprocating motion of the pedals into the circular motion of the runner, and it is enough to shake the runner directly by hand, so the mechanical structure is also simplified a lot, and the window paper is broken, and the technological level at the end of the Ming Dynasty is also very fast. Produced.

When cutting, it is also to fix a whole stack of fabrics together, and then cut them uniformly.After achieving a large batch in the cutting and sewing stages, the military uniforms produced are naturally neat and uniform, and look very elite.

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When Shen Shuren came to the school grounds, he saw 2 people lined up neatly below, at least hundreds of rows and columns.

The army of 2 people can be so uniform in uniform and red, and at a glance, it looks magnificent and shows off its military power.

The troops were divided into three battalions of 4000 people each, but each battalion did not have the full number of people who came to receive the inspection. The wounded who were still lying in bed in the barracks had to be eliminated, so there were at least six battalions in front of them.

Each battalion has a commander in chief or a general of the garrison level, most of whom are middle-level generals withdrawn from Liaodong.Above the battalion, the positions of general and deputy general are mostly the elders of the direct line under Shen Shuren's command.

This is also to better control the troops and prevent the arrogant soldiers from Liaodong from forming factions on their own, which will not be able to be fully dispatched in future battles.

As the general of the whole army, it is natural that Zuo Zixiong, the commander-in-chief who has followed Shen Shuren for three years-at the end of last year, Zuo Zixiong was only a deputy general, and he did not make any contribution afterward.
But as Shen Shuren was officially promoted to governor, and his subordinates could control the general army, he still tried to get Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia to help, and moved Zuo Zixiong to the rank of general soldier.Otherwise, with the expansion of Shen's army's military strength, Shen Shuren would not have a single general under his command, and would not know how to command and control the troops.

Zuo Zixiong is of course grateful for the support of the protagonist.Especially when he learned that after Shen Futai was officially promoted to governor, he already had three generals at the general level under his command, and he was even more grateful——

Now Liu Guoneng is helping Shen Shuren command the troops in Henan, Huang Degong is helping him command the troops in Nanzhili, and Zuo Zixiong is helping him command the troops in Huguang.

And three years ago, Zuo Zixiong was just a thousand households under Huang Degong, and Huang Degong was already the chief soldier of Lufeng at that time.

This is equivalent to Huang Degong following Shi Kefa for three years, and he can be promoted without credit.He, Zuo Zixiong, was right with Shen Shuren, and three years later, he was already on an equal footing with his immediate boss back then!

Shen Shuren's troops in Huguang now consist of twelve battalions, seven in Wuchang, and the other five in Xiangyang, Huangzhou and other places.

The troops in Xiangyang were led by Yang Jinjue, who had just been promoted to lieutenant general this year, and were separated from Zuo Zixiong in different places, helping Shen Shuren control the defense area from the south to the north.

Yang Jinjue is also very grateful for his promotion. He was originally a slightly lower rank than Zhang Mingzhen, and he hasn't had the opportunity to make meritorious service in Liaodong this year.
It was entirely because there were too few high-ranking generals who relied on Shen Shuren, and Shen Shuren had to rely on the old man to raise his rank.

Zhang Mingzhen and Yang Jinjue are not here, and the only general next to Zuo Zixiong in Wuchang is Jin Shenghuan, who was originally subordinate to Fang Kongxuan.

He is relatively familiar with the old part of the Weisuo Army that Zuo Liangyu stayed in Wuchang and Hanyang. After all, they were originally the Huguang local troops in Zhao'an. Jin Shenghuan was retained to maintain the balance of factions and receive a smooth transition. It is not a big deal. General talent and meritorious service.

In today's Daye camp, Zuo Zixiong has two generals under his command, each leading three to four battalions, except for Jin Shenghuan, the other general is a retreat from Liaodong, and now it can only be done here Three handles.

Shen Shuren was afraid that he might be emotional, so after a brief inspection, he walked up to these Liaodong retreating generals one after another, and talked to them kindly one by one, chatting about the situation in his hometown.

"General Zhu? Where are you from? Originally in Liaodong, which one did you follow? There are a few of you."

Those generals who retreated from Liaodong generally look thinner now, probably caused by long-term starvation, and they have not been able to regain their nourishment and health after returning for half a month.

But it can be seen that these people are very capable, even if they are skinny, they are still strong.

The general was the first to bow his hands and salute: "The last general Zhu Wenzhen, a member of the Yanmen Guard in Datong, was originally a general under the command of Cao Junmen."

Several other people also hurriedly saluted: "The last general Jiang Shoude, a native of Yuxian County, Taiyuan Prefecture (now Yangquan), attacked under the command of Li Junmen in Shanxi."

Except for these two, the highest ranks of the remaining officers were the garrison and the capital, and there were no higher ranks.Therefore, there are no celebrities who have left their names in history books.

Cao Bianjiao and Li Fuming are both general soldiers, and it is said that they also have deputy generals and generals.With the exception of Zhu Wenzhen, it seems that he was seriously injured in the Battle of Xingshan and left a bit disabled. Several fingers were cut off on one hand. It is estimated that this arm will not be able to use weapons in the future. It was not reused, so he went to Nantou as a general.

None of the other able-bodied military officers above the general rank would come to Huguang for fear that their salary and official position would not be guaranteed.

Shen Shuren has no difference between civil and military. He solemnly took Zhu Wenzhen's palm with several broken fingers, and squeezed it tightly: "When you come to Huguang, the imperial court will never treat you badly. You were originally a general, but you are still a general." General, originally a guerrilla, is still a guerrilla.

Now your identities have to be renewed, the original place of origin and identities are not easy to use, but I will find a way to express your new official positions as soon as possible.You can use the original name, or you can change other characters. If you have a place of origin, you have to re-enter it, otherwise it will be easy to get confused when you go to the Ministry of War.

I don’t hide it from you. Within a few months, there will be a big battle with the bandits. As long as you make meritorious service, these officials below the rank of generals, I will play at will. I will try my best to give you promotions, and soon I can get it back! "

These Liaodong soldiers are still legally considered deserters who pretended to be dead and left the original establishment, so it will definitely take a lot of effort to clean up.

If it hadn't been for 15 years in Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty would have collapsed, and it really couldn't be done by bribery of Chen Xinjia.

Zhu Wenzhen, Jiang Shoude and others were also very grateful for Shen Shuren's promise. They knew how much energy was used behind it, and expressed their opinions one after another:
"My lord Futai sent troops to save me from the siege and escape from Xingshan and Tashan. This is already a kindness of rebuilding! I dare not expect extravagant military positions! Even if I am reduced to the garrison and temporarily lead a battalion of troops, I will never complain! "

Shen Shuren patted the shoulders of several people: "I want you to rest assured, so please rest assured. If you are all downgraded to guards, what about those guards? The few guards I have placed in, don't they have to make room for you?"

After hearing this, Zhu Wenzhen and Jiang Shoude felt a little embarrassed, realized that they had said something wrong, and quickly retracted it.

When Shen Shuren said this, he casually pointed to the guards nearby.

Among these people who have just been promoted to the defense after the expansion of the army in the past month, there are Lu Datou, Liu Sandao, and Wang Deren, all of whom were not of high rank.

Lu Datou was recruited by Zuo Zixiong to expand his army after he arrived in Huangzhou, and was recruited from a dock worker leader. Before that, he had successively become the general manager of Qian, and he has always performed well and killed the enemy heroically.This time after the expansion of the army, it will be upgraded to a level, and it will go directly to the defense.

In Lu Datou's battalion, one-third of the backbone soldiers are Huangzhou dock workers and hunters who have followed Shen Shuren for two years, and two-thirds are Liaodong soldiers, ensuring that the loyalty of the troops is still reliable after mixing sand.

Liu Sandao was a general of the slaves of the two surnames. Liu Xiyao, who killed his adoptive father two years ago and was one of the bandit kings of the Gezuo Five Battalions, took the head of his adoptive father to surrender.Shen Shuren suppressed him at the time, and then he was promoted back to Chief Qian, and this time he was also promoted to defense.

The soldiers of Liu Sandao's battalion, with Liu Xiyao's surrendered army as the backbone, selected reliable and disciplined elites as the backbone, leaving about 500 people, and the rest were filled by Liaodong soldiers. The reason is also the same as that of Lu Datou Camp is the same.

The last Wang Deren was originally Jin Shenghuan's boss Qian and Shen Shuren. When they first went to Jiangling to seek help from the Fang governor, it was the gate guarded by Wang Deren. Shen Shuren saw that he was cautious, so he was transferred here.Now it is also Qian Zongsheng's defense.

These three battalions belong to general Zhu Wenzhen, so it is impossible for Zhu Wenzhen, a general from Liaodong, to disobey the command. Every battalion below is guarded by Shen Shuren. Be emptied.

On the other side, under the four battalions where Jin Shenghuan served as the general, there was Jiang Shoude, a guerrilla who came back from Liaodong, and another guerrilla who was promoted from the local area, Shen Lian, who was from the Shen family. For the capital, Liaodong military officers can be used.

In short, the method of mixing sand and making up to ensure loyalty has been used to the extreme, and everything has been carefully designed.

Among the troops returning from Liaodong, the only ones that were not mixed with sand were estimated to be the [-] North Korean gunmen.

The main reason is the language barrier, and they are guest soldiers who voluntarily surrendered. Even if there are a few servants under Shen Shuren who can understand Korean, it is not easy to use them to deprive the original leading general of his command.

After getting a general understanding of the integration situation of each battalion, Shen Shuren kindly asked everyone how they got along with the newly issued ordnance and equipment, and did they not adapt to it.

When I went to Liaodong at the beginning of the year, there were only more than 3000 bird guns, Lumi guns and turtledove guns in Shen Shuren's army.

Now the rear has been maintaining production, and it will be produced for another three months.

Even without considering the expansion of the Daye Iron Works and the expansion of the blacksmith's gun-making team, even if it is only based on Shen Jiajun's monthly production capacity of 2000 firearms, this is more than [-] firearms, and now there are at least five or six firearms. Thousands of muskets, not counting the weapons of the North Korean surrender troops.

And more importantly, after several months of running-in and development, when Zheng Chenggong went to Liaodong, there were only a few samples of "rear-loading nozzles" and "revolver nozzles", and now they have been improved for another generation. At least several hundred of them have been mass-produced, and Shen Shuren has already equipped some of them for the confidant veterans in the direct line of troops, and they are now being adjusted and used.

Zhu Wenzhen, Jiang Shoude and other Shanxi generals were also shocked when they saw these weapons for the first time, because they had only been in contact with them for a few days, and they did not fully understand the essence of their usage, but the speed of loading and firing alone was enough to make them feel ashamed. They were dumbfounded.

Asked by Shen Shuren at this moment, they were all sincerely convinced: "The ordnance built under the Futai rule is much more sophisticated than that of the towns on the Nine Borders. It is the only thing I have seen in my life! If I can equip more in the future, I will fight with the Tartars again." You can fight to the death without fear."

However, Shen Shuren shook his head: "It's just here today, let's take a look at the live ammunition drill first. This kind of firearm is not used to fight against the Tartars. It needs to be improved if it is to deal with cavalry from a long distance!"

As Shen Shuren spoke, he called to the two battalions of Lu Datou and Wang Deren to select the elite soldiers of the lineage to practice the new firearms, so that other troops can also quickly adjust their knowledge, so that they can be officially deployed in actual combat next month.

(End of this chapter)