Nanming Yiming

Chapter 19 Integrating the Rebel Army
Although Xia Wanchun is only 17 years old this year, he has been involved in the anti-Qing war for more than three years. Before that, he successfully instigated the rebellion against Su Song Admiral Wu Shengzhao, which once made him see the hope of the rebels taking over Suzhou and Songjiang.

In the past few years, the rebels have been hiding in Tibet after being chased by the Qing army, and there is almost no record of large-scale annihilation of the Qing army.Even occupying the county seat is so out of reach!

A few days ago, they attacked Taicang and Kunshan, beheaded the county magistrate, and beheaded more than 50 soldiers of the Qing army in the field. This is already the most brilliant record in the history of the rebel army!

Of course, this is all thanks to the "Liaodong Tiger" Weng Zhiheng. Without Weng Zhiheng and his 23 elite soldiers, they would not have been able to win the annihilation battle anyway.

Weng Zhiheng beheaded 13 Qing soldiers by himself, and most of the rest of the Qing soldiers were beheaded by veterans under his command. The rebel army led by Wu Qi and other water bandits killed and injured more than 10 Qing soldiers in total, and he also injured a dozen others.

The gap between the regular army and the ordinary rebel army is still very large.This was still taking advantage of the darkness to take advantage of the terrain, and caught the Qing soldiers by surprise by ambush.In addition, Yang Wenqi broke through alone, and the remaining Qing soldiers were leaderless.

If it was daytime, it is estimated that the rebels would have to explain where they were.

Although Yang Wenqi's horse army is also the elite of his standard battalion, it is stronger than the ordinary green battalion soldiers.But there is still a gap compared with the real Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, even the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty.

Soldiers are expensive, not expensive!If the rebel army wants to achieve great things, it still needs to train an elite soldier!Xia Wanchun began to reflect on why the rebels had been failing before.

Weng Zhiheng hasn’t killed so happily for a long time. Ever since Bo Huang Degong and his elder brother Weng Zhiqi were murdered, he led hundreds of his brothers out of the siege and was chased and killed by the Qing army all the way. Now there are only 23 people left.

After falling into the grass, he even lost his confidence for a while. He didn't expect to be able to kill the Qing army again now, and have a good fight with the Tartars!

Wu Qi was also greatly shocked. Although he has always regarded himself as the leader of the rebel army, he lacks experience in leading troops in combat.If it weren't for Weng Zhiheng, the entire army would have been wiped out if he took command.

So Wu Qi said that he should give up the position of leader of the rebel army to Weng Zhiheng.

Brother Weng's commanding skills are obvious to all, and the "Liaodong Tiger" is even more courageous. Wu Qi sincerely let the virtuous, and asked Brother Weng not to refuse, and lead everyone to kill the Qing soldiers and restore Ming Dynasty.

But Weng Zhiheng insisted on not accepting it, saying that he was willing to accept Xia Wanchun's leadership.The Ming Dynasty has always used literature to rule martial arts. Xia Wanchun has a good reputation. Before that, he was awarded the title of Zhongshu Sheren by Lu Wangyao. He himself has always been the core leader of the rebel army.

At this time Xia Wanchun said: "Brother Mo is not out of trouble yet, and Xiaoyin's identity still needs to be concealed. The Taihu rebels will attack Brother Weng as the "Liaodong Tiger"!"

As soon as the news spread that the Taihu rebels had defeated the Qing army, many rebels near Taihu lake took refuge in the past few days. Even the rebels who were unwilling to join directly expressed their willingness to accept command.The originally slightly empty cottage can now be called overcrowded.

Xia Wanchun said: "Now our Taihu Rebel Army can be described as strong and powerful. There are already 800 strong rebel soldiers in the Shanzhai. We need to re-integrate internally!"

The adjustments are as follows:

The "Jingnan Battalion" was established with the veterans under Brother Weng as the core, with a strength of 500 people. It is the core force of our rebel army in field operations, and the leader is Zhang Xiaofan (former Weng Zhiheng's deputy general).

Angkor was good at water warfare, and the rebel army selected those who were excellent in water and good at water warfare to set up the "Taihu Battalion", with a force of 200, mainly engaged in water warfare, and the leader was Wu Qi.

The firecracker team led by Huang Yu performed outstandingly in this copycat defense battle. Although the rebel army only has 20 firecrackers at present, it will be expanded in the future. Our army has established a "Shenji Battalion" with 100 troops to provide fire support.The master will be Topaz.

Weng Zhiheng served as the commander-in-chief of the Taihu Rebel Army and controlled the 3rd Battalion.

Xia Wanchun served as the military commander of the Taihu Volunteer Army Supervisor, responsible for planning and diplomacy.

Qian Buer served as the treasurer of the Taihu Rebel Army, responsible for all materials, equipment and logistical support.

Xia Wanchun said again: "Although my Taihu Rebel Army has a lot of money and food, it lacks equipment. Treasurer Qian, is there a way to get more equipment?"

Qian Buer replied: "Although some craftsmen have come to the cottage, the main thing right now is to repair the equipment and make some ordinary knives and arrows. This armor requires a lot of materials, and the cottage does not have enough materials, so we can't make it."

"There are only two craftsmen who can make firecrackers, and a maximum of two can be made in a month."

Xia Wanchun: "Now the rebels have a total of 53 pairs of cotton armor, all of which are given to the Jingnan Battalion. All veterans must wear armor."

"In addition, it takes a long time to train archers. It's not as easy to learn as the firearms system. In addition, our rebel army lacks bows and arrows. We should give priority to developing firearms."

"In fact, we can buy firearms and cotton armor from the Qing army," Qian Buer said.

"The previous 20 guns were purchased from the Qing army."

Xia Wanchun: "The treasury has to find a way to buy more firecrackers and armor. We are not short of money now. It would be even better if we can get artillery."

"Weng Zongbing, our rebel army is not trained enough and lacks actual combat experience. Please ask Weng Zongbing to take more care of the training."

　Thanks to the readers: Shiyu's painting style, the reward of the second one, I celebrate today's signing and adding Chapter 3, thank you for your support! ! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)