At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 161: Lord Sun’s Fourteen Heroes

"Tell him that as long as his son can perform meritorious service on the battlefield, he will be the flag bearer, sentry commander, general commander, thousand commander, or even guerrilla, general, deputy general, and general soldier! He will not hesitate to give him a reward!"

Sun Kewang said solemnly: "As long as he and his son can serve me, Sun Kewang, I, Sun Kewang, will never mistreat loyal people like them!"

Sun Kewang has now reorganized and trained the new army in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Each unit is named after town, association, standard, battalion, team, sentry and flag.

The corresponding official positions of these units are general, deputy general, staff general, thousand commander, commander, sentry commander, and flag bearer.

In addition to these positions there were guerrilla generals who led independent cavalry units.

The garrison generals set up by Lord Sun in various places.

According to the preparation of Sun Guozhu.

Each town has two regiments of infantry, one battalion of cavalry, and one battalion of artillery.

There were one battalion each of engineers and baggage troops, as well as some medical and communications units.

Each infantry association has two divisions of infantry, three battalions per division, four teams per battalion, three sentries per team, three flags per sentry, and 14 men per flag.

There are about 750 officers, officials, and clerks in the town, 1 soldiers, and 500 servants. The total number of people in the town is more than 2000.

Originally, Lord Sun planned to set up a cavalry and artillery flag in each town.

But in the end, because there was not enough cavalry, and it was difficult to cast and train red-coated cannons and gunners, the cavalry and artillery in each town were reduced to battalion-level units.

According to the establishment, each town has one artillery battalion, equipped with twelve six-pound field guns.

This kind of lightweight artillery weighing more than [-] kilograms is used as the standard artillery for the front army in field battles.

Except for this directly affiliated field artillery battalion.

The Xie, Biao, and battalions under the jurisdiction of each town were all equipped with large, medium, and small Folan cannons in turn. In this era, the Tiger Crouching Cannon, which was similar to mortars, was even lowered to the team level.

As for the cavalry, each town has a cavalry battalion with three teams, nine posts, 27 flags, and more than [-] people.

In addition to these, there are also sentry cavalry from various large units, with a total of more than [-] cavalry in each town.

Lord Sun now has more than 15 veterans and [-] new soldiers under his command, totaling more than [-] soldiers.

With these forces, he established five armies and fourteen towns.

Among them, former military commander Feng Shuangli governed three towns.

Wang Shangli, the commander-in-chief of the left army, has jurisdiction over the two towns, and Wang Ziqi, the commander-in-chief of the right army, has jurisdiction over the two towns.

Sun Guozhu of the Chinese Army took the lead on his own, with Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu as his right and left hand men. He imitated the Sixth Army of the Emperor and governed six towns.

In addition to the four infantry towns, Sun Guozhu's central army also governed the cavalry town, which was dominated by cuirassiers, with [-] cuirassiers, and the Xiaoqi town, which was dominated by old-style cavalry, with [-] old-style cavalry.

In addition, Zheng Guo, who was stationed in Liuzhou, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the rear army, with Wang Aixiu as his deputy, with jurisdiction over a town.

In this way, the total number of soldiers and officers in the Fourteenth Army was more than 14.

Among them, the [-] infantry towns have more than [-] cavalry, and the two iron cavalry and Xiaoqi towns have [-] cavalry.

There are more than [-] cavalry in total.

In addition to the five main forces, the remaining more than 1 soldiers were stationed in various places along with the garrison generals in various places.

Among them, there are about [-] cavalry, divided into four large guerrilla battalions, named after the four beasts of green dragon, white tiger, red bird and black dragon. They are commanded by guerrilla generals as guerrilla troops.

Among the five field armies, there is an artillery battalion at the town level, equipped with twelve six-pound guns.

At the corps level, there is a heavy artillery battalion equipped with twelve large [-]-pound field guns.

Sun Guozhu's Chinese army even had a specially set up heavy artillery association, equipped with 36 [-]-pound heavy siege guns.

Today, all armies and towns are nearly fully equipped.

The five field armies were equipped with a total of 140 four light six-pound field guns, sixty twelve-pound large field guns, and 36 eighteen-pound heavy siege guns.

In total, 240 red cannons.

In addition to the red-coat guns, there are more than [-] large, medium and small Folang machine guns and light tiger crouching guns included in the equipment sequence of the five field armies.

It can be said that Lord Sun's five main field forces, whether cavalry or artillery, are already very sound.

Especially in terms of artillery, when Li Dingguo attacked Xinhui, he only had more than twenty red-coated cannons. After the army collapsed, only twenty were lost, and only thirteen were captured by the Qing army.

During the battle of Songjin, the Ming army captured 580 large and small artillery pieces by the Qing army, but only sixteen red-coated cannons were captured.

Sun Guozhu's more than 200 red-coated cannons were deployed. Whether it was a field battle or a city siege, he had a huge advantage in artillery.

Of course, Sun Guozhu's five main field forces also have some shortcomings.

In addition to the serious shortage of troops in the rear camp and only one town, the official positions in the front army were extremely complicated.

It is by no means as simple as the preparation.

In this era, the Yongli imperial court has successively awarded 350 eight titles.

There are countless military officer positions.

I think back then, when Sun Guozhu united with the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty, his general Feng Shuangli didn't even have a title.

But Ma Jinzhong and others have already been ranked as dukes.

In order to win people's hearts, the title and official position of Sun Kewang, who had been surrendered by the soldiers and generals of the Southern Ming Dynasty, were reserved.

But this also caused the titles and official positions within Xiying to be extremely high.

Sun Guozhu's fourteen strong soldiers have a total of fourteen general soldier positions.

But in another time and space, he brought hundreds of people to the Qing Dynasty.

Among these hundreds of people, there are 22 general soldiers and more than 100 guerrilla deputy generals.

With this group of people alone, Sun Guozhu's fourteenth town army could not accommodate them.

In the last battle of the Shishun Army in Kuidong, Hao Yaoqi and others only had a few thousand men left, and they still had dozens of general soldiers under their command.

Under this general trend, although the official position of Sun Guozhu's fourteen strong soldiers was clear, they had to be exaggerated.

In addition to the fourteen actual generals, the deputy generals, staff generals, and even the generals and generals under them are all registered generals.

All in all, everyone is a general soldier, but they are divided into actual and official ones.

Just like the prince of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the more than 2 candidate admirals of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

They held their noses together and passed by.

……

The translator quickly informed the elders of the mountain people what Sun Guozhu had said.

When these old men heard this, they were even more excited. They knelt down and kowtowed to Lord Sun three times.

"Please get up quickly. How can I, the king, betray such a righteous people?"

"Come here, each person will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver, not 100 taels!"

Sun Guozhu said with great pride: "In addition, let their son bear the title of General Manager, not Qian Zong!" Upon hearing this, the arrester immediately translated Sun Guozhu's words, and several elders of the mountain people almost fainted when they heard this.

Sun Kewang looked at the scene in front of him and cursed in his heart.

Guoyin Qianzong, Sun Guozhu only has the word "Guayin" in his eyes, and these old men probably only have the word "Qianzong" in their eyes.

These days, there are hundreds of titles, and the generals are all over the streets. It's just a matter of carrot stamps to be printed with thousands of generals.

But having said that, Sun Guozhu's use of the carrot seal is not unreasonable.

After all, the seal of King Qin of his kingdom was gold-plated, which annoyed Lord Sun's eyes.

He himself was treated like this, and it wasn't too much to use the carrot seal to fool the big-headed soldiers and these mountain people under his command. Wasn't he also given an extra 100 taels of silver?

After inspecting Xuanhua, Sun Kewang did not stay. After leaving Ma Zhaoxi, Wan Niance and others to explore the surrounding counties of Nanning.

He took Zhang Hu along the west coast of the Yangtze River and traveled throughout his own country.

He worked hard to urge officials from all over Guangxi to do the most important autumn harvest work.

At this time, preparations for his Northern Expedition had begun in full swing.

Just wait until the end of this year, when all the work is completed, 10,000+ troops will go straight to Guilin, capture Huguang, and lock the Qing army in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

Time flies by quietly. In the blink of an eye, August has passed and September has arrived.

Autumn harvest work is in full swing across Guangxi.

In workshops across Nanning, muskets and muskets are constantly being produced.

By the beginning of September, the heroes of the Fourteenth Town needed to be equipped with more than 240 shotguns and [-] red-coated cannons.

With the efforts of craftsmen, stewards, officials and people at all levels, it was completely put together.

The workshops in Nanning are still running day and night.

A steady stream of standard turtledove guns and standard artillery are replacing the old firearms and Annan firearms in the hands of the former army.

Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao brought 27 elite troops and [-] red-coated artillery pieces into Guangdong.

Capturing craftsmen in Guangdong and spending several months to build 46 red-coated cannons, they were able to capture Guangdong.

But now Sun Guozhu has gathered the strength of Guangdong and Guangxi to build more than [-] red-coated cannons in a few months.

It is expected that before the troops are sent out, not only the red artillery in each army and town will be fully equipped, but also additional firepower can be strengthened for sieges and field battles.

On the seventh day of September, Sun Guozhu ended his trip ahead of schedule and returned to his loyal Nanning.

In Nanning, Huguang Governor Zhang Changgeng had been waiting for him for many days.

"King Yi, you are finally back." Zhang Changgeng was so anxious in Nanning that his hair grew back.

"Governor Zhang, what do you want to do with me?"

"King Yi, the imperial court is willing to grant the title to Guangxi, Guizhou, and the land of Shao Qifu south of Guangxi, Guizhou and Guangdong." Zhang Changgeng said seriously.

Upon hearing this, Lord Sun frowned and said, "What about the Guangfu land that Gu requested?"

"King Yi, the land of Guangfu is of great importance. King Yi has obtained the land of two provinces and seven prefectures. This is already shocking in our Qing Dynasty." Zhang Changgeng said seriously.

Sun Kewang thought about it again and again, and then said slowly: "What about the military salary that I asked for?"

"King Yi, the 500 million military pay allocated by the imperial court has arrived in Hunan. As long as you are willing to accept the canonization by the imperial court, you can come to Nanning as soon as possible with the military pay." Zhang Changgeng said quickly.

Sun Kewang's eyes narrowed and he didn't speak for a long time.

He has been negotiating peace with the Qing court for almost a year. If it continues to be delayed, it will be time for the Qing Dynasty to react.

"I just found two people to sacrifice the flag!" Sun Kewang smiled in his heart and made up his mind.

"Governor Zhang, the imperial court made me a prince of one word, hereditary, ranking first among the kings of Han. I was also given a hundred Niulu Eight Banners establishment, and now Guizhou and the three prefectures of Zhaoqing, Nanxiong and Shaozhou are also handed over. In my eternal town."

"It's such a generous favor. If I, Sun Kewang, don't accept it anymore, wouldn't I be ignorant of good and evil?"

When Zhang Changgeng heard this, his eyes suddenly widened.

"So King Yi agrees?"

"That's natural." Sun Kewang laughed.

"Master!" Zhang Hu's expression changed upon hearing this.

"Alas!" Sun Kewang waved his hand and winked.

"I was born in Yunnan and Guizhou and didn't know the destiny. I resisted the imperial court for many years. Guangzhou is rich and prosperous. I asked myself, if the imperial court didn't trust me, there would be such a Han king and Guangzhou."

"Since the imperial court has promised the land of two provinces and seven prefectures, I am satisfied and there is no need to fight anymore."

Zhang Hu and others saw Lord Sun acting like this, so naturally they didn't say much.

Zhang Changgeng was even more overjoyed when he heard this.

"King Yi can be considerate of the imperial court, which is really a blessing to our Qing Dynasty." Zhang Changgeng said with cupped hands.

"Governor Zhang and Liao praised it, and asked Governor Zhang to report to the imperial court and ask the imperial envoys to come to Guangxi quickly to carry out the canonization. When the imperial court announces it to the world, 500 million military pay will be transported to Guangxi."

"I will lead the tiger warriors in front of the [-] palaces, enter Yunnan from Guangxi, steal Li Dingguo's retreat, and capture Yongli in one fell swoop!" Sun Kewang vowed.

"Okay!" Zhang Changgeng said immediately, "I will return to Hunan and report to the imperial court."

"In that case, thank you very much Governor Zhang." Sun Kewang smiled and said:
"Come here, Governor Zhang has come to Nanning all the way from Changsha. He has been busy all the way. I want to give Governor Zhang 1 taels of silver to express my feelings."

Zhang Changgeng opened his mouth when he heard this. He never expected that Sun Kewang was not only so easy to talk, but also so generous with his actions.

"Righteous King, you will not be rewarded for your merits, you can't do it, you can't do it!" Zhang Changgeng kept saying, but his eyes rolled.

"What can't be done? A few months ago, Master Ma and Shangshu Hu came. I also prepared a generous gift, including a full 3 taels of silver for Hu Shangshu, asking him to replace Gu Duoduomei in the court. What are you talking about?" Lord Sun ran off with his mouth full.

"Now Governor Zhang has come to Nanning as the governor. As the Lord of Guangxi, I should express my feelings. Although Guangxi is poor, the people in western Guangdong are very hospitable. I can still get 1 taels of silver. Yes." Sun Kewang smiled.

"3 taels!" Zhang Changgeng took a breath. Sun Kewang was really willing to take action.

"So, thank you so much for King Yi's kindness." Zhang Changgeng said excitedly, his face flushed.

I made a trip to Nanning. Although I suffered a lot along the way, I not only got 1 taels of silver, but also contributed to the important event of recruiting Sun Kewang.

With such achievements, Zhang Changgeng couldn't help but think about it, feeling that he was about to be promoted to the governor of Huguang.

Sun Kewang looked at Zhang Changgeng's expression and smiled in his heart.

I sent a lot of information myself, and I really fooled the Qing Dynasty.

The map of Yunnan and Guizhou, the Kuidong counterattack, and the invasion of pirates, these real stories can withstand the beating.

In this case, in addition to Hong Chengchou who trusted Jia Ziming, he became suspicious of Sun Guozhu after learning the true situation in Yunnan.

No one could detect Sun Kewang's true intention.

And Zhang Changgeng, the governor of Huguang, was used by the Qing government to suppress Hong Chengchou. He was not from the same group as Hong Chengchou. How could he have thought that Sun Kewang, who constantly provided us with real information to the Qing Dynasty, was playing a big game of chess? ?

(End of this chapter)