A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 142 Arranging to Go to the State City

After staying in the Acropolis for one night, Wang Dou returned to Shunxiang Fort.

On the ninth day of October in the ninth year of Chongzhen, at noon, the Qianhu government hall was full of people, everyone was smiling, and their brand-new official uniforms were dazzling.
After Wang Dou was promoted to rewards, all the officers under him also received promotions and rewards. Mr. Lin Daofu finally blossomed from a thousand-year-old iron tree, and was promoted from a deputy thousand household to a principal thousand household.Wen Fangliang was originally a sub-thousand household, but this time he made meritorious service and was also promoted to a top-thousand household.Brothers Han Chao and Han Zhong were originally awarded one hundred households, and they were evaluated according to their merits. The two men had the most military merits in this battle. They were awarded two levels and promoted to a thousand households.

Sun Sanjie was also promoted to deputy thousand households, Zhong Tiaoyang was promoted to hundred households, Gao Shiyin was promoted to deputy thousand households, and Yang Tong was promoted to hundred households.Xie Yike, Wang Dou's brother-in-law, was also promoted to the general banner.Zhenfu Chi Dacheng was also promoted to a hundred households.The rest of the officers and men are evaluated according to their military merits, and they may be promoted or rewarded, and everyone is happy.

Wang Dou dispatched Ji Shi to come down to serve as the security officer of Baoanzhou City as the commander of security guards.Wang Dou is about to take office, and everyone is concerned about his arrangements.

Wang Dou pondered for a while, and said: "After I leave, Lord Lin Daofu will manage Shun Township Fort. Soon, your appointment document as the defense officer of Shun Castle will come down."

Lin Daofu's management ability Wang Dou is still at ease. After more than a year, he can be regarded as Wang Dou's direct descendant, and his loyalty to Wang Dou cannot be doubted by others.

Lin Daofu stood up tremblingly. Many days of speculation finally became a fact. He was nearly fifty years old and had been a deputy for many years. He finally became the leader of the castle. It was all due to Wang Dou's praise. He choked up and said: "Xiaguan thanked the integrity sir, sir, don't worry, with the Xiaguan around, Shun Township Castle will only get better and better."

Wang Dou smiled and said: "I believe in Master Lin's ability, and you will have a heavy burden in the future."

Although I will be transferred to the state city, I can control more resources and territory, but I can't give up the old evidence. Although the state city is large, there are corresponding gentry and interest groups. If I want to do anything, there will be many obstacles.Only Shunxiang Fort was run by himself, and he could do anything with ease. In the future, the operation will be further deepened. Farming, military training, military industry, commerce, education, medical care, etc. can all be used as training bases.

Lin Daofu sat down, and the others looked at him with envy. Wang Dou continued: "Wen Qianhu is appointed as Shunbao's official secretary, in charge of the farming affairs inside and outside the fort, and still continues to lead your troops and horses. Sun Sanjie, deputy Qianhu, is assisting you in the reclamation and management, and continues to bring his soldiers and horses. There is also Lord Chi, who is still in charge of military discipline and military law inside and outside the fort."

Wen Fangliang and Sun Sanjie clasped their fists loudly in agreement, they both smiled happily, Chi Dacheng remained the same for thousands of years, got up and gave a deep salute, and sat down.

Wang Dou said to Han Zhong: "Brother Han, you are the Shunshu officer of Shun Fort, in charge of the camp operations of Shun Township Fort, Zhong Fu Qianhu, and assisting you in military training. Whether you are farming or training soldiers, you can't do it." Slack. In the end, Han and North Korean brothers, you lead Mr. Jia’s soldiers and horses, and go to the prefectural towns with me to guard.”

In the past few months, Wang Dou slightly reorganized the army of Shunxiangbao, and then reorganized it back to Xuanfu Township's A, Brigade, and the third level of the general.

It turned out that Wang Dou wanted to hide the strength of his troops, so he divided his subordinates into five outposts. Now it is unnecessary. Wang Dou was promoted to be the integrity officer of the state city, and he could lead a thousand troops. .

Therefore, the soldiers and horses of the original Wangdou Wushao were renamed and divided into A, B, C, D, and E. The Ministry was renamed as Chief Bing, Sun Sanjie's original post office was renamed as Chief Ding, and Zhong Tiao's original Zhongshao branch was renamed as Chief E, with each of the five serving as Chief.There is also Gao Shiyin leading the army of Bai Zong, Yang Tong will be the team officer under Bai Zong, and he will also be expanded to become the general in the future.

However, Wang Dou has a total of one thousand soldiers, and the next five generals, plus one hundred generals, are still greatly overnumbered. There are so many soldiers and horses that can only exist in the form of strong troops.

In July, Wang Dou led a slight reform of the army. In the outpost, now it is the general, and the uniform spear team and firecracker team were implemented. shield soldiers.

However, during the implementation, some sergeants responded that they practiced hard to shoot firecrackers or assassinate with long spears, and suddenly they were organized into sword and shield soldiers or spear shield soldiers. And experience is useless, everything has to start all over again, some sergeants have thoughts and emotions.It is not appropriate for the corporal leaders in the spear team to serve as sword and shield soldiers, which is tantamount to blocking the promotion path of the remaining sergeants.There are also spear and shield soldiers, who hold a shield in one hand and a gun in the other, and they must be weak in attack.
Taking these circumstances into consideration, Wang Dou made adjustments afterwards. In each long spear team or firecracker team, a new armored sword and shield soldier was added. The sword and shield soldiers add two javelins, which can be used for close defense or long distance attack.These sword and shield soldiers are all retrained, and they are not selected from the original veterans, and the gun and shield soldiers are also withdrawn.

In this way, Wang Dou's team has Liujia members. Considering this, Wang Dou has set up a new team deputy in each team to manage the top three troops. Each team deputy also has two guards.The team officer is the four guards.

With the cover of the sword and shield soldiers in front, the captains, officers, and lieutenants of each team, whether they hold long weapons or short weapons, and whether they hold shields, all depend on their own circumstances.However, the flags of the captain, team deputy, and team officers are still stuck on his back.

After the adjustment, Wang Dou's first team has 74 troops.There are four teams in one general, and there is one chief deputy who leads two teams of soldiers. Each chief deputy has eight guards, and the chief deputy's flag is also planted on his back.In addition to eight guards, Ba Zong also has four standard bearers, one appraiser, and five golden drums.

Calculated in this way, there are 320 sergeants in the total army of Shunxiang Fort.

Wang Dou has five soldiers and horses, and Gao Shiyin has a total of 140 soldiers, making a total of 760 soldiers.In addition, there is no night reception. Shun Xiangbao currently has a team of 50 people, and Wang Dou plans to expand it to two teams.With the addition of his guards, flag bearers and drummers, Wang Dou's total strength will be as high as more than 900 in the end.

This is a huge number. In the past few months, Wang Dou has been adjusting and supplementing the army of Shunxiang Castle, and replenishing manpower from new military households.According to Wang Dou's understanding of history, there has been no fighting in Xuanfu Town in the past few years. At this stage, the most important thing for Wang Dou is to feed the soldiers and civilians. Next year, Wang Dou will consider training [-] to [-] auxiliary soldiers. From now on, they will farm when they are busy and practice when they are free.

At this stage, except for one of the five commanders of Shunxiangbao who takes turns guarding the city, the rest of the soldiers have to work in the fields and participate in the construction of large-scale production.

Hearing Wang Dou's words, Han Zhong cracked his mouth and laughed, Zhong Tiaoyang's expression became calmer, while Han Chao clasped his fists deeply and gave a salute. Wang Dou brought him into the city because he regarded him as the most hardcore Confidant, the kindness of knowing you, the last tooth is unforgettable.

Wang Dou looked at everyone: "This time when I go to Zhoucheng to take office, Han and Chao brothers will be the first to go with me. From then on, every six months, the five generals of Shunxiang Fort will take turns to be guarded in Zhoucheng. "

Hearing what Wang Dou said, everyone was in deep thought. It seems that Mr. Morality wants to control Shun Township Fort directly under Lao Lao, and not give up the management of Shun Township Fort just because he has arrived in Zhoucheng.Everyone has no chance to engage in their own little calculations outside the circle. Should they follow Wang Dou closely, or be excluded from the circle?It depends on each person's choice.

From Wang Dou's army expansion arrangement, everyone can see that Wang Dou's ambition is not small, which is also in line with everyone's taste. In troubled times, the more soldiers and horses under his command, the stronger the ability of everyone to protect themselves, and Wang Dou To be promoted step by step, following Wang Dou closely is obviously the most promising choice.

Without any hesitation, everyone clasped their fists together and saluted: "Only adults with low ranks will follow suit."

Seeing everyone express their opinions, Wang Dou was also very happy, he said: "Okay, all the brothers are old people by my side, I will not forget you, no matter what happens in the future, I, Wang Dou, will live and die together with all the brothers , Wealth and honor together."

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On October [-]th of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Wang Dou took the army of the Han Dynasty Jiazong and his own guard flag bearer to leave Shunxiang Fort and went to Baoanzhou City to take up his post.Wang Dou intends to take the first step, and pick up his mother and wife after he establishes a foothold in the state city in the future.

In order to intimidate the soldiers and civilians in the state city to the greatest extent, Wang Dou and Han Chao, among the hundreds of people, are all wearing iron armor, and each of them is riding a horse. It doesn't matter if it is a war horse or not, as long as it can carry people. .

Lin Daofu, Wen Fangliang, Zhong Diaoyang, Sun Sanjie and others went out of the city to see them off, as well as the soldiers and civilians of Shun Township Fort, they also sent out in full force to send off Wang Dou and others to take office in Zhoucheng. Many people had tears in their eyes and were reluctant to part During Wang Dou's tenure for more than a year, he divided the land for all the military households, so that the military households in the fort could have enough food. The soldiers and civilians are all very grateful to Wang Dou.They only hoped that after Wang Dou left, Shun Township Fort would not be forgotten.

Looking at the sincere eyes of the soldiers and civilians around him, and the upsurge of farewell, Wang Dou was also emotional. He bid farewell to the soldiers and civilians around him again and again. Everyone has feelings. During the past year in Shunxiang Fort, he has experienced countless life and death disasters. Seeing the changes here day by day, Wang Dou was also reluctant to leave suddenly, but unlike leaving Jingbian Fort, Shunxiang Fort was a place where he would come back often.

The sound of cheers finally faded away. After passing Shunxiang Fort, Dongjiazhuang Fort, Zhouzhuang Fort, Wang Dou and his party headed for Zhoucheng in a mighty way. Iron hooves beat on the loess road, causing smoke and noise.

Passing through many military forts and forts along the way, they were all deserted. After those fortresses were abandoned, they didn't know when they would recover. Wang Dou's mood was unavoidably gloomy.

Looking around, the surrounding sergeants did not have such complex feelings as Wang Dou. They were all elated to be able to guard Zhoucheng. Zhoucheng is a big city that is much more prosperous than Shunxiangbao. In the city, all the sergeants had bright faces, full of excitement.

There were nearly 400 people in Wang Dou on this trip. When outsiders saw these armored soldiers, they would probably think that these people were Wang Dou's servants. In fact, Wang Dou did not have a servant, or that the five generals of Shunxiang Fort were all him. servant.The various systems that Wang Dou implemented in Shunxiang Fort, especially the division of land and land, controlled the hard work of these sergeants in his own hands. According to the situation in Daming, only when Wang Dou was present could these sergeants be protected by Wang Dou. They can keep their family's fields and enjoy a low-tax welfare system without being harassed by the government's excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

What's even better is that this system allows Wang Dou to feed a large number of troops at very little cost. Wang Dou doesn't need to pay the soldiers, he only needs to feed the soldiers during drills.The sergeant's family divided the fields, and when the farming was busy, the soldiers went home to work, and they could also eat their own.

Their family divided the fields and collected two buckets of grain per mu in the future. Compared with the early and mid-Ming Dynasty, the tax was heavy, but in the late Ming Dynasty when all kinds of miscellaneous taxes could exceed the regular tax by many times, this kind of simple taxation of grain has become difficult. The economic burden is very light. After the military households pay the grain, the remaining grain is enough to feed the whole family and live a stable life.

In order to improve the combat capability of the sergeants, Wang Dou adopted the reward system for the capture, which further enhanced the enthusiasm of the sergeants in combat and exercised their combat capabilities. , tantamount to the generosity of others.

So far, the food and payment system of Shunxiang Fort has been widely accepted by the soldiers. Some time ago, when they surrendered the bandits and fought against the Qing soldiers, many soldiers received rewards for their capture that could be equivalent to the food and salary paid by the Ming army every year. , the family is divided into fields and land, food and clothing are available, everyone is full of hope for life,

This series of operations has made Wang Dou's prestige in Shun Township Fort higher and higher. It can be said that even if the officers have ulterior motives, the soldiers below are unlikely to follow them. A close bond has been formed around Wang Dou. interest group.

This time when Wang Dou went to Zhoucheng, Xie Yike led the two teams of Yebushou to follow along. After recovering from his injuries, this guy regained his vitality, and he couldn't be idle for a moment. He was also running around on horseback at this time. In the future, Yebushou led by him will be expanded in Zhoucheng to a brigade of 50 people.

Seeing Xie Yike's cheerful figure, Wang Dou scolded with a smile: "This guy, he'll be around in a year, and he's still so wild, it's time for him to talk about his daughter-in-law."

Han Chao beside Wang Dou also smiled. Wang Dou looked at Han Chao's words and said earnestly: "Brother Han, you are the same. You can't delay any longer. It's time to start a family."

Han Chao is 25 years old this year, and his life-long event has become the target of many military officers inside and outside the fort. In the past few months, under the leadership of Lin Daofu, many lonely military households of men and women inside and outside Shunxiang Fort have also been reorganized. After starting a family and forming a new couple, Wang Dou also asked the officers to lead by example. Those who are not married should get married as soon as possible, and those who are already married should have more wives and concubines and raise children. Only the Han Dynasty and the Han Zhong brothers are still single. Regarding this matter, Wang Dou has already asked many times.

Wang Dou said: "Miss Zheng is a good woman, don't let her down."

Han Chao lowered his head and responded softly.

Seeing Han Chao's appearance, Wang Douchang sighed.

The distance from Shunxiang Fort to Zhoucheng was only about [-] miles, hundreds of people rode horses and traveled quickly, and soon, the group of people had arrived outside Baoanzhou City.

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(End of this chapter)