I want to be emperor

Chapter 146 Don't wait for me
When Shi Wenbin was talking to many firms about business, trying to continue to obtain a large amount of strategic materials for the Rural Protection Army, other people in the Rural Protection Army system were not idle, and they were all busy.

The Xiangyang Army captured Xiangyang City and Fancheng, and according to the strategic planning of the Xiangyang Army, it was necessary to rely on Xiangyang City to control the southern area of ​​the Nanyang Basin in the follow-up to prevent Yunyang and the Huguang Ming Army from going north.

As for Lu Xiangsheng in Yunyang, the Ming army in the Huguang area will come to kill him at any time.

Not to mention Hong Chengchou in the north, he has more troops under his command. Although he is still fighting the rebels in the Central Plains, he may send a large number of troops south at any time.

Therefore, after taking Xiangyang City, it does not mean that they can sit back and relax.

On May [-]th, there was no atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival in Xiangyang City, and even the streets seemed extremely deserted.

After the initial purge of Xiangyang City by the Rural Protection Army in the past few days, although they have issued notices to calm the hearts of the people, they still failed to dispel the panic of many gentry and ordinary people in the city.

This is not only because the Township Protection Army has wiped out the rebels everywhere in the city in the past few days, and they have ransacked dozens of rebels' homes and killed a lot of heads.

It is also because both the gentry and the common people have a great fear of thieves.

So even after several days passed, many people in the city, especially those gentry, still kept their doors tightly shut, not daring to go out easily, for fear of getting into trouble.

Therefore, even during the Dragon Boat Festival, the city of Xiangyang is deserted, and even those who have to go to the streets to survive are in a hurry, for fear of staying outside for too long and attracting the swords of those bald gray bandits.

However, although the city is relatively deserted, the interior of the Township Protection Army is relatively lively.

Anyway, today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and the rural protection army captured Xiangyang City and Fancheng successively before, and won a complete victory. In the next few days, they were busy cleaning up the defeated soldiers, recalcitrant elements, and even green-skinned hooligans who took advantage of the chaos in the two cities, so He has maintained high-intensity actions for several days in a row.

So naturally it is necessary to reward the soldiers well.

Taking advantage of today's holiday, Luo Zhixue ordered: eat extra meat today!

And he himself was also in the mansion of the General of the Baoxiang Army, um, that is, the original Prince Xiang's mansion, where he held a big banquet for the civil and military officials under his command.

After a full meal, Luo Zhixue took Wang Xiazi, Huang Dingquan and others to play in the back garden of the General's Mansion.

"Look at this garden, and this rockery, tsk tsk, today is an eye-opener." Blind Wang stared at this garden, and couldn't help sighing: "Even if it's a palace, it's probably like this."

Huang Guangmao heard Wang Xiazi's words, and couldn't help thinking to himself: Look at your small family, it's just a vassal mansion, how can it be compared with the Forbidden City.

But thinking so, Huang Guangmao looked around with his big eyes open.

To be honest, it was also the first time he saw such a luxurious mansion.

Originally, when everyone was in Nanyang Mansion, they had the opportunity to visit Prince Tang’s Mansion, but after taking down Nanyang City, because the team had to be assembled urgently that day, they went south early the next morning, and there was no time to go to Nanyang City at all. Let's take a look at the Tang Palace in the city.

Now, it was the first time for everyone to see such a luxurious vassal mansion.

Luo Zhixue was relatively calm about this so-called vassal mansion. In his previous life, he had even been to the Forbidden City, and some places of interest, historical sites, gardens and buildings. Naturally, these bumpkins in his hands couldn't compare his knowledge.

In fact, he still somewhat dislikes the Prince Xiang's Mansion.

This Prince Xiang's Mansion is not the kind of garden-style building in the south of the Yangtze River. The buildings are a bit dense and there are too many houses, giving people a rather depressing feeling.

Compared with this kind of vassal mansion built strictly according to the etiquette system, he still prefers the Jiangnan-style garden-style buildings.

However, his current status is special, and the only building that is more suitable for him to stay after entering Xiangyang City is this Xiangwang Mansion.

After everyone came under a gazebo in the back garden, Luo Zhixue turned his eyes away from the scenery in front of him and landed on Dong Mingjie: "It's been a few days, how is the Fifth Mixed Brigade going?"

Dong Mingjie, who had just become the commander of the Fifth Mixed Brigade for a few days, said: "General, my Fifth Mixed Brigade has now completed the selection of soldiers, and with the strong cooperation of the Military and Political Department, we have equipped all levels of officers and key personnel. Soldiers, the shelves of three infantry battalions have now been pulled up."

"Furthermore, according to the general's instructions, when selecting soldiers, we kept as much as possible the two levels of grass-roots formations, Shi and Wu. It is estimated that after about five days of training, we will be able to form basic combat effectiveness."

"However, artillery and cavalry are still lacking. Although the fifth cavalry post has also selected a hundred cavalry, they are all mounted infantry and cannot fight immediately."

"The fifth artillery post currently only has twelve old-style short cannons, which cannot be reused."

Luo Zhixue said: "It's good that the infantry can be pulled out as soon as possible. You continue to watch, and within three to five days we must strive to gradually form combat power. We will have more enemies to deal with later."

"As for the cavalry and artillery, the fifth cavalry sentry is organized according to the cavalry infantry. No matter what, four legs are better than two legs. Don't count on fine cavalry on your side, and the cavalry brigade also Shortage."

At this time, Wang Xiazi showed a smile on his face. This time, their cavalry brigade also participated in the expansion of the army. Luo Zhixue asked Wang Xiazi to give priority to those who are good at riding and shooting from the prisoners of war in the battles of Xiangyang City and Fancheng, and even from the people. , and transferred more than 100 batches of horses from the captured war horses to form the seventh cavalry post.

The seventh cavalry post is an elite cavalry unit that is good at cavalry, archery and charge combat based on the standards of the first cavalry post and the second cavalry post.

Luo Zhixue continued: "As you know, the production capacity of [-]-jin cannons is limited. The next batch of cannons at Li Qingdian is for the third artillery post. Let's take a look at the next batch. When the time comes, you and the Fourth Mixed Brigade will share one point."

"Let's use these captured artillery now, first set up the shelf, train the soldiers, and change the equipment later."

After all, Luo Zhixue ignored the disappointed Dong Mingjie, but looked at Huang Guangmao and asked, "How is the formation of the Sixth Mixed Brigade?"

Huang Guangmao immediately replied: "After being selected by the fifth mixed brigade, there are not many qualified soldiers among the remaining prisoners of war. It is estimated that only one infantry battalion can be trained."

"If you want to fill it up, you have to see how many prisoners of war can be captured in the follow-up."

Luo Zhixue said: "It's okay, let's practice with one battalion now, and add the rest later."

The Sixth Mixed Brigade, like the Fourth Mixed Brigade and the Fifth Mixed Brigade, is a typical old-style army that accepts soldiers from prisoners of war, adopts old-style weapons and equipment, and adopts traditional tactics.

It was a temporary military expansion measure taken by the Rural Protection Army when the output of ordnance was limited, the training time for new recruits was too long to replenish in time, and at the same time it was facing a huge shortage of troops.

In order to ensure the formation of basic combat power in the shortest possible time to deal with the second-line and auxiliary battles, they are selected directly from the ready-made prisoners of war, and will not be filled with newly recruited recruits.

Therefore, the speed of expansion of this second-line army directly depends on how many prisoners of war the rural protection army can capture...

"Since the Sixth Mixed Brigade has no soldiers, let them go. However, the recruiting plan for the new barracks cannot be relaxed. It is necessary to recruit enough qualified recruits for training in the shortest possible time. Don't worry about weapons and equipment. Soldiers are recruited and then trained."

Huang Guangmao said: "Don't worry, General, we have already set up new barracks in Nanyang City and Xiangyang City, and the Recruitment Division is currently recruiting troops in each control area, and the results are not bad."

"More than 800 recruits have been selected for the Xiangyang Recruit Battalion. It is expected that a large number of recruits will join in the next few days. It is estimated that the first batch of 3000 recruits will be recruited within three days and undergo emergency recruit training. Can complete initial training."

"The situation at the Nanyang recruit camp has not been reported yet, but the deputy chief of the recruiting department is in charge of the recruiting work in Nanyang City. It is expected that the recruiting results will not be too bad."

Luo Zhixue nodded and said: "That's good. In the future, we will set up the Seventh Infantry Brigade mainly based on the recruits from Nanyang City, and the Eighth Infantry Brigade mainly based on the recruits from Xiangyang City, and we will train two field artillery sentries." and two horse-riding infantry posts and corresponding supply battalions."

"It is now the fifth day of May, leaving one month for recruit training. The training of this batch of new troops must be completed before June [-]th, and they will be given half a month of adaptive training. In January, I want to see this batch of troops forming initial combat effectiveness."

"As we take down Xiangyang City, the enemy's army may rush over at any time, and we don't have much time left. We must seize all the time to expand and train."

"Don't wait for me!"

Huang Guangmao said: "In July, there is enough time. As long as the ordnance production capacity can keep up, these two infantry brigades and the two matching field artillery posts, supply battalions, and cavalry posts can definitely form a preliminary combat effectiveness."

Huang Guangmao's words have an early stage, that is, the ordnance can keep up!
At this time, Luo Zhixue turned his attention to Yuan Gaofeng from the Industrial Department!
After noticing Luo Zhixue's gaze, Yuan Gaofeng looked puzzled: "Most of the craftsmen from the original Songshan Village Arsenal have been transferred to Liqingdian Armory. Their production capacity is already negligible, but they still maintain the ability to repair ordnance."

"As for the production capacity of the Li Qingdian Armory, you all know that even with overtime, a month's production capacity of all kinds of ordnance can only equip two infantry battalions and one artillery post."

"Now the third infantry brigade is still waiting for ordnance. We have lost a lot of muskets, armor and other weapons in several consecutive battles before. These also need to be replenished. The personal barracks have also expanded and need a lot of muskets and armor. Armor and other weapons."

"The production capacity in May has basically been allocated in advance."

"The estimated production capacity in June does not mention supplementing the loss of various combat units. Even if it is all used to equip new troops, it can only equip two battalions and one artillery post."

"We're afraid..."

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