Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 649 Zhu Wenkui Independent Group
After taking control of the dock, the second batch of troops also landed there, much faster than before. Guo Kang also received more support.

What helped him the most was that Zhu Wenkui finally arrived, and with him came a large number of weapons and accompanying soldiers.

Except for the two small cannons that accompanied them before, and the muskets brought by the veterans of the 100th Squadron, all other firearms were with Zhu Wenkui. Especially the heavy artillery, which had not been transported to the battlefield in time before, but was finally brought here.

These artillery pieces even exceeded the requirements of the brigade. When Zhu Wenkui was still unloading at the dock, Tuohuan ran over to find him and asked for all his hundreds of artillerymen and several heavy artillery pieces. Therefore, Guo Kang only saw Zhu Wenkui and others when they were about to break camp and set off.

Even if firearms were excluded, the strength of this batch of reinforcements was strong enough. For this war, Zhu Wenkui sent out all the hundreds of people in the palace. Some of them had been borrowed by Guo Kang and incorporated into his several hundred-man teams to lead the Russians. The rest were led by Captain Jeska as a separate team.

There weren't originally so many people in the palace - otherwise, they wouldn't have been beaten so badly during the riot. Most of them were later transferred from the old King Wu after he got the news.

According to Captain Jessica, although these people have combat experience, they are only minor fighters. The old King Wu asked them to come because, on the one hand, the palace is short of people and it can't be like this forever; on the other hand, more importantly, he hopes that they can also learn how to fight a regular war in the army of the Great Qin.

Therefore, this time, the Wu Wang Mansion was out in full force. Before leaving, Princess Ma said that she was going to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures to bless her son, so she moved directly to the Queen Mother's monastery and asked Zhu Wenkui to take away the last guards in the mansion. She also visited the Guo family specifically, hoping that Guo could help take care of them. Therefore, Guo Kang also knew these things and probably understood their intentions.

Guo Kang speculated that the Wu Palace also wanted to take this opportunity to build up its prestige. Before the turmoil, most people just regarded them as the kind of pretenders to the throne that were common in Europe, or wandering small courts - when everyone had money, they might support them for a reputation. But to be honest, this was the only performance function.

The battle that night made many people look up to them, but that was just the level of respect. After all, their strength was too small, and to be honest, for most people who didn't understand the situation, this was a civil war. Whether Zhu Wenkui won or Princess Ranna won, it didn't make any difference to everyone - whoever won would not affect the reputation of the Wu Wang Mansion, and it wouldn't even affect the future help for the expedition. So, naturally, other people wouldn't care too much.

It is probably because of this that the Wu Wangfu began to participate in various affairs with great enthusiasm. In the process of restoring order, they performed well. Later, in the training and expedition, they also changed the previous style of everyone being autistic and just working to make a living, and began to actively show interest.

Among them, Tang Sai'er was the most active. After she came, she seemed to have never been idle. Every day, she either took the initiative to do things or forced Zhu Wenkui to find things to do. Guo Kang didn't really care about it at first, but after hearing Lady Jeanna complain twice, he felt that she seemed to be a little too active. He just didn't know what she was thinking - was she really going to help Le Loi conquer France?

Besides her, Monk Daoyan is also a person who can't sit still. Not long after he came here to adapt to the environment, he began to run around every day, visiting this and persuading that. Even at such an old age, he doesn't feel tired.

Of course, his achievements are also very obvious. Although there are not many public performances, Zhu Wenkui was able to successfully take on so many jobs, not only because of his friendship with Tuohuan and Guo Kang. The matchmaking of this old monk was obviously also a very important factor.

Guo Kang felt that after the war was over, he would have to investigate and see what was going on. But for the time being, he couldn't care less.

When the people in the camp lined up to set off, the follow-up troops also arrived at the camp and lined up together. This increased the size of the team by half, which made the soldiers admire it.

"Why are there so many more people?" Guo Kang himself was a little surprised.

"Some people followed the caravan to Xiaoya before." Zhu Wenkui told him: "They just got here on the way, so they didn't have time to tell you."

"Okay..." Guo Kang was speechless for a moment.

He knew that there were many more people under the name of the Prince of Wu's mansion than those who stayed in the mansion on a daily basis. Due to the limited income of the mansion, it could not support so many people - sometimes, Zhu Wenkui even had to send money to his father to prevent the old Prince of Wu from begging. Therefore, most people were actually "free-range".

When the incident happened in Dadu, Zhu Wenkui hurried over but didn't call many people. Because most of them were not in Dadu at all, but were scattered in various places from Georgia to Crete, working hard to make money. Fortunately, this time, the reserved time was long enough for him to call everyone back.

The people sent by the old King Wu were actually gathered from all over the place. That's why there were more and more people.

"We brought 350 infantry and 50 cavalry this time." Zhu Wenkui told Guo Kang: "In fact, if there are enough horses, it is not impossible for everyone to serve as cavalry. They are all veterans and can fight on horseback... It's just that it's too troublesome to ship horses by sea, so we can only make do with this."

"No, it's already very impressive, not mediocre at all." Guo Kang waved his hands repeatedly: "I really didn't expect that you could mobilize so many combat personnel alone."

"We have been running this business for so many years, but we were just too poor before." Zhu Wenkui was more open-minded: "This time we are eating your food, otherwise we wouldn't be willing to get everyone together."

"There are more than 200 people here, all of whom are Lao Yang's fellow Bohemians. The remaining 100 or so were recruited from various places. The original quota was not enough, so we just crammed them all together. In addition, the people you lent me to help can also go back. Otherwise, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold it in."

"Okay..." Guo Kang scratched his head and agreed.

Previously, he asked Ma Wanjun, the flag bearer of the brigade, to take more than 20 people to serve as the rear guard to meet Zhu Wenkui and his men. Ma Wanjun was very puzzled by this and asked why he was left behind last. Guo Kang explained that the focus of this war was not only on charging into battle on the battlefield, but also on many equally important aspects, one of which was the coordination of all parties. All the affairs on his side were in plan, but the people on Zhu Wenkui's side were not used to the combat methods of the legion, so they needed someone familiar with the situation to lead them. Of course, the more experienced the people sent, the better.

Although he had many reliable officers, most of them were sent by other noble families. It was fine during battles, but it was not convenient to order them to lead newcomers. Lu Yougong and his men had to manage the affairs of the brigade, especially to deal with a large group of Russians, and they were busy every day. Therefore, he had to take a group of veterans to take over.

Ma Wanjun was unwilling at the time, thinking that he had to be beside the commander. Moreover, the commander had previously ordered them to look after Guo Kang, so he had to be a bodyguard. But Guo Kang said that with Master Hans and others around, his safety was not a problem.

He made this decision based on the current situation of insufficient manpower and the basic requirement of giving full play to everyone's abilities: although these Alemanni swordsmen are very good at fighting, they are not regular legion soldiers after all. The bodyguard work can be done by both sides; but the administrative tasks he assigned to Ma Wanjun, Old Hans and others can only stare blankly. Therefore, letting Ma Wanjun do the docking work is not because it is far away from the front line and unimportant, but because it is too difficult and others cannot do it, so he can only do more work.

Guo Kang also said that he believes that what is lacking these days is not people who can charge into battle on the battlefield, but veterans who can do a good job of organization and management.

Normally, administration, education, and military are separate, managed by different organizations, and in charge of different systems. But the once powerful Roman Empire has long been riddled with holes. Barbarians are rampant, and traitors shamelessly establish themselves as kings and princes to fight against the court. Compared with the past, Rome today is just a little bit of remnant fire, which can never be called "normal" - not to mention that even if Rome still had enough back then, the education level was actually just that...

Guo Kang believes that in the current situation of Rome, the legion is not only a military unit, but also an educational and training organization; the legionnaires are not only soldiers, but also have a relatively high level of education, so they also need to set an example and take on educational and even administrative tasks. The current administrative personnel in the court, especially the grassroots officials who make up the majority, are mostly educated in the legion.

This situation, if we must say it theoretically, is indeed not very regular, so much so that many people say that Rome was a country founded by legions. The government offices at all levels are the administrative departments of the army.

But in the current environment, there is no other more effective way - after all, letting the legion participate in administrative management is much more reliable than those places governed by lords and aristocratic republics. Therefore, the only choice is "the more capable, the more work".

Guo Kang also said that he himself came from a family that relied on military merit. Even the old Prime Minister Guo Gai, who always appeared as a civil official, served in the military most of the time and even led troops to war many times. Although he himself mixed with the people of the church every day, studied classics and developed machinery all day long, his first position was also an officer in the legion. On the other hand, after he became an officer, he actually didn't fight many battles. He just wrote official documents every day, or paid attention to the progress of training soldiers and making firearms. He didn't fight every day.

In fact, he also wanted to go to the battlefield. Sometimes when he saw the barbarians doing things, he wanted to rush up and chop them all down. Other friends, including Tuohuan Taiji and Wu Shizi, also said that he was too hot-blooded and easily got carried away. But in the face of the country's needs, didn't he still write official documents and approve documents honestly every day? Their family was like this, so Ma Wanjun and others didn't have to worry about anything.

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With this argument, Guo Kang successfully convinced the veterans. However, judging from the results, these people were still unable to write the documents according to their temper like him... Fortunately, now that everyone is together, it is easier.

“With all these people gathered together, you have already formed a battle group. At that time, you should have lowered the threshold a bit, recruited another 200 to 300 people, and then formed an independent regiment, instead of placing it on my side.” Guo Kang thought for a while and said to Zhu Wenkui.

"It's okay, we are all here to learn." Zhu Wenkui was open-minded: "The main reason is that no one has ever learned it before. It's a bit embarrassing to say that although my family fled from the Ming Dynasty, I really didn't bring much specific knowledge about the army. I probably only know the concepts of various names and ranks in the military system because I read them when I was processing documents..."

"When I was a kid, I studied and my two masters Qi and Huang taught me cultural knowledge. But when it comes to martial arts, no one really understands it." He spread his hands and said, "It's still the same now. Although our Wu Kingdom has established some administrative organizations in Alemanni, the key military organization and training are still a mess. It all depends on Old Yang and his men to figure it out on their own."

"That's it..."

"We are too far away from the Central Plains, and the army is organized by ourselves. It has nothing to do with the Ministry of War in our hometown. So, we actually have our own 'Ministry of War', and the chief officer is Master Qi." Zhu Wenkui told him: "But the Governor's Office does not exist. Therefore, the organization and training of the army, and even the formulation of the entire grand strategy, are all under his control."

"Old Yang and his men all arrived relatively late. Before the incident in Dadu, they didn't have any outstanding military achievements. In fact, they were all his subordinates. Now, this is the situation."

After he said this, Guo Kang probably understood. Although it was said in a rather euphemistic way, Qi Tai's military level seemed to be insufficient in today's Europe...

Let someone else take charge of the army. Zhu Wenkui himself didn't know who would be the best. Moreover, even Captain Jessica, who seemed to have great military talent, was actually a "wild man" who fought based on experience. Therefore, Zhu Wenkui would rather have them all be incorporated into the regular army to learn.

"I think you can rest assured that they will definitely learn quickly." Guo Kang was very confident in them: "I am actually mainly worried about your father. These hundreds of veterans who can ride horses are not a small force in the Alemanni. If so many people are sent here to fight, what should we do if something goes wrong?"

"My father has always said that there will be no fighting in the near future," Zhu Wenkui explained.

"Uh……"

This was not the first time he had questioned this question. Although from the situation in the past few years, Zhu Yunwen had become much more honest after being tortured by the Europeans, Guo Kang was still skeptical about his strategic judgment ability. Moreover, he doubted Zhu Wenkui himself, and he might feel a little uneasy.

But he couldn't say such words to anyone. Besides, this should also be a solution discussed by the elites of the Wu Palace. They were at the scene and should have seen it more thoroughly than him. So, he just pondered for a moment and didn't say anything else.

(End of this chapter)