Daming wolf ride

Jiang Wanli glanced at Cao Bianjiao and Li Dashan, then nodded to Shi Dayong and said: "The last general has discussed it and agreed that the captives should be reorganized on the spot. It would be a pity to send them back to their hometowns."

"Although these people are useless, they have been involved in the activities of the rebel army. They are better than ordinary people. As long as we train more and follow strict rules, we can make up for the plight of our army going south." Cao Bianjiao supported the remaining Captives expand in situ.

Li Dashan also said: "Let's go east to Denglai to face the main force of Kong thief. It is always good to have more soldiers. If these people are released, it will be difficult for us to recruit troops." Leaving aside, he added: "There are quite a few captives, and they might be able to block us at critical times."

After hearing this, Cao Bianjiao and Jiang Wanli glanced at Li Dashan at the same time, the meaning of this blocking is worth pondering.

Shi Dayong knew the meaning of what Li Dashan said behind, and if he said it out of the way, it was the meaning of cannon fodder. [

The Jinzhou Army is under Liaozhen. According to the military system of the Ming Dynasty, soldiers and horses can only be recruited locally. That is to say, Shi Dayong wants to expand his troops. He can only recruit sergeants within the scope of Liaozhen. This is what the successive governors of Liaozhen have said The specific implementation of the strategic policy of keeping the land of Liao people with Liao people.

The frontier soldiers are different from the guard soldiers. The soldiers of the frontier soldiers are mostly recruited, which is similar to the concept of professional soldiers in later generations; It is not allowed to recruit children from local non-military households.The frontier soldiers can be recruited at will, and they can even recruit soldiers who are not within the scope of the town. Of course, the premise is that these soldiers volunteered to join the army, not captive.

Before the Jinzhou War, the [-] Changping soldiers who defected to Shi Dayong belonged to this case.Since the rebellion of the old slaves in the East, the generals in Liao Town have accumulated more troops, and the total number of soldiers and horses under their command often exceeds the number assigned by the imperial court.In short, as long as the general can support more soldiers than his establishment, the imperial court will not go too far in expanding the army, such as a general who raises [-] soldiers, a general who raises [-] soldiers, etc. Yu Wai mostly half acquiesced to such rebellious acts.

Therefore, in theory, Shi Dayong can recruit many more soldiers than his existing troops, but it can only be recruited, not forced.

And Shahe is the Zhili area in the north, the Shandong area in the south, and the Denglai area in the east. Without the consent of the military and political chiefs of these three places, it is impossible for Shi Dayong to recruit troops on the spot.Otherwise, Shi Dayong will lose his head if the three places go up together.

The imperial court turned a blind eye to it, but it didn't say that your Liao army can force recruits in the pass. If everyone is like this, wouldn't it be a mess.It is also impossible to verify the number of recruits. If the general has different ambitions, then so much.

Therefore, these two thousand and six hundred captives became Shi Dayong's only choice at present, otherwise, he could only expand his troops after returning to Liaodong.But obviously this is unrealistic, because he has to go east to Denglai to fight the main force of the rebel army.

As Cao Bianjiao said, without a strong army in hand, it would be difficult for Shi Dayong to do great things.

If he wants to realize his ambition and turn the tide, Shi Dayong must immediately expand his army.

"Well, it's settled like this, and all the prisoners will be sent to the army."

Shi Dayong made a final decision on the expansion of the captive army, but added, "However, we must check and check. The only son in the family will be released if he is over [-] years old, and if he is under [-] years old, the rest will be kept regardless of the reason. "

"Then how do we weave it?" Cao Bianjiao asked a practical question.

"This..." Shi Dayong thought for a while, and asked his subordinates, "What do you say?"

Jiang Wanli said: "Just follow our Liao Town's method."

The system of Liao Town is the method of the Liao Army. The commander-in-chief, deputy general, general, guerrilla, commander, garrison, general commander, and the commander-in-chief are arranged at each level. Each level has a corresponding customization. Just move it as usual. Trouble.

During the Jinzhou Guard War, Shi Dayong temporarily reorganized the army in the city, and the method used was different from the Liao army system, so he was ready to make a decision.But Cao Bianjiao had a different opinion, he said: "Although this group of prisoners is large, if we want to break up and reorganize, we need to draw out a lot of veteran soldiers and officers, so our combat effectiveness will be compromised. This new army has just been established, without training or battle, and they are all new recruits, so I'm afraid it won't be useful to take them up."

Shi Dayong nodded, and said, "That's true. Then Xiao Cao said how to weave it?"

"The last general thinks that we should expand our army based on the current situation, and follow the guidance to conduct an appropriate expansion without changing the combat effectiveness of our Jinzhou Army or reducing it as much as possible." Cao Bianjiao seems to have an idea.

Shi Dayong said to him, "Be more specific."

Cao Bianjiao said: "Like the last general's wolf cavalry army, there are currently two hundred soldiers, but my battalion has recently acquired a lot of horses, which can be expanded appropriately. But it should not be too many, just add another hundred. If there are too many, it may be difficult to adjust. On the contrary, it will damage the power of the wolf cavalry charge."

Shi Dayong said: "Xiao Cao is right." He turned his head and asked Jiang Wanli, "How many soldiers and horses are there in the battalion now?"

Jiang Wanli replied: "Excluding Xiao Cao, there are more than 370 war horses that can be used as cavalry troops, and more than 100 draft horses that can pull carts."

After listening, Shi Dayong ordered: "You choose 100 soldiers from Changping for Xiao Cao."

Jiang Wanli replied: "Yes."

Cao Bianjiao said again: "The remaining 270 war horses should also be used. The last wolf riders should wear heavy armor. If they act alone, they should ride on two horses. One horse is a camel and the other is a camel armor. But it is difficult to do it now. In this way, and it is moving with the army, so it is necessary to equip two horses. When not fighting, the armor can be carried by the horse-drawn cart, and it can be put on again when fighting. Therefore, the general thought that the more than 200 war horses should be organized into a battalion of light cavalry. Use it as a supplementary battle."

The idea of ​​building Qingqi had already been brewed by Shi Dayong in Jinzhou. He suffered from horses and had no ready-made cavalry, so he never let go.Now that there are war horses, although the Changping soldiers can't control the horses freely, it is still possible to make a strong and powerful auxiliary formation.Immediately agreed to Cao Bianjiao's suggestion to build Qingqi without hesitation.

Seeing that all his suggestions were adopted, Cao Bianjiao was a little happy, and said again: "Wolf cavalry draws 200, light cavalry goes to more than 100, and infantry only saves more than [-]. You can choose from the captives and use these [-] infantry as officers , the left battalion of infantry, the right battalion of infantry, and the rest of the prisoners will be used as supplies. I don’t know if the general thinks it’s okay.”

Shi Dayong nodded and said: "Yes, specifically, the three of you will go to Shao Wu to implement it together. We will arrange the personnel today, and we will set off at dawn tomorrow. This Shahe can't be delayed any longer."

"Yes, General." The three of them agreed in unison and went out to implement it.

When he reached the door, Jiang Wanli stopped suddenly, turned around and said, "General, why hasn't Zhao Xueqi returned after he went to persuade Wang Tiande to surrender? Do you want to send someone to search in the south?"

Shi Dayong waved his hand: "Wait another two hours, if you still haven't come back, send someone to investigate. Whether they come or not, we have to leave tomorrow."