Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 217
The Shun Army is now just a remnant and defeated general. He Tengjiao and others still regard them as rogues, and they cannot get the corresponding status and recognition in politics or military.

Wang Yan paid a visit to the Gao family as Duke Chu of the Ming Dynasty, which meant that they were recognized and accepted by the Ming Dynasty, at least by the faction represented by Wang Yan, and they were no longer different.

At this time, Wang Yan's sincerity was self-evident. He showed with his actions that he did not discriminate against the peasant army. He tied his political future with the peasant army. Naturally, there was no problem of settling accounts after autumn.

Li Guo, Liu Fangliang and others in the tent were all shocked when they saw that he could meet Li Zicheng's wife Gao Shi as the noble Duke of Ming Dynasty, but Gao Shi was already there in astonishment.

After Li Guo on the side reacted, he reminded Gao in a low voice: "Yimu~"

Only then did Gao come to his senses, and quickly got up and gave a little blessing, "The Duke of Chu is very polite, but my concubine is just a woman, so I can't deserve such a big courtesy."

Wang Yan straightened up, "Madam is honorable. If you can lead all the generals to repent and worship my emperor Zhongxing, he will live forever. The annals of history are clear! The governor has already asked your majesty to add madam as a first-class lady of Zhenyi, and you should give me a gift. also!"

When Gao Shi, Li Guo and others heard the words, their hearts were greatly shaken, even if the clans of a subjugated country do not die, they will be imprisoned, their status is even worse than that of a servant, and they must be humiliated.

As enlightened as the Song Dynasty, Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was also killed by doves. Empress Xiao Zhou was also taken into the palace by Emperor Taizong to enjoy it every now and then, which can be described as humiliating.

Li Guo and others did not want Gao to salute Wang Yan, but it was actually out of selfishness. They wanted better conditions in order to submit to the Ming Dynasty. Now Wang Yan not only recognizes their status morally, but does not regard them as The rogues gave them equal status, and promised them equal titles in the Shun Dynasty, and they couldn't help being moved in their hearts.

At this time, Gao couldn't help saluting again, "My concubine thanked the Duke for his kindness." Li Guo bowed on one knee, "Duke's great kindness, I will never hope for it forever, and I will be willing to be the leader of the Duke!"

In the big tent, the generals standing on both sides saw this and looked at each other. Finally, under the leadership of Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi, they also bowed on one knee and said in unison: "We are willing to be the king of the country!"

Seeing this, Wang Yan was overjoyed, he quickly lifted up Li Guo and the others, and then said with a smile: "The governor knows your heart. Now that you are under the command of the governor, the governor will not treat you badly, nor will I Treat one more favorably than another.

The reason why the Governor wants to reorganize the army is to eliminate the differences between clans. Since you belong to Daming, your past identities will no longer exist, and you will become the official army of Daming from now on. "

Wang Yan looked at the crowd, and then said: "This governor is not trying to seize your military power. You are all veteran generals who have been killed for a long time. It is too late for this governor to win you over. How could you destroy the Great Wall yourself? Don't you gentlemen hear about it?" A thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find? Don’t you have any confidence in yourself?”

"Hehe~" The generals felt turbulent when they heard Wang Yanzhi's words, and they couldn't help giggling, "Yes~ They are all veterans who have been on the battlefield for many years. Back then, King Chuang was beaten to only eighteen riders. In the blink of an eye, he made a comeback and raised an army of one million, isn't it because of veterans like them?"

Seeing that the generals were like this, Li Guo knew that no one was against reorganizing them, and he also wanted to know how Wang Yan planned to reorganize them, so he clasped his fists and saluted, "Please ask for instructions on how the Duke wants to reorganize, the last general and others will definitely do it. "

Wang Yansui explained: "The reorganization of the governor is actually not complicated. Apart from the integration of the soldiers and horses of the Shun army and the governor, it is for the convenience of command. Now the military system of the Ming Dynasty is chaotic, and the organization of your soldiers and horses is also chaotic. Some battalions only have more than 1000 people, while others have [-] people. It is very inconvenient to deploy materials or command operations. Therefore, the governor plans to follow Qi Gong's "New Book of Ji Xiao" and "Records of Military Training" Do the rehearsal."

The disadvantages of the army of the Ming Dynasty are self-evident. The recruiting system of the guards is messed up. Just looking at the battalion number, the general does not know how many soldiers he has. And the Dashun army has been defeated all the way, and the organization has long been chaotic, so everyone Hearing the words, they couldn't help but nodded slightly to express their agreement.

Wang Yan saw that the generals were like this, and then said: "The governor has five battalions, and he wants to organize and train them into five towns. This governor does not have so many soldiers and horses, but he can put up the shelf first."

Wang Yan didn't have many people under his command, and less than [-] people entered Chu, but he actually wanted to train the troops of the five towns. one light.

After Jingzhou's defeat, the 30 Shun army was less than 7.If they are adapted, their power will be strengthened instead.

At this time Wang Yan walked up to Li Guo and said: "General Li can lead a town named Zhongzhen, general Gao Yigong can also lead a town named Zhongzhi, general Liu Fangliang can be transferred to Zhongyong Renfu, Yuan Zong The first general can be transferred to the governor's army as the commander-in-chief, and the rest of the generals will also be transferred to various ministries to take up important positions."

Wang Yan said that he has five townships, and now General Shunjun has two military numbers at once, which is close to half of Wang Yan's army. This kind of trust makes these old Xingwu, who have experienced many accidents, feel agitated. Admiration, at least Chuang Wang can't do it.

"I am willing to accept the assignment of the Duke of the Kingdom. For Daming and the Duke of the Kingdom, I will do my best and do my best, and I will never regret it!" All the generals immediately saluted again.

At present, Wang Yan and Li Guo and others will gather the Shun Army in Yu Jingzhou for preliminary reorganization, but although he said that he treats them equally, in fact, no matter whether it is material allocation or personnel replenishment, he will give priority to ensuring that the direct line supervises the standard Qing army. As well as the Zhongwu Camp, but Li Guo and others didn't have any opinions on this.

At this time, he first replenished the superintendent's pro-army, and selected people who were good at riding from the Shun army. Together with the two thousand cavalry from afar, he organized a cavalry battalion of 5000 people, and then selected five thousand elite infantry as soldiers. The first battalion was combined to form the Supervising Biao Army, with Yuan Zongdi as the commander-in-chief, Wang Shixiu as his deputy, and the original two chariot battalions were assigned to Li Guo's loyal army.

Zhongyong was still led by Dai Zhifan, Liu Fangliang blessed him, and selected troops from the Shun army to supplement the number of [-].

After Zhongzhen won two car battalions, he also had an establishment of 3 people. Only Zhongzhi, because Gao Yigong was still in northern Hunan, led the Qing army in Changde with Du Yinxi, so the establishment was not incomplete, only the remaining 5000 were selected. People, temporarily led by Liu Tichun.

Although the soldiers and horses have been initially reorganized, the main combat power is still the Supervising Biao Qin Army and Zhongyong Town. Because the horses and armor Wang Yan obtained from Geng Zhongming are given priority to equip the two armies, so loyalty and loyalty are still the same. The deputy called Hua Jun.

In terms of materials and equipment, Wang Yan did not treat everyone equally, but in terms of payment, he did not favor the one over the other. Once the army of 5000 people was reorganized, he asked Li Suiqiu to organize a three-month salary, which was six months per soldier. Two silver, and every time an officer is promoted, the silver salary will be doubled.

Wang Yan's army never owed wages, and there were always silver rewards, so the soldiers took it for granted, but the Shun army was different. They wandered through most of China, and they had just captured Beijing, and before they had time to enjoy it, they were hunted down all the way. If you can eat enough food, you will get Amitabha Buddha, so the whole camp is suddenly full of joy.

Seeing this, the original old soldiers were naturally proud, and they all boasted in front of Shunjun, "I tell you, follow the Duke of the country, you are right, after a battle, as long as you make meritorious service, you can buy land when you go home. Buy a house and take a wife."

(End of this chapter)