Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 242 The First Eastern Expedition ([-])
Not long ago, Qiu Tianxing put forward the idea of ​​a title system at a meeting. The initial idea was to establish six titles of Duke, Bozi, and Nanxun, each of which was divided into three classes.The title is exchanged for meritorious service, and the meritorious service is exchanged for credits converted from personal special merit, first-class merit, second-class merit, and third-class merit, as well as collective special merit, first-class merit, second-class merit, and third-class merit.This made Zhang Chengwu very happy, he always felt that no matter how high the official position is, he is not as noble as the noble title!Perhaps this is Zhang Chengwu's deep influence from the previous Ming Dynasty.Thinking that there might be a prince in the first-class duke after he was promoted, this made Zhang Chengwu tremble with excitement.When Zhang Chengwu gave up imitating Chen Chen and others, he found the direction of struggle again.At this moment, Zhang Chengwu seemed to be a different person compared to the frustration and worry when he was transferred before, and he regained his fighting spirit.

Expel the Tartars and restore China, swear revenge against the Tartars, etc. These are the pursuits of ordinary people and the direction of their struggle.It's just that when the level reaches Zhang Chengwu's level, these words can no longer fool them. He needs another belief, that is, another direction of struggle.The introduction of the title system gave these people the motivation to continue to struggle, and it also gave Qiu Tianxing a bargaining chip for rewards.

So under the urging of Zhang Chengwu, who was as excited as a chicken blood, the entire Changzhou government started to clean up the reactionary forces in a hurry.Now the security regiment has slowed down its suppression of the landlords and gentry class, often giving these people a chance to choose before suppressing.As long as these people are willing to give up all their land and invest most of their net worth in the factories established by the government in exchange for equity, then they can escape the fate of being hit.You must know that the policy of the security group is good at this moment, as long as these people participate in more than 50.00% of the equity, they can win the controlling and operating rights of the factory.Because the initial bloody accumulation of capital has ended, now Qiu Tianxing has the strength to offer better terms.If you didn't rob them before, would you go to rob poor and penniless farmers?
However, there are always some people who are destined to be the opposition by nature, and they have to use their necks to test whether the security team's knives are fast or not.Therefore, Zhang Chengwu showed no mercy to these people. He had already killed many corpses on the western front.So Changzhou Mansion fell into a bloody storm again.

It's the fifth day of May, which is the Dragon Boat Festival.But on this day, Zhang Chengwu sent [-] troops to attack Suzhou Mansion.

In the last ten days of April, Zhang Chengwu showed his butcher knife and slaughtered the rebel forces in Changzhou Prefecture, leaving a mountain of blood and heads rolling in. Then each county left a brigade, and the rest were all concentrated in Wuxi County, and the column directly under Zhang Chengwu's personal commander rushed to Wuxi.

The army conquest was crowded with people, and the mighty crowd stretched as far as the eye could see.This is only a part of the direct column that left some troops to guard Changzhou Fucheng. If all the three battalions with nearly 12 people were pulled out, it might overwhelm the sky.

There are more than 1 people in the direct column wearing neat khaki military uniforms, most of which are cotton armor, a small part are iron armor, and there are more than a thousand firecrackers among them.

The Tartars have the virtue of water, and the Ming Dynasty has the virtue of fire, so the Tartars must use water to overcome fire.After coming into contact with this era, Qiu Tianxing felt that the five virtues can be used for himself.So Qiu Tianxing established the security team as Tude, and the Tuzhu tolerated it.The five elements restrain each other as wood, earth, water, fire, and metal. Tartars use water to restrain fire, so the security team uses earth to restrain water.Therefore, the general flag and military uniform of the security regiment are all khaki.Of course, the group flag is still the red blood five-pointed star chess, the bottom is red, but the five-pointed star is yellow.In addition to the red blood five-pointed star flag, which means that the blood of the martyrs is dyed red, there is also a yellow that breaks out of the red, implying the world of Tude.

Of course, if the enemies of the security regiment want to suppress the security regiment in terms of five virtues in the future, they can only use Mude to suppress yellow with green.

At this moment, Zhang Chengwu, who was on the horse, looked around and saw the long team rolling towards the front like sand waves.The red flag raised high up like a helmsman pointed out the direction for this boat of sand waves.

The mighty crowd and neat military uniforms all showed the strength of the security regiment.Since the battalions were not fully staffed until the end of last year at the headquarters of the security regiment, many regiment members here have just joined the army, and some of them have no combat experience.Although their combat effectiveness is not as strong as it looks, the uniform military uniform alone can scare people.

The power in the army is all obsessed with hot-blooded men, and they charge into the battle with guns in response to every call, fighting with pride on the battlefield. That feeling is more addictive than the power in the officialdom.At this moment, Zhang Chengwu was deeply addicted to it.He felt that he couldn't do without the army in his life, and couldn't do without these heroic fighters.He likes the taste of fighting.

Because Zhang Liansheng placed the three columns in Wuxi, and the fourth and fifth columns rushed over after receiving Zhang Chengwu's order, so Zhang Chengwu only needed to lead the direct column to Wuxi.

Changzhou Fucheng is only a little over a hundred miles away from Wuxi County, so in less than two days, Zhang Chengwu led his army to Wuxi.

At this moment, a large camp has already been set up dozens of miles outside Wuxi City.The big camp is surrounded by small camps, and the stars are densely covered.Because the column directly under Zhang Chengwu's personal commander was walking behind, the training officer Xu Cheng rushed over first.Under Xu Cheng's command, each column divided the camp site and guarded their respective defense areas.Moreover, Xu Cheng also prepared enough military resources in Wuxi for the army to use in March.The military funds for the past three months have squandered all the wealth obtained from the eradication of those rebel forces in Changzhou.Food, bacon, vegetables, cooking utensils, clothing, shoes and hats, tents, cotton blankets, vehicles, flags, war drums, swords, spears, shields, bows and arrows, crossbow bolts, firecrackers, artillery, projectiles, gunpowder, dynamite packs, leggings, All necessary materials such as sacks and long ropes are ready, and the help of many comrades from the local Ministry of Civil Affairs is also used for this.

As the army of the security regiment gradually became richer, its combat materials became more and more abundant, which increased the logistical burden of the troops.So Qiu Tianxing had the idea of ​​establishing a logistics department, but he couldn't implement it for a while.

It's okay to have fewer troops, but when there are more people, the difficulty of management will increase exponentially.This also attracted Qiu Tianxing's attention, so in addition to the original four subjects of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and musketeers, Jinling Military Academy added three subjects last year: logistics, staff officers, and engineers.It's just that these people are still studying. After these students graduate, the military committee of the security regiment may have to increase the staff department, logistics department and other departments.

As the strength of the Security Corps changes, so do the institutions under its governance.

(End of this chapter)