Han’s Son is Not a Slave

According to the prior agreement between Zhou Shixiang and Song Xianggong and the collection of existing weapons and equipment, the Taiping Army will be reorganized into the left battalion of the infantry army, the right battalion of the infantry army, the personal battalion, the artillery battalion, the six battalions of the baggage, and the first water battalion and the cavalry battalion. One, at the same time established the military commander's mansion and added a reserve barracks.

The left and right battalions of the infantry were formed by combining the three battalions of the original trap, the Xiongwei battalion and the Zhenlu battalion.

After the reorganization, the left and right battalions of the infantry have 3,000 people each. The weapons of the left battalion are 1,000 knives, 2,000 spears, 160 bows, 30 crossbows, 150 iron armor, 1,200 cotton armor, and shields. 900 faces.

The right battalion of the infantry is a semi-firearmed soldier. The standard weapons are 1200 guns, 500 knives, 1200 spears, 120 axes, 60 iron armors, 600 cotton armors, and 300 shields.

The personal battalion was adapted from the original guard battalion, with a total strength of 1,000 troops. The standard weapons are 200 knives and 800 spears;

The artillery battalion has 1,000 troops, with 116 large and small bronze cannons, 130 gun cannons, 40 small tiger cannons, 150 gun carts, 100 two-wheeled carts, and horses, donkeys, and mules for pulling guns. A total of 400 heads.

The cargo battalion is composed of the guards and the remaining troops of the second battalion of Hujie and the security regiment of the former rear battalion. The livestock that the Taiping Army originally had pull carts, except for the artillery battalion, were all concentrated in the baggage battalion for transportation.

The water camp is composed of newly recruited Xiangshan fishermen and Chaozhou soldiers from the original surrendering soldiers. It is tentatively scheduled to have 800 people. Because the water camp is newly established, there are no warships deployed.

In order to solve the nominal embarrassment of the water camp, Zhou Shixiang asked Liao Ruixiang to buy fishing boats from the fishermen as much as possible and rebuilt them into small warships that could sail on the river. The water camp was trained first. In addition, it is necessary to hire craftsmen with a lot of money to go to Xiangshan to build warships that can sail on the Pearl River and Tanjiang River for the water camp, and it is best to sail on the sea.

This requirement is obviously unrealistic, and the funds of the public treasury are not enough to undertake the requirements of building a navy. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang could only be patient and develop slowly. With the mentality of giving it a try, he sent people to Xinhui to buy ships from Chen Qice, and also sent people to the coastal areas to ask fishermen to give words to the pirates in the ocean. If they were willing to surrender to the Taiping Army, Zhou Shixiang would reuse them.

The cavalry battalion was expanded by Shao Chengguo's cavalry team. Due to the shortage of war horses and riders, a large-scale expansion could not be carried out in the short term. Therefore, the tentative number of troops was 300, and there were actually 52 war horses and 80 horses.

After reorganization. The Taiping Army has 10,600 formed soldiers.

The left and right battalions of the infantry are composed of a team of 10, a team of 50, a guard of 300, and a brigade of 600. The whole battalion is a division (battalion).

One team has a corporal rank, with the rank of small flag, one deputy corporal leader, and a sergeant rank; one team has a captain, with the rank of general flag and two vice-captains, with the rank of small flag; one guard has a captain of guards. Hundred-household titles and two deputy chiefs of guards, and the trial hundred-household title; a brigade has a brigade commander, a thousand-household rank, two deputy brigade commanders, and a general banner title; a division has a division commander (battalion officer). There are two commanding officers and two deputy division commanders, and the commanders have the same title.

At the same time, each team shall have a small envoy of the security forces with the rank of small flag; each guard shall have a middle envoy of the security forces with the rank of general flag; each brigade shall have an ambassador of the security forces. Hundred-household rank; each division has an Anjun envoy, and a thousand-household rank.

The personal battalion, the baggage battalion, and the artillery battalion were customized with reference to the left and right battalions of the infantry. It is temporarily customized as a brigade, and it is called the whole battalion externally.

The candidates for each battalion officer are:

Infantry left battalion officer Ge Yi, deputy battalion officers Jiang Fan, Song Erniu;

Infantry Right Battalion Battalion Officer Tie Yi, Deputy Battalion Officers Zheng Tiezhu and Wang Youxi;

Shao Jiugong, battalion officer of the personal battalion, Guan Sanshui and Zhu Qinglai, deputy battalion officers;

Qi Hao, Battalion Officer of Artillery Battalion, Niu Gensheng and Jiang Sihai, Deputy Battalion Officers;

Zhao Sihai, the battalion officer of the cargo battalion, Lu Wu and Cui Bao, the deputy battalion officers;

Tang Zhengbing, the battalion officer of the water camp, Zheng Qing and Qian Lai, the deputy battalion officers;

Cavalry battalion officer Shao Chengguo, deputy battalion officers Wang Hua and Bao De.

After the establishment of the above battalions, each battalion selects its own soldiers for training, and the remaining personnel are incorporated into reserve battalions. At the same time, the township security teams are also transferred to reserve battalions during wartime to supplement other battalions of the field service. Since the day of the formation of the army, all those who come to join the Taiping Army will also be concentrated in the reserve barracks for training.

The injured Jiang He was temporarily the battalion officer of the reserve barracks, and he would choose his generals after he recovered from his injury. The rank of the chief officer of the reserve battalion is the same as that of each battalion of the soldiers, and the following ranks are lowered by one rank.

At the same time, the Taiping Army Commander's Mansion was established, and each battalion was directly commanded by the Commander's Mansion. Zhou Shixiang was naturally the commander, and Qin Zhisheng, who had always been stable, served as the deputy commander.

Song Xianggong served as the general staff of the military commander's mansion, responsible for the daily operation of the military commander's mansion, the formulation of official documents and military orders, the distribution of food and grass materials, etc., and at the same time coordinating local affairs.

The location of each battalion should also be changed. The original Taiping army stationed in each township was too scattered, which was not conducive to the concentration of forces and was not conducive to meeting unexpected war needs. Therefore, after the reorganization, the left battalion of the infantry was stationed in Yinpingzui Mountain on the front line of Zengcheng, and the right and artillery battalions of the infantry were all stationed in Liangzidu. The personal battalion and the cavalry battalion were stationed in Xiangshan County, the transport battalion was stationed in Longandu, and the water battalion was stationed in Yongle Township. The above battalions are field services and do not engage in production, while the reserve battalion is required to produce at the same time as training, so it is also known as the Production and Construction Corps, and is stationed in the former cottage.

The new military system and official system are both new military systems created by Zhou Shi combining the military system of the guards and the military system of later generations. There must be some unreasonable things in it, but time waits for no one, so Zhou Shixiang can only arrange this first. However, in order to satisfy the desire of his subordinates to be promoted and make a fortune, Zhou Shixiang implemented his own military system within the Taiping Army, while externally, he was sealed according to the ordinary Ming army system.

Qin Zhisheng and Jiang He were awarded the titles of deputy generals, Ge Yi, Shao Jiugong, Zhao Sihai, Qi Hao, and Tie Yi were awarded the titles of generals, and other deputy battalion officers and brigade commanders were awarded the guerrilla, commander, and garrison positions. , The adults in the Taiping Army are constantly called by the ears. Of course, these adults are all named, and there is no official certificate and official seal officially granted by the Yongli court.

In order to solve this problem, Zhou Shixiang sent a memorial to the Yongli court in Kunming for the first time as a registered general of Chaozhou. Send it to Xinhui, and ask Chen Qice to send someone to the Governor's Yamen in Leizhou, and then Lian Chengbi, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, will present it to the court on his behalf.

In the memorial, Zhou Shixiang expressed his loyalty to Emperor Yongli as a Ming minister who resolutely resisted the Qing. It also recorded in detail the large and small battles of the Taiping Army since Luoding set up its camp, and the process of capturing Xinhui and Xiangshan for the imperial court. Zhou Shixiang asked the court to give him a proper identity. After all, he already has tens of thousands of troops under his command. The identity of a single named general cannot convince the local gentry, nor can he reassure his subordinates, so for the overall situation of Guangdong's anti-Qing, and for stability People's hearts, it is best for the emperor to give himself a title of chief soldier, and give his subordinates a vacancy.

This memorial made it clear that he wanted an official from the Yongli court, which was not the attitude a courtier should have. Song Xianggong persuaded Zhou Shixiang not to write like this, and just say the credit. The ministers in the Yongli court are not fools and will know what to do next.

But Zhou Shixiang disagreed and insisted on writing this. His reason was that the Taiping Army was pulled up by himself, and the Xinhui was captured and defended by himself and then handed over to Chen Qice, not to mention that he had also severely damaged the Qing Army. The army is in Xiangshan. The court did not allocate a penny of copper, nor gave a grain of grain, but Zhou Shixiang, however, recovered Xiangshan for the court and contained the Qing army in Guangdong. And is being deployed to retake Guangzhou. It must be a bluff and exaggeration to retake Guangzhou, but Zhou Shi can write whatever he loves, and Emperor Yongli will never deny his credit because of his bluff. Can't help answering him!

Zhou Shixiang didn't really want to be an official, he just didn't want to disappoint his subordinates. No matter how nice his appointments are, they are all by name. And the only one who can get rid of this "name" is the Yongli court, otherwise there is nothing to do except for him to pull the flag and do it himself. After all, if the orthodox Ming Emperor gave him an official, a group of bandits, poor people, and Taiping officers who were descended from soldiers would feel their worth doubled. The most important thing is that with the official appointment of the Yongli court, these people can have the most practical understanding of the Yongli regime, and their loyalty to Nanming will be slowly established.

Zhou Shixiang would not lose his head and learn from Sun Kewang, so he asked Duke Xiang of Song to write this important official memorial. As for what Emperor Yongli thought was his business. Zhou Shixiang didn't care how Lianchengbi of Leizhou viewed his memorial, and he didn't even care whether the memorial could be delivered to Kunming. He is actually showing an attitude, and this attitude is essentially for Lianchengbi to see - will you give me a real lesson?

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After the new establishment and the appointment of the chief officers, the Taiping army quickly became busy, and even the township offices were also busy. After all, the transfer of the army would involve them. Everyone is busy, and Zhou Shixiang is not idle, he has to choose his own soldiers.

The battalion officer of the personal battalion was Shao Jiugong, but the battalion was also directly commanded by the returned army commander, so Zhou Shixiang decided to recruit his own troops, and he asked Song Xianggong to let the wind out. The strong recruits under his command were sent to Renhoufang, and there were more than 2,000 people.

In the end, Zhou Shixiang selected 600 people from the more than 2,000 people. In this way, adding the 400 people from the original guard camp, we got exactly 1,000 people. The 600 recruits were very excited when they heard that they had been selected and transferred to the battalion of the general soldier.

What is a private army battalion, isn't that the servant of the chief soldier! Thinking of being able to enjoy the treatment of the general's cronies in the future, these 600 people are also happy to think about it. Although the other 1,000 people were not selected, they were not disappointed, because it is good to be the chief soldier's personal soldier, but the risk of death is also high.

After more than half a month of reorganization, the newly-built Taiping Army battalions have just settled down a little, the new training outline formulated by the military commander's office has also been distributed, and various rules and regulations have been continuously introduced. As a series of military orders were issued, the Taiping Army became more and more like an army.

Song Xianggong and Liao Ruixiang asked more than 10 talents to enter the military commander's mansion~www.NovelMTL.com~ to assist his chief staff in handling official business. Because most of the generals in the army were not very literate, after asking Zhou Shixiang for instructions, the An Jun envoys of the commanding battalions in the military commander's mansion asked them to serve as the chief general's staff in addition to their work in the An Jun. This staff is not to help staff military intelligence, but to help read official documents and write official documents.

Liao Ruixiang's yamen errands did a good job. It took him nearly two months to set up a total of 12 post stations in Xiangshan, and all of them were handed over to the Taiping Army. The post stations played a very important role in the military situation and the transmission of official documents, so Zhou Shixiang asked Song Xianggong to manage these post stations, and upgraded several of the post stations on the main roads to military stations, responsible for supplying supplies, receiving the wounded and sick, and entertaining the passing troops. Wait. The military commander's office directly transferred silver from the public treasury, lest Liao Ruixiang come to complain that the county government had no money, and Zhou Shi was too cruel to him.

Just entering March, Zhang An received important information that the soldiers of the Eight Banners from the south, led by the Manchu Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhenga Lai Daoga, had arrived in Guangzhou.

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To be continued.