Chapter 33 Recruiting Soldiers 1
The next morning, Liu Xia came out of the tent tiredly. Liu Xia stretched out and her eyes were still half closed. Obviously, she didn't sleep well yesterday.
It's time now, and the soldiers are getting busy, because they are going to leave here today.
Wang Shitou, as the captain of Liu Xia's personal guard, had already woken up, but he had never been next to Liu Xia. Now he saw Liu Xia coming out, so he also came up. At this time, he saw Bian Yujing walking out with a basin from the tent.
Wang Shitou looked at Liu Xia's lack of energy at this time and smiled.
Liu Xia yawned, squinted at Wang Shi's hair and smiled, and then turned her head to see Bian Yujing, who had just walked out of the tent. Liu Xia thought of what Wang Shi was thinking, but Liu Xia shouted injustice in her heart. She was innocent and did nothing.
Liu Xia was a little embarrassed and said to Wang Shitou, "Stone, how are the preparations for each battalion now? You go to the various camps and report to me later, and then I'll see when I will start to leave."
"Hey, it's the general. I'm going now." After saying that, Wang Shitou walked out.
As soon as Wang Shitou left, Bian Yujing came back with a basin of clear warm water. When he came to Liu Xia's side, he said, "General, come in first, and I will wipe the general's face."
Liu Xia looked at Bian Yujing awkwardly, and finally showed helplessness. She followed Bian Yujing in. In fact, she was happy.
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After the dissolution and split of the scout brigade yesterday, the second squadron, the three squadrons have now come to their respective camps to report to their respective battalion commanders. The two chief and deputy captains also came to the new barracks to report, belonging to the chief and deputy captain of the new barracks reserve scouts.
There are soldiers trained in the new barracks in each arm. At present, according to the division of Liu Xia, the new recruits in the new barracks are divided into seven major arms, including the reserve scouts, the reserve artillery, the reserve cavalry, the reserve muskets, the reserve infantry, the reserve water army, and the reserve archers.
However, at present, the new barracks are only open. The reserve scouting team is served by the head and deputy captain of the former second squadron. There are three arms of the reserve infantry regiment and the reserve archer regiment. At present, Liu Xia has not gathered all the manpower and necessary equipment and cannot be formed. As for the cavalry regiment, although Liu Xia has a lot of horses, these horses are useful and cannot be given to new recruits.
According to Liu Xia's requirements, the current special forces first maintain the size of a brigade, that is, more than 90 people. Yu Mingjun is the captain. As for the source and supplement of future special forces, the scouts from each battalion will select the scouts of each battalion, and those who pass can enter the special brigade.
After the logistics battalion was split by Yu Mingjun's scout team, Wang En served as the battalion commander of the logistics battalion. The logistics battalion is currently responsible for transporting supplies. Although there are more than 100 people, there are not too many people who can fight, because more than 100 people were injured in the past with the battle with Liu Xia. Soldiers, some of them broke their hands, some of them were lame, and some even lost their arms. Their combat effectiveness can be imagined, but Liu Xia did not give up on them. He happened to take advantage of the logistics needed in the team to integrate them into it. Although they didn't have much combat effectiveness, they managed the food and saw that the food could not fall, so they could still do it. Yes, these people also need to be protected.
The Hu Ben Battalion certainly can't let them protect the logistics battalion. If they go, the main force of the battle will be gone, and the Wolf Xiao Battalion is also not allowed. It is impossible to rely on a 300-person battalion to fight. Sometimes more troops are needed. The Lang Xiao Battalion is also the main force.
Then the Lion Battalion Camp and the Lion Battalion can't protect the logistics camp at all times, because if there are too many enemies, they will have to follow. If the enemy is very weak, Liu Xia can't use the main force to attack. He can only use the third-rate army, that is, the Lion Battalion to clean up.
After thinking about it, Liu Xia finally decided to let the logistics battalion follow the headquarters, and then the special brigade and the guard to protect them. These two troops are dead elite, and they do not have to participate in ordinary battles. Of course, they have more leisure time than other battalions, so it is suitable for protecting the logistics battalion.
After Liu Xia's split and reorganization, the battalions have become comprehensive battalions. The scouts no longer directly belong to Liu Xia. If they want to find out a situation, the battalion commanders of each battalion have to run to Yu Mingjun to talk about it, which is a waste of time.
Now each battalion has its own squadron scouts, that is, the scouts of three teams of 30 people.
In this way, it will be much easier for each battalion to send out to search for information. There is no need to go to Yu Mingjun, and then let Yu Mingjun fight together. Then Yu Mingjun will send people, and then the people sent will investigate clearly, and then submit the information to Yu Mingjun, and then Yu Mingjun will transfer the information to him. The battalion commanders of each battalion are in so much trouble.
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"Each battalion gathers and all stand in their own positions. The Hu Ben Battalion is in the front leader, in the middle of the grain and grass, the special brigade and the personal guard are scattered around the middle, and the lion camp is located on the two wings of the grain and grass, behind the Wolf Xiaoying Camp!"
The new barracks and the logistics battalion are located in the middle.
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After walking for a few hours, Liu Xia and his party came to a strange place. The north side was a river, and the left and right sides of the river were plains.
"Stone, send someone to find out what the boundary is now." Liu Xia was in the middle army, riding a horse and holding Bian Yujing, walking slowly, and saying to Wang Shitou behind him.
Wang Shitou listened and said to a personal guard beside him, "Go and ask where those scouts are going now."
"Yes," the guard hurriedly rode forward.
After walking for almost two quarters of an hour, now some stinking corpses begin to appear on the roadside. These corpses are dressed in rags and have yellow and thin faces. Obviously, they are all the corpses of some poor exiles, and they are obviously starved to death, or died on the road because they ate something unclean and drank something unclean. No one cares about it, no one burys them, and then they are always on the roadside.
One and two exiles began to appear one after another, but these exiles did not meet Liu Xia's standards. Even now that Liu Xia gives them food, it is estimated that they will not live tomorrow, because these exiles are almost half dead. Liu Xia tried her best to hold back her heart. Instead of looking at those exiles, he turned his eyes to Bian Yujing in his arms, lowered his head to see Bian Yujing, and took a deep breath. A fragrance made Liu Xia intoxicated.
"Dad..."
"General, the little one has heard about the situation here." At this time, the personal guard who had just been ordered by Wang Stone to go out rode a horse and ran over. He saw Liu Xia quickly say to Liu Xia.
Liu Xia raised her head and asked, "What is this place?"
"General, now we have reached the boundary of Taihe County. Going straight to the west is the boundary of Kaifengfu, and going to the northwest is the boundary of Guidefu. If we go straight along the Yinghe River, in front of us is the boundary of the first county. We are now walking on the official road. General, that's all we know." That's the guard. Pointing to a 100-meter-wide river not far away, he said.
"Then let's go upstream along this Yinghe River. In the direction of Kaifeng Mansion, it is Luoyang, Henan Province."
"Go down the order and go upstream along the Ying River!"
"Yes"
"No wonder more and more exiles have appeared now. It turns out that we have come to the official road, but this is also just right. There are many exiles on the official road, and it is easy to find those recruits who meet the requirements. As for whether they will be discovered by the Qing army's tare, we don't consider it now. I think the Qing court must be losing his temper in the hall because he can't find us now, hahaha." Liu Xia laughed as she spoke.
Wang Shitou also laughed and said, "That's because we were all on the wild road before. There were not many people, or it was simply a deserted place. It is impossible to find us, but the general, now that he goes to the official road, will definitely be discovered by officers and soldiers, we..."
Liu Xia shook her head insipidly and said, "Now even if our whereabouts are exposed, the Qing court will not get any news for a while. Even if he gets the news, we have already gone to other places. Moreover, in Henan, the Qing army does not have many troops. Although we are not have too many people, I believe With the same number of troops, or even more than some of our troops, I can lead the soldiers to retreat completely.
"Shitou, you go to Yu Mingjun. I'm afraid your two tasks will begin." Liu Xia looked at the distance and said to Wang Stone next to him.
Wang Shitou looked at Liu Xia with a puzzled face, task? What task? Wang Shitou really couldn't remember, so he whispered to Liu Xia, "General, what is my task? Tell me again!"
Originally, Bian Yujing, who was nourishing with his eyes closed in Liu Xia's arms, listened to Wang Shitou's loud voice. Now he spoke in a low voice and giggled, which made Wang Shitou more embarrassed. He thought silently that he must find someone to write down the task given to him by Liu Xia in the future, and then he himself every day. Look, so that I won't forget.
Liu Xia looked at Wang Stone with a black face. This one is so forgetful! I just gave him the task yesterday, and I forgot it today, so I said helplessly, "I asked you and Yu Mingjun yesterday to check and choose new soldiers for the new barracks, and you forgot?"
When Wang Stone heard this, he suddenly remembered what the task was, but he said to himself: You didn't tell me the details. How can I know?
"I remember it, I remember it. I'm going to find Yu Mingjun. Yesterday, I discussed to him how to choose a new recruit. He said that he had a lot of things to do, so he didn't pay attention to me. It depends on how many things he has to do this time. I have to ask him well. General, I'll go first." Wang Shitou mentioned Yu. When Mingjun's name came, he was a little unhappy. It seemed that Wang Stone was quite dissatisfied with his attitude towards meeting Mingjun yesterday.