Valley Emperor

During the first battle outside Rongxian City, the Ming army soldiers were able to continue to charge even after suffering more than 10% casualties!

Before the soldiers finally collapsed, their casualties had reached nearly 1,000 because of the double crushing of the cavalry and infantry of the Datang Army!

In other words, these soldiers collapsed completely after the casualties reached more than 30%!

And this number is quite considerable, even the vast majority of the current Datang Army cannot do it!

Only the most elite grenadiers in the entire Datang Army can do this, and perhaps the most elite 1st Infantry Battalion in the main force can barely do it, but it is hard to say whether they can do it or not. Because the 1st Infantry Battalion had never suffered such heavy casualties.

However, when the casualties of ordinary Datang Army troops reach about 100%, their courage to charge will basically be lost. After the two sides enter hand-to-hand combat, the casualties will reach more than 20%, which is basically a collapse situation. It will not be changed by the generals who lead the army and whether the tactics are advanced or not, but by the courage of the soldiers themselves and the survival instinct of human beings.

The performance of the Ming soldiers outside Rongxian City, especially their high tolerance for casualties, made Li Chunjing in the front and Hao Bainian in the rear take a high look.

After Ma Wei arrived, Hao Bainian simply politely said to him, "Master Ma, you are a native of Liuzhou. Are you familiar with this Tusi soldier? Are you all brave and not afraid of death?"

Ma Wei is a native of Liuzhou. Naturally, he has a good understanding of the chieftains. He immediately said: "I have many people in Guangxi and few land, and lack of resources. The competition for water and fields has always been a sturdy folk style, and there are often fights in the villages."

The four words "sturdy folk customs" can basically be regarded as a set of Ma Wei's words, but although Ma Wei is also a native of Guangxi, he is not just a praise, but a matter of fact: "Although there are also soldiers who are not afraid of death. , but there are definitely not many, most of them are the elite soldiers of the chieftains, but ordinary soldiers, even if the folk customs are more sturdy, they are just ordinary people, and the fear of death is also being cleaned up!"

Hao Bainian said, "So, there shouldn't be a lot of soldiers like the 2nd Infantry Regiment encountered?"

Ma Wei said: "Of course, these three thousand soldiers are probably the only elite soldiers that the chieftains in Liuzhou and even the nearby prefectures can gather. There are more than 10,000 soldiers, and if they are temporarily recruited soldiers, if they are not trained, they will not be much stronger than ordinary guard soldiers.”

Hao Bainian nodded after listening: "If there are only ten thousand people, it's nothing!"

What Hao Bainian is worried about is not the existing soldiers and guards in Guangxi. What he is more worried about is that after the fight, many chieftains and even officials of the Ming Dynasty will recruit ordinary soldiers. This number is not as simple as a few thousand people. If the tens of thousands of soldiers temporarily recruited are as fierce and fearless as the three thousand soldiers outside Rongxian City, then it will be very difficult to fight in Guangxi.

If there were less than 10,000 people, then he would be more confident in the fight. He had already killed 3,000 people in front of him. I am afraid that the remaining elite Tusi soldiers that can be gathered in Guangxi will be at most. Only five or six thousand people.

When the time comes, you should be more cautious, it is best to fight for a branch to break it, but you don't need to be too afraid of these soldiers!

But after chatting a few more words with Ma Wei about the situation of the soldiers, Hao Bainian suddenly said: "If our army also recruits local natives to join the army, I don't know if it is feasible?"

The reason why Hao Bainian asked Ma Wei directly was because Ma Wei was a military officer before, who was in charge of recruiting soldiers, and he was quite authoritative in the field of recruiting new soldiers.

Ma Wei didn't answer immediately, but after a little thought, he said: "Many local villages are short of food and clothing, if they can give enough money to settle their family, and promise to be able to eat enough to get enough money, they will recruit natives to join the army. It's still easy, but the local people are sturdy, and I'm afraid they won't be able to adapt to the strict military discipline of our army!"

The requirements of the King of the Tang Dynasty for the recruits are not about the courage of the soldiers, the sturdy folk customs, etc. The requirements of the King of the Tang Dynasty for the recruits are simple and simple, and the requirements for the recruits are high. Height and physical fitness are relatively high, and this is also a requirement of most armies. It is not strange, nor is it a unique requirement of the Master of the Tang Dynasty, but the Master of the Tang Dynasty has a very strange requirement when recruiting new recruits, that is As long as the net worth is innocent peasant son.

It's not that the children of peasants are determined not to, and the urban residents don't want any of them!

Secondly, some green-skinned hooligans and idlers in the countryside are absolutely not to be!

Even in the peasant family with a clean net worth, priority is given to those with healthy parents, brothers, and docile personalities.

Because such a person is easier to train, and the soldiers themselves do not have too much careful thought!

But if the folk customs are sturdy, it is easy to recruit these soldiers, but training them is probably going to be a lot of trouble!

Troops such as the Great Tang Emperor did not actually need soldiers who were too **** and courageous. What they needed were soldiers who had no thought, as long as they could obey orders.

However, although there are still scruples, but this has not been done, it is naturally impossible or feasible. Now that the army has moved south to Liuzhou, the follow-up will definitely recruit soldiers on the spot, not only to supplement the existing troops such as the 1st Infantry Brigade, We still need to set up new troops. We can't expect the 1st Soldier Brigade to lead a 3rd garrison brigade to completely conquer the Guangdong and Guangxi regions. It is definitely necessary to continue to expand the army.

Not to mention other things, just to control such a huge area of ​​Guangdong and Guangxi, each county has a 400-person robbery camp, which requires a lot of soldiers.

Immediately Ma Wei said: "Ma will discuss with his colleagues in the Ministry of War, and then see if a large number of local natives are recruited to join the army!"

Hao Bainian said, "If that's the case, I'll bother Lord Ma!"

Hao Bainian led the army to the south to fight, and naturally it was inseparable from the various support from the rear. The soldiers needed the recruitment of the military in the civilian system, the transportation of military rations and even luggage, etc., all required the local assistance of Liuzhou Prefecture. Relying on the army itself is very important It is difficult to complete these complex tasks.

Ma Wei naturally knew why His Majesty let himself go south with the army, not to govern the place, but to provide various support to the front-line army in a better and more timely manner.

After all, whether it is officials dispatched by the Ministry of War to recruit new soldiers in Liuzhou, or officials dispatched by the Ministry of Taxation to collect taxes in Liuzhou, they cannot do without the support of the prefect of Liuzhou.

In the end, most of these recruits and the money collected will be used to supply the front-line army!

After he came out of Hao Bainian's central army camp, Ma Wei immediately ran to his camp, and then had a brief discussion meeting with officials from various cabinet ministries who also went south with the army.

Just like when they marched into Liping House, the cabinet had arranged in advance many officials to march with the army. Whenever a place was conquered, these officials would immediately enter and establish the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

For example, in the former Huaiyuan County, now the county magistrate of Huaiyuan County belonging to the Datang Dynasty has settled in, and began to bring the members who came with him and the middle and low-level Ming Dynasty officials who had just surrendered to form the Datang Dynasty. Huaiyuan County Yamen, and began to prepare for the establishment of town and village level administrative agencies in the towns and towns under Huaiyuan County.

The officials of the Recruitment Department of the Ministry of War have already opened a recruiting station on the spot to start recruiting new recruits. The civilian officials of the Training Department of the Privy Council have also established Datang's first recruit battalion in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions in Huaiyuan County. There are at least hundreds or even thousands of people training!

Similarly, officials from the tax department have also entered Huaiyuan County!

It is worth mentioning that the number of officials from the tax department going south is the largest. For example, in Huaiyuan County, the new county magistrate is responsible for establishing the rule of a county, but he only brought more than 20 people. It’s just going south and taking office. There are not many people on the military side. There is only one real official, and there are about ten entourages. When recruiting soldiers, they even need the assistance of military soldiers.

However, there are only a lot of people from the tax department. There are seven or eight officials of high rank, and they have not many followers. However, there is still a group in Huaiyuan County that has made outstanding achievements in the Tang Dynasty and is the dynasty's leader. The establishment has made great contributions. There are more than 100 people in the tax inspection team under the Grain Collection Department of the Ministry of Taxation in Liping Prefecture and Xingquan Prefecture.

The tax inspection team of the Tang Dynasty was equipped with more sophisticated equipment than the burglary camp, including swords, spears, and even armor and muskets. They even traveled westward with the Second Brigade in Guizhou to accurately go to the taxation in Guiyang. The inspection team has a super luxurious lineup of more than 500 people, and also has a weapon of war like a bowl gun!

Many hooligans who have just joined the tax inspection team have given birth to a sigh: magnificent~www.wuxiax.com~ My tax inspection team is indeed a place where the elites of the Tang Dynasty gather!

Moreover, after the tax inspection team arrived in Huaiyuan County, the first thing they did was not to raid homes to collect taxes, but to recruit troops on the spot!

The people they recruited were not from good families or kind people, but from green-skinned hooligans and robbers from Jiangyang.

Everywhere, there will be a group of green-skinned hooligans. When they found the organization of the tax inspection team, they immediately rejuvenated one by one. They changed into the black uniforms of the tax inspection team and received the allotment. With the waist knife, short stick and other equipment, he transformed himself into a member of the tax inspection team of the Tang Dynasty.

According to the assumptions of the officials of the Ministry of Taxation, more than 100 members of the original tax inspection team of the Grain Collection Department of the Grain Collection Department of the Ministry of Taxation were recruited from Liping House and Xingquan House. They were used as seeds. Local elites, set up a local tax inspection team!

Then began to cooperate strongly with the local tax officials to search homes for money, oh, no, it should be legal and reasonable to carry out tax work!