287 new. Qiongzhou Guard of the Ming Dynasty!

Jie Xi led the reinforcements and set off.

He didn't say anything grand. Everyone knew in their hearts: This is the last force that can be assembled on Hainan Island. If these troops still can't solve the problem in the past, the time-travelers will have to stay on the island for a long time.

, continue to develop in a dull manner, and have no strength to expand outwards for the time being.

But having said that, plus the support troops led by Jie Xi, the strength of the North Route Army will soon reach 1,200. The combat power of two reorganized battalions, and the steel battleship Qionghai is stationed at sea... With such strength, it is impossible to attack the Dutch's hometown of Ba

Davia is more than enough, and just using it to capture an undeveloped island of Taiwan can be said to be a bit of a waste.

"The lion fights the rabbit, even if you are facing a weak enemy, you will still send out strong troops - gentlemen, you may be a little too cautious. Besides, Yizhou has always been desolate and harsh, and even if it is captured, there is no place to defend."

Even Wang Pu and Wang Jieshan made such comments after learning about their combat goals. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's navy once reached Taiwan, but because it was too far away from the mainland and the environment was too harsh, no one was willing to immigrate.

Soon after, he voluntarily abandoned the defense.

Therefore, in the eyes of Ming Dynasty officials, the island was of little value. They could not understand why Shorthair wanted to capture a deserted island with such fanfare.

Of course, Pang Yu didn't bother to explain to him: in the minds of future generations like them, that island has some special political significance. He simply said:

"I heard there is a gold mine on that island."

"oh……"

Wang Pu and the local people around him were suddenly enlightened - indeed it was easier to understand this way.

Unlike Lingao, where any unit can produce a bunch of guns, here in Qiongzhou Prefecture, it is really in a relatively empty state after the dismissal and the deployment of the second company. Although the number of paramilitary armed forces is not small,

But there are only a platoon of about thirty people who have guns and hot weapons. In addition, there are some armed guards at the headquarters of the trading company, but they are left by Jie Xi to protect his wife's safety. Even Pang Yu has no one.

Mobilization of power.

However, since Pang Yu dared to make such an arrangement, he naturally had a good plan - as soon as he came back from the dock, he immediately called a meeting with the chief military officers in the city, mainly Wang Xinzhi from the Urban Management Brigade, and Zhang Ling, the commander of the "Da Ming Qiongzhou Guard"

.

"Commander Pang, I'll return this firecracker to you."

As soon as they met, Zhang Ling returned the rifle he borrowed last time. But his face was full of reluctance. Look at the gun stock, even the paint was scratched off, and the barrel was also worn.

Serious - obviously he has been trained hard these days. So Pang Yu smiled and waved:

"Forget it, just keep it for yourself. After playing with it for so many days, you must be familiar with the characteristics of this gun, right? Just don't forget to replace the barrel later."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Ling immediately took back the gun. It seemed that he didn't really return it, but the smile on his face was sincere:

"In that case, thank you so much, Commander Pang!"

"It's okay... Ru Heng, actually I called you here today to enhance the strength of your men."

"oh?"

Zhang Ling was a little puzzled, while Pang Yu smiled:

"Are the new prisoners almost 'transformed'?"

When talking about this aspect, Zhang Ling's face immediately showed a bit of pride:

"It went very smoothly. Most of the people have agreed to stay on the island and work for us."

——During the previous attack on Qiongzhou Prefecture, an armed force of the Ming Army composed of "Southwestern Barbarians" was dispatched to cooperate with the Western troops to land. Later, the Westerners were defeated by rocket launchers, and their leader was also killed at the same time, but the remaining ordinary soldiers

But most of them surrendered and became prisoners.

After a brief education, these Ming army prisoners were all placed under Zhang Ling. They were originally recruited ethnic minority soldiers. As long as they had enough to eat, it didn't matter who they worked for.

Of course, the reason why the "transformation" work was completed so smoothly was mainly because Zhang Ling was already quite experienced in leading prisoner of war camps, and he learned a lot from Ade - he first provided those soldiers with several meals with meat;

Then he used various means to subdue or send away several small bosses; he also used emotional offensives to hold several symposiums; in conjunction with his status as a serious Ming officer, he successfully conquered most of the local soldiers

left behind.

"So, now that I ask you to establish the Ming Dynasty Qiongzhou Guard, you should have enough manpower, right?"

Zhang Ling was surprised by Pang Yu's words. The Ming Dynasty originally had a Hainan Guard on Qiongzhou Island, but it had long been disintegrated with the rise of short hair. Now that he was suddenly asked to establish a Qiongzhou Guard, it was really scary.

"What's so strange? Aren't you originally the Guard Guard? It shouldn't be difficult to command the officers and soldiers of the First Guard, right?"

Pang Yu couldn't help but force the official hat onto Zhang Ling, and then said to Wang Xinzhi next to him:

"The function of your urban management team is internal, and there is no need to expand it for the time being. However, I plan to equip all your troops with firearms."

Suddenly hearing these words, Zhang and Wang looked at each other with a look of surprise and joy on their faces. However, no one dared to ask, and they all listened quietly to Pang Yu:

"For a long time, the officers and soldiers of your urban management team and Qiongzhou Guard, although they are also part of the military establishment, have been using cold weapons. On the one hand, this is because our weapons supply is insufficient. On the other hand, I believe you can also understand - it is out of

For safety reasons.”

Pang Yu did not conceal their original fear of these two armed forces, and the faces of the two men also showed understanding. After all, unlike the troops established by Short Hair himself, both the Urban Management Brigade and the Qiongzhou Guards were originally from the Ming Dynasty.

Coming from the military lineage, short-haired men cannot be trusted without reservation.

"However, after this battle to defend Qiongzhou Prefecture, Xin Zhi, Ru Heng, we have all gone through the difficulties together. Your loyalty is trustworthy. From now on, we will treat everyone equally in terms of the armed forces."

After finally hearing these words, the two of them couldn't help but grin. Zhang Ling could still control it a little, but Wang Xinzhi jumped up and screamed a few times, then suddenly thought of something and ran to Pang Yu.

Snapped to attention:

"Commander Pang, don't worry. Our urban management team will definitely fight you to the end!"

After that, Pang Yu explained his plan to them in detail. At present, in the weapons depot of Qiongzhou Prefecture, the number of genuine Qionghai rifles is very small, but there are a large number of Western matchlock guns seized a few days ago, which can be used.

It's okay to equip the troops with these weapons first and use them for training.

"The skills of the Yiren's guns are a little low, but they are still considered muskets. Let's practice with them first, and then we can slowly add to them in the future."

The two men fully agreed with Pang Yu's suggestion. For them, former members of the Ming Army, being equipped with Western muskets was already very satisfying.

After discussing it, he was about to make arrangements to get the gun, but at this time Zhang Ling suddenly hesitated:

"Of course it's a good thing to be able to use firearms, but... I'm a low-ranking official. After all, there is a big family behind me. I'm afraid I can't abandon the Ming Dynasty and join your army. I hope you can understand this, Military Master Pang."

"It's okay, as long as you are actually serving us, it doesn't matter what name you use - maybe it won't be long before our short-haired army will also hang the flag of the Ming Dynasty."

Pang Yu explained with a smile. Now Zhang Ling was finally able to completely let go of his arms. He laughed sincerely.

With men and weapons, the new Qiongzhou Guard of the Ming Dynasty was quickly established. Although Zhang Ruheng had some doubts at the beginning, he soon became quite proud - according to his own statement, this was the first time that his soldiers were more powerful than one.

thousand.

"Weren't you just a member of Qianhu in the Ming Dynasty? You didn't even have a thousand people under you?"

Pang Yu was quite surprised by this, but Zhang Ling told him with a wry smile - Qianhu officials can nominally command thousands of people, but in fact, no army in the Ming army currently has this number of combat soldiers.

On the one hand, they are free of charge. On the other hand, there are a large number of logistics and auxiliary personnel in the Ming Dynasty army. These people are not trained at ordinary times and have basically no equipment, but they are counted in the number of soldiers, and they will also be driven to rush in during wars.

At the front - as a consumable.

"In my hometown in Shaanxi, if an official with a thousand households can have 300 men who dare to fight, it is already a strong army. During the battle, with these 300 people as the core, it can drive thousands of miscellaneous soldiers to charge into the battle. Fight.

After a few battles, if the miscellaneous soldiers are lucky enough not to be dead or maimed, not to faint when seeing blood, and have learned the basic skills of killing, they will naturally become warriors who dare to fight. Then these elites will be mixed with the newly recruited army...

It can grow bigger and bigger like a snowball - this is how the war goes smoothly."

"If the battle situation becomes unfavorable, leave the weak troops in front and retreat with the core team. In this way, the elite can be preserved. If you still have funds on hand, you can go back and recruit more young people, and you can build a new army in a short time.

——This is what our officers and soldiers do. If they do what those rogue bandits did: just burn and kill a few villages and towns, tens of thousands of people can be captured in the blink of an eye, and they will even have military pay, food and grass. Therefore, the rogue bandits can never be wiped out.

."

Zhang Ling briefly introduced to Pang Yu the combat methods of the Ming Dynasty that he was familiar with. By the way, he also talked about the tactics of the peasant army in Shaanxi - he had fought many battles with those "peasant rebel armies".

"It's really luxurious for someone like you to arm the whole army to the teeth without prioritizing it... but it's very practical. When using troops, you no longer need to consider which people are elite and who can only be left behind - pull them out.

It’ll work!”

Naturally, those new recruits are not allowed to touch firearms, and they need to be trained before they can use them with confidence. Having had more contact with the short-haired army, Zhang Ling has now begun to use the short-haired military training method. Among other things, he goes around the city wall every morning.

Running three to four miles has become a necessary training item for their "New Qiongzhou Guard".

After increasing the number of Qiongzhou Guards and arming both units with firearms, Qiongzhou Prefecture no longer looks "empty" at all. In the eyes of the local people, the defense power here has been greatly enhanced - after all, the people

I don’t usually have much formal contact with the short-haired army, but I see these paramilitary forces the most.

The same feeling also fell in the eyes of spies from external forces. If the previous leader Jie Dajie personally led the army to go on an expedition, which made some surrounding gangs have the idea, the newly emerged Qiongzhou Guards quickly dispelled those thoughts.
Chapter completed!