Chapter 144 New Army "Then I'm afraid it's really more than three million taels."
Wu Liangmou smiled with difficulty and sighed secretly in his heart.
After walking away from hell, he matured almost immediately.
Many things that I would never have thought about before can now be seen clearly in an instant.
Many details that I didn't pay attention to before are now like the lines on my palms.
I can see them clearly just by lowering my head.
The salt merchants in Huai'an must be eradicated.
In fact, even if they do not intend to rebel, the Xuzhou Left Army cannot tolerate their continued existence.
Each salt merchant has a fortune of hundreds of thousands, and each salt merchant has two to three hundred servants in his home.
Each salt merchant is inextricably linked to the former Mongolian and Yuan government.
In addition to these on the surface, they also control countless large and small salt cooking stoves, and under each stove, they control dozens or even hundreds of kitchen households and salt cooks.
It can be said that the salt merchants are the real government officials of Huai'an City.
However, Daru Huachi, Fu Yin, Tongzhi, etc. sent by the Mongolian and Yuan court were nothing more than duckweeds floating on the water.
In the past, these duckweeds were able to achieve a clever balance of power with the local salt merchants, relying on the huge Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty court, but the left army did not have the same support behind them.
Therefore, conflict between the two parties will become a matter of time.
The only difference is who takes action first.
The salt merchants moved first.
They misjudged the situation and thought that the left army with only more than 4,000 troops and horses was already at the end of its war effort.
Little did they know that these more than 4,000 soldiers and horses were completely different from the officers and soldiers they often saw.
Even the auxiliary soldiers can maintain their strength for five days, and with the power of successive victories, they are enough to crush enemies three or even four times their size.
As a result, the salt merchants were defeated without any suspense, and they were so defeated that they didn't even leave their clothes behind.
After the Zuo Army wiped out all the salt merchants in Huai'an City, the chaotic forces that had previously been attached to the salt merchants collapsed in an instant.
As a result, Yancheng, Miaowan, Junzhai and other important salt-producing areas were decided without fighting.
Sizhou, Xuyi, Qinghe, Taoyuan and other places in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and Huaihe River are probably also in trouble three times a day at this time.
Huai'an can just send some generals out for a visit and they can all be brought under control.
Beautiful, from a long-term perspective, Zuo Jun's trick of luring the snake out of its hole and playing it so beautifully not only gave him a moral advantage, but also completely solved the hidden dangers under his rule.
If the salt merchants didn't come looking for death themselves, Governor Zhu would really have no choice but to take action against them now in order to maintain Xuzhou Hongjin's image as a benevolent and righteous teacher.
And the means that the salt merchants can use are not just to collude and rebel.
Give them enough time and allow them to be patient and fully mobilize their hidden powers.
It is really not known who will win in the end.
However, whose handiwork this plan of luring the snake out of its hole was made, whether from the perspective of softness or ruthlessness, is seriously inconsistent with the Zhu Bayi in Wu Liangmou's perception.
In his understanding, his governor was a person who didn't like to use conspiracy, and was not good at using conspiracy.
My own governor likes to be upright and crush others based solely on their strength.
Just like a water hammer weighing over a thousand kilograms, when it falls from mid-air, it doesn't care whether the iron ingot underneath is square or round.
Anyway, when the hammer comes down, it will smash into slabs, whether square or round.
Well, in the end there is no difference.
Perhaps the governor had also changed.
Looking at the dim sunlight filtering through the screen window, Wu Liangmou continued to sigh softly.
Times are changing, the situation is changing, and so are we.
Since everyone is changing, Governor Zhu can naturally become no longer the same as before.
But whether this change is good or bad, how should everyone get along with him in the future, regard him as their lord, or can they live and die together?
He thought blankly, feeling that he was in a state of confusion.
"What's wrong?
Lu Deshan is hurting again.
Come here and help take care of him.
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I'll call Dr.
Semu right away."
Seeing Wu Liangmou's face turning gray and white, Liu Kui was startled and reached out to touch his head. , and ran out.
"Don't go."
Wu Liangmou grabbed the other person's wrist and ordered urgently, "It's okay, I'm really okay.
Don't make a fuss."
"It's really okay."
Liu Kui struggled for a while but couldn't break free.
Not daring to use too much force, he stopped and added with concern, "Don't look outside, let Lu Deshan take care of you, I will go find the doctor.
He is now a member of our New Fifth Army.
From now on, everyone must be together, together, that Zhou "mutual aid" "I'm really fine, I'm just a little confused.
I've been asleep for such a long time, and everything I hear feels strange."
Wu Liangmou shook his head gently, put away his chaotic thoughts, and asked in a low voice, "It's what you said, Xin , what is going on with the New Fifth Army, and what is the arrangement of the New Army that Su Fuzi just mentioned?"
"Hey, you see my memory has forgotten the most important things."
Liu Kui raised his left hand and slapped himself hard on the forehead first.
Then he turned around and added excitedly, "You don't know yet, Wu Youtu, you have been promoted to the commander of the New Fifth Army, General Mingwei.
Let go and I will get you something."
As he spoke, he shook off Wu Liangmou's arm.
He strode to the cabinet against the wall, leaned over and took out a velvet-lined tray, then holding it in both hands, he ran back to Wu Liangmou's bed again, "Look, the red copper shoulder pad you have always dreamed of has a gold star on it."
"Oh" Wu Liangmou breathed out softly, and his heart suddenly felt bright.
Most of the previous worries were washed away in an instant.
Red copper shoulder pads, my efforts that night finally paid off.
Now that you have become a commander, you can lead the army alone, and you no longer need to be protected by others as a scholar.
What dad told me finally took off.
"See, this, the key is this star."
Liu Kui handed the tray forward again, emphasizing with a bit of envy, "Without this star, you would be just like me, just a captain.
But with it This, you are a commander, you can take care of six bastards like me."
"Commander" Wu Liangmou raised his head and repeated blankly.
He had been unconscious for too long, and he had no idea what had happened recently.
He was confused when he heard new terms.
"Commander of the New Fifth Army, General Mingwei," Liu Kui placed the tray heavily on the hospital bed and deliberately said with a bit of sourness, "Wu Youtu, you won the bet.
Our commander-in-chief is now very wealthy and has established five armies in one go.
The troops are all called the New Army, from 1st to 5th.
You are the leader of the 5th Army, also known as the Commander.
We, um, and Lu Deshan will all have to listen to you from now on."
"Commander of the New Fifth Army, you" Wu Liangmou obviously couldn't react and continued to look at him blankly, his face blank.
Among the five armies, the Zuo Army was divided into five by Governor Zhu.
In other words, Governor Zhu planned to spend a lot of money to build five teams with equally strong combat effectiveness in the shape of the Zuo Army.
And I am the general of one of the armies.
What an honor and trust.
Wu Youtu, Wu Youtu, aren’t you still dreaming?
It was not a dream, because Lu Deshan, who had been standing by the curtain like a shadow before, had already walked over and saluted him very solemnly, "The new Fifth Army Commander Shi Luliang has met Commander Wu."
"No, don't be polite.
Hurry, help me quickly, Liu Laoer, help me up quickly to return the gift to Brother Lu."
Wu Liangmou was dizzy from the incoming shocks, and struggled to crawl out of the bed.
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Liu Kui, who had just been promoted to captain, quickly held him down and scolded him in a low voice: "If you are looking for death, don't hurry up now.
When things are sorted out for the Fifth Army, you can kill our army now.
It's just an empty frame There are only officers, no soldiers.
From the centurion on down, you have to take care of yourself.
It’s better to start working early.
If you do more bows, you will still follow.
You call this Zhen'er" Looking back, he shouted to Lu Deshan again, "Xiao Luzi, can you change the politeness of scholars?
We are all soldiers and have to eat food.
How can we be so poor?"
"Liu Xiaowei is right, Lu will try his best to change it."
Lu Deshan swept away his previous aloofness and nodded with a smile.
"Then Wu will let it go for a while and ask Chief Lu Shimou to forgive him."
Seeing that neither of them was polite to him, Wu Liangmou had no choice but to slowly lie down again, suppressing his dizziness and adding.
"I'll lie down, I'll lie down on you."
Liu Kui waved his arms and responded carelessly, "Xiao Luzi and I don't have time to argue with you about this.
What we said just now is wrong.
It's empty airs.
The Fifth Army is still a mere It’s not just our Fifth Army that is empty, but the other armies are also similar.
It turns out that almost all the soldiers of the Left Army have been divided.
Come to serve as officers for everyone.
The two men in charge of recruiting troops, Geng Zaicheng and Li Qi, are also empty-handed.
You can continue to lie down and do nothing until they come back.
I leave all the trivial matters to Xiaoluzi and me.
He studies a lot and is full of clever ideas."
"Haha, that's good."
Wu Liangmou took a long breath and nodded lightly.
The Fifth Army is a complete new army.
Although it is just an empty shelf, it is under his own command after all.
And you can polish it from head to toe, bit by bit, according to your ideal look.
Make it stronger and shine brighter in the future.
Thinking that he would be on his own from now on, he was immediately so excited that he couldn't control himself.
Struggling to sit up, he leaned his body against the wall, panting and continuing to ask, "Commander, have you told me about the Fifth Army?
How many troops will we have in our new Fifth Army?
How do we determine the number of troops in our new Fifth Army?
There is a charter without your school."
What happened to Lieutenant and me, General Mingwei, why it sounds so different from before?"
"Haha, I knew you couldn't hold it in anymore."
Liu Kui opened his mouth, his face full of pride.
"General Mingwei, I can't keep my temper at all.
Let me tell you all so that you won't be anxious.
Our army, like other armies, has a quota of 6,500 and 300 personal soldiers.
Three thousand combat soldiers, three thousand auxiliary soldiers, and the other two hundred quotas are for various civil servants and so on.
Mingfa, Sicang, examinations, etc.
As for the specific formation regulations, the hundred-man team was changed into a company, and there were additional ones between the company and the gang. , it is said to be modeled after the Tang Dynasty, but each one has only three gangs.
A company is called a battalion.
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Three battalions plus the commander's personal soldiers and miscellaneous personnel are a team of one thousand people.
For convenience, the three regiments are called a brigade.
It is an army.
We don’t have that many brothers now, and we don’t have that much money and food, so the governor Let's just say that there is only one combat brigade and one auxiliary brigade under each army.
When the territory and population increase, it will continue to increase.
As for me, the captain, and you, the general, it will be more complicated.
Lu Deshan, tell me, he has a better memory than me and knows more things”: