Liu Mingqi looked at Miao Yan's dazed look and said earnestly: "Mr. Miao, you are the majestic governor of water transportation and also serve as the imperial envoy. If the Japanese attack you this time, will you really have no choice but to take the initiative?" Is the ground solid?"
Miao Yan looked at Liu Mingqi and said, "What did your Highness say? Our Cao Yuan Yamen itself does not have much force. If we can protect the entire Huaiyin and the nearby Cao Canal Road, we have done our best. With the garrison army To fight the enemy, isn¡¯t this putting the cart before the horse?¡±
The Governor's Office of Water Transport originally had five thousand elite sergeants.
Lin Zhenyuan did not forget to train them. Compared with the surrounding garrison, they were superior in strength and equipment.
But the most important role of these people is to guard Huaiyin City.
As the hub of the Grand Canal and the seat of the governor's office of water transportation, Huaiyin's importance is self-evident.
Five thousand people serve as a garrison for defense, which is enough on weekdays. When the Japanese attack, I am afraid that they will have to add 20,000 old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to stabilize the situation.
With such strength, if you ask Miao Yan to separate thousands of people, or even all of them to kill the traitors, what if Huaiyin City is taken away by the Japanese?
Can Miao Yan afford this responsibility?
Is he that stupid?
The young man smiled and said, "Looking at Master Miao, he regards these 20,000 soldiers as useless things. They are useless at all."
"What else?" Miao Yan spread his hands: "Of the 20,000 soldiers, one-third are those over forty years old, and the remaining half are at least 3,000 as thin as beggars. At most They are normal strong men who can count as eight thousand, but they have not received any training! It¡¯s okay if you ask them to do some work, but fight? Let¡¯s forget it!¡±
"That's not necessarily the case."
Liu Mingqi said: "Mr. Miao, although they were in trouble before, but when it comes to you, I think there are not a few who have recovered their bodies and bones in the past few months, right?"
There are about 40,000 soldiers in the Caoyun Yamen.
But on weekdays, they are not the government officials who show off their power at the checkpoints to collect taxes, and also search and capture smugglers. Instead, they are soldiers who are responsible for the dirty and painful work of repairing rivers, cleaning up rivers, and transporting various water transportation materials. .
¡°To put it bluntly, these people are coolies.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: The status of a soldier has always been restricted, and he can't go to other places to work to make a living.
¡°If you meet the governor of water transportation who is a good person, you can even give them three melons and two dates.
If you encounter a harsh water transportation governor, whether you can have enough to eat is a problem.
Therefore, the efficiency of the soldiers is low, and the management is becoming more and more troublesome.
Liu Mingqi¡¯s advice to Miao Yan was to strike the cauldron with the first blow, which really won the support of everyone from top to bottom.
The top court bosses can reduce the burden and streamline the staff.
The lower half of the soldiers can be saved from this fate, and the benefits of the remaining ones will be doubled.
Everybody is happy
As for the officials in the middle who can be greedy and deduct money and food from the soldiers, they have been washed away once by the Lin Zhenyuan case and Miao Yan again. How can anyone dare to make irresponsible remarks?
But Miao Yan still has to be responsible for the livelihood of 20,000 people, and he cannot just abolish it and leave it alone.
That¡¯s why the shipyard expanded in size.
¡°This is all linked together, and Liu Mingqi helped him design it a long time ago.
Miao Yan was shocked at that time, and now he also feels that Liu Mingqi is too smart and capable of planning.
This is why he is now willing to discuss this issue with Liu Mingqi.
¡°Otherwise, he would just ask Liu Mingqi to get the horses and baggage and get out quickly, without delaying him to deal with a lot of government affairs.
Thoughts passed by in a flash, Miao Yan nodded: "Yes, there are probably seven or eight thousand people who are in good health now. To say that they can be effective when defending the city, there should be about fifteen thousand people."
"That's good."
Liu Mingqi saw the situation and said: "Master Miao, if you can trust me, you can take out five thousand people and train them according to the method I gave you for two months. I'm sure they can become an elite force capable of killing enemies and defending their hometown."
"Two months?" Miao Yan obviously didn't believe it: "Just them?!"
"Of course it's not all them. We also need to insert real tough guy sergeants to serve as the captain of each team." Liu Mingqi said, "With veterans leading them, they can increase their cohesion and naturally play a huge role."
Miao Yan was a little confused when he heard this, "Even if there are veterans holding the battle, they can't compare toAnyone who pretends to be sick will be killed! "
"Those who abandon their weapons in battle will be killed!"
"Anyone who refuses to advance when he hears the drums and refuses to retreat when he hears the gold, behead him!"
"Those who retreat before the battle are allowed to cut off the soldiers' ears at the front, the camp commander to cut off the team's ears, the military marquis to cut off the camp commander's ears, and the school captain to cut off the army's marquis' ears. Withdraw the troops back to the camp, and those who have no ears will be beheaded!"
"When fighting on the battlefield, if one person retreats, he will be beheaded; if the entire team retreats, the captain will be beheaded; if the captain dies in the line of duty and the entire team retreats, the entire team will be beheaded!"
"Those who kill civilians for credit shall be beheaded!"
"Those who rape women will be killed!"
"Anyone who stirs up homesickness during the march and battle will be killed!"
"Anyone who pretends to be the leader of the army shall be beheaded!"
¡°Hiss~~~¡±
Even though Miao Yan thought he had a heart of stone, his scalp was numb when he heard Liu Mingqi's ten "cuts" in a row.
Miao Yan clearly understood the laws of Dakang¡¯s army.
He knew that in order to train an army well, there must be sufficient training and rules and regulations.
But I never knew that an army actually needed to abide by so many strict and cruel laws.
Every one of them is not a punishment, it is just beheading, beheading, beheading!
??????????????????????????????????????????????????¡ I¡¯m afraid she¡¯ll be scared to death hearing this, right?¡±
He smiled bitterly: "Are you training soldiers, or are you doing it to kill people? Who is willing to be a soldier under such harsh laws? Not to mention the people from Jiangnan here, even the sergeants of the Forbidden Army, I am afraid that they will face these extremely harsh laws. You will also be dissatisfied with the military orders, right?"
"Strict military orders at that time were definitely not enough, but if sufficient rewards are added, it would be different." Liu Mingqi said with a smile: "Sir, in this world, some people are willing to risk their lives for a little food, and some are for the sake of their families. People who are willing to die after just one mouthful of food. As long as we pay them appropriately, five thousand people will definitely not have enough numbers!"
Miao Yan looked at Liu Mingqi, then sighed again: "Your Highness, did you change your temperament because you saw the plight of those poor women and children in Xiqiu Village? Feelings like this, isn't it? It may appear in the heart of a royal noble like you!"
¡°Maybe it¡¯s the instructions God gave me!¡±
Liu Mingqi smiled and told lies.
But in this ancient world, not even Miao Yan could refute him.
After all, His Royal Highness King De¡¯s wisdom is God-given, which is obvious to all! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com