The chores have just been settled, North Garden.
After half a month of training, the 8,000 honest farmers finally looked like soldiers.
Speaking of which, Li Qing's order to Mu Lebulang was very simple. Eight thousand people were divided into four teams and trained in turns.
As for the content of the training, it was all to cater to the use of the muzzle-loading gun. For this reason, Li Qing specially asked the painter of the prince's residence to draw a set of movement specifications for the military training according to his own requirements.
To be honest, Li Qing admired these men very much. Their obedience to orders was high, and they did not give in at all. They persisted. One had to know that in Li Qing's arrangements, they would stand in military posture for an hour before training and an hour after training. Back then, when the author participated in military training, he felt like he was floating in the air after standing for half an hour.
"Your Highness! It was almost time! The soldiers below have been standing in their military positions for an hour as per your instructions.”Ever since Mu Lebulang was handed over to him by Monk Grinqin, he had been loyal to him and never disobeyed his orders.
In addition, he had performed well in the Battle of Baliqiao, so Li Qing, who had no suitable candidates for the time being, put him in charge of the basic training of these 8,000 people.
In fact, from the beginning, Li Qing had planned to personally take charge of the operation, but he quickly gave up because he had to sign and ask about all the major and minor matters in the capital, causing Li Qing to be seriously lacking in energy and unable to split himself.
Li Qing looked at the soldiers in the training field and nodded in relief. He said,"Muller, you did a good job!"
"Wangye, aren't you destroying this lowly official! Helping wangye solve problems was originally a matter of duty.”Mu Lei said respectfully.
Seeing Mu Lei and Bulang like this, Li Qing didn't say anything.
According to Li Qing's plan, from the beginning of the training, he had set up a strict camp system. With a little inspection, one could find that the 8,000 people stationed in the north garden were almost the same except for their clothes and voices.
Due to the initial establishment, Li Qing's plan was to train these 8,000 people mainly with infantry, supplemented by cavalry and artillery.
Usually, eight thousand people would form a town, including two infantry associations, each with two battalions, three battalions, and four squads. One standard of cavalry, each standard has three battalions, each battalion has four teams; One artillery unit, three battalions per unit, three teams per battalion; A battalion of baggage soldiers, each battalion has four teams. Infantry and artillery, three platoons per platoon, three tents per platoon; Cavalry each team two rows, each row two tents; Each team had two rows of baggage soldiers, and each row had three tents.
There are 10 soldiers in each camp.
In total, there were 712 officers and secretaries in the town, 7,290 soldiers in the army, and 8,002 people in the town.
The town's self-employed officials and below were all selected from the young and strong who had excellent training.
As for the middle and senior generals, other than the Gong Prince as the commander and Mu Lei as the assistant, there was no vacancy.
It was not Li Qing's fault for not looking for a suitable candidate. The Eight Banners Green Camp had long been rotten to the core. Even if there were some who could fight, they were still in the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps.
As for the generals of this era, they were either too young or had long joined Zeng Guofan's Xiang Army, Zuo Zongtang's Chu Army, and Li Hongzhang's Huai Army. These people were more difficult to deal with than the other. They were border officials with heavy troops. Some time ago, the allied forces captured Dagu Pass, and Xianfeng urgently ordered the three of them to send troops to rescue the king.
Other than sending a few old and weak people to show off, the three of them used their main forces to deal with the Taiping Country, which did not respect Confucianism. Xianfeng did not dare to criticize them.
Thinking of this, Li Qing felt a little uncomfortable. It was not that he blamed them for not coming to the rescue, but at this moment, there was a thorn in Li Qing's heart. Li Qing, who had originally planned to wait for Xianfeng to die before taking advantage of the chaos to ascend the throne, was a little hesitant because of Wen Xiang's words. He was afraid that it was really as Wen Xiang had said," The governors of the world, such as Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang, are all Confucian guardians. They are interlinked and hinder each other. The central stability can withstand the common enemy under the thought of being loyal to the monarch for thousands of years." They would work together to exterminate Long Hair, but once the central government was in turmoil, with the idea of the first disaster dying, even if they did not have the intention, their subordinates would still try their best to surround them. If they were to be crowned with the royal robes again, there would be internal and external troubles, and the country would not have a peaceful day.”
Thinking of this, Li Qing thought of the chaotic war between the warlords, and the scene of the people living in poverty. Therefore, Li Qing temporarily dismissed the idea of ascending the throne on his own. He was prepared to train a strong army first, pacify Long Hair, and then find an opportunity to ascend the throne.
But now, the timing was still far off. His Prince Gong Army had just been established, but Li Qing had great confidence in this growing army.
After all, half of his soldiers were equipped with the most advanced guns and cannons in the world. As for the half of the rifle that was missing, Li Qing was already thinking of a way, and he had already made some progress. He believed that in another half a year, a fully equipped army of Prince Gong would be able to defeat any Green Army Eight Banners in Zhili after being fed a large number of bullets.
When Li Qing was drafting the rules and regulations of the Beijing Aftermath Patrol Bureau, he had made the salary of officials, soldiers, clerks, and long-term husbands systematic. It was accurate to every position, every person, and even the artillery's cannon cleaning cloth, horse feeding silver, and other miscellaneous expenses had a fixed amount.
The monthly salary of the infantry is 4.5 taels, the deputy tent is 5 taels, and the main tent is 5.5 taels. 15 taels for the sentinel leader, 20 taels for the sentinel officer, and 10 taels of public silver; 50 taels of official salary, 100 taels of public silver; Deputy battalion officer 100 taels, battalion officer 100 taels, public fee silver 300 taels.
As for the artillery unit, because it was a technical unit, and they usually trained the most, the salary of the officers and soldiers was better than that of the infantry unit. The monthly salary of the chief, deputy, and chief soldiers was 6.5 taels, 6 taels, and 4.8 taels respectively. Company and battalion level officers were paid 50 taels more than infantry officers of the same level.
Of course, the salary of the cavalry was slightly better than that of the infantry.
Moreover, in order to ensure the loyalty of the soldiers and ensure that every soldier's salary fell into everyone's hands, Li Qing decided to learn from Yuan Shikai's method of training troops at the small station and personally distribute the silver. After all, in this era, the world was the biggest, and it was only right for soldiers to eat food. In other words, he would be loyal to whoever gave them food and money to spend.
So after everything was in order, Li Qing asked Mu Lei and Blang to take out the roster that they had prepared beforehand. Mu Lei read out the names and Li Qing paid them.
Everyone was shouting,"Whose food are you eating?”
"Eat Prince Gong's food!"
"Who is helping you to support your family?"
"The Gong Prince supports our family!"
"Then who are you working for?"
"To serve the Gong Prince!" Amidst the cheers, Li Qing placed the silver that had been wrapped in advance into the hands of the soldiers. Although the entire process lasted from morning to night, Li Qing knew that it was all worth it when he saw every soldier's excited tears.
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