The end of the military era

On the night of the mutiny, Li Tianshun, who had just joined the army for less than a year, participated in the mutiny along with him in a daze.

Li Tianshun felt very happy when he saw that the officials who had been domineering in the past were all pulled out and shot.

However, soon the troops stationed at the oil field in the three towns went into the city to surrender the weapons of the No.17 Independent Brigade. Li Tianshun and the officers and soldiers of the No.17 Independent Brigade who participated in the mutiny were immediately detained in the barracks in Longshan City.

Li Tianshun whispered to a veteran named Zhang Fugui next to him, "Brother Fugui, what do you think they will do to us?"

Zhang Fugui said indifferently: "Don't worry, the No.20 Second Independent Brigade is a unit of Zhou's family in Ganyang. In the future, our No.17 Independent Brigade will also have the surname Zhou."

Li Tianshun's eyes brightened, "That's great, I heard that ordinary soldiers of the No.20 Second Independent Brigade are paid 25 silver coins every month.

If my monthly military salary can have 25 silver coins, my father and my mother will not have to work so hard. "

Zhang Fugui chuckled, "30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, our brothers from the No.17 Independent Brigade have been staying in Hedong for these years, and now we can finally set foot on the shore of Hexi."

A major in a dark green uniform walked up to hundreds of officers and soldiers of the No.17 Independent Brigade.

The military uniforms of the Fengwu Army are mainly dark green. On the chest and right arm of the military uniforms, badges and armbands with black characters on a white background are sewn on.

The major's badge has twelve characters Fengwu Army No. 20 Second Independent Brigade, and the armband has the words "Ganyang Zhou" written on it.

"Everyone, the major generals of our Zhou family know that the brothers of the No.17 Independent Brigade are carrying out a mutiny, and they have no choice but to do so.

Therefore, the Major General will apply to the Jiedu Mansion and let the officers and soldiers of the No.17 Independent Brigade participate in the mutiny.

Next, our Zhou family will reorganize the No.17 Independent Brigade, but before the reorganization, according to the order of the major general, all the officers and soldiers of the No.17 Independent Brigade will be compensated for the five months in arrears.

And it will be distributed according to the military salary standard of our Zhou family army. Brothers whose names are called below, come to receive the military salary! "

The major's words immediately made hundreds of officers and soldiers of the No.17 Independent Brigade boil.

According to the standard of the Zhou family, five months of military pay will be reissued, so the most ordinary soldiers can receive 125 silver coins!

Three nights later, Li Tianshun, who was full of travel and dust, returned to a small town outside Longshan City. Li Tianshun's home was in this small town.

Li Tianshun's mother, after seeing Li Tianshun, couldn't help but hugged Li Tianshun and cried bitterly, "My son, you scared my mother to death, she thought she would never see you again!"

Li Tianshun's father was still relatively calm, "Shun'er, did you escape? Or were you released?"

Li Tianshun hurriedly said: "Father, don't worry, I came back from leave, and our No.17 Independent Brigade has been incorporated by the Ganyang Zhou family."

Li Tianshun's father breathed a sigh of relief, "It's not as if he escaped."

Li Tianshun then put the burden he was carrying on the ground, "Father, mother, we paid back the military salary, I bought ten catties of bacon, ten catties of rice, and some fabrics.

These fabrics can be used to make a new dress for each of the second brother and third sister, as well as for the father and mother. "

Li Tianshun's father frowned, "Shun'er, why are you wasting money! You have to save up the money to marry you!"

"Hehe, Dad, what do you think this is?"

"Huh? Why are there so many silver coins?"

"Father, the Ganyang Zhou family reissued five months of military pay for our No.17 Independent Brigade, and it was reissued according to the standards of the Ganyang Zhou family.

The most common soldiers of the Zhou family in Ganyang are paid 25 silver coins every month, so I was reissued 125 silver coins at once.

Father, mother, our family's good days are coming! "

When Li Tianshun left home the next afternoon, his second brother Li Tianci, five cousins ​​and four cousins ​​also left with him.

When Li Tianshun's parents learned that the No.17 Independent Brigade was going to recruit new soldiers, they immediately decided to let their second son join the army, and told several relatives the news overnight.

The military salary of 25 silver coins a month is simply too attractive to the poor people in Longshan City and the villages and towns near Longshan City.

Chapter 75 Rob the Island

In a study room in Fengwu Jiedu Mansion in Xiushui City, Fengwu Jiedu envoy Shen Xiao slammed the telegram sent by Zhou Rui on the desk in front of him.

"It's getting more and more rampant! Do you really think that this commander has nothing to do with the Ganyang Zhou family?"

At this moment, Ding Lin, Shen Xiao's confidant, hurriedly persuaded him: "Commander, calm down, the Zhenwei army is attacking Jingyang City now, and the Jiedu Mansion simply cannot dispatch troops to Longshan City at this time.

Moreover, the troops sent by the Zhou family in Ganyang to the oil fields in Sanzhen have more than 5000 troops. In addition, the No.17 Independent Brigade has been incorporated. action. "

"Then let the Ganyang Zhou family annex Longshan City and the No.17 Independent Brigade?

If every family in my Fengwu Town learns from Ganyang Zhou's family, then the whole Fengwu Town will be in chaos! "

"Marshal, the rise of the Ganyang Zhou family is already unstoppable. Since the Ganyang Zhou family has promised that Longshan City will pay a tax of 100 million silver coins every year in the future, why not go with the flow and admit the Ganyang Zhou family's commitment to Longshan City?" Take control.

It doesn't matter whether the surname of Longshan City is Lu or Zhou, as long as Longshan City still belongs to my Fengwu Town.

In addition, I feel that our Jiedu Mansion can take advantage of this matter and ask the Ganyang Zhou family to bring Jingsheng City and Xiangshi City, which was exchanged for five battleships, under the jurisdiction of my Fengwu Town. "

"Well, I am worried that the strength of the Zhou family in Ganyang will become stronger and stronger, and it will threaten the entire Fengwu Jiedu Mansion in the future."

"Marshal, only if our Jiedu Mansion controls enough direct troops can we suppress a big army leader like the Ganyang Zhou family.

Therefore, I suggest that after this battle with the Zhenwei Army, our Jiedu Mansion should expand a group of direct troops. "

"Let's talk about it when the time comes, just the first division, the second division, the third division, the first independent brigade, and the second independent brigade add up to close to 10 people.

There is also an annual military expenditure of 45 silver coins for other infantry divisions and 15 silver coins for other independent brigades.

If the Jiedu Mansion expands and expands more direct troops, it will be under great financial pressure. "

The five direct-line troops of Fengwu Jiedu Mansion are all large-scale. The three infantry divisions have about 25 people, and the two independent brigades have about 12 people.

It is because of these five well-equipped and powerful direct-line troops that Shen Xiao's Xiushui Shen family can always hold the position of Fengwu Jiedushi.

At noon on September 9, Zhenhai and Canghai of the first formation of the Coastal Defense Fleet, Tonghai and Jiehai of the second formation, and six ironclad battleships Zhenjia, Zhenyi and Zhen of the fourth formation C, Zhending, Zhenwu, and Zhenji.

Escorting the two all-steel battleships Weiwu and Weiji, as well as more than 500 officers and soldiers drawn from the third infantry regiment of the garrison brigade, they arrived at Xiwei Island.

Inside the bridge of Zhenhai, Song Limin handed a telegram to Zhou Rui, "Major General, the garrison brigade has forwarded a telegram from Fengwu Jiedu envoy Shen Xiao.

Shen Xiao requested that Jingsheng City and Xiangshi City be included in Fengwu Town. Like Longshan City, the two cities pay a tax of 100 million silver coins to the Jiedu Mansion every year. "

Zhou Rui took the telegram and said with a smile: "Our Jiedu envoy will do everything right and ask my second uncle to call Shen Xiao back. Longshan City, Jingsheng City and Xiangshi City can hand over 100 million silver coins to the Jiedu Mansion every year. .

However, the 300 million silver coins cannot be given in vain, and the Jiedu Mansion is required to agree to upgrade the Ganyang Garrison Brigade to a division-level establishment. "

Zhou Rui also came to Xiwei Island with the coastal defense fleet this time, not just to take over the island, he has more important things to do to extract the warships in the lottery system.

After handing over Weiwu and Weiji to Xiyun Liu's family, Xiwei Island, the largest island in the southwestern coast of the Han and Tang Empires, became the domain of the Ganyang Zhou family.

In the future, the port of Xiwei Island will become the third home port of the Coastal Defense Fleet, and the two ironclad battleships Zhenwu and Zhenji of the fourth formation will be temporarily stationed on Xiwei Island.