The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

There is also a special gunpowder workshop, which is used exclusively for the training of this large army.

Ning Yi expanded all the way from the Firearms Battalion to the Firearms Regiment.

As the Spring Festival was approaching, the rectification was finally successful.

He put a lot of effort into this firearms army.

He also ensured that this firearms army had sufficient combat effectiveness and was highly loyal to him.

Many people are not optimistic about it, and don’t even have much interest in this new army that the Sixth Prince is organizing.

It was said that the Sixth Prince had thrown his servant in there, and it was just a bunch of captives and wounded soldiers, and it was just a temporary army of ragtag troops.

Moreover, during training, no one can get close to them and they are almost isolated from the world.

Only Ning Yi himself often went to inspect the firearms army and personally watched the training of each regiment and each army.

All kinds of supplies are also ensured to be in place.

He wanted this army to be absolutely combat-ready and powerful when it attacked.

After Qin Haifeng followed him around for a while, he smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, although this firearms army is powerful, it is too expensive."

How can it not cost money? There are more than 7,000 muskets alone, which have been accumulated for such a long time. Most of them have been given to them.

And the daily training is such a waste.

Moreover, the military pay is the most adequate and the food is the best.

That’s not all. There are also reconnaissance teams and cavalry regiments. So many high-quality war horses are wasted, which makes anyone who sees them jealous.

This musket army alone is so wasted that it could be reorganized into three ordinary temporary armies.

The temporary army is nothing more than being given some money and food to maintain, and then using the weapons captured on the battlefield and repaired, and then they can be trained directly.

But this army of firearms costs money like water.

Ning Yi smiled nonchalantly and said, "That's because you don't know. Once this army is well trained, it can easily defeat five ordinary armies."

Qin Haifeng didn’t know what to say about this. How could this work? No matter how he looked at it, it didn’t seem right.

Also, Qin Haifeng saw a group of soldiers who were training in the so-called grenade throwing.

His Highness also ordered the base to manufacture grenades.

It's just a small can filled with gunpowder and some nails, then a fuse is added, and it's lit and thrown.

Of course, we are still trying to figure out the lead problem, and sometimes we end up hurting our own people.

Qin Haifeng was puzzled: "Your Highness, the firearms army is powerful, but if we encounter cavalry, using hollow square formations will not be very effective."

According to him, the hollow phalanx was powerful, but it was composed of groups of shields and spears.

But does this firearms army have to use muskets with only small bayonets?

Ning Yi glanced at him and continued to look at the soldiers who were training the three-stage volley fire: "That's because you haven't seen the hollow square formation of the firearms army. It's enough to collapse the cavalry army."

A true hollow square formation is composed of musketeers, so how could it be worse than cold weapons?

Ning Yi was too lazy to explain this to him. Anyone who had never come into contact with the Firearms Army and had never seen the performance of the Firearms Army on the battlefield would have doubts.

After all, Ning Yi's firearms army only has one battalion on the battlefield, and the effect is not obvious.

The entire Hushan Pass is undergoing rectification.

Qin Haifeng asked, "Your Highness, how will we arrange for the recuperated soldiers in the wounded camps inside and outside the city?"

Ning Yi had already made arrangements for this: "There are probably more than 10,000 people who can still join the army. The others have been screened out."

"Let's reorganize them into a temporary 10th Army. We can't waste these good soldiers."

"As for those who are disabled and can no longer go to the battlefield, there are still 20,000 to 30,000 of them." Ning Yi thought for a moment and said, "Send the disabled cavalrymen who are still capable back to the base to train new cavalry recruits."

"Didn't the base send a lot of cavalry seeds to the northwest? I haven't had time to take care of them. I'll train them well this time. They will be of great use in the future."

"As for the other disabled soldiers, those who are capable should be assigned to the logistics army, and those who can go home should be given pensions and sent home."

This is the only arrangement for now.

It has been more than two months since the peace talks with the barbarians ended, and the wounded soldiers in the wounded camp have gradually recovered.

This is also Ning Yi's last fortune, and he will try his best to arrange them all to where they can go.

This time, not only the combat soldiers were reorganized, but also the logistics and miscellaneous soldiers, and they were reorganized into several logistics armies in succession.

Some disabled veterans serve as officers to manage and train these menial soldiers.

The menial soldiers are trained once every three days and usually do odd jobs.

When necessary, they must go to the battlefield.

After this reorganization, just here at Hushan Pass and Ning Yi's place, including the logistics troops of miscellaneous soldiers, he actually has 200,000 troops directly under his command.

Of course, most of them were captured soldiers.

The old army had tens of thousands of casualties killed in battle, and a large number of disabled people had to be sent back to the capital.

Or after giving them money, they can be allowed to return to their hometowns in the south. If they are border soldiers, they can be given pensions and arranged to settle down nearby.

Qin Haifeng smiled bitterly, "Your Highness, the entire Hushan Pass wasted too much money and food, and the court only gave the Northwest Cavalry full money and food, and the five guards of the Beijing Camp were barely given enough. The court did not recognize the other temporary troops, and it was only after Your Highness asked for it several times that they gave them some."

"The rest are all supplements from our own family assets."

Ning Yi had no choice. What else could he do? So many people needed to eat, and the court refused to provide them, so he had to use his family's savings to supplement the food.

Fortunately, a lot of supplies were obtained through several house raids, and a lot of weapons were also seized, which can ensure that the army can use them now.

Back in the city, Zeng Rou, a young woman dressed like a lady, helped Ning Yi serve a table of food and reminded him, "Your Highness, the New Year is coming soon."

"Are we going back to the capital?"

Ning Yi looked at Zeng Rou, whose beautiful eyes were filled with anticipation, and asked, "Do you want to return to Beijing?"

Zeng Rou lowered her head and muttered, "I don't want to see Your Highness suffer here every day."

In Zeng Rou's eyes, Hushan Pass is not good in any way and the environment is also bad.

Your Highness is always busy every day.

He was either running to that military camp or that military camp, and even went to the wounded camp.

A large number of military officers have to be appointed continuously.

Of course, many things were done by the few old and knowledgeable servants that Ning Yi kept by his side.

Among them was Zeng Rou’s younger brother, Zeng Tuyao.

He was only fifteen years old and was also among the book boys. He had been trained for a long time and had been learning to read and write since he was a child. Ning Yi often stayed by his side and was responsible for some chores.

Ning Yi put down his chopsticks and hugged Zeng Rou in his arms: "Following this prince, in the freezing cold at Hushan Pass, you have been wronged."

"No, no." Zeng Rou quickly explained, "I don't feel wronged. It's just that Your Highness is a prince and shouldn't suffer here all the time."

"Suffer?" Ning Yi chuckled and said, "Maybe, but this kind of opportunity is rare."

Under normal circumstances, how could he have open access to military power?

That is the old emperor's weak spot. Any prince who dares to touch the military power will have no good luck.

Look at the second prince now. His military power has been completely stripped away. Apart from some guards in the Eastern Palace, there is no large army outside.