I formed the strongest swordsman group

It took 3 months to increase the existing military strength by 30 times... There is a saying that this speed of military expansion is really shocking.

Putting aside the logistical pressure, just filling the vacancies at the grassroots level can make a person's head and two heads bigger.

Post a recruitment notice, provide adequate food and salary, and recruit as many soldiers as you need.

But this is not the case for grassroots officers. They are not like the big-headed soldiers who can "quickly succeed".

Even if so many soldiers are recruited, there are not so many grassroots officers to lead these new soldiers.

In game terms, the "officer degree" is not enough.

The number of grassroots officers will directly affect the combat effectiveness of an army.

Without a sufficient number of grassroots officers to lead new recruits, it will be difficult to quickly develop combat effectiveness.

People like Han Xin who don't need veterans or officers, can directly recruit new soldiers on the spot, and then lead this group of new soldiers to defeat the various princes, he is the only one who has appeared in thousands of years.

Despite the difficulties, we had no choice but to bite the bullet.

Time waits for no one.

Since entering Luo, a strong sense of worry has been lingering in Qingdeng's heart.

Looking up, there are jackals everywhere!

The enemies on the surface include the Choshu clan, the Tosa Kinwang party and the ministers of the Zunbang faction.

The enemies hiding in the dark include the mysterious and profound Law Punishment Party and the Great Salt Party.

Needless to say about the former, the conflict between them and Qingdeng has reached the point of death. Either you die or I die.

As for the latter... Although Aoshinobu once fought side by side with Ebina and others of the Great Salt Party, in terms of political stance, Aoshinobu, as a general of the shogunate, and the Great Salt Party, who were bent on overthrowing the curtain, were undoubtedly on opposite sides.

In other words, they might meet each other in war in the future.

The Satsuma clan took advantage of the situation and only chose to side with the victor. Like Yan Shengong, he was also an unstable bomb.

Even the allies around him have their own agendas.

The isolationists in the Aizu Domain, led by Saigo Norimu, did not want to get involved in the dispute between the shogunate and the Zunbo forces. They only wanted to preserve their strength and sit on the sidelines.

As for the interior of the shogunate, let alone that.

The Hitotsubashi faction, headed by Hitotsubashi Keiki and Matsudaira Harugaku, has been trying every means to hold him back.

This dangerous situation, with a powerful opponent in front and pig teammates in the back, only by making the Shinsengumi stronger and holding this army tightly in hand can Qingteng feel at ease!

Anyway, let’s recruit troops first.

Logistics, grassroots officers, these thorny issues can be left to be solved later.

Anyway, this is a worse era.

He didn't believe how strong the armies of Satsuma and Choshu could be.

This country has been at peace for more than two hundred years, and the world has not heard of war for a long time.

Whose army does not lack practical combat experience?

Whose army is not short of veterans and grassroots officers?

You suck, I suck, and everyone’s army is equally shitty!

As long as your army is not so bad, you can defeat your opponent!

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Qingdeng established two recruitment points.

One is in Kyoto and the other is in Edo.

These two places happen to each cover the two most populous territories (the Keihan Zone and the Kanto Plain).

[Note: Tenryo: the territory directly under the Edo shogunate]

Isamu Kondo took the lead in recruiting troops in Kyoto.

Hijikata Toshizo was responsible for conscription matters in Edo.

The recruitment plan was completed in the morning, and by the afternoon, the whole new selection team was in action.

Hijikata Toshizo took along enough men and headed straight to Edo in a hurry.

Kondo Isamu took action personally and personally led the team to post recruitment notices all over Kyoto.

In addition to posting notices, Kondo Isamu also specially sent people with excellent eloquence and ordered them to publicize the Shinsengumi's recruitment plan to the soldiers and civilians traveling from south to north in places with dense crowds - such as Gion and the banks of the Kamogawa River.

Because half of Japan is separated from them, Ayoto still doesn't know how the recruitment work is going in Edo.

He really saw the grand scene in Kyoto.

As soon as Isamu Kondo went out with a recruitment notice, the whole city of Kyoto was in an uproar!

Every time you have a meal, as long as you pass by the Shinsengumi Village, you will surely smell the mouth-watering aroma.

Afterwards, the people of Kyoto learned that the Shinsengumi soldiers were enjoying a gluttonous meal every day!

Eat three meals a day! Every meal comes with crystal clear rice and fragrant meat!

Food and sex are also important, and delicious food always has great appeal to people.

Every day, a large number of people from Kyoto heard about the news and came here, holding their own shabby food, squatting around the Shinsengumi camp, and enjoying the aroma to eat.

There are even many people waiting to eat swill.

Whenever the buckets of turbid swill were sent out the back door of the Shinsengumi camp, countless people would rush up, scrambling to grab the "food" in the swill buckets.

Just the food and treatment provided by Qi Juechen can make countless people rush to sign up to join the army while wiping their saliva!

It is true that the delicious food is quite tempting.

However, compared with the reward and punishment system of the Shinsengumi, mere rice and braised pork are really nothing!

The story of "Hansaburo became a samurai through his military exploits" is really an excellent promotional material.

Even if Seito spends a lot of time and spends countless gold and silver on repeatedly telling the world how good the treatment of the Shinsengumi is and how promising it is after joining the Shinsengumi, it is far less effective than telling the world about it. Promote the deeds of Hansaburo once!

Therefore, when the shogunate determined the reward for Hansaburo, Aoto immediately instructed Yataro Iwasaki to bribe various tile merchants in Kyoto and let them take the trouble to publicize Hansaburo's counterattack.

In this way, the people of Kyoto all knew one thing - in the Shinsengumi, meritorious deeds are rewarded, and delinquencies are punished. As long as you achieve outstanding military exploits, you can jump over the dragon's gate!

As time goes by, Hansaburo's deeds and the rewards and punishments of the Shinsengumi will inevitably spread to further places and reach the ears of more people.

Achieving class leap-this is the dream of many people?

Not to mention in feudal society, even in modern times, this is the dream of countless people!

There are both super high-standard treatment and the opportunity to make a comeback... You can imagine what kind of sensation it will cause once the news that "The Shinsengumi is recruiting" comes out.

The recruitment point in Kyoto was located on the river bank east of the Kamogawa River.

This place is very open and suitable for setting up as a recruiting point.

In less than an hour after the recruitment notice was posted, the east bank of the Kamogawa River was crowded with young men who came to join the army!

Those anxious and fanatical feet almost collapsed the bridges connecting the east and west banks of the Kamogawa River!

In just one hour, thousands of people came rushing over, and the scene was so shocking.

Although the occasion is unprecedented, it is a pity... Edo is the top priority in this recruitment.

Under Qingto's instructions, the recruitment points in Edo and Kyoto will give priority to the selection of good boys from Kanto.

The good sons of Guandong are to the shogunate what the good sons of the six counties are to the Han Dynasty, they are the cornerstone of the country.

Kanto is not only the basic territory of the shogunate, but also the basic territory of Aoto.

Qingto has unparalleled influence in Kanto and has the power to appeal to hundreds of people.

But once he left Kanto, his title of "Benevolent King" was not so easy to use.

Therefore, compared to people from other places, Liangjiazi who was born in Kanto has significantly higher trust in Qingteng.

From the very beginning, the Shinsengumi’s military attributes were imprinted with a very profound Kanto imprint.

The general, the "four commanders", the staff, the captains of the Ba Dao team...from the leaders to the cadres, they are all from Kanto.

Therefore, Aoshito always believed that it was quite necessary to maintain a certain proportion of Kanto good families in the Shinsengumi.

This ratio must be maintained at least above 50%.

On the other hand, Kanto has always been a high-quality source of troops.

Since the Heian period, Kanto people have always shown themselves to be brave and good at fighting.

"Fires and fights are the two major sights of Edo" - this proverb also reflects the rich martial arts of the Kanto people to a certain extent.

It is precisely because they are so good at fighting that the Kanto samurai gained the exclusive reputation of "Bando Samurai".

People in Kyoto only know how to show off, and people in Osaka only know how to do business. Although these views are full of stereotypes, in a feudal society with underdeveloped information exchanges, stereotypes represent the most primitive big data to a certain extent.

Therefore, due to the above concerns, Qingde specifically made the recruitment of soldiers from the Edo side a key project of this recruitment plan.

Qingdeng had long expected that the number of people coming to apply would be as large as the crucian carp crossing the river.

Therefore, in order to ensure the quality of soldiers, he deliberately raised the recruitment standards to extremely high levels.

Not for those who are not able-bodied!

If you are not a good family man with a clean foundation, don’t do it!

Those who are good at martial arts will be given priority!

People with special skills, such as excellent eyesight and hearing, will be given priority!

Qingdeng felt like an unscrupulous capitalist.

If you don’t do it, others will!

The recruitment time set by Qingdeng was one month.

Use 1 month to recruit soldiers, then 2 months to train new recruits, and build a strong military force with strict military discipline within 3 months!

It's a pity that Qingdeng really doesn't have the energy to "practice" like last time because of being troubled by Pepsi.

He was unable to compete with the applicants and lost an opportunity to gather his talents... This really made Qingden feel very regretful.

After Aoto handed over the recruitment matter to Toshizo Hijikata and Isamu Kondo, he started to deal with another important matter-the establishment of a cavalry team and an intelligence agency!

Qingdeng has been thinking about these two special forces for a long time.

Even people who don't understand military affairs at all know how important a highly mobile cavalry and an intelligence agency used to collect intelligence are.

You can't borrow troops from Aizu every time you encounter a war.

After going back and forth, this favor is not easy to repay.

Now it's time to assemble these two vital forces!

Speaking of which, Qingdeng just made a fortune recently.

Iga's great victory in the offensive and defensive battle not only created a majestic appearance, but also created the value of being invested and attracted.

In recent days, businessmen from Osaka, Kyoto and other places have rushed to Mibu Township to find Qingdeng, smiling and saying "Orange War Department".

The words "I admire you very much", "I have been friends with him for a long time", and I want to contribute my heart and soul to the Shinsengumi... In short, they are all words that are neither official nor civilian, and are both official and civilian.

To put it simply, the main idea is one sentence: "We are willing to contribute a sum of money to fund the Shinsengumi!"

After Qingdeng heard this, he couldn't help but sneer secretly in his heart.

He dared to conclude that similar remarks must have been made to those in power in Satsuma, Changshu and other forces.

As long as the subject is changed, these "standard words" can be applied to anyone.

Businessmen pursue profits, and hedging their bets is their specialty. He knows "the way to survive in the world" better than Yan Shenggong.

But it’s not too bad! Anyway, there was money to be made, and Qingdeng was happy to act with them.

Qingdeng curled up the corners of his mouth, put on a friendly smile, and started to play against the businessmen with ease.

With the blessing of the talent "Deceiver +1" and the experience accumulated while hanging out among Sanako, Kinoshita Mai and Souji, Aomori has long honed the skills of talking to people and telling ghosts. of "flexibility".

Afterwards, he received "sponsorship money" that far exceeded his expectations... a full 30,000 taels of gold!

The unit is "10,000"! The type is "gold"!

Osaka businessmen accounted for the majority of the investment.

It is a well-known fact that Osaka merchants are as rich as the country.

Qingto has never been to Osaka, and his knowledge of Osaka businessmen is limited to hearsay in the past.

After accepting the 30,000 gold, he finally understood why "when the Osaka merchant was angry, all the princes in the world were shocked."

At the same time, I also deeply realized how wide the gap between rich and poor in Japan is nowadays.

The bandit army led by Renjuro Shibasaki plundered most of Ise, and in total only squeezed a few thousand taels of gold from the people of Ise.

Whenever these wealthy businessmen make a move, the monetary unit is measured in "ten thousand taels"...

The social class of "scholars, farmers, industry and merchants" has disappeared.

Now that you have received a windfall for free, don’t waste it!

Qingdeng used all the 30,000 taels of gold to purchase war horses.

There are 8 kinds of native horses in Japan, and they are basically Mongolian horse breeds, generally showing a "low in the south and high in the north" situation.

The horses closer to the south are shorter and suitable for use as pack horses; the horses closer to the north are taller and suitable for use as war horses.

Kiso horses from Kai and Nanbu horses from Tohoku are the most suitable breeds for war horses.

During the Warring States Period, the horses used by the powerful Takeda Cavalry and Date Cavalry were Kiso horses and Nanbu horses respectively.

Speaking of the Northeast...isn't this a coincidence? Qingdeng happened to know a person who had some influence in the Northeast.

Aoto went to Kinkai Kokoji Temple (the headquarters of the Aizu Army in Kyoto) in person, met with Matsudaira Yoshiho, and informed him of his plan to purchase horses.

The other party is indeed a cheerful person.

Not only did he introduce horse dealers in Northeast China to Qingdeng, but he also presented 10 good horses to Qingdeng.

Immediately afterwards, Aomori contacted horse dealers in the Kai area through his own connections and purchased Kiso horses from them.

Japan is just a small island country, and its land area is only that big. Even Northeast China, which is half a country away from Gyeonggi, is not that far away.

So, not long after, Nanbu horses and Kiso horses from Tohoku and Kai came to the Shinsengumi camp one after another.

After the horses were in place, Qingdeng immediately launched a general selection across the entire army to select team members who knew how to ride a horse or were tall and suitable to be trained as cavalry.

Since a cavalry team is to be formed, a sufficiently spacious racecourse is required.

There's not even a place to run horses, so how about setting up a crappy cavalry team?

Building a racecourse in Rensheng Township... Regardless of the serious lack of space, the strong noise of the galloping horses is enough to attract unanimous complaints from all residents of Rensheng Township.

Ever since, Qingden spent a large sum of money to purchase a piece of flat wasteland in the southern suburbs of Kyoto.

Fortunately, real estate had not yet been born in Japan in the 19th century, so it did not cost much to buy land and houses.

Of course, a racecourse alone is not enough.

A series of supporting facilities and logistics personnel such as stables, horse pastures, veterinarians, and breeders must all be put in place.

The cavalry is indeed the most expensive unit in the cold weapon era... The money spent on raising one cavalry is enough to support several or even a dozen infantrymen.

By the way, under Qingdeng's compulsory requirement, all cadres such as the captain of the Ba Dao Team and above must learn to ride a horse.

His order caused many people, including the General Secretary, to question - do those of us who only know swordsmanship need to learn riding skills? We are on horseback and can't even cut down the enemy.

Qingdeng's answer to this is simple: You don't have to use the skill "riding", but you must have it! To put it harshly, if we lose the war one day in the future, knowing how to ride a horse can save your life.

In this way, in recent days, you can always see Souji and others practicing their riding skills hard at the racecourse.

The learning process of most people, including Nagakura Shinpachi and Saito Ichi, was relatively smooth.

After a few days, they were able to ride horses and gallop in a decent manner.

On the contrary, it was Souji and Mai Kinoshita... I don't know if these two live treasures were too untalented or something, but their screams frequently echoed in the racecourse...

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In the southern suburbs of Kyoto, the Shinsengumi's racecourse——

Sanako raised his hands and held the reins of Souji and Mai Kinoshita's horses, one on the left and the other on the right.

"Miss Nako! Don't let go! You must not let go! If you let go, I will break up with you!"

The general secretary's hands tightly hugged the horse's neck, his legs clamped tightly on the saddle, and his whole body was directly pinned to the horse's back.

Sanako comforted him with a look of helplessness:

"Don't worry, you won't be able to kill anyone if you fall from this height. At most, your arms, legs and feet will be broken."

The tearful Souji suddenly looked like he was about to cry.

"Wow! Aren't you scaring me more?!"

Kinoshita Mai on the side was not doing much better.

Kinoshita Mai was lying directly on the saddle, like a cat curled up in a ball, with her two front paws buried under her body.

Seeing this, Sanako said angrily:

"Miss Kinoshita, are you trying to keep yourself warm? You can't ride while lying on the horse's back. Quickly, stretch out your hands and grab the horse's reins, then stretch out your legs and step on the stirrups."

"Wait, wait, wait, wait! Let me slow down! Let me slow down! Ahhhhh! Don't move! If you move, the horse will move too!"

It seems that if these two people want to learn to ride a horse, they will need to spend a lot of time and energy...

In addition to Souji and Mai Kinoshita, there was another person whose riding performance surprised Ayoto.

The accident this time was not a shock, but a surprise - Harada Sanosuke turned out to have extremely high riding skills.

He had never been exposed to riding skills before, but as soon as he sat on the horse, he immediately controlled the horse with ease and familiarity.

So, just right!

Harada Sanosuke happened to be good at using pole weapons that could exert great power on horseback, so it was suitable for him to be trained as a knight.

After assessing the riding skills and talents of the soldiers, Qingden made a major adjustment to the establishment of the Shinsengumi.

He reorganized the 7th Division and the 10th Division into the Cavalry Corps.

Sanako and Sanosuke Harada are still the captains of these two units.

These two cavalrymen, who happen to be very good at using long weapons, will lead the Shinsengumi's cavalry.

After initially building up the cavalry team's frame, Qingto handed over the follow-up work to Shannan Keisuke to handle it slowly.

He rushed to deal with the next important task: forming an espionage force!

Building Division 9 into an espionage force specifically responsible for collecting intelligence - this was something Aomori decided early on.

For this reason, under his deliberate arrangement, the members of Division 9 were either ordinary-looking people who simply disappeared in the sea of ​​​​people, or they were agile people who moved like rabbits.

Not only that, he also sent Mai Kinoshita, a "female ninja" who is proficient in movement and stealth, to serve as the captain of the team.

In essence, "gathering intelligence" is a matter that is difficult to say and quite simple to say simple.

Simply put, gathering intelligence is not difficult.

The most difficult and tormenting thing for decision-makers is how to keenly find the correct information from this pile of information and use it effectively.

Modern entertainment works always over-exaggerate the process of gathering intelligence, making it seem very high-end, or extremely exaggerated.

Either he is a handsome guy in a high-end suit, relying on magical skills such as disguise and voice-changing, as well as a bunch of black technology equipment, to play with the enemy. While collecting intelligence, he also picks up a few women. .

Or they are beautiful girls wearing exhibitionist-like erotic clothes, relying on sex seduction to obtain information.

There is one thing to say, but the latter is actually more reliable than the former.

There were indeed female spies and female ninjas in history who relied on the art of seduction to achieve success.

To put it bluntly, there are only two methods of gathering intelligence.

One is to send out highly skilled men and order them to try to sneak into the enemy's lair and directly steal intelligence documents or important items.

Second, bury "moles" into the enemy's forces.

Generally speaking, the latter is the mainstream way of collecting intelligence.

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