Chapter 713: 3,000 Soldiers! New Organization of the Zhenfu! Reorganization of the Shinsengumi! [4200]

Koshu-ryu art of war is an art of war that has been practiced by thousands of people for more than two hundred years and has been passed down for many generations.

The depth of his feelings is self-evident.

Suddenly, someone suddenly said to them: "Stop practicing Koshu-ryu art of war. It is outdated. Practice other art of war." Under normal circumstances, this person would definitely win the support of thousands of people. Enthusiastic" response.

However, the same sentence remains - Qingto has great prestige in Kanto for speaking the truth!

Nowadays, it is difficult to say in other places, but in the Kanto region, the title of "Benevolent King" may be more effective than "General Conquering the Barbarians"!

Yuan Shenqi held "Ju Liu Art of War" in his hands, looking at a loss.

He subconsciously turned his head and looked at the other people behind him.

Yet...he was looking at them, and they were looking at him.

They looked at each other with hesitation on their faces.

Give up the Koshu Art of War immediately... Even if you accept it rationally, you won't be able to adapt to it emotionally so quickly.

But in the end, they all made the same move - facing Qingdeng and shouting "yes" in unison.

They neither dared to reject Qingdeng, nor did they dare to deal with Qingdeng!

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As dusk approaches, the young men who went to plow the fields have returned to the village one after another.

Taking advantage of this moment, Qingdeng issued a "calling order" to summon all the soldiers of the Thousand People Unity, as well as all the old, weak, women and children in the village.

The simple elevated platform of Qingto Station.

Below the high platform, there was a dark crowd.

Men, women, old and young, all stretched their necks, opened their eyes wide, and cast curious and excited glances at Qingden, as if they were watching rare animals in a zoo.

Although most people wear simple, patched and shabby clothes, they are not like some poor people who exude a "grey atmosphere" that is no different from the dead.

Seeing this, Qingdeng couldn't help but nodded secretly.

In terms of mental outlook alone, a thousand people working together can indeed be a useful weapon!

"As you can see, I am your new leader - 'Nioh' Tachibana Aoden!"

Originally, this sudden "all-in-one call" was just for the purpose of meeting all the soldiers who were of one thousand people and getting to know each other.

Therefore, Qingdeng did not launch into a long and cumbersome speech.

After he briefly spoke a few words about the scene, he slowly walked off the platform amidst the cheers of the crowd.

That night, as expected, Qingdeng was warmly entertained by Yuan Shenqi and others.

They all brought out the best food and drinks in the village, with a strong momentum of "trying to hold Qingdeng to death".

The meal is ordinary rice, pickles, pickled radish, dry fried tofu, and three-inch saury.

The wine is made from rice and has a very light taste.

With the blessing of the talent "Drunkard +3", Qingdeng felt that he would not get drunk even if he drank all the wine stored in the village.

For Qingdeng, who is now in power, this level of food seems too shabby.

However, Qingdeng enjoyed tonight's meal with gusto.

Looking back on the past, when he had not yet become rich, he often ate such simple meals.

Tasting the familiar taste after a long absence made him feel an inexplicable sense of nostalgia.

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Early the next morning, Aoto and Toshizo Hijikata led the new recruits of the Shinsengumi on the road again.

It’s the end of June and summer has already begun.

After getting rid of the annoying rainy season, there were fewer obstacles on the march.

After a long period of hurrying and slowing down, we finally arrived in Kyoto on the scheduled time - July 2nd!

During the time Aoto left Beijing, it was Shannan Keisuke and Kondo Isamu who took charge of the overall situation.

Thanks to their abilities, the Shinsengumi has been operating normally and efficiently.

When Qingto returned, the recruitment process in Kyoto had already been completed, and all 1,000 recruits were in place.

Two waves of recruits from Edo and Kyoto - a total of 3,000 recruits - successfully joined forces.

At this point, the conscription that lasted for more than 2 months has finally come to a successful end!

For ease of naming and for future record archiving, this conscription operation that spanned two places was collectively referred to as the "Wenjiu Recruitment."

This "Wenjiu Recruitment" not only recruits brave warriors, but also special talents such as doctors and blacksmiths.

For this reason, Qingdeng established three new departments based on the original ones, namely -

[Refining Lao] is responsible for making weapons and equipment.

[General Application Department] responsible for construction operations.

[Medical] responsible for saving lives and saving lives.

Based on the functional content, it is not difficult to see that these three new departments are all important departments dedicated to logistics work.

It is worth mentioning that these three new departments are not part of the Shinsengumi, but are directly affiliated with the Zhenfu Mansion.

The Shinsengumi is the Shinsengumi, and the Zhenfufu is the Zhenfufu. The two have a very clear superior-subordinate relationship.

The former is a military organization under the name of the latter and must not be confused with each other.

As of now, there are 5 organizations under the name of the Zhenfu Mansion - the New Selection Group, the New Selection Chamber of Commerce, the Refining House, the General Request Office, and the Medical Fang.

These five organizations complement and support each other.

The grassroots staff of the Refining Chat, General Purchasing Department and Medical Department are blacksmiths, telegraphers and doctors respectively. The numbers are as follows——

Jinglianliao blacksmith, 60 people.

General request for handwriting, 50 people.

Medical doctors, 40 people.

Qingdeng has always been a person who is very willing to make friends and is also very good at making friends.

After more than 3 years of accumulation, he has accumulated an extremely luxurious network of contacts!

From the shogunate to the feudal state, from the temple to the market, from the upper level to the lower level, Qing Deng's friends are all over the world.

When Qing Deng was looking for special talents everywhere, his top network of contacts immediately played a big role.

Through the introduction and recommendation of relatives and friends, Qing Deng successfully conquered many outstanding talents with special skills!

The highest officer of Seirenryo is called "Seirentou".

Kitahara Harutaro will serve as the first Seirentou of Seirenryo.

Kitahara Harutaro - now 61 years old, from Echizen, once studied under the "Osafune School", which is the school that forged the world-famous Bizen Osafune Kanemitsu.

The introducer of this person is Sanako's father... that is, Chiba Sadakichi.

When he learned that Qing Deng was looking for an excellent blacksmith, he recommended this person to Qing Deng without hesitation.

Swordsmen always deal with blacksmiths.

As the world's top swordsman, it's not surprising that Chiba Sadakichi knows several outstanding blacksmiths.

Facts have proved that Chiba Sadakichi's recommendation is credible.

Although this gentleman is old, his craftsmanship is really not to be underestimated.

He swings a big hammer that is taller than a five-year-old child like the wind.

From small hoes and sickles to large swords, naginatas, and spears, he can do it all.

The other craftsmen in the Seiren Ryo admire his craftsmanship.

In all aspects, this person is the best candidate for the Seiren Tou!

The highest official of the General Application Office is called "General Application Tou".

Higashio Natsujiro will serve as the first General Application Tou of the General Application Office.

Higashio Natsujiro - now 54 years old, from Musashi.

This person was recommended to Aoto by Katsurintaro.

According to Katsurintaro, this person can not only build ordinary houses, but also knows how to build artillery positions!

A few years ago, when Katsurintaro was ordered to build a coastal defense fort on Edo Bay, Shinonome Natsujiro was one of his capable subordinates.

Since he was a talent highly recommended by Katsurintaro, there was no reason not to use him.

The highest officer of the medical department is called "medical head".

Nanjo Akizoburo served as the first medical head of the medical department.

Nanjo Akizoburo - now 42 years old, from Edo.

This brother is also an incredible talent.

Qing Deng is particularly concerned about the recruitment of doctors.

Matters involving life and death are not to be joked about.

When it comes to "high-level doctors", the first candidates that Qing Deng thinks of are the famous Ogata Koan and his old friend - Kita Jin of Jin Medical Hall.

Speaking of this Ogata Koan, his background is very big.

This man was a world-famous Dutch doctor. As early as 1849, before the Black Ship Incident, he introduced the "cowpox vaccination method" and made great contributions to the prevention of smallpox.

In 1862, he was repeatedly invited by the shogunate to come to Edo to serve as an official, and was appointed as the chief physician of the Western Medicine Institute.

If he could get the full support of this outstanding doctor, it would be like getting the strength of a thousand people... no, ten thousand people!

How much did Qing Deng look forward to Ogata Koan?

Let's put it this way - as long as Ogata Koan is willing to work for him, he is willing to offer him a high salary of "three thousand gold per year"!

However... unfortunately, 10 months after Ogata Koan started his official career, just recently (June 10), Ogata Koan suddenly passed away due to coughing up blood and suffocation at the age of 54.

Judging from his symptoms, it was most likely tuberculosis.

In this era when antibiotics had not yet been invented, tuberculosis was an incurable disease.

Once you have tuberculosis, you can only wait for death.

Ogata Koan passed away... The only medical talent that Qing Deng knew was Kitamoto Jin.

Jin Medical Hall is one of the most famous medical halls in Edo - the reason is that Kitamoto Jin, a famous doctor who can bring people back to life, is in charge here.

Whenever he was seriously injured, such as severely damaging the anti-barbarian group and destroying the Shimizu clan, Qing Deng would go to Jin Medical Hall to "report" and add to its achievements.

After a few visits, Qing Deng also got to know Kitamoto Jin and the beautiful nurse Tachibana Saki who was inseparable from him.

Qing Deng has always admired Kitamoto Jin.

In order to recruit him, Qing Deng personally went to his house and showed a humble attitude of "three visits to the thatched cottage".

However... the other party was not interested in this.

Although Qing Deng had shown his sincerity, he was still rejected by the other party.

However, in order to compensate Qing Deng, Kitamoto Jin introduced Qing Deng to another outstanding doctor - that is, this old brother, Nanjo Akizoburo.

Like Kitagata Jin, Nanjo Aizaburo is also an extremely rare top doctor who is proficient in both Chinese and English.

He can not only decoct Chinese medicine, but also perform surgical operations on people... This is exactly the medical talent that Qing Deng wants most!

Nowadays, Western medicine has basically gotten rid of its ignorance and no longer uses "bloodletting therapy" and "inducing vomiting" and other weird witchcraft-like tricks.

It is always a good thing to be able to introduce advanced Western medical skills to the Shinsengumi.

Although he did not have the chance to meet Ogata Hongan and Kitagata Jin, who he had been thinking about, Qing Deng was satisfied to be able to successfully recruit such excellent doctors.

The above is the general situation of the Refining Ryo, the General Recruitment Office and the Medical Department.

Although these three departments are very important and will carry the future of the Zhenfu Mansion, Qing Deng is still most concerned about the Shinsengumi itself!

After the new recruits from Edo and Kyoto joined forces, Qing Deng immediately made a large-scale adjustment to the number of people in various institutions and troops of the Shinsengumi!

The number of new recruits announced to the public was 3,000.

However, it is easy to imagine that the "3,000" here is not a real number, but just a general abbreviation.

The actual number will definitely not be so rounded.

The actual number is far more than 3,000.

Reorganizing the army - this is a very detailed and tedious job.

How many new people should this organization add, how much troops should that unit expand; which unit should this recruit go to, where should that recruit be transferred to... There are so many things that make people feel overwhelmed just thinking about it.

In short, this job is very torturous.

Even though he possessed a number of "King of Scrolls" talents such as "Divine Brain +9", "Yuan Yang +4", and "Gathering God", and with the full support of outstanding people such as Hijikata Toshizo, Kondo Isami, and Yamanami Keisuke, Qing Deng still spent a full 7 days to finally complete the reorganization of the Shinsengumi.

3,000 new recruits were assigned to positions suitable for them according to their abilities.

Because of their different functions, the number of people in each organization and unit is not consistent.

According to statistics, the current distribution of the Shinsengumi's forces is as follows-

Inspectorate Bureau Metsuko, 150 people.

General Affairs Department, 50 people.

Finance Office Survey, 50 people.

First Division (Elite Infantry), 200 people.

Second Division (Elite Infantry), 200 people.

Third Division (Elite Infantry), 200 people.

Fourth Division (Infantry), 500 people.

Fifth Division (Infantry), 400 people.

Sixth Division (Infantry Division), 450 people.

Seventh Division (Cavalry Division), 250 people.

Eighth Division (Infantry Division), 450 people.

Ninth Division (Ninja Division), 100 people.

Tenth Division (Cavalry Division), 250 people.

3,000 combatants, including 600 elite infantry, 500 cavalry, 100 ninjas, 1,800 ordinary infantry, and 250 non-combatants (mezuku, kaiju, kanjo).

A total of 3,250 people!

An army of this size might not have been a big deal in the Warring States Period 200 years ago. By the end of the Warring States Period, with the expansion of territory and the increase in money and food, daimyo such as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu could mobilize tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops.

However, everything depends on comparison.

In today's Japan, a 3,000-man army is already a large army that cannot be underestimated!

The Aizu clan only stationed a 1,000-man army in Kyoto, which was able to intimidate Satsuma and Choshu - you can imagine how weak Japan's martial virtues have become.

3,000 troops... When Qing Deng thought of this number, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and a hundred emotions surged in his heart.

Looking back more than two months ago, the Shinsengumi was just a small team of about 100 people, without even cavalry, and had to borrow troops from Aizu.

And now, he has become a veritable and important force that can influence the general trend of the world!

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