And Kinoshita Mai【6000】

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 pay, and you can recruit as many soldiers as you need.

But this is not the case for grassroots officers. They are not like the top 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 junior 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, there is only one Soldier Immortal like him in thousands of years.

Although there are many difficulties, we can only bite the bullet and go ahead.

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 faction and the ministers of the Zunbo 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 Oisho Party, in terms of political stance, Aoshinobu, as a general of the shogunate, and the Oisho Party, which was 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 acted according to the prevailing situation and only chose to side with the victor. Like Yanshengong, 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 stayed 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 behind, only by making the Shinsengumi stronger and holding this army tightly in hand can Ayoto 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 junior officers?

You are bad, I am bad, everyone’s army is equally bad!

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 area 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, Isamu Kondo 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 densely populated places - 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 gluttonous feasts every day!

Eat three meals a day! Each meal has crystal clear rice and fragrant meat!

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

Every day, a large number of people from Kyoto came to Kyoto after hearing the news, squatting around the Shinsengumi camp with their own shabby food, and ate their meals with the aroma.

There are even many people waiting to eat swill.

Whenever buckets of turbid swill were sent out of 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 Ayoto 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 Ichihansaburo!

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

In this way, the people of Kyoto all know 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!

Both high-standard treatment and a chance to make a comeback... One can imagine what kind of sensation it will cause once the news that "the Shinsengumi is recruiting" comes out.

The recruitment point in Kyoto is 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 Aoto's instructions, the recruitment points in Edo and Kyoto will give priority to the selection of good families 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 from 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, Ayoto has always believed that it is 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.
To be continued...