"A hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff." A clear voice suddenly came from the door, and everyone turned around and saw where Ye Chong, the secretary of the military department, was smiling and looking at everyone, and with a bang, all the generals in the room stood up and gave a military salute to Ye Chong in unison. Ye Zhong returned the salute to everyone, strode into the room, and stood on top of the position, "What's more, the Chu State was hurt by us in the battle of Linyi last year, but it also woke them up, in the words of the king, this lion who was still sick and was asleep has now been woken up by us, he is recuperating, and he will inevitably become our great enemy in the future, don't deny it, our Han's ambition is to dominate the world, then, a comprehensive confrontation with the Chu State is an inevitable thing. Therefore, this defeat of the New First Army is not necessarily a bad thing, at least, it has also awakened us and made us realize that we are not the only heroes in the world."

Looking at all the generals with solemn expressions, Ye Chong pressed his hands down, "Everyone, please sit down, originally the king was going to come here in person to discuss with you, but because Dean Cao of the Supervision Yuan has just returned from the Qin State, the king is now listening to Dean Cao's report, and he can't come here today, so he entrusted me to apologize to everyone, and said that tonight, a banquet will be held in the palace to entertain you."

The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly relaxed, and He Lanxiong smacked his mouth and said: "That's good, so we can drink Wu's best wine again tonight, let's not drink at noon today, let's have enough to go, and have a lot of shopping at night, Wu's best wine can't be bought on the market."

The room roared with applause.

"There is wine, everyone drinks." Ye Chong also laughed, "It's rare that all of us have gathered together today, I'm afraid it's the first time in the world, the opportunity is rare, naturally we have to have a good drink, usually in the army, everyone has to take responsibility for themselves, I'm afraid it's difficult to let go of it!"

"Ye Shangshu, this time Admiral Wang recalled the main generals of the various group armies to Jicheng, what is it for? To be honest, I'm worried right now." Meng Chong, who was sitting second on Ye Chong's left hand, said with a smile: "If you don't make it clear, you won't be able to drink this wine tonight!"

"Yes, Ye Shangshu, although the new army has lost the battle, but for our Han army, it is only a wound to the skin, so there is no obstacle at all, but the king's current actions seem to be like a great enemy, I thought that others knew what it was for, but now it seems that everyone is like me, and they don't know anything!" Bai Yucheng stroked his beard and said incomprehensibly.

"Okay, I originally wanted to hang everyone's appetite, but since everyone is so impatient, then I will first talk about the reason why the king summoned everyone to Jicheng this time." Ye nodded his head.

Everyone held their breath and looked at Ye Zhong together.

"It has been two years since the official founding of the Han Dynasty, but our army is still following the pattern of the past, the last time the army was reorganized should be five years ago during the period of the Eastern Army, in that reorganization, Admiral Wang reorganized the entire Eastern Army into four group armies to deal with the actual situation at that time, and later with the form of women's exhibition, the Young Guards, the New First Army and the Qilu Army were established one after another, and now the regular field army of our Han Dynasty has reached 350,000 people, and the local guards are as many as 200,000 people. So the king decided to reorganize the army once again."

Ye Chong paused and looked at the people gathered to meet the gods, "There are several points in the reorganization of the army this time, first, all the armies in the country will be reorganized. Second, the reduction of the number of troops will be the removal of some unnecessary personnel in the army, that is, the reduction of non-combatants. Third, the unified number, as we do now, each group army is arranged according to the serial number of one, two, three, four, etc., which will bring many problems, and it will not be convenient for the command in large-scale operations in the future, and this situation must be changed. Therefore, the original group army number will be abolished."

As soon as these words came out, there was a buzzing discussion in the conference room, not to mention the new army, if the other six army corps were all canceled, but all of a sudden it was the commander of the six front armies, which was not a trivial matter for everyone here.

"The king's decision was to set up four military regions, the first military region was mainly against the Qin state, the second theater was against the Chu state, the third military region was mainly in the Liaodong and Hetao directions, and the fourth military region was the Weiwu Military Region. Each military region is composed of a commander, a deputy commander, and a chief of staff, and I can tell you a little bit of information here, the positions of the major military regions have not yet been decided, so if you are willing, you can still fight for it, of course, what position you want to hold, what you can do after you are in place, what are your plans, the king needs to see your plan."

The conference room exploded again, and the six group armies were reduced to four, which means that there must be two former group army commanders who will lose the opportunity to stand alone, this is not a trivial matter, the army commander and several independent cavalry divisions such as Gu Li felt that this was none of their business, but their expressions were calm, but He Lanxiong, Ye Zhen, Xu Yuan, Meng Chong, Shangguan Hong, and Bai Yucheng were all you look at me, I look at you, and there is a little embarrassment between their expressions.

The thing that the king decides, that is, the final decision, no one here dares to question this decision, but who is up and who is down, but it is worth studying, who can sit in this position, who is not the dragon among people, and who will really convince whom?

"I have a question!" Helanxiong suddenly spoke.

Ye Chong smiled and said, "Commander Helan, please speak."

"The establishment of the Third Military Region in Liaodong is not to draw manpower from various field units? Now there is no enemy in Liaodong, in the direction of Hetao, and if the field troops are transferred, the current strength on all fronts will be weakened, what does the king think?" He Lanxiong asked.

"No, no, no. The formation of the Third Army does not draw manpower from the field troops, and the personnel of the Third Military Region mainly come from two aspects, the first is the guards who have been dismantled from various places, and these local guards also have three choices, one option is to sign up to become a police officer, the second option is to retire, and the third option is to go to the Third Military Region. The second source of personnel of the Third Military Region is the personnel who have been evacuated from various field units, and these people will also enjoy the treatment of regular field troops after they go to the Third Military Region." YE Chongdao.

"Police?" Helan Xionghu asked suspiciously. What kind of department is this?"

"This is a new yamen that the king has decided to set up, replacing the original responsibility of the local guard to maintain local law and order, and the original arrest and patrol arrest of heads in various counties and counties will be abolished, and these people can also apply for the police examination, of course, it will be recruited on the basis of merit, and in the center, a new police department will also be set up to manage all the police in the country."

"A new department?" He Lanxiong exclaimed.

"Although a new department has been added, in fact, as far as the whole country is concerned, the reduction of local guards, patrols, and arrests has actually reduced at least 100,000 state supply personnel, which can be regarded as a lot of burden on the state finances."

"The Third Military Region is composed of these people, and its combat effectiveness is worrying!" He Lanxiong touched his chin and said.

"The Third Military Region is not the main combat unit now, in fact, their more important task is to use it as a construction corps, Commander Helan, in Liaodong, in Hetao, we have a lot of barren land, no one cultivates, because for the Han people, it is almost a barbaric area, in the past, some people immigrated because they really couldn't survive, but now our Han national strength is thriving, and we can find a life anywhere, who wants to go where to endure hardship? So we have to develop these places in the form of an army."

"I see what they're up to!" He Lanxiong looked back at the others: "You all understand, right?"

"Got it!" Several other commanders nodded in unison, but they all secretly paid attention to it in their hearts, this commander can be inappropriate, even if he goes down to be a military commander, he is much stronger than the commander of the so-called third military region.

Seeing everyone's expressions in his eyes, Ye Chong smiled and said, "What I said just now, this is the main framework of this reorganization, everyone has a number in their hearts, and then everyone has three days to consider their suitability for that position and submit a plan to the king. Okay, I know that everyone must be up and down now, because some people want to be promoted, and some people are going to be demoted, so I'm going to tell you a little bit about things that can make everyone happy. For our Han army, there are two major events this time, the first is of course the whole army, and the second is that the king has decided to implement the rank system in the whole army."

Looking at everyone's somewhat dazed looks, Ye Dazhong smiled and said: "It seems that everyone doesn't understand it anymore, it doesn't matter, I didn't understand it at first, this system was set by the king himself, it is simple and easy to understand, and everyone will understand it as soon as they hear it. The ranks of the entire army are sub-generals, colonels, lieutenants and non-commissioned officers. Officers are divided into generals, lieutenant generals, major generals and brigadier generals, colonels are divided into colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors, lieutenants, lieutenants and warrant officers, non-commissioned officers are divided into sergeants, sergeants, corporals, soldiers are divided into first class, second class, privates. The commander of the military region is a general, the deputy commander, the chief of staff is a lieutenant general, the commander of each army is a lieutenant general or at least a general, the division commander is a major general, the regiment commander is between colonel and brigadier general, the battalion commander is a lieutenant colonel or at least colonel, the company commander is a captain, the platoon commander is a lieutenant or least lieutenant, and the squad leader is a sergeant. When I say that, everyone understands, right?"

Everyone nodded, and in this way, the ranks of the army were very strictly distinguished.

"The king has designed a kind of epaulettes to distinguish the different ranks, and I will let the following show the patterns of each epaulette to the generals for appreciation. You can also take a look, you will take that one with you in the future, hahaha!" Ye Dazhong smiled: "Very beautiful, very majestic!" (To be continued......)