Zhou Rui was very happy, he didn't expect that the plan to buy the high-level officers of the Second Mixed Brigade of the Zhenwei Army would go so smoothly, so that the Second Mixed Brigade of the Zhenwei Army would almost be completely annexed by the Zhou family.

The five people, Li Zhikui, Hu Wei, Liu Hengsheng, Yuan Wei, and Song Lei, as well as the five deputy officers of the Second Mixed Brigade of the Yuan Zhenwei Army, who also received money, all expressed their unwillingness to continue to stay in the army.

So they took the gold yuan coupons and gold bricks given by the Zhou family, and left Jingsheng City by boat with their families, and most of them would go to Ganyang City to settle down.

As a result, three infantry regiments, one heavy cavalry battalion and one guard battalion of the 2nd Mixed Brigade of the Zhenwei Army were incorporated.

Zhou Rui changed the original expansion plan, in addition to the formation of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade, the formation of the 4th Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade was also put on the agenda.

The position of commander of the 4th Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade, at the suggestion of his second uncle Zhou Xiaorong, Zhou Rui was handed over to Hou Lian, the commander of the first company of the guard battalion of the original garrison brigade, who was seriously injured and had just recovered.

At the beginning, outside Jingyang City, after Zhou Xiaozheng was seriously injured, it was Hou Lian who rushed to the front with people, and he tore a hole in the encirclement of the Zhenwei army, so that Ma Tiezhu could escape with Zhou Xiaozheng on his back.

However, Hou Lian was also seriously injured because of this, and after being carried back to Ganyang City by his guards, he has been recuperating in a hospital in Ganyang City for several months.

Zhou Xiaorong recommended Hou Lian, in addition to Hou Lian's courage in battle and loyalty to the Zhou family, but also because Hou Lian, who is just 30 years old this year, once received systematic military study at an army academy in Shuodong Town.

It's just that the Army Academy in Shuodong Town is much less famous than the Shuonan Army Academy.

Because Zhou Rui didn't care about the garrison brigade at all in the previous life, he only knew some regiment commanders and battalion commanders, and Zhou Rui didn't have any impression of Hou Lian at all, and he didn't know what happened to Hou Lian.

However, Zhou Rui still believes in the vision of his second uncle Zhou Xiaorong, not to mention that Hou Lian also saved the life of his father Zhou Xiaozheng, presumably in the last life, Hou Lian may also have died in Ganyang City.

Hou Lian then proceeded to form the Fourth Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade directly in Ganyang City on the orders of Zhou Rui.

In order to completely integrate the thousands of veterans of the Second Mixed Brigade of the Zhenwei Army into the garrison brigade of the Zhou family and the 22nd Independent Brigade, Zhou Rui carried out a large-scale mixed reorganization of the remaining troops of the two brigades, except for the First Advance Corps of the 22nd Independent Brigade that rushed to the Sanzhen Oilfield.

By the beginning of September of Tianyuan 1536, the garrison brigade of the Zhou family and the 22nd Independent Brigade had basically completed the reorganization of the seven infantry regiments under their jurisdiction.

The Ganyang City Fortress Heavy Artillery Regiment and Guard Battalion under the garrison brigade, the Jingshengcheng Coastal Defense Battalion and the Heavy Cavalry Battalion under the 22nd Independent Brigade, and the City Defense Battalion responsible for the security of Jingsheng City are also fully staffed.

On the morning of September 2, Zhou Rui stood on the deck of the all-steel battleship Jinghai, looked at the endless sea, turned his head to Wang Hongchun, the captain of the Jinghai, and asked, "Old Wang, how long will it take to reach Ganyang City?" ”

"Rear Admiral, in about three hours, before one o'clock in the afternoon, the fleet will definitely be able to return to the military port."

This time, Zhou Rui returned to Ganyang City, in addition to the all-steel battleship Jinghai on board, there were also Weihai all-steel battleships and two large armored cruisers Tonghai and Jiehai to participate in the escort.

"Lao Wang, what do you think of the Jinshui Zhou family in the Bajin Empire?"

Wang Hongchun said with some annoyance: "Young General, although the general was born in the Jinshui Zhou family of the Bajin Empire, our Ganyang Zhou family has the current situation, but it has nothing to do with the Jinshui Zhou family of the Bajin Empire.

Why did the Jinshui Zhou family of the Bajin Empire buy six capital ships of our Ganyang Zhou family with a word! ”

The reason why Zhou Rui returned to Ganyang City at this time was because the time when the beast tide broke out at the different time and space node in Panlong Mountain was getting closer and closer.

Zhou Rui must return to Ganyang City to personally take command, after all, except for Zhou Rui, the rest of the Zhou family has no idea that the beast tide that has not broken out for several years will be encountered by the rotating troops of the Zhou family stationed at different time and space nodes.

On the other hand, it was because the Jinshui Zhou family of the Bajin Empire sent people to Ganyang City, and they wanted to buy six all-steel battleships of the first formation of the coastal defense fleet.

You must know that the six all-steel battleships of the first formation of the coastal defense fleet can be regarded as the six warships with the strongest combat effectiveness in the current sequence of the coastal defense fleet.

The reason why the Jinshui Zhou family of the Bajin Empire is so strong is that Zhou Rui's father is from the Jinshui Zhou family of the Bajin Empire.

Zhou Xiaozheng never mentioned the Jinshui Zhou family of the Bajin Empire to Zhou Rui, and in the previous life, until Zhou Rui was shot by the lion people, he didn't know that he could still have anything to do with the Jinshui Zhou family of the Bajin Empire.

The Bajin Empire was located in the northwest of the Han and Tang Empires and had a land area of about 4 million square kilometers.

Before the emergence of different time and space nodes, the Bajin Empire was a vassal state of the Han and Tang Empires, and the new emperor of the Bajin Empire needed an edict issued by the emperors of the Han and Tang Empires to ascend the throne.

Later, because of the disaster of fierce beasts, the territory of the Bajin Empire was also like the Han and Tang Empires, and the generals who controlled the military power divided one side after another.

It's just that the royal family of the Bajin Empire was even more miserable, and in the end they didn't even keep the capital, so they could only go into exile to the capital of the Han and Tang Empires-Tiansheng City.

The Bajin Empire had a total of five provinces, namely the Eastern Province, the Southern Province, the Western Province, the Northern Province, and the Kyoto Province, each of which currently had several separatist forces.

The Jinshui Zhou family of the Bajin Empire was a large family that had been entrenched in the southern provinces for hundreds of years, and now controlled almost one-third of the southern provinces.

Zhou Xiaozheng sent a telegram to Zhou Rui, roughly explaining his relationship with the Jinshui Zhou family.

Zhou Xiaozheng is a side descendant of the Jinshui Zhou family, and the relationship with the head of the Jinshui Zhou family has long been out of the five suits, but Zhou Xiaozheng's name has also been written into the genealogy of the Jinshui Zhou family.

When Zhou Xiaozheng was seventeen years old, his parents died of a plague, so he took his cousin Zhou Xiaorong, who also lost his parents in this plague, and left his hometown to come to the Han and Tang Empires.

Zhou Rui smiled slightly, "Lao Wang, there is no way, there are always some self-righteous guys in the world." ”

Wang Hongchun still said indignantly: "If you want me to say, just drive the people of the Jinshui Zhou family away, and there is no need to let the young general go back." ”

"The second uncle sent me a telegram, saying that the person sent by the Jinshui Zhou family had been kind to my grandfather and my father, so my father called me back to sing white face."

Zhou Rui then changed the topic, "Lao Wang, the six Berserk-class all-steel battleships that the third formation is undergoing maintenance on Fengsha Island, although the Weiwu and Weiji will be exchanged with the Xiyun Liu family for Xiwei Island.

But there will be Wei Jia, Wei B, Wei C, and Wei Ding left in the third formation, and I want to transfer you to the third formation as the commander, I don't know if you want to? ”

When Wang Hongchun heard this, his head shook like a rattle, "Major General, I won't go to the third formation!"

I've already developed a relationship with the Jinghai, so you can't separate the two of us!" ”

Wang Hongchun secretly said in his heart: The formation commander has a hairy use!

If it really starts, there will be no problem for the Jinghai to single-handedly take on the four Berserk-class all-steel battleships of the third formation.

I, Wang Hongchun, will never leave the Jinghai in my life!

Zhou Rui knew why Wang Hongchun was reluctant to go to the third formation.

Zhou Rui looked at the two extra warships behind the "can be withdrawn" column of the lottery system, and felt that if these two warships were extracted and incorporated into the third formation, Wang Hongchun would definitely beg him to transfer him to the third formation.