As soon as a few names came out, the others were not repeated. All of Zhao Ying's current work revolves around the nine-character policy proposed a few days ago. The purpose of raising food for the whole army is to "refine armaments," and during this period, the measure of "extensive reinforcement" cannot be ignored. The list of people proposed by Chang Zeyu now are all characters who must be fully befriended at this stage.

Although the Zhao camp was stationed in Huguang, and the decree came from the political envoy of Huguangbu, the power of the deployment of the army was driven by the prime minister Xiong Wencan. It can be said that Xiong Wencan is currently the most important boss in Zhao Dangshi, and if Zhao Ying wants to develop smoothly in the future, he naturally can't ignore such a top boss. Moreover, the local officials at the level of the governor are actually unattainable for military generals of Zhao Dangshi's status, such as Yu Yinggui, the governor of Huguang, and Lin Mingqiu, the governor of Huguang, who may not be willing to make friends with Zhao Dangshi. On the contrary, because of the matter of Zhao'an, Zhao Dangshi had a reason to take Xiong Wencan's dress.

Needless to say, Chen Hongfan is not only a "matchmaker" who matches Zhao Ying's recruitment, but now he is stationed in Xiangyang, which is a stone's throw away from Zhao Ying, and has a close relationship with Zhang Xianzhong and Zuo Liangyu's people, and the background is complex, which can be called the key. Befriending him is very beneficial to Zhao Ying's current and future interests.

As for Zuo Liangyu, the importance of this person is self-evident, although Zhao Dangshi has already met with Zuo Sili and has a connection, but Chang Zeyu thinks that if he waits for Zuo Liangyu to find it again, it will inevitably give people a sense of self-sufficiency. Now Zhao Ying is walking on thin ice, and he is dancing in the knife bush, and every step has to be careful and repeated. Zuo Liangyu didn't come, he looked for it first, which was enough to show sincerity, and it could also be used as a test to take the opportunity to explore the truth and reality.

Chang Zeyu focused on Long Zaitian.

This person is a guest soldier from Yunnan, who has been stationed in Huguang since the beginning of the year, and is responsible for defending Xiangyang. However, the spies who were dispersed yesterday reported that their battalion seemed to be showing signs of leaving Yicheng and moving north. After analysis, Chang Zeyu judged that Long Zaitian's destination was likely to be Zaoyang or Gucheng, and he needed to be responsible for keeping an eye on the newly descended Zhao Ying or Xiying - no matter how open-minded the imperial court was, it still had to keep an eye on it after all, and how could people like Zhang Xianzhong, who were used to it repeatedly, not rest assured if they didn't monitor it too much. Long has a very strong fighting ability in the field, and with him sitting in Xiangyang, his deterrent power is undoubtedly far superior to that of Chen Hongfan and others. Regardless of whether he ends up running to Zhao Ying, Xiying, or both, he must prepare in advance to avoid unnecessary friction at that time.

The quality of the relationship with these four people directly affects Zhao Ying's peace and stability for a long time in the future, so it is the top priority.

Among the latter three, Liu Guoneng is a veteran of Zhao Dangshi, and now he is also a general in the Ming army. And he is currently working under Zuo Liangyu, so he may be able to help in the process of dealing with Zuo Liangyu.

Chu Xi Di and Zhu Yun Chengdu are forces in Zaoyang County, especially Chu Xi Di, Zhao Dangshi has not yet been able to find out his details. Even if there is no Zuo Liangyu, if Zhao Ying wants to live a smooth life in Zaoyang County, it is also imperative to open up the joints of Chu Xidi, the first real power faction. And although Zhu Yuncheng is useless in Zuo Sili's mouth, he is also the parent official of Zaoyang County, and no matter how much Zhao Dangshi trusts him, he can't directly ignore him. People are terrible, just listening to Zuo Sili's words, after all, he listens to and believes partially, and Zhao Dangshi also wants to meet Zhu Yuncheng in person to see his truth and truth.

"Chu Xidi, Zhu Yuncheng is in Zaoyang, the lord can choose a day to visit, Long Zaitian may be near soon, and it is not too late to visit him at that time." Chang Zeyu said in turn, "Xiong, Zuo, Chen, and Liu are far away, and the camp is too much, and the lord can't stay away, so he will temporarily ask the messenger to come to greet him." ”

Zhao Dangshi responded and said: "That's right, Chu Xidi and others are there, and I will go immediately when the camp is decided." The selection of the emissaries is important, and I have to think about it. Then he said to He Kewei and Wang Laixing, "These are all people with heads and faces, gifts are indispensable when visiting, and although there is a shortage of money in the camp today, but good steel must be used on the blade, if compared with a little wealth, it is inevitable to lose a big because of a small one." It is a gift, and it needs to be arranged by two people. ”

He Kewei and Wang Laixing both said: "As the lord said, I will do my best to buy it, and I will not lose the face of my camp." ”

Zhao Dangshi said: "There are many things to be done in the camp, and it cannot be solved overnight, and it needs to be consolidated step by step." At the end of the day, the generals in the army were convened to discuss the matter of changing the army. As soon as these words came out, Chang, He, and Wang all claimed to be.

At the beginning of April in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, it was sunny and rainless, and the sun hung high. There is quite a sweep of the warmth of the previous cold rain, and some of them are hot, and they even feel a little hot because of the fading of the cold winter clothes. After leaving Sichuan, the largest military system adjustment of the Zhao camp was carried out in full swing at such times.

It stands to reason that frequent readjustment of the military system is not conducive to the stability of the military structure. However, the reason why Zhao Dangshi had to implement this matter had many reasons. Of course, the most important of these is to cooperate with the solution of the food and salary problem, and the other consideration comes from the "Shun Imperial Court".

Zhao Dangshi was a regular general of the Ming Dynasty, and those names such as "Great Boss", "Grand Governor", "Chuang General" and so on can no longer be put on the table. As a result, the title of "chief soldier" in the original battalion can no longer be used, otherwise he Zhao is still a general in the world, but Hou Dagui and others are "chief soldiers", how can they explain it to outsiders? As for Zhao Ying's own internal military orders, there will be many problems in conveying personnel adjustments.

In addition, although the imperial court cannot be expected to subsidize military food, grain and grass, this possibility is not necessarily impossible. At the beginning, Xiong Wencan's envoy came to Zhao Yingzhong and said that the structure of the new annexed army was disordered, and it was difficult to correspond to the existing system of the Ming army, which was a great obstacle to the estimated budget of Shangfeng. Therefore, after careful study and discussion, Zhao Dangshi, Chang Zeyu and others decided to re-standardize the Zhao camp as close as possible to the military structure used in the current Ming army.

Let's start with the military system.

The supreme commander is Zhao Dangshi, and his full title is the general of Lutoudian in Nanyang, Xiangyang. As staff strategists, Chang Zeyu and Mu Gongchun were the left and right military advisors respectively.

The field system of the whole army is divided into four battalions, namely, the Wuqi Battalion, the Xiaojie Battalion, the Qihun Battalion, and the Feijie Battalion. Each battalion has a commander who is in charge of the main affairs; one lieutenant officer, who ordered the supervisor to supervise the formation; One counselor and overseer of the army, assisting and supervising the army. The next level is a sentry, and a sentry officer is set up to command the troops.

With this arrangement, the field system is undoubtedly more formal and stable in structure than before. However, this is not the focus of this military system change, and the Tuntian Army is the new system.

The Tuntian Army was also directly subordinate to Zhao Dangshi, and was at the same level as the field army, and had no control over each other. Set up a person to control all things in Tuntian and Yingtian, and coordinate the upper and lower levels; The staff officer of Tuntian Yingtian is one person, and he is the deputy second assistant. It is divided into two battalions before and after, and one person is the main one of the Tuntian envoys, and one person is the deputy of the Tuntian main book.

In addition to the Second Army, there are six other institutions that perform their own duties, known as the Sixth Division.

The first is the envoy of internal affairs such as merchants, who is responsible for the internal affairs of the whole army, as well as commerce, mines, etc.; the second is to raise the command envoy and escort Zhao Dangshi; The third is the special service command and envoy, which is responsible for collecting information and carrying out some special tasks; Fourth, it is the inspection and disposal department, which supervises the discipline and punishment of the generals of the whole army; the fifth is the coach and the envoy, who is in charge of training; Finally, it is the southeast envoy of the city, and the responsibility lies in the southeast commerce.

The first master, the second army and the sixth division are the main body of the current Zhao camp system.

Looking at personnel specifically, the first thing is the field system.

Although Zhao Dangshi is only a general, because of his large size, the Wuyi battalion is equivalent to the standard battalion, while the Xiaojie battalion is biased firearms, the Qihun battalion is biased bow knife, and the Feijie battalion is a horse military battalion, each with its own emphasis.

According to the usual practice, the commander of the standard battalion is Hou Dagui, and he has no battalion commander. The Chinese officer was assigned to Bai Wang, who had always been meticulous. The Counsellor Overseer continued to use the old Qin Qigong. The whole battalion has 2,000 people, divided into four sentry posts in the front, left, right and rear, and the sentry officers are Li Yanlang, Wu Mingfeng, Xiong Wanjian and Hui Dengxiang. Hou Dagui was mixed about this, happy that Hui Dengxiang, who he had supported with all his might, finally turned into a deputy and had military power, and worried that Bai Wang, who belonged to the Xu Hui faction in his opinion, would inevitably get in the way of the power of the Chinese army. But these two things are good or bad, so I first hide the muttering in my heart.

In the Xiaojie battalion, Xu Hui, the commander of the camp, Yang Kexin, the middle officer, and the counselor and the supervising army were established. To tell the truth, Xu Hui didn't look down on Yang Kexin very much, and Yang Kexin also felt panicked, so he also resigned to Zhao Dangshi twice, thinking that he was not worthy. Zhao Dangshi was relieved again and again, and Xu and Yang closed their mouths. Yang Kexin was born as a thief, and Zhao Dangshi did not trust his ability to fight, while Xu Hui has always been known for his strong centralization. When he was assigned a Yan Licheng, he took a fancy to Yan Licheng, who knew how to advance and retreat and was smooth enough, and could be compatible with the arrogant Xu Hui. This time, Yang Kexin was also able to get the post for this reason. He is difficult to match Xu Hui in terms of ability, and he is also self-aware, and he will definitely not contradict Xu Hui. There are 1,500 people in the battalion, and there are three sentry posts in the front, left, and right, with Qin Jinxiao, Mao Andong, and Fan Jiwei as the sentry officers. Fan Jiwei belongs to the category of promotions, he has been injured in many brave battles in Sichuan, and everyone can see how much he has paid, and it is blameless to be able to get on the throne.

The Qihun camp was controlled by Guo Ruke as the commander of the camp. Peng Guang, a Chinese officer, was promoted from Qin Jinxiao's subordinates, and this person was known for his ruthlessness, and even had the nickname "Xiao Jinxiao". He has always been Qin Jinxiao's domestic servant, and he was reluctant to leave Qin Jinxiao, but Qin Jinxiao felt that Zhao Ying was no longer what it used to be, and he must no longer be short-sighted and limited to his own selfish affairs. Zhonglu's disciples are certainly his flesh and blood, but if they are integrated into Zhao Ying, they will be scattered and diluted one day, and it is better to delay it early, and it is better to take the initiative to show his generosity, so he nodded at this order. In this way, Peng Guangfang had nothing else to say. The counselor and the overseer gave Pu Guoyi, who was originally a middle and senior officer and general of the Ming army, and his combat ability and strategic vision were superior among the generals, and he complemented Guo Ruke and could be called a double tiger. The number of soldiers in the battalion is 1,500, and the front, left, and right sentry officers are Jing Keqin, Song Houzhen and Wei Shanhong. Wei Shanhong is also Qin Jinxiao's subordinate, and he showed a good on-the-spot adaptability in the battle against Tan Daxiao, so he was taken seriously.

The Feijie battalion, which was dominated by the Ma army, still had Han Gon as the commander of the battalion. The middle officer is Cui Shuqiang, this person is brave in battle, but he acts too perversely, and he is often prone to impulsiveness, such as the original attack on the Feixian Ridge and the temporary surprise attack on the Sichuan general Fu Mengdi's own formation are all proof, but sometimes luck wins, sometimes luck fails. Zhao Dangshi thinks that before receiving more training, with his temperament, he is not very suitable to lead troops directly, after all, there are fewer soldiers in the battalion now, and he can't afford to squander them. Yang Zhaofeng is a counselor and overseer, he was originally from the Ma Army, and he is familiar with Han Gon's camp, Han Gon likes him very much, and Zhao Dangshi also hopes that he can get more exercise by Han Gon's side, so he specially arranged. There are 1,000 horse soldiers in the battalion, there are two sentry posts in the front and back, and the sentry officers are Meng Aocao and Lian Buxin.

The four battalions were added together, a total of 5,000 infantry troops and 1,000 horse troops. This is the limit that Zhao Ying can bear at present.

After the field system is arranged, it is the tuntian system.

Of the original more than 12,000 soldiers, except for 6,000, who were carefully selected to become the field army, the rest were all returned to the Tuntian army. Zhao Dangshi is not a merciless person, the thousands of soldiers who were laid off are all brothers who followed him over the mountains and mountains from Shaanxi all the way through thorns and hardships, and shared weal and woe. Moreover, these thousands of soldiers are not wasted people. On the contrary, in terms of physical fitness alone, they are all excellent. At this time, ordnance, food, and grass are easy to obtain, and good soldiers are rare, and if the field army needs to be replenished in the future, it can be selected from among them first. In addition, as a Ming official army, if you really want to dismiss these people, you must come up with the corresponding severance pay according to the law, otherwise it will be the crime of bullying the army to denounce others. Breaking your fingers and calculating a little, this severance pay is an unknown expense. Therefore, Yu Qing, Yu Li, Yu Yi, and Yu Li should not abandon these soldiers, and turn these soldiers into the Tuntian Army to continue to serve Zhao Ying, which can be described as a clever move with one stone.

In Zhao Dangshi's plan, Tuntian is the foundation of the solid army, which is more important than Mount Tai, and the person in charge cannot take on this position unless he trusts him. After thinking about it again, it was finally decided to put Wang Laixing on the table.

Wang Laixing is only nineteen years old this year, and his body is thin and looks smaller. Not only Chang Zeyu and others, but even Wang Laixing himself also showed embarrassment for holding this important position. Zhao Dangshi once again overrode public opinion and firmly supported Wang Laixing. Maybe others don't feel it, but Zhao Dangshi, who is better than Wang Laixing's eldest brother, really feels the butterfly changes of Wang Laixing in the past three years. It's not just about ability, it's about mind. Adversity can best promote people's growth, with three years of accumulation, Wang Laixing has already matured and stabilized a lot, in him, there is no longer the shadow of the young and timid. Looking at Zhao Ying, regardless of age, only considering the familiarity with money and food and other logistics and loyalty to himself, Zhao Dangshi couldn't find anyone more suitable than Wang Laixing.

With Zhao Dangshi's decision, the generals have no objections. Everyone knows the relationship between Zhao and Wang, and no two stunned people will be stupid enough to suddenly come out of the sharp and sing the opposite tune at this time. Wang Laixing was in charge of all affairs in Tuntian Yingtian, so from then on, he was officially among the front-line generals of Zhao Ying, who stood side by side with Hou Dagui, Xu Hui, Guo Ruke, and Han Gon.

Wang Laixing did not say a word before and after accepting the position. Zhao Dangshi walked up to him and said softly: "Come brother, but the pressure is too great?" ”

Wang Laixing shook his head and raised his face, Zhao Dangshi could see clearly, his eyes were already wet red.

"How many adults are coming, and they are still crying. Don't forget, you are now the main general in my battalion, how can you convince the others of this woman and child's posture? "Zhao Dangshi is half joking, half serious.

Wang Laixing listened to his words, and suddenly the corners of his mouth turned into a warm arc, and his eyes also revealed firmness and courage.

"When my brother has always had a plank eye, I will do what you command!" Wang Lai said with a smile. "When Brother Dang'er has always had a plank eye" This seems to be Wang Laixing's mantra, and Zhao Dangshi has heard this sentence many times. Somehow, when he heard it this time, Wang Laixing stopped crying, but he suddenly almost burst into tears.

Shuiqiu Tan was appointed as Wang Laixing's staff officer, Tuntian Yingtian. He is meticulous, honest, proficient in arithmetic, and has partnered with Wang Laixing many times, and there is no run-in problem.

The entire Tuntian Army was divided into two battalions, the front and rear battalions, and the former battalion of Tuntian was Zhang Miaoshou. Since he was deprived of military power, Zhang Miaoshou was disheartened, and he was no longer enthusiastic about the military, so it was unreliable for him to lead the troops to fight, but from the situation of throwing him to the back camp, he was still a little concerned about logistics. After all, if people are idle for too long, they will get sick, and Zhao Dangshi does not want him to continue to stay in the field army and become a burden, so he simply arranges him to be in charge of Tuntian.

The Tuntian envoy of the rear camp was served by Shi Meng. Speaking of this Shi Meng, it's funny. He was defeated in Sichuan and became a prisoner of the Zhao camp, and came to Huguang with the army. Zhao Ying was recruited, and he could actually return to Sichuan, but he was worried about the crime of overthrowing the army, and he was afraid that he would be punished for the crime after he returned, so he simply sat on Zhao Ying and said that he would "wear the crime and make meritorious service". This person is extremely incompetent in fighting, but his brain is quite flexible, and Zhao Dangshi is short of people, so he will not stick to one pattern to reduce talents.

Tuntian is extremely complicated, Zhang Miaoshou and Shi Meng are both big and coarse, even if they have some management ability, they are still unable to implement specific affairs. This requires the involvement of professionals. Zhao Dangshi has always paid attention to recruiting Confucian scholars since the army, although the efficiency is very low, but it has persisted so far, it can be regarded as a small effect, and there are no less than 20 Confucian scholars in the army. It is a wise move to take precautions, and Zhao Dangshi's original insistence has now come in handy, and it is conceivable that if these Confucian students did not participate in the government affairs of the whole army, what would be the system of just relying on a group of illiterate martial artists?

The main book of Tuntian in the front camp and the back camp is Lu Zhongheng and Guo Mingtao. Both of them were officials in Shaanxi before their heads, and they had participated in a series of work in Sun Chuanting's Qing army to raise grain, and they had rich experience in government affairs, so it was perfect for him to serve in Tuntian. And for the two of them, it was only fitting that they could avoid the bloody killings and instead participate in the work they were good at. Especially Lu Zhongheng, several experiences in fighting with the army have greatly polished his edges and corners, he recognizes his own catties, and his unruly personality is a little more low-key and gentle. Before Zhao Ying became a regular, they had already learned that they had been removed from their posts in Shaanxi, because even if Zhao Ying no longer had the right to force them to stay and return to Shaanxi, they had no choice but to settle down in Zhao Ying.

These arrangements are the coarsest framework, and none of Zhao Ying's actions in Tuntian have relevant experience, so they have to cross the river by feeling the stones, and take one step at a time. Involving more detailed personnel, it is bound to be extremely complicated, and Wang Laixing and others need to continue to push forward and then discuss.

The Second Army was followed by the Sixth Division.

In addition to He Kewei's internal affairs department changed to "the secretary of internal affairs such as the internal affairs of the merchants" to further clarify the responsibilities, the rest of the pro-support command envoy Zhou Wenhe, the special service command envoy Pang Jinming, the inspection and disposal envoy Liu Xiaohong, the coach envoy Ge Haishan, and the southeast envoy Zhao Hudao of the city have basically not changed.

The above is the main content of Zhao Ying's army reform. This is the process that Zhao Ying must go through to enter a new stage, even if it is painful and laborious, but it is the cornerstone of the further road.