It was just that as soon as I entered the camp, there were bursts of sharp whistles. It kept coming to my ears, it was the sergeant passing the order through the whistle, with some rhythmic whistle, still shrill and sharp, in that whistle, a group of recruits were training in a queue, and occasionally you could hear the screams of pain when being beaten by bamboo sticks, and beating was always inevitable for recruits.

The whistle was designed by Zhu Mingzhong according to the whistle of later generations, and it was originally made of pottery, because it was easily damaged, so it was later changed to copper. Because the whistle is often only available to the sergeants and officers on the sub-canopy, it has always been a status symbol for the sergeants, and almost every "blue sleeve" will hang the whistle in a conspicuous place on the chest.

The blue sleeve is the symbol of the loyal and righteous army to distinguish between officers and soldiers, the blue armband is marked with military ranks, the military rank is similar to the military rank of later generations, but only the sergeant will wear, and the sergeant is also Zhu Mingzhong borrowed from the military rank system of later generations to introduce an official rank, although there are only sergeants, sergeants and corporals, but it is these inconspicuous "petty officials" who play a key role in the bloody battle of Tongjimen, on the battlefield, soldiers often follow the nearest "blue sleeves" and obey their commands.

And now the veterans of the Loyal and Righteous Army who left Nanjing with Zhu Mingzhong have all been promoted to sergeants, wearing the long-awaited "blue sleeves", and of course, the bronze whistle that symbolizes identity and status.

"Salute!"

After entering the barracks, there will constantly be "blue sleeves" on duty to hit the chest and stretch out their right hands to salute Zhu Mingzhong on a horse, compared with the military salute of later generations, this kind of military salute is more suitable for this era, but there are still some limitations.

"Maybe in the future, you can salute with your right hand in front of your chest and palm down as a soldier's military salute......"

Of course, Zhu Mingzhong didn't think so much about the military salute now, the reason why he left the Economic Strategy Embassy today and came to this barracks was to inquire about the progress of recruit training, and the formation of the army in the future, especially the latter involved in all aspects.

"This military system, directly related to the future, whether my loyal army can defeat the Qing prisoners, in the past, my loyal army was divided into the middle army, the left and right wing armies and the rear army, the four armies each army of 3,000 to 4,000 people, plus the reserve army, almost that's it, but today is not the past, at present, the recruits recruited from the salt field have arrived in the camp one after another, and all battalions are stepping up their training, when the time comes, plus the veterans of my loyal army, my loyal army is 75,000 people, and it is impossible to say that there are many soldiers, But how to organize these troops is a problem that has to be solved, I wonder if you have any suggestions? ”

After that, Zhu Mingzhong looked at the people in this camp, which was different from when he left Jiangyin, at that time, this big tent was full of officials from the Houjin battalion, and now, with the departure of Li Ziyuan and others, except for a few people such as Zhang Jinsheng, Yu Xiaobao, Wang Dahu, etc., like Yu Shujie, Zhang Xiaojie, Zhang Xiaowu, Wang Quanshi and others, all of them are veterans from Jiangyin.

Li Ziyuan's betrayal is a good thing for the loyal army, the big waves have finally made this army more pure, and those who remain are willing to accompany Zhu Mingzhong's henchmen.

"Junmen, Jin Sheng, I'm a rough person, I don't understand this kind of thing, but when I was in charge of the right-wing army, I knew that the team of 3,000 people could barely manage it, if there were more, not to mention anything else, it was five small flags and more than 2,000 people lined up there, and I couldn't take care of it, fortunately, there was also a small baggage flag, didn't the military gate originally say, but also to increase the artillery battalion? When the time comes, how will these thousands of people be managed on the battlefield, but it will really be a matter......"

Among these people, Zhang Jinsheng, who is the commander of the right-wing army, has a much higher status than Gao Jiming, who is also the commander of this loyal army, after all, he is the general of the rear strength battalion, and that qualification alone is much higher than Gao Jiming as a general. Naturally, when everyone turned their attention to him, Zhang Jinsheng also said some of his opinions.

"What Commander Zhang said is extremely true, Lao Gao, I have been marching and fighting for so many years, I believe in one sentence, soldiers are not expensive, on this battlefield, more soldiers are not necessarily a good thing, the more soldiers, the more chaos......"

Listening to their words, Zhu Mingzhong just nodded silently, and he even thought of a point of view on the forum in later generations - 100,000 will be defeated. That is to say, once the number of troops commanded by a general in a campaign exceeds 100,000, then he will be trapped by the limitation of communication capabilities, and the difficulty of his command will increase exponentially, and it may even lead to the defeat of the campaign. In ancient Chinese history, only a few famous generals had the ability to command 100,000 troops into a single battle, which may be the reason why they are famous generals.

In modern military history, 100,000 people were invested in a battle, and it was not until the Napoleonic era that he initially had the ability to command and communicate, and he relied on professional staff officers and heralds. But even so, problems were often encountered, and the failure of Waterloo was, to a large extent, a failure in command and communication.

It is precisely because of this that it is not possible to directly apply the military system of later generations, and even the establishment of the Beiyang New Army is supported by telegraph, telephone, and other communication tools and a professional staff team, so that the establishment of the "town army" is established.

Prior to this, the battalion system adopted by the Xianghuai Army was actually the "standing establishment" of the Chinese army in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it was also the limit of the command ability of most officers and the traditional military system.

Of course, only the two of them are qualified to express their opinions, as for Yu Shujie, Yu Xiaobao and others, they all chose to be silent, after all, they had only commanded a few hundred people in a small flag at most in the past, but now they have to command as many as a battalion of thousands of people, and they are all very cautious, and they will express the slightest opinion, even Yu Shujie, who once led the heavy troops to march to Changshu, also chose to be silent, it is precisely because he has led a large army, so he knows that it is a very difficult thing to command thousands of people.

"Jin Sheng, what you say is very true!"

Nodding affirmatively, Zhu Mingzhong agreed.

As the saying goes, "More than 10,000 people, boundless, more than 100,000 people, pulling the world." ", Han Xin's more is better, but after all, there is only one Han Xin ...... in the world"

Looking around at everyone, on their faces, Zhu Mingzhong did not find the slightest expression of dissatisfaction, for these guys who were just ordinary people in Jiangyin City before, let alone let them command 10,000 people, or command thousands of people, I'm afraid it's a problem.

"Therefore, naturally I can't follow Han Xin's method, as for the establishment of my loyal army, I thought about it, and divided the whole army into thirty battalions, each battalion of 2,500 people, each battalion of four brigades, and a heavy brigade......

Because the number of artillery was insufficient, Zhu Mingzhong did not assign the artillery to each battalion, but concentrated the artillery in three battalions, but the battalion here is different from the battalion of later generations, according to the battalion sentry system of the Ming army, each battalion has more than 3,000 people, which is equivalent to a regiment in later generations, and even mixed into a brigade.

This is completely different from the battalion system that Zhu Mingzhong borrowed from the Beiyang New Army in Zhenjiang in the past. This is because with the understanding of the military system of the Ming Dynasty, he drew on the establishment of the armed police in later generations on the basis of the battalion sentry system, and formulated a new battalion sentry system, which adapted to the times at the same time, and also adapted to some of his behavioral habits.

After all, compared with the flag team shed of the town association, the battalion brigade squadron corresponds to the regiment battalion company, which makes him more accustomed to it, as for the platoon and shed, the former is based on a row, and the latter is based on a tent. As for the battalion or the team, it is the most common establishment of this era, so that the people of this era can also adapt to these establishment titles.

"In the future, when there are enough horses, each battalion can set up a cavalry brigade and an artillery brigade......"

For the new establishment, everyone will naturally not object, in fact, Zhu Mingzhong has long been prepared for this, after all, the military system has always been the core of an army, this core is naturally based on the opinions of the commander, the real problem is not the military system, with about 3,000 people as a battalion, is the characteristic of this era, perhaps in the future, these battalions will be constantly strengthened, but will still be controlled within a certain range.

But now the real problem is not the formation of the army, but another matter.

"The battalion system of my loyal and righteous army, now that it has been decided, then, there is still one question left, that is, how to prepare these troops, in addition to the five-foot spear, how to configure the armor we captured in Nanjing, of course, there are also weapons such as birds, how to allocate these is directly related to the combat effectiveness of the troops, and I hope everyone will see ......."

Looking at everyone, Zhu Mingzhong noticed that when he mentioned armor, almost everyone's expressions changed slightly, what was the biggest impact of the bloody battle in Tongjimen?

I'm afraid that the spear can't pierce the armor of the Qing army. Being at the forefront of the army, they had deeply experienced the helplessness of the spear that could not break the armor, and because of this, they must all want to get as much armor as possible, after all, there are only about 20,000 pieces of armor in total.

For everyone's thoughts, Zhu Mingzhong can naturally guess it, and even he knows the importance of this armor in this era, and the armor can protect soldiers from swords and guns to the greatest extent.

"Military gate, in my opinion, among the four brigades under each battalion, two of them can be grenadiers, and the other two brigades can be armored infantry teams, so that each battalion can naturally attack and defend on the battlefield, isn't it just ......right?"

As soon as Zhang Jinsheng's words came out, he attracted a burst of approval from everyone, this method of distribution is obviously the most suitable, but when the time comes, no one will be left behind, and each battalion can be divided into hundreds of pieces of armor, regardless of whether he is iron armor or cotton armor, it is always armor, as long as there are two battalions with armor.

After nodding in agreement, Zhu Mingzhong looked at the people who agreed and asked.

"Jin Sheng's words are really serious, but do you have any other suggestions?"