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He passed down an order to triple the current Pingnan battalion and establish Pingnan Town.

This Pingnan Town, also like Xingzhong Town, has three battalions, three outposts in each battalion, a total of 135 shields with a total of 13,770 people, 270 spearmen with a total of 27,540 people, a total of 2,500 Xuanhu heavy cavalry, a total of 2,500 flying harriers, a total of 2,500 people in the rampant line, 3,000 auxiliary soldiers, 2,000 musketeers, and 500 artillery troops. The total strength reached 54,310 people.

Most of the troops needed for the expansion were selected from local immigrant families in Taiwan, and a small part was supplemented by the Han army and the Liukou army that had completed the labor camp.

Li Xiao made a major change in Pingnan Town.

That is, from the sequence of the Tang Army, the establishment of Manchurian cavalry and infantry was completely abolished.

Li Xiao has always believed that the special establishment of the Manchurian army is actually only an experimental and excessive measure.

From a long-term point of view, such a specially organized unit with strong national characteristics will certainly continue to strengthen the self-identity of those Manchurian soldiers who have already been sinicized, and this will actually be very harmful to the future development of the Tang Army.

Like now, people such as Ebilun and Samushka are very loyal to themselves, and they can be said to be fingers. But the human heart in this world is the most insatiable thing, if you maintain an army composed of exclusive nations for a long time, these people will definitely consciously or unconsciously huddle together, and strengthen their own attributes, which is undoubtedly burying unpredictable hidden dangers within themselves.

Therefore, what Li Xiao has to do is to nip the hidden dangers in the bud.

At a time when Ebi Lun and others were still very loyal to themselves, and when the Manchurian troops had not yet formed an independent mountain and had a unique sense of belonging and related interests, it was very necessary and urgent for them to change the original establishment by themselves, so that these Manchurians after sinicization could completely submerge and assimilate in the turbulent sea of people of the Han nationality.

Besides, if a special unit is set up only for the Sinicized Manchurian army, then there will be more Mongolian Eight Banners that will surrender in the future, so will there also be a special Mongolian army?

This is obviously not possible.

So, time is running out, and this is something that must be changed immediately.

In this turbulent era of chaos and fire, one leader, one nation, and one ideology are the basic guarantee for a strong combat capability of a military unit.

As a result, Li Xiao gave an order, and in the Tang army in various places, the original Manchurian troops were all dismantled and supplemented to the Xuanhu Heavy Cavalry, the Flying Harrier, and the Rampant Commander.

In addition, since the Lumi guns were still in the research and development stage, and the number of firearms was still insufficient, Li Xiao ordered that all the 2,000 firearms men and 500 firearms units originally managed by Xingzhong Town be transferred to the Pingnan battalion, so that these firearms units could make meritorious contributions in Southeast Asia and would not have nothing to do in Shandong, where the situation was now calm.

Next, Li Xiao began to appoint the main generals of the Pingnan battalion.

Li Dingguo, the former battalion commander of Pingnan, was promoted to the mayor of Pingnan Town, and Luo Zheng, the former deputy battalion commander, was promoted to the deputy mayor of Pingnan Town.

The commander of the A battalion of Pingnan Town is concurrently served by the town mayor Li Dingguo, and the deputy battalion commander is Zu Kuan, the former Liaodong aid commander who has recently defected to Li Xiao.

The commander of the B battalion of Pingnan Town, Luo Zheng, the deputy mayor of the town, is concurrently the deputy battalion commander, and the deputy battalion commander is the general commander of the Manzhou cavalry in the original Xingzhong Town.

The battalion commander of the C Battalion in Pingnan Town is served by Cao Bianjiao, the former Shaanxi commander-in-chief who has just joined Li Xiao, and the deputy battalion commander is Li Wanqing, the former general who made great contributions in the defense of Changhua City.

The director of the supervision and management department of the Pingnan camp is still Zhao Wencai, the former director of the supervision and supervision department of the Pingnan camp.

From the above personnel arrangements, it can be seen that Li Xiao's principle of employing people is to show loyalty and ability, and immediately reuse them, but Li Xiao does not attach importance to his background and past.

Therefore, in the Tang Army, there was a good situation in which all kinds of army generals from different ways came together, and these generals at different levels were promoted from the homeless people, the original Ming army generals, the Liukou generals after the surrender, and the Manchurian soldiers, Mongolian soldiers, Han army and other generals who surrendered.

Moreover, because these generals only have the right to train and fight, and the rest of the military education, military merit review, salary payment, etc., are all in charge of the civilian officials, and there are secret agents of the Security Department who secretly monitor the actions of the generals, so the influence of these generals in the army is actually very limited.

Li Xiao's set borrowed from the management model of the Gongjun army, and in this late Ming Dynasty, he perfectly realized the strong control and deep control of the army.

In terms of actual control over the army under his command, Li Xiao can say without exaggeration that the Tang army under his command is even inferior to some modern armies, let alone compared with ancient armies such as the Ming army and the Qing army.

Now, in this Pingnan Town, there are all kinds of generals with the most elite combat power in Li Xiao's army, which shows how high Li Xiao's expectations are for this army.

Li Xiao ordered that the expansion and training of the whole town should be completed within three months at the latest, and then the attack on Luzon should begin, and the entire Spanish-controlled Philippines should be seized to avenge the blood of the Chinese who died tragically under the butcher's knife of the Spaniards.

After the order for the expansion of the Pingnan Battalion reached Taiwan, Taiwanese immigrant families from the south to the north enthusiastically signed up for the army.

At the recruitment registration offices in various villages, towns, prefectures, and counties, a large number of young people lined up in long lines.

Compared with honestly cultivating and farming in Taiwan, or working in a factory, becoming a glorious soldier of the Tang Army is the biggest dream of every school-age youth.

The Tang Army's treatment is excellent, the security is complete, there are still a lot of resettlement fees after being discharged from the army, and the social status is also extremely high, all of which strongly attract Taiwan's children of immigrants to join the army.

Moreover, if he makes military achievements on the battlefield in the future, or even is promoted to an officer, it will make the whole family famous in ten miles and eight villages.

Due to the high number of applicants, Li Dingguo's Pingnan Town has been fully recruited in just five days.

And because there are enough soldiers to choose from, the officers in the recruitment offices in various places are even more carefully selected, and the best of the best are selected, thus ensuring that the recruited soldiers are capable and strong.

Of course, after the recruitment work was completed, the young people who successfully enlisted in the army were happy and happy, while a large number of young people who were not selected were very disappointed and complained.

Fortunately, the civil and local officials of the prison and local government did a great deal of ideological work, and assured these backward youths that they would still have a chance to be re-elected if the army was recruited again in the future.

After the recruitment work was completed, Li Dingguo ordered all recruits to step up their training, and they must be familiar with and master the relevant combat skills after two months.

The time stipulated by Li Xiao was that the recruits had completed their training in three months, but the time set by Li Dingguo for his subordinates was more than two months, which shows that Li Dingguo, as the chief general, was more urgent than Li Xiao, the duke of Tang Guo, and hoped to start the battle of Luzon as soon as possible.

In the scorching summer, Li Dingguo stepped up the training of new soldiers, and Li Xiao began to personally supervise the reconstruction of Jinan City after arranging the expansion of Pingnan Town.

On this day, Li Xiao was in the mansion to calculate all kinds of expenses needed for the reconstruction of Jinan City, and suddenly a soldier came to report, saying that there was a young man named Zhang Huangyan who wanted to come to Tang Guogong.

"Oh, please!"

Hearing Zhang Huang's words, Li Xiao couldn't help but have joy on his face.

Li Xiao, who had read the history of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life, naturally had a detailed understanding of this famous anti-Qing hero at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Huangyan (1620-1664), a native of Yinxian County (now Ningbo, Zhejiang), Han nationality, Confucian general and poet of the Southern Ming Dynasty, a famous anti-Qing hero, has always adhered to the anti-Qing struggle, before and after nearly 20 years.

Until 1664 (the third year of Kangxi), with the death of Emperor Yongli, King Lu of Jianguo, Zheng Chenggong and others, Zhang Huangyan saw that the general trend had gone, and there was no hope of regaining his sight, so he disbanded the righteous army on Hanging Island in Nantian and lived in seclusion. After being told by a traitor, he was captured in the same year, and then he was killed. Nicknamed Loyalty.

Li Xiao knew that in the real historical process, the current Zhang Huangyan should have been nervously preparing for the exam at home, and then, in the fifteenth year of Yu Chongzhen, Zhang Huangyan was able to pass the exam.

Unexpectedly, in this time and space that was changed by himself, Zhang Huangyan, who was full of ambitions for the country and was only 20 years old at the time, came thousands of miles from Zhejiang to take refuge in himself, which was much to Li Xiao's surprise.

Li Xiaofang walked out of the courtyard of the Tang State Mansion, and Zhang Huangyan, who was dressed in cloth but was full of energy, had been led by the soldiers and walked into the courtyard.

"Mr. Zhang, this is Lord Tang Guogong Li."

Zhang Huangyan was stunned, and immediately bowed to Li Xiao, who was wearing a python robe and jade belt in front of him with a smile on his face.

"Student Zhang Huangyan, meet Tang Guogong."

"Mr. Zhang doesn't have to be polite. Hurry up, please. Li Xiao stepped forward quickly and helped Zhang Huangyan up.

Zhang Huangyan saw that Li Xiao personally greeted him, and he was so humble and corporal, he couldn't help but be very excited, he arched his hand and said: "Zhang is a native of Yinxian County, Zhejiang, with the name Xuan, the number Cangshui, and he is a white body. Unexpectedly, Tang Guogong greeted him so warmly, and the students were so ashamed. ”

Li Xiao laughed and said: "Xuanzhu, there is a way, how can talent be old, the official has always been eclectic, but with talent and morality, Mr. Zhang does not have to be too humble." It's hot outside, it's not a place to talk, please go into the living room with my father-in-law to talk. ”

Soon, the two of them entered the living room, and after watching tea separately, Li Xiao noticed that Zhang Huangyan seemed to have something to say to himself, but his eyes glanced at the servant next to him from time to time.

"Xuanzhu, now there are only you and me in the room, if you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to speak." Li Xiao looked directly into Zhang Huangyan's eyes and said softly.

Zhang Huangyan put down the teacup in his hand, his young face had a heavy color that was completely different from his age, and he lowered his voice and said, "Master Li, in your opinion, I am Daming, can I still be saved?" ”

Hearing Zhang Huangyan's question, Li Xiao's face turned pale.

Okay, this Zhang Huangyan, just came to take refuge in himself, so he came to ask himself what his intention was.

"What does this question look like?" Li Xiao kicked the ball back to Zhang Huangyan.

Zhang Huangyan blinked, and said: "The student thinks that my Ming Dynasty has fallen to this, but it is because of the lack of loyal ministers and good generals. If Master Li is loyal to assist the country and eradicate the thieves and Tatars, then my Ming Dynasty can also prosper, and my China will be revitalized. ”

Listening to Zhang Huangyan's scholarly words, Li Xiao shook his head gently.

"Master Li, don't you agree with your opinion? Could it be that, in your opinion, my Ming is hopeless, and I will only continue to sink like this? Zhang Huangyan asked softly with an embarrassed face.

Li Xiao looked at the young Zhang Huangyan in front of him with a complicated look.

Seeing Zhang Huangyan's inquiring gaze, he had the intention to repeat what he had said to Chen Zilong, Jiang Yueguang and others a few days ago, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that it was too early to say these words to this young man.

Although this person is talented and learned, he is still young, and he has been studying hard at home behind closed doors, and he still has unrealistic illusions about the status quo of the imperial court. Then, before formally appointing this person, it may be better to let him go to various places to find out the actual situation on his own.

"Xuanzhu, there is a saying that it is better to see than to hear. There is also a saying that it is better to read 10,000 books than to travel a thousand miles. According to Ben Gong's view, you are still young, although you have talent and learning, but your social experience is not enough after all. A lot of things my father has told you now, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to understand. ”

"Master Li, what do you mean ......?"

"The meaning of this prince is that you don't have to be in a hurry to serve in our army first. You can first go to the Ming Dynasty to travel around, and then go to the rule of the official to see, compare the two, you will know why the prince has such an attitude. Li Xiao said calmly.

Zhang Huangyan lowered his head, although he had many opinions on Li Xiao's words in his heart, he was not easy to refute, after all, he had been studying hard at home behind closed doors, although he was known for his talents, he really didn't know much about what the real society was like.

"Okay, then the student will go to various places to inspect and cruise first, according to Tang Guogong's opinion." Zhang Huangyan finally nodded in agreement with Li Xiao's words.

Li Xiao nodded: "Very good, since Mr. Zhang agrees with the suggestion of the father-in-law, the father-in-law can fund you with a large amount of money, so that your journey will be smooth and smooth, and you will not worry about money." ”

Zhang Huangyan stood up and said angrily: "Thank you Tang Guogong, don't worry, at most, after a year and a half, after my inspection of various places, I will definitely come to Tang Guogong to serve again." ”

"Very good, when Mr. Zhang comes back from the inspection, my father-in-law will definitely pick up the wind and wash the dust for you." Li Xiao laughed.

After Zhang Huangyan left, two days later, Li Xiao received a letter from home, which was written by his Mongolian concubine Ingmar.

In the letter, Ingmar reported to him a good news in scribbled Chinese characters.

That is, since he left Dengzhou, he has not had a good thing for more than a month, and it seems that he should be pregnant.

Ingmar's letter made Li Xiao very happy.

He secretly rejoiced in his heart, now that he has a man and two girls, and now that Ingmar is pregnant again, it seems that his fourth offspring is about to come to the world again.

Li Xiao thought to himself, perhaps, he has been away from Dengzhou for a month, although he is busy with everything, he should also take the time to go back to Dengzhou and get together with his wives and concubines.