According to Liu Zhengfeng's original intention, take his young and strong people, and basically distribute them evenly according to the original model of the Chinese army, which is the front and back, and the left and right sides, of course, as the commander-in-chief, the Chinese army in charge must still have some priority when selecting strong soldiers. Because the Chinese army suffered heavy losses in the early stage, especially under Yan Chi's several raids, the elite was almost wiped out, and since Yu Zhilong led some men and horses as the vanguard, the current Chinese army is almost an empty shelf, so Liu Zhengfeng wants to restructure the Chinese army, install his cronies, and firmly control the Chinese army in his own hands.

As for the former army, it was handed over to Yu Shichang, Liu Zhengfeng originally wanted to give Yu Shichang the title of a former general, so that Yu Shichang could also lead an army by himself, according to the relationship between the Yu and Liu families, the former army and the Chinese army naturally have the closest relationship, and both can be regarded as Liu Zhengfeng's descendants.

But Liu Qi and the others felt that Yu Shichang was promoted too quickly, and he was not as good as Yu Zhilong in terms of merit, and his sudden promotion to general was really unsatisfactory to the army, in fact, they still didn't want Liu Zhengfeng's strength to grow too fast, and now there is a milky Yu Zhilong, plus a Yu Shichang who doesn't deal with them much, it's heartwarming to look at!

Liu Zhengfeng finally had to give Yu Shichang a position as a lieutenant. Yu Shichang was full of joy, but he was poured cold water by Liu Qi and others, of course he was resentful of Liu Qi and others, but when he heard that he was compared with Yu Zhilong's merits and was taken the position of general, he was also more jealous of Zhilong, seeing that this kid was not a few days older than himself, but he was lucky, his subordinates are now strong and strong, and his strength is almost half of that of the Shuntian Army, so that Liu Zhengfeng is a little embarrassed, and every time he discusses a meeting, he must listen to Yu Zhilong's opinion to make a good decision, and the other leaders are not to mention!

Now Yu Zhilong can be said to have his own lineage, and the heaviest number of people, so the meaning of several big leaders is that Yu Zhilong has the least number of soldiers, and only the last choice of the soldiers.

Liu Qi and Qin Zhanshan were appointed as the left general and right general of the left and right armies respectively, and Wan Jinhai and Xia Houen were appointed as the main and deputy generals of the rear army with fewer original soldiers and horses. Yu Zhilong was named General Fei.

Liu Qi and Qin Zhanshan feel that they have the most soldiers and horses now except for Yu Zhilong, and they have also made outstanding achievements in the past, which is naturally what the two of them said, especially supporting Liu Zhengfeng as the king, this is the first merit of the two, no matter how you say that Liu Zhengfeng should take care of it more, it doesn't matter if the number of soldiers in each army is basically the same, but the choice of soldiers should be the two of them first!

Wan Jinhai and Xia Houen naturally have no objection to the expansion of the headquarters, but they also hope that they will have the right to give priority to the selection of young and strong soldiers. Moreover, the two of them also heard about Liu Qi and Qin Zhanshan's secret occupation of the county treasury, but there was no direct evidence. Liu Qi and Qin Zhanshan's strength is stronger than their own, so they can endure this dumb loss. Now seeing that Liu Qi and the others have to suppress others in the selection of soldiers, they are naturally unwilling.

Liu Zhengfeng and Yu Zhilong already have this meaning to Liu and the two.

Speaking of which, although there are many people who defect, there are many people with their families, and naturally there are not so many soldiers available, but Liu Zhengfeng and others must give rations to their whole family to ensure their survival, otherwise the blow to morale will be immeasurable. Everyone understands this cost performance, and since this is the case, they are willing to choose a single young and strong person first, or a small family drag.

Several leaders earned a lot of money for a while in order to divide more troops and the right to choose first, Wan Jinhai and Xia Houen were angry in the debate, pointing out that Liu Qi and Qin Zhanshan secretly occupied more county treasury, and it is absolutely impossible to take advantage of the soldiers today! Liu Qi and Qin Zhanshan blushed, only saying that the two of them were spewing blood, and retorted that Wan and Xiahou have always had few men and horses, and their contribution is small, and it is already preferential treatment to make up for their soldiers, how can they get Longwangshu, and they don't know how to advance or retreat.

Yu Zhilong said that he has a lot of people and a lot of contributions, this is a fact, since I have the least number of soldiers, why don't you let me choose the soldiers first? Moreover, all the officials in the county are provided by Yu Zhilong alone, and the burden of his own population far exceeds that of you.

Although Yu Zhilong takes care of the relationship between all parties, but these leaders have their own careful thoughts, and now it seems that they are not people who do big things, Liu Zhengfeng, as a big leader, can also start from the whole, as for Liu, Qin and others are obviously more selfish.

Liu Zhengfeng also had a headache when he saw these leaders for this. I had to repeatedly persuade everyone to have a cup of tea first, and the fire was defeated.

Liu Qi and the others occupied the county treasury that day, and everyone later knew that they were unwilling to tear their faces in the past, but now all departments are expanding vigorously and urgently need to be strong, because it is related to the vital interests of the leaders in the future, so the debate will naturally be fierce.

The main reason for making such a fuss is that Liu Zhengfeng's strength is weak, and Yu Hai has not had time to make a strong arrangement for his succession.

Yu Zhilong saw that it was not a way, it would be time-consuming to go on like this, and it was easy to hurt the harmony of all departments, and now that the war was imminent, there should be no internal contradictions. He pondered for a while, and came up with an idea, first pick out all the young and strong, determine the number of soldiers to be replenished in each department, starting with Liu Zhengfeng, followed by Liu Qi, Qin Zhanshan, Yu Zhilong, Wan Jinhai, Xia Houen and others, everyone sent people to pick up troops round by round, one hundred soldiers per round, if the amount they made up was full, they would automatically withdraw, and the rest of the leaders would continue. With a few people combined, this method is quite fair, but it is feasible.

However, when it came to the specific allocation of the number of soldiers in each department, it was naturally another quarrel, and in the end, the number of each army was basically the same, and Yu Zhilong's department allowed his troops to exceed the quota of 500 troops due to special reasons in the early stage. Liu Zhengfeng is the head of the whole army, so there can be slightly more soldiers and horses in the army.

Because the property of the county treasury has been distributed to all departments, and only part of it is left for the use of the county's administration, Liu Zhengfeng demanded that the grain and grass of each department no longer be supplied by the corps after the expansion, and all of them should be solved by themselves.

These things finally ended the argument, and several leaders couldn't help but dry their mouths, and everyone was dressed in rough clothes or leaning back on their chairs, and at this time, Yu Zhilong's judgment that the Yidu official army would soon come to encircle and suppress slowly spoke to the leaders.

When it comes to the official army to suppress, several leaders understand in their hearts that this is a matter of time sooner or later, since everyone is unwilling to be a rogue anymore, they must occupy the city of the county government, and they are destined to fight head-on with the officials and troops who come to suppress. Just now, everyone was vying for soldiers, and an important purpose was to have more advantages in the battle with the officers and soldiers. Now that time is pressing, it is impossible to train a qualified army in a short period of time, and the best way is to expand the ranks on a large scale, and overwhelm the quality of the officers and soldiers with quantity.

Liu Zhengfeng estimated that there were about 6,000 young and strong people, and in the end, Yu Zhilong could be supplemented by 1,000 soldiers, and the rest belonged to the left and right Chinese armies. Although there were many personnel, there was a shortage of weapons, and most of them could only use wooden sticks or bamboo guns, as for shields and armor, there were basically none. Naturally, the horses, armor, and weapons that were captured were given priority to the soldiers who had fought for a long time.

As for the horses, everyone has been searching everywhere these days, and there are some of those big gentry families, and there are hundreds of them together.

In the current state of fighting against the official army, it is indeed unpredictable how the outcome will be!

But now that Liu Zhengfeng has become the king, everyone has become a general, and if they don't take risks, how do you know that there will be no future?

Liu Zhengfeng, Liu Qi, Wan Jinhai and others gasped for breath and did not speak for a while. Fight a tough battle, everyone has done it, but in the past, it was impossible to run away, there is no master here, there is a place to keep the master, this time it is really going to do a big job, it can be said that it is endless. As a result, these big leaders are indeed lacking in confidence now.

"It's done! Big deal, big scar on the head! Xia Houen clenched his hands into fists and slammed them on the table, causing several tea bowls and teapots on the table to fly, roll down a few and fall to the ground.

A few drops of hot tea splashed on Liu Qi's face, making Liu Qizhi frown. Yu Zhilong and Liu Zhengfeng were also drenched.

"Right! We now have so many people, and we're afraid of him! Qin Zhanshan gritted his teeth and burst out of his mouth with a sentence, as if what he was biting was the corpse of the official army. His mother was slaughtered, and he always wanted revenge.

Liu Zhengfeng's face was red for a while, blue for a while, he first stared down and thought about it, then raised his head and asked, "Which officials and troops on Yidu Road have begun to assemble?" ”

A small leader standing next to him was in charge of scouting, and when he heard Liu Zhengfeng's inquiry, he stepped forward and replied: "Back to the prince, in the past few days, the little ones have all disguised themselves to investigate outside the city of Yidu, and the garrisons outside the city are mainly the Meng Righteous Army in Lidu, the Tian Righteous Army in Laizhou, the Han Army in Dizhou and the local Han Army. ”

"How can there still be a rebel army in Laizhou? You read that right? "It's weird.

"It is indeed the banner of the Laizhou Righteous Army. It has the words "Raeju Mandota" on it. The little leader continued, "Some brothers went to investigate outside his camp and heard the soldiers in the village shouting with the accent of Laizhou. ”

"How many officers and troops are there in Yidu now?" Liu Zhengfeng asked, this is what everyone is most concerned about.

"The city gate is very strict, and you can't enter the city, but looking at the size of the camp outside the city and the banners of thousands of households and thousands of households, it is estimated that it is at least more than 5,000. Judging from the banners, the banners of 8,000 households have been discovered, and the officers and soldiers assembled this time are all foot soldiers, and no banners of the cavalry have been found. The little leader replied, "And there have been a lot more carts of grain and grass to Yidu City recently. ”

"What's going on in the South?" Liu Qi asked suddenly.

"It's still the same as before, the officers and troops in the south are also increasing, yesterday I found that the banners of thousands of households in the camp have increased by two, and today the return has increased by two, and now there are officers and soldiers stationed on all roads to the south and west, and there are already fourteen banners of thousands of households of officers and soldiers, and there are two banners of ten thousand households." The Yuan army in the south came from Yizhou, and there were not many people and horses, but they were stationed at dangerous places on the mountain road to the south, and if they went south, they had to rush to camp. As for the rest of the sheep intestine trails to the south, it is difficult to meet the requirements of the march of the army and their families.

"Although there are a few roads to the south, the meaning of the official army is still the method of blocking the north and the south, so the soldiers and horses gathered in the south are the most, but they are not actively going north." Wan Jinhai said after pondering.

"It should be so, the road to the south is winding, and the distance is much longer than the distance from Yidu to this. If you send troops to attack, it is naturally more convenient to benefit yourself! Yu Zhilong agreed with Wan Jinhai's judgment.

Xia Houen added: "In the past few days, there has been a significant increase in the number of Tartars patrolling up and down the Chengdong River, and the scouts have sneaked over to investigate, and the Tartar camp on the opposite bank has grown a lot larger, and there are hundreds more households in the banner. And the Tartar cavalry on the opposite bank also began to appear! ”