The senior generals of the new army all want to at least double the size of the army, and in fact, the economy of Qi Province can now afford to support a standing army of 80,000.

But generals are generals, and they only need to think about military issues, and Xu Shiyang is different.

Xu Shiyang is the secretary of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, the number two person in power in Qi Province (and even the real leader of Qi Province), and the rightful heir to the power of the Governor's Office.

Or a traverser who is trying to change the fate of the nation.

Therefore, he had to consider a number of non-military aspects.

Economically, the newly captured Goryeo slaves could only be used as serfs or mine slaves, and it was true that many of them could be replaced, but even then there was always not enough manpower to be relied upon.

If the population replaced by Goryeo Nu was swallowed up by the new army of 40,000 young and strong people in one go, Xu Shiyang's layout in many aspects would have to be abandoned due to lack of manpower.

This was an unacceptable result for him.

Therefore, the new army can be expanded, but it cannot be expanded indefinitely, and 20,000 for the army in terms of manpower is already the upper limit.

The specific expansion plan of the army is:

In addition to adding an infantry battalion to each of the 10 brigades of the field army, Xu Shiyang planned to double the number of engineers, artillery, and cavalry under the brigade, and expand each field brigade from the original 2,000 to 3,000 people, including the brigade headquarters and the pacification units.

In addition, all the divine machine guns in the brigade artillery were eliminated and replaced with 4 kg field guns to enhance firepower, and all the positions that originally belonged to 4 kg field guns were replaced with 8 kg guns.

In this way, each artillery company was 6 4-pound guns and 2 8-pound guns, and two artillery batteries per brigade were combined into one artillery battalion.

Every two infantry battalions were combined into an infantry regiment.

The field brigade is composed of a brigade headquarters, two infantry regiments, an artillery battalion, a cavalry battalion, and an engineer battalion.

The strength of such a field brigade has increased by 50 percent compared with the past, but its firepower has more than doubled, and the increase in combat effectiveness is very efficient.

The army has set up an independent heavy artillery battalion (at the same level as the navy's heavy artillery team), which still has two companies under its jurisdiction, each with 8 cannons, but the first heavy artillery company uses a newly cast 16-kilogram cannon, and the second company uses a mortar that can fire 30-kilogram shells.

These two artillery batteries were not suitable for field warfare, and could only be used to siege or defend cities, and Liaodong actually did not have particularly strong cities so that these things were needed.

Xu Shiyang's formation of this heavy artillery battalion was actually to prepare for something that would inevitably happen in the future.

In addition to all of the above, the focus of the expansion is on cavalry units.

The heavy cavalry with men and horses remained unchanged at 10 companies, the dragoons at 20 companies, and the mounted artillery (officially named the Flying Cavalry Artillery) was expanded to 10 companies, and the artillery used was all the magic machine guns that had been eliminated by the infantry (because this type of artillery was the lightest).

In addition, 10 light cavalry companies with only sabers and pistols were formed, and the main task of these cavalry was reconnaissance and pursuit, without armor, only using a helmet as protective gear, Xu Shiyang named these light cavalry chasers.

By the way, from dragoons to flying cavalry artillery to chasers, Xu Shiyang's naming of new arms has become more and more familiar to his own more familiar modern naming method.

The new army that will eventually take shape will be a strong army with a complete navy and army and a total strength of 55,000 troops.

If necessary, they will be able to get the support of 300,000 militiamen and 10,000 Goryeo servants in Qi Province.

With such a force, if Xu Shiyang only wants to open up a feudal dynasty to dominate the world, it is actually enough now.

……

Goryeo, Jeonju, the capital of Jeolla Right Province.

Today, Goryeo, Pyongan Province and Hamgyong Province have been completely occupied by Wanyan Yinjutsu.

Gyeonggi Province suffered heavy losses in the invasion of the Qi army.

Therefore, the remaining five provinces became the hope of Goryeo's revival.

Naturally, it became a source of troops for Goryeo to form a new army.

The Jeolla Province leads directly to Tsushima Island, and it has intensive maritime trade with Fuso, so it is relatively wealthy compared to the other provinces of the Goryeo Kingdom.

The opening of the sea meant that it would be harassed and plundered by pirates, pirates, and maritime merchants more frequently, so Jeolla Province, like the northern two provinces, was also one of the key defense areas of the Goryeo army.

The wealthy Jeolla middle-aged class would pay to hire poor people (mostly fugitive slaves) to serve as soldiers for them.

Often, after serving as a client, these substitutes will soon find new clients to continue their service, so many of the substitutes in Jeolla Province are veterans who have served for a long time (some have been in the military for more than ten or twenty years).

In this way, the combat effectiveness of the Jeolla Provincial Alternative Service is also somewhat famous in Goryeo.

The officers sent by the Qi army to Goryeo to recruit, reorganize, and train the new army naturally focused their attention on conscription.

"Hehe, Lord Xu, please go this way."

The newly appointed Jeonju pastor of Goryeo (the original Jeonju pastor led the soldier King Qin did not come back alive) Park Jung-in led Seo Se-jin to the open space in front of the Jeonju Mansion Yamen with a sneer.

The recruitment and registration of recruits is now underway here, in front of a row of more than a dozen tables, each lined up with hundreds of people, and the open space is also surrounded by people who come to see the excitement and family members who see them off, thousands of people are crowded together, and the bustle is very noisy.

However, when Seo Se-jin arrived at the recruitment site under the guidance of Park Jung-in, the scene suddenly quieted down.

This is not difficult to understand, after all, the Qi army has just beaten the Goryeo people, although they did not attack Jeolla Province, but after all, this side also participated in the King of the Qin operation and was defeated in the first battle, and the Qi army in Gyeonggi Province tossed too hard, only the slaves took away more than 200,000, and now the name of the Qi people in Goryeo is not much better than the evil ghosts.

Under such circumstances, it is natural that the Koreans are both afraid and hateful to the people of Qiprovince.

As a veteran, Xu Shizhen was appointed by the General Staff as the commander of the soon-to-be-established Goryeo Odd Soldier Brigade, and before the Odd Soldier Brigade was formed, he had to single-handedly handle the recruitment and training work.

Therefore, he has appeared in the recruitment site of Jeonju many times with Park Jung-in, the pastor of Jeonju in Goryeo, and the common people of Goryeo already know who he is.

It is also because of this that as soon as Xu Shizhen appears, no matter how noisy the occasion is, it will become extremely quiet.

Xu Shizhen glanced at the audience, whether it was the Goryeo officials, the people who came to recruit soldiers, or the ordinary people who were watching, no one dared to look at him.

Everyone kept their heads down, trying not to be watched by him.

Except for a small group of unruly men dressed in shabby linen.

"What do these people do?" Xu Shizhen pointed to the only guy on the scene who dared not to avoid his eyes and asked.

"Uh......" Park Jung-in looked at it carefully for a while and replied, "It's a Chinese man who has come to serve in the military." ”

"Is it a middleman?" Xu Shizhen asked.

"No, it should be a cheap maid who takes money to replace the Chinese to serve."

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