Entering Lei Ze at night, the remaining 30,000 people of the imperial army were wiped out, and Liangshan Manor successfully solved the hidden dangers around him.

The duel lasted more than half a month, Liangshan Manor achieved an overwhelming victory, only more than 40,000 prisoners of war, and countless grain and grass materials, more importantly, Liangshan Manor in Jingdong has played a prestigious name, the common people mentioned Liangshan and the ancient petty officials all praised each other, the surrounding states and counties no longer dare to covet this manor, the most immediate is the market at the entrance of the Li family, merchants from all over the world know the background of this market, so they have poured in, and the market is prosperous several times for a while.

At the beginning of September, it was already cool on Liangshan, and Gu Haotian was relatively idle after he was busy with the placement of prisoners of war, so he remembered the reorganization of the existing structure of the escort force that day.

This time with the imperial army, a total of more than 40,000 prisoners of war were collected in three stages, and more than 20,000 people were incorporated into the escort team.

"Master, I think the structure of our manor guard team is going to change, originally when we set up the organization, the guard team was divided into four levels: squad, team, company, and battalion, and each battalion was full of 1,000 people. Now the infantry battalion has reached 2,000 men, and the cavalry battalion has 1,500 men, far exceeding the original design. Moreover, it is foreseeable that the crusade of the imperial court will not stop there, and there will definitely be more prisoners on the mountain in the next step, bringing us more soldiers. In addition, the excessive number of battalion heads also brings about a drawback, that is, during the operation, the battalions are not under the command of each other, and the command and coordination are not smooth, and at the moment they are all fighting in the vicinity, and there is a unified deployment of the staff office, and there is no major problem, and if they go out to fight far away in the future, trouble will arise. ”

"That's the same, what does Haotian have in mind?"

When Wen Huanzhang saw this, he immediately understood that what he said was reasonable, but he knew that since this disciple thought of this problem, he must have already taken care of it.

"The students thought that if they wanted to set up another level above the battalion, they would call it 'regiment', and the leading general would be called the regiment commander, and every three battalions would be a regiment, with a number of about 5,000. In addition to infantry, cavalry, and water, there is also a mixed regiment, such as Dengzhou, which can combine the three battalions of infantry, cavalry, and water into one regiment. In this way, the number of people and generals of each regiment has a certain scale, and they will be able to independently carry out combat missions in the future. ”

"This is a very good idea, it's just the candidates for the heads of each regiment, can Haotian consider it?"

"I have just given birth to this idea, and I haven't considered the candidate yet, but I have to make thoughtful arrangements to take into account all parties, so don't make a gap because of this."

"Haotian has this idea very well, the generals of the escort team are now more and more, and they are becoming more and more mixed, there are old brothers who have followed you since Gujiazhuang, there are also brothers who came up the mountain during the establishment of the manor, there are court officials who took the initiative to vote, and there are also generals who surrendered during the war. So you can think of taking care of all sides, but it's a great good. ”

When Wen Huanzhang heard Gu Haotian propose to change the structure just now, he was careful that he was still young and did not think carefully about personnel arrangements, and when he heard him say that he took all parties into account, he knew that he had a plan, and he couldn't help but appreciate this disciple even more.

"Director Xiao should be able to return to the mountain recently, he, the chief of military administration, is in charge of the personnel of the escort team, and it is not good to miss him in this matter, so I will call several directors of the escort team together to discuss it."

It turned out that after this idea germinated that day, Gu Haotian sent someone to Dengzhou to call Xiao Jiasui back, and seeing that Zhang Huanzhang had no objections, he wanted to put this matter on the agenda.

"It doesn't matter, this matter is not a matter of one or two days, but first release the news to probe the tone of the various battalion commanders of the escort team, and also let the chiefs of each section have a thought in their hearts, and it is better to make a decision when the time is ripe than to act hastily."

Gu Haotian said that he also felt that Wen Huanzhang said it very well

Reasonable. That night, taking the opportunity to discuss the integration of officers and soldiers, he brought up the matter of reforming the structure of the escort corps, and then the news slowly spread in the manor.

The battalions of the escort team are about to be upgraded to "regiments", and this regiment commander is still in charge of three battalion commanders, which is a major event since the establishment of Liangshan Manor. So as the news spread, there was a lot of discussion throughout the manor, and many people were discussing the candidate for the "head of the regiment".

A hot topic at Liangshan Restaurant recently is who is likely to become the head of the group. On this day, Xu Guanzhong was the east and called Lin Chong, Ruan Xiaoer, Sun An, Pang Wanchun, Guan Sheng and others to eat in Liangshan Restaurant.

"This time, the escort team is going to reform the military system, what do you think?"

Everyone sat down, Xu Guanzhong threw out this topic, today he invited the object of the four major arms of foot, horse, water, and bow, and the identity background is also different, but there are some of the nature of the symposium in later generations, in fact, it was also instructed by Gu Haotian.

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other for a while, it is said that all of them who are battalion commanders have the hope of becoming regiment commanders, but they have different qualifications and different ideas.

For example, Ruan Xiaoer is relatively indifferent, because if the sailors set up a regiment, he, an old man, will not be able to run away with a regiment commander, and his consideration is how to talk to the two brothers, don't fight for this regiment commander, otherwise it will be difficult for the petty officials.

Sun An is also calm, if the infantry sets up a regiment, he and Ji Sheng, the two old battalion commanders, will consider it nine times out of ten. Guan Sheng is a little different, if he has the ability, he will definitely be able to do it, but he will not dare to have any extravagant hopes soon after he goes up the mountain. Pang Wanchun was a little depressed, since the establishment of the bow battalion, it has not played a big role, and what he is thinking about now is how to play the role of archers.

Lin Chong is more free and easy, his officer training camp has nothing to do with the regiment commander, and he also knows that Xu Guanzhong's wine game today is nothing more than to give everyone a breath and let everyone have a number in their hearts, so he opened his mouth first:

"Director Xu, what are the rules for Haotian's selection of a 'regiment leader'?"

"He hasn't said anything yet, but when discussing the matter of prisoners that day, he also talked about the general meaning, mainly three points, one is seniority, the second is merit, and the third is ability."

"In this way, it is absolutely impossible to reach it below, but there is only one way to ask the director to rest assured, and he will definitely obey the arrangements in the manor, and there is no other word."

Guan Sheng listened to Xu Guanzhong's three standards, and immediately thought that he was a newcomer, and he must not be qualified, but he also knew the meaning of today's dinner, so he immediately rushed to express his position.

"I don't want to be that commander, but this bow battalion also needs to be changed, either to join the infantry or the cavalry, otherwise it will not be appropriate to keep it in the manor without a fight."

When this bow battalion was first established, the manor was intended to be an independent army, but now it seems a little inappropriate, Pang Wanchun trained a battalion of archers, but often had no battle to fight, and he was very aggrieved, so he took the opportunity to make a suggestion.

"I invite a few small gatherings today, it's not about who can be qualified as the head of the regiment, the main thing is to hear your thoughts, if you mention it in the future, I also have a bottom in my heart."

Xu Guanzhong saw that the two were busy expressing their positions, and he already had a plan in his heart, so he immediately changed the topic.

"If there are a few regiments in the sailor barracks, I think these people can be considered, one is the Fei Bao brother, he is the boss of the four heroes of Taihu Lake, since the year before last he moved the whole village to the manor, but he has made a great contribution. The second is the Li Jun brothers, who are the leaders of a group of heroes in Jiangzhou, and now they are running a party alone in Qingzhou and Laizhou, and they are also suitable candidates. The third is the Li Bao brothers, although he is young, he has the best experience in naval warfare, and he is currently presiding over the overall situation on the island, which should be considered. ”

Ruan Xiaoer took the opportunity to speak at this time, there were only seven battalions of sailors at the moment, and he recommended three regiment commanders at once, but none of his own brothers, this mind is really not to say.

Guan Sheng saw Ruan Xiaoer's frankness, hesitated, and also spoke: "Now in the cavalry battalion, there are more battalion commanders who have returned to the imperial court, if you say that the qualifications and merits in the manor are not enough, but some people's martial arts knowledge is extraordinary, such as the battalion commander Hu Yanzhuo, his famous general's descendants, martial arts and strategies are the best choice, if you are the head of the regiment, you will be competent." ”

Xu Guanzhong saw that several people had said what was in their hearts, so he said: "Several brothers can tell each other frankly, Guan Zhong is deeply grateful, and he will definitely report it to the petty officials in the future, and he will definitely consider it carefully." ”

Just like Xu Guanzhong's practice, in the past few days in Liangshan Manor, similar situations have happened from time to time. Wu Yong and the old brothers who came from Heisongling were all ventilated, Zhu Wu and Shi Jin and others also communicated in private, and Gu Haotian and Wen Huanzhang were even busier.

As a result, the restructuring of the escort force has not yet begun, but the preliminary mapping work has been done very well. Many people were moved by the humanized way of doing things in the manor, and they correspondingly looked down on the position of the head of the regiment.

A few days later, Xiao Jiasui returned from Dengzhou, but he did not come alone, but with more than 2,000 young fishermen. Ruan Xiaoer and the others were overjoyed when they saw this good sailor seedling, and couldn't help but make another contribution to Li Bao.

Xiao Jiasui's return finally put the restructuring of the escort team on the agenda. On this day, Gu Haotian summoned Wen Huanzhang, the five directors of military affairs, staff officers, military intelligence, military law, and armaments, and specially invited Zhao Ding, Zhang Jiucheng, and others to discuss restructuring matters in Zhonghua Hall.

Gu Haotian spoke first, saying that everyone had already known about the restructuring of the escort force, and that the purpose of calling everyone here today was to discuss how to change it and how to achieve good results.

Although he rushed back only two or three days, he thought all the way when he learned about it from Dengzhou, and after returning to the mountain, he discussed it with his colleagues in the department for two days, and he was very calm at this time.

"Everyone knows the benefits of the reform of the escort force, so I won't say more, but here I will focus on the issue of the number of regiments in each branch. Up to now, the total number of escorts has reached more than 80,000 after joining the officers and soldiers who have taken prisoners and recruited soldiers from Dengzhou, and if the standard of a battalion of 5,000 petty officers is adopted, there are at least 16 regiments. The plan agreed upon by the Military Administration Department was to set up five regiments for infantry and cavalry, three regiments for sailors, and three mixed regiments for Dengzhou, Laizhou, and Yinmachuan, and the names of the personal guard battalion, the training battalion, the officer training battalion, the special battalion, and the firearms battalion would remain unchanged, but the rank would be equivalent to that of the regiment, and the bow battalion would be abolished, and its functions would be merged into the training battalion, so that there would be exactly 16 regiments and five battalions, with a total number of more than 80,000 people. ”

As soon as Xiao Jiasui's voice fell, everyone present began to talk in a whisper.

"I think that from the moment of view, Li Jiadao should set up another regiment, although it is nearby, but it is a side of its own in wartime, and if they are not unified with each other, it will not be good to fight." Xu Guanzhong opened his mouth first.

Zhu Wu then continued: "In fact, some regiments may not necessarily have a certain number of 5,000 people, but they can be flexibly set up according to the needs of defense, such as Lijiadaokou and Yinmachuan, etc., and it is not necessarily necessary to have 5,000 at the moment. ”

"However, I feel that one regiment on the Dengzhou side is not enough, because the islands off the sea are wide and the operations have their own independence, so it is better to set up another regiment." It was Wu Yong who made this opinion.

Later, everyone expressed their views one after another, and finally it was decided that five regiments should be set up for infantry and cavalry, three regiments for sailors, two regiments in Dengzhou, and one regiment each for Laizhou, Yinmachuan, and Lijiadaokou, for a total of 18 regiments.

Gu Haotian saw that everyone had no objections, so he said: "The number of regiment-level formations will be decided at today's meeting, and the next more important thing is the candidates for generals at all levels. ”

The meeting on the reform of the system in the Zhonghua Hall then ended, but the news that the guards had set up the new eighteen regimental commanders quickly spread, and everyone in the manor was full of expectations for the meeting two days later.

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