The succession of good news made Huainan rejoice, but Yang Wu had expected these things for a long time, and they had not changed much from history, so he didn't feel very excited. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On the Qingzhou side, although Wang Maozhang defeated Zhu Youning as in history, as Zhu Quanzhong personally led 200,000 troops to conquer after learning the news, the gap in strength between the two sides was too large, and no matter how Wang Maozhang could fight, it was impossible to produce a miracle, so the final defeat was still inevitable.

On Li Shenfu's side, with the rapid defeat of Cheng Wei, Jingxiang's original balance of power was completely broken, and several feudal towns that were originally weaker would compete. And now the forces in Huainan can't be put there, they can only watch the competition of local forces. According to the development of history, it should be Ma Yin who will rise in the end.

Yang Wu didn't know if Cheng Wei would be better for Huainan if he didn't die, but he knew that the rise of Ma Yin was the most unfavorable situation for Huainan. Historically, Huainan finally failed to unify the south, and it ran into a wall in two places, Qian Biao and Ma Yin.

Like Qian Biao, Ma Yin was also bent on protecting the territory and the people, although the Chu State he established was not enterprising enough, but it was enough for self-preservation, until Ma Yin died decades later, and his sons had civil strife in order to fight for power, and the Southern Tang Dynasty took the opportunity to destroy the Chu State, but it was not long before the remnants of Ma Chu were driven out.

Therefore, judging from the current situation, the overall situation in the south has not deviated greatly, and the main enemies of Huainan should still be Qian Biao and Ma Yin.

Of course, it is not that these two good news are not beneficial, on Li Shenfu's side, with the defeat of Cheng Xiao, Du Hong's reinforcements are only the 10,000-strong ragtag army sent by Zhu Quanzhong, Yang Wu believes that Li Shenfu's ability should be enough to deal with him. Once Ezhou fell into the hands of Huainan, Huainan got an important gateway in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. In addition to Shouzhou, an important town in Huaibei that has been in operation for many years, Huainan can get a preliminary guarantee in terms of strategic security.

On Wang Maozhang's side, with Zhu Quanzhong's personal battle, his main force will also be completely restrained by Wang Shifan, that is to say, from now until Wang Shifan is completely eliminated, Yang Wu will have enough time to complete the internal integration.

Therefore, the day after the good news came, Yang Wu took the opportunity to announce a specific plan for the reorganization of the army, preparing to adjust the whole army.

According to the plan, Yang Wu will send a group of people to various places to select the current Huainan army, and select those elite soldiers for integration. In order to cooperate with the selection, Yang Wu specially formulated the selection criteria, and made provisions on the age, physical condition, strength, martial arts, etc. of the soldiers, all those who are too young or too old, have physical disabilities, are too short in height, are not strong enough, are not familiar with martial arts, and the accuracy of archery is too poor, etc., as long as they do not meet the standards, they will be incorporated into the state soldiers; The elite that meets the standards will be reorganized and organized according to the establishment of the army, division, guard, capital, and battalion.

As soon as the plan was released, it caused an uproar, and many generals jumped out to express their opposition, and the intensity was even greater than when Xu Wen proposed to separate the military and the government in his previous letter.

These opponents vigorously attacked the reorganization plan, and some believed that it was wartime and that it was not appropriate for the army to make too many adjustments, so as not to affect the morale of the soldiers at the front. Some people think that Yang Wu's reorganization plan was too hasty, and he had not discussed it with everyone before; Others simply make a fuss about the specifics, specifically looking for problems that may arise in the plan.

However, among the many opponents, there are also many supportive voices, and most of these supporters are generals with strong ability and more merit in the army.

For these people, if they want to make contributions, they must have a stronger army, and Yang Wu's reorganization plan will undoubtedly make the Huainan army stronger in combat effectiveness.

The reason why those who oppose it is not that they do not see the benefits that the reorganization plan will bring, but these people are either incapable and promoted by mixed qualifications, or they are simply demoted to high positions in view of the specific situation at the time. These people have long lost their enterprising intentions, and they just want to get by like this, and most of them have no friendship with Yang Wu, so they are worried that the army in their hands will be wiped out after the reorganization, so they will naturally oppose it.

However, relatively speaking, those who supported the reorganization plan were some powerful generals in the army, such as Qin Pei and Li Decheng in Guangling, as well as Tai Meng, Li Chengsi, Wang Xuan, Zhang Xun, Li Jian, and others who were far away from home. In fact, these generals have long felt that there are many problems with the military system in Huainan today, which has seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the army, so they all chose to support it after learning the news.

On the side of the opponents, although the opposition is very loud, there is not a single general who can really take it, so naturally there is no way to confront the side of the supporters.

Then Yang Wu took the opportunity to announce that the Privy Council and the Military Command Department would be established, and those generals who were no longer responsible for leading the troops could be placed in these two yamen.

With this arrangement, the voices of those opponents were further weakened, and in the end, with the strong support of those powerful figures in the army, the plan for the reorganization of the army was approved, and the only suspicious point that needed to be discussed was that according to Yang Wu's selection criteria, I was afraid that less than half of the Huainan army could pass the assessment, and the standards needed to be lowered.

In this regard, Yang Wu's countermeasure is to formulate two standards, one high and one low, as long as the soldiers who can pass the lower standard can enter the reorganized new army, called regular soldiers; Soldiers who can pass a higher standard are called senior soldiers and enjoy higher treatment than regular soldiers.

Of course, the so-called low standard is only relative to the higher standard, in fact, it is not low, Yang Wu estimates that the number of soldiers who can pass the low standard in the end may only be about sixty percent. That is to say, the entire Huainan army has about 200,000 troops, and the strength that can be selected and incorporated into the new army may only be about 120,000; The remaining 80,000 men, who are still usable, will be incorporated into the state army and serve as guards in the local states; And those who are old, weak, sick and disabled can only retire.

Soon, the envoys who had gone to various places to select soldiers began to leave Guangling, and the reorganization of the army began in earnest.

In addition to continuing to discuss the policy of separating the military from the government that has not yet been decided, the selection of generals at all levels of the reorganized army has also become the focus of discussion.

is also different from the calm and calm when Xu Wen wrote a few days ago, this time in the selection of generals at all levels, everyone was very active, and the Jiedu Mansion also became busy, and the generals who came to visit all day long; Only generals like Tai Meng and Qin Pei who have no shortage of qualifications, prestige, and merits, and who are close to Yang Wu can still sit firmly in Diaoyutai.