After the banquet, talking about the formation of 12 towns, Yin Chengqi, who was at the head of the city, suggested: "Master Hou, this time a total of 10,000 rogues were captured, of which 7,000 were the Great Western Army and 3,000 were local tyrants.

Eliminate the stubborn, old, weak, sick and disabled, the 7,000 Western Army can only use 3,000 people, and the 3,000 local tyrants will be eliminated less than 1,000 people. ”

Li Dingguo was quite surprised, looked at Yang Xuan and said: "Penghou, this, the number of eliminations is too much, the officers and soldiers of our Great Western Army are quite elite, how can they eliminate so much?" ”

Yin Chengzhu also looked quite surprised: "Brother Ning Yu, there are a lot of these, and it is not easy for many subordinates to choose one of seven or eight."

The volunteers were able to win on the battlefield, in addition to the sharp firearms, in addition to the exquisite formations and coordinated operations between each other, it was the soldiers who kept improving.

In addition to the bad habits such as prostitution and gambling, the soldiers of the volunteer army are strong, diligent, willing to endure hardships, and not afraid of sacrifice.

In terms of body alone, all soldiers can carry 40 pounds on their backs, and they can immediately enter battle after marching 80 miles.

All soldiers were able to do farm work and could quickly dig fortifications ...... ”

Li Dingguo was also quite surprised, and sighed: "So it seems that I am not wronged to wait for the defeat of the volunteers, I said that there were a lot of cavalry of the volunteers that day, and they were ready to sneak attack, but they had already dug up the fortifications just when they ran closer." ”

Yang Xuan sighed and said, "Hey, Brother Ning Yu, I'll tell you the truth at this time.

At that time, only 6 adults in my volunteer army met this standard, and then gradually collected and surrendered troops, so it slowly changed into what it is today.

If you think about it, it would have been impossible to meet that standard.

The old, weak, sick and disabled who have been eliminated can be arranged to plough, and those who have been eliminated can be arranged to enter the yamen to do some things as a servant.

There are too many dead people now, there is not enough food to eat, there is no food to eat, so there will be more dead people in the future. ”

Yin Chengqi looked at Yang Xuan and asked, "My lord, what should you do with the absorbed troops?"

Yang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "There are about 4,000 captives, and they will be reorganized into two first-class regiments, which will be led by Dou Minwang and Wang Guoxi.

Ben Hou decided to form the 12th town, with Brother Dingguo as the general army and commanding his troops.

Brother Ning Yu, the establishment of a kind of town is 2 associations and 5 standard systems, and now all the towns of the Volunteer Army are not satisfied, most of them are only six or seven thousand people, and 12 towns have just been formed, although there are less than five thousand people, they can be expanded according to future achievements. ”

In the past, in order to prevent the generals from making a big mess, they often streamlined their troops, and generally the commanders of the military were only more than two or three thousand troops, and only the senior generals in the army could command tens of thousands of troops.

The Volunteer Army is different, the Volunteer Army implements a elite strategy, and is well-equipped, with a standard establishment of 2,000 people, and its combat power is far above that of other departments.

After the reorganization, although the 12th town only has only 2 bidders, its combat power is not much better than that of the pro-army in the past.

Li Dingguo arched his hand, what kind of battle has he not seen since he led the troops?

Dou Minwang and Wang Guoxi were overjoyed, kneeling down and bowing their heads to thank them.

In order to better integrate the big family of volunteers, according to the suggestion of Wu Yanghu, who joined the army, the 16th bid of the 6th town where Yang Wei was located was changed to the 12th town, and the 26th bid of Wang Guoxi was under the jurisdiction of Liu Weiming, the deputy general of the 6th town.

In order to comfort the other party, Yang Xuan explained: "Brother Yu, this Yang Wei was born in the righteous army, after two or three years of training, his department is quite sophisticated, everyone can learn tactics from each other and be familiar with new equipment. ”

This kind of thing has long been commonplace, and seeing Yang Xuan say this, Li Dingguo can't say anything that is not.

Seeing Li Dingguo sitting on one side without smiling, Yang Xuan immediately put together the reorganization plan of the Volunteer Army.

The total number of squads has not changed, but various tactical groups have been added in the middle of the squad, which has brought about a change in the number of squads.

Infantry squad, 1 squad leader, 2 captains, 7 privates, a total of 10 people.

Infantry squadron, 1 squadron leader, a grenadier group (2 people), plus 3 infantry squads, a total of 33 people.

The infantry brigade has 4 people in the brigade headquarters (1 captain, 1 secretary, 1 standard-bearer, 1 trumpeter), a tiger squat artillery squad (3 people), plus three infantry squadrons, and a cooking squad (10 people), a total of 116 people.

Battalion: 12 people in the brigade headquarters (1 general assistant and 1 intelligence and combat training logistics staff officer, 6 subtotals, 2 medical officers, and 4 service soldiers)

A Franc machine running squadron, each Franc machine gun has 3 people, a total of 6 No. 3 Franc machine runs, plus a squadron leader and a technician, a total of 20 people.

The escort squadron has 34 people, including a cavalry squad of 10 people, which is mainly responsible for reconnaissance, communications and other matters.

Two escort teams, each with 12 people, are mainly responsible for escort, gendarmerie, reconnaissance and other matters.

Four infantry brigades with a number of 116 * 4 = 464 people.

The total number of people in the battalion is 530.

Regiment (standard), 30 regimental headquarters (1 guerrilla general, 1 sub-supervision army, 1 chief of staff, 8 staff officers, 6 personal guards, 5 heralds, 8 service soldiers)

1 baggage brigade of 120 people, 1 escort brigade (116 people), 1 Fran machine gun brigade (60 people), a field branch (34 people), a cavalry squadron (30 people), a reconnaissance squadron of 20 people.

Plus three infantry battalions 530*3=1590 men.

The full standard is 2,000 people.

Cooperation: Association (Brigade) Department, 30 people (1 general, 1 supervising army, 1 chief of staff, 8 staff officers, 6 personal guards, 5 heralds, 8 service soldiers)

Escort squadron: 30 people, cavalry squadron 30 people, reconnaissance squad 10 people.

There are 4,100 people in the standard establishment.

Town: divided into three types of preparations: A, B and C, including:

A town: including the town headquarters, 2 associations, 1 cavalry division (battalion), 1 guard battalion, 1 3-pound artillery battalion, 1 baggage regiment, 1 supplementary battalion, and a field branch.

Full staff: 11,500 people.

B Town: 1 Concord and 1 Infantry Regiment, 1 Escort Battalion (2 Cavalry Brigades, 2 Guard Battalions), 2 2 Artillery Brigades, 2 Baggage Battalions, 1 Supplementary Battalion, 1 Field Branch.

Full staff: 9,000 people.

C Town: 3 infantry regiments, 1 escort battalion (1 cavalry brigade, 2 guard battalions), 1 three-pound artillery brigade, 1 baggage battalion, 1 supplementary battalion, 1 field branch

The full number of people is 6,500.

At present, among the supplementary towns, only the guard town has reached the establishment of type B town, and the other towns are only the establishment of type C town.

The 12th town now has no more than 4,000 soldiers, and it needs to go through continuous training and combat to achieve the goal of training the troops and expanding the army, and the establishment of the second town has been reached as soon as possible.

In order to ensure the expansion of the 12th town as soon as possible, the headquarters will also send 60 cadets from the Armed Forces Hall to assist in the training, of which 40 are military cadres and 20 are military and political personnel.

The 12th town also needs to immediately select 100 outstanding grassroots commanders to study in the Wubei Hall to improve the level of training and operational command.

In the battle of Baishijiang, Li Dingguo, as one of the opposing parties, deeply felt the role of the middle and lower-level generals of the Volunteer Army, so there was no major opposition.