"Your Highness, the new army has now recruited more than five thousand three hundred people. Although the screening conditions for the new army are very strict, because the military salaries and benefits offered are very generous, there are still a lot of people who come to sign up for the draft. ”

If this trend continues, it should not be long before enough civilians will be recruited into the new army. ”

Xia Junze had already left, and Liu Ji stayed behind to report to Jiang Chuan about the preparation for the new army.

Jiang Chuan handed over the specific matters of preparing the new army to Bai Mu.

It was obviously a bit overkill to let a general like Bai Mu only serve as the captain of his own personal guard battalion, so after Jiang Chuan considered it, he asked him to be responsible for preparing for the establishment of a new army.

If nothing else, Bai Mu will be the new commander of the new army in the future.

Bai Mu is the specific person in charge, while Liu Ji is responsible for some logistics camps, military salaries, and military uniforms.

And when he was in Liaodong, Liu Ji also had experience in this area, so Jiang Chuan handed over this matter to Liu Ji and Bai Mu to be jointly responsible.

Jiang Chuan nodded and said: "The training of the new army will be carried out in the capital first, and if the formation of the new first army is smooth, we will also organize and train the new army in other provinces one after another." Basically, a new army is guaranteed in every province. In this way, we can secure our foundation. ”

After Jiang Chuan finished speaking, he picked up a document from the table and handed it to Liu Jidao: "Military advisor, look at it, this is the military rank system that I have written in the past few days that is compatible with the new army system, as well as related benefits. There is basically no problem with the big aspects, you take it back and take a good look at it, and then help me revise it at my discretion. ”

After Liu Ji left, Jiang Chuan asked people to find two generals, Baishan and Shanjia.

Shanjia's current mission is to bring 60,000 elite Qin troops to be stationed in the eastern suburbs of the capital, as a backbone force for external deterrence and internal suppression.

Although Jiangchuan's personal guard battalion is elite, it has only 3,000 people, and its main task is to protect Jiangchuan's safety and guard the palace.

With these 60,000 Qin troops, no matter what restless thoughts anyone had inside and outside the capital, they didn't dare to act rashly.

Bai Shan commanded another 60,000 Qin troops and Korean and Mongol servants, a total of 100,000 troops stationed in another military camp on the western outskirts of the capital.

The task given by Jiang Chuan to Hu Zongxian and Di Qing was to continue to advance south and recover Jiangnan, the Central Plains and other places.

The task of Baishan was to lead an army of 100,000 to the west, all the way to recover Jinju and enter Shaanzhou. Then advanced from Shaanzhou to Shuzhou, and after cleaning up Li Zicheng, the ultimate goal was to annihilate Zhang Xianzhong, who was entrenched in Shuzhou.

The reason why this army has not been dispatched for a long time, but is still stationed near the capital, is because the situation in the capital is still unstable, and secondly, because Jiang Chuan is waiting for the system upgrade to be completed, and the equipment for this western expedition army is replaced.

Although the military camps of Baishan and Shanjia were not in the same place, the distance was about the same, and the two came together after a short time.

After the two greeted Jiang Chuan, they sat opposite Jiang Chuan and waited for Jiang Chuan to speak.

"Bai Shan, the equipment for your expedition to the west is in place, right?" Jiang Chuan looked at Bai Shan and asked.

Bai Shan nodded and said, "Yes, Your Highness, the new weapons are already in place. At the end of the next few days, the general has already organized the soldiers to start training and familiarize themselves with these new weapons, so as to strive to form combat effectiveness at an early date. ”

Jiang Chuan nodded and said with a smile: "Although this time I only equipped you with 5,000 new equipment, in fact, you also understand that using new equipment to attack Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong is quite a bit of a chicken and a cow." And there is no need to change the new equipment, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are not our opponents at all, so do you know why this king still needs to replace you with new equipment? ”

"The last general understands what His Highness means. His Royal Highness has said before that the future army will be a fully firearmed army, and His Highness is also preparing to change the military system, so His Royal Highness wants the last general to let the soldiers become familiar with firearms more quickly in actual combat, and also to exercise the command ability of the last general to the new firearms unit. ”

Jiang Chuan nodded and said, "It's good that you understand, this king doesn't need to say more." ”

As soon as Jiang Chuan's voice fell, the shanjia next to him said with a look of grievance: "Your Highness, you can't favor one over the other, why do they have new equipment but we don't, it's not fair, you can ask for a bowl of water." ”

Looking at Shanjia's black face pretending to be aggrieved, Jiang Chuan laughed.

Bai Shan also looked at Shan Jia with disdain and said, "In the words of His Royal Highness, you are a drama spirit. ”

Bai Shan's words made the three of them laugh, and after laughing, Jiang Chuan picked up two more documents from the table and put them in front of the mountain frame and Bai Shan:

"These two documents were prepared by Ben Wang, and they contain some ideas for the new army, including the ranks of the new army, as well as some basic tactics and logistics of the new army. Although the content is not very detailed, it will also allow you to grasp some new methods of command and combat of the army."

"Of course, the construction of a new army is a kind of exploration for us. I will tell you the general direction, and you still have to explore and practice the specific things yourself. ”

Shanjia and Baishan glanced at each other, and their faces were happy. Hurriedly opened the file in front of him, looked at it, and the more he looked at the two of them, the more excited he became, and when he looked up at Jiang Chuan, his eyes were full of admiration and admiration

Although both of them are veterans of the battlefield, they have no experience in the command of the new firearms army after all, and Jiang Chuan's booklet can be said to be their enlightenment textbook.

Although Jiang Chuan has no experience in commanding a modern firearms army in his past and present lives,

But after all, as a modern person, and also a pseudo-military fan who likes military knowledge on weekdays, although the modern military knowledge he has come into contact with and mastered is not worth mentioning in front of real experts.

But it is enough to prepare and command a modern firearms army that is only in its infancy.

The main content of Jiang Chuan's pamphlet is still from the contents of the famous German military theorist Krawitz's "On War" that he read in his previous life, and then combines some military knowledge he obtained from various sources in his later life.

Although the content seems very simple, it is enough for Shanjia and others to appreciate and experience.

The date for the expedition of the White Mountain to the west was also set, and it was to set off in three days.

Jiang Chuan, the army of the west, basically has no worries, Li Zicheng is now a strong foreign cadre, and he is not vulnerable at all.

Therefore, his advice to Baishan is to focus on efficiency and take into account safety.

Moreover, it gave Shanjia the right to act arbitrarily along the way, and after occupying and recovering the lost territory, he could appoint officials at all levels on the spot, organize and train garrisons, and so on.

Of course, these means are used as transitional means. Shanjia marched all the way to conquer the city, and Jiangchuan would also send people from the imperial court to receive it.