(Recommended reading: The next day, Li Hongyu led Man Gui, Li Zhizhong and other military attaches from Liaodong out of the city early in the morning and went straight to a military camp outside the south of the city.

This military camp was originally for those who came to the capital to exercise the garrison of the troops, according to the Ming Dynasty custom of the foreign guard troops to take turns to enter Beijing every year to exercise, when the Hongwu Emperor and the Yongle Emperor attacked Mongolia in the north to call those into the Beijing drill army.

However, later, due to the fact that there was nothing to do in the Ming Dynasty's four seas and the frontier, and a lot of military expenses were required, the exercises were gradually abandoned, but these military camps were still retained.

When Li Hongyu returned from Liaodong, the escort troops chose to live in this barracks, because the camp was overgrown with weeds and dusty because it had not been taken care of for a long time, so the soldiers cleaned it for two days before they had the appearance of a barracks.

This time, there were a total of 3,000 sergeants who followed Li Hongyu from Liaodong, and Li Hongyu specially selected them from the troops in Liaodong, all of whom were young and strong.

Council Hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, from today onwards, you will be divided into two armies for exercises, and you will be entrusted with important tasks at that time."

Li Hongyu looked at the young military attaches sitting on both sides of the lobby, and said in a deep voice, "This official hopes that you can study hard and live up to the expectations of this official. ”

Including Man Gui, Li Zhizhong and others, the military attaches present couldn't help but show surprised expressions when they heard this, and looked at Li Hongyu in surprise.

It stands to reason that after escorting Li Hongyu to the capital, their task has been completed, and they should return to Liaodong, but listening to the meaning of Li Hongyu's words, they should be sent to other places.

"The official has been divided, the people on the left side have an army, commanding 2,000 troops, the main general Man Gui, and the deputy generals Li Zhizhong and Chai Shixiu."

Li Hongyu knew that everyone was surprised in their hearts, so he stretched out his hand and pointed to the military attaches on the left and right, and said in an orderly voice, "The people on the right side have an army, commanding a thousand troops, the main general Bai Cheng, and the deputy generals Guan Shaohua and Lu Dahai. ”

"Obedience!"

Man Gui and the other six military attachés who were named by Li Hongyu hurriedly got up and came to the front of the hall, saluting Li Hongyu together, looking a little stunned.

"The emperor has ordered that the official should train the new army, and you are the first batch of new army trained by the official." Li Hongyu glanced around at the scene and said in a deep voice, "This is both an honor and a responsibility, this official hopes that you can become the most elite male master of my Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Humble duty and remember the teachings of the adults." Hearing this, the military attaches who were sitting stood up one after another, followed by Man Gui and the others, and bowed to Li Hongyu in a loud voice.

"Since it is a new army, it is naturally different from the current guard army, and the hereditary customization of military positions will be canceled and replaced with a promotion system."

Li Hongyu looked at the people standing in front of him and asked solemnly, "If anyone is unwilling, they can withdraw, and this official will definitely not be embarrassed, and will send them back to their subordinate units." ”

Hearing this, there was a slight commotion among the military attaches in the hall, which meant that they would lose their hereditary positions.

"Lord Governor, I am willing to follow my lord and train a new army!"

Immediately, a voice sounded, and a round-faced young military attache in his twenties, who was at the front of the military attaché queue on the right, bowed his hand to Li Hongyu and said in a loud voice, "If there is no adult, I am still a prisoner of Jiannu, and I am willing to serve for the adult training of the new army." ”

"We are willing to follow your lord and train a new army." Immediately afterwards, the young military attachés on the right followed the round-faced military attache and bowed to Li Hongyu to express their attitude.

These military attaches who expressed their stance were all captives exchanged for prisoners through the prisoner exchange ceremony, mainly southerners, and most of them were hereditary middle and low-level military attachés, and this time they were brought to the capital by Li Hongyu.

Among them, the round-faced young military attache who first expressed his attitude was Bai Cheng, the chief general of an army appointed by Li Hongyu, who was wounded and captured during the Battle of Salhu.

Although Li Hongyu held a prisoner exchange ceremony with Houjin under the banner of Emperor Wanli's benevolence, those captured military attaches knew that it must have been Li Hongyu who gave a recital to Emperor Wanli that they were able to return from Houjin and bid farewell to the unbearable captive career.

Because they have been prisoners, the future of these military attaches is over, and even if they have made military achievements in the future, it will be difficult for them to be reused by the imperial court, after all, they have been branded as prisoners.

Therefore, these military attaches naturally choose to follow Li Hongyu, I am afraid that only Li Hongyu in the court will not discriminate against and ridicule them, and he can also follow Li Hongyu to gallop across the battlefield and wash away the grievances on his body with military merits.

"Lord Governor, if it weren't for the Governor's strategy, we would still be burdened with the notoriety of fleeing without a fight, and the Lord and I would be rebuilt together, and we would like to follow the Lord to the death!"

After listening to the words of Bai Cheng and the others, Man Gui, who was in a daze there, suddenly came back to his senses, realized that he was now one step behind Bai Cheng, and hurriedly bowed his hand to Li Hongyu and said loudly.

"I'm willing to follow you to the death!" Under the leadership of Man Gui, the military attaches standing behind him shouted in unison, these people either followed Li Hongyu to win the battle in Liaodong or returned through the prisoner exchange ceremony.

In the face of the new army and the hereditary military rank, the military attachés on the scene will naturally choose the new army after the initial stunned, the hereditary military position can be given to the brothers at home, but there is only one chance to join the new army.

These military attaches are all young and vigorous, and naturally they don't want to do nothing for a lifetime, and Li Hongyu's military talent in the Liaodong battlefield impressed everyone, so everyone was full of expectations for the new army.

"Since the military positions of the guards are not adopted, then they must be replaced by new military positions, and for the sake of brevity and ease of understanding, this officer has decided to divide the military ranks of the new army into three ranks and ten grades, from the lowest to the highest, they are lieutenants, colonels, and generals."

Seeing that everyone chose to stay, a smile of relief flashed on the corner of Li Hongyu's mouth, and then he looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, "Among them, there are three lieutenants, two lieutenants, lieutenants, and captains; There are four levels of school officers, namely major, lieutenant colonel, colonel and colonel; There are three levels of generals, namely major generals, lieutenant generals and generals. ”

"Each rank has a corresponding rank, which can be distinguished by epaulettes, and different units have different armbands to distinguish them.

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As he spoke, Li Hongyu asked someone to bring a tray, on which was a complete set of epaulettes from second lieutenant to general, and then announced with a serious expression, "What rank you can get depends on whether you work hard during this time, at that time, in addition to the chief general and deputy general announced by the officer, the officer will award the corresponding military position according to your assessment results." ”

"Lord Governor, these epaulettes are really magnificent, can you tell us what rank they are?"

After Li Hongyu's words were behind, everyone's eyes fell on the set of epaulettes on the tray, and looked at the different patterns on the epaulettes on it, Man Gui asked with a smile.

"Actually, the military rank on the brochure is very easy to identify, the middle of the rank of the lieutenant officer is a white star, the middle of the rank of the colonel is a blue half moon, and the middle of the rank of the general is a yellow sun."

Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, picked up the epaulettes in the tray and the ranks, pointed to the stars, half-moons and suns in the middle of the epaulettes and said, "The number of stars, half-moons and suns on the ranks represents the level of the rank. ”

"Man Gui, you tell this officer, what kind of military rank is this?" As he spoke, Li Hongyu picked up a pair of epaulettes and ranks, picked them up and asked Man Gui.

There are two blue half-moons in the middle of this epaulettes, surrounded by two pythons connected from end to end, and it looks quite imposing.

"My lord, this should be a lieutenant colonel." Man Gui glanced at the epaulettes when he heard this, and then replied in a loud voice.

"In addition to military ranks, the uniforms of the new army are also different from the current standards of the officers and soldiers, using the front placket system, which is easy to put on and take off."

Li Hongyu nodded, approved Man Gui's answer, and then said to everyone at the scene, "Due to the tight time, the new army uniform is still being prepared, and everyone will be able to see it next year." ”

"I've seen my lord!" After speaking, Li Hongyu clapped his hands, and a group of military attaches and soldiers walked in from outside the door and bowed to Li Hongyu.

"They are your instructors, and they will teach you the corresponding military knowledge, and you must follow them carefully, and the officers will be assessed at that time."

Li Hongyu glanced at the military attaché and soldiers who came in, and told Man Gui and the others in a deep voice, "If the assessment does not meet the minimum standards of this officer, then this official will let him be the big soldier." ”

"Obedience." Man Gui and the others turned pale when they heard this, and hurriedly bowed down and replied, they knew that Li Hongyu was not joking.

"Tell the brothers in the battalion that the position in the new army is based on ability, and the officer is ready to promote the lieutenant of the new army from among the soldiers, if anyone has the ability, he should quickly show it to the officer, and he will not wait for the expiration date!" Hearing this, Li Hongyu glanced around at the scene, and said loudly with a serious expression.

Man Gui and others were the middle-level officers of the New Army selected by him, and the grass-roots officers were selected from the soldiers, and those grass-roots officers must be the best among the soldiers, only in this way can they convince the public, and at the same time, he also showed the promotion system of the New Army to the officers and men of the New Army.

Hearing this, Man Gui and the others were taken aback, they didn't expect Li Hongyu to use this method to select grassroots officers, and they thought that Li Hongyu would appoint his cronies to be lieutenants.

As a matter of fact, if Li Hongyu adopts the competitive system, he will not only be able to select the best soldiers from the new army, but will also firmly control the military power.

What is particularly important is that the competition system has broken the monopoly of the generals on the personnel power of the army, so that the soldiers of the new army will not become the private soldiers of a certain general, but will be loyal to the supreme commander of the new army, that is, Li Hongyu, who single-handedly created the new army.

As soon as the news came out that Li Hongyu was going to promote lieutenants from among the soldiers, the soldiers in the camp immediately cheered and their morale was high, and they all worked hard to stand out in the future examination presided over by Li Hongyu and become officers of the new army.

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