Everyone knelt down to accept the order, and then held a meeting of officers above the division level to discuss the restructuring of the Guards.

Earlier, Yang Guanggao and others had already given the emperor a detailed account of the course of the war, and pointed out the main problems facing the army now: First, white-knuckle warfare needs to be strengthened, especially the offensive method of many people against one person, and the phenomenon of collapse will occur when the enemy attacks a strong one, second, the command method needs to be improved, and third, the number of medical officers is too small. Zhu Youxiao stressed: In view of these problems, all officers should pool their wisdom and efforts, put forward their opinions together, and report them after summing them up. Now that this proposal has been submitted, this restructuring is actually the result of the collective opinion of officers at all levels of the Guards.

Zhu Youxiao announced: "The Guards are all reorganized, and we ensure that each veteran who participated in the Liaohe Battle will bring one or two recruits who have not participated in the battle, and select 500 soldiers who are accustomed to water to form a water battalion and go to Quanzhou to help Zhang Qianfang." A part of the soldiers will be eliminated into the baggage battalion, each flag will be equipped with one signal soldier, and officers at and above the battalion level will be equipped with multiple signal soldiers, and officers and signal soldiers at all levels will study the detailed rules for signal command in a unified and centralized manner. The Guards were reorganized into five infantry battalions, three cavalry battalions, and two artillery battalions, with two medical officers in each combat division and two additional medical officers in each battalion. ”

After the meeting was dispersed, Colonel Zhu You and several officers of the Guards at the battalion commander level and above began to hold a small meeting. First of all, he took out a pocket watch and said: "This is a Western timekeeping instrument, called a pocket watch, which divides twelve hours a day into twenty-four hours, and then sixty minutes per hour, and sixty seconds per minute. "The generals were overjoyed, the accuracy of time made the use of tactics more colorful, the usual timekeeping method was complex and imprecise, and the use of this pocket watch could greatly enhance the combat power of the army.

Zhu Youxiao took out another telescope and asked the officers to try it out, and then looked at the surprised officer with satisfaction and said: "This is called a telescope, which can see distant objects, and it has a great role in marching reconnaissance and combat. These two things, of course, are of great benefit to the battle, but it should be noted that the most important thing is people, as long as the flintlock infantry with bayonets is not chaotic, they are invincible in front of quite or even more enemies, so the formation must be practiced, and more practice the formation change during the march and the battle, and then the soldiers who run around in this battle give them a chance, and they will no longer be punished by military regulations, in another way, call the soldiers to a meeting, in the meeting must criticize them fiercely, let them do their own review, and there must be no more rout. After the flint army broke and fled, the battlefield could only be slaughtered. ”

After the matter was explained, Zhu Youxiao began to ask everyone about their views on the situation in eastern Liaodong.

Yang Guanggao was the first to speak: "Governor Wang once said that if you cross the river, the military rations can be taken from Haizhou, and the righteous people in Hedong will eat pot pulp to welcome the king's division, and the western captives can raise 400,000 troops to attack Jiannu. As seen by the ministers, the Quang Ninh army was not well equipped and undertrained, and if it crossed the river, its defeat could be expected. As for the righteous people to bind the enemy, they will welcome the king, but I am afraid that it may not be, but the minister can hear that the Han people in Shenyang are dressed up to welcome the soldiers into the city. Where did the Xiyu get 400,000 elite soldiers, not to mention their cunning and abnormality, they only wanted the court to reward silver, which was not credible. ”

Cao Wenzhao also said: "The governor only wants to cross the river to attack the slaves, has sent five troops to cross the river, all of them were defeated, and there is no one in a hundred who fled back, and now only the governor of the Guangning army thinks that Jiannu can be broken on the same day, and the other generals are afraid of the field battle with Jiannu, and the Guangning army can defend the city, but it is only afraid that the attack will not work." ”

Zhou Yuji's opinion was similar, he felt that the Guangning army had poor combat strength, and Wang Huazhen took it for granted.

Cao Wenzhao was originally from the Guangning Army, and his words should represent the views of most of the officers and soldiers in the Guangning Army, and of course Zhu Youxiao will attach importance to it, but now the ministers of the court don't think so. So Zhu Youxiao asked them to write a recital together, explain the situation in Quang Ninh, and put forward their own opinions.

After Wang Huazhen's proposal was vetoed by Xiong Tingbi last time, he hated Xiong Tingbi deeply and put all the military on Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi then asked the court to warn Wang Huazhen that he must not use the excuse of moderation and miss the fight. Previously, Wang Huazhenquan changed its name to "Pingliao Army" for the army that came to aid Liao from all directions, and the Liao people were very unhappy. Xiong Tingbi said: "The Liao people have not rebelled, please change it to 'Pingdong' or 'Zhengdong' to comfort the hearts of the Liao people." Since then, Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi have become more and more contradictory.

On the first day of August, Xiong Tingbi wrote: "To implement the strategy laid out in three directions, it is necessary to contact the DPRK. Please hurry up and send envoys to visit the kings and ministers of Korea, and ask them to levy all the troops of the Eight Provinces and set up companies and battalions on the river to help the prestige of our army. He also recommended Liang Zhiyuan, the deputy envoy of the supervising army, saying that he grew up on the seashore and was familiar with the affairs of North Korea, so he could serve as an envoy to the Imperial Mission. Zhu Youxiao immediately agreed, and in accordance with the practice of pedestrians, he gave a first-class official to show his favor. Liang Zhiyuan then wrote to put forward eight demands, including strengthening their powers and determining their own responsibilities, and Zhu Youxiao agreed to them. Liang Zhiyuan was discussing the matter of military salaries with the relevant departments, and Mao Wenlong, the capital secretary sent by Wang Huazhen, had already attacked Zhenjiang and had good news. The Manchu Dynasty was overjoyed by this, and immediately ordered Deng, Lai, and Tianjin to send 20,000 sailors to meet Mao Wenlong, and Wang Huazhen led 40,000 Guangning troops to enter the river, and the Mongol army took the opportunity to advance together, and Xiong Tingbi dispatched in the middle. After the order was issued, the military towns under the jurisdiction of Jinglu and the governor looked at each other, and Xiong Tingbi had no way to command Wang Huazhen, so in the end, neither side sent troops.

Xiong Tingbi bypassed him because of Mao Wenlong's meritorious service, so he said: "The tripartite forces were not gathered, Wenlong sent it too early, causing the enemy to hate the Liao people, slaughtering the four guards (referring to the Jin, Fu, Hai, and Gai four guards), the army and the people were exhausted, the heart of Gray Dongshan (referring to the uprising of the miners), the courage of cold Korea, the gas of seizing Hexi, the conspiracy of chaotic tripartite advances, and the miscalculation of the contact between the subject countries, the purpose is 'miraculous merit', which is a strange disaster." That's a bit of a stretch. When the ministers of the court saw his negligence, they were not convinced, and Wang Huazhen was even more dissatisfied, and repeatedly refuted Xiong Tingbi's criticism of him.

Wang Huazhen made a promise to the imperial court: "In the mid-autumn moon, you can sit back and listen to the sound of Jieyin!" "It means that in March next year, you can win. And Xiong Tingbi said to the emperor: "Tell the ministers clearly, behave cautiously, and don't be laughed at by the enemy." "The relationship between the two is getting more and more stiff.