At this time, Hanzhong is a completely different scene, Li Guohan and Wu Sangui led the main forces to withdraw from Hanzhong one after another, and now although there will be many scattered soldiers and defeats, but with the gradual establishment of local regimes such as Yamen Township Offices in various places, coupled with the villagers' hatred of the atrocities of the Qing army, it will not take a few months, Hanzhong will be stable.

After driving Li Guohan out of the Meridian Road, Liu Tichun and He Zhen handed over the troops to the deputy general to lead, and came to meet him accompanied by Liu Xuanchu.

The other party has been famous for a long time, of course Yang Lin knows that everyone attaches great importance to face, and he must not be regarded by his subordinates, after hearing that the two of them came, Fan Mingshan led the generals out of the camp for ten miles to greet them.

After the two arrived at the camp, Yang Lin stood outside the gate to greet them, and after greeting each other, Yang Lin took Liu Tichun's hand with one hand and He Zhen's hand with the other, and said as he walked: "This battle of Hanzhong, thanks to the great help of the two generals, if there is no merit of the two generals, this battle may have to take a lot of money." ”

Seeing that the other party was polite and thoughtful, the two did not dare to despise each other, He Zhen smiled: "My lord, we have also fought for several years, and the Ming army used to be so comfortable in the past, but I am ashamed to say that I am like a duck and rush into the mountains."

This time I went deep behind the enemy for a hundred miles, and even if I was a rebel in the past, I had never been so comfortable, happy, too happy. ”

Yang Lin smiled and looked at everyone: "The two generals, they won't still resent Liu Xuanchu, right?" Let you eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled, this is what I mean, when you go into battle to kill the enemy, you should be light and simple, and you should lead the most elite soldiers and horses.

Let's think about it, many old, weak, sick and disabled rushed to the front line, they couldn't eat, wear, live well, and finally died in the barracks.

Even if they go to the battlefield, at most they are waving flags and shouting on the side, do you still expect them to go into battle to kill the enemy? ”

When He Zhen and Liu Tichun heard this, they hurriedly said that although there were many people under them, these were the ones who could really be regarded as elite in a battle.

Looking at He Zhen, Yang Lin smiled and said: "General He, you have been famous for a long time, and your reputation is outside, this time you are below Liu Tichun, you won't blame me for this, right?" ”

Although he was quite unhappy in the past, He Zhen didn't dare to show it at all, and hurriedly knelt down and even confessed his guilt.

Helping the other party up and entering the big tent, Yang Lin personally poured tea leaves for the two, and then continued: "Let's think about it again, although we have fewer soldiers and horses, we are more sophisticated, everyone can eat well, dress well, and get military salaries, so why not?"

Even if those old brothers are a little unbearable, you can let them tuntian.

You take out the accumulated savings, and the government and yamen are not enough to borrow interest-free loans for tun farming, and nothing else can be guaranteed, and everyone must be guaranteed to cultivate 20 acres of wasteland.

Based on some battlefield injuries and can't work, if the qualifications are acceptable, they will be selected for training, and then arranged to work in the yamen.

Let's talk about it, do the brothers have a good way home, why don't you understand my good intentions? ”

He Zhen and Liu Tichun were overjoyed when they heard this, and they thanked them even again.

As the saying goes, rather than for the peaceful dogs, now everyone is deep in the troubled times, many people are even forced to live in the deep mountains and old forests, and now I hear that those old, weak, sick and disabled do not need to be soldiers, and I hear that the government subsidizes the farming, why not?

China belongs to the agricultural civilization, although everyone has been a homeless for many years, but the farm foundation has not been thrown away, one person can guarantee 20 acres of land, or a few years can be completely rich in food and clothing, and live a well-off life.

Seeing that the two knelt down and thanked them one after another, Yang Lin walked down and personally helped the two of them up, and said comfortingly: "Everyone, there have been many drawbacks in the more than 280 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

On the other day, I sold all my family's land in order to get to the CD) exam, so I was able to raise this amount of money.

Now, although other places have nominally abolished the three salaries, how can they only pay a penny of silver in a year?

We are now abolishing all excesses and miscellaneous taxes, and every mu of fertile land is not more than a bucket of rice, and dry land is no more than six liters of wheat, and in addition, the common people do not need to go out of the county to serve labor, or in a few years, everyone will be able to live and work in peace and contentment.

Now that the Tartars are invading, don't mention those in the past, the Tartars are all heroes and heroes, and those who surrender to the Tartars are just like that Wu Sangui, what loyalty and filial piety are full of three sides, it is a thing that brings disaster to the country and the people, do you say that is the case? ”

Of course, what the common people are most afraid of is not the showdown and the levy of the field, even if an acre of fertile land is levied for 5 yuan of silver, it is only half of the harvest in the soil, which is equivalent to the cultivation of the tenants' fields at most.

What the common people are most afraid of is to serve in labor, especially the kind of cross-prefecture and cross-provincial ones, leaving their hometowns to come to unfamiliar places for more than a year or even a few years, many people die of illness in a foreign land, and those who are lucky enough to return home have already been unrecognizable.

The Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings were uprisings launched by the people because they were afraid of the Qin Law and the fear of labor and labor.

Now that the war in Hanzhong has ended, Yang Lin made the great changes in central Yunnan public, seeing everyone's angry look, Yang Lin smiled and said: "Everyone also knows that when we were desperate with the Tartars in Hanzhong, a group of people wanted to pull the hind legs, not only killed Yang Zhan and Yang Xingdu commanders, but also frantically attacked Chong (Qing) Mansion, Yunnan Mansion, Wuding Mansion, Jiading Mansion, and seized the territory in the back, let's talk about it, what to do?" ”

The news of Yang Zhan's killing had already spread throughout the army, and everyone was quite annoyed, and now when they heard Yang Lin say this, everyone shouted loudly and vowed to take revenge.

Yang Lin looked at He Zhen and Liu Tichun and asked, "General He, General Liu, the generals are full of righteous indignation, I don't know what the two generals think?" ”

Liu Tichun has nothing, Liu Tichun has been in the righteous army in the past, and he has no intersection with Fan Yixuan and others, and of course he agrees with it when he hears the infighting between the officers and the army.

But He Zhen is different, He Zhen was born in the official army, and later surrendered to the rebel army, plus he served under Fan Yixuan, hearing everyone say this, he hurriedly cleared himself: "My lord, I used to work with General Zhao Ronggui under Governor Fan Yixuan, just because the current affairs are difficult, we ..... it." ”

Yang Lin smiled: "Oh, speaking of this Governor Fan Yixuan, a good person is definitely a good person, but now he is too old to care about anything.

Although he didn't participate in the killing of Yang Zhan's general soldier this time, it was because he didn't care about it. ”

When He Zhen heard this, she cried and said, "My lord, as you said, Governor Fan has many shortcomings, but he is still loyal.

When you return to the teacher this time, I hope you don't want to embarrass Governor Fan Yixuan. ”

Yang Lin sighed: "Hey, if Fan Yixuan was definitely a good official in the peaceful era, but now that the world is in turmoil, not only do you need to save the time, but you also need people to save the world. ”

He Zhen nodded repeatedly.

Different from Liu Tichun, He Zhen's experience is more complicated, he first surrendered to Dashun as a Ming general, and then returned to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and finally raised troops to resist the Qing court, he was a general for a long time, and once defeated Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu in the battle of Hanzhong, and led the Daxi army under the supervision of Liu Wenxiu, and made outstanding achievements in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

After thinking about it, Yang Lin arched his hand and said: "General He's name shocked China, and he is a famous general today.

General He, the Volunteer Army now has 13 associations, 2 cavalry associations, and three associations of the navy, which can be described as a wide range of generals.

I have a reluctant request, and I hope to implore General He to serve as the deputy general staff member of the General Staff Office, and I hope that General He will not be misunderstood. ”

Everyone held their breath, not knowing what to do. He Zhen also felt quite surprised, looked at the other party, and said for a long time: "Your Excellency the Governor is too humble, Your Excellency the Governor is really a famous general today.

In recent years, Jane has faced repeated defeats of the Qing army, and her ability is not enough, so I am afraid that she will delay the big things. ”

Yang Lin said with a smile: "General He, don't shirk, the ruler is short and long, and the use of people should be the length of the people, General He has been fighting for decades all the year round, and he has experienced in the battlefield, and Lin is beyond his reach."

Arrange the troops, respond to the situation, and hope that General He will assist, and General Wan Wanghe will not shirk. ”

He Zhen did not change the law, so he had to agree to serve as the deputy general counselor to help the military aircraft.

As mentioned earlier, now the Volunteer Army has 13 infantry co-cavalry, 2 co-naval army and 3 battalions, with a full 60,000 people, which can be described as a large number of soldiers.

In this battle of Hanzhong, or in the counterinsurgency war in Sichuan, each department was expanded, and according to the military exploits of each department, each association was expanded by 1-3 infantry battalions.

After the expansion of the associations, the organizational form of the association as the largest establishment in the past is obviously not in line with the idea of army building in the future.

Considering the future Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, Yang Lin announced the expansion of the Volunteer Army, and the associations were expanded into towns, basically reaching the establishment of three regiments.

Of course, the third regiment was mostly less than a battalion, with the largest establishment reaching 3 battalions and the smallest being 1 battalion.

In order to adapt to the future expansion of the troops, it is planned to form three types of towns: A town, B town, and C town.

A kind of 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.

The town includes the town headquarters, 1 concord and 1 infantry regiment, 1 escort battalion (2 cavalry brigades, 2 guard brigades), 2 2-pound artillery brigades, 2 baggage battalions, 1 supplementary battalion, and 1 field branch.

The town includes the town headquarters, 3 infantry regiments, 1 guard battalion (1 cavalry brigade, 2 guard brigades), 1 three-pound artillery brigade, 1 baggage battalion, 1 supplementary battalion, and a field division

Among them, the first-class town department includes 1 general soldier, 1 supervising army, 1 adjutant general, 1 chief of staff, 11 staff officers (2 in charge of intelligence, 5 in charge of operations, 2 in charge of logistics, and 2 in charge of military and political affairs), and 10 miscellaneous officers, 25 people.

The second and third class town chiefs are deputy generals and staff generals respectively.

After the completion of the expansion, there will be 11,500 people in Type A Town, 9,000 people in Type B Town, and 6,000 people in Type C Town.

Before the battle of Hanzhong, the maximum establishment of the Volunteer Army was Xie, and although all departments had won and the troops were expanded during the war, they generally did not reach the establishment of three regiments (standards) and C towns.

Even so, Yang Lin decided to reorganize the Volunteers:

Military Administration Department: Qian Bangqi

Staff Office: Yin Chengqi, He Zhen

Military Intelligence Department: Du Jigui, Fan Mingwen

Logistics Department: Fan Mingshan

Judge Advocate General's Office: Qian Bangqi

Guarding the town, deputy generals Wu Dazhu and Wang Gao, and general Yang Wei, under the jurisdiction of the 1st Guard Regiment (standard), the 2nd Guard Regiment (standard), the 3rd Guard Regiment (standard), the teaching regiment (standard), the pro-soldier battalion, etc.

3 pounds of artillery association Wang Zhiyao

The deputy general of the 1st Cavalry Association, Bu Ning

Yao Chonglie, deputy general of the 2nd Cavalry Association

Water Army: General Chen Huaixi, deputy generals Wang Fuchen and He Dou, under the jurisdiction of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Naval Army.

The first town: Adjutant General Yang Cheng, General Puyi, under the jurisdiction of the 1st Regiment (standard), the 11th Regiment (standard), and the 31st Regiment (standard).

The 2nd town: Deputy General Yang Wei, General Qi Lianfang, under the jurisdiction of the 2nd Regiment (standard), the 12th Regiment (standard), the 32nd Regiment (standard)

The 3rd Town: Deputy General Long Zhiframe, General Liu Jinfu, under the jurisdiction of the 3rd Regiment (standard), the 13th Regiment (standard), the 33rd Regiment (standard)

The 4th Town: Deputy General Liao Qifang, Staff General Lei Xiandeng, under the jurisdiction of the 4th Regiment (standard), the 14th Regiment (standard), the 34th Regiment (standard)

The 5th town: Adjutant General Yang Bingyi, Staff General Wang Jiushao, under the jurisdiction of the 5th Regiment (standard), the 15th Regiment (standard), the 35th Regiment (standard)

The 6th Town: Deputy General Jing Keqin, Staff General Yang Yongtai, under the jurisdiction of the 6th Regiment (standard), the 16th Regiment (standard), the 36th Regiment (standard)

The 7th Town, Deputy General Feng Youqing, Staff General Peng Jianxin, under the jurisdiction of the 7th Regiment (standard), the 17th Regiment (standard), the 37th Regiment (standard)

The 8th Town, Deputy General Wang Shuji, Staff General Yang Xianzhi, under the jurisdiction of the 8th Regiment (standard), the 18th Regiment (standard), the 38th Regiment (standard)

The 9th Town, Deputy General Ma Mingluan, Staff General Zhou Shangxian, under the jurisdiction of the 9th Regiment (Standard), the 19th Regiment (Standard), the 39th Regiment (Standard)

The 10th town, deputy general Wang Zhibang, staff general Lin Shitai, under the jurisdiction of the 10th regiment (standard), the 20th regiment (standard), the 40th regiment (standard)

The 11th town, the general Cao Xun, the deputy general Yang Jingxin, under the jurisdiction of the 21st regiment (standard), 22nd regiment (standard), 23rd regiment (standard), 24th regiment (standard).

The 12th town, the general Liu Tichun, the deputy general Dang Shousu, under the jurisdiction of the 25th regiment (standard), 26th regiment (standard), 27th regiment (standard).

Due to the fact that before the Battle of Hanzhong, most of the associations were two-regiment systems, although the associations of the Battle of Hanzhong had gains, but the personnel expansion was not much, and most of the towns had a regiment (standard) as an empty shelf, which needed to be replenished in the follow-up war.