On December 12, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, this day is the ceremony of sacrificing the flag of the Dengzhou camp.

Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty in 1368, in the history of about 300 years, there have been many famous armies and generals, most of which are like a flash in the pan, although the military achievements are world-famous, but due to various reasons disappeared in the slow long river of history.

However, there are also many army names that have been passed down to the present, it is the world's strongest army in the market, the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, the Shenji Battalion, the no military battalion, and the three thousand battalions are collectively called the Beijing Army, which is the strongest army in the early Ming Dynasty and even in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

However, when the Beijing army reached the Chongzhen year, it was not said that the 300,000 elites were in name only, and their combat effectiveness also plummeted, and they almost played no role in the changes in the second year of Chongzhen.

To say that the strong army known to women and children all over the world is the Qi family army founded by Qi Jiguang, the governor of the five armies during the Jiajing period, and the young guard Qi Jiguang, this army is the second army in ancient Chinese history to use the surname of the main general.

The history of the Qi family army has always been an unsurpassed legend, Qi Jiguang was promoted to the general army of Jizhou after the light and the sea wave, and led the Qi family army to defend the Beijing division, but it was never defeated.

According to the statistics of the officials of the Ministry of War, the Qi family army recorded as many as 100,000 ranks, and later generations even called the Qi family army the strongest army in East Asia in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The Ming Dynasty was an era of famous ministers and generals, even in the current turbulent Chongzhen Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng rectified the three mansions of Shunde, founded the Tianxiong Army, Qin Liangyu led the white pole soldiers to pacify the luxury, Sun Chuanting formed the Qin Army and so on......

But today, another strong army is about to be born.

In the Licheng school grounds, the 5,000 soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion and the generals of the upper and lower armies are holding a ceremony to sacrifice the flag and form an army.

The school field is full of soldiers, and there are countless armored soldiers outside the school field, and the people put down their work on this day and flock to watch this rare grand occasion for many years.

"Knock ......"

On the four sides of the school field, a total of sixteen cowhide drums suddenly sounded, and the 5,000 ironclad soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion clenched the steel guns in their hands and watched intently as Wang Zheng ascended to the platform.

After coming to the stage, looking at the silent soldiers and generals below, Wang Zheng took a deep breath, this day has finally arrived, he finally has a complete army that belongs only to himself!

Wang Zheng nodded to Huang Yang and the others at the forefront, and then faced the three armies and shouted:

"Soldiers, today I Dengzhou Battalion sacrifice flag into an army, Shandong soldiers and civilians should celebrate together, from today on, there is no Dengzhou Camp name, we are all Shandong Army!"

"Shandong Army!"

"Shandong Army!"

Before Wang Zheng finished speaking, the excited soldiers raised their swords and guns and shouted, the sound shook the earth and resounded in the sky, whether it was in the school or not, they could hear it clearly.

Waving his hand and waiting for the school yard to be quiet, Wang strove out a memorial written by himself and read it aloud:

"Dongyu has entered the prison several times, kidnapped my wife and daughter, plundered my army and civilians, his parents did not protect his children, husbands and wives abandoned each other in Kuang bed, the big city and small passes were empty, and the fireworks in Liaodong were extinguished... The Central Plains Liukou swarmed, soothed the restless wolf's heart, and swept the north and south, causing the Central Plains to be in continuous fire, the displaced people were like locusts, and the embankment of thousands of miles would collapse the anthill! ”

“... In the twelfth year of today, the Dengzhou camp sacrificed the flag to the city, and the whole heart was one, and the captives were the great enemy, and they swore to be a small thief at night, and Kuang Zheng Qiankun... The king of the general army of Shandong contended to sacrifice the soldiers of the three armies. ”

After reading the sacrificial text, Wang Zheng suddenly raised his hand, and pulled out the cold and shining family heirloom steel knife with a "poof"!

"Sacrifice! Sacrifice! ”

Hearing Wang Zheng's order, more than a dozen sturdy soldiers in iron armor lifted a cow and sheep that were tied up with flowers and screamed, they did not hesitate, and threw them hard in a low voice, and after hearing the screams, they grabbed the hooves and horns of the cattle together, and threw the two animals alive and died under the banner of the Shandong army.

Seeing that the two beasts were no longer desperately fluttering, the soldier stepped back a few steps back and gave a military salute, and said:

"Please sacrifice the flag to the town!"

"Please sacrifice the flag to the town!"

Wang Zheng jumped off the platform, the cattle and sheep were killed between the knife and the knife, the sheep's head rolled down, the cow's neck pierced, and two bloody arrows flew out, splashing on the military flag and war drums.

Although the cattle and sheep have been silent, but the body is still flowing blood, convulsions, at this time has been stained with blood Shandong military flag slowly rose, the soldiers in the chest as if there are thousands of horses galloping, spontaneously raised the knife and gun in their hands, roared in unison.

"Shandong Army, mighty!"

"Shandong Army, mighty!"

“......”

Soon, the Dengzhou camp in Shandong Province to sacrifice the flag into the army spread rapidly, Shandong military gate heard that all rejoiced, and even some places began to set off firecrackers to celebrate, children made up a sentence slippery...

On the basis of the original three divisions of staff officers, political participation, and military participation, four new departments were added, which were collectively referred to as the "Seven Military Divisions."

In addition, each of the seven divisions of the Military Affairs Department has added two sub-offices, for example, the Military Affairs Department has two military and ordnance departments, which were also decided by Wang Zheng and many staff officers day and night.

Of course, if there is an opportunity in the future, in addition to the department and the department, it is necessary to increase the authority of each department, which is the three-level model of the department, the department and the ministry that Wang Zheng has considered for a long time.

The soldiers of the Shandong Army are still divided into three types: soldiers, regular soldiers, and auxiliary soldiers, and the number of soldiers has increased to more than 12,000 people, with 12 battalions, and the strength of each battalion is about 1,000 people, which is a slight increase from the original total scale of 1,000.

In addition to the chief and deputy battalion officers of each battalion, Dong Youyin, Huang Yang, Deng Heizi, and Gao Liang led two battalions of soldiers to guard the front, and Wang Zheng personally led six battalions of soldiers to be stationed in Licheng.

In general, large cities such as state capitals must have at least one or three regular barracks to garrison, and some small county towns and towns are garrisoned by half battalions, each of which is scattered around the state capital.

The regular soldiers and the soldiers still follow the old path, just like the form of salt ding and descendant salt ding in Dengzhou in the past, but if you think about it carefully, it is different.

Shao Yong, as the commander of the regular soldiers of Dongchang Mansion, led the battalions of the regular soldiers of Dongchang Mansion, and set up two assistant leaders to take charge of it.

Wengzhou Mansion is the most extensive of the six prefectures in Shandong, and the commander of the regular army is very strong, and while still letting the criminal knife be in charge, Wang Zheng elected four assistant leaders to take charge.

The commander of the main army of Qingzhou Mansion is Lu Jingrong, he was the commander of the Yanding Department of Jinghai Wei of Dengzhou Mansion, and he acted steadily and was known for his military exploits.

The commander of the regular army of Laizhou Mansion is Liu Xiong, Liu Xiong was originally the general of the regular army stationed in Pingdu Prefecture, Dengzhou Prefecture, and he made great contributions to the battle of Pingdu Prefecture, plus he was conscientious and conscientious in his duties, and he was appointed as the commander of each battalion of the regular army of Laizhou Prefecture this time.

Dengzhou Mansion is the hometown of the Shandong Army, Wang Zheng naturally has to trust very much and it is a local person to be in charge, Niu Pingliang, the salt commander of the left boundary of Jinshan, entered Wang Zheng's eyes in this way.

From the beginning of Niu Pingliang in Ninghaizhou to the present, although he has always been the leader of the salt ding in the left boundary of Jinshan, he has never said anything about Wang Zheng's loyalty, and he is also a native of Dengzhou, and he has a lot of understanding of salt trading and salt merchants, so he is the best choice.