"Hey, each general is in a different area, and there is a big difference in the distribution of troops between the north and the south. How easy it is to carry out such a military reform on a military-wide scale! Guo Yu, who had been thinking about it for a long time and still couldn't come up with any effective plan, couldn't help but rub his forehead at this time and sighed like this.

"Yes!" Zhang Shihua, who had been thinking about it for a long time, suddenly heard Zhao Ziyu's words, his eyes rolled, but his face couldn't help but show a touch of joy like a sudden realization at this time.

"Maybe we can think differently, why are we dividing different places into different military regions under the current situation, and then implementing reforms at the same time." Zhang Shihua said.

Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Li Chongshan, who rarely interjected, couldn't help but suddenly say at this time: "My lord, what do you mean is to divide the 'military region' like Yuanmeng's division of the Xuanwei Division back then." ”

"That's right." Zhang Shihua's face couldn't help but smile at this time, "Think about it, after this reform, our army will be officially divided into eight armies." Then why don't we divide the territory under the rule of our Great Chu, and then hand it over to each army to defend separately. ”

"Yes, divide the current territory of my Great Chu according to the area and population, then the strength of the town guard will be able to reach a balance. In this way, it will be easier to popularize the reform of the military system throughout the army. At this time, Zhao Ziyu also suddenly realized.

"So how do we divide it, my lord?" Guo Yu couldn't help but ask questions at this time. As the commander of the army, he was obviously more concerned about the outcome at this time.

"Well, that's what the king thinks. This time, the entire territory under his rule was divided into four military districts. At this time, Zhang Shihua faced his subordinates and said eloquently: "Xiangyang, Nanyang and Bianliang and other places can be classified as Xiangbian Military Region, and the commander of the military region can let Zhou Tie temporarily take charge of the military affairs of the three places and lead the first army; Wuchang Road, Hanyang Mansion, and Yuezhou Road can be the Wuyue Military Region, and Zhao Wei, the commander of the military region, leads the two armies; The original lake [] South Xuanwei Division and other places can be the lake [] South Military Region, the commander of the military region Zhang Shihui, led the two armies; In the end, the original Jing[] Hubei Road plus the remaining Lizhou Road, Changde Road, Chenzhou Road, and Yuanzhou Road four roads are the Central Military Region, and Guo Yu, the commander of the Military Region, leads the three armies.

In this regard, what do you think of Lu Gong, Ziyu, and Chongshan? ”

"This method works." Lu Sicheng was the first to express his position at this time.

At this time, with Lu Sicheng taking the lead, Zhao Ziyu and Li Chongshan naturally agreed.

"Well, that's the end of the matter." Seeing that Lu Sicheng and Zhao Ziyu had no opinions, Zhang Shihua naturally finalized the matter.

And hearing Zhang Shihua say this, Guo Yu, who was beaming, couldn't help but kneel down to thank him at this time. After all, according to Zhang Shihua's meaning, Guo Yu undoubtedly became the first person among the generals.

"Okay, Ah Yu, get up, I trust your ability." Seeing Guo Yu kneeling on the ground to thank him, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but say this while helping him up from the ground with his own hands.

Guo Yu, who was lifted up by Zhang Shihua himself, heard Zhang Shihua's words again at this time, and he felt that he had received a trust, and he couldn't help but say half excited and half grateful: "The minister will do his best and will not let the king down!" ”

"Good." In this regard, Zhang Shihua nodded. Then after carefully discussing the details with Lu Sicheng and them, he couldn't help but let the eunuch in the palace send Lu Sicheng and others out of the palace.

After that, the next day, at the court meeting in the palace of the king of Chu, Lu Sicheng, Zhao Ziyu, Guo Yu, and Li Chongshan couldn't help but take the initiative to propose military reform for Zhang Shihua in front of the ministers of Great Chu.

Then, as Zhang Shihua and the others expected, Shen Ke, Li Zhi and others strongly opposed it.

It is said that if this method is implemented, it will cause the soldiers under his command to be unable to adapt, which will greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under his command.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the court meeting on September 10 had to end in the end.

But the next day, at the court meeting on 11 September, before Lu Sicheng and the others could say anything, Shen Ke and Li Zhi, who had strong opposition to the military reform yesterday, seemed to have suddenly changed their sex, and instead vigorously advocated the merits of the military reform.

So much so that some officials in the palace of the king of Chu who didn't know the inside story thought that these two guys' heads were squeezed by the door.

But Shen Ke and Li Zhicai don't care about this. Who let Lu Sicheng communicate with them yesterday, saying that as long as they agree with the reform of the military system, they can help them win the position of army commander?

In this way, Shen Ke and Li Zhi naturally didn't mind taking back what they said yesterday, and they didn't care that after just one night, they abandoned Fan Zhong's allies who were still on the same front with them yesterday.

Therefore, today, the reform of the military system, which was originally incomplete yesterday, could not help but be smoothly adopted by the ministers.

Although it is said that under this general trend, Fan Zhong and others have to choose to agree. But because of the two "traitors" Shen Ke and Li Zhi. So they didn't hate Zhang Shihua, who wanted to return their military power to the central government, but gritted their teeth and hated Shen Ke and Li Zhi.

However, Shen Ke and Li Zhi didn't care about it anymore, because they also got what they wanted.

Among them, Shen Ke, who was already the sole leader of the army, got the position of army commander, and on the issue of "right and wrong", Li Zhi, who made the right choice, became the deputy army commander.

In addition to them, the other seven army commanders were also selected one by one on this day.

These seven people are Zhou Tie of the Xiangbian Military Region; Deng Hu and Li Erniu of the Wuyue Military Region; Bai Xi and Shi Kaida of the Southern Military Region; Zhang Mingtong and Li Wu of the Central Military Region. In this way, coupled with Shen Ke of the Central Military Region, it happens to be above the Eighth Army of the Chu Army.

It is precisely because of this that when later generations wrote the romance, they couldn't help but call these eight people the eight tigers under the account of Zhang Shihua, the king of Chu.

What's more, after Zhang Shihua became a big event, he couldn't help but deify the eight of them into the eight star monarchs in the sky, which is really said to have noses and eyes, and they are extremely powerful.

Well, I won't say much about that now.

After being appointed as the eight army commanders, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but name each of the eight troops under his account.

They are Wusheng Army, Wu'an Army, Wude Army, Wuning Army, Longxiang Army, Flying Tiger Army, Zhongguo Army, and Iron Armor Army. Among them, the Longxiang Army is a cavalry corps. Although due to the lack of war horses and the shortage of riders, the Longxiang army did not reach the point of the whole army and cavalry.

But the cavalry of the entire legion still has more than 9,000 people, which can be said to be the most elite unit under Zhang Shihua. As for the ironclad army, as the name suggests, this unit can also be said to be the most elite infantry corps under Zhang Shihua.

Zhang Shihua's cousin Zhang Shihui temporarily led this army for a period of time, and this army was also firmly grasped by Zhang Shihua in his own hands.

Now, this legion is also responsible for guarding the palace to protect Zhang Shihua's safety, which is equivalent to the forbidden army of Great Chu. Therefore, Zhang Shihua appointed Li Wu, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, as the supreme commander of this army.

As for the Zhongguo Army, compared with the Longxiang Army and the Ironclad Army, the combat effectiveness of this army is obviously the lowest in the Central Military Region.

Their legion commander is naturally Shen Ke.

However, Shen Ke, as the military commander, was obviously very satisfied with Zhang Shihua's name. Even every time he had a meeting with his generals, he did not forget to emphasize that their loyal army was an extremely loyal army.

Finally, a few words about the other five legions. Among them, the Wuning Army was guarded in the Xiangbian Military Region; The Flying Tiger Army and the Wu'an Army were stationed in the Wuyue Military Region; The Wusheng Army and the Wude Army were stationed in the South Military Region of Hu.

And this is the relationship between the various legions under Zhang Shihua and the various military regions under the Chu army.

As for the reform of the military system at the bottom. When the top echelons of the army did not oppose the reform of the military system, it was naturally not difficult to carry out the reform of the military system at the grassroots level in the Chu army.

Anyway, for most of the low-level generals, this kind of military reform is nothing more than that hundreds of household officials have become team leaders (ten tithes, set up team leaders, and the team is in charge of hundreds of people) and thousands of households have become brigade generals.

Although it is said that after the reform, the army in many places needs to be mobilized.

However, the middle- and low-level generals in the Chu army welcomed this reform very much. And this, naturally, is mainly because after the reform, there were a lot of vacant seats for promotion at the middle and grassroots level of the Chu army.

After all, when the ten-point system was implemented in the past, there were no official positions such as army commanders and battalion commanders in the Chu army. Now there are two more seats at the bottom of the list, which can be chosen by the low-level soldiers and the grass-roots generals, how can they not welcome the reform of Heyang.

Therefore, after the Great Chu Center officially issued the order for the reform of the military system on September 12 of the 15th year of Zhizheng, in just two months, more than 100,000 Chu troops could not help but complete the military reform.

In such a situation, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but be very happy in the past two months.

Therefore, on September 20, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but take his wife, concubines, children and sisters out of the city and go hunting in the north of the city.

September 20 can be said to be in the late autumn season. So at this time, it is also the time when the prey is at its fattest.

Therefore, as early as the pre-Qin period, in the case of extreme lack of entertainment, princes and princes everywhere had the custom of autumn hunting.

And during the autumn hunting period, the princes took advantage of this season to catch fatty prey; On the other hand, they also took advantage of the safari to train their army and show off their strength.

Therefore, the custom of autumn hunting has been inherited from the pre-Qin period to the Qing Dynasty.

Especially in the Qing Dynasty, the rulers of those ethnic minorities developed the activity of autumn hunting to the peak.

For example, which Emperor Kangxi, who ascended the throne at the age of eight and reigned for sixty-one years, organized nearly 50 large-scale autumn hunts. It can be said that after his official adulthood, this majesty will lead tens of thousands of troops to march into autumn hunting every year.

And since Zhang Shihua was supported by his subordinates, he became the king of Chu. In this era, he is also an overlord who owns thousands of miles of land and has hundreds of thousands of soldiers with armor under his rule.

Although during the autumn hunt, there was no way to compare the scene with the Kangxi Emperor in later generations.

But in this autumn hunt, Zhang Shihua also dispatched more than 2,000 people and horses to encircle a large paddock for himself and his subordinates to carry out autumn hunting.

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"Xi'er, haven't you always wanted to raise a rabbit, this time my father will catch a rabbit for you." In the big tent where Zhang Shihua rested during his safari, Zhang Shihua hugged his eldest son Zhang Xi, who was about to turn three years old, and couldn't help but say this with a smile on his face.

"Thank you, Father, child. But father, can the child raise two rabbits this time? Looking at his father, who was dressed in a strong suit, the little guy's big black eyes rolled, but he couldn't help but be a little greedy.

But in this regard, Zhang Shihua laughed and said, "Of course there is no problem." This time, my father will catch two big rabbits for you. But you also have to promise your father that you must be sensible, and you must know how to take care of your younger brothers and sisters. You know? ”

"Yes, the boy knows. The child is a man, and he will take good care of his younger siblings. The little guy said in a milky voice, but with a serious face.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Shihua, Guo Wei'er and the concubines Yang Mei'er, Liu Hong'er and Lou Yuzhen couldn't help laughing.

"Brother Xi is really obedient and sensible, and he deserves to be the son of our Da Chu." Over there, Yang Meier, who was holding her daughter Zhang Qin, couldn't help but say a sentence at this time.

And hearing her words, Lou Yuzhen couldn't help but echo it.

But at this time, in the depths of Lou Yuzhen's smile, there was always a little reluctance.

is really because among Zhang Shihua's women, only Lou Yuzhen has not given birth to a son and a half daughter for Zhang Shihua, and she has not even been able to conceive yet.

In this way, in this era when mothers despise women by virtue of their sons, even if Zhang Shihua has never said anything, they can't help but feel inferior in the face of Yang Meier, who is also a concubine, and Liu Honger, who gave birth to Zhang Shihua's second son, Zhang Ji.

Especially now, when looking at where Zhang Shihua's daughter and two sons are, Lou Yuzhen's idea of wanting to have children for Zhang Shihua can't help but become stronger.

But she didn't know that Yang Meier, who had already given birth to a daughter, also had the same thoughts.

But after living with Zhang Shihua for so long, Yang Meier couldn't help but think of herself as Zhang Shihua's woman.

As Zhang Shihua's second woman, although she never thought of competing for favor with Queen Guo Weier. But naturally, she doesn't want Liu Hong'er, who she usually doesn't look up to, to surpass herself as a dowry girl.

So she couldn't help but want to give birth to a son for Zhang Shihua, even if Zhang Shihua liked her daughter very much.

Hey, the idea of "mothers are more precious than children" is troublesome!