After the Battle of Kinmen, Wang Zheng, the king of Qi, started a large-scale army-wide rectification in view of the current disadvantages of various departments of the Qi army.

First of all, Wang Zheng canceled the establishment of soldiers and formed the Nanjing Forbidden Army, with a quota of 100,000, divided into five battalions, in addition to the original four battalions of Jiandao, Zhenwu, Xuanwu and Fenwei, and added Yangwei battalion.

Many people have been hoping for the reform of the army for a long time, and this time five precious generals have been released, and the original four generals of the war department will get their own general numbers in addition to serving as the chief generals of the forbidden army, and they will be in the forefront of the generals of the Qi army.

Dong Youyin is still the commander of the Sharp Knife Battalion and is General Zhaoyong; Huang Yang is still the commander of the Xuanwu Battalion and is the general of Zhaowei; Deng Heizi served as the chief general of the Zhenwei battalion and was the general of Guangwu; After Gao Liang went through the turmoil with his nephew, he was still appointed by Wang Zheng as the chief general of the Fenwei Battalion and General Guangyi.

In addition to the five battalions used to attack the fortified positions, the forbidden army also has a baggage battalion, a cavalry battalion, and a firearms battalion.

The commander of the baggage battalion is still Ma Sheng, who is the commander of Guangyi; The original cavalry battalion was renamed the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and the staff originally discussed that Quan Zhuo would be awarded the title of Captain of the Flying Cavalry.

But Wang Zheng, the king of Qi, did not agree, and specially named Quan Zhuo, the commander of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, as the general of Xianwu Fei, in addition to the five generals, and Quan Zhuo was also included in the five generals, and the person who had the general number also had Jiang Da, the commander of the original water army.

After the comprehensive rectification of the army, the former Shandong Naval Division was renamed the Dinghai Navy, under the jurisdiction of the Taiwan Fleet and the Southeast Fleet.

Jiang Da was appointed as the chief admiral of the navy and general Jiehai, and Liu Si was appointed as the vice admiral of the navy and the lieutenant of the Xianluo.

This is not over, the Nanjing Forbidden Army has four major battalions, which means that one will be selected from the rest of the generals and promoted to the general of the Forbidden Army on the spot, which is an opportunity to ascend to the sky.

While the Qi army was arguing about this, the candidate was quietly revealed.

Qin Liangshi, the former general of the Shandong Army, whose ancestral home is Liaodong, joined the Shandong Army in the 14th year of Chongzhen, and has made great contributions in the salt seizure operations in Dengzhou, Laizhou and other places, and is listed as a second-class meritorious service.

At the end of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Qin Liangshi ranked first in the Yanding competition, and served as the chief of the lineage.

In the past three years, Qin Liangshi has made eight second-class merits and fourteen third-class merits, and is the first Shandong army general to climb the city in the battle of Anping to destroy Zheng.

In July of the first year of Lu Jianguo, Qin Liangshi was promoted to the commander of the fifth battalion of the forbidden army and was named the general of Dingyuan.

Qin Liangshi's deeds thus inspired the other generals of the Qi army to win merit, which is an example of a person who started from the bottom and is now one of the five major generals.

In the Qi army, as long as you are down-to-earth and hardworking, there will always be a day to come out, as long as you are brave in battle and not afraid of strong enemies, there will always be a day when you will win the first merit and be promoted.

In addition to reorganizing the first line of soldiers into a forbidden army, the Qi army abolished many of the establishment of foreign soldiers and horses, leaving only the main soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, but in order to avoid the decline in quality, it will reorganize the foreign soldiers and horses in the whole territory that has been controlled in accordance with the regulations of the previous army.

This rectification lasted from May to the end of July, and a large number of former Ming army generals and colonels were dismissed and sent home.

For example, the mines and workshops of the Maritime Safety Bureau, as well as the salt farms and salt pans along the coast of Shandong, are under the jurisdiction of various departments and branches under the Urban Management Bureau, and even working as helpers in farms can meet the most basic food and clothing.

All the former foreign troops that have passed the rectification and reform have been promoted to regular soldiers on the spot and are scattered and stationed in various places.

Wang Zheng created the first three-level overall army establishment of the village and town guard battalion, the state capital city defense battalion, and the capital forbidden army, and the first batch of personnel will be assigned according to the level of military merit, which is also evolved from the initial three-level establishment of soldiers, regular soldiers, and external departments.

After this rectification, King Qi ordered that many Dingkou of the Security Department of the Urban Management Bureau could only be responsible for local security from now on, and could no longer be promoted directly into the army.

There is only one way to enter the combat sequence of the Qi army, that is, to join the army when recruiting, to participate in the local examination school, and the village and town guard battalions, the state capital city defense battalion and the forbidden army have all introduced corresponding new policies to deal with the current situation.

This new policy continued the previous style, and if you want to enter the forbidden army, you must start from the lowest village and town defense battalions, and the city defense battalions of the state capital must be carefully selected from the defense battalions of the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of the state government.

The forbidden army is a major blood change every three years, and it is not the best in the village and town guard battalion and the state capital city defense battalion, and it is the absolute main force of the Qi army when fighting, and it is generally led by the king of Qi Wang Zheng himself.

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On August 1 of the first year of the Lu Jianguo, the generalissimo of civil and military advocacy Fengtian and Wang Zheng, the king of Qi, led 80,000 forbidden troops to gather all units of the Qi army in Nanjing, totaling more than 300,000 troops, and swore to the Northern Expedition.

Wang Zheng, Dong Youyin, Gao Liang, Deng Heizi, Qin Liangshi, Quan Zhuo and others stood on the tower of Zhengyangmen City, and countless Qi soldiers stood below, which continued to the horizon.

"Li thief killed my Ming Emperor, people and gods are angry, and the people who are loyal to the country in the world should rise up and punish him!" Wang Zheng paced back and forth, and his sonorous words echoed in the city:

"I have received the emperor's grace, since I should be alone to repay, today this king swears here, will lead my army of 300,000 soldiers to the Northern Expedition, if you do not destroy the Li thief, recover the northern capital, when the neck of the self-cut, to thank the world!"

Zhaoyong General Dong Youyin pulled out the steel knife at his waist with a 'poof', raised his arms and shouted:

"For the sake of King Qi, swear to destroy the Li thief!"

The soldiers of the Qi army raised their swords and guns in their hands and shouted in unison:

"For the sake of King Qi, swear to destroy the Li thief!"

"For the sake of King Qi, swear to destroy the Li thief!"

At this moment, Zhu Yihai and several eunuchs stood on the watchtower of the imperial city, looking at the red-armored Qi soldiers in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh:

"If these were all my Ming soldiers, how nice it would be......"

The chief eunuch standing next to him was none other than Lu Jiude, the former governor of the southern capital Jingying.

This guy was in Fengyang anyway, and after all the original Beijing camps were disbanded, he still had a good errand, and was arranged by Wang Zheng to serve as the chief eunuch of the inner palace by Zhu Yihai, who was the first governor of the imperial city of Nanjing.

After hearing Zhu Yihai's words, Lu Jiude immediately frowned, signaled several little eunuchs beside him to serve with peace of mind, and he quietly ran to Weng Zhiqi, the commander of the city defense battalion who was responsible for staying in Nanjing.

"Chief Weng, do you understand what Lu Jianguo said?"

Weng Zhiqi nodded in a deep voice, suddenly looked at Lu Jiude, and said hesitantly:

"Could it be that Grandpa Lu wants...?"

"It's not time yet." Lu Jiude naturally understood what Weng Zhiqi meant, shook his head without hesitation, and said:

"At present, what is left in Nanjing is General Zhaowei of our Qi army, and there are 20,000 forbidden troops stationed in the imperial city, if there is any turmoil in the city, it is not difficult to calm down."

The more Weng Zhiqi listened, the more confused he became, and he thought that Lu Jiude was reminding himself that he was aggrieved in his heart at the moment, who would dare to go against His Royal Highness the King of Qi at the moment.

From another point of view, even if he lacks a string in his brain and moves this heart, all the soldiers and generals under his command are loyal to the King of Qi, and I am afraid that before I have time to move, I will be pulled off the horse by my subordinates.

Seeing Weng Zhiqi's embarrassed look, Lu Jiude knew that he wanted to be crooked, his eyes were white, and he said straight to the point:

"Chief General Weng, if there is any movement on King Lu's side, you can report it to General Zhaowei, which is much better than ours, the chief of the inner house."

"Besides, if you can make a contribution to it, why not do it?"