Li Hongzhang felt that he was about to float up and fly. Liu Jun's victory made Li Hongzhang's depressed mood disappear without a trace.

With 7,400 people and more than 7,400 enemies, the Second Army in Liaodong has almost lost its combat effectiveness, and now the only one that can still fight at home is the First Army.

The First Army went on a lone expedition and went deep into the interior, and it would be more difficult to send anything to resupply. There were still more than 100,000 troops in the northeast area, and he had the intention to push back this first army and even drive it out of the Yalu River.

As soon as the depression was eliminated, Li Hongzhang drank several bowls of tea in a row. Then he wrote this matter into a report and sent it to the capital for 800 miles.

Li Hongzhang, who was happy, asked Yang Fengchun to call a few side dishes and a pot of wine, where to drink with Yang Shixiang.

Looking at Li Hongzhang, he was happy with some sadness. Yang Shixiang knew what Li Hongzhang was thinking now.

Pouring wine into Li Hongzhang's empty cup, Yang Shixiang smiled and said, "Your Excellency is worried about what reward Liu Jun will give, right?" ”

One sentence said through Li Hongzhang's thoughts, which is exactly what he is thinking about now.

Liu Jun's credit this time is to seal a person as a governor, and it is not an exaggeration. But it wasn't something he could grasp, so he really didn't know how to reward it this time.

Seeing Li Hongzhang nodding, Yang Shixiang smiled slightly and said, "Except for grain and grass, the rest will not be given." ”

didn't give anything, which made Li Hongzhang very puzzled. But after hearing that Yang Shixiang had you, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Wet your clothes.

Li Hongzhang, who came back to his senses after a while, came back to his senses and ordered Liu Jun to allocate a month's worth of grain and grass and 200,000 silver. As for the matter of replenishing the army, not a word is mentioned.

In Dalian, Liu Jun asked sullenly after listening to Zhong Lin's telegram: "What else?" ”

Also, Zhong Lin looked at Liu Jun questioningly.

"What about the troops, Lao Tzu has died so much that he didn't say anything about supplementing."

Zhong Lin suddenly realized, and after carefully reading the telegram: "Head, there is no more." ”

What do you mean, Liu Jun stood up suddenly, not understanding what Li Hongzhang was doing.

Zhong Lin saw where Liu Jun was in a daze, he walked over and saw Liu Jun Liu Jun had a drawing on the table with a rectangle and a five-pointed star in the middle, and when he picked it up, he asked, "Head, what is this?" ”

Liu Jun turned his head to look at it and patted his head.

I almost forgot about it. He thought about it all night last night, and finally came up with a solution.

In response to the fact that the unit could not find a commander in Changchang this time, Liu Jun went back and thought about it for a while, and felt that it was better to set up military ranks in the army.

In this way, after the military rank is set, when it comes to the battlefield, the soldier will distinguish everything according to the size of the rank, and who should obey the command. Moreover, the establishment of military ranks can increase the honor of soldiers, so why not.

After taking it, Liu Jun said: "You send an order to Gaizhou, Yingkou, and Wawu Wawu, be sure to report the current number of troops and hold a meeting in Dalian." ”

Lushun, Liu Jun had already rushed back to Lushun yesterday. Early this morning, Liu Jun got up early, ate something indiscriminately, and sat in the courtyard to enjoy the snow.

As soon as he finished two sips of tea, he saw Zhong Lin running over with a hippie smile.

"What's running, what's making you happy.?" Seeing Zhong Lin running closer, Liu Jun asked suspiciously.

Hehe, Zhong Lin laughed twice: "Head, it's a good thing, guess how many people we have now?" ”

Damn, I'm playing with Lao Tzu, I don't know how many troops Lao Tzu has, but in order not to make Zhong Lin laugh, Liu Jun said affirmatively: "Twenty-three thousand people? glanced at Zhong Lin's smile but didn't answer: "What are you doing, what Lao Tzu said is not right, right?" ”

Zhong Lin smiled and said, "Head, of course, what about the troops, let me tell you, now we have 60,000 horses." ”

Poof, Liu Jun spit out the tea that he had just drunk into his mouth and hadn't swallowed, and coughed softly a few times: "What, what are you talking about, sixty thousand, you **** didn't talk nonsense, did you roll the sheets too much last night, and you were not in good spirits, sixty thousand?" Are you a child......"

Liu Jun began to babble about where he began, and he firmly did not believe that he now had 60,000 horses.

Zhong Lin saw that Liu Jun was still there with a look of disbelief, so he hurriedly interrupted and said, "Head, it's true, didn't coax you?" ”

Really, Liu Jun didn't look like he was coaxing people when he saw Zhong Lin's expression, so he sat down and asked Liu Jun to tell him where so many people came from.

Seeing Liu Jun sit down, Zhong Lin said slowly.

It turned out that Liu Jun had not cared about Yingkou during this time, Luo Dacheng and Ran Xu in the Yingkou area picked up chicken feathers as arrows, and in the name of Liu Jun, they vigorously recruited troops around Yingkou and even in Jinzhou, and expanded the troops of several thousand people to 20,000 horses, Zhang Yi in the area of the tile house was picking up cheap, and the defenders of the tile house knew the prestige of the Lushun army, and they consciously accepted the incorporation, and in addition to the strength of about 3,000 people from Song Qing, the troops were also expanded to more than 15,000 people. Gaizhou and Fuzhou are not lagging behind, both recruiting 10,000 people.

Coupled with the garrison troops in Lushun and Dalian, Liu Jun's regular army now has 55,000 people, not counting the 10,000 recruits who have just been recruited in the Jinzhou area of Dalian. Liu Jun has nearly 60,000 troops in his hands.

Obediently, Liu Jun wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, he never dreamed that he could master such a powerful army. It took him a long time before he asked Zhong Lin next to him, "I have 60,000 troops?" …… I have 60,000 troops.

In the conference room of the Lushun County Ya, Liu Jun took a look at the officers sitting on both sides, and began to summarize the battle, with praise and criticism.

The purpose of today's meeting was not to sum up, but to reorganize the ranks and troops.

Rory said for a long time, Liu Jun ended this thing that was not what he was good at.

After taking a sip of tea, Liu Jun paused for a moment before slowly saying, "This time, the purpose of calling you here is for two things, a major event about your honor. ”

"Junzuo, what's the matter, call us here, you say." Luo Dacheng laughed loudly.

After taking a look at Luo Dacheng, a simple guy, Liu Jun smiled: "Establish military ranks and reorganize the troops." ”

A military rank made the blood of the people sitting boil all of a sudden, among which Luo Dacheng Li He and the officers transferred from all over the country were the most excited, they knew the importance of military rank, that is, the glory and symbol of soldiers.

"Junza, you didn't lie to us?" Luo Dacheng was surprised. Asked excitedly.

Liu Jun glanced at this rectum, picked up a picture from the table, asked Zhong Lin to hang it on the wall, and then stood up and began to explain the composition of the ranks.

The military rank Liu Jun was set after careful reference to the military ranks of later China, and the whole army was divided into marshals, generals, colonels, lieutenants, non-commissioned officers, and privates. Marshal, except for marshal, each other military rank has three ranks, upper, middle and lower.

After explaining his composition, Liu Jun smiled and said, "Pay attention, you weigh it yourself, and soon I will tell what rank and what rank to wear." ”

In a word, the people sitting there were anxious, they all stretched their necks, and looked at Liu Jun with blank eyes. Even Li He sat up straight and looked at Liu Jun. There was a rare silence in the entire conference room.

However, Liu Jun changed his words and did not say who had what rank, but mentioned the reorganization of the troops.

He explained the reasons for the reorganization: In order for the troops to have combat effectiveness, they must have the best establishment, so that it is conducive to command.

Liu Jun reorganized the entire army under his control, not one army, but three armies. Two divisions per corps, the rest did not change.

Dalian and Jinzhou, after transferring some troops from Yingkou, formed the Second Army, the army commander Li Rong, the troops of Yingkou, the remaining troops, organized into the Third Army, the army commander Zhang Yi, and Lushun's troops, organized into the First Army, the army commander Liu Jun,

After talking about the establishment, Liu Juncai returned to the topic and said the issue of military rank that these people were most concerned about.

Basically, the corps commander lieutenant general, the division commander major general, the brigade commander colonel, the regiment commander lieutenant colonel, the battalion commander major, the company commander captain, the platoon commander lieutenant and second lieutenant, and the squad leader is a non-commissioned officer.

As soon as the military rank was explained, these people all sat there and began to estimate what rank they should bring. Among them, Liu Jun found that Li He and the people who came to the meeting together didn't seem to have any expressions, and he knew what the reason was.

Stopping the noise of everyone in the conference room, Liu Jun said: Don't think about it, when the time comes, you will know what you should bring, and now I will deal with the rank of the navy first.

After looking at Li He, Liu Jun said: "Li He has the rank of vice admiral and commands all the navies in Lushun." ”

Seeing Li He's unique gratitude, Liu Jun smiled and said, "I will hand over the appointment of the naval rank to you." ”

Tears fell from Li He's eyes, he stood up, and said solemnly: "Guarantee to complete the task."