In the evening, Xu Shichang arrived at the barracks, worried that Du Shihui and others were not used to local life, and wanted to invite everyone to live in his official residence. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Du Shihui refused: "Xu Ge is too worried, we are all soldiers, and we are very accustomed to living in the barracks, so there is no inconvenience." “

Xu Shichang didn't have much to say, so he had to accompany everyone to have dinner together in the barracks.

After the meal, Du Shihui proposed to transfer 10,000 cavalry divisions to Mukden and send some to assist in recruiting troops.

In this regard, Duan Qirui and Xu Shichang readily agreed.

The mention of bandits made Wang Yingkai's mind move, and he suggested to Du Shihui: "General Du, I have a suggestion, it just so happens that Xu Ge Lao is also here, I want everyone to see if it is feasible?" “

Xu Shichang also wondered why he was still in charge of the discussion because the affairs of the army were not in his charge? Just said: "You first tell me what the suggestion is, and say it for General Du's reference." ”

"General Du, Xu Ge Lao, General Duan, there are too many planned recruits this time, I am really afraid that people with bad intentions will spread rumors everywhere after getting the news, stir up trouble, cause dissatisfaction in the imperial court, and even cause a lot of trouble to Lord Yuan, so my suggestion is to recruit only a part of the troops, most of them are selected from the existing patrol battalion, in addition, now the position of the Second Mixed Association in Fengtian is very embarrassing, is it not to directly expand this mixed Association into 1 town? In addition, there is also a good source of conscription in the northeast region, that is, the more than 100,000 bandits, they are generally relatively strong, and they can shoot, as long as they do a good job of discipline, it is definitely better than recruiting recruits, and after recruiting these bandits, the place is stable, and it is also conducive to economic development. ”

After Wang Yingkai finished speaking, everyone felt that this method was very good, and they all looked at Du Shihui and wanted to know his opinion.

Du Shihui felt that if this method was feasible, it would make the expansion of the army much easier, so he said: "I have just arrived, and I don't know much about the local situation, please tell me in detail about the specific situation, how many troops are in the patrol battalion?" What about the second mix? Also, Are there so many bandits in the Northeast? ”

Duan Qirui said: "This problem is still up to me, the entire three northeastern provinces now have more than 60,000 green battalions and patrol battalions, each accounting for half, these people are not very good at fighting, but they are very loyal to the Qing court, I have considered it before, but in view of our purpose, I still gave up, and now General Wang has raised it, then I hope that General Du will think about it carefully and see how to deal with it; The second mixed association is the army that was reorganized when Zhao Ge was in power, and it is also the officers and soldiers drawn from the patrol battalion, the combat effectiveness is not high, and it is also mixed with members of the party, the composition is very complex, after the establishment of the border special administrative region, it was not assigned to the jurisdiction of the frontier general, nominally under the command of Xu Ge, because Xu Ge is a civilian official, he can't manage these soldiers at all, so he is still in a dilemma, in addition, if the second mixed association is expanded into 1 town, the combat effectiveness is not as good as the new soldiers, for the time being, it is better to adapt it first; Finally, it is said that bandits, the economy of the Northeast region is underdeveloped, and people have been living very poorly, especially during the Russo-Japanese War, which caused a large number of families to be destroyed and displaced, and Japan and Russia respectively supported a group of bandits, resulting in bandits rampant in the Northeast now, and it is initially estimated that there are at least more than 150,000 people, if you add the bandits in Mongolia, the number will be more, but it is very difficult to do all the incorporation, first of all, some bandits are evil, accustomed to a free and casual life, and will definitely not accept the adaptation, The second is to adapt these bandits, which costs a lot of money. “

After hearing this, Du Shihui smiled and said: "As long as there are people, it will be easy to do, if Xu Ge Lao agrees, I suggest that the Second Mixed Association be reorganized first, eliminate unsuitable officers and soldiers, and add a part of the new officers and soldiers, and carry out the mixed formation, which will definitely form combat effectiveness after training; For the green battalion and the patrol battalion, my suggestion is that General Duan use the authority of the frontier general to reorganize, eliminate the old and weak, select healthy people to be trained in the team, and then mix them into various departments after passing the qualifications. For the commander and battalion-level officers in the patrol battalion, they can first go to the military academy for training, and then be assigned to the unit after passing the training; In order not to arouse suspicion, the eliminated old and weak can be allocated land, grain, farm tools, etc., for them to farm, or take a part of the severance pay and then self-employment, if they cannot be arranged here, they will all emigrate to the Lelang Peninsula or the territory of my governor's palace; For the Manchus among them, in order to facilitate management, they can form separate camps; How do you feel? “

"It's doable! It will be carried out according to General Du's suggestion. “

"For the bandits, then I will deal with it, first issue a green forest sticker, bandits everywhere can send people to discuss the matter of integration, if they do not comply, I will send troops to exterminate all these bandits, and then it will not be a matter of incorporation, and they will all go to labor and reform for a lifetime."

Duan Qirui and Xu Shichang very much agree with Du Shihui's opinion.

Duan Qirui also proposed: "General Du, my opinion is to expand the existing army academy and not build a new one, which will save a lot of time." ”

After thinking about it for a while, Du Shihui said: "I didn't know that there was an army academy here, and my opinion is to change the existing academy into an army academy of higher learning, which mainly trains officers at the battalion level and above; The re-established army academy is a crash course, mainly for training junior officers of teams, platoons and sheds, junior officers only need to be trained for 3 months, the requirement is that the number is large, the speed is fast, how can senior officers also have to train for half a year or even longer, so that there will be no conflict with each other, what do you think? ”

Everyone has no opinions, the general policy is set, and the rest of the things are easy to do, under Du Shihui's arrangement, everyone began to act separately.

Wang Yingkai sent people to recruit troops; Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi provinces each sent a recruiting team, each team has a cavalry battalion to escort the money carried, each team is responsible for recruiting 10,000 soldiers, but it is claimed that only 5,000 people are recruited, and the recruitment time is 2 months, no matter what the result is, they must rush back within 2 months; In the Zhili area, Yuan Shikai sent people to recruit 10,000 soldiers.

Duan Qirui was responsible for expanding the existing 4 towns into 8 towns; Responsible for the recruitment of troops within the three eastern provinces; and asked Lord Yuan to send a group of officers; In addition, military students were recruited from all over the country; and is responsible for the adaptation of the second mixed association.

Xu Shichang was responsible for the construction of an army academy, and Du Shihui was responsible for sending military instructors to train junior officers.

Du Shihui sent people to take over the existing Fengtian Army Higher Education School, re-evaluate the existing instructors, and strengthen the training of the existing trainees so that they can complete their studies as soon as possible and supplement them to the troops.

Wang Yingkai was temporarily responsible for the reorganization of all the officers and men of the Green Battalion and the patrol battalion, and sent all the commanders of the patrol battalions and all the officers at the battalion level to the Army Academy for training.

Du Shihui was responsible for the army of the Xia Empire to absorb all the bandits in the three eastern provinces and Mongolia, and resolutely eliminated the bandits who refused to accept the incorporation.

Xu Shichang is also responsible for immigrating and recruiting workers, and assisting the technical personnel to be selected and built factories.

(To be continued.) )