Chapter 646: Reorganizing the Lu Army

It's not an easy thing to reorganize, Yan Chunyu is happy as soon as the upper lip touches the lower lip, but if you want to be reorganized together, how to reorganize?

The Mongolian cavalry is the cavalry left by the monk king, transcendent, and has no subordinate relationship with the various forces of the imperial court, and now it is even more leaderless, just temporarily staying by Guo Ye's side to fight, and the cavalry of Baoding Town is just grouped together, in the end, it is still necessary to break away and rush back to the outside of the Saiwai; The strength of Baoding Town belongs to Zhili, and the strength of the three towns of Shandong belongs to Shandong, but it is always the regular army of the imperial court.

It is not easy to even try to straighten out the relationship between the various ministries.

Guo Ye looked at Zuo Precious and said, "Guanting, I'm sorry, I have to delay you for a day or two before I can let you go to Kaifeng to pay tribute to Guo Lian, and wait until the affairs of our army are arranged......"

Zuo Guigui said with emotion: "Ming Shuai, official affairs are important, how can you abolish the public because of private affairs?" Let's postpone the memorial service. “

After all, it is not so easy to deploy and reorganize in a unified manner.

Guo Ye discussed with Zuo Guigui, He Qimou, Gao Qi, and Yan Chunyu for a day before the reorganization plan was determined.

Guo Ye is the minister of the war between the governor in the north and the south of the Yangtze River, and the power to reorganize the army in this way still exists, and the problem is how to mobilize the generals of various ministries is the difficulty, as long as the generals have no opinions, it will naturally come naturally.

First of all, the elite of the 5,000 Taiping Army was subdued, and all of them were replenished to the army, and now there are 12,000 people in the three towns of Shandong, and 5,000 troops are trained; Baoding town soldiers 8,000 troops, Mongolian cavalry 3,000 troops, plus 5,000 troops, a total of 33,000 people, the combat power of each department is also a certain difference, Baoding town as the cornerstone, the strongest combat power, the second training army, again Shandong three towns, and finally the selected 5,000 elite soldiers.

Guo Ye was ruthless, canceled all the establishments, and directly unified into the training army, known as the Lu army, together with the Mongolian cavalry, were completely included in the sequence of the cavalry, and he would not return to the outside of the fortress again in the future, He Qimou, as the commander of the Mongolian cavalry, became the representative of the Mongolian cavalry, entered the upper echelons of the Lu army, and became Guo Ye's deputy and counselor of military affairs together with Zuo Guigui.

The entire Lu army of 33,000 people was unified and reorganized into four mixed brigades, which was also the earliest mixed army in Chinese military history;

The first mixed brigade has four artillery battalions, three cavalry battalions, twelve infantry battalions, and a baggage battalion, with a strength of 10,000 troops. This is probably the first general military officer to command more than 10,000 troops, which is more beautiful than the governor of a province, and the troops under his jurisdiction are the elite of the elite; Artillery commander Gao He became the chief of staff of the 1st Mixed Brigade, the second person;

The 1st Brigade focused more on infantry and artillery coordination, and was the main force in mountain operations and Jiangnan operations, not only Gao He was rushed into the 1st Mixed Brigade, but also stayed in the 1st Mixed Brigade together with the artillery commander Long Tao and became the cadre of the 1st Mixed Brigade;

The Second Mixed Brigade has two artillery battalions, six cavalry battalions, eight infantry battalions, and one baggage battalion, with a strength of 9,000 people.

The second mixed brigade has six cavalry battalions under its jurisdiction, and the cavalry strength has reached more than 3,000 people, which will be a terrifying force in the gentle plain area, Yan Chunyu is good at quick battles, and he is very flexible in fighting, and He Tengjiao is one of the best generals among the cavalry, and the two of them will support the entire second brigade.

The third mixed brigade has an artillery battalion, two cavalry battalions, eight infantry battalions, and a baggage battalion, and the strength is mainly from the infantry of the three towns of Shandong and the surrender of the Taiping Army.

The Fourth Mixed Brigade has an artillery battalion, two cavalry battalions, eight infantry battalions, and a baggage battalion, and its strength is mainly surrendered from the three towns of Shandong and the Taiping Army.

Of the four mixed brigades, the first two are the real elite main forces, and although the latter two are slightly weaker, they are not at a disadvantage in the face of the Taiping Army alone.

Ling Xiao, the chief soldier of Qingzhou Town among the three towns in Shandong, stayed in the base camp and became Guo Ye's senior counselor.

The most surprising thing for everyone is that Guo Ye did not have many cadres left around to help, it was just He Qimou and Zuo Guigui and Ling Xiao, once the troops were divided, Zuo Guigui would definitely take the lead, and the strength of the base camp would be even weaker.

At this time, Guo Ye actually asked the cadres to select a group of young people from the army to enter the base camp to follow Guo Ye's military affairs, which means that these people will be Guo Ye's helpers in the future? What do these soldiers know?

Gao Qi took the lead in throwing out the question, and said dissatisfiedly: "Big brother, it's too hasty for you to do this, our cadres have all gone outside, you just guard a group of small points, there will be no problems?" ”

Guo Ye smiled faintly and said: "Boy, you are still very tender, you have all been trained, and you will all have to take on heavy responsibilities in the future, but what about below, if I don't train some more people at this time, in the future, our Lu army will be expanded again, but what should I do?" Where did we get so many people to serve as staff generals, as adjutant generals? Do you have to lead a battalion to charge into battle while you are in charge of a brigade? ”

Gao Qi was thoughtful, and the others were also terrified, Ming Shuai is planning for the future, expansion? Now although the Lu army is only a little more than 30,000 people, its combat power is not inferior to the Hunan army of 50,000 or 60,000 or even more! If the Lu army expands again, then it won't sweep Liuhe and look at the eight wildernesses?

Zuo Guigui glanced at Guo Ye with deep meaning, Guo Ye nodded slightly and smiled at Zuo Guigui, both of them have understood the meaning in their hearts, tacitly, although Zuo Guigui is not Guo Ye's descendant, but this relationship is not fake, without Guo Ye, the current Zuo Guigui is just a thousand generals, this kindness and confidant are not fake, even if Guo Ye really has that day, Zuo Guigui will definitely stand up and support Guo Ye.

"Spring Rain!"

Guo Ye shouted lightly.

Yan Chunyu was stunned, not knowing what the eldest brother told him to do at this time.

(To be continued.) )