Lingui County stabilized. Li Zhen began to reorganize the soldiers, and re-recruited craftsmen to repair the county seat of Lingui County. On the fifth day, news came from the front that it was confirmed that Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong were rushing in the direction of Vietnam.

This news made Li Zhen breathe a sigh of relief.

In a short period of time, he can free up his hands to straighten things out at home.

Next, Li Zhen reappointed the county magistrate of Lingui County, appointed the prefect of Guilin Prefecture, and sorted out the officials of the entire Guangxi Province to make Guangxi run smoothly. As for the post of governor of Guangxi, Li Zhen did not think about who would take up the post. Guangxi borders Yunnan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places, and can develop westward, remotely control Yunnan, and then contain Sichuan, this is what Li Zhen needs, and it is also a springboard to win the rest of the provinces in the future.

The most important thing is that Vietnam in the south of Guangxi has the Xi Yinglong brothers, and the French also remain in Vietnam.

Li Zhen had to guard against the changes in the south, and there had to be someone left behind.

In the big tent, Li Zhen summoned Yang Luchan, Smith, Yang Banhou, Zhou Xiuying and others to gather. Li Zhen's eyes swept over the crowd and said, "I brought you here to announce the people who stayed in Guangxi. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts hung in the air, waiting for Li Zhen to say the list of those who stayed behind.

Li Zhen continued: "Before announcing the people left behind, I still have to announce one thing. The army has developed to the point where it can be expanded again and is no longer limited to the strength of one or two regiments. There were more than 3,000 soldiers under Yang Banhou alone, and at the peak it was already more than 5,000 troops, at least the establishment of a brigade. ”

After a pause, Li Zhen said again: "The troops under the command of Smith and Zhou Xiuying have already reached the scale of 3,000 people in a brigade, so I think the establishment should be expanded. From the current regiment, it has been expanded into a division, with an establishment of 10,000 people. Although your strength does not reach 10,000, it can still be achieved as long as you continue to increase your strength and consolidate your strength. ”

Smith said solemnly: "Don't worry, I will definitely complete the expansion of my troops as soon as possible." ”

Yang Banhou rubbed his hands and said loudly: "Dashuai, 10,000 people are trivial." When we attacked Xunzhou Mansion before, the troops gathered under our command were as high as 50,000 or 60,000. Rest assured, I will do it in a short time. ”

Zhou Xiuying also nodded solemnly, but it was still a little difficult for her to ask for female soldiers.

10,000 female soldiers is not a small number.

Li Zhen listened to the words of Smith and Yang Banhou, his expression was serious, and he said solemnly: "I need the number of soldiers, but more importantly, I need the combat effectiveness of soldiers. The improvement of combat effectiveness is not useful if there are many people, but the most important thing is the quality of soldiers. It is necessary to ensure that the soldiers are elite, and the establishment of 10,000 people is placed here, so that the troops can be slowly increased and selected slowly, and we must not rush to achieve success. It's useless to want to achieve a goal all at once. ”

"Understood!"

The three of them nodded in response, and there was a serious look in their eyes.

Li Zhen continued: "When I return to Guangdong, I will issue the order for the expansion of troops in the form of a document. As for those who stay behind, I plan that Yang Banhou will stay in Guangxi, and the first division under your command will be garrisoned. ”

First Division!

After Yang Banhou heard this, his eyes lit up.

In the past, when Li Zhen established five regiments, Yang Banhou led the first regiment, Qi Zhenhai was the second regiment, until Zhou Xiuying's fifth regiment. Now, the army has been expanded again, and he is already the first division, and it is likely that it will be the first army or something in the future.

For a while, Yang Banhou was full of ambition.

He stood upright and saluted, and said loudly: "Please rest assured, I will definitely defend Guangxi." ”

Li Zhen nodded and said, "I believe you can keep it, but I want you to stick to your duties as well." Your army belongs to the garrison, you can train soldiers, you can recruit soldiers, but you must not interfere in the political affairs of Guangxi. The military and the government are separated, and I will send someone to serve as the governor of Guangxi as soon as possible, and be in charge of Guangxi's political affairs full-time. The two of you will not interfere, but the governor of Guangxi needs your cooperation, and you must fully cooperate, otherwise the news will reach my ears and you will bear the consequences. ”

"Yes!"

Yang Banhou asked again: "Dashuai, preliminarily, who will serve as the governor of Guangxi?" ”

Li Zhen said: "It's undecided for the time being. ”

After a pause, Li Zhen looked at Smith and the others and said, "Smith, Zhou Xiuying, I will give you two days to adjust the army, and then leave Guangxi." ”

"Yes!"

The two of them answered, and then turned and left.

Li Zhen let people disperse, and stayed alone in the big tent, thinking about the candidate for the governor of Guangxi.

This person must be competent!

……

Yang Banhou came out of the camp, and Smith immediately congratulated: "Commander Yang, oh no, Commander Yang." Dashuai ordered you to garrison Guangxi, which can be regarded as a feudal official of one side, compared to the people who still follow Dashuai, it is really different. In his words, Smith had a sour feeling, after all, it was a great honor to be released to become a member of the garrison.

Zhou Xiuying also said: "Senior Commander Yang, look at your wonderful performance in Guangxi." ”

Yang Banhou said: "Master Smith, Master Zhou, I envy you too!" As the saying goes, the building near the water is the first to get the moon, follow the handsome, you use the sophisticated weapons first, I can only be ranked behind, and the treatment is definitely worse than you. Besides, Smith, you are the first American to serve as a division commander, which is an amazing ability! Master Zhou is a woman, but she is a heroine among women, and she is really a woman who does not let her eyebrows go, which makes me envious! ”

Yang Banhou said with a smile on his face: "I can be reused by Dashuai, ability is secondary, Dashuai will be reused only if I follow him for a long time!" I'm still far from you. ”

Zhou Xiuying and Smith smiled slightly, and their hearts were quite comfortable.

The two knew that this was Yang Banhou's compliment, but they also felt very comfortable listening to it.

Yang Luchan walked over and shouted, "Rabbit cub, come here!" ”

When Yang Banhou heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, he was the commander of the first division! It's just that, no matter what, Yang Luchan is his father. Yang Banhou arched his hand and said, "Two, my father asked me to go over, and I lost my company!" He nodded to the two of them and apologized, walked up to Yang Luchan, and asked, "Dad, is there anything to find me?" ”

"What am I looking for you to do if you have nothing to do?"

Yang Luchan said: "I came to you to talk to you." Your kid is still young, but he is already the division commander stationed on one side, and I am very pleased when I hear it, old man. After all, our old Yang family has produced an amazing character. However, the old man wants to remind you that the big man asked you to stay in Guangxi, although your ability is good, but there are also reasons for the old man's face, otherwise why didn't Smith stay behind? ”

After a pause, Yang Luchan said again: "Dashuai is a person who does great things, you will not suffer if you follow Dashuai to do things." The old man hopes that you will guard against arrogance and rashness, and be able to calm down and do things. Taking advantage of the opportunity of being stationed in Guangxi, a strong army was trained to live up to the title of 'First Division'. You can't let the first division only be a one, two, three, four, five order, you have to let it be a reflection of strength, understand? ”

"Dad, don't worry, my son understands!"

Yang Banhou disagreed with Yang Luchan's statement that it was for his face, but he still nodded solemnly. As Yang Luchan said, we must make the first division deserve its name and become the real first division.

PS: Working hard!