The name Mao Yuanyi Liu Fan also heard Sun Yuanhua talk about it by chance, Mao Yuanyi once worked with Sun Yuanhua in Liaodong, both of them belong to the kind of talented but upright characters, because they are colleagues, plus their talents are more outstanding, so the relationship between the two also gets along better. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Mao Yuanyi has served in Liaodong for many years, and he is very familiar with the situation in Liaodong, and is familiar with the strategy of using troops, military scripts, battle formations, land battles, and naval battles. It is the talent that Liu Fan lacks the most now. If Mao Yuanyi is included in his command, it will be of great help to Liu Fan in the future against Houjin, the only thing that worries Liu Fan is that Mao Yuanyi is different from Sun Yuanhua, he is an orthodox literati, and he has a close relationship with Qian Qianyi and other Donglin parties, I am afraid that it is not very consistent with Liu Fan's political ideas.

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Fan still couldn't bear to be so talented and died of grief, and finally under the persuasion of Sun Yuanhua, Liu Fan still threw an olive branch to Mao Yuanyi, in Liu Fan's mind, that is, Mao Yuanyi himself can't use it, and it is good to recommend it to Chongzhen, at least it can strengthen the strength of Daming and reduce the pressure on him to face Houjin.

With such a heart, Liu Fan still felt that it would be good to let Fan Liang go for a trip, and he believed that Mao Yuanyi, who was now at a low point in his life, would not let go of such an opportunity to change his fate.

Fan Liang and others who were expecting and worried about Liu Fan's farewell in Qingdao Port, after returning to Shihe, Liu Fan once again devoted himself to the construction of Jiaozhou.

Now there is no need for Liu Fan to worry too much about the civil affairs of Jiaozhou, and what Liu Fan has to do now is to speed up the speed of expansion in the military aspect. After inquiring about Wu Tao, Song Cheng and others in detail, Liu Fan found that there was still a long way to go if the Broken Army wanted to develop and grow.

Therefore, Liu Fan decided to convene a military meeting to discuss in detail the future development plan of the Broken Army. The meeting was not confined to a few high-ranking members of the Broken Army, but convened a meeting of all officers above the battalion officer level. This meeting was a rare event for the Broken Army, so Liu Fan directly placed the location of the meeting in the military camp outside Shihe City.

On the fifth day of the first month of October, the sun was shining in a rare good weather, and all the middle and high-level officers of the Broken Army gathered together. Sitting above and looking at the young and energetic faces in front of him, Liu Fan couldn't help but feel quite relieved that he had not tossed in vain in the past few years, and finally had a group of loyal fans who were loyal to him, and he could be regarded as having the capital to settle down in this troubled era.

Glancing around at everyone, Liu Fan said, "There are two main purposes for me to call you here today, one is that the general soldier has just returned to Shihe, and he misses everyone very much, so he wants to meet the big guy, lest you don't know me!" Second, all of you here are the elites of our Broken Army, the pillars of each battalion. Therefore, this general soldier would like to ask you if you have any opinions or suggestions for the future development of my captive army! The Broken Army is a collective, and each of us is a part of the Broken Army, and we have the responsibility and obligation to maintain its glory, expand its influence, and enhance its strength. So if you have any good ideas that are beneficial to the development of the Broken Army, just say it, don't hide it! ”

Hearing Liu Fan's words, everyone couldn't help but be a little moved, as a senior general of the Broken Army, who of these people here doesn't have two brushes under their hands. Over the years, he has followed Liu Fan to fight in the south and the north, and after fighting for a long time, he naturally has some ideas of his own. Hearing Liu Fan's inquiry, everyone was a little eager to try, but because of the rules in the army, everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke first.

As one of the leaders of the Broken Army, Wu Tao took the lead in breaking the silence and said, "Everyone, since you don't want to be the first to speak, then I, Lao Wu, will take the lead, and it should be regarded as throwing bricks and leading the way!" After speaking, Wu Tao stood up and said, "As we all know, our Broken Army is known for its sharp firearms and pays attention to team cooperation to give full play to its powerful firepower advantage. However, in the previous battles, I found that our army did not occupy an absolute firepower advantage compared with other armies of the Ming Dynasty. Take the squad as an example, a squad of more than 300 people, of which there are only 100 musketeers, half of whom are three-eyed gunmen with a shorter range. So I think it is necessary to strengthen the ratio of musketeers in our army, at least half or more! In addition, our army still lacks powerful artillery, and it is difficult to suppress the enemy's fire with only three-pounder guns and six-pounder guns. It's okay to deal with the rogues, but if you deal with Houjin, who is also equipped with cannons, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch it. So we must strengthen the proportions of firearms! ”

As soon as Wu Tao's words were finished, there was a sound of discussion in the big tent, and most of them agreed with Wu Tao's statement, as a member of the Broken Army, after Liu Fan's earnest teaching for more than two years, everyone understood very well the powerful role that the firearms unit could play in the future war. Seeing that everyone agreed, Liu Fan also thought that it was time to strengthen the construction of the firearms unit, and said after a deep sigh, "What Wu Tao said is very right, his words are also what I want to say, I agree to strengthen the proportion of firearms equipment in the army." Once you have returned, you can begin the matter of training musketeers and gunners. I will order the arsenal to hurry up the manufacture of some equipment and send it to the army. If you have any other ideas, please feel free to speak. ”

With Wu Tao's beginning, everyone also let go of their hearts, and Song Cheng was the first to stand up and say, "Overseer, I think it is very necessary for us to set up a special agency to re-survey and map the map. The current military map is the one used by the Ming Dynasty decades ago. Not only is it crudely made, but it is even unmarked in many places, which can be said to be outdated, and the use of this kind of map to fight is very unfavorable to our army's march and operation. It's better to fight locally in Shandong, especially in a different place, without a guide, just marching and fighting on the current map, it's a joke with the lives of the troops. Therefore, the lowly government thinks that the establishment of an organization to re-map is imminent! ”

Liu Fan couldn't help but nod again and again when he heard this, the battles of the Broken Army in Hanzhong and Xing'an had already made Liu Fan and his army suffer enough from being unfamiliar with the terrain. If it weren't for the lack of an accurate map as a reference, Liu Fan would not have been able to let Li Zicheng and the others go so easily many times. After thinking about it, Liu Fan thought deeply and said: "Song Cheng, what you said about this matter is very reasonable and insightful. Since you brought this up in the first place, I'll leave this task to you. You can choose people from military schools or political schools to form a team that specializes in mapping. (To be continued.) )