Since the departure of Shi Pei Dun on the same day, the Xuzhou New Army was officially established. The Forces nouvelles were divided into five battalions of 3,000 men each, for a total of 15,000 men. In addition to Wei Shuo, who was in charge of one battalion, the other four battalions were led by the old generals of Xuzhou.

After receiving the new appointment, Wei Shuo did not complain, but was secretly happy. Don't look at Wei Shuo's authority is much less than what Pei Dun promised him at the beginning, but this battalion is completely in charge of his personnel, which is much stronger than the previous nominally 'in charge of the military of a state'.

In order not to compete with other battalions of new troops for the school grounds in the city, Wei Shuo offered to take his own battalion of new troops to a dilapidated military camp outside Pengcheng to settle down. This barracks has been abandoned for two years, and when Wei Shuo brought everyone here, he found that the barracks were overgrown with weeds.

Looking at the somewhat simple military camp, Wei Shuo optimistically comforted everyone: "It's not a big deal, I once said a sentence on Laoshan Mountain: Do it yourself, have enough food and clothing!" Where there is no training, we tidy it up by ourselves; There was no place to stay, so we built our own barracks. In short, it's all up to us! ”

In the face of difficulties, Zhang Erlang and other members of the escort team did not feel any discomfort, after all, everyone came from the difficult era of Laoshan. But the other recruits were not so comfortable, and they felt that they were suddenly sent to such a dilapidated place from the luxurious training ground in Xuzhou City, how uncomfortable they thought.

"Like, what's this? When our escort team was in Laoshan, there was not even a regular military camp, so this is also a military camp anyway, isn't it? Although it is a little dilapidated, it basically has all the facilities that it should have. Let's do it and tidy it up a little and we can put it into use. ”

"Besides, after leaving the city, although the conditions are poor, I also avoided a lot of rights and wrongs, right? Everyone has also seen it, except for our Lord Wei, who among the officials in the city really cares about us? Zhang Erlang couldn't help but open his mouth to persuade him.

After Wei Shuo's repeated explanations, coupled with Zhang Erlang and others, everyone's emotions were gradually mobilized, and the matter of tidying up the military camp was carried out smoothly. In fact, everyone doing the same thing together can invisibly deepen the feelings between people. Especially when some recruits see their direct boss Wei Shuo working like everyone, they work even harder.

Twenty-year-old Wang Xiang was originally an ordinary peasant household in Pengcheng, with a family of five and several acres of paddy fields. But all of this was ruined by Sima Ao's chaotic life, and he himself was forcibly conscripted into the army by the government.

At the beginning, Wang Xiang was full of resistance and resentment towards the so-called barracks, and even he had already planned in his heart that he would secretly leave as long as he had the opportunity, so that he would not be stupid to sell his life to the officials.

But Wei Shuo's arrival changed his mind, and after several exchanges with the new soldiers, Wang Xiang realized that he was not only participating in the training for the officials in the city, but also for his own family.

As Lord Bing Cao said, now Xuzhou is in danger, and external troubles are everywhere, and hot-blooded men are urgently needed to protect their families and defend the country. After having a new understanding, Wang Xiang completely changed his previous attitude towards passive training and began to actively cooperate with Lord Bingcao's arrangement.

The new soldier Cao is not only shrewd and capable, fair, but also has a strong personality charm, and is also very enthusiastic to help people, and many recruits are willing to communicate with the adults. Especially Wang Xiang, he actively asked Wei Shuo for advice as soon as he seized the opportunity. Sometimes Wei Shuo was too busy to teach him, and Wang Xiang turned to Zhang Erlang and them to inquire about Wei Shuo's situation in Laoshan.

The more Wang Xiang knows, the more he feels that Wei Shuo is not an ordinary person! And his admiration for Wei Shuo is also getting bigger and bigger!

With the desire to progress, Wang Xiang also began to actively participate in various activities carried out by Wei Shuo in the barracks, and slowly became an active member of the recruits. Among all the activities, Wang Xiang's favorite thing to participate in was the backbone study hosted by Wei Shuo. Every time he studied, he would memorize every sentence Wei Shuo said, and then think about it again and again.

After the barracks were organized, Wang Xiang and the other recruits began to receive formal military training, and all the instructors were from the backbone of the guards. Anyway, backed by the big family of the Thorn Mansion, the intensity of the training plan formulated by Wei Shuo was twice as strong as that of Laoshan Shi. Thanks to the Assassin Mansion to pay the bill, otherwise he really couldn't afford to raise these three thousand soldiers.

No wonder everyone says: when the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold!

Although Wei Shuo's soldiers are equipped with cold weapons, they consume a lot of materials just by eating, drinking, and Lazar every day. Although Wei Shuo received a lot of materials from the Assassin's Mansion every time, he never embezzled and sent them in full, so the materials were still consumed at a very fast speed.

In addition to daily training, Wei Shuo also has to find time every day to organize recruits to study, and his behavior shocked the entire Xuzhou officialdom. The Wei and Jin government pursued elite education for the aristocracy, and adopted the education of foolish people for the common people. But Wei Shuo's behavior is completely contrary to the concept that the Great Jin Shi clan believes.

Wei Shuo held the study class not only to popularize knowledge in the army, but more importantly, to promote his own ideas and attract more people to follow him. In order to urge everyone to study, these classes are not just going to the top, but are subject to regular assessments, and only after passing the exams can they be promoted to junior officers.

Although there were only 3,000 recruits, Wei Shuo still carefully referred to the military establishment of the Wei and Jin dynasties, coupled with some experience in later generations, and finally decided to organize it into a single box, three battalions, nine songs, twenty-seven du, fifty-four tun, two hundred and seventy tithe, five hundred and forty troops, and the corresponding military positions at each level were commanders, military horses, military marquis, dubo, tun chiefs, even chiefs, and army chiefs.

The tun commander and below the tun chief are low-level officers, from the dubo and above to the military commander are middle-level officers, and the commanders and above are all high-ranking officers. This establishment can be said to have completely subverted the relatively chaotic and random military establishment since the Wei and Jin dynasties, and redivided the clear and clear hierarchy, so that each officer could know very clearly how many people he had under his command.

In addition to the great changes in military ranks and establishments, the biggest change in the new army is that Wei Shuo introduced the military rank system that was common in the modern army in later generations. In Wei Shuo's vision, the military rank of a military general should be the same as that of a civilian official, representing the treatment that the person should enjoy. Military and official positions should be the responsibilities and obligations of this person.

Although Wei Shuo introduced the military rank system, he did not think of copying modern military ranks, on the one hand, he felt that it was a little anachronistic, and on the other hand, he felt that he could learn from some experience of ancient China.

Except for the officers at the two levels of chief and captain, who are not awarded military ranks, officers at all levels above the commander level will be awarded different military ranks. From low to high, they are: Du Lieutenant, Zhaowu Right Captain, Zhaowu Left Captain, Zhaowu Colonel Captain, and General Pi

Thanks to Wei Shuo's running out of the city with his new army, it didn't cause much turmoil. After all, in the eyes of many people, although Wei Shuo still has a battalion of recruits, he was obviously raised by his stepmother. If it weren't for Wei Shuo's training of good soldiers, and Xuzhou faced the threat of the Hu people, I am afraid that someone would have fallen into the grave a long time ago.

The commanders of the other new military camps saw that Wei Shuo was tossing outside the city, and they couldn't help but work hard to train the troops, and for a while, the city of Pengcheng was full of shouts and killings. This situation attracted the attention of Pengcheng's domestic history, who was about to leave Xuzhou, and this internal historian's name was Liu Kui, a native of Pengcheng, who had just received a call from Sima Rui, the king of Langya.

Originally, Liu Kui was about to defect to Sima Rui, but he didn't expect to be attracted by the hot military training in Pengcheng. Liu Kui can be recruited by Sima Rui and regarded as a confidant, which shows that this person still has some ability. Therefore, after a little inquiry, he noticed the most critical person - Wei Shuo.

Although Liu Kui had heard of Wei Shuo before, he had never seen him. I only know that he exposed the true face of Xuzhou Governor Shi Sima Ao, thus winning the weight of the assassin Shi Pei Dun. But after a careful understanding, Liu Kui found out that Wei Shuo turned out to be a military training wizard.

Now Liu Kui is interested, he feels that it is a bit embarrassing for him to run to Jiangdong empty-handed, if he can recommend a military training wizard like Wei Shuo to his benefactor Sima Rui, wouldn't it be a good meeting gift. Whether it is the Northern Expedition of King Langya in the future or the quelling of local rebellions, it is inseparable from a strong army.

With Wei Shuo, Sima Rui can quickly pull up a powerful military force, and he can also quickly quell rebellions in various places, and return the world to a clear and clear sky.