The total number of Zheng Jiajun has reached 120,000, which are stationed in Xi'an, Shaanxi, Penglai, Fuzhou, Jinzhou in Shandong, and Huai'an and Nanjing in Nanzhili, including 30,000 in Shaanxi and 50,000 in Shandong, including 10,000 sailors stationed in Penglai, 10,000 in Huaibei, and 30,000 in Nanjing.

After the number of Zheng Jiajun reached this scale, it was temporarily fixed, and according to Zheng Xunrui's wishes, the recruitment of sergeants was stopped.

Zheng Jiajun has a total of 70 battalions, including 30 cavalry battalions, 25 Shenji battalions, 4 artillery battalions, 4 scout battalions, 4 law enforcement battalions, 2 pro-soldier battalions, and 1 female battalion.

Although some changes were made later, for example, the cavalry battalion and the Shenji battalion were arranged according to the establishment of 2,000 people, but the overall pattern was carried out according to the garrison army.

The army is fundamental, and without a strong army, everything is in vain.

Zheng Xunrui is a person who has crossed over, do you understand the importance of all this, he finally made up his mind to make large-scale changes to the establishment of the Zheng family's army, and this time the change will completely break through the Ming Dynasty's requirements for the establishment of the army.

One of the most critical factors why Zheng Xunrui wanted to carry out large-scale structural changes to the Zheng Jiajun was that a large number of Mauser guns, Hongyi cannons, and Francos produced by the Huai'an Firearms Bureau were equipped in the army.

With the popularization of firearms, the role of cavalry battalions has declined significantly, and whether it is a field battle or a siege, firearms will play a decisive role. In terms of the cost of the army, the cost of the cavalry battalion is the largest, and the consumption of war horses is much greater than that of sergeants.

The structure of the army, since the Qin Dynasty, has undergone many changes. But nothing changes.

Zheng Xunrui focused on whether it was a comprehensive army or a professional army.

The so-called comprehensive establishment of the army is just like the establishment of a large military region several hundred years later, and the army covers all aspects, including land, sea, and air force, and the so-called professional establishment of the army. That is, it is clear that the cavalry battalion, artillery battalion, Shenji battalion, etc., may have a certain overlap with each other, but maintain their respective focus.

The nature of the two types of armed forces has its own advantages.

Zheng Xunrui prefers a comprehensive army.

The general and deputy general soldiers of the Zheng Jiajun, including Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing, Hong Xintao, Hong Xingui, Hong Xinyu, Wang Yuncheng, and Zheng Kaitao, are also in favor of the comprehensive establishment of the Zheng Jiajun.

Strictly speaking, only the emperor and the imperial court are qualified to comprehensively establish the army, and the Zheng family army is part of the army established by the imperial court. Now that Zheng Xunrui has implemented a comprehensive establishment of Zheng Jiajun alone, the meaning revealed is different.

The Ming army is divided into two systems, the first is the guard system, which is the army establishment that has been followed for hundreds of years, and the other is the general army leading system that appeared after the guard system gradually did not adapt to the situation.

Zheng Xunrui does not plan to break through this system, he plans to combine the two systems.

According to the region where Zheng Jiajun is located, Zheng Xunrui divided Zheng Jiajun into three parts, and Nanzhi was the first one. Shandong is the second block, and Shaanxi is the third block. On the basis of the first, second, and third armies, a brigade-level structure was established, with about 10,000 non-commissioned officers as a brigade, and battalions directly under the jurisdiction of the brigade, and each battalion still had an establishment of about 2,000 people.

In this way, the Zheng Jiajun formed an establishment with the army, brigade, and battalion as the backbone. However, the names of the army, brigade, and battalion are limited to the Zheng family's army, and are not open to the outside world, so as to avoid arousing excessive suspicion from the emperor and the imperial court.

The First, Second, and Third Armies are all mixed formations, including cavalry battalions, magic machine battalions, artillery battalions, law enforcement battalions, scout battalions, cavalry battalions, and so on. The First Army had special battalions for women, and the Second Army had specialized sailors.

In each army, an artillery brigade was set up separately to highlight the important role of artillery, and a separate naval division brigade was set up in the second army.

The First Army of Nanzhili had four brigades, the Second Army of Shandong had five brigades, and the Third Army of Shaanxi had three brigades, each brigade under the direct command of the staff generals, and five to six battalions under the direct command of the guerrilla generals.

Armies, brigades, and battalions all need to be staffed by officers of the corresponding ranks, for example, staff officers at the army level must be served by deputy commanders-in-chief, whose role is equivalent to that of supervising the army, or political commissars after a few hundred years.

Each army is equipped with two deputy commanders, six to 10 staff generals, 30 to 50 guerrilla generals, and officers below the rank of guerrilla general will not be changed according to their original establishment.

Zheng Jinhong is still the chief soldier of Zheng Jiajun, commanding the entire Zheng Jiajun, and nominally leading Zheng Jiajun's investigation office.

The First Army of Nanzhili was directly commanded by Liu Zeqing and Hong Xingui was appointed as the General Staff Officer, the Second Army in Shandong was directly commanded by Yang He and Wang Yuncheng was appointed as the General Staff Officer, and the Third Army in Shaanxi was directly commanded by Hong Xintao and Zheng Kaitao was appointed as the General Staff Officer.

In his heart, Zheng Xunrui still wants to completely break the establishment of the Ming army and re-establish it, but the current timing is not particularly mature, and the soldiers of the Zheng family army may not be able to accept those titles hundreds of years later, and in Zheng Xunrui's heart, there is still a strong plot, that is, the army he led will become a model for the world, and the army he decided will become an example for the army all over the world to follow after gradually improving.

After the completion of the establishment of Zheng Jiajun, it was relocated to the lecture hall in Moling Town, Nanjing, and began another round of training, this training, all the officers of Zheng Jiajun had to participate in batches, and the training time was not long, each period was about five days, and the focus was to explain the changes in the establishment of Zheng Jiajun, as well as a series of changes brought about by this change.

The focus of his lectures was, on the one hand, to explain the importance of reorganizing the Zheng Jiajun system, and on the other hand, to focus on explaining the important role of staff officers, who not only assume the duties of supervising the army, but also responsible for military discipline and military regulations, ideological mobilization, and other matters.

It is said that it would be best for the staff officers to be civilian, but the conditions are not yet ripe.

Zheng Xunrui emphasized one thing very sternly, that is, the Zheng Jiajun is a whole, although it is divided into the first army, the second army and the third army according to the different regional situations, but once faced with large-scale battles, the structure of the three armies may be disrupted, and it will be temporarily established according to the needs of the combat situation, for example, the first army may command one or two brigades under the jurisdiction of the second army, and so on, and such a cross will exist for a long time in the future.

However, this kind of intersection that disrupts the establishment requires the general army of the Zheng family army to issue orders.

At the same time, Zheng Jiajun set up a general staff, the general logistics department and the general armament department, which are above the three armies, the general staff, the general logistics department and the general armament department are composed of Zheng Jinhong, Xu Wanghua, Ma Zhukui, Luo Changluo, Li Yan and others, Zheng Xunrui is personally responsible, the main task of the general staff is to decide on the Zheng Jiajun's external expeditions, combat deployment, and the recruitment of sergeants, etc., the general logistics department is responsible for coordinating the grain and grass required for the expedition and other logistical matters, as well as the military salaries and grain and grass matters in peacetime, and the General Armament Department is responsible for firearms, Coordination of war horses and so on.

Zheng Jiajun's Investigation Bureau was brought under the leadership of the General Staff Headquarters, and the Huai'an Firearms Bureau was brought under the leadership of the General Armament Department.

Everyone knows that the adjustment of the Zheng Jiajun's structure means that it has basically broken away from the control of the emperor and the imperial court, and the establishment of the three headquarters is actually to replace the military department and set up a staff officer, in fact, it has abandoned the imperial court's military supervision system.

In particular, the establishment of the three headquarters, which are above the Zheng Jiajun and directly commanded by Zheng Xunrui, is equivalent to Zheng Xunrui directly controlling the Zheng Jiajun from the surface, and controlling all matters related to the development of the Zheng Jiajun, including logistics and equipment matters.

The major adjustment of the Zheng family's army's structure, although it is said that it is common internally, will not be announced to the public for the time being, but the imperial court will know sooner or later, and now the imperial court army is fighting with the Liukou, Zheng Xunrui at this time to adjust the Zheng family's army at this time, on the one hand, there is the intention of standardizing the Zheng family's army, and on the other hand, it may also be that the imperial court army does not have much confidence in the battle to exterminate the Liukou.

Zheng Jiajun must participate in the battle to exterminate the Liukou, this point Zheng Jiajun soldiers are very clear, but the degree of participation is not easy to say, the disputes in the court, unless the Zheng Jiajun deputy chief officer or above can know, and because of this, many soldiers are not able to participate in the battle to exterminate the Liukou, showing unconvinced, the Liukou is the most afraid of Zheng Jiajun.

The officers above the guerrilla general level of the Zheng Jiajun are all clear in their hearts, that is, from the day the Zheng Jiajun was standardized, it was completely out of the control of the emperor and the imperial court, and began to exercise its functions alone.

After the training, Zheng Jiajun began to adjust the structure, which did not have a great impact on many soldiers, but officers at all levels needed to be standardized.

From October to the end of November, the adjustment of the Zheng Jiajun structure was fully completed.

After the completion of the restructuring adjustment, Zheng Jiajun's internal correspondence was also standardized, the documents of the General Staff, the General Logistics Department and the General Armament Department officially began to be implemented, and the documents were signed by Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jinhong, such documents The First Army, the Second Army and the Third Army are all unconditionally implemented, of course, the documents are aimed at the deputy commander-in-chief and general of the three armies, Zheng Jinhong, as the general soldier, will not issue orders alone under normal circumstances, and most of the orders are subject to the three general departments. (To be continued......)