Under Wei Zheng's gaze, Zhou Yuhong shouted and said: "The last general commands..."

At this time, Wei Zheng's eyes had shifted to Zhang Wu and Wang Zhongyu, the chief soldier of Taiyuan, and finally fixed on General Wang Zhongyu, who was the farthest away from him.

After a few seconds, he spoke: "General Wang, you have been in the post of Taiyuan General for almost two months, right..."

Wang Zhongyu nodded and replied: "Yes, Dashuai..."

Wei Zheng nodded, picked up a stack of documents that had been prepared a long time ago, and read: "As far as this commander knows, after you took up the post of Taiyuan General Army, the Taiyuan garrison not only has a new look, but also the shortage of six or seven thousand people has also been filled by you..."

"Not only that, but Ben Shuai also heard that you are very good at training....cavalry, pikemen, musketeers... Even artillery, you're very proficient, isn't that ...

Hearing this, Wang Zhongyu's face directly showed an expression full of surprise.

Because, he didn't expect that Wei Zheng, the governor of Shanxi, who held the power of life and death of all civil and military officials below the fourth rank in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, would pay so much attention to his small general soldier....

Under the gaze of Wei Zheng's fierce eyes, Wang Zhongyu, who was full of panic, hurriedly replied: "You are too famous... The reason why the last general did this was what the last general should do as the chief soldier of Taiyuan. Besides, if there is no full salary paid by you every month, and without your support, no matter how great the ability of the last general is, it will be impossible for the last general to complete these important tasks. ”

Wei Zheng waved his hand and said, "Okay, it's your merit that is your merit....no one can take it away...."

After saying that, Wei Zheng directly made a decision to everyone that shocked everyone.

"General Wang listened to the order: in view of your very good training. Ben Shuai decided. You will be promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of Shanxi. Assist General Wang, commander and train all the garrisons in Shanxi....Whatever aspect of the imperial court, this commander will help you solve..."

A few months ago, he was still the deputy general of Zhengwupin Taiyuan. Since he was put into the front guard Zheng, in just a few months, he was promoted to the chief soldier of Zhengsipin Taiyuan. Not only that, but now he has been promoted to the deputy chief soldier of Zhengsanpin Shanxi....

Such a speed of promotion, although it cannot be said to be unprecedented. But. For Wang Zhongyu himself, he definitely never thought of it before.

Therefore, after Wei Zheng finished speaking, Wang Zhongyu's first reaction was incredible. Then, a hint of surprise from the heart quickly came to my heart.

He was excited, and he couldn't care about his identity as the deputy chief soldier of Zhengsanpin Shanxi.

Jumped up directly and stood in the center of the council hall. and knelt on the ground with his legs on his legs, and gave Wei Zheng a great gift only to his parents and to the king. Then, he loudly promised: "The last general Xie Dashuai's trust and support....and swear here: from now on." The last general only listens to the big general, and what does the big boss let the last general do. What will the last general do....if you violate this order, you will be thundered by the sky...."

Wei Zheng quickly stood up from the main seat, and personally helped Wang Zhongyu, who was kneeling on the ground, up.

Then, facing Wang Zhongyu and the rest of the hall, he said loudly: "This marshal is also here to give a guarantee to the generals, as long as the generals patiently serve the marshal, the marshal promises that he will definitely give the generals a position that the generals do not expect, so that the generals will be rich and noble for life..."

"The last general swears allegiance to the marshal, and he will go to the soup for the marshal, and he will not give up..."The faces of several other people couldn't help but be happy, and at the same time they stood up from their seats and promised loudly....

At this time, Wei Zheng, who looked satisfied, had already returned to his seat again.

After quickly reining in the smile on his face, he continued to say with a stern face: "Generals, in the future of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, if the tiger and leopard army is the sword in the hands of the commander, then the local garrisons in the two provinces of Shanxi and Shanxi are the foundation of the commander and the entire Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. Therefore, we should also attach great importance to the local garrisons in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces..."

"Because, in the near future, every Qiē we have in the two provinces of Shanxi will be defended by the local garrisons of the two provinces. For the sake of our presence in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, we must also vigorously develop local garrisons in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. ”

"The commander decided that after the expansion of the Haw Par Army was completed, all the local garrisons in Shanxi also began to expand the army. The shortage of soldiers was all selected from the people of various places...."

"This commander requires that after the expansion of the local garrison is completed, the total strength of the army should reach 100,000..."

"In order to distinguish the local garrison from the Haw Par Army, the monthly salary of ordinary officers and men of the Haw Par Army is three silver trucks, and the monthly military salary of the local garrison is two taels of silver... Officers are doubled according to their rank ...."

"The reason why you have been promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of Shanxi, General Wang, is that I hope that General Wang will cooperate with General Zhang, lead and train the 100,000 local garrisons after the expansion of the army..."

Although Zhang Wu had known about Wei Zheng's plan for a long time, and had already guessed Wei Zheng's ambitions.

However, when Wei Zheng really said this plan, he was still taken aback.

On the one hand, he was excited because he had suddenly become a general in command of 100,000 troops, and on the other hand, he was worried about the possible reaction of the imperial court after the expansion of the army.

Under the gaze of several pairs of complex eyes that were both jealous and envious.

Zhang Wu bluntly reminded: "Dashuai....such a fanfare to expand the army, the last general is worried that there will be a strong reaction from the imperial court..."

"You must know that the filing of our Shanxi garrison in the Ministry of War is only 50,000 people....And you, the commander, have more than doubled the number at one time. At that time, even if we don't have the slightest hint of rebellion, the Majesty and Your Majesty will think that we are going to rebel..."

Wei Zheng first shook his head, and then nodded unexpectedly and replied in the affirmative: "The imperial court will definitely react......

"So, Ben Shuai has other requirements for you two generals...."

"According to the current distribution of the garrisons in various places in Shanxi, more than doubling the number of troops at one time will definitely attract the attention of the imperial court....Therefore, this expansion of the army, we must carry out it in secret...."

"Not only that, in order to disturb the sight of the imperial court, we also have to make a large-scale adjustment of the divisions and troop strength of the garrisons in all places in Shanxi......"

"Taiyuan and other state capitals, because they are located in the middle of Shanxi, even if Shanxi is attacked, it is impossible for the enemy to attack Taiyuan in a short time. Therefore, even if Taiyuan is the seat of Shanxi, there is no need for a local garrison of 15,000 people...."

"According to Ben Shuai's idea, as the seat of Shaanxi Governor, Taiyuan Mansion will garrison up to 5,000 local garrisons...."

"As for the ordinary state capital in central Shanxi, depending on the population, only a thousand to three thousand local garrisons need to be stationed."

"Looking at Zuoyun and other important military towns, although they are only small border counties, some don't even have ordinary people. However, it plays an important role in defending against foreign invasion ...."

"However, in such an important military town, in the record of the Ministry of War, we have only stationed a local garrison of 3,000 people...."

"In order to ensure the security of the border passes, and also to ensure that the Shaanxi rebels cannot invade the territory of Shanxi... The commander decided that in the future, the main force of the local garrison in Shaanxi would be transferred to the border between Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, especially the important military towns that held the main communication routes. ”

"In order to paralyze the imperial court and not attract the attention of the imperial court, we will last at least half a year for this change of defense and troop transfer....In this way, we can hide at least 20,000 garrisons in the original 50,000 garrisons as logistics miscellaneous servants."

"As for the remaining 30,000 garrisons, like the Tuntian Army commanded by General Zhou, they hid in various Tuntian points for training as Tuntian soldiers. At the same time, they are also responsible for the safety of each tuntian site...."

"Everyone must know that starting next year, 50,000 tiger and leopard troops, 100,000 local garrisons, millions of tun people, and even millions of people in Shanxi will have to rely on the harvest of these tuntians. Therefore, Tuntian, like the 100,000 local garrisons, is the fundamental -.... for us to gain a foothold in this troubled era."

Hearing this, Zhang Wu and Wang Zhongyu immediately showed an unprecedentedly cautious expression on their faces.

Facing Wei Zheng, he assured with a stern face: "Please rest assured....The last general will definitely bring 100,000 local garrisons for the commander...."

After finishing speaking, Wang Zhongyu, who had just been promoted to deputy chief soldier in Shanxi, then asked a question that everyone wanted to ask.

"Marshal, after the expansion of the Haw Par Army is completed, the total strength of the local garrison will be at most 25,000 people..."

"From 25,000 to 100,000 at once, that's a fourfold increase in troops...."

"If the garrison is to be expanded, it will require a large number of officers....however, we don't have so many officers at all....Take the Taiyuan garrison as an example, because a large number of officers have been abolished, plus the expansion of the army, there are already more than thirty percent of the officers, who were promoted privately by the last general, and have not yet been recognized by the governor's palace...."

"In such a situation, let alone the large number of officers needed to expand the local garrison from twenty-five thousand to one hundred thousand...."

After Wang Zhongyu finished speaking, Zhao Yun, the commander of the cavalry, followed with a look of approval and asked.

"The marshal....the last general was also worried....after two bloody battles, there were less than 2,500 cavalry left....the expansion from 2,500 to 15,000 at one time, that is, a sixfold increase..."

"With so many troops expanded at one time, no matter how great the ability of the last general is, he can't take out so many officers..."

"In addition, a cavalryman is not an infantry, and must be specially trained to become a qualified cavalryman... After becoming a qualified cavalryman, you must have rich combat experience in order to become a qualified cavalry general...."

"In this way, there will be no way for the last general to come up with so many cavalry generals..." (To be continued......)