Lingwu hurried all the way, and finally caught up with the Chinese army camp at noon the next day. After that, the march was unremarkable, and Lingwu sat in a sedan chair to practice when he marched, and practiced real martial arts, sword and archery when he camped at night. However, Lin Zhi was busy all day long. On this day, Lin Zhi and Wei Qingsong came to Lingwu's camp. Together with He Jian, the four of them talked about things around the bonfire. Wei Qingsong first mentioned the conversation: "Young Master, after all these years of understanding, our army now has more than 40,000 people, but the management is chaotic, and the soldiers do not know the soldiers, and the soldiers do not know the generals. We have to reorganize! ”

"Oh, this is very important, do you have any good ideas?"

"My lord, Manager Lin and I have made some plans these days and have written here. Please see if it's okay. Wei Qingsong handed over a few pieces of paper, and there were a lot of written on them. The title is: Arrangement of the management hierarchy of the Young Division's Guard. The specific arrangement is as follows: 50 people are in a team, and the commander is the captain. A hundred people are a battalion, and the commander is the battalion. A thousand men are a brigade, and the commander is the commander. 10,000 people are a division, and the commander is the commander. With this as the criterion, the whole army is divided, so that the hierarchy is clear, and the soldiers and generals have their own belongings.

The three of them discussed until midnight, and He Jian also interjected from time to time, and everyone finally thought that this method was good. Lin Zhi said: "The armies in various places are divided into fiefdoms, and they are scattered to work in various domains in peacetime, and follow the samurai to fight in wartime. The samurai served as an officer and was also the master of these slaves, and the more slaves he carried, and the fewer slaves he carried. The forces vary, and it is inconvenient to command. The soldiers also only recognize the master and do not recognize the military order, and often make mistakes, but the slaves belong to each other, and I dare not talk nonsense. Now our situation is different, and the young master trusts me, so he dares to make bold suggestions, and if there is anything wrong, please ask the young master to punish him. ”

"When I first heard Lord Lin say this, I was also surprised, I, Wei Qingsong, have also been marching and fighting for many years, and I really haven't heard of it. It's a bold idea that can't be implemented anywhere else, but it's quite appropriate for use in our military. I think this will work. ”

Lingwu thought about it again and again, and finally made up his mind: "I also agree, I am thinking that I will also share the responsibilities for you." General Wei, you command the march to fight, Lord Lin is responsible for giving advice and all material support, He Jian is responsible for recruiting training, and the four of us form a command, and we will discuss and do anything. What do you think? ”

The three of them thought for a while, Lin Zhi got up and bowed: "Obey the orders of the young master, Lin Zhi will definitely live up to the trust of the adults." Wei Qingsong also stood up and saluted to thank the young master for entrusting him with a heavy responsibility, He Jian has been by Lingwu's side for a long time, and everyone has nothing to say.

"I propose to expand the personal guard of the Lord to 5,000 people, that is, five brigades, with five commanders, under the personal command of the Young Master," Wei Qingsong said: "Another division will be formed, which will be arranged near the guard of the Young Master, to protect the headquarters in peacetime and serve as a reserve force in wartime." The others are divided into three divisions, which can be defended in the near area, attacked in the distance, concentrated in concentration, and dispersed. ”

"This one does, I agree. Leave it to the young master to decide. ”

"Okay, I think so. It's just that these chiefs have to think about it, and you have to worry a lot about it. In this way, the five brigades under my personal command are called the personal guards of the junior division, and the one division I command is called the personal guard division. It turned out that among the people from Hongning Mansion, a division was formed called the Guards Division, which was led by Lord Lin. The other two divisions were led by Master Wei, and the division with many people from Guiling was called Guiling Division, and the other was called Jiachuan Division. ”

The rebuilding of the team did not cost much to the gods, and Lin Zhi and Wei Qingsong were in charge. He Jian selected 5,000 people with good martial arts skills from the original 500 guards and the people brought by Hongning Mansion in Fumian City to include the young master's personal guard. These people have all undergone strict assessments, and they are all selected according to the standard of five hundred guards, and Lingwu divided them into five brigades, each of which is served by Shi Yong, Shi Zhuang, Shi Feng, Shi Chuang, and Shi Dang. The original 500-man death squad remained unchanged and was also led by Shi Yong.

The preparation for the establishment of the guards also went very well, and Lin Zhi selected 10,000 people from the other warriors from Hongning City. However, the two divisions that General Wei was responsible for forming encountered some problems, and the rest of the men were quickly divided into two divisions. It's just that there is a lack of talents, and it is difficult to find camps and commanders, especially for the unified position, and there is no suitable candidate.

There was no way, the two managers had to come and discuss with Lingwu. In the end, Lingwu selected some people from his personal guards, and Wei Qingsong also selected the best people from the original master's mansion to serve as the commander of the Jiachuan Division and the Guiling Division. As for the position of the commander, Lingwu couldn't solve it, so Wei Qingsong himself served as the commander of the two divisions, but the Jiachuan division was actually led by He Jian. Lingwu once again felt the grim form of the shortage of generals.

This rebuilding of the army did not attract everyone's attention at that time, and everyone was only for the convenience of command. Because although the number of Lingwu's troops is small, the situation is different from other troops. There is only one owner, but the personnel come from all over the world, and there is no fixed station. Of the more than 40,000 people, only one of the masters of Lingwu is the chief, and the level is unclear and difficult to command, so Lin Zhi and the others thought of this method.

Later generations of history books have made a detailed and grand record of this, and this reshaping of the army is called the "bonfire change". Due to the long-term displacement of this army in a state of not being in a fiefdom, it was completely different from other aristocratic armies at that time, and became a professional army. Moreover, historians believe that this military system change is the source of the formation of the four major systems of the army's pro-guard system, the guard system, the Jiachuan system, and the Guiling system, and most of the important generals in later generations came from these four systems.