Wang Hongyu first introduced the positioning and composition of the Hunhe Army.

The Hunhe Army is centered on the elite veterans who participated in the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, and ranks first in the world in the use of spear phalanxes and firearms. In the future, this unit recruited new soldiers, mainly from the Sichuan army, the Zhejiang army, Shizhu, Youyang, Jiubian and a small number of soldiers and horses in the capital who were good at firearms."

Looking at everyone present, Zou Wenqi, Li Tingqian, Ai Youlan and others admired the Hunhe Army very much, and knew that this army had special significance, and the soldiers recruited were also the strongest in various places.

"The Shennong Army is mainly composed of mountain people around Huguang, Sichuan, and Shaanxi around Shennongjia, forming a group of soldiers and horses who are very good at mountain marching, boating and building bridges. This time to quell the rebellion of Lu'an, the Shennong army has made a great contribution."

Several people nodded in approval, and now the southwestern provinces all know that there is a Shennong army under the command of Admiral Wang, and they are like flying thousands of miles to raid and save Chongqing and Chengdu.

Wang Hongyu looked at Zou Wenqi this time: "Now that the southwest has just stabilized, the large-scale expansion of the army will cost the people and money, but it will not cost too much manpower and money to build a new army."

Everyone is happy, and the Marquis of Dingyuan puts the people first, which is diametrically opposed to people like Li Chengliang, who has dominated Liaodong for decades.

"The new First Army is tentatively named the Southwest New Army, and the number of troops is the same as that of the Shennong Army, and it is enough to maintain 3,000 people. The soldiers and horses of the department are mainly in Yunnan, Guichuan, and then recruit Guangxi wolf soldiers and Huguang town soldiers.

The wolf soldiers and the town soldiers can only recruit one battalion each, and at most they can maintain a team as a unit, and they cannot be allowed to form a battalion of their own in the new army, which is a mixture of the old army, and it is impossible to implement the system of the new army."

You know what that means.

The New Army has a set of "Soldiers' Officers' Counsellors' Council," which implements bottom-up work in peacetime and obeys commands in wartime, and encourages officers and men to be equal and to study and exchange.

The old army tended to be top-down, with the generals leading the way and deciding everything. If the wolf soldiers and the town soldiers still maintain their own independent formation, then it is not a new army.

Therefore, only one battalion of 500 people can be recruited.

In addition, if they recruit too many people from the wolf soldiers in Guangxi and the soldiers in Huguang Town, it will also reduce their original combat power.

Wang Hongyu didn't want the defenders of the Great Wall of Miaojiang to become the town soldiers who were taken care of by Li Chuang and Xianzhong after repeated losses and weakening.

He looked at Zou Wenqi, only to see that the other party's eyes were shining, as if he had guessed what he was going to say.

"This new army in the southwest, in the formation stage, let people from all over the country first, and it will be more troublesome for Nangao Zongji in training. During the period of its formation, you can learn about the structure of the new army with me."

"Yes! I haven't been trained in the new army, but I can learn from you, Marquis."

The two have a tacit understanding, and this matter has long been thought of together.

Zou Wenqi is not greedy to keep holding the soldiers and horses, because this is the soldier of the Ming Dynasty and the soldier under Wang Hongyu. It's not hers, and it's not Nangao Academy or Mr. Nangao Zou Yuanbiao.

She had long had the idea of avoiding suspicion, but now Wang Hongyu asked her to understand the new army system first, and then focus on training, which is very suitable for all parties.

"In the future, the training and use of chariots will be the highlight of this army, remember that chariots are used for attacking, especially in field battles......

Wang Hongyu told her about the direction of training, and also cited the use of tank clusters in blitzkrieg and wide battle lines to tear apart the defense line and outflank it.

In fact, cavalry clusters have been commonly used to outflank tactics, but their ability to attack fortifications is very poor, and they can't be like chariots at all.

Isn't it okay to have a horse-drawn chariot~

Wang Hongyu and Zou Wenqi enjoyed the "child and mother cannon carriage", and the style of play was like a machine gun carriage.

It's just that due to gas leakage, the gunpowder consumption is too much, and the sub-gun is also relatively bulky.

In the future, we can tackle key problems from this technology. Zijun is developing towards bullets and shells, and this scientific and technological line obviously works.

Lathes and standardized production will be the next key to the continued development of firearms.

Zou Wenqi can also go to the ordnance workshop for a walk.

After making a good plan, it is necessary to carry out the work of the formation.

Since a new army is to be formed, this army should also have a subordination.

The Hunhe Army counts

It is an independent battalion, if Wang Hongyu is not the main general of this battalion, it stands to reason that the Hunhe Army is under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Economic Strategy or the Yunyang Governor.

The Shennong Army was specially given a quota when Wang Hongyu was promoted to the Sichuan General Army, and the establishment of a town standard battalion was allowed.

Now that the commander has been promoted, then the Shennong Army will be regarded as a battalion soldier who has been promoted.

Hou Liangzhu was promoted to the Sichuan General Soldier, that is, the Zhengpai General Town Commander, and his town standard battalion was expanded on the basis of the odd battalion of his previous deputy commander-in-chief.

And what about the newly formed New Army of the Southwest?

According to the subordinate relationship, only the subordinate supervision battalion has not yet been arranged.

The subordination of the new army is clear, and it belongs to the direct jurisdiction of the subordinates of Jinglu.

In Sichuan and Guizhou, the civil officials and military generals who contributed to the pacification of the rebellion were promoted, and everything was carried out according to the arrangement of Wang Hongyu, and Tianqi did this completely for the convenience of his future work.

The promotions and rewards of the generals of the Hunhe Army and the Shennong Army were all decided by Wang Hongyu.

For this reason, Wang Hongyu made careful considerations, and the positions of his generals must be linked to the actual situation of the army, and the more generals are promoted, the larger the number of troops will be.

Wang Hongyu's army funds are self-sufficient, and before he left Beijing, he boasted to the apocalypse that he had gone to Haikou: the military expenses were supplied by the Tuntian army, and he did not strip the people of a penny, and he could also hand over some money and grain for the imperial court.

At present, his regular army has 3,500 people in the Hunhe Army, 3,000 in the Shennong Army, and 3,000 people in the Southwest New Army that is being formed, with a total strength of less than 10,000 troops.

Too many troops really can't afford to raise at present, Yunnan, Guihu, Guihu Guangtuntian soldiers have 100,000 people, and now is the stage of investment, all with the support of Yunyang's 10,000 tuntian army, at present it is really impossible to raise more troops.

Otherwise, Luo Xiangqian's 10,000 troops, as well as the 3,000 Yongning Tusi soldiers who surrendered in the northeast of Chengdu, would have to be drawn over no matter what.

Now it can only be counted as a battalion in Sichuan, and in the future a decisive battle with Jiannu, these two armies will definitely be pulled together. With Luo Xiangqian and Qin Liangyu training, it must not be far off.

The number of troops limits the number of generals, and now Wang Hongyu can only promote a few generals.

Zhang Mingshi and Qin Minping were promoted to the position of generals of the Hunhe Army. For the treatment of the outside battalion soldiers, it is equivalent to the deputy general and the general soldier.

Zhao Hannian and Qin Ling were promoted from General Qian to deputy generals, corresponding to the outside battalion soldiers, and their status was equivalent to that of generals.

After several major battles, the Hunhe Army suffered a lot of casualties, with 500 casualties, and this time more than 800 people were added, all of whom were the elite of the construction army and the Sichuan soldiers and Shizhu soldiers who performed well in this operation.

The equipment, training, and organization of the Hunhe Army have been further improved. Of course, the cost has also increased a lot.

Now the composition of the Hunhe Army is; The Sichuan Army, the Zhejiang Army, the Shizhu Soldiers, the Youyang Soldiers, and some of the previous trilateral and Baoding elites.

There have been many changes in personnel, but the composition is still dominated by these sources.