With the words of the ninth princess, Su Qi'an's heart was a lot more relieved, and he was relieved to expand the army.

However, the target of this army expansion was mainly recruited from the militia of many towns and villages under Tucheng County.

Tucheng County is divided into three cities, each of which has about ten towns, and the militia of each town is a company or so.

A rough calculation shows that there are about 3,000 people, and the number of Su Qi'an's army expansion this time will at least double to more than 10,000 people.

The militia is ready-made, and as for the remaining two or three thousand people, Su Qi'an will give priority to the people at the bottom at the beginning of the development and mobilization of Tong Zhan and Su Yong in the county town.

Expanding the enrollment of five or six thousand people is not a big problem, and Su Qi'an naturally has his considerations when he does this.

The army is the biggest confidence in Su Qi'an's hands, and the quality of the soldiers is very important.

After all, Tucheng County has been developed by Su Qi'an for a long time, and the militia in various towns and towns can basically be guaranteed their thinking.

The control of the county town, Su Qi'an has been in charge for less than a month at best, no matter how good he is in all aspects, in just one month, he can't guarantee that everyone's hearts will be towards him.

Priority is given to Tong Zhan and Su Yong's previous infiltration into the county town to develop, at least four or five months of foundation.

These people are much better than the original county government soldiers, and the previous government soldiers, after being taken over by Su Qi'an, only about 3,000 remained.

After a series of examinations, 2,000 people were directly dismissed, and the remaining 1,000 people were retained, but they have been divided into counties and towns under Tucheng County in batches.

Even if these thousands of people make trouble in the future, with their number, under the supervision of thousands of household heads, household heads, and security chiefs, they will not be able to make many waves.

In this expansion, Su Qi'an basically divided all the newly recruited recruits into the first, second, and third regiments.

It's just that you can't use the number of the Dongshan Army, but the usual actions are all to follow the three regiments.

Each regiment has increased from 1,200 to 3,000, which is equivalent to an additional 1,800 people per regiment.

These people Su Qi'an temporarily gave them the number of the first regiment, the second regiment, the third regiment... All the way up to the sixth regiment.

Every two regiments, according to the number, are under the jurisdiction of the three regiments of the Dongshan Army.

At present, the three regiments of the Dongshan Army have expanded from 3,600 to 9,000.

In addition to the expansion of the three regiments, the independent cavalry battalion, which was increased from 500 to 1,000 men, became a regimental establishment.

The reason why the regiment of about 1,000 people was expanded to 3,000 people was also due to the necessity of actual combat.

After the battle with the big and small priests and the Qingcheng county guard, Su Qi'an found that in the current Daliang society, the army always fights with cold weapons, which requires large-scale legion operations.

With a regiment of more than 1,000 people, there is no problem in suppressing bandits, but once it encounters an army of several thousand people, one regiment is obviously not enough.

No matter how strong the Dongshan Army is, it will fight more with less and kill the other party after all, but its own casualties are also very large.

Therefore, it is very important to expand the regiment-level establishment.

The five companies directly under the headquarters were reduced to three, and the logistics and transportation companies were merged into three expanded regiments, each of which had logistics and transportation.

Such an advantage, even if the three regiments act separately, can at least ensure that the personnel of the regiment have a problem with food.

The intelligence reconnaissance and special operations were merged and named the special operations reconnaissance company.

Su Qi'an's headquarters company only has special operations reconnaissance, guards, and communications.

In this way, the liaison between the headquarters and the efficiency of operations can be better brought into play, and the number of companies will remain unchanged.

In this way, the current Dongshan Army has expanded from the original 5,000 people to about 11,000 people, and has expanded by 6,000 people.

The strength of more than 10,000 people is not Su Qi'an's upper limit, nor is it that he does not want to continue to expand.

At present, the strength of more than 10,000 people is the limit that Su Qi'an can control.

Before the 6,000 people who have been doubled in their own backbone are digested, if they continue to expand blindly and get 20,000 or 30,000 people, it is likely that they will not be able to completely control and will get out of control.

After all, everyone may not be able to adapt to the three iron laws of the Dongshan Army.

In order to rush the number of troops, it is not a good thing to blindly expand the recruitment.

An army of more than 10,000 people, if properly trained and well-trained, will exert its strength no worse than 20,000 or 30,000 parallel goods.

In the expansion of troops, Su Qi'an has always maintained a principle, and everything changes in the form of the battlefield.

At present, more than 10,000 people are enough, and one day his strength will be further strengthened and his territory will be further expanded.

In the Dongshan Army, there will definitely be divisions and army numbers at a higher level than the regiment, and Su Qi'an is quite looking forward to this.

With the priority recruits, this expansion of the army went smoothly, Su Qi'an's three regiments, Su Zong's first regiment was stationed in the county seat with him, and Song Biao's second regiment was stationed in Qi'an City.

Qi'an City was the original small priest city, and the reason why he chose this location was because of his geographical location.

It is located at the junction of Tucheng County, County Town, and High Priest's Territory.

Internally, it can radiate Tucheng County and Sioux City, and externally, it can be used as a throat road to the county seat and the high priest's territory.

No matter what happens, he can send reinforcements as quickly as possible.

And the three regiments of Chen Zhi were stationed in the territory of the high priest.

The territory of the high priest is the least worried about Su Qi'an's troubles.

He is different from the county town, in addition to the county guard, there are also various magnates, big and small officials.

On the high priest's side, he is the only master, and he has absolute power over life and death over everyone in the territory.

This kind of rule is even more high-pressure than that ruled by the Qingcheng County Guard, when Su Qi'an and the Qingcheng County Guard fought in the county seat.

Chen Dao's three regiments were basically not hindered in any way, and with the soldiers who had lurked in before, it didn't take much effort to take them down very easily.

The development of infiltrators in the High Priest's City is even better than that of the county town, and Chen Zhi's entry does not even require him to send troops.

There were natives who were rebelled, and they personally led the team to maintain local law and order for Chen Zhi.

Therefore, the management of the high priest's territory is relatively easy, of course, for this land, Su Qi'an did not relax his vigilance.

The expatriate administrators, a third regiment that did not fall behind with the expansion of the army, were quickly put in place.

Because the territory of the high priest was somewhat large, as large as two or three county towns, and the population alone was more than 100,000.

With the exception of a high priestly city in the middle, the rest of the territory, as well as the minor priestly jurisdiction, was divided by simple numbers.

In order to facilitate management, Su Qi'an redivided the territory of the high priest into five cities.

In order not to confuse the local indigenous people, the previous simple numbering is continued.

From City No. 1 to City No. 5, a battalion under the three regiments was stationed in each city.

Under each city, it is divided into two levels of villages, and is managed by the head of the household and the chief of the household.

At the same time, the various properties of the high priests should be confiscated, the land should be redivided, slaves should be abolished, literacy classes should be opened, and militias in the villages, suitable for the natives, should be formed.

It can be said that with the arrival of the three regiments of Chen, the territory of the high priest has changed, and it is called a full swing.

There are changes, of course, there are also some rumors, saying that Chen Zhi's regiment governs such a large territory, if there is any dissent, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to Su Qi'an.

Such rumors will reach Su Qi'an's ears from time to time.

Think about it, how long Chen Zhi has followed Su Qi'an, and he was the queen of the country before.

First he was exonerated from his crimes, then he was made the head of the Third Regiment, and now he was given sole jurisdiction over all the territories of the High Priest.

The temptation of this kind of power is hard not to disagree.

There is some truth to this concern, but Su Qi'an smiled, he didn't say anything, and silently took out a large stack of letters from the bookshelf behind him.

These letters are all from what Chen Zhi has seen and heard with Su Qi'an every day after he stepped into the priest city, and how much he has completed the actions he has given in accordance with Su Qi'an's orders.

These were not asked for by Su Qi'an, but Chen Zhi consciously gave them to Su Qi'an

Correspondence.

Some of the lieutenants who were still talking about it suddenly lost their voices, said a few words of echo, and turned to leave.

Su Qi'an has always used people without suspicion, and suspects don't use them, even if there is a problem with the people he uses, it is also a problem with his own management of his subordinates.

There is no perfect system, and there is no entry into the hearts of the lower-class soldiers.

Therefore, a men's committee was established in the lower echelons of the army, and each squad had a backbone of the soldiers' committee.

This is also the reason why Su Qi'an delegated power so much and dared to let Chen go to several regiment commanders and lead troops to be stationed in other places.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if there is no active correspondence between Chen Zhi, these grassroots soldiers are Su Qi'an's best eyes.

Once Chen arrives, or someone else, wants to lead troops to attack him, they often haven't taken action yet, and most of them will be controlled by other subordinates.

Not only in the army, but also in the management of the local population, the security chiefs, household heads, and even thousands of household chiefs sent by Su Qi'an are all people who have completed their training courses through Su Qi'an's regular training courses.

The first point of these people's thoughts is to support all the orders given by Su Qi'an.

They will take Su Qi'an's ideas and go deep into the grassroots of various villages to form a perfect grassroots organization.

This organization is similar to the women's association of Li Xiaomei in Dongshan Village.

They are only responsible for Su Qi'an, and they will regularly report on the phased work of the localities under their jurisdiction through the communication company.

And the Dongshan Army, no matter how much it expands, they are only responsible for the security and law and order of their respective cities.

As for the management of the city, the Dongshan Army has no right to intervene.

The separation of military and civilian management is a new order issued by Su Qi'an.

Only a perfect system can allow Su Qi to sit firmly in Diaoyutai and not worry about any chaos under his subordinates.

Su Qi'an's trust in Chen Zhi made Chen Zhi repay him with his life, even if there were no rumors, with Chen Zhi's performance, he would not do anything to betray.

With the issuance of Su Qi'an's orders one after another, the entire Qingcheng County has slowly developed in his direction.

After a month, this kind of peaceful life was broken by the news from the state city.

This time, there was two pieces of news from the state town, one good news and one bad news.

The good news is that Su Qi'an recommended Wu Yong, and the matter of becoming the new county guard is passed, to be precise, it is the acting county guard, and there is still a three-month inspection period.

The bad news is that Su Qi'an has occupied the territory of the high priest, which has caused the priest alliance to be very dissatisfied, and has gathered 50,000 natives, led by the patriarch priest, and is heading towards Qingcheng County.