Today's Dongshan Army has an astonishing 20,000 troops, in addition to the 10,000 regular troops with the number, there are also militias in Qingcheng County to maintain local security, from which Su Qi'an transferred 10,000 people.

With a strength of 20,000 people, they formed the main army to attack Jiaozhou City.

There is still some gap between these militias and the regular Dongshan Army, but the Dongshan Army sends troops to inspect and train from time to time, and the militia's combat effectiveness has been greatly improved.

At present, the local militia is the main force to protect local law and order, and even to encircle and suppress some roving bandits.

After a year of training and actual combat against local bandits, the local militia has become a force that is not weaker than the elite indigenous people and cannot be ignored.

On the eve of this siege, Su Qi'an had already exchanged improved weapons and equipment with the militia, and even equipped with siege heavy weapons that only regular armies have, catapults and heavy ballistas.

With these equipment, it is like a tiger with wings for these militiamen, and after defeating Li Kang, Su Qi'an has long had plans to expand these militias.

But the time was not ripe at the beginning, and the militia also needed actual combat training, which would take time, if you let it go in one breath as before.

The strength of the Dongshan Army will definitely increase dramatically, but the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, which is contrary to Su Qi'an, who aims to cultivate a strong army.

When it comes to expanding the army, Su Qi'an adheres to the premise of giving full play to the strong strength of the Dongshan Army at any time.

After the first battle of Jiaozhou, the militia of these 10,000 people is basically ripe to join the Dongshan Army.

Of course, they are not called the Dongshan Army, and they are called Jiaozhou soldiers to the outside world.

The strength of the army owned by the Marquis of Daliang is obviously limited, no matter how prominent the military achievements are, at most no more than 10,000 people.

Those with more than 10,000 people will be impeached, and in serious cases, the army number will be removed.

After all, this is the iron law formulated by Gaozu to form an army in the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, even if the powerful ministers, at least on the bright side, do not dare to break this iron law.

Therefore, over time, various default unspoken rules came into being, and with the Jiaozhou soldiers as the number, it is the way to break the number of the 10,000-person army.

This kind of indifferent unspoken rule, Su Qi'an naturally will not break it with an iron head, such a good thing not only helped Su Qi'an reorganize the Jiaozhou soldiers, but also greatly increased his own power.

With 20,000 people, Su Qi'an plans to form a division-level establishment that is one level higher than the regiment.

The full number of divisions at the level is 10,000, and two divisions have just been formed, named after the first division and the second division.

With two divisions in his hand, Su Qi'an was not satisfied, he planned to continue to expand the army and establish a third division.

As for the strength and personnel of the Third Division, Su Qi'an had already planned to use the 6,000 local soldiers in Yangliu County as the basis for the expansion of the Third Division.

The remaining 4,000 people were recruited from the natives, which was not Su Qi'an's random idea, it was carefully considered.

At the border of Jiaozhou, the indigenous population has reached at least about seventy percent, even if Su Qi'an and the patriarchs of the priest alliance are currently maintaining peaceful coexistence, but recruiting his soldiers cannot always be dominated by local Liang people.

In order to better publicize the equality of officers and soldiers of the Dongshan Army, it is imperative to recruit local aborigines.

In the early days, Su Qi'an's Dongshan Army had local natives, but because Su Qi'an had only 10,000 troops at that time, the proportion of natives was not high.

In fact, they did not play a very big role, and this time Su Qi'an became the person in charge of Jiaozhou, so he could naturally let go of some openings.

Among the Jiaozhou soldiers, having an indigenous army of a certain size will definitely outweigh the disadvantages in the long run.

There is no restriction on this recruitment, even if it is a native of the Priest Alliance, as long as they meet the conditions and are willing to accept the assessment and pass the assessment, they can become Jiaozhou soldiers.

Although the Jiaozhou soldiers were nominally recruited, they all knew that the Jiaozhou soldiers were the private soldiers in Su Qi'an's hands, that is, the Dongshan Army.

What strength and atmosphere of the Dongshan Army, even if they die, what will happen after death, through the memorial ceremony that just ended some time ago, many people can see it clearly.

Therefore, as soon as the recruitment came out, it immediately caused a sensation in Jiaozhou, even if it was the elite under the three veterans

The natives are very excited.

What is rare is that the three elders who have always strictly forbidden their natives to become Jiaozhou soldiers have spoken.

Roughly speaking, they are allowed to participate in the selection without any punishment, whether they are selected or not.

This shocked the natives, when Li Kang was in power, it was impossible for them to participate in the Jiaozhou soldiers, which was absolutely forbidden.

But now, their heads are all talking, and there is no hindrance, which makes them have some conjectures in their hearts.

It's hard to figure out their heads, and they really reached a deep cooperation with Su Qi'an, which is unimaginable in the Li Kang era.

Although it is not clear what the two sides discussed and what opinions were reached, this did not affect the natives in the slightest, and they were eager to recruit as Jiaozhou soldiers.

In the elder city, standing on the top floor and looking down at the countless indigenous elders below, his eyes swept away.

After a while, the eldest elder spoke, "Second brother, you are really generous in doing this, this ban is said to be released, there are many elites in our hands among these people."

"Hehe, isn't this the same for the Grand Elder?" The two elders said with a smile.

"Su Houye's expansion and reorganization of the Jiaozhou soldiers, in the long run, it will only be good for us, not bad, even if the elite of his subordinates has become a member of the Jiaozhou soldiers, it will also invisibly increase the strength of our army."

"What is the combat strength of our army, you all know that even if we have elite natives in our hands, compared to the Dongshan Army, it is crushing, but this time Su Qi'an is open to recruitment, and our people become one of them, and we will also bring back this method of improving combat effectiveness."

"Didn't you find out that Su Qi'an's release this time is a kind of help to us, if you change to Li Kang, you have such an army in your hands, you can't suppress us and so on."

"And Su Qi'an is somewhat honest with us, this kind of bearing is not comparable to Li Kang, so in the future, in Jiaozhou, the master of Jiaozhou will only be Su Qi'an."

The two elders answered, and the big elders and the three elders all agreed by default.

At such an age, not only does he have extraordinary talents and intelligence, he has a powerful army in his hands, and he knows how to pay equal attention to grace and might, but also has such a bearing, such a person is really heaven and earth compared to Li Kang.

They are veterans, although they are a little old, but they have not yet reached the point where they are dazzled, they know how to stand in line at critical moments, and if they really meet someone who can help them, they should hug their thighs, they have to hug their thighs.

With the support of the three elders of Jiaozhou, this recruitment of the whole Jiaozhou was quite smooth.

The number of applicants reached forty or fifty thousand, but only four or five thousand were finally admitted, which can be described as the best of the best.

The establishment of the Third Division was almost a matter of course.

However, more than half of the Third Division were recruits, and its own combat effectiveness was not strong.

Su Qi'an decided to reorganize three divisions with the three regiments of the original Dongshan Army as the backbone.

The first three division commanders remain unchanged, and there are still Su Yong, Song Biao, and Chen Zhi.

This time, in addition to the expansion of three divisions, the cavalry regiment commanded by Ermeng was also upgraded, although it was ordered to be a cavalry division, but its own cavalry was only 3,000 people.

It's not that Su Qi'an doesn't want to expand to 10,000 people all at once, but recruiting cavalry is not as simple as infantry.

To be able to become a cavalryman, horse kung fu is basic, if you can't even control a war horse, let alone fight and counterattack on horseback.

Da Liang can't compare to the northern Da Rong, the Da Rong nation, born to grow up on horseback.

And there are very few people who are good at riding and shooting, these are things that only rich and powerful people can do.

And the cost of training one cavalry is to catch up with three infantrymen, and if it is a heavy cavalry, it is at least ten.

No matter how rich Su Qi'an was, it was impossible for him to spend so much, so after going through layers of screening, he only recruited 2,000 cavalry.

These recruits can't play a role in a short time, and they have to let the veterans of the second fierce train and train them, and this cycle is not short.

Although there were only 3,000 people, Su Qi'an naturally generously gave a division to the establishment.

Preparation first, human day

After recruiting, 3,000 people is not something that Su Qi'an can satisfy.

Er Meng naturally knew Su Qi'an's thoughts, which was a kind of trust in him.

Er Meng secretly swore in his heart that he would not disgrace Su Qi'an no matter what, and he would definitely train a cavalry division that would terrify the enemy.

This reform of the army and the recruitment of new soldiers lasted for at least half a month.

With the establishment of three infantry divisions and cavalry divisions, Su Qi'an now has the power to protect himself in the face of threats from any state.

Thinking back to more than two years ago, when I first entered Jiaozhou, there were less than two or three thousand people in my hands, and now there are a total of 35,000 people.

Although he is not able to dominate one side, it is not possible for anyone to move him if he wants to, and he has to think twice before moving.

This is only the main army in the hands of Su Qi'an, sitting in Jiaozhou in the name of Jiaozhou soldiers.

In the county-level places below the six counties of Jiaozhou, Su Qi'an never disbanded the militia organization.

The militia is the main force in protecting the safety of the local people and maintaining local order.

In Su Qi'an's planning, the Jiaozhou soldiers were regular troops, and only when a major war broke out, the Jiaozhou soldiers would be dispatched, and local frictions, bandits and other small-scale wars were jointly responsible for the militia and local officials.

In this way, not only can the division of labor between the army and the militia be well solved, unlike the era of Li Kang's rule, the management of the government and the army was chaotic.

Something really happened, and the two sides sold each other responsibility, so the enthusiasm of both sides was not high.

Under Su Qi'an's reform, a clear division of labor between the two has not only reduced the friction between the two sides, but also mobilized the enthusiasm of the other party.

With the issuance of government decrees one after another, some people were panicked because of the war in Jiaozhou, but gradually, the former peace was restored.

Even better than in the past, if anything happens, there are corresponding officials in charge.

There has not been a single case of officials shirking, messing around, and lying down irresponsible.

Behind them, there is a series of strict reward and punishment systems to supervise them.

Under this kind of operation, Jiaozhou has recovered at an astonishing speed, and the counties and counties have seen prosperity that was difficult to see in the past, and everything is thriving.