I want to be emperor

Chapter 126 Hegemony Can Be Expected
After a while, Luo Zhixue looked away from the map, put away the pen and paper in his hand, and then said loudly to everyone: "The situation is complicated now, we don't have extra time for us to look forward and backward."

"We must go south as soon as possible. It is best for some of the vanguard to start going south today."

"Tomorrow." At this point, Luo Zhixue paused and looked around before continuing: "Tomorrow we will launch an attack on Nanyang City."

"Try to take Nanyang City in the shortest possible time, and then quickly send troops south to Xiangyang City, and also try to take this place when the officers and soldiers in other places react."

Luo Zhixue pointed to the map and said, "First capture Nanyang, then capture Xiangyang, and follow up with Nanyang City as the core, control Nanzhao County, which is Yunyang Pass, to the north, block the ancient road of Yalu, and seize Yuzhou to block the ancient road of Fangcheng."

"After capturing Xiangyang City, with Xiangyang City as the core, we can send troops to capture Junzhou, block the route from Yunyang to the east, go east to Suizhou, seize Yingshan City, and finally capture Wuyang Pass and other passes."

"In this way, we can establish a foundation with Funiu Mountain in the north, Tongbai Mountain in the east, Dabie Mountain in the southeast, and various passes as support points to completely separate the northern Chu area from the Central Plains, laying the foundation for the army's subsequent capture and control of the Jianghan Plain. strong foundation."

As Luo Zhixue spoke, he drew a few lines on the map.

And as Luo Zhixue drew multiple lines on the map, everyone could easily and clearly see the strategic plan of the Township Protection Army for the next few months from the map, and from this strategic plan, it can also be seen that Luo Zhixue Zhixue ambition.

And Luo Zhixue didn't hide his ambition. He pointed to the large area of ​​Nanyang Basin and Jianghan Plain in the middle of the map and said, "Here is our strategic goal. As long as we can capture and control these two areas, we can expect great supremacy!"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel excited, what kind of hegemony?
Naturally, it is to build a country and proclaim the emperor. Any rebel army with ideals basically wants to grab a place to build a country and proclaim the emperor. Even Gao Yingxiang and other rebels who don't even have a piece of land want to build a country in their dreams.

After Gao Yingxiang conquered Fengyang, he used the reign title of Xingwu. Rumors in the world also said that when Gao Yingxiang attacked Fengyang, his subordinates also used the banner of "Emperor Guyuan Zhenlong".

Even though Gao Yingxiang has not formally founded the country so far, he was simply driven away by the officers and soldiers. He has no time and no place for him to establish a formal regime, which does not mean he does not want to.

For the rural protection army, if they can control the Nanyang Basin and the Jianghan Plain, let alone whether they can unify Kyushu in the future, but as long as they have this territory, it is enough for Luo Zhixue to establish a country and proclaim himself emperor.

When Luo Zhixue becomes the emperor, they will be the heroes of the founding of the country.

Luo Zhixue looked at the various expectations on everyone's faces, and nodded slightly in his heart.

In the early days of starting a business, if there is a chance, I still want to pour a few jars of chicken soup for my subordinates, and talk about the bright future.

As long as you are honest and obedient, and follow Lao Tzu's work, you will be the founding heroes in minutes, and you can enjoy the glory, wealth and even the glory of your ancestors.

After fighting the chicken blood, seeing that everyone's morale had been mobilized, Luo Zhixue said seriously: "In order to better implement the strategy of going south, the general decided to set up brigades to better coordinate the operations of the battalions and outposts. "

"At the same time, considering the tension of the existing troops, the newly formed third battalion has not yet formed an army. We should immediately reorganize the newly recruited soldiers here to ease the tension of our troops."

After hearing Luo Zhixue's words, everyone looked forward to it even more.

The establishment of a brigade-level organization means that there will be new senior positions such as brigade commander and deputy brigade commander. Isn't this just a promotion.

As for the brigade-level organization, they were not surprised by it. When the battalion-level organization was first established, Luo Zhixue had already finalized it, and the subsequent higher-level organization would be the brigade.

According to the plan finalized last year, the brigade will be divided into infantry brigades, artillery brigades, cavalry brigades and other single-armed brigades, and there will also be mixed brigades with multiple arms.

For example, an infantry brigade will consist of several infantry battalions to form an infantry brigade.

If a brigade is sent to perform combat missions alone, several infantry battalions will be equipped with additional supplies, artillery, and cavalry to form a mixed brigade.

Now that Luo Zhixue wants to set up a brigade-level organization, everyone is naturally looking forward to it.

When Luo Zhixue set up the seventh to ninth infantry battalions before, Luo Zhixue had already said that he would set up a brigade-level organization, but he did not expect that just after the battle today, Luo Zhixue would directly set up a brigade-level organization.

Luo Zhixue didn't keep the crowd waiting too long, and quickly said: "The First Infantry Battalion, the Third Infantry Battalion, and the Fourth Infantry Battalion will form the First Infantry Brigade. Huang Dingquan will be the brigade commander, and Wang Dazhuang will be the deputy brigade commander."

"The [-]nd Infantry Battalion transferred to Songshan immediately went south to Liqingdian to join the [-]th Infantry Battalion stationed in Liqingdian, the [-]rd Artillery Post, the [-]rd Cavalry Post, the [-]rd Supply Post, and the [-]th Infantry Battalion stationed in Songjiazhuang. Form the second mixed brigade, Lin Dongsheng is the brigade commander, Huang Chengyong is the deputy brigade commander and continues to serve as the fifth infantry battalion battalion commander."

"Use the [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th Infantry Battalions that were reorganized in Liqingdian to form the [-]rd Infantry Brigade. Xu He, you used to be the commander of this brigade. You must let the brigade speed up its training and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. .”

"Also, the first cavalry sentry and the second cavalry sentry are combined to form the first cavalry brigade, blind man, you should bring this cavalry."

"The first artillery post and the second artillery post are combined into the first artillery brigade, and Zhang Malin is the commander of the artillery brigade."

Luo Zhixue arranged for the transfer and appointment of the existing departments.

As for the above-mentioned appointments, many people have already made up their minds beforehand.

For example, Zhang Malin and Wang Xiazi, it doesn't matter if they are promoted or not, they become brigade commanders, because one of them is the director of artillery and the other is the director of cavalry.

The two of them are actually the commander-in-chief of the artillery and the commander-in-chief of the cavalry. These are the commanders of a separate branch. Whether they were post commanders before or brigade commanders now, they are actually part-time jobs.

But Huang Dingquan and others are actually similar. Before the establishment of the brigade, Huang Dingquan basically knew that among the subsequent brigades, one of the brigade commanders would be his own.

How should I put it, their promotions actually rose with the initial expansion of the Township Protection Army.

After talking about the existing units, Luo Zhixue turned his attention to Wei Kaifu, the director of the Military and Political Department, and said, "Immediately select suitable officers and key soldiers as the backbone, and use the surrendered soldiers as the source of troops to establish the fourth mixed brigade."

"The Fourth Mixed Brigade has the Tenth Infantry Battalion, No.11 Infantry Battalion, No.12 Infantry Battalion, the Fourth Supply Post, the Fourth Artillery Post, and the Fourth Cavalry Post. Soldiers in each battalion post are directly selected by the defectors. "
"The situation is urgent. As long as the surrendered soldiers are willing to serve as soldiers and eat food, and their physical conditions are qualified, skip the retraining period and be directly assigned to each battalion post. When transferring personnel, try to maintain the original grassroots organization as much as possible, so as to maintain combat effectiveness as much as possible."

"The mixed brigade uses the captured equipment first, and then re-equips after the follow-up ordnance output comes up."

"Due to the use of old-fashioned equipment, traditional methods are also used in organization and tactics. When selecting personnel for the Military and Political Department, we must keep this in mind and select suitable personnel."

Wei Kaifu, the director of the Military and Political Department, immediately came out and said: "My subordinates obey the order, and the Military and Political Department will immediately transfer personnel to carry out the reorganization of the Fourth Mixed Regiment."

Wei Kaifu was also an old man in the supply camp period. He was not an old thief or even a soldier. He used to be just an accountant, and he also worked as an accountant in the rural protection army after he became a thief. But later on, there was really a lack of people, especially the lack of knowledge and understanding. Literate and literate, so he slowly switched to military and political affairs.

Not too good a job, but not too bad either.

Luo Zhixue then set his sights on An Yongduo: "You will be the brigade commander of the fourth mixed brigade."

After hearing this, An Yongduo immediately came out and said, "This subordinate must lead the Fourth Mixed Brigade for the general."

He had long expected that he might serve in the field army. After all, his family knew his own affairs. Recently, he felt more and more strenuous as the chief of staff.

His ability and experience are not enough for him to continue as the chief of staff.

But originally he thought he would be the battalion commander of an infantry battalion, but he didn't expect Luo Zhixue to directly mention him to the position of brigade commander.

Then Luo Zhixue looked at Fei Bingqing again: "Brother Fei, you go to be the deputy brigade commander and chief of staff of the Fourth Mixed Brigade."

Fei Bingqing also did not expect that he would directly get the position of deputy brigade commander of a mixed brigade today. Although this mixed brigade is obviously a second-rate force composed of surrendered troops, it is still the position of deputy brigade commander. .

Immediately, he came out with surprise on his face and said: "General, don't worry, the subordinates of the new line tactics may be a little bit worse, but it is absolutely impossible for the subordinates of the traditional tactics to make any mistakes."

Luo Zhixue nodded slightly and then said, "It is because I have confidence in you that I will let you be the deputy brigade commander."

By this time, the arrangements for the troops were basically completed, and many generals present had been promoted, but Huang Guangmao still looked at Luo Zhixue eagerly.

Because An Yongduo and Fei Bingqing were transferred from the Staff Office to the [-]th Mixed Brigade, this also meant that the Chief of the Staff Office was vacant, and Fei Bingqing, one of the candidates for the Chief of Staff, was also transferred. up.

Under such circumstances, Huang Guangmao, one of the candidates for the Chief of Staff, couldn't help looking at Luo Zhixue frequently.

Luo Zhixue didn't make him wait too long, and quickly said to him: "Lao An went to become the brigade commander of the Fourth Mixed Brigade, and you have to fully grasp the work of the staff office in the future."

Huang Guangmao immediately came out and said: "This subordinate obeys the order, General, don't worry, this subordinate will definitely do a good job in the work of the staff office, and will never let down your trust, General."

Luo Zhixue nodded slightly, and then said to Xu Zhixian, Chief of the Operations Section of the Staff Office, "Xu Zhixian, Chief of the Operations Section, has been promoted to Deputy Chief of the Staff Office, and is still concurrently the Chief of the Operations Section, as well as the Chief of the Third Infantry Battalion." job."

This appointment has attracted everyone's attention.

(End of this chapter)