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In the main hall in front of Chicheng Castle's official office, there are a large number of civil servants and generals under Yongning Bo's command. Those who can sit here and participate in the discussion today can be said to be Yongning Bo's confidants and core people.

Zhang Cheng was still dressed in slightly gorgeous ordinary clothes, and he didn't go inside to change his official uniform and boa robe. After all, he was just discussing matters with his cronies, and he didn't have so much talk and attention.

Today's atmosphere is as easy-going and warm as ever, not as solemn and solemn as it was when Wang Pu and Li Fuming participated a few days ago. This is the normal state of discussion between Zhang Cheng and his subordinates.

However, although this kind of discussion is easy-going and warm, the dignity and high ground cannot be ignored. After all, it is also related to Zhang Cheng's personal prestige.

Boss Yongning Zhang Cheng was sitting alone behind the big case, and his adopted sons Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Mingyuance stood behind him. There were no other guards except a few old soldiers serving tea.

The next section is for civil and military personnel to sit in two compartments. Each of them has a small desk with some pastries, dried fruits and tea on it.

Former army staff officer Wang Yuanjing handed a piece of paper to Zhang Chengfang, and he passed it on to the big case in front of Zhang Cheng. After Zhang Cheng picked it up, he just glanced at it. It was all discussed in previous meetings.

Among them are the candidates for the expansion of the Sixth Battalion, as well as Yongningbo Zhang Cheng's proposal to set up a rank system of four and thirteen ranks in the army, etc.

After he put the document back on the case, he turned his head and nodded to Wang Yuan's scenic spot, and said, "Let's read the personnel arrangements of each battalion to the generals first."

Wang Yuanjing briefly sorted out the cases in front of him, and then began to introduce the personnel arrangement plan for the newly expanded Sixth Battalion.

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First of all, Wu Zhizhong, the chief general of the "Weiyuan Camp", Lin Fangping and Xu Jinyong, the deputy generals, and He Biao, the general governor of the Yongyi Army, served concurrently as the town governor, and Zhang Jintai was the middle officer.

The two cavalry divisions in the battalion had different names respectively, one was "Habayashi Cavalry", and Li Changsheng was in charge of Qianzong; the other was "Tiger Guard Cavalry", and Su Huhu was in charge of Qianzong. .

According to the "Cavalry Regulations" formulated by Zhang Cheng, the establishment of the cavalry is based on five people, the second five is the number, the outer one is a senior, and there are 11 people in total; the third is the team, and the inner one is the captain. 34 people.

Then use three teams as sentries, with one sentry officer outside, counting 510 people, five sentries as divisions, and one general outside, totaling 40 and six people. Finally, two divisions are used as one division, with military officers outside. There is one member of Qian Zong, plus eight guards and soldiers, and there are a total of [-] cavalry.

Yulin Cavalry and Tiger Guard Cavalry are the core forces under Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng's command. The elite cavalry in his department are all carefully selected from the various battalions of the Xuanfu Army, and only then are they replenished to full strength, while the other battalions The same cannot be said for cavalry.

In Zhang Cheng's vision, Yulinqi is an elite soldier, equivalent to the existence of military police in later generations. When they travel in groups, they are also responsible for picketing military discipline and correcting violations of military regulations.

However, Habayashi has no judicial power in the brave army, they can only picket and correct on the spot, if the behavior needs to be convicted, it can only be convicted and dealt with by the military governor.

The Tiger Guards, on the other hand, do not assume the responsibility of picketing and correcting. Together with the Habayashi Cavalry, they serve as the main assault force of the Weiyuan Camp, but the Tiger Guards are more focused on guards and sentries.

The commander-in-chief of the Yulin Riding Department is Chang Zhengxiong, and the commander-in-chief of the second team is Zuo Qinghe; Huang Baozhong, the former head of Yang Guozhu's Ding team.

Zhang Cheng took a fancy to the excellent combat power of Huang Baozhong and his gang, so he naturally wanted to keep them by his side. Not only that, even the cavalry of the original Xuanfu Town Standard Battalion led by Guo Yingxian were mostly selected by him into the Yulin Cavalry and The tiger guards are riding.

In addition, the Weiyuan Battalion's left infantry chief Qianzong was Yan Kuan, nephew of Yan Qingrong's nephew Yan Qingrong, the commander of Kaipingwei, and the right infantry chief Qianzong was Du Youwei, a bandit "jumping tiger" recruited by Zhang Cheng in Henan Province.

There are also two cannon carriages, which are Yu Shangke and Fan Qijin from the original Cheying. Each department will be equipped with [-] side tank chariots, as well as two newly built large cannon carriages. Ten cars.

There are also three supply carts, including Liu Shouyue, Hou Shixin, and Ding Yukui, the generals of the original Cheying camp. Each of them has 120 large supply carts weighing more than [-] catties.

The medical lawsuit set up with the camp is headed by Shi Jianneng, and the head of the veterinary department is Liu Huicheng. These two institutions are indispensable departments of the army. When the army is marching or when the two armies are fighting, one is a man and the other is a horse. Only by taking good care and treating the wounded in time can we do our best to reduce the battle damage.

Lin Fangping was supposed to be in charge of the battalion department, but as the deputy general of the Weiyuan battalion, he was already involved in many affairs, so Liu Minshen was appointed as the principal. serve.

In fact, Zhang Cheng wanted to give Liu Minshen some experience, so as to observe his abilities. However, Liu Minshen did not have prestige in the Xuanfu army, and it was not easy for him to directly serve as the head of the Military Affairs Department.

As for Wang Yuanjing's prestige in the Yongyi Army, many officers were his students, learning to read and write under his hands, listening to him explain the classic battles of the past dynasties, so as to learn lessons and experience from them, so he is purely a companion. Tied!

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Next is the personnel arrangement of the Tengshe Camp. The chief general is Wei Zhice, the guerrilla general of the original car camp, and the deputy generals are Jin Yong, the former chief general of the Yongwei camp, and Tang Xiancheng, the governor of the Biaoyou Camp in Xuanfu Town.

Jin Yong took up the position of deputy general because the Yongwei Camp he originally commanded had been merged into the Teng Snake Camp, and the same was true for Tang Xiancheng. Teng Snake Camp may be the best destination.

Qin Dazhong from the original car camp continued to serve as the governor of the town, and Yu Deshui, the chief executive of the former Division A and Division B of the left side of the Yongwei Camp, served as the middle officer.

The front part of the cavalry in the battalion is always Qiu Yingquan, the black man who was the former commander of the military post in the Yongwei Battalion, and Ji Donglai, the rear commander of the cavalry, is Tang Xiancheng's town mark and the right battalion chief Qian.

The two thousand cavalry headquarters of the Teng Snake Battalion are also organized with 40 people in the two generals, but they are not fully staffed for the time being, and can only be replenished slowly in the future.

The infantry left chief is always Zheng Youjin, the old chief of the left branch of the Yongwei Battalion, and the right chief of the infantry is also Gao Chengshan, the veteran chief of the former Yongwei battalion.

Others include Li Youcai, the general manager of the cannon chariot, and He Hongli, Huo Yuanshan, and Bian Jinzong in the three luggage chariot departments.

The guerrilla general Wei Zhice had been in command of the car battalion before. However, this time, after the expansion of each battalion, the equipment of gun carriages and luggage vehicles was increased. Riding, walking, and guns are practiced together.

Therefore, he can only choose a group of people at the level of the former general manager of the car battalion to be promoted to the chief of the gun car and the chariot thousand in the Tengshe camp. This is also the case in the Weiyuan camp.

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The Suzaku camp was expanded based on the cavalry camp that represented the strongest combat power of the original Xuanfu army, so it naturally attracted much attention.

The battalion had guerrilla general Zhang Guangda as the main general, Qianhu Xiang Jinbao from the original car battalion, and Wang Tierenwei from the cavalry battalion Qianhu as the deputy generals, and Liu Jingzhu from the original Dushibu battalion as the town governor.

Gu Zhide, the middle officer of the Suzaku Battalion, was originally the captain of the second outpost of the Cavalry Department in the lower reaches of the cavalry battalion.

Zhang Guangda was no longer concurrently the head of the heavy cavalry department in the battalion, but Hu Dayou, the former head of the cavalry department, was promoted to be the head of the heavy cavalry department.

However, because heavy cavalry is time-consuming from selection to training, and its equipment is also expensive, and horses are more difficult to find, so the heavy cavalry subordinates only have five-sentence heavy cavalry, and their tentative staff is only 510 six people. It is equivalent to the strength of a division of Weiyuan Battalion Habayashi Cavalry.

The Mongolian Cavalry Department of the original cavalry battalion is no longer established separately, but is mixed into the Ranger Department. The former Mongolian Cavalry Department Chief Qian Mo Zhigen will serve as the new Ranger Department Chief Qian. There are 510 six-riding warriors.

Because the former chief of the Qingqi Department, Tieren, has been appointed as the deputy general of the Qinglong Battalion, Ma Sanzhuang was promoted to the post of Chief Qian of the Qingqi Department. He has two divisions with a total of [-] cavalry. .

In addition, the first chariot was appointed by Wang Sanhu, the chief executive of Qian in the middle of the original chariot, and the chief of the chariot was Yang Qing, the sentry officer of the original cavalry battalion's cavalry department.

Zhang Guangda's cavalry battalion originally had [-] soldiers, but now they are all merged into the carriage department. Therefore, the carriage department of the battalion not only has heavy carriages, but also many horses, mules and auxiliary soldiers. .

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Zhang Guodong, the leader of Qinglong Battalion, Du Chungang, the general manager of the former Cheying Battalion, and Kuang Yongzhong, the guerrilla of the Xuanfu Ranger Battalion, served as the deputy generals, and Fang Zhihai from the former cavalry battalion served as the town governor.

Although Kuang Yongzhong was not a direct subordinate of the former general Yang Guozhu, he and his subordinates were quite powerful. After the life-and-death battle in Liaodong, Kuang Yongzhong naturally admired Zhang Cheng very much.

What's more, Zhang Cheng is now at the height of his power, he has backers inside and outside the palace, he is very favored by the emperor and his soldiers, and he is very powerful in Xuanfu, isn't it just the backer he needs?
For this reason, Kuang Yongzhong has expressed to Zhang Cheng many times that he is willing to follow Yongningbo's determination to make contributions, so when expanding this time, Zhang Cheng will integrate him and more than [-] soldiers under his command into the Qinglong Camp.

The Chinese military officer of the Qinglong Camp was Liu Changliang, the former chief general of Qianqian, who replaced the chief general Zhang Guodong and directly controlled the cavalry, artillery, and carriage divisions of the Chinese army.

Among them, the Army Cavalry Division has 510 six knights; the Artillery Division has [-] side-carriage chariots, [-] large artillery vehicles, [-] supply vehicles, and a number of coachmen, barges, and gunners.

In addition to [-] heavy vehicles, the Frame Department will also be equipped with wheelbarrows, stretcher vehicles, command vehicles, watchtowers, siege vehicles and other vehicles and equipment, as well as a certain number of craftsmen, who will be responsible for maintaining vehicles with the army. And temporarily make the required equipment.

There are five infantry headquarters in the Qinglong Battalion. The former Qianzong Han Rongkui was the former Qianzong of Kuang Yongzhong's Ranger Battalion; the rear Qianzong Qian Mushi was the former Yongning Battalion Qianzong; Chen Shi, the general manager of the left department, was promoted to the former general manager of the left department; Kong Shouchang, the former general manager of the right department, was also the boss of Kuang Yongzhong's You Barracks.

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The chief general of the White Tiger Battalion was Chen Zheng, the guerrilla general, the deputy generals were Qianhu Yujin from the former Cheying camp, and Tian Mingyu, the former general manager from the Dushiying camp, and Xia Shuncheng from the former Chicheng camp was replaced as the town governor.

The middle officer in the battalion was Huang An, the old armored commander who had participated in the Battle of Julu, and he was also the acting general Chen Zheng, who directly controlled the cavalry, artillery, and carriage divisions of the Chinese army. The equipment of each division was the same as that of the Qinglong battalion.

The five thousand headquarters in the White Tiger Camp are also fully equipped, with Song Shanquan, the boss at the front, and Duan Qingzhong, the newly appointed boss at the back, taking over Tian Mingyu's position; and Zhou Ping, the boss at the middle. Lei Kejun from the Yongning camp on the left; Pan Chengji, the general manager on the right, is a subordinate of He Zhenxiong, the left camp of Zhenbiao.

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The last is the Xuanwu camp. The commander of the camp is the guerrilla general Li Jiyu, the deputy generals are Liu Shizun, the former garrison of Chang'anling, and Qianzong Gou Changsheng, who is on the right side of the chariot, and the governor is the former commander of Kaipingwei, Liu Shizun. Will take up the post.

The reason why Zhang Cheng arranged this was not only to contain Li Jiyu with Liu Shizun and Gou Changsheng, but also to make Li Jiyu's troops truly integrate with the Xuanfu army as soon as possible and become the real main force of the battalion.

You know, the main force of the Xuanwu camp is still the original Dengfeng camp with more than [-] troops, but most of them are from the original bandits. gap.

And Liu Shizun was born in a military family, and his military accomplishments are quite extraordinary. What is even more rare is that he is cautious and has a sense of proportion in handling things. Zhang Cheng is more at ease with him assisting Li Jiyu.

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Shizun is not Zhang Cheng's old man when he was King Qin. Such an arrangement would remove the suspicion of spying on Li Jiyu, which seems most appropriate.

In addition, the former chief of the chariot department, Yu Jin, has a deeper understanding and mastery of vehicle-gun coordination and infantry coordination than Li Jiyu and others. Guns work together.

The middle officer of the Xuanwu camp is still the former Dengfeng camp middle army Zhou Ruli, who also directly controls the three divisions of cavalry, artillery, and carriages on behalf of Li Jiyu.

However, the Xuanwu Battalion currently only has four infantry headquarters, Shen Jingbang, Chief Qian in the front; Ji Zhiying, Chief Qian in the rear; Niu Gengtian was transferred from the former officer of the Ranger Department of the Cavalry Battalion.

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In this way, the newly expanded six battalions with more than one thousand generals were basically settled. After listening to Wang Yuanjing's reading, all the officials and generals present had no objection.

In fact, regarding this personnel appointment, Zhang Cheng also put in a lot of effort. Although he did not solicit opinions one by one, he also sought out several key people and had some private exchanges before finally making a decision.

The most important thing is whether the battalion owners have any opinions. After all, these people will fight side by side with them in the future, and mutual trust and cooperation are the key.

Seeing that no one had any special opinions, the personnel arrangement of each battalion above [-] generals was finally established, and the rest of the generals were assigned to the generals of each battalion and the lieutenants to discuss and determine, and finally a list was formed and reported to the Yongningbo Shogunate. Just file it.

Next, the discussion on the rank system proposed by Zhang Cheng began. This is the focus of today's military discussion!