Li Jiangyao walked around the water village camp and chatted with different officers and soldiers. He roughly summarized the problems in four aspects: low morale of the army, old warship equipment, chaotic command system, and numerous numbers. They do not belong to each other.
The first two questions are easy to understand. The imperial court was short on money, so they managed to build more than a thousand warships. Many of them were old ships that had been in service on the Jinhe River for a long time. Coupled with repeated defeats, it was strange that morale could be high.
The tattered weapons, coupled with the sluggishness of the soldiers, meant that the main fleet of the Shengtang Dynasty was not as good as the pirates of Kuohai.
What surprised Li Jiangyao even more was the last two questions.
Strictly speaking, the two questions can actually be viewed as one question. The navy fleet in front of us is not a unified whole, but is composed of six independent units: Jinhe Garrison Battalion, Jingxiang Navy, Luoyi Navy, Canal Transport Patrol Battalion, Binzhou Navy, and Yanwutang Navy. division.
The Jinhe Garrison Battalion is a regular army that guards the Jinhe River system. It is called a battalion, but in fact it has ten directly subordinate units, the largest number of warships, and the strongest strength. Mao Kaijie, the naval commander who died in the previous battle, was the commander of the Jinhe garrison.
Jingxiang Navy, Luoyi Navy and Binzhou Navy are all sub-level local naval warfare forces. Especially Luoyi Navy, which was originally formed by Murong Xue under orders, is lacking in experience and combat power.
The water transport patrol camp is even more awkward. They cannot be considered an army at all, but are government officials responsible for maintaining security on the canal and the docks along the coast, and inspecting smuggling and tax evasion. They are subordinate to the Transport Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The Yanwutang Navy Division had just been incorporated into the fleet. With the Imperial Capital Yanwu Hall sailor martial arts students as the backbone, they deployed some warships and soldiers. They were considered a nearly professional force, but unfortunately they had relatively few troops.
There are six teams, each with its own characteristics. Some obey the arrangements of the Ministry of War, some obey the dispatches of the Governor's Office, and some receive salary from the Ministry of Household Affairs and listen to the words of the Minister of Household Affairs. In short, they do not favor anyone.
Such a fleet still wants to win the war? Hit a hammer!
Li Jiangyao felt the pulse of the imperial army and immediately made a decision: seize the time and solve two things first, one is to unify the command system, and the other is to boost morale.
He called the six managers to the handsome tent overnight and put forward his own ideas.
"What? Reorganization?" As soon as Li Jiangyao finished speaking, Captain Sun Chen of the Water Transport Patrol Battalion immediately stopped working: "Captain, before we came here, Prime Minister Zuo had specifically explained that the Patrol Battalion was from the Ministry of Household Affairs , can participate in the war, but cannot be reorganized."
Huo Rulun, a staff officer of the Binzhou Navy, also hummed: "Now that we are facing a powerful enemy, the most important thing is to prepare for battle and meet the enemy. To suddenly break up all the organizational structures is to throw ourselves into chaos."
"Uh... Grand Governor, can we discuss the reorganization later? Give us some better warships first." Cao Xun, the captain of the Jingxiang Navy, also joined in the fun.
Li Jiangyao nodded and asked the others: "What are your opinions?"
Guan Sansheng, the commander of the Luoyi Navy, said loudly: "General Murong has told us before that he must obey Commander Li in everything he does. We will do whatever you say."
The leader of the Jinhe garrison, Deputy Governor Gu Hongjiang, also said: "The imperial court sent the Governor to take charge of the overall situation. Naturally, he will follow your arrangements."
Yang Li, the naval science instructor at Yanwu Hall, did not say a word and remained silent.
Seeing that no one was talking anymore, Li Jiangyao smiled faintly: "Time is tight, I don't have time to grind my teeth with you. Let me ask you one last time, who agrees? Who opposes?"
"I object!" "I object to the reorganization!" "Can you take another look? Don't worry."
The three men before were still stubborn and did not agree to move their troops.
Li Jiangyao's eyes gradually turned cold, but his face was still full of smile: "You really don't know my origin? Under the rule of this commander, there is no living person who can't disobey the military law!"
"Where are the White Robes?!"
"exist!"
"Tie Sun Chen, Huo Rulun, and Cao Xun to me, and behead them in public for disobeying military orders!"
With an order, the ghost-faced white-robed army, which had been prepared for a long time, rushed into the commander's tent and directly tied up the three guys who opposed Li Jiangyao.
"Li Jiangyao! You are so brave!" Sun Chen kept shouting: "I am Lord Wei Zixuan's personal soldier! How dare you!"
Li Jiangyao laughed loudly: "I came here just to lead the navy to win the battle! Not to mention that you are just Wei Zixuan's personal soldier, even Wei Zixuan himself will die if he dares to delay my army preparation for war! Get out!"
Sun Chen and Huo Rulun still wanted to roar, but the white-robed army struck hard with two punches, causing their mouths and noses to bleed, and they could no longer make a sound.
Cao Xun was completely frightened, and he repeatedly surrendered and begged for mercy. The white-robed soldier who was also escorting him hit him in the nose and kneeled him, and he fainted immediately.
The three men were dragged out of the tent like dead dogs, and their heads were beheaded with a click in front of the entire battalion of officers and soldiers.
Gu Hongjiang had been a soldier all his life and had never seen such a scene before. He suddenly felt cold sweat and secretly said to himself: "Fortunately, I didn't make a mistake just now, otherwise this guy who was eating would not be able to survive." General Li looks gentle and gentle, but he turns out to be a murderer. No wonder even the Turks are afraid of him.
Navy Science Instructor Xi Yang Li suddenly spoke at this moment: "The Commander-in-Chief has beheaded the three leading officers. We should prevent his subordinates from causing trouble and mutiny."
Li Jiangyao glanced at him indifferently and said with a smile: "Since Professor Yang is worried about this, please go and suppress it a little, and by the way, complete the reorganization plan I just made. I will give you three thousand white robes, Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be shot to death."
"As long as the Commander-in-Chief can trust his humble position," Yang Li responded in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "I will only take my own troops there. I will report back to you early tomorrow morning!"
After that, Yang Li performed a military salute, turned around and left the tent.
Li Jiangyao looked at his back with a smile on his face: "The general's tiger is worthy of his reputation."
Gu Hongjiang was slightly startled: "General Hu Zi? You mean Yang Li?"
"What? You don't know?" Li Jiangyao said: "He is the third son of Yang Xingtai, the protector of Liaodong. He loved boating and practicing navy since he was a child, and finally became the instructor of the martial arts hall in the imperial capital. He was a veritable general tiger. Son."
Gu Hongjiang said with admiration: "Oh, I have been working with him for a long time, and I didn't even know that he was Yang Daduhu's son. Dadudu, you are still amazing, and you have such a detailed grasp of the situation."
Li Jiangyao smiled secretly in his heart: Silly old man, do you really think I'm killing people randomly? The Intelligence Department has already found out for me that Sun Chen is Wei Zixuan's crony, Huo Rulun is Yin Chengyi's old subordinate, and Cao Xun is Gong Chengze's brother. If they don't jump today, they might be able to survive for a few more days. If they jump out and explode their thorns, they can use them as sacrificial flags and avoid causing trouble for me later.
The white robe army had already monitored the three troops in advance and was not afraid of them messing around.
However, of course, this kind of matter cannot be clarified with his subordinates, so Li Jiangyuan took on the attitude of the commander of the navy and said solemnly: "General Gu, General Guan, you are all loyal, patriotic, sensible people, and understand the importance of unified orders. . Without this thunderbolt method, I really can’t lead the navy to defeat the enemy.”
Gu Hongjiang nodded repeatedly: "The Governor is absolutely right! When we had the decisive battle with Bao Yuchun at the Jingxiang Waterway, it was precisely because we were not convinced with each other and no one was willing to obey orders, which led to successive defeats, which led to Governor Mao was defeated and died for his country."
Guan Sansheng said in a deep voice: "It's finally good this time! Grand Governor, the three provinces admire you from the bottom of my heart for your decisive and unambiguous killing!"
"You two should work hard," Li Jiangyao saw that the two of them were still well-behaved, and ordered loudly: "Reorganize overnight, break up the troops according to my strategy, reorganize, and listen to my appointment and arrangements tomorrow morning!"
"Yes!" Gu Hongjiang and Guan Sansheng responded in unison.
At dawn the next day, the navy camp, which had been struggling all night, was in a hustle and bustle. More than 46,000 sailors gathered at the military point, waiting for the commander's orders.
Killing three generals last night deeply shocked everyone's heart.
No matter who his subordinates were, they suddenly remembered an important thing at this time: the young coach standing in front of them once swept hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry, and even Ashina was defeated by him. inside!
He is Thunder himself!
And those powerful warriors wearing white cloaks around them are the ghost-faced white-robed army that shocks the world.
You want to cause trouble? Do you dare to rebel? Their 10,000 elite men could directly slaughter all 40,000 people here!
Under this powerful intimidation, the death of Sun Chen and the other three would be in vain, and no one dared to speak out on their behalf.
Li Jiangyao felt very satisfied with the sailors' heartfelt fear. He ordered Wang Wenlie to read out the reorganization plan in public.
The 46,000 soldiers and horses were redivided into four flags, each with 11,000 men and each equipped with 200 warships. The remaining two thousand men and twenty-four large ships were responsible for running and guarding the supply and baggage.
Wang Wenlie, Gu Hongjiang, Guan Sansheng, and Yang Li each commanded a navy.
The ten thousand ghost-faced white-robed troops were divided into three teams. One team guards the commander and is in charge of military law; the other team is responsible for defending the water village military fortress; and the last team serves as an assault force, ready to enter the battlefield at any time.
The fifty Kunpeng officers who came with Li Jiangyao were dispersed among the four banners, serving as the chief officers of each battalion and team, and at the same time training the soldiers.
As the original organization was completely broken up, complex factions immediately disappeared. Everyone was clearly informed that from now on the whole army would have only one voice and one order. Those who obey orders and kill the enemy will be rewarded; those who disobey and fight timidly will be killed without mercy!
Forty-six thousand sailors knelt on one knee and shouted in unison. No one dared to have any objections.
Li Jiangyao looked at the navy kneeling in front of him and thought to himself: The first step of the reorganization has been successfully completed. The next step is to quickly rebuild the military's confidence and restore high morale, thereby consolidating its authority.
To regain confidence, there is no other way but to rely on the blood of the enemy!
