In the main hall of the front hall of the General's Office in Chicheng Castle, there are all the officers and generals under Yong Ning Bo's command. Those who can sit here and participate in the discussion today can be said to be Yong Ning Bo's confidants and core people.
Zhang Cheng was still wearing slightly gorgeous regular clothes, and did not change into his official uniform and python robe. After all, he was just discussing matters with his close associates, and there was not so much talk and attention to detail.
Today's atmosphere is as easy-going and warm as ever, not as solemn and solemn as when Wang Pu and Li Fuming participated a few days ago. This is the normal state of affairs between Zhang Cheng and his subordinates Wenwu.
However, although this kind of discussion is easy-going and warm, the high level of dignity cannot be ignored. After all, this is also related to Zhang Cheng's personal prestige.
The leader is still Yongningbo Zhang Cheng, who is sitting alone behind the big case. His two adopted sons, Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Mingyuance, are standing behind him. There are no other guards except a few old soldiers serving tea.
At the bottom, the civil and military officials were seated on two sides. There was a small table between each of them, with some cakes, dried fruits, tea, etc. placed on it.
Wang Yuanjing, the former military staff officer, handed a piece of paper to Zhang Chengfang, who passed it on to the major case in front of Zhang Cheng. After Zhang Cheng picked it up, he only glanced at it briefly. It was all content that had been discussed in previous meetings.
These include candidates for the expansion of the sixth battalion, as well as Yongningbo Zhang Cheng's proposal to set up a four-level and thirteen-level ranking system in the army, etc.
After he put the document back on the case, he turned to Wang Yuanding and nodded, saying: "Let me read the personnel arrangements of each battalion to the generals first."
Wang Yuanjing briefly sorted out the desk in front of him, and then began to introduce to everyone the personnel placement plan for the newly expanded sixth battalion.
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First of all, there is Wu Zhizhong, the chief general of the "Weiyuan Camp", deputy generals Lin Fangping and Xu Jinyong, the town governor is He Biao, the general town commander of the Yongyi Army, and the middle officer is Zhang Jintai.
The two cavalry departments in the camp have different names respectively. One is "Yulin Cavalry", and the commander-in-chief Qian is Li Changsheng; the second is "Tiger Guard Cavalry", and the commander-in-chief Qian is the Mongolian general Su Laohu. .
According to the provisions of the "Cavalry Regulations" formulated by Zhang Cheng, the cavalry is organized into groups of five people. The second corps is called the captain, with one captain on the outside, totaling eleven people; the third captain is the team, and the captain is the captain inside. Thirty-four people in total.
Then use the third team as the sentry, with one sentry officer outside, totaling 103 people; the fifth sentry as the division, with one general guard outside, totaling 516 people; finally, use the two divisions as one unit, with the outside There is one member in charge of the army, plus eight guards and soldiers, for a total of one thousand and forty cavalry.
The Yulin Cavalry and the Tiger Guard Cavalry are the core combat forces under Yongningbo Zhang Cheng. The elite cavalry in their units are carefully selected from each battalion of the Xuanfu Army, and then they are replenished to full strength, while the other battalions have The same cannot be said for cavalry.
In Zhang Cheng's imagination, the Yulin Cavalry were elite soldiers, equivalent to the military police of later generations. When they traveled in groups, they were also responsible for inspecting military appearance and discipline and correcting violations of military regulations.
However, Yu Linqi has no judicial power in the Yongyi Army. They can only conduct on-site inspections and corrections. If there is a need to convict the behavior, it can only be handed over to the Suijun Subduing Division for conviction and disposal.
The Tiger Guard Cavalry does not assume the responsibility of picketing and correcting. Together with the Yulin Cavalry, they serve as the main assault force of the Weiyuan Battalion, but the Tiger Guard Cavalry focuses more on guarding and sentry.
The commander-in-chief of the First Division of the Yulin Cavalry Department is Chang Zhengxiong, and the commander-in-chief of the Second Division is Zuo Qinghe; the commander-in-chief of the First Division of the Tiger Guard Battalion is Temu'er, the former sentry under Su Huhu, and the commander-in-chief of the Second Division is Zuo Qinghe. Huang Baozhong, the former leader of Yang Guozhu's servant team.
Zhang Cheng took a fancy to the excellent combat prowess of Huang Baozhong and his group of servants, so he naturally wanted to keep them by his side. Not only that, but most of the cavalry from the original Xuanfu Zhenbiao Battalion led by Guo Yingxian were also selected by him to join the Yulin Cavalry and the The tiger guard is riding.
In addition, the Qian General of the Weiyuan Battalion's infantry on the left was Yan Kuan, the nephew of Yan Qingrong, the commander of the Kaiping Guards, and the Qian of the right infantry was Du Youwei, the bandit "Tiao Jian Hu" whom Zhang Cheng had recruited in Henan Province.
There are also two units of artillery carriages. The Qian commanders are respectively Yu Shangke and Fan Qijin, commanders of the original carriage battalion. In addition to sixty side-chariots, each division will also be equipped with two newly made large artillery carriages. Ten cars.
There are also three baggage trains, including Liu Shouyue, Hou Shixin, and Ding Yukui, the commanders of the original carriage camp. Each of them is equipped with 120 baggage trucks weighing more than two thousand kilograms.
The medical department set up with the camp is headed by Shi Jianneng, and the head of the veterinary department is Liu Huicheng. These two departments are indispensable departments for the army. When marching or when the two armies are confronting each other, one is a man and the other is a horse. Only with good care and timely treatment of their injuries can we do our best to reduce battle losses.
The head of the Battalion Affairs Department was originally supposed to be Lin Fangping, but as the deputy general of the Weiyuan Battalion, he was already busy with many affairs, so Liu Minshen was appointed as the chief on his behalf. The same was true for the Military Affairs Department, where the chief was Wu Zhizhong, but Wang Yuanjing was appointed on his behalf. hold office.
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 could not directly serve as the head of the Military Affairs Department, so he made such an operation.
As for Wang Yuanjing, he has always had great prestige in the Yongyi Army. Many officers were his students. They learned reading and literacy under his hands and listened to his explanations of classic battles of past dynasties in order to learn lessons and experiences from them. Therefore, he is purely a companion. Tied!
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Next is the personnel arrangement of the Tengshe Camp. The leader will be the guerrilla general Wei Zhice of the original Che camp, and the deputy commanders will be Jin Yong, the former leader of the Yongwei camp, and Tang Xiancheng, the commander of the Xuanfu Zhenbiao Youying camp.
Jin Yong took up the post of deputy general because the Yongwei Camp he originally commanded had been merged into the Tengshe Camp, and the same was true for Tang Xiancheng. He was originally a general under Yang Guozhu, but now he has no backing and foundation and has been merged into the Tengshe Camp. Soaring Snake Camp may be the best place to stay.
Qin Dazhong from the original car camp continued to serve as the town governor, and the middle officer was served by Yu Deshui, the chief executive of the B Bureau of the Division A on the left side of the Yongwei camp.
The front cavalry commander in the camp was Qiu Yingquan, the former military sentry commander in the Yongwei camp, and the rear cavalry commander Ji Donglai was Tang Xiancheng's right battalion Qian Commander.
The two cavalry headquarters of the Tengshe Battalion have an establishment of 1,040 people. However, they are not fully staffed for the time being and can only be supplemented slowly in the future.
The Qianzong of the left infantry department is the old Qianzong Zheng Youjin of the left Yongwei battalion, and the Qianzong of the right infantry is also the old Qianzong of the former Yongwei battalion Gao Chengshan.
Others include Li Youcai, the commander of the artillery carriage, and the three convoy commanders are He Hongli, Huo Yuanshan, and Bian Jinzong. They were all promoted from the former commander of the carriage camp.
The guerrilla general Wei Zhice had been commanding the chariot camp before. However, this time because each battalion was expanded and equipped with artillery carriages and carriages, most of the former military commanders of the chariot camp were sent to each battalion as deputy generals to strengthen the strength of each battalion. Riding, infantry, and artillery drill together.
Therefore, he could only select and select a group of people at the level of the original commander of the vehicle camp to be promoted to commanders of artillery carriages and carriages in the Tengshe Camp. This was 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 is headed by guerrilla general Zhang Guangda, with Xiang Jinbao, the former Qianhu of the Car Battalion, and Wang Tierenwei, the former Qianhu of the Cavalry Battalion, as deputy generals. The town governor is replaced by Liu Jingzhu, the former Dushi Infantry Battalion.
Gu Zhide, the lieutenant officer of the Suzaku Battalion, was originally the captain of the second outpost team of the Cavalry Department under the cavalry battalion. This time, he was promoted to the battalion officer by Zhang Guangda.
Zhang Guangda no longer holds the concurrent post of the Qian Commander of the Heavy Cavalry Department in the camp. Instead, Hu Dayou, the former Qian Commander of the Ranger Cavalry Department, is promoted to serve as the Qian Commander of the Heavy Cavalry Department.
However, because heavy cavalry is time-consuming from selection to training, and its equipment is also valuable, and war horses are more difficult to find, so the heavy cavalry subordinates only have five sentry heavy cavalry, and their tentative number is only 516. The number of people is only equivalent to the strength of a division of Yu Linqi in Weiyuan Camp.
The original Mongolian Cavalry Department of the Cavalry Battalion is no longer separate, but is mixed into the Ranger Department. The former Mongolian Cavalry Department Qian Commander Mo Rigen is appointed as the new Ranger Department Qian Commander, under the jurisdiction of five sentry rangers. There were five hundred and sixteen mounted warriors.
The Qingqi Department promoted the former Qian Commander Ma Sanzhuang to the post of Qing Cavalry Commander Qian Commander since the former Qian Commander Wang Tieren had already served as the deputy general of the Qinglong Battalion. He was responsible for two divisions with a total of 1,040 cavalrymen. .
In addition, Wang Sanhu, the former commander-in-chief of the chariot division of the chariot battalion, was appointed as the commander of the first chariot division, while the commander of the chariot division of the first chariot division was temporarily replaced by Yang Qing, the sentry officer of the former cavalry battalion.
Zhang Guangda's cavalry battalion originally had 500 baggage soldiers, but now they are all integrated into the baggage department. Therefore, the battalion's baggage department not only has heavy baggage vehicles, but also many war horses, mules and auxiliary soldiers. .
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Zhang Guodong, the commander of the Qinglong Battalion, and Du Chungang, the former commander of the carriage camp, and Kuang Yongzhong, the guerrilla of the Xuanfu Ranger Battalion, will serve as deputy generals. Fang Zhihai, the former cavalry battalion, will serve as the town governor.
Although Kuang Yongzhong was not a direct subordinate of the former commander-in-chief Yang Guozhu, he and his troops were very capable. 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 both inside and outside the palace. He is very favored by the emperor and his soldiers, and he is very powerful in the Xuanfu. Isn't this the support he needs?
For this reason, Kuang Yongzhong had expressed to Zhang Cheng many times his determination to follow Yong Ningbo and make achievements. Therefore, during this expansion, Zhang Cheng integrated him and more than 2,000 soldiers under his command into Qinglong Camp.
The officer of the Qinglong Battalion was Liu Changliang, the former Commander-in-Chief of Qian, and his replacement general Zhang Guodong was directly in charge of the men and horses of the three departments of cavalry, artillery, and carriages of the Chinese Army.
Among them, the cavalry division has 516 knights; the artillery division has 20 side chariots, five large artillery carriages, and ten baggage carriages, with several coachmen, bargemen, gunners, etc.
In addition to thirty heavy baggage vehicles, the Chariot Division will also be equipped with vehicles and equipment such as wheelbarrows, stretcher trucks, command vehicles, watchtowers, siege couriers, etc., as well as a certain number of craftsmen who will accompany the army to repair the vehicles. and temporary fabrication of necessary equipment.
There are five infantry thousand headquarters in Qinglong Camp. The front thousand commander Han Rongkui was originally the thousand commander of Kuang Yongzhong Ranger Battalion; the rear commander Qian Mushi was the former thousand commander of Yongning Camp; the middle commander was Huang Daguang, who was the veteran of Chicheng Camp. General Manager of the Left Department, Chen Shi, was the former General Manager of the Left Department; Kong Shouchang, General Manager of the Right Department, was also the old General Manager of the Kuang Yongzhong Ranger Camp.
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The chief general of the White Tiger Camp is guerrilla general Chen Zheng, the deputy generals are Yu Jin, the former Qianhu of the Cheying Camp, and Qian Zongtian Mingyu, the former Dushi Camp. The town governor is replaced by Xia Shuncheng, the former Chicheng Camp.
The officer in the camp was Huang An, the veteran commander of the army who had participated in the Battle of Julu. He was also the acting commander-in-chief, Chen Zheng, who was directly in charge of the three divisions of cavalry, artillery, and carriages of the Chinese army. The equipment of each division was no different from that of the Qinglong camp.
The five Qianqian headquarters in Baihu Camp are also fully equipped. The front Qianzong is Laoqian General Manager Song Shanquan; the rear Qianzong is newly promoted Duan Qingzhong to replace Tian Mingyu; the middle Qianzong is Laoqian General Zhou Zhouping ; The Qianzong on the left is Lei Kejun from Yongning Camp; the Qianzong on the right Pan Chengji is a subordinate of He Zhenxiong from Zhenbiao Zuoying.
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Finally, there is the Xuanwu Battalion. The commander of the battalion is the guerrilla general Li Jiyu. The deputy generals are Liu Shizun, the former guard of Chang'an Mountain, and Qian Zonggou Changsheng, the commander on the right side of the chariot. The town governor is Liu Shizong, the former commander of Kaiping Guards. Ambition takes office.
The reason why Zhang Cheng arranged this was not only to use Liu Shizun and Gou Changsheng to contain Li Jiyu, but also to enable Li Jiyu's troops to be truly integrated with the Xuanfu army as soon as possible and become the real main force of the battalion.
You must know that the main force of the Xuanwu Camp is still the original Dengfeng Camp's more than 2,000 troops, but most of them are former bandits. Although they have received training in Yongning for a period of time, they are still far from the standards of a real battalion. gap.
Liu Shizun was born in a military family, and his military accomplishments were quite extraordinary. What was even more rare was that he was cautious and measured in his dealings. Having him assisting Li Jiyu also made Zhang Cheng feel more at ease.
Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Shizun is not Zhang Cheng's old friend when he was Qin Wang. This arrangement eliminates the suspicion of spying on Li Jiyu, which seems to be the most appropriate.
Then there is the former Chariot Department Chief Qian Yu Jin, whose understanding and mastery of vehicle-artillery coordination and infantry-artillery coordination are deeper than those of Li Jiyu and others. He is responsible for training Xuanwu Camp soldiers to use firearms and practice infantry. Artillery works together.
The lieutenant general of the Xuanwu Camp was still Zhou Ruli, the former lieutenant general of the Dengfeng Camp, who also took charge of the three departments of cavalry, artillery, and carriages on behalf of Li Jiyu.
However, Xuanwu Camp currently only has four infantry thousand headquarters, namely the front Qianzong Shen Jingbang; the rear Qianzong Ji Zhiying; the left Qianzong Hou Xu Guo is the former deputy Qianhu of Chang'anling brought by Liu Shizun; the right Qianzong Niu Gengtian was transferred from the former cavalry battalion’s ranger unit officer.
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In this way, the military positions of the newly expanded Sixth Battalion with a thousand generals and above were basically determined. After listening to Wang Yuanjing's announcement, the officials and generals present had no objections.
In fact, Zhang Cheng also put a lot of effort into this personnel appointment. Although he did not solicit opinions one by one, he also found several key people and had some private exchanges before finally finalizing it.
The most important thing is whether the camp leaders have any opinions. After all, these people will fight side by side with them in the future, and mutual trust and cooperation are very important.
Seeing that no one had any special opinions, the personnel arrangements for each battalion's commander-in-chief and above were finally established, and the remaining military positions under the commander-in-chief were left to the chief generals and deputy generals of each battalion to discuss and determine, and finally a list was formed and submitted to the Yongningbo shogunate. Just register and file.
Then began the discussion about the rank system proposed by Zhang Cheng. This is the focus of today's military discussion!
