After the military and political system of the vassal government was established, Zhao Tai appointed hundreds of officials at once.
After these officials entered their posts, the administrative and military systems of the vassal government began to operate, and military and political affairs gradually became more orderly.
At this time, more than 100,000 refugees were placed in various health camps, most of which were located on the edges of Yishan, Qunishan, and Mengshan Mountains, forming many clusters of forts in central Shandong.
This place is backed by mountains. If the Mongols attack, the forts can stand against the mountains.
If the Mongols attack, it is not difficult to remove a few forts, but if they want to completely clear the forts, the effort will be too great.
With these forts present, it is unlikely that the Mongolian army will move south in a large scale. If the Mongolian army does not come, the military households in each fort can go down the mountain for production.
Although Zhao Tai adopts a guard system, his guard soldiers cannot be regarded as regular armed forces, but can only be regarded as militia. However, this model of all people being soldiers will undoubtedly turn Zhao Tai into a hedgehog, making it difficult for the Mongolian army to attack.
Zhao Tai did not need these guards to be able to fight with him. He only needed them to have a certain ability to protect themselves and be able to undertake the tasks of transporting grain and grass and protecting the rear during a war, so that they could give the Mongols a headache.
While replenishing the population of the guard station, various branches in Zhongyi Town recruited soldiers. After being replenished, they marched to Pizhou and held a massive military parade at the school grounds outside the city.
More than 33,000 loyal soldiers, wearing various armors, turbans, iron pockets and fanyang hats, lined up in formation and practiced changes in military formations.
Although Zhao Tai had his own weapons workshop and began to make his own weapons and armor, the output was limited and he could not equip the entire army.
Therefore, the armor of the current Zhongyi Army is relatively messy, mainly armor aided by the Southern Song Dynasty, mixed with a large number of Jin Army and Mongolian Army armor.
Although the loyalty rate of the loyal army is high, the team looks relatively disorganized.
There are more than 30,000 people, some battalions are equipped with Song armor, and some battalions are equipped with Jin army and Mongolian army equipment.
When they come out as a single unit, they are very powerful, but when they gather together, they look a bit like a motley army.
Now the loyal army is on the battlefield. In order to identify ourselves and the enemy, those without helmets can only wrap their heads in red scarves, and those with helmets tie a red scarf around their necks to distinguish themselves.
At this time, Zhao Tai stood on the review stage and looked at the troops spread out on the campus. Seeing the soldiers dressed in various colors, he said solemnly: "We still need to make our own armor and weapons as soon as possible!"
"Don't worry, Commander. When Pizhou stabilizes and the workshops are fully engaged in production, we will be able to be self-sufficient in armor and weapons within three years." Wang Wentong is Zuo Military Advisor, in charge of administration and economy, and workshop production is also within his management. .
Now that the Mongolian army has broken through the Guanhe defense line, there is no danger to the west of Suining.
The last time Kublai Khan attacked Suining, posing a threat to the production of the workshops, Wang Wentong moved some of the workshops to Shandong.
These workshops were close to the Southern Song Dynasty and could quickly obtain raw materials to restart production.
Zhao Tai nodded slightly, then smiled and said: "Although the soldiers' clothes and armor are uneven, their steps are neat, and their fierceness after several battles can no longer be concealed."
"Master Hu Ben!" Wang Bin stroked his beard and said pleasant words, which made many generals who originally rejected him think that this new army master was not bad.
Zhao Tai's military parade this time has two main purposes. One is to reward his troops based on their merits, grant titles and ranks to his subordinates, and at the same time enhance the cohesion and pride of the troops. The other is to boost military morale and prepare for the next battle for Shandong.
At this time, after the drill, the newly arrived right military advisor Wang Bin began to preside over the official ceremony.
Now that the feudal town has established its own military and political system, the officers must be re-granted official positions.
Because now the Kingdom of Jin is at the end of its rope, and what a dynasty at the end of its rope likes to do most is to abuse officials and titles, hoping to attract people through official titles and titles, so that people can continue to serve the dynasty that is about to perish.
This is also the reason why at the end of each dynasty, princes are everywhere and kings are worthless.
Now the Jin Dynasty's court wants money, but it doesn't have money, it wants land, but it doesn't matter, and it wants official positions and titles, but it's just a matter of paper.
Within a year, Zhao Tai was named Duke of the Kingdom, and the official positions and titles of the Jin Kingdom were already quite confusing.
This brought a problem to Zhao Tai, who continued to use the official position of the Jin Kingdom. The commander of a battalion under him was just a commander, but other Jin army commanders were also commanders of the same battalion. They may have been earls, and even their official titles were not. Much taller than his subordinates.
This will cause confusion in the minds of the Zhongyi Army. Some people think that commanding 500 people under Zhao Tai is just a small officer, but he is a general elsewhere, which is not conducive to uniting people.
Therefore, Zhao Tai adopted Wang Bin's suggestion, separated from the military and political system of the Jin Kingdom, and established his own official system.
In this way, the systems of the two sides are different, and his subordinates will not envy the officials and titles given by Jin Guo, but focus on the treatment.
At this time, 33,000 troops were deployed on the school grounds, and officers from each battalion gathered under the review stage, waiting to receive new official titles.
Nowadays, the vassal government cannot uniformly dress the army, but the officials can wear new official robes.
Wang Bin, the right military advisor in charge of military discipline and supervision, wore a brand-new official robe and presided over the ceremony.
"Everyone, today is my Loyalty Day, the day I am reorganized into an army!" Wang Bin said loudly: "Now, please, Commander-in-Chief, grant official positions to everyone!"
The officers in the audience were mainly divided into two groups. The largest number were Sun Li, Liu Dun, Xu Erzhu, Tang Liang, Chang Yu, Wanyan Chengde, Wanyan Chenghu and other people who had followed Zhao Tai earlier.
The Southern Song Dynasty officers such as Chen Zhong, Wang Xiu, and Zhu Chaoyi were not as numerous as the elders, but their average positions were higher than those of the elders, so the two sides could be said to be equally matched.
There is also a small group of people who were recently recruited, represented by Li Xizhu and Zhou Baoguo. They are newcomers and have the smallest strength.
These three groups also have different attitudes towards Wang Bin.
Although Wang Bin had just joined the group and was very polite to everyone, the elders disliked this right military advisor the most.
Because they were the first to join, but were overwhelmed by the officer corps of the Southern Song Dynasty, and now a military advisor was parachuted in, who would still control their military discipline and ride on their heads, so they felt the most uncomfortable.
Everyone else was listening carefully to Wang Bin's speech. Only they looked around and even whispered about what official position they would get, so as not to give Wang Bin face.
Chen Zhong and others had a more neutral attitude and were not so disgusted with Wang Bin. Only Li Xizhu and other newcomers looked at Wang Bin with eager and expectant eyes and listened to his words.
Zhao Tai took all this into consideration. He stepped forward to take the big iron trumpet and said loudly: "All soldiers, follow me. Today, I will give you a title. Now, I announce that Li Xizhu has been appointed as Zhongyi Town. Wuning Army Huaiyuan Camp Commander."
