Chapter 402: Establishing the Fifth Battalion
Jinse looked at Zhou Xian with some confusion and asked in a low voice: "Second Young Master, have you sent Chen Feng to Brother Li's side? Is he going to come back? And, are you going to stay in Laizhou to deal with something, or go to other places?"
Zhou Xian smiled bitterly and said, "He was not very at ease in the camp and kept asking Li Kai to plead for him and let him come back. I originally planned to send him to study at Six Arts College, but he was reluctant. This time I went to Laiyang and left him alone here, so I was not very relieved, so let him follow him! On the way, you can also take care of each other. I will go out for a long trip and will not be back in about a month. By the way, take Xia He with me and she will go with you."
Jinse frowned and nodded slightly and said, "Second Young Master, are you going to Liaodong again as you did last time?"
Zhou Xian smiled faintly and said, "Not this time, the place you are going to will be much safer. Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Jinse clenched his right hand uneasyly, and after a while, he nodded gently and said, "I understand."
Zhou Xian summoned Huang Fei, Tan Zhencai, and Zhao Xusheng came to Laizhou and briefly described his plan to integrate his soldiers to them. Tan Zhencai did not have much opinion. The Mo camp he commanded had originally 4,000 soldiers. If the troops were really increased to four thousand teams, his strength would not decline but increase. Zhao Xusheng was a little confused about this. His problem was mainly that there were too many soldiers to clear the garrison, and he was inconvenient to make arrangements at that time. When Zhou Xian proposed to be willing to give out a large sum of silver to eliminate the subsidies for the elderly and weak, he agreed.
The main problem is Huang Fei. He is the general of Denglai, who holds most of the troops in Dengzhou and has the right to mobilize the soldiers in Laizhou. If Zhou Xian follows Zhou Xian's method, he will lose the direct control of most of the soldiers under his opponent. He hesitated for a moment, stood up and bowed to Zhou Xian, and said, "Zhou... Zhou's troops in Dengzhou are characterized by strong north and weak south. Currently, nearly 6,000 soldiers have gathered in Laiyang, Penglai and other places. In the south of Dengzhou, including Wendeng Camp, there are only more than a thousand soldiers. If you follow your method, you have to transfer most soldiers from the north to the south. The various expenses in this, how many soldiers to be transferred and which soldiers to be transferred are all problems."
Zhou Xian nodded and said, "General Huang, you are right. But one thing is probably because I didn't explain it clearly just now. From now on, except for the navy in Penglai, the remaining four battalions were also located in Penglai. In the local area, only a certain number of battalions or city soldiers were retained to maintain local public order. The troops of these five battalions were used to conquer rebellions and eliminate the establishment of Manchus, not ordinary soldiers stationed in one place to maintain public order. In the four places of Laizhou City, Jiaozhou, Wendeng and Laiyang, only about one thousand soldiers would be left to maintain local public order. Of course, when a rebellion occurred in Denglai, the fifth battalion would also send troops to help local officials quell the rebellion."
Huang Fei's face changed slightly and he said, "All the soldiers and generals of these fifth battalions are stationed in Penglai?"
Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Yes, in order to facilitate unified command, this is the only way. But this is the goal I want to achieve in the end. I will talk about guerrillas, Deputy General Zhao and Li Kai for three months to integrate the soldiers under my jurisdiction into the four thousand-man teams I want, and stabilize the local situation before transferring them to Penglai. As for General Huang, your task is heavier. The integration of Penglai Island and Furong Island naval forces must be completed immediately, and the Zhizi Battalion you directly command must be built immediately."
Huang Fei was the general of Denglai, and Zhou Xian was just a general before. At this moment, the identities of both were completely reversed, and Zhou Xian became the immediate boss. He had not yet fully adapted to how to treat the latter? Or he had a slight anger in his heart, and he frowned and said, "Military Sect, this may not work. The integration of the navy is OK. You only need to transfer the soldiers from Furong Island to Penglai Island. But I have too many soldiers under my command. Who should be eliminated? This has to be carefully considered, otherwise there will be chaos."
Zhou Xian shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice: "The frontline war is urgent, and we cannot be allowed to proceed slowly. Zhizi Battalion must be established as soon as possible. General Huang, I will hand over the two thousand-person teams of Laizhou Battalion to you. You will summon two thousand-person teams to form the first new battalion of our army, Zhizi Battalion. As for the rest of the people you choose, we will hand it over to Deputy General Zhao, and Deputy General Zhao will select and form the Xinzi Battalion. Both battalions are carried out in Penglai, and at the same time, Renzi Battalion will be formed based on the Mo camp. Li Kai recruits soldiers in Laizhou to form the Yongzi Battalion. After the integration of these two battalions in Laizhou, they will go to Penglai. In short, I will build a group of soldiers who can directly start war and be independent."
Huang Fei's face changed slightly. He knew that there were only two teams of soldiers and 1,000 teams in Laizhou Camp. He had already envied the combat power they showed in the previous battle to wipe out the pirates. If Zhou Xian could hand over the two teams of soldiers to his hands, it would undoubtedly be a good thing for him. He asked in a tentative tone: "I wonder which two teams of soldiers Zhou Junmen wanted to transfer to Penglai?"
"For the two teams that Gao Yi had been in peace talks, Yu Qian will stay in Laizhou. He will be responsible for the construction and operation of artillery fields and shipyards in the future. At the same time, he will be responsible for many issues such as logistics, military supplies and military pay."
Yu Baiyi stood up and bowed to everyone, "All generals, if you have any requirements in the future, just ask me. The military gate has already said that if the requirements are reasonable, you will definitely satisfy you. In addition, the fire guns made from the artillery yard will be temporarily supplemented with the Zhizi Camp. Li Shoujie's Yongzi Camp will have a complete team of thousands of artillery 100 people. Apart from that, everything else is treated equally and distributed equally."
Everyone discussed for a while, mainly some details of the implementation, and there was no big problem. After discussing for a while, they dispersed.
Zhou Xian left Huang Fei alone and apologized: "General Huang, I am not targeting you in this matter. It is just that the court has assigned me important tasks, so I have to make some explanations. If there is any offense, I hope you can forgive me."
Huang Fei was stunned and stood up quickly and said, "What is the military gate saying? Right and wrong, Huang can still distinguish between right and wrong. But he was impatient just now and said something he shouldn't say. I really want Zhou Junmen to forgive me!"
Chapter completed!