Zeng Guofan received a handwritten edict from Xianfeng, which stated: Zeng Guofan, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, was originally from Xiangxiang. Hearing about his great talent, he must be familiar with local people in Hunan, so he passed the decree to Gaifu (Governor of Hunan) and asked him to help him handle it.

The province's regiment trains local bravery and investigates bandit affairs. I will do my best and live up to the entrustment.

Zeng Guofan took the manuscript and found Luo Zenan, Liu Rong, Wang Hao, Li Xubin and others who were close to him.

After reading the handwriting, Li Xubin said excitedly: "Now it's good, we can legitimately conduct group training."

Luo Zenan read the edict carefully, thought about it for a moment, then shook his head and said: "The emperor still opposes the establishment of local armed forces that are not under the control of the imperial court. The regiment training is donated by the squires. It does not need to take orders from the government and is controlled by the squires. The edict only allows us to do it.

The regiment is here to protect the country and the people, but there is no mention of whether we can go to other provinces to fight against the rebels."

Zeng Guofan said confidently: "The Hong bandits were defeated under the city of Changsha and fled to Hubei. I heard that they were collecting ships in Jingzhou and planned to go west to Sichuan. At that time, Hunan was attacked from both sides. So we had to steal and change the pillars and formally gathered several regiments to form the Hunan Army.

, fight against thieves.”

Wang Qiu (zhen) said with a smile: "I think the emperor will turn a blind eye and recognize the Hunan Army."

Zeng Guofan looked at Luo Zenan, Wang Zhao, and Li Xubin respectively and said: "After these few people go back, they will bring some of the country warriors to Changsha. I plan to first organize and train a total of 1,000 people in the third battalion. Zhongyue, you will be in charge of the Zhongying, and Pushan, you will temporarily

Be the leader of the left camp, Ke Hui, and be the leader of the right camp."

Several people kept nodding. Luo Zenand was highly respected and their teacher. Among them, the camp manager was the one whom everyone expected.

Wang Hao was both civil and military, and he was strict in running the army. If there was a time when the hungry people caused trouble, Wang Hao would invite people from his hometown, use military methods to reorganize and train a little, pretend to be officers and soldiers, and use bluffs and deception to disperse the hungry people.

Not to mention Li Xubin, he personally recruited 0 local warriors, taught them the art of joint attack, and cooperated with Jiang Zhongyuan to annihilate Li Yuan and launch an uprising.

Jingzhou, Taiping Army garrison

Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing sat opposite each other, looking at the letters on the table with jealous expressions on their faces.

Yang Xiuqing gritted her teeth and said: "I have long seen that that boy Li Yunzhong is very ambitious. He gave Changsha to us to hide his evil intentions. He asked us to hold back Qingyao so that he could take the opportunity to go north. I didn't expect that he would now take over Nanjing."

Hong Xiuquan's mind was filled with the beauties and treasures of Nanjing City. He envied and said: "He is so blessed. If it were me, I would have to spend all day in the palace enjoying the blessings."

Yang Xiuqing shook his head and said: "Now that Hubei has deployed heavy troops, and Henan has heard that there are tens of thousands of Qingyao cavalry, our only option is to take a boat to the west to attack Sichuan."

"Xiuqing, you can decide these matters yourself," Hong Xiuquan said.

…

Since Li Yunzhong captured Nanjing, he has been busy organizing and training the army. He has a wise saying in his heart: political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Li Yunzhong will never allow others to have a higher influence than him in the army. After dividing the organization, Li Yunzhong held a meeting in Nanjing.

The first military meeting was held to appoint the commanders of the troops.

When Li Yunzhong saw that everyone had gathered, he handed out the organization form in his hand and said without any hesitation: "Now our Han army has a total of 58,000 people, divided into 6 armies. Now I will announce the military division commanders of each army.

The First Army was the Guards, defending Nanjing (Li Yunzhong changed Jiangning to Nanjing), and was organized into the 1st Division and the 2nd Division. The army commander was taken over by Su Sanniang, the 1st Division Commander Li Xiucheng, and the 2nd Division Commander Li Chunfa. Each division

Three regiments, totaling 6,000 people.

The commander of the Second Army, Luo Gangyou, was responsible for the 3rd Division, the 4th Division, the 3rd Division Commander Li Shixian, and the 4th Division Commander Huang San. They mainly defended the Qing Army in Jiangbei and were based in Yangzhou.

The commander of the Third Army, Zeng Shuiyuan, was under the jurisdiction of the 5th Division and the 6th Division. The commander of the 5th Division was He Lu, and the commander of the 6th Division was Zhou Guotai. After the reorganization of the Third Army was completed, it attacked Jiangxi.

The commander of the Fourth Army, Hong Xuanjiao, was responsible for the 7th Division and the 8th Division. Yang Changmei, the commander of the 7th Division, and Xiao Yunmei, the commander of the 8th Division. The two divisions of the Fourth Army took turns to defend the palace, with two regiments in each division, totaling 2,000 people.

Ling Shiba, the commander of the Fifth Army, has the 9th Division and the 10th Division under his jurisdiction. The 9th Division Commander Chen Chengrong and the 10th Division Commander Lin Shaozhang will attack in the direction of southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang after the reorganization is completed.

Li Desheng, commander of the Seventh Army, has jurisdiction over the 13th Division and the 14th Division. Liu Cai, the commander of the 13th Division, and Lin Qirong, the commander of the 14th Division, are responsible for the Seventh Army's defense of Anhui.

The Sixth Army is a navy, with commander Tang Zhengcai and 10,000 sailors. It is divided into two brigades and ten battalions. The brigade commanders are Wang Gang and Wang Xin.

Except for the First Army and the Fourth Army, the other armies each have 8,000 men, and each division has two regiments, with each regiment having 2,000 men.

This is how it is compiled, are there any problems?"

Jiao Liang felt depressed when he saw that his name was not on it, so he planned to question Li Yunzhong after he finished speaking. However, he saw several sworn brothers of Li Yunzhong opposite were smiling, and his heart moved. Sure enough, there were no names on it either.

It tastes sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and everything. It seems that I still have not integrated into the inner circle of His Highness the King of Han. Li Yunzhong must have promised them greater benefits, and I received the same treatment as them, but I was not notified in advance.

Zhou Guoyu said: "Your Highness, I still don't understand the military commanders and division commanders above. How big an official is I, the division commander?"

Li Yunzhong smiled and said: "Division commander, brigadier general, corps commander major general."

Zhou Guoyu muttered: "What brigadier general? Major general? I don't understand."

Li Yunzhong saw that it was not just Zhou Guoyu who had questions, but everyone present did not understand what the brigadier general and major general meant. He thought to himself: It is not a good thing to be too far ahead. Then he asked: "Then what do you think?"

Zuo Zongtang said: "Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties established the nine-grade system, all dynasties and generations have used this system. Why don't we use it?"

Meng Shengsheng retorted: "When the Han Dynasty was first established, it cannot be the same as the Qing Dynasty. The system, official names, and army should all be changed, so as to show the difference between the Han Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty."

Zuo Zongtang was stunned and couldn't understand what Meng Shengsheng meant. Isn't this nonsense? He also saw many people nodding in agreement, thinking that he was a new comer and it was not appropriate to argue with him, so he calmly stopped speaking.

Li Yunzhong also disagreed with Meng Shengsheng's words, saying: "This seems extreme. I think the nine-level system is very good, easy to understand, and was created by us Han people, so it can be used."

He Lu also wanted to know that he was an official in Dadu. Seeing that the King of Han agreed to the nine-rank system, he immediately asked: "What rank is the teacher?"

Jiao Liang looked at Zhou Guoyu and He Lu with a headache. It was so embarrassing. The other military-level officers did not speak. Only these two division commanders came forward again and again, and they still questioned His Highness! This would make His Highness think that it was him.

Did you pay off the instruction? Thinking of this, Jiao Liang immediately shouted to He Lu: "Shut up, how big an official are you? His Highness the King of Han will announce it later, why are you in a hurry!"

Li Yunzhong waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't have to be like this, Governor Jiao, it's human nature. This teacher is a fourth-grade commander, as big as the prefect."

Zhou Guoyu said in shock: "Then I am the prefect, haha, I have a glorious ancestor, wu... wu... Mom and dad, I am the prefect now."

As he spoke, he actually started crying.

He Lu laughed and scolded: "I don't want you to be a magistrate, let's see how happy you are."
Chapter completed!