When Li Chengzhong hurried back to the Jianzu Camp in the west of Youzhou City, the army reorganization had not officially begun, but he heard that Jiedu Mansion had already begun preparations in full swing. He told Zhou Zhiyu about his journey to Pingzhou. Regarding Pingzhou
No one knows whether the governor Zhang Zaiji can really write to the Jiedu government as everyone wishes. Everyone who should work hard has worked hard, and everyone can only do their best and obey fate.
After waiting impatiently for a few days in uneasiness and anticipation, an official document arrived from the Jiedu Mansion in the city! When Zhou Zhiyu opened it nervously in front of Zhao Zaili and Li Chengzhong, who had conspired to participate in the matter, he looked at it with confusion on his face.
He suddenly became happy. This was a message signed by Judge Jiedu. It was addressed to all departments of the Chinese Army, including Yameni Army, Yier Army, Yinhuludu, Shanhou Army and Jianzu Camp. They were looking for those who were willing to go out to Zhenping.
The chief officers of each battalion in the prefecture should report to Jiedu Prefecture within three days if they are interested.
Zhou Zhiyu finally got his wish and was appointed to guard Yuguan. In this appointment, he will serve as the military envoy of Pingzhou and the guard of Yuguan. His rank remains unchanged and he will still be a guerrilla general below the fifth rank. With Zhou Zhiyu
At the same time, Yu's appointment letter also issued a new army reorganization plan for the Lulong Army. The original plan to abolish the Jianzu Camp remained unchanged. In other words, the short four-month military establishment history of the Jianzu Camp came to an end. From now on, no one in the Lulong Army would
Then there is this preparation.
Perhaps taking into account the special nature of the Hulu invasion of Pingzhou, or perhaps in order to compensate Zhou Zhiyu and the Jianzu Battalion for their great contributions in the Southern Expedition, with the nod of General Liu Rengong, the Jiedu Mansion authorized Zhou Zhiyu to go to Pingzhou to recruit young men.
Zhuang, set up a Pingzhou town army with a standard structure of three battalions, with Pingzhou raising its own rations and salaries. The so-called standard structure, that is, the five capitals implemented by the Yameni army are divided into one battalion, each with one hundred people, and Zhou Zhiyu is under the command
The Pingzhou Army of 1,500 men will be allowed to be formed.
The organization of the Lulong Army is one group of ten, five groups and one team, two teams and one capital, three or five capitals and one battalion, two or five battalions per box, and above that is an independent army. The names of each army are also
Different from each other, for example, the Marshal's Yameni Army, Yi'er Army, Shanhou Army, etc. are called "Jun", Yin Gourd Capital, Badu Cavalry is called "Du", and Jianzu Camp is called "Ying", all have their origins and traditions.
Of course, the Jiedu Prefecture will not allow local military leaders to appear again after the army is reorganized. Therefore, in the establishment, the appointment of officers above the head of the army must be specially requested from the Jiedu Prefecture.
Zhou Zhiyu, the newly appointed Pingzhou military envoy, will consult with the Pingzhou Governor's Office and report to the Jiedu Office at that time. In any case, Zhou Zhiyu has retained his status and independent authority as the local military leader. He is greatly relieved.
Immediately, the entire camp was informed of the situation.
Zhou Zhiyu summoned all 387 brothers in the battalion and made a passionate mobilization. He hoped that everyone could follow him to Pingzhou to resist the Hulu invasion and ensure stability. At the same time, he also promised
, he will remember all the brothers who follow him, and when the time is right, he will definitely reward them.
It is dangerous and hard to go to Pingzhou to guard the border. According to the army reorganization plan, the brothers from the former Jianzu Camp will be incorporated into the Marshal's Yameni Army after the whole camp is disbanded, and their treatment will be much higher. Many brothers have just returned from the southern expedition.
After escaping from a major defeat and experiencing life and death hardships, he naturally did not want to follow Zhou Zhiyu at the border. Therefore, Zhou Zhiyu's mobilization effect was not ideal. At the last moment when he went to Pingzhou to take office, only a few people were willing to follow him.
Eighty-three people. There is not one officer of the eighth rank and above. There is one Colonel Renyong from the ninth rank. There is one deputy captain Renyong from the ninth rank. There are two Rong captains from the ninth rank and Rong companions from the ninth rank.
There are nine lieutenants and a total of thirteen officers. Four of them are Zhou Zhiyu's personal guards, and the remaining nine are nine gang leaders.
Faced with this situation, Zhou Zhiyu felt helpless, but then he regained his composure. His mind was already on Pingzhou and Yuguan. As long as he had dozens of veterans who had experienced battlefield fighting, where could he go?
Can't you rebuild an army?
Jiang Miao seemed to have identified Li Chengzhong, and he was willing to follow Li Chengzhong wherever he went. Zhou Qidao and Zhou Xiaolang, because their entire village was massacred, had no relatives, so they chose to go to Pingzhou. Zhang Xingzhong never responded to this, and Li Chengzhong
After asking him twice, he shook his head and said nothing, neither saying to go nor saying not to go. Li Chengzhong understood him very well. After all, his whole family was in Youzhou City, so it was really difficult for him to go to guard the border, so he didn't want to go.
No more questions. Zhong Silang has always had the desire to join the army and hopes to gain fame on the battlefield, so he went with him this time. The reason why Wang Dalang is willing to go to Pingzhou is somewhat speculative. His theory is that he will follow Zhou Zhiyu
The fewer people there are, the more opportunities he has.
On the early morning of the day of departure, a total of eighteen people from Youdu packed their bags and followed Li Chengzhong, including Zhao Da of the Huotou Army and two crossbowmen Meng Xuxing and Jiao Chengqiao. The entire Youdu was also among the team that accompanied Zhou Zhiyu to Pingzhou.
The most neat thing is that this made the commander who gradually understood the inside story of Youdu make Zhou Zhiyu look at Li Chengzhong in a new light.
When the team detoured to the east gate of Youzhou, Li Chengzhong saw Zhang Xingzhong. He was carrying a large package and chased him from behind, panting. Zhou slashed his chest and punched him, laughing and cursing: "Everyone
It’s always so slow!”
Zhang Xingzhong took a breath, smiled, and then said to Li Chengzhong: "It's not that I don't want to go, it's just that my parents are all at home, so I'm a little hesitant..."
Li Chengzhong nodded and said, "Why did you decide to go again?"
Zhang Xingzhong sighed: "I heard that I was going to Pingzhou to guard the border, and a certain family member insisted on driving me there..." As soon as he heard that it was Zhang Xingzhong's father's idea, Li Chengzhong immediately thought of the drunk old man.
He shouted "Kill! Kill! Kill!", and immediately he smiled and pulled Zhang Xingzhong into the team.
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On the grassland in front of the pine forest three miles south of Pingzhou City, the original Pingzhou Army camp has been renovated under the instructions of the governor Zhang Zaiji. It is a camp that can accommodate 2,000 people. Before the Lulong Army marched south to Weibo, it had been
The Pingzhou town army garrison has all the facilities, including military buildings, stables, playgrounds, archery towers, etc. According to Zhang Zaiji's instructions, Magistrate Zheng personally recruited a thousand refugees, and within three days, all areas were
It was swept clean, the damaged fences were repaired, the window paper of the military building was re-pasted, and even the horse stalls were carefully washed.
When Zhang Zaiji led a group of officials from the governor's office and Lulong County to welcome the new Pingzhou military envoy at the gate of the camp, his eyes couldn't help but darken a little, and he was a little disappointed. Without him, the former officers and soldiers of the Jianzu camp led by Zhou Zhiyu were really
A bit... too few. There were more than a hundred officials, gentry, subordinates, and government officials waiting in Pingzhou alone. Both sides were also crowded with Pingzhou people and refugees who came to watch. Everyone wanted to see the army.
But in the end, only a few dozen came.
Zhang Zaiji asked unwillingly: "I have a question, how many people will be left in the follow-up? I can tell you about the arrangements below."
Zhou Zhiyu was a little embarrassed, but in front of so many people, he could not lose his dignity. He coughed and said with a smile: "Hulu, you are just a jumper. With ringworm and scabies, how many people are needed? With these few
Ten veterans are enough!"
The two had always had a close friendship. They were playmates in the same village and grew up together. However, one later studied literature and the other studied martial arts. Zhang Zaiji naturally knew that this inquiring brother was being tough, so he could only smile helplessly and lead
Zhou Zhiyu and others entered the camp.
Zhou Zhiyu is the newly appointed military envoy of Pingzhou and the guardian envoy of Yuguan. In other words, he is the nominal second-in-command in Pingzhou. However, within the Lulong military system, the military envoys of various states are directly controlled by Jiedu government.
, the governor Zhang Zai Ji was not in charge of Zhou Zhiyu. On the contrary, in many prefectures and counties of the Lulong Army, the military envoys held military power and were directly under the jurisdiction of Jiedu Prefecture. They often had more weight in local affairs, and some strong envoys even directly intervened.
As for local government affairs, the governor was also helpless. When such a person arrived, all the people in Pingzhou who could get on the stage were present. That night, a banquet was held in the military camp to reward the newly arrived Zhou Zhiyu and others.
Zhou Zhiyu is a neat and tidy person who doesn't like to be sloppy. His mind is not on enjoyment at all. He rushed to the governor's office in the city early the next morning and discussed with Zhang Zaiji for a whole day to sort out the food and salary matters and the details of recruiting refugees.
After finalizing the decision, he brought a stack of documents with him when he came back. He convened a military meeting with all the officers in the military camp and announced the new appointment on the spot.
If you want to reorganize the Pingzhou Town Army, you must build up the officer frame. Zhou Zhiyu had already thought about this on the way here. According to the establishment given by Jiedu Mansion, the Pingzhou Town Army includes three standard battalions.
Each battalion has five captains, each captain has two teams, and each team has ten groups. The actual leading officers are commanders of three battalions. There are fifteen captains and team leaders, fifteen team leaders, and one hundred and fifty team leaders.
.In fact, the military commanders will not be recruited according to the full strength. In short, they will receive empty pay. This is not only the practice of the Lulong Army, but also the practice of all armies in the world. What if the military commanders do not receive empty pay?
How to feed a family? How to welcome and send off people? How to enjoy honor and wealth? Even at critical moments, where can you get the money to reward your brothers and make them work hard?
Better military leaders only get 10% free pay, while worse ones get 20%, 30%, or even 50%! Zhou Zhiyu can be considered a good military leader, he has greater ideals and ambitions.
Therefore, he only planned to eat 200 people in his plan. His plan was to personally serve as the commander of the central camp, which would only have three capitals, and eat all the remaining two capitals. The money would be reserved for emergency use. At the same time, the other two battalions
The commander does not intend to appoint them for the time being. Firstly, there are no good candidates, and secondly, they can be reserved for the future promotion of soldiers with merit. Therefore, the actual number of officers he needs to appoint is thirteen captains and captains, and thirteen
The team leader and one hundred and thirty team leaders.
But currently, including the personal guards, the newly established Pingzhou Town Army currently has only 84 people, including 14 officers, and ten of the officers are group leaders. The lack of personnel made Zhou Zhiyu very embarrassed, so he thought about everything
I thought, so I simply discussed it with the governor Zhang Zaiji, and directly wrote down seventy reports in the name of the military envoy and the governor, the deputy lieutenant of the ninth rank to accompany the Rong, the captain of the tenth rank, and the captain of the ninth rank to accompany the Rong.
In other words, all the former soldiers from the Jianzu Battalion who came to Pingzhou were promoted to one level!
According to this appointment, the Pingzhou Town Army can set up a force of 700 soldiers, that is, the officers of the seven capitals. Of course, all of them currently have no captains, and two of them have not yet been captained. The appointment of the captains is required.
A special request was made to the Jiedu Prefecture. The Pingzhou Army was newly established and had no military exploits yet, so the first-level officers could only wait until the future. The two vacancies of the four team captains, Zhou Zhiyu simply let the four senior officers
The guards were combined and directly served as the middle camp. The remaining five were organized into the left camp. The battalion command was also temporarily led by Zhou Zhiyu, while the right camp was completely vacant.
As a result, everyone immediately became excited during the military meeting. Everyone shared the benefits of the new camp head and felt that the trip was worthwhile.