Lingui County stabilized, and Li Zhen began to rectify the soldiers and recruit craftsmen to repair the county seat of Lingui County. On the fifth day, news came from the front that it was confirmed that Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong were heading towards Vietnam.
This news made Li Zhen breathe a sigh of relief.
In a short period of time, he can free up his hands to rectify domestic affairs.
Next, Li Zhen re-appointed the county magistrate of Lingui County, appointed the prefect of Guilin, and sorted out the officials of the entire Guangxi Province, making Guangxi run smoothly. As for the post of Governor of Guangxi, Li Zhen did not think about it. Who should take the post? Guangxi borders Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and other places. If it develops to the west, it can control Yunnan and then contain Sichuan. This is what Li Zhen needs, and it is also a springboard for taking over other provinces in the future.
The most important thing is that there are brothers Xi Yinglong in Vietnam south of Guangxi, and the French also stay in Vietnam.
Li Zhen wanted to be prepared for changes in the south, and he had to have someone stay behind.
In the big tent, Li Zhen summoned Yang Luchan, Smith, Yang Banhou, Zhou Xiuying and others to gather together. Li Zhen glanced at everyone and said, "I have called you here to announce the people who are staying in Guangxi."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts were hanging in the air, waiting for Li Zhen to reveal the list of people who would stay behind.
Li Zhen continued: "Before announcing the people who will stay behind, I have to announce one more thing. The army has developed to this point and can be expanded again. It is no longer limited to one or two regiments. It is only the soldiers under Yang Banhou. There were more than 3,000 troops, and at the highest, there were more than 5,000 troops, at least the strength of a brigade."
After a pause, Li Zhen said again: "The troops under Smith and Zhou Xiuying have already reached the size of a brigade of 3,000 people, so I think we should expand the organization from the current regiment to a division. The establishment is 10,000 people. Although your troops cannot reach 10,000 people, you can still achieve it as long as you continue to increase your troops and consolidate your strength."
Smith said seriously: "Don't worry, Commander, I will complete the expansion of our troops as soon as possible."
Yang Banhou geared up and said loudly: "Commander, ten thousand people are nothing. When we attacked Xunzhou Prefecture before, we gathered as many as fifty or sixty thousand troops under our command. Don't worry, I will complete it in a short time."
Zhou Xiuying also nodded solemnly, but it was still a bit difficult for her to ask for a female soldier.
Ten thousand female soldiers is not a small number.
After listening to what Smith and Yang Banhou said, Li Zhen looked serious and said solemnly: "I need the number of soldiers, but more importantly, I need the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. The improvement of combat effectiveness is not only useful if there are more people, but the most important thing is The quality of the soldiers must be ensured. The soldiers must be elite. The establishment of 10,000 soldiers is placed here. You can slowly increase the number of troops and select them slowly. Do not rush for success. It is useless to try to achieve the goal at once. "
"clear."
The three of them nodded in agreement, with serious looks in their eyes.
Li Zhen continued: "When I return to Guangdong, I will issue the order to expand the military strength in a document. As for those who stay behind, I plan that Marquis Yang Ban will stay in Guangxi and be garrisoned by your First Division."
First Division.
After hearing this, Yang Banhou's eyes shone.
In the past, when Li Zhen established five regiments, Yang Banhou led the first regiment, Qi Zhenhai led the second regiment, and Zhou Xiuying led the fifth regiment. Now, the army has expanded again, and he is already the first division. In the future, it will probably be the First Army or something like that.
For a moment, Yang Banhou was filled with ambition.
He stood at attention, saluted, and said loudly: "Commander, please rest assured, I will definitely defend Guangxi."
Li Zhen nodded and said: "I believe you can hold on, but I hope you will also stick to your responsibilities. Your army belongs to the garrison. It can train troops and recruit soldiers, but it must not interfere with the political affairs of Guangxi. The military and political affairs will be separated. I will
As soon as possible, appoint someone as the governor of Guangxi, who will be responsible for the political affairs of Guangxi. You two will not interfere, but the governor of Guangxi needs your cooperation, and you must cooperate fully, otherwise the news will get back to my ears, and you will bear the consequences."
"yes."
Yang Banhou asked again: "Commander, please make a preliminary decision on who will be the governor of Guangxi."
Li Zhendao: "It's not decided yet."
After a pause, Li Zhen looked at Smith and others and said: "Smith, Zhou Xiuying, I will give you two days to adjust the army, and then set off to leave Guangxi."
"yes."
The two agreed and turned around to leave.
Li Zhen sent his men away and stayed alone in the tent, thinking about the candidate for governor of Guangxi.
This person must be competent.
…
When Yang Banhou left the camp, Smith immediately congratulated: "Captain Yang, oh no, Commander Yang, the Marshal ordered you to station in Guangxi. You can be regarded as a frontier official. Compared with us who are still following the Marshal, you should be
It's really different." In his words, Smith had a sour feeling. After all, it was a great honor to be deployed as a senior member of the army.
Zhou Xiuying also said: "Mr. Yang, let's see your wonderful performance in Guangxi."
Yang Banhou said: "Mr. Smith, Mr. Zhou, I also envy you. As the saying goes, the first to get the moon is the one who is near the water and the tower. If you follow the commander, you will use the sophisticated weapons and equipment first. I can only queue behind and the treatment will be the same as yours."
It is definitely worse. Besides, Smith, you are the first American to serve as a division commander. This is an incredible ability. Mr. Zhou is a woman, but he is a hero among women. He is truly a woman who is not inferior to men, which makes me envious.
I can’t help it.”
Yang Banhou said with a smile on his face: "For me to be reused by the commander, my ability is second. The commander will only reuse me because I have been with him for a long time. Compared to you, I am still far behind.
"
Zhou Xiuying and Smith smiled slightly, feeling quite comfortable.
The two knew that this was a compliment from Yang Banhou, but they felt comfortable hearing it.
Yang Luchan came over and shouted: "You bastard, come here."
When Yang Banhou heard this, his mouth twitched. After all, he was the commander of the First Division, but no matter what, Yang Luchan was his father. Yang Banhou held his hands and said: "You two, my father asked me to come over.
I'm sorry." He nodded to the two of them and apologized, walked to Yang Luchan and asked, "Dad, do you have anything to do with me?"
"If nothing happens, why should I ask you?"
Yang Luchan said: "I came to you to tell you that you are still young, but you are already a teacher stationed on one side. I heard this and felt very happy. After all, our old Yang family has produced an extraordinary person.
However, I want to remind you that the Marshal asked you to stay in Guangxi. Although your ability is good, it is also because of my face. Otherwise, why wouldn't Smith stay?"
After a pause, Yang Luchan said again: "The Marshal is a person who does big things. You will not suffer any loss if you follow the Marshal in doing things. I hope you will guard against arrogance and impetuosity, calm down and work, and use the opportunity of being stationed in Guangxi to train.
When a strong army comes out, it should live up to the title of 'First Division'. The First Division cannot be just ranked as one, two, three, four, and five, but must be used as a manifestation of strength, understand."
"Dad, don't worry, my son understands."
Yang Banhou somewhat disagreed with Yang Luchan's statement that it was for his own sake, but he still nodded solemnly. As Yang Luchan said, the First Division must deserve its title and become the true First Division.
