According to the agreement and the collection of existing weapons and equipment in advance by Zhou Shixiang and Song Xianggong, the Taiping Army will be reorganized into the left camp of the infantry, the right camp of the infantry, the personal camp of the infantry, the artillery camp, and the baggage camp. Another part of the water camp and the cavalry camp will be formed. At the same time, the military commander's office will be established and the reserve camp will be added.

The left and right camps of the infantry army were formed by the merger of the original camp, the Xiongwei camp and the Zhenlu battalion. The insufficient soldiers were drawn by the Guards and Hujie.

The reorganized infantry army had 3,000 people from the left and right battalions, among which the weapons of the left battalion of the infantry army were standardized as 1,000 swords, 2,000 spears, 160 bows, 30 crossbows, 150 iron armor, 1,200 cotton armor, and 900 shields.

The right battalion of the infantry army is a half-fire weapon soldier. The standard weapons are 1,200 guns, 500 knives, 1,200 spears, 120 axes, 60 iron armor, 600 cotton armor, and 300 shields.

The personal military camp was adapted from the former Guards camp. The entire battalion had 1,000 troops. The standard weapon was 200 knives and 800 spears;

The entire cannon battalion has 1,000 troops, 116 large and small copper cannons, 130 guns, 40 tiger cannons, 150 cannons, 100 double-wheeled carts, and 400 cannons for a total of 400 horses, donkeys and mules.

The baggage battalion consisted of the remaining troops of the guards and the second battalion of Hujie and the former security guards were transferred. The troops were 1,500 people, and the weapons were mainly knives and spears. The Taiping Army's livestock that originally had chariots were concentrated in the baggage battalion except for the artillery battalion, for transportation.

The water camp is composed of newly recruited Xiangshan fishermen and Chaozhou soldiers among the former surrendered soldiers, and tentatively 800 people. Since the water camp is newly formed, there are no warships yet.

In order to solve the embarrassment of the water camp being in name only, Zhou Shixiang asked Liao Ruixiang to try his best to purchase fishing boats from fishermen and convert them into small warships that can travel in the inland rivers. The water supply camp will train first. In addition, it is also necessary to hire craftsmen to go to Xiangshan to build warships that can sail on the Pearl River and Tan Rivers for the water camp, and it is best to sail on the sea.

This requirement is obviously a bit unrealistic, and the funds from the public treasury are not enough to bear the requirements of building a navy. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang could only develop slowly. With a try-and-see attitude, he sent people to Xinhui to buy ships from Chen Qice, and asked fishermen to go to the coastal areas to ask foreign pirates. If they were willing to surrender to the Taiping Army, Zhou Shixiang would use it.

The cavalry camp was expanded by Shao Chengguo's cavalry team. Due to insufficient horses and riders, it was impossible to expand on a large scale in the short term. Therefore, 300 soldiers were tentatively appointed, with 52 war horses and 80 slow horses.

After the reorganization, there were 10,600 soldiers in the Taiping Army.

The troops of the left and right battalions of the infantry are divided into 10 people, one team, 50 people, one team, 300 people, one guard, and 600 people, one brigade. The entire battalion is a division (battalion).

One rank will be equipped with one rank of sergeant commander, one small flag, one deputy rank of sergeant commander, one rank of sergeant; one team will be equipped with one rank of sergeant commander, two deputy rank of sergeant commander, and one small flag; one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one rank of one

At the same time, one small envoy of the An Army and the rank of a small flag were established for each team; one small envoy of the An Army and the rank of a general flag were established for each guard; one ambassador of the An Army and the rank of a hundred households were established for each brigade; one An Army and the rank of a thousand households were established for each division.

The personal military camp and the baggage battalion, the artillery battalion is customized with reference to the left and right battalions of the infantry army, and the water camp and cavalry battalion are not as large as above. It is temporarily customized with the first brigade, and it is called the entire battalion to the outside world.

The candidates for each battalion are:

Ge Yi, the left camp officer of the infantry army, Jiang Fan, and Song Erniu;

The right battalion officer of the infantry army, the deputy battalion officer of Zheng Tiezhu, and Wang Youxi;

The personal military officer Shao Jiugong, the deputy military officer Guan Sanshui, and Zhu Qinglai;

Qi Hao, the official of the cannon camp, Niu Gensheng, the deputy official of the cannon camp, and Jiang Sihai;

Zhao Sihai, the deputy battalion officer, Lu Wu, and Cui Bao;

Tang Zhengbing, the deputy battalion officer, Zheng Qing, and Qian Lai;

The cavalry officer Shao Chengguo, the deputy cavalry officer Wang Hua, and the bald man.

After the above battalions are established, each battalion will select its soldiers to join the battalion for training, and the remaining personnel will be organized into the reserve barracks. At the same time, the security teams of each township will also be transferred to the reserve barracks during wartime to supplement other battalions as field military branches. From the date of formation of the army, all those who come to join the Taiping Army will be concentrated in the reserve barracks for training. Only after passing the training can they be qualified to supplement the field army.

The officer of the reserve barracks was temporarily appointed as the injured Jiang He, and he would choose a general after he recovered from his injury. The position of the chief officer of the reserve barracks was the same as that of each battalion of the war soldiers, and the following were demoted to the next level.

At the same time, the Taiping Army General Office was established, and each battalion was directly commanded by the Military General Office. The military commander was naturally Zhou Shixiang, and the deputy military commander was the always steady Qin Zhisheng.

Duke Xiang of Song served as the chief staff member of the Military Commander's Office, responsible for the daily operation of the Military Commander's Office, the formulation of official documents, military orders and disciplines, the distribution of food, grass and materials, etc., and at the same time coordinated local affairs, and supplemented troops with the reserve barracks and battalions to the front line in wartime.

The battalions of each battalion also need to be changed. The Taiping Army was originally stationed in various townships, which was not conducive to the concentration of forces and was not conducive to the need for sudden wars. Therefore, after the reorganization, the left camp of the infantry entered Yinpingzuishan on the front line of Zengcheng, and the right camp of the infantry and the cannon camp all entered Liangzidu. The personal camp and the cavalry camp were stationed in Xiangshan County, the logistics camp was stationed in Longyandu, and the water camp was stationed in Yongle Township. The above camps were field military branches and did not do production, while the reserve camps were required to carry out production at the same time as training, so they were also called the Production and Construction Corps, and the garrison was stationed in Qianshanzhai.

The new military system and official system were both new military systems created by Zhou Shi's military system and later military system. There must be unreasonable points in it, but time waits for no one, so Zhou Shixiang could only arrange it in this way first. However, in order to satisfy his subordinates' wishes to be promoted and made money, Zhou Shixiang implemented his own military system within the Taiping Army, and was enfeoffed officials according to the ordinary Ming army.

Qin Zhisheng and Jiang He were awarded the title of deputy general, Ge Yi, Shao Jiugong, Zhao Sihai, Qi Hao, Tieyi were awarded the title of general, and other deputy battalions, brigade commanders, etc. were awarded the title of guerrillas, ministry, garrison and other official positions. For a time, the title of adults in the Taiping Army was endless. Of course, these adults were all registered, and there were no official certificates and seals officially granted by the Yongli court.

In order to solve this problem, Zhou Shixiang sent a memorial to the Yongli court in Kunming as the registered general of Chaozhou. The memorial was written by Duke Xiang of Song, and it was repeatedly pondered and pondered between the lines, so that there was no denying it. Then he sent it to Xinhui. Chen Qice sent someone to send it to the Governor's Office in Leizhou, and then the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Lianchengbi presented it to the court on his behalf.

In the memorial, Zhou Shixiang expressed his loyalty to Emperor Yongli as a wise minister and firmly resisting the Qing Dynasty. He also recorded in detail the wars of the Taiping Army since Luo Ding established the camp, and the process of seizing Xinhui and Xiangshan for the court. Zhou Shixiang asked the court to give him a suitable identity. After all, he already had tens of thousands of troops under his command, and the identity of a single general could not convince local gentry, nor could his subordinates feel at ease. Therefore, for the overall situation of Guangdong's resistance to Qing Dynasty and to calm people's hearts, the emperor would better give himself a title of general and give his subordinates a lack of official title.

This memorial clearly shows that it is necessary for the Yongli court to be an official. This is not the attitude that a minister should have. Duke Xiang of Song advised Zhou Shixiang not to write this way, just to talk about the merits. The ministers in the Yongli court are not fools and will know what to do next.

But Zhou Shixiang disagreed and insisted on writing this. His reason was that the Taiping Army was brought up by himself, and Xinhui was seized and defended by himself and handed over to Chen Qice, not to mention that he had severely damaged the Qing army. Now the Taiping Army is in Xiangshan. The court has never lent a piece of copper coins and has never given a grain of food. However, Zhou Shixiang has recovered Xiangshan for the court and restrained the Qing army in Guangdong. He is also deploying to recover Guangzhou. The recovery of Guangzhou must be a bluff and exaggerated word. However, Zhou Shi can write whatever he loves. Emperor Yongli will not erase his contribution because of his bluff. He can't help but respond!

Zhou Shixiang did not really want an official, but he just didn't want to disappoint his subordinates. No matter how nice he appointed, he was still registered. The only one who could get rid of this "record" was the Yongli court, otherwise there would be no way except him to pull the flag and do it himself. After all, the orthodox Emperor of the Ming Dynasty gave him an official position, and a group of bandits, poor people, and Taiping officers who were surrendered from the army would feel that their value increased. This official was also famous and could shine with his ancestors. The most important thing was that with the formal appointment of the Yongli court, these people could have the most tangible understanding of the Yongli regime and their loyalty to the Southern Ming Dynasty would be gradually established.

Zhou Shixiang would not be confused and learn from Sun Kewang, so he asked Duke Xiang of Song to write this memorial to be an official. As for what Emperor Yongli thought, it was his business. How did Lianchengbi in Leizhou view his memorial, Zhou Shixiang didn't care, and he didn't care whether this memorial could be sent to Kunming. He actually expressed an attitude, and this attitude was essentially for Lianchengbi to see - will you give me a real teaching?

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After the new organization and the appointment of the chief officers of each general, the Taiping Army quickly became busy, and even the township offices were busy. After all, the army's defense was involved. Everyone was busy, and Zhou Shixiang was not idle either. He wanted to choose his own personal soldiers.

The battalion officer of the personal barracks was Shao Jiugong, but the personal barracks were also directly commanded by the military commander's office, so Zhou Shixiang decided to lead the troops himself. He asked Duke Xiang of Song to let the wind out. As a result, the heads of the battalions who returned quickly sent their strong recruits to Renhoufang, with more than 2,000 people.

In the end, Zhou Shixiang selected 600 of the more than 2,000 people, and then combined with the 400 people from the original Guards, it happened to be 1,000 people. After hearing that the 600 new recruits were transferred to the General's personal barracks, they were extremely excited.

What is a personal military camp? Isn’t it the servants of the general? Isn’t it a servant? I thought of enjoying the treatment of a general and a trusted servant in the future, and these six hundred people were happy to think about it. Although more than a thousand people were not selected, they were not disappointed, because it is good to become a personal military military officer in the general, but the risk of death is also high. When fighting, these people will rush ahead.

After more than half a month of reorganization, the newly built Taiping Army battalions were settled, and the new training outline formulated by the Military Commander's Office was also distributed, and various rules and regulations were being issued. As military orders were issued, the Taiping Army became more and more like an army.

Duke Xiang of Song asked Liao Ruixiang to ask more than 10 scholars to enter the Military Commander's Office to assist him, the general staff, in handling official affairs. Because most of the generals in the army were not very literate, they asked Zhou Shixiang to instruct the military commander of the Military Commander's Office to inform them that they would also serve as the chief staff officer in addition to their job in the military service. This staff officer was not to help the military information, but to help read official documents and write official documents.

Liao Ruixiang did a good job in the yamen. It took nearly two months to set up 12 post stations in Xiangshan, and all handed over to the Taiping Army. The post stations played a very important role in military information and official documents. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang asked Duke Xiang of Song to manage these post stations and upgraded several of the post stations located on major transportation routes to military stations, responsible for supplying materials, receiving wounded and sick people, entertaining passing troops, etc. The military station was directly allocated silver from the public treasury by the military commander's office, so as not to complain to Liao Ruixiang when he was old and said that the county government had no money, and Zhou Shi was too cruel to exploit him.

As soon as March began, Zhang An sent important information, and the Eight Banners soldiers headed by Ezhengalaidaoga, Gushan, Zhenglan Banner of Manzhou, had arrived in Guangzhou.

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(To be continued.)
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