That night, in the study of the Datong General's Office, Zhou Shuyuan, Wang Feng, Zhao Yun, and Zhou Yuhong, the former rebel who had just joined the Tiger and Leopard Army, sat on both sides of Wei Zheng like benchmarks.

After carefully scanning his current highest-level team, Wei Zheng directly threw the imperial edict he just received today to Zhou Yuhong, who didn't know the content, and then spoke.

"General Zhou, this is the imperial edict given to me today by the court. You can first look at the content of the imperial edict and say it while looking at me..."

Zhou Yuhong, with excitement and gratitude for Wei Zheng to trust him so much, began to browse the imperial edict in his hand. Wei Zheng rarely said with a serious expression.

"I believe everyone is already very clear about the purpose of summoning everyone so late.

"Since the imperial court has issued an imperial edict to allow our Tiger and Leopard Army to expand its army, then we will have a very thorough military expansion last time and have the strength to gain a foothold in troubled times as soon as possible..."

"The number of people given to us by the imperial court is 10,000. I mean, directly crossing the level of 10,000 people and expanding the Tiger and Leopard Army to 15,000?"

When expanding the army, as long as you are a qualified general, you will like it very much. Because no one doesn’t want to have many soldiers and generals under his command.

Wang Feng and others sitting in front of Wei Zheng were no exception.

After Wei Zheng had just finished speaking and determined the specific expansion of the Tiger and Leopard Army, the faces of several people were covered with smiles from the bottom of their hearts. However, this smile did not last long and was interrupted by Wang Feng's next few questions.

With a sudden worry on his face, he asked Wei Zheng.

"General, it is a good thing to expand the army, and the last general will definitely support it unconditionally. However, the total number of our Tiger and Leopard Army is now fully qualified, with only less than 7,000 people. Expanding the force to 15,000 at one time means that the Tiger and Leopard Army will add more than 8,000 new recruits at one time..."

"Some time ago, the garrison of Datong Prefecture recruited troops, and had recruited all the best young and strong among the tens of thousands of refugees in Datong Prefecture. If you are recruiting soldiers now, even if you can recruit enough people, the quality of the troops will not be too good, and you can't even compare with the garrison of Datong Prefecture."

"So, I want to know where the more than 8,000 new recruits who are about to expand the Tiger and Leopard Army will come from?"

In an instant, the other people's doubtful eyes also shifted to Wei Zheng, wanting to know the answer.

Wei Zheng did not ask them to wait too long. After only a brief contemplation, he replied: "Since the best soldiers in Datong Prefecture are stationed in Datong Prefecture, the more than 8,000 new recruits in the Tiger and Leopard Army are short of, and we will replenish the troops in Datong Prefecture..."

"My thought is that, as far as we are concerned, the Tiger and Leopard Army is the real military strength. Therefore, the first thing we need to satisfy is the Tiger and Leopard Army, and the second is the Datong Prefecture garrison. Therefore, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Tiger and Leopard Army, we should not have too much impact on the combat effectiveness because the expansion of the army in front of us. All the new recruits in the Tiger and Leopard Army are selected from the Datong Prefecture garrison. After that, the Datong Prefecture garrison will recruit new recruits from the center of refugees."

"We must form a regular rule in the future. Because only in this way can the strong combat power of our Tiger and Leopard Army be maintained forever and will not be affected by various external factors."

Zhou Shuyuan's eyes lit up and he agreed loudly: "Good solution... Although the new recruits selected from the Datong Prefecture garrison did not meet the standards of the Tiger and Leopard Army soldiers, after all, after all, they only need to undergo a certain degree of integrated training to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time."

"Not only that, doing so can also increase the combat effectiveness of the Datong Prefecture garrison to a certain extent. Through this expansion, they told them that as long as they are excellent enough, they can join the Tiger and Leopard Army, get more food and salary, eat more meat, and equip the most advanced weapons and equipment."

"So, I fully support this idea..."

The problem of military expansion has been solved, and what makes everyone even more nervous is the issue of military force distribution.

Just as everyone was thinking about the answer to the first question given by Wei Zheng, Wang Feng asked again: "General, after the Tiger and Leopard Army expands to 15,000 troops, the existing organization will definitely not meet the requirements. I don't know how to allocate 15,000 people after the Tiger and Leopard Army expands, whether to re-adopt the official army, or continue to adopt the unique organization of our Tiger and Leopard Army..."

Regarding the vital interests of the generals, except for the military advisor Zhou Shuyuan, the other three people all showed a hot expression on their faces. Looking at Wei Zheng, I hope Wei Zheng could allocate more troops to him.

Seeing this, a smile suddenly flashed across Wei Zheng's serious face, and he smiled at everyone with a nervous look on his face: "Don't worry, you three have a share of your army expansion this time. From now on, the soldiers you three will lead will only be more, not less..."

"Let me talk about General Zhao's cavalry... This time, the cavalry was directly expanded from the cavalry regiment to the cavalry division, including three cavalry regiments of 1,500 people, an artillery battalion of 500 people, and a total of 5,000 cavalry..."

Seeing Zhao Yun with a shocked look in front of him, Wei Zheng smiled and asked, "General Zhao, the cavalry has expanded so many people at one time, I wonder if the war horses are enough?"

Under the envious eyes of Wang Feng and Zhou Yuhong, Zhao Yun suddenly reacted and replied excitedly: "Please rest assured, the war horses in our Tiger and Leopard Army are definitely enough..."

"But, according to your requirements, a cavalry needs to be equipped with a short tube and then fire a musket, a pair of iron armor, two guns, and a saber. If the cavalry expands so much at one time, the equipment gap is very large..."

Under Zhao Yun's expectant gaze, Wei Zheng shook his head and replied: "You don't have to worry about equipment. As long as you have the confidence to let the five thousand cavalry form combat power as soon as possible and train a powerful assault force of my Tiger and Leopard Army. I will add any equipment you lack..."

At this time, Zhao Yun's heart was no longer as simple as shock and excitement. At this moment, he could only describe it in the four words of passionate blood. He promised Wei Zheng a fanatical guarantee: "Please rest assured, General, I, Zhao Yun, will definitely live up to the general's trust and trained to become an iron-armored cavalry that will make the enemy scared..."

Wei Zheng nodded, then turned his gaze to Wang Feng and Zhou Yuhong.

Seeing the complex expressions of nervous and envious expressions on the faces of the two, Wei Zheng also smiled and said, "Don't be envious of you two, let's talk about you Wang Feng..."

"As you said just now, after the expansion of the Tiger and Leopard Army, the existing organization can no longer meet the requirements. So, I decided to completely disrupt the existing organization of the Tiger and Leopard Army, cancel the spearmen, and only retain the musketeers..."

"In other words, from now on, the Tiger and Leopard Army will only have three types of troops: musketeers, artillery and cavalry..."

"You Wang Feng will command an infantry division alone, which is the so-called musket division. Like the cavalry division, you will be under three musket regiments and an artillery battalion, with a total force of 5,000 people..."

"In the expanded Tiger and Leopard Army, all musketeers are equipped with the latest flintlock muskets created by the craftsman. One musketeer is equipped with a flintlock musket, fifty lead bullets and corresponding ammunition, and three grenades..."

As soon as Wei Zheng finished speaking, Wang Feng, who was also excited in his heart, replied loudly: "Please don't worry, General, Wang Feng must train the five thousand musketeers for the general... and train the five thousand musketeers into the most powerful firearm unit in the Ming Dynasty."

Seeing Wei Zheng nodding with satisfaction, Zhou Shuyuan, who had been silently calculating in his heart, suddenly said: "General, if I am surprised, the ten thousand soldiers commanded by Zhao Yun and Wang Feng are the forces that our Tiger and Leopard Army are on the surface, and are approved by the court..."

"The military advisor is right. This 10,000 people are the 10,000 people who are publicly shown to the court... Next, the 5,000 people commanded by General Zhou Yuhong and Zhou are the secret troops buried in Datong Prefecture, which have been buried in our Tiger and Leopard Army..."

"General Zhou, you came from the rebels. In a short period of time, or even for a lifetime, you will never have an identity recognized by the court. Therefore, I can only hide you and command the remaining five thousand musketeers of the Tiger and Leopard Army."

"However, I can guarantee that as long as you serve me well, your military can be fully exerted. Sooner or later, I, Wei Zheng, will give you an identity that satisfies you."

Wei Zheng's words are not only a guarantee for Zhou Yuhong, but also a demonstration of his ambitions and lofty ambitions to Zhou Yuhong, and truly regard Zhou Yuhong as his confidant.

So, as soon as Wei Zheng finished speaking, Zhou Yuhong was excited and knelt down on the ground, and promised sincerely: "Please rest assured, General, I, Zhou Yuhong, will definitely be loyal to the general to the death and will never betray the general..."

Wei Zheng quickly helped Zhou Yuhong, who was kneeling in front of him, and said with a smile on his face: "General Zhou, I believe in you very much, otherwise, I would not ask you to participate in today's discussion... We urgently need to get back to the point..."

"General Zhou, if you want to escape the eyes of the court's hawks, you must have a reasonable identity. So, my idea is that these five thousand soldiers are called the Cunting Division in public, an infantry division established to protect the farmland."

"Since this reclamation army is not an openly part of the Tiger and Leopard Army, the three thousand new recruits that the reclamation army lacks cannot be selected from the Datong Prefecture garrison."

"My idea is, General Zhou, you first use the two thousand people in your hand to build the shelf of the reclamation master. Then, select qualified soldiers among the refugees. If there are not enough in Datong, go to Datong for selection. I will give you a month to get the reclamation master to full rank and start training..."

Seeing Wei Zheng’s expectant gaze for him, Zhou Yuhong knelt down again and said loudly: “The last general is obedient to the general and will never let down the general’s trust in the last general…”
Chapter completed!