Although Zhou Shuyuan had long adapted to Wei Zheng's habit of often speaking out all kinds of new ideas, it was definitely the first time that he would say two things that completely subverted his ideas within one day.

Just as Zhou Shuyuan looked at Wei Zheng blankly, Wei Zheng had already spoken again.

"In the military system, except for civil servants, that is, political workers who will change their names in the future, there are only military generals with military command. The new department I plan to set up is dedicated to managing these military officers."

"Not only that, the combat command in the army, promotion of military officers, distribution of food and salary, and intelligence collection... are also all managed by this new department..."

"At that time, this new department and the political department that will be formed by you will form our military system, and cooperate with each other while also checking and balancing each other to ensure the stability and development of the entire military system..."

After listening to Wei Zheng's explanation, Zhou Shuyuan's first idea was that this new department had very great power, and they were all real power.

What will the name of a new department with such great power? Who will manage this new department...

Just as Zhou Shuyuan was thinking, Wei Zheng had already spoken again: "I have already thought of the name of this new department, and it is called the General Staff Department. As for the candidate for the minister, I have not yet. Therefore, I will temporarily serve as the minister."

Just as Zhou Shuyuan and Wei Zheng were discussing the specific implementation time of the Political Department and the General Staff Department and the various problems they faced, the news that the Datong Prefecture garrison was carrying out a new round of military expansion was once again like a plague in Datong Prefecture... no, it was spreading rapidly throughout Shanxi.

Faced with the high military pay that Datong Prefecture began, hundreds of thousands of people who were active in Shanxi were like wolves smelling blood, and they rushed to Datong Prefecture, which had only more than a dozen counties under their jurisdiction.

However, when these refugees were about to enter Datong Prefecture, they blocked the rebel defense line outside Datong Prefecture, which directly turned the hope in the eyes of refugees into despair...

Seeing more and more refugees pouring into the border of Datong Prefecture, especially after seeing a large number of young and strong people among the refugees, the rebel generals who stood in front of the refugees were jealous.

For these rebel generals, young and strong are the best soldiers. Now, so many soldiers are taking the initiative to send them to their mouths. If they cannot eat them, they will be too sorry for the name of rebels.

However, since the rebel generals who obeyed the commander of the commander no longer had the right to recruit troops themselves since the rebel commander reorganized all the rebels and obtained the actual command of all the rebels.

Therefore, facing these soldiers sent to the mouth, although the rebel generals were jealous, they could not take action. They could only ask the commander over and over again, forcibly leave the young and strong among the refugees, and force them to join the rebels...

The Huairen County Government Office, where the rebel commander was located, had a gentle military advisor, a tough general, and four or five commanders and confidants, all sat on both sides of the county government hall, discussing something with a blush on their faces.

Under the gaze of the commander, the confidant general said with a rough face: "Master, according to my wishes, he will directly leave the young and middle-aged people among the refugees and serve us. As for the elderly, weak, women and children, they will all be released and handed over to the officials in Datong Prefecture for headaches..."

"As far as I know, there are more than 200,000 refugees gathered on the border of Datong Prefecture. Even if one young and strong is left among the ten refugees, we can leave 20,000 young and strong people, which can make our army turn a few more..."

"As for the elderly, weak, women and children, they happened to be thrown to the Datong government army for headaches..."

"So many refugees can only give each of them a bowl of porridge every day, and they can eat tens of thousands of kilograms of grain from the government army a day. This alone can bring great food pressure to the government army in Datong Prefecture."

"Of course, if the Datong Prefecture's official army did not plan to control these refugees, so many refugees who had no food would definitely become bandits in Datong Prefecture and help us attack the Datong Prefecture's official army..."

"And we can take this opportunity to take over Datong Mansion..."

At this time, the more excited the general stood up from his seat and shouted at the coach: "Master, this is a good way to kill multiple goals in one fell swoop. Let's do it..."

"The army doubles, and can still take over Datong Prefecture... Even if it can't take over Datong Prefecture, it will bring so much trouble to the Datong Prefecture official army...Master, we must not let go of such a good opportunity..." Immediately afterwards, a stubble-faced stood up from the seat and said with a crazy face.

In the eyes of these generals, if the troops doubled, it would mean that the soldiers under their command would double. Like the government troops of the court, as long as they were generals, no one would dislike the number of soldiers and generals under their command.

Looking at the generals sitting directly opposite him, without exception, all supported the young and strong among the refugees to expand the army. The middle-aged military advisor's forehead, which had just been stretched, had wrinkled into a big Sichuan character at this moment.

Not only that, the calm facial expressions also became more and more serious.

The commander, who was undecided because of the instigation of his confidant, looked at the changing face of the military advisor's face, and subconsciously asked: "Military advisor, you haven't spoken yet, and you can also tell your own thoughts..."

Under the gaze of several generals, the military advisor said firmly: "My idea is very simple. Let these refugees go, let them all enter Datong Prefecture, and increase the burden on the Datong Prefecture official army."

"Not only that, we also need to help the Datong Prefecture official army conduct publicity and help them attract refugees. It is best to drive all refugees from Shanxi to Datong Prefecture..."

"I don't believe that he, a small Datong Mansion, really has the ability to support hundreds of thousands of refugees to ensure that these refugees no longer have violence in Datong Mansion..."

Hearing this, the general directly opposite him stopped doing it.

Regardless of the stopping look of the general looking at him, he directly retorted: "Military advisor, I will not move if you say anything. Since we want to increase the burden on the official army of Datongfu, there is no shortage of 10,000 or 20,000 young and 20,000 young and 20,000 people, it is enough to directly slim our troops."

After the general's incisive question, even the coach sitting in the main seat showed a puzzled expression.

Seeing this, the military advisor did not solve the problem immediately, but asked with a serious look on his face: "Master, generals, do you know how much food and salary we still have..."

"With our existing forces, all the food and money we store is only enough for two months. If we intercept the refugees and expand the army as the generals said, then the food and money we have in our hands will only be enough for one month..."

"Can any of the generals guarantee that they can take over Datong Prefecture within one month, or the prefectures and counties around Datong Prefecture, and solve our food and grass problems..."

"Everyone should know that after the defeat more than half a month ago, we almost lost 80% of the elite troops. Although the remaining soldiers became real troops under the integration of the commander, such an army is still very far away from truly having combat power."

"I can say for sure here that our army will need at least one month of training before we can pull out to attack cities and capture villages and obtain the food and soldiers we urgently need..."

Seeing that the hot expressions on everyone's faces were slowly replaced by meditation, the middle-aged military advisor urgently needed to analyze: "This is just one of the reasons. In addition, there is another important reason..."

"Do you think that after we leave the young and strong among the refugees, they will serve us?"

"Don't forget that these refugees are still families with families, and their families are all in the hands of the government army. In this case, will they really work hard for us to fight the government army?"

"Perhaps some generals will say that when they arrive on the battlefield, they can even kill their families in order to survive... These words may work for ordinary people. However, for these refugees, it is absolutely not feasible. Because these refugees are all people who have died once..."

"They went to Datong Mansion with hope to seek a chance to survive. When they were about to survive, they were stopped by us. Do you think these refugees hate us more deeply or the government army more deeply..."

Hearing this, the rebel commander had already agreed with this statement from the bottom of his heart.

After a brief thought, he said to the military in front of him: "Since that's the case, I don't know if the military advisor has a better idea..."

"I just said, don't make any decisions about these refugees... Put them all into Datong Prefecture, increase the pressure on the Datong Prefecture official army, and prepare for our future attack on Datong Prefecture..."

"As for us, we will use our limited food and salary to train our troops..."

"After more than 20,000 soldiers under his command form an army, immediately attack the prefectures and counties around Datong Prefecture and plunder as much as possible. Everyone should be clear that in this chaotic era, nothing is important. As long as we have food and grass, we will have as many soldiers as we want..."

"Because, as long as the drought in front of us continues, more and more people will have to be refugees because of the lack of harvest of the fields. At that time, when we have food, we can use food to buy their lives and let them work for us."

"So, what everyone needs to do now is not to expand the army, but to train and strengthen the army... As long as there is a strong army in hand, wherever we go, we can conquer our own territory."
Chapter completed!