Zuo Zongtang said with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, please speak."
Li Zhen said: "Let me tell you about the current situation of the army first, so that you can have a general impression. My army is different from the current official positions in the court. It adopts the ranks of army, division, brigade, regiment and battalion. Compilation, which is also used in foreign countries."
At this point, Li Zhen explained the organization of the army.
From the number of people in a platoon, the number of people in a company, to the number of people in a division and a corps, I carefully introduced Zuo Zongtang. Compared with the military system implemented in Li Zhen's army and the current official positions in the army, they have commonalities and are a transformation of nouns. , so Zuo Zongtang quickly accepted Li Zhen’s new statement.
Zuo Zongtang said: "The division of official positions in the prince's army should be more specific and detailed. It should be simple and clear. There should not be too many generals and the like, and there should be no empty posts. All soldiers should step up to the ranks, which is conducive to the promotion of soldiers."
Li Zhen smiled slightly and thought that the division of the army was naturally very classic.
Think about it, so many countries in later generations have adopted the official position arrangement of army, division, brigade, regiment and battalion. This is definitely a classic and can stand the test of time.
Immediately, Li Zhen said again: "Currently, I have an army under my command. The commander is Huang Shihai. Under the army commander, there are five divisions, which constitute the current army establishment. Each division has ten thousand people, which constitutes our army. In the large system, the commander of the first division is Yang Banhou. He is currently stationed in Guangxi, controlling the southwest area and guarding against enemies in the south. It is the barrier to the south and southwest of my army. The commander of the second division is Qi Qi. Zhenhai is currently stationed in Guangzhou, guarding my base camp in Guangzhou; the commander of the third division is Lu Shaochuan. Because Lu Shaochuan went north to Heilongjiang to organize soldiers to resist the Russians in the north, the third division was temporarily replaced by Li Xiucheng."
Hearing this, Zuo Zongtang also nodded solemnly and said: "It is really hateful to surrender your power and betray your country and be willing to be the slave of the Russians. One day, I will definitely wipe out the foreign barbarians and bring peace to the world."
Li Zhen said: "Brother Ji Gao is best if he is ambitious."
After a pause, Li Zhen continued: "The commander of the Fourth Division is named Smith. He is an American. He is a good man and a good man. He is proficient in Chinese and very talented. If you have time, Brother Ji Gao can chat with him and learn more about it." Many foreign situations.”
Zuo Zongtang nodded and waited for Li Zhen to continue.
Li Zhen continued: "The commander of the Fifth Division is named Zhou Xiuying. She is a female bandit who once lived in Shanghai. She has strong martial arts skills and is a woman. In principle, the Fifth Division led by Zhou Xiuying is all women. There are soldiers, but the number is currently insufficient, and some men are also mixed in."
After listening to this, Zuo Zongtang already had a general understanding of Li Zhen's power. At the same time, the clear structure of Li Zhen's army also opened Zuo Zongtang's horizons.
He had a conversation with Li Zhen and learned more about the situation in the army.
The five division commanders each perform their own duties and manage their own armies. Huang Shihai also coordinates the overall planning. Moreover, the official positions in the army are obviously superior and subordinate, and there is no bureaucracy. Moreover, the generals in Li Zhenjun are all simple and pure. With the sun pointing upward, there is no internal friction.
After Li Zhen finished explaining the general framework, he said: "I plan to ask Brother Ji Gao to establish another army and become the second army. If the army wants to expand, it must take drastic measures."
"Second Army."
Zuo Zongtang raised his eyebrows and was startled by Li Zhen's suggestion.
After so many years, Li Zhen is now the only one in the court who has become the king of Zhennan. He only has an army under his command, and it has only been established recently. Now that Zuo Zongtang comes, he will immediately form and lead an army. He was really highly regarded. Even so, Zuo Zongtang still felt a little uneasy. After all, it was not so easy to form an independent army.
Zuo Zongtang said: "Your Majesty, it is unrealistic to immediately form another team of tens of thousands of people. It will only drag down Commander Huang's First Army. The gathering of these people will not only waste food and military pay, but also waste weapons." , so I do not support an army that does not have a long-term running-in process and does not form a military spirit that will not fall, and it is difficult to form a strong combat effectiveness."
Li Zhen asked: "Brother Ji Gao, what do you think?"
Zuo Zongtang said: "My opinion is to first form a brigade with a strength of 3,000 people. No more than 3,000 people and no less than 3,000 people. They are easy to command and easy to train. After the 3,000 people have achieved results, we will continue to expand the army to form a brigade." The size of a division, and then up to the size of an army. Only in this way can we implement it, and everything we do must be realistic. I think this is what is realistic."
"Pa, pa,,."
Li Zhen repeatedly touched his palms, his admiration was beyond words.
Ginger is indeed very spicy.
Zuo Zongtang has indeed considered the issue comprehensively and has considered all aspects of the matter.
After Li Zhen applauded, he immediately continued: "Brother Ji Gao's idea is very good, let's do it this way, but if we want to implement it, the army currently lacks generals and soldiers, and everything is still empty. Brother Ji Gao has to serve as the commander of the army." As a co-ordinator, I also have to temporarily serve as a brigade commander and be responsible for recruiting soldiers for the army. There are a lot of things that need to be done."
Zuo Zongtang smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, military training is like building a house. Only when the foundation is solid can you continue to build higher buildings. Now, I will lay the foundation and then expand the army."
"good."
Li Zhen praised: "Brother Ji Gao just needs to be well prepared."
Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to recruit talents, I know some of them, and the formation of the army can also bring these people in."
Li Zhen waved his hand and said: "You can just go ahead and do it. All I want is the result. You can handle the process yourself. I assigned the matter to you. You are responsible for how to arrange it and how to implement it point-to-point. , I am only responsible for controlling the overall situation."
"yes."
Zuo Zongtang nodded in agreement, filled with emotions in his heart.
The people in front of him really have absolute trust in him. If he were an ordinary person, he would really want to interfere in the construction of the army, but Li Zhen gave him great authority, giving Zuo Zongtang the opportunity to show off his talents and put himself The ideas were realized one by one. After Zuo Zongtang listened, he discussed with Li Zhen about the army, soldiers and other issues.
The two people discussed it for three hours.
All the content was about army construction and how officials should seize it. After finishing speaking, Zuo Zongtang said again: "Your Majesty, I am still very curious about the matches you mentioned and how you are going to do it. "
Li Zhendao: "Brother Ji Gao, you really want to break the casserole and get to the bottom of it."
Immediately, Li Zhen said with a smile: "Okay, let's do it together, let you see how to make matches, let you witness the birth of matches, although I estimate that matches are already available abroad, but our domestic Not yet, this is a huge market, let’s go, let’s make some preparations for making matches.”
The two of them left the study together and prepared to make matches.
