Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 374 Soldiers Gather (Please Subscribe!)
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In the process of military restructuring and military expansion, Li Yan drew another [-] elite troops from various armies, and merged the Sixth Ma Army, Seventh Ma Army, Twelfth Step Army, and Thirteenth Step Army into the First Army.

Since then, the First Army has grown to 7000 men.

However, what is incomprehensible is that, apart from the First Battalion, Tiefutu, and the Secret Special Forces, Li Yan merged the [-]th Army and the [-]th Army into one army to form the "Tabai Army" (Li Zong temporarily Generation control, Yuan Zhongliang was the military political commissar, Jiu Tongmei was the deputy commander, Wang Shu was the chief of staff of the army, Yu Cheng, Xie Zhen, and Xie Bao were the commanders) and the Women's Army (Chen Liqing, Hu Sanniang, Fang Baihua, Qiongying, Liangshan Yutong) The [-] elite horse army led by Li Yan named it the "Jiefan Army", but behind the scenes this horse army was called the "Women's Army". The horse army is the most elite horse army in Liangshan except for the first battalion.) Except for the first battalion, all other units of the first army have not been organized.

What is an unorganized system?

Is such that.

Taking advantage of this military restructuring and military expansion, Li Yan successively promoted all the officers above the command of the First Army, including some commanders, to one level or even two or three levels to other armies.

Li Yan did this to increase his control over other armies, and to make room for his favorite officers.

For this reason, Li Yan sent his personal guards, such as Yao Xing, Yang Yizhong, Niu Gao, Shi Wengong, Su Ding, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Tang Huai, Yao Zheng, Xu Qing, Kou Cheng, Yue Fan, Li Dao, Yue Heng, Zhao Hong, Wang Wan, Guo Jin, Cheng Min, Xie Yuan, Wang Sheng, Yue Chao, Hu Yantong, Wu Lin, Yang Zheng, Guo Hao, Yang Congyi, Wang Jun, and others all delegated the interim The commander (leading 500 people) or team general (leading 100 people) went, and asked them to use Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Liu Qi, Wang Yan, and Zhang Xian's soldiers as well-trained (indeed well-trained) The position of interim commander (each temporarily leads five commanders. In addition, considering the issue of loyalty, the troops led by Han Shizhong and others are all old men from the First Army. Li Yan did not let them Instead, it gave the leadership of the generals who grew up in the Liangshan system.).

Li Yan did not set up officers above the commander level, and many commanders did not even have temporary commanders, and they were actually directly commanded by Li Yan.

Doing so will undoubtedly make the First Army lack of agility and unresponsiveness, but Li Yan knows this and still insists on doing so for the time being.

One will be incompetent, exhausting the three armies.

A raging soldier, and a raging nest.

A lion leading a flock of sheep is better than a sheep leading a flock of lions!
Therefore, no matter how elite the soldiers are, without a good general to lead them, they are still a mob.

The communication system, whether it's personnel, military pigeons or horses, the first army's are all the best.

In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the First Army, Xu Guanzhong continued to be the Chief of Staff of the First Army, and Li Yan gave Xu Guanzhong all the best staff such as Liu Ziyu to set up the First Army Staff Headquarters.

In order to keep the First Army loyal to Li Yan, Li Yan appointed Shi Xiu as political commissar, and gave Shi Xiu all the best political cadres trained by Zhu Fu to set up a political department, and let it out: in the future, the promotion of military officers will be the political commissar. The opinion of the Ministry is an important reference basis.

During the five dynasties period of endless wars and chaos, military rebellions happened frequently. Zhao Kuangyin established the national policy of separating civil and military affairs and using civil to control military in order to guard against military officials like him adding imperial robes, which led to the low status of generals and the status of scholars Unlimited elevation.

Civilian leaders, of course, seldom rely on their own self-respect, but at the same time, they are tantamount to abolishing their martial arts and seeking their own death.

Naturally, Li Yan couldn't do such a stupid thing of asking for his own death, but he couldn't help but guard against the rebellion of the generals. Even if they didn't rebel, they were just obedient and obedient, and Li Yan couldn't stand it.

This is why Li Yan established the Political Department and sent political cadres to the army.

In fact, political commissars and other political cadres are equivalent to supervising the army, but they are not individuals but groups, and they are organized, have faith (I believe that only Li Yan can lead them to a better future), and have guiding ideology——Liangshan Political Department early It was established when Hu Yanzhuo attacked Shuibo Liangshan, and it has been established for three or four years. It has trained a large number of outstanding political cadres and introduced relatively mature political ideas (mainly the combination of loyalty to Li Yan and worship of Li Yan). There are also many practical methods of political promotion (such as remembering bitterness and thinking sweetly, learning quotations from the governor, etc.).

In the Political Department and the role of a large number of political cadres, most soldiers must know Li Yan and have a heart for Li Yan.

In this case, those generals dare not show it even if they have the intention of rebellion or obedience.

In addition, Li Yan accepted the suggestion made by Sun Jing and others that "military ranks are too simplified and may not be promoted enough", and introduced a medal reward system.

People in Liangshan are no strangers to medals. As early as the beginning of the army, Li Yan had awarded the martyr medals. This time, Li Yan just introduced the meritorious service medals (first-class meritorious service, second-class merit, third class) and the Medal of Honor.

All in all, in the past six months in Seoul, Li Yan performed a major operation on the Liangshan army, laying a solid foundation for future hegemony.

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In June of the second year of Xuanhe, Incheon Port.

Cai You pointed to dozens of big ships behind him, and said, "All the students, craftsmen, boatmen, keels and supplies you want are here."

Cai You was happy, and Li Yan was also happy, saying: "Master Cai, you have prepared all the antique calligraphy and paintings and money."

The two parties successfully delivered and completed the transaction.

Li Yan wanted to keep Cai You in Seoul for a few days, but Cai You, who was eager to go back and receive the reward, directly refused.

Li Yan felt that Cai You might be useful in the future, after all, he hadn't turned against Song Guo yet.

Moreover, thanks to Cai You, Li Yan exchanged a pile of broken glass, broken soap, unsalable antique calligraphy and paintings, and greatly depreciated copper and iron coins for a large number of talents and a lot of good things.

In addition, I was really sorry for Cai You before.

Therefore, with a wave of his hand, Li Yan filled three boxes of local specialties for Cai You, maintaining the "friendship" with Cai You.

at the same time.

Tong Guan's [-] elite troops drawn from the Western Army have already driven to the city of Tokyo.

Not to be outdone, Gao Qiu also took out all his family assets and ordered: Henan and Hebei Jiedu Wang Huan, Shangdang Taiyuan Jiedu Xu Jing, Jingbei Hongnong Jiedu Wang Wende, Yingzhou Runan Jiedu Mei Zhan, Zhongshan Zhang Kai, envoy of Anping Festival, Yang Wen, envoy of Lingling in Jiangxia, Han Cunbao, envoy of Yanmen in Yunzhong, Li Congji, envoy of Hanyang in Longxi, Xiang Yuanzhen, envoy of Langya Pengcheng, and Jing Zhong, envoy of Qinghe Tianshui. The [-] elite soldiers of the headquarters gathered under the city of Tokyo.

Su Taiwei took the imperial decree and went out to the court, and went to the Songjiang Xingzhai army to read it.

Song Jiang and others busily lined up incense cases to greet them, and knelt down to listen to the imperial edict.

Hearing the imperial court's appeal to them, Song Jiang's eyes filled with tears, and he said: "A certain group of people are trying to contribute to the country and make contributions. Now I have the favor of the Taiwei, and I will give it to my parents. But please also ask the Taiwei Allow me to wait for a few days, and when I send the old and young family members back home, I will organize the utensils, guns, knives, and armored horses to serve the country faithfully."

Su Taiwei was very talkative, and besides, at this critical moment, he couldn't be too harsh, so he gave Song Jiang and others ten days to prepare.

Song Jiang, who was eager to serve the country, took only three days to deal with everything, and then rushed to Beijing with one hundred orders and eight generals and 2 horses.

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(End of this chapter)