Datang New Order

Zhang Xingzhong smashed it for a while, then saw the door creak open, a girl with double hairpins on her head leaned out, and called out: "Second brother!" The girl tugged Zhang Xingzhong's arm, and she was so happy that tears immediately came down.

An old couple came out right behind the girl. Zhang Xingzhong immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed his head respectfully.The old couple asked the girl to quickly help Zhang Xingzhong, turned their faces and saw Li Chengzhong and others standing outside the door, and were stunned.Zhang Xing introduced it quickly, and then led everyone inside.

Li Chengzhong took a look around and saw that it was a small courtyard with two entrances. There was a green pine planted in the main courtyard, which seemed to be quite old.There were no extravagant decorations in the small courtyard, but it was very tidy. Because there were many people coming in, Zhang Xingzhong's family was not prepared. Everyone was a soldier, so I didn't pay much attention to it, and just sat on the ground in the courtyard.

Zhang Xingzhong is from a family of military households, and the family has some influence in the Lulong army, but his father is a concubine from a side line, so after becoming a capital, he has no promotion, and only earns this small courtyard as a place to live. .Lao Dutou had two sons and a daughter, both of them joined the army, the boss died in battle last year, Zhang Xingzhong was Erlang, and now he is also serving in the army.

Lu Long's army was defeated in the southern expedition to Wei Bo, and the old couple who were concerned about their own Erlang couldn't sleep well these days. Seeing that their son not only came back, but also became the team leader, the old couple was so happy that they didn't know what to do.The old man beamed with joy, and immediately ordered his daughter to go out to buy food, and to greet the brothers in Youdu at night.It's just that the outside of the customs is not very peaceful now, so the two lambs originally planned to buy only got one, and it is said that this one was finally obtained with great difficulty.People at the age of Laodutou often like to recall the past. The old man sighed and began to talk about the experience of defending the border outside the customs, recounting the victories and victories he fought at that time, and complained bitterly when it was over, saying that it was back then. Those foreigners are not doing well, and now, taking advantage of the general's loss of troops, they are starting to move around, and sooner or later they will make them look good.

It is more troublesome to prepare meals for more than 20 people, which keeps the two women in the family busy for a while.Li Chengzhong couldn't see it, so he ordered Zhao Da to help him.Zhou Chopper also volunteered to slaughter the lamb, and made a roasted whole lamb with fragrant skin, tender skin and brown color, for the brothers to feast on.

Zhang Xingzhong's younger sister is called Lan'er. She is sixteen years old. Although she was born in a military family, she has a graceful figure and a pretty face.Northern girls are not as shy and shy as southern girls, and she has a straightforward temperament, so she quickly gets along with everyone.Wang Dalang laughed at Zhou Paidao's impure purpose of going to help the kitchen spontaneously, which immediately caused everyone to burst into laughter. No matter how cheerful the little lady was, she couldn't stand it now, and ran back to the backyard with a blushing face.Zhou Chopper was so angry that he gave Wang Dalang a chestnut, and snatched a piece of lamb leg that he was eating, and said bitterly, "I won't give you any more barbecue!"

The mutton was mixed with shallow wine, and the noodles were mixed with big-rooted green onions. The courtyard was full of joy. After the baptism of life and death in the war, the Youdu brothers finally let go of their hearts to eat and drink.That night, everyone was drunk and slept soundly at Zhang Xingzhong's house. Even the old man drank a few more glasses and kept shouting "Kill! Kill! Kill!", and was helped to sleep in the backyard by the old woman.

For the next few days, everyone took Zhang Xingzhong's home as their base, and played around in Youzhou City. On the third day, when everyone was shopping in the market, they learned about the current trading situation, and finally knew that more than 20 yuan a day What a burden it is for Zhang Xingzhong's family to have a healthy meal.So he hurriedly took his leave and went back to the barracks, and nodded to the Chinese army.

At the time of the appointment, each of them was unexpectedly deprived of a month's military pay.Each of the four gang leaders has two guans, while the others have one guan.After the payment was closed, Zhang Xingzhong didn't mention it since he returned to the city. Jiang Miao, Wang Dalang and others all wanted to go home and have a look. The army asked Zhao Zaili to ask for leave.

Zhao Zaili readily gave fifteen days off, but when Li Chengzhong asked about Commander Zhou, he frowned and said, "I heard that after the general's illness improved, he wanted to reorganize the army. Commander Zhou Now these days are spent in the city rushing about this matter."

When Li Chengzhong heard that he was planning to reorganize the army, he hurriedly asked, "How to reorganize the law?"

Zhao Zaili said: "It's not confirmed yet, it seems that there is no final case, but Commander Zhou came back a few days ago and said that the situation is not very good."

It was not Li Chengzhong's turn to participate in such a big event, so he could only go back to the Youdu camp full of worries, in order not to cause trouble for everyone when the brothers went home to visit, he suppressed the matter and did not say anything about it.The Youdu brothers who got the fake immediately packed up their bags and returned to their respective hometowns happily. In the end, only Zhong Silang was left in the barracks.

Li Chengzhong was a little strange, and asked him why he didn't leave, and Zhong Silang said: "A certain family was defeated long ago, parents passed away early, and there is no one in the family. The neighbors in Xiaotong Village looked down on me. When I came out, I made a vow, I won’t go back until I’ve made a career!” As for how big a career he wanted to be, Zhong Silang muttered and couldn’t figure it out, and finally he could only say: “At least you should be a team officer, with dozens of people under your command. "

Regarding Zhong Silang's wish, Li Chengzhong didn't know what to say. Ever since he heard that the commander-in-chief was going to reorganize the army, he was a little worried. It was hard for his family to make military achievements in front of Commander Zhou, which left a good impression on him. If Commander Zhou left the camp after the reorganization, wouldn't all the previous credit be wiped out?In addition, I worked so hard all the way to the north to knead Youdu into such a group that has achieved initial results, and I have initially established prestige in the group. If the organization is broken up after the reorganization, wouldn't all the hard work be in vain? ?So he went to find Zhao Zaili frequently.

Zhao Zaili also looked depressed. As the commander Zhou Zhiyu's personal guard, his future is closely tied to the general. If the general is good, he will be good, and if the general is bad, he will be bad.Hearing Zhou Zhiyu talk about the reorganization a few times, it seems that the prospects are quite bad, and Zhao Zaili's depression can be imagined.The two low-ranking officers who were very concerned about this matter got together and sighed and frowned all day long, but they gradually became inseparable from each other.

As the days passed, the news became more and more unfavorable, and finally the commander Zhou Zhiyu brought back the preliminary plan for the whole army.The main reason for the reorganization of the army lies in the lack of funds.In order to supply the army for the Southern Expedition to Wei Bo, Lulong Jiedu Mansion has been struggling to support it for the past few months. The Jiedu government treasury has long been empty.But when all the armies came back, they all reached out to the Jiedu Mansion for money according to the wartime establishment, preparing to recruit sergeants again.

For example, the commander of the Jianbing Battalion, Zhou Zhiyu, reported according to the original establishment of the five battalions, and each battalion had a super-large establishment before the war, with a total of one hundred and tens of thousands of people. Five thousand shi for military rations.The commander-in-chief Ya Nei Army is the elite of Lu Long Army's middle army. Although there are only 5000 people in the establishment, the pay is higher.By analogy, the number of soldiers reported by the Yanei Army, Shanhou Army, Yinhuludu, Jianzuying, Yier Army, and town soldiers in various states was 4, which fully reached the total number of soldiers who went out and stayed behind during the expansion of the army before the war. The amount, the total amount of salary and food is as high as 11 guan per month, and the military ration is 130 shi.Calculated according to the year, 43 million guan and 35 shi for military rations are needed every year.This is equivalent to nearly twice the annual financial income of [-] counties in the thirteen prefectures under the jurisdiction of Lulong Jiedu Mansion!

This does not include the tyrants who have almost wiped out the entire army.Yuhou Zhao Ba, the Baduqi who stayed behind in Youzhou, reported an ambitious rebuilding plan. He wanted to restore the Baduqi to the level of 8000 people.In the plan, he asked for the allocation of 20 guan for recruiting troops, [-] guan for horse purchase, and [-] guan for armor and equipment. In addition, there are [-] guan of monthly military pay, [-] guan of military rations, and [-] guan of horse feed!

Leaving aside where the various armies go to recruit so many young men, the Jiedu Mansion would be overwhelmed by military expenses alone, so the matter of reorganizing the army was put on the agenda.According to the news that Zhou Zhiyu inquired, the focus of this army reorganization is to ensure that the Yanei Army and the newly established Yier Army, and the rest of the battalions are within the scope of abolition.For example, the town troops in each prefecture will be reduced by 2000%, and the silver gourds will be reduced to [-]. list.

After the reorganization of the army, combined with the Central Army and the town troops from other prefectures, Lu Long's army consisted of 2 people, and the annual food and payment expenditure accounted for [-]% of the annual financial income of the Jiedu Mansion.This is the final decision made by the commander in chief, otherwise the new judge Liu Zhiwen will further compress it to [-]% before giving up.

If this army plan is placed before the Southern Expedition, it will not work anyway.In the century-old history of the Lu Long Army, the military power of each army is firmly in the hands of the commanders of each battalion. Even in the middle army of this town, only the commander-in-chief Yanei Army can really be controlled by Liu Rengong.Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that this is the Jiedu Mansion taking advantage of the trend to suppress dissidents and establish authority. If the Jiedu Mansion issued such "random orders" in normal times, I am afraid that Liu Rengong would have been overthrown by the leaders of various armies.However, at this moment, after the defeat of the Southern Expedition, only half of Lu Long's army is still capable of fighting, and the Ya Nei Army and the newly established Yier Army are reorganized under the condition that the strength of each army is greatly weakened. Just right.

Zhou Zhiyu convened an enlarged meeting of the officers of the healthy soldiers battalion in the main account. All officers with ranks, as long as all the officers in the battalion participated.A total of 21 military officers participated in the meeting. In addition to Zhou Zhiyu himself, there were one commander, one Yuhou, three capital heads, two team leaders, and thirteen team leaders.Li Chengzhong, as the deputy lieutenant and head of the company, also participated in the meeting.

According to Zhou Zhiyu, the Jianju Battalion will be merged into the Marshal Yanei Army, and all officers will retain their titles and be demoted by half a rank.In other words, the salary is retained and the post is downgraded.For example, Li Chengzhong, the salary of the deputy lieutenant who accompanied the army and the ninth rank remained the same, and the monthly salary was double, but after he arrived in the Yanei Army, he could only serve as the corps leader.Zhou Zhiyu himself is expected to serve as the deputy commander of the left wing of the Yamen Army.

For the officers at all levels of the Jianzu Battalion, the half-level reduction is just one of the most serious blows. What is really frustrating is that after being merged into the Ya Nei Army, everyone's future will be bleak.Of course, in the Yanei Army, the veterans of the Yanei Army have the final say, whether it is Zhou Zhiyu, or other officers of the Jianzhu Battalion, they will only feel aggrieved when they go, no one mentions the good work, and no one mentions the mistakes. Take care, I can only lower my head and admit that I am unlucky.

In the tent of the Chinese army, everyone sighed and sighed, everyone was frowning and looked at each other speechlessly.

Among these people, Zhou Zhiyu was the most frustrated. He had already become a general standing alone, holding the head of the Du Li battalion in his hand. characters.But now he has become the deputy commander of the left wing of the Ya'nei Army, and the commander of the left wing, the commander of the Ya'nei Army and other superiors are on his head. Opportunities are few and far between.

But Zhou Zhiyu is the head of the Jianzu camp, and he still needs to appease the brothers under him. He forced a smile to comfort everyone, saying that it would be good if he went to the Yanei Army, the treatment there is better, and the monthly military salary is higher than it is now. Strong and elite, there are many opportunities for promotion in the future.

Naturally, this kind of solution would not have any effect, everyone was still sullen, did not respond to Zhou Zhiyu's comfort, and there was no sound in the camp.