Datang New Order

Although the winter in Jiwei was cold, the unique geographical conditions of Bailang Mountain kept Li Chengzhong's troops stationed here away from the thorn of frozen bones.In addition to the surrounding mountains that can keep out the cold wind from the north and south, the geothermal spring water in the back mountain of Junzhai also makes people feel very comfortable and comfortable.Presumably this is also the reason why the Anton Governor's Mansion of the Tang Dynasty established a stockpiling military camp here.

Li Chengzhong immediately started the long-awaited military training without worrying about the Khitan's invasion.

Before training, he reorganized the team at hand.At present, he has a total of more than 220 soldiers, and he selected more than 350 young and strong men from among the refugees who hid in the mountains to join the army, bringing the number of soldiers to 300.He divided the [-] people into three capitals and six teams, appointed Jiang Miao, Zhang Xingzhong, and Zhou Baedao as the capital heads, and established a scout team and a logistics team.This method of organization is tantamount to breaking the practice of Lulong Army squadron officers and Dutou eating empty pay. Others can say that, but Zhang Xingzhong and Zhou Paidao are senior veterans of Lulong Army. Let's talk one by one.

The conversation went smoothly beyond Li Chengzhong's expectations, and all three heads expressed their understanding and support.The reason is that these three are officers who have climbed up from the bottom, and their starting process is the same as that of Li Chengzhong.When they were gang leaders, none of them were eligible for empty pay. After arriving in Pingzhou, although they were promoted to be team officers and then inspectors, they still had no chance to eat empty pay.They have been fighting with Li Chengzhong ever since they recruited troops, from Yuguan to Bailang Mountain. The empty salary they originally set is still in the account book of Pingzhou soldiers and horses. Therefore, I don't have much direct sense of the benefits of eating empty wages, and I don't have much resistance to Li Chengzhong's persuasion and explanation.

For this reason, Li Chengzhong also promised that in the future, in his army, the team officers will be paid ten guan a month each, and the head of the army will be paid twenty guan a month. It ranges from one hundred to five hundred acres... Leaving aside the matter of field acres, after all, it is the Year of the Monkey, but this monthly salary is much higher than that of Lu Longjun's other troops, which largely makes up for the lack of free salary. Loss.Of course, Li Chengzhong has no money now, so he can only talk about it, and the officers can still only receive money from the accounts of the Pingzhou Army according to the regular monthly salary. Everyone's arrears of payment are registered in the register, and they have repeatedly guaranteed that they will be paid when they have money in the future.

At least everyone is full of confidence in Li Chengzhong now, so they are also full of confidence in his ability to fulfill his promise, which makes Li Chengzhong heave a sigh of relief.He was very opposed to the military custom of eating empty pay, and he felt sincerely happy to be able to eradicate the signs of this habit in his troops at this time.As for the debts, let's just owe them first. Anyway, if there are too many lice, he is not afraid of being bitten, and if he has too many debts, he is not worried.

His first batch of debt recipients were the survivors of soldiers killed in the last battle and meritorious soldiers, and the second batch of debt recipients included: Jiang Miao, Zhou Medao, Zhang Xingzhong, Wang Dalang, Meng Xuxing, Jiao Chengqiao, Zhong Silang, Zhao There are eight people waiting.Among them, Jiang Miao, Zhang Xingzhong, and Zhou Medao are the inspectors of capitals A, B, and C respectively. Xu Xing served as the right team leader of Zhang Xing Chongyi, and Jiao Chengqiao served as the team leader of Zhou Chopper's right team.Wang Dalang served as the head of the scout team, with a temporary establishment of 20 people.Zhao Da served as the head of the logistics team, and also had 20 people, ten of whom were hunters among the common people. In addition to their responsibilities, they also took on the important task of healing wounded soldiers during wartime. …,

In addition to the above establishments, under the tireless insistence of officers at all levels, Li Chengzhong finally selected ten people as personal guards, and Zhou Xiaolang, who was trained by Zhou Chopper, was the head of the personal guards.

As Zhou Xiaolang's fellow villager and colleague, Zhou Xiaolang was brave in killing and fighting, and he dared to fight for his life. He performed well in these few battles.He can be regarded as an old man who followed Li Chengzhong, because there was no suitable opportunity, he has been the gang leader since Yuguan and has not been promoted.This time he was appointed as Li Chengzhong's personal guard leader, although his rank has not changed, but according to the military practice of this era, his personal guard leader is more valued than the serious captain, so he is also very happy, In front of Li Chengzhong, he repeatedly patted his chest and said that the safety of the capital will be entrusted to him, and he promises that there will be no accidents.The energy with which he slapped his chest to swear was very similar to that of Zhou Chopper, and it came from the same vein. It looked like a smaller Zhou Chopper, which made Li Cheng laugh in his heart.

Zhao Da was in charge of the school's logistics team, which made him a little unbelievable.His old problem of lack of self-confidence broke out again, and he repeatedly asked Li Chengzhong to think carefully about others.The appointments of other officers were warmly supported by the parties concerned, but this guy's repeated "disobedience" made Li Chengzhong a little impatient, and he said with a straight face: "I said, Lao Zhao, don't you believe me?" As for yourself, you still don’t trust my vision? You were very eye-catching when you fought against the Khitans last time! You deserve to be promoted after you have made such great achievements. Besides, you are good at logistics, and it’s up to you Serving as a team is exactly where you can play to your strengths!"

The word "logistics" was invented by Li Chengzhong in this era, and the establishment of a special "logistics team" can also be regarded as his pioneering innovation in this era.When he set up the "Logistics Group", everyone still didn't understand. The officers proposed to change the name of this group to "Supply Group", "Grain Group" and so on. Responsibilities and tasks coincide.

Wars are fought in logistics, and the connotation and extension of logistics include a wide range, not only escorting food and supplies, but also all aspects of clothing, food, ordnance, etc. After thinking about it, only the word "logistics" from later generations can fully understand it. Expression, so even if these officers did not understand, he still insisted on using this title.Regarding the insistence of the top leader, everyone can only follow the orders. Therefore, the original "logistics team" and the current "logistics team" appeared in this era.

Of course, everyone has heard this title for a long time, and gradually got used to it, so they interpret it literally. This understanding comes from Feng Dao's thinking. He believes that there is nothing wrong with the word "logistics". It is at the rear of the battlefield, behind the soldiers; "diligence" means "toil". It is said in "Poetry? If there is something to do, it will be accepted, that is, it is a matter of labor and humiliation.Speaking of it, Li Yuheng's logistics is really appropriate.

A scholar like Feng Dao praised the use of this word well, and the officers gradually felt that this word was really good, so they began to use it.

After being admonished by Du Tou, Zhao Da left with a bitter face, and he had no choice but to bite the bullet and take care of the twenty people assigned to him.It used to be a bit difficult for him when he only had ten people, but now that there are ten more people, he feels more and more overwhelmed.

Jiang Miao, Zhang Xingzhong, and Zhou Kuaido had already been appointed as the head of the inspection school when they left Yuguan, but there were not enough soldiers, so they were actually performing the duties of team officers.At this moment, they have finally achieved a positive result, and they are all sincerely happy.Whoever has twice as many soldiers in charge will feel joy from the bottom of their hearts.The trace of disappointment that I heard that I could not live on empty pay also disappeared.There are more soldiers under him than when they were on empty pay, but it actually feels pretty good. …,

A large number of knives, guns, bows and arrows were seized during the battle to guard the White Wolf Mountain Army Stronghold, so that the recruits under Li Chengzhong's command did not have to worry about having no weapons to use. Li Chengzhong carefully inspected the captured Khitan weapons and found that the quality was very good, almost as good as that of Pingping. Those weapons made by the state governor's office.

Old Craftsman Zhang carefully examined the weapons seized from the Khitan people, and couldn't help sighing: "It's already reached the level of 72 refinements, and our best craftsman in Pingzhou is only [-] refinements."

Li Chengzhong was very surprised and asked, "How skilled are the Khitan people in making weapons?"

Old Craftsman Zhang shook his head, nodded again, and said: "There were none before, but judging from this batch of weapons, they are really good."

Li Chengzhong was a little worried, and he said with a fluke mentality: "Could it be that our Central Plains trafficked it?"

Old craftsman Zhang said: "It must not be. We have always forged horizontal knives in the Central Plains. The captured knives are a bit bent, but they are commonly used by the barbarians outside the pass. According to the old man, the Khitans must have captured some of our Han people in recent years." Craftsmen, that's why they can create such a good knife.

Being able to forge excellent weapons means that the Khitan people have improved in mining, ironmaking, casting and other crafts. Perhaps others will not care about this improvement, but Li Chengzhong comes from later generations and deeply understands the meaning contained in it, so he I am very worried about it.But at this moment, he was powerless to do anything about these things, so he had to put them aside for the time being and put his mind back on military training.

Regarding the concept of military training, Li Chengzhong had already had it since he came to Pingzhou with Zhou Zhiyu.When he was appointed as the team leader, he tried hard to recall the daily training methods of the original army, combined with what he saw and heard in the wars of this era, and finally pieced together a training outline.

But because of the ensuing Battle of Yuguan and the Battle of White Wolf Mountain, he never started to train soldiers, but continued to perfect the training outline in his mind in his spare time.Now that he finally has time, he intends to test it out this winter. Even if it doesn't achieve the effect he imagined, at least he should have a preliminary prototype for his troops.After winter, he also planned to try to face the Khitan people head-on in a field battle.An army that is incapable of defeating an opponent in a field battle will never be able to fight. For this, Li Chengzhong is very persistent and persistent.