The several heavy snowfalls at the beginning of the second year of Jianwen indicate that this is a year of bumper harvest, but this is also a year that is destined to be full of disasters in China.

The snow on the official road leading to Guangning at Shanhaiguan has not melted yet. More than a hundred cavalrymen roared in their furious clothes, and countless horse hooves set out on a road in the snow. Some early merchants asked to the roadside, and everyone muttered that they were going to fight again.

The cavalry came to a village and town, looked at the sun and found a small restaurant on the side of the road, and stopped to beat the top. Several big men in red flew off the horse, shouted their men to hold grass and feed the horses.

The leader of the restaurant was Qu Neng, the commander of the front line of Shanhaiguan. Several men dressed in the same clothes as him were behind him, stomping their feet to remove the snow mud that was splashing on their boots as soon as they entered the house.

A young general with a rough appearance took a gourd from his personal soldiers and said to Qu Neng: "General, today I will try our Jurchen ginseng bar. It's cold this day, and I can replenish my body after drinking it." The person who spoke was Katun, the commander of the 30,000 guards.

Qu Neng smiled and nodded in agreement. He found a table to sit down and threw the wine gourd to the store: "Shopkeeper, warm the wine, get everything delicious in the store.

"After saying that, he sat down with Deng Tianhai, commander of Dingliao Right Guard, commander of Lalu Guard, and commander of Fuzhou Guard, Xu Du, commander of Fuzhou Guard.

Xu Du was originally from Yang Wen, but in order to stabilize the morale of Yang Wen's old subordinates, on the other hand, he also saw that he was leading troops well, so after getting rid of Yang Wen, he still kept him.

At this time, except for him, all the people present were the direct descendants of the King of Liao, so he respectfully took the tea from the store and poured tea for everyone.

Katun drank a sip of hot water, felt warmer on his body, and said to Qu Neng: "General, this cold day has summoned us to Guangning, where will we open?"

Qu Neng put down his cup and said, "This is a question. The Tang newspaper only said that you and I will go to Guangning to have a meeting with you. I don't know what meeting you have."

Katun said, "Do you think you are going to go into the pass again to fight Yan Ni? You have a good relationship with Your Highness and must have heard some news. Are you going to fight again?"

Qu Neng said: "To be honest?"

Katun said, "Of course, the general can't fool me if Lao Ka is a rough man." These officers followed Zhu Zhi more, and some of the future words Zhu Zhi brought were also open.

Qu Neng said: "According to my guess, it is unlikely to fight."

When Katun heard that he didn't fight, he immediately showed disappointment and said, "The court was defeated again in the south a few years ago. If we don't fight, when will Yan Ni be able to settle?" His tone was full of confidence.

Qu Neng subconsciously glanced at Xu Du and said, "General Ka, have you been speechless?"

Katun quickly stuck out his tongue. In fact, he and Qu Neng usually said that they were too much. Suddenly Xu Du continued: "Although he has never experienced the Shahe Battle, I heard from all the generals that later they had a fight with the Yan army at the last general of Cangting.

General Lu and Ni used the two guards to defeat the elite of Yan's six guards, and there was no distinction between victory and defeat. Liao Yan's combat power immediately appeared.

So General Ka is right. The combat effectiveness of the Jing camp and the mainland garrison cannot be compared with Yan Ni, but Yan Ni cannot stand against Liaodong. It is our Liaodong Army to try to pacify Yan Ni."

Qu Neng looked at Xu Du and Katun again. Unexpectedly, Xu Du took the initiative to move closer to the Liao King General. Katun picked up the wine glass and said, "Okay, Brother Xu said it well, come on. Let's have a drink.

"All the generals raised their glasses to death.

Qu Neng wiped his mouth and said, "That's right, according to the general's opinion, he will not assign a mission this time.

You see, the weather is cold this year, the heavy snow has not yet melted, and a large amount of military supplies is required to go to the expedition. Such road transportation is difficult; there is still ice on the sea, and the shipping is not available. Therefore, it is impossible for Liaodong to take action at this time."

Everyone understood after hearing this analysis. Katun wanted to break the casserole and asked: "What is the general?"

Qu Neng slapped his head and said, "You are just a anxious temper. You will know in a day! But I guess it should be a big move."

Yes, it was indeed a big move. Zhu Zhi led Tie Xuan and the General Staff. After a long period of planning, he finally formulated a reform plan for the Liaodong Army organization during the war.

This is the second large-scale military system adjustment of the Liaodong Army since the Liao King ruled the army. In the past, Zhu Zhi had always been worried that the adjustment was too large and was easily criticized by the court. Now the court is too busy to take care of itself. He can finally boldly reform the army.

According to the plan, Liaodong will be divided into three strategic groups. The four guards stationed in the north, the Nuheli, Dazhen, Dingliao Forewar, and the Dongning Guard formed the fourth army, known as "Liaobei", with a force of 20,000.

The commander was also served by Guan Yiwu, commander of Dongning Guard, and unified the defense of the Beishan Jurchens.

The Oriental Group formed the third army of five guards against Goryeo, named "Goryeo". They were the Liaohai Guard, Dingliao Left Guard, Gaizhou Guard, Daning Left Guard, Dingliao Left Guard, and Dingliao Neighbor, with a force of 25,000.

The commander was also served by Ye Chengzu, commander of Liaohai Guard, and managed the Goryeo Peninsula.

The Southern Group is the strongest strategic group of the Liaodong Army, concentrating all six main forces and is divided into two armies. The first army, "Guanning", is stationed in Shanhaiguan, and has jurisdiction over the Yulin Right Guard, Dingliao Right Guard, 30,000 guards, Guangning Left Guard, Fuzhou Guard, and Lalu Guard, and commander Wang Guan.

The Second Army, "Xiang Liao", stationed in Guangning as the general reserve team of the entire army, and was in charge of Guangning Central Guard, Dingliao Central Guard, Ningyuan Guard, Shenyang Zhonggu, Guangning Right Guard (scout), five guards with 38,000, and commander Qu Neng.

In addition, there are Tieling Guards guarding Guangning, and Jinzhou Guards stationed in Lushun. The above two guards are directly under the Liaodong Dushi.

After integrating the major strategic groups in Liaodong, the reorganization plan also adjusted the main combat functions of each guard. Infantry is divided into five types: firearms, siege, field battle, mountain, and maneuver.

Firearm infantry mainly uses guns and cannons as combat equipment, and cannons can be used to fight both in field and in urban offensive and defense. At present, only Dingliao Right Guards and Jinzhou Guards are equipped with firearms, and Ningyuan Guards are also equipped with firearms during the training process.

The siege infantry is mainly equipped with heavy siege equipment and artillery, and is responsible for urban offensive and defense, including the Tieling Guard and Fuzhou Guard.

Field infantry mainly uses cold weapons, equipped with first battalion muskets and twelve light artillery, horse transport, and responsible for field battles. Currently, there are Dingliao defenders, Gaizhou guards, Nuheli, Dazhen, and Dingliao forwards.

Mountain infantry is mainly responsible for mountain combat, equipped with cold weapons, light mountain firearms, and pack horse transportation. Currently, there are Liaohai Guards and Dingliao Zuo Guards.

Mobile infantry, combat and equipment are the same as field infantry, but all soldiers are riding horses and maneuvering. Currently, there is only one guard at Daning Left Guard. Mobile infantry will become the development trend of field infantry in Liaodong.

However, the number of horses is not enough to allow all infantry to ride on horses.

Cavalry is mainly divided into light cavalry and heavy cavalry.

The heavy cavalry and horses were all wearing heavy armor and were responsible for rushing to the battlefield. The plan included the Yulin Right Guard, Dingliaon Central Guard and two Jurchen Guards.

Light cavalry is known for its maneuvering speed and bow and arrow attacks. Except for heavy cavalry, other cavalry guards are all light cavalry guards.

Zhu Zhi hopes that through these adjustments, the Liaodong Army will be more professional, such as dispatching different troops in areas that are expected to be put into battle, and if they want to attack the city, they will attack with siege infantry.

If you want to fight in the field, you will combine firearms, field infantry and light and heavy cavalry; if you need to run for a long distance, light cavalry and mobile infantry will be dispatched.

In addition to these technological reforms, the new plan also includes an army honor mechanism, and each garrison can design and make armbands themselves as identification marks for their own garrison.

The entire group has a system of awarding honorary titles. Infantry Guards will be awarded the title of "Tiger Ben" if they receive special merits; infantry Guards will be awarded the title of "Guanning Iron Cavalry".

For groups at the level of 1,000 or below, they will be awarded the title of "Guardian".

For individuals, they are divided into three types of fifth-class personal merits.

The first is the combat medal "Tiger", which will receive a medal for each battle; the second is the wounded medal "Crane", which commends heroic behaviors that are injured in the battle; the third is the special combat merit medal "Qilin".

Medals are divided into third-class, and the first-class "Qilin" medal stipulates that the ownership rate in the entire army cannot exceed one thousandth. It is necessary to make special contributions to obtain it. In the future, promotions and military academy selection will be determined based on the number of personal merits.

After the promulgation of the New Land Honors Mechanism, Zhu Zhi awarded honors to the groups and individuals who won meritorious contributions in the Shahe Battle. The soldiers of the entire army dating back to the 26th year of Hongwu when Zhu Zhi was in the vassal state. Participants in each battle received the "Tiger" medal, and the wounded also received the "Crane" medal.

Ningyuanwei obtained the military flag of "Shahe Tiger Ben"; Zhang Baifang's general flag was named "Shahe Guard General Flag"; Zhang Baifang won the first-class Qilin medal because he raised the flag at a critical moment to encourage the entire army to fight to the death. He was the only one in the entire battle to get the first-class medal.

After Zhang Baifang recovered from injury, he was promoted to Ningyuanwei Baijia.

Katun looked at these beautifully crafted military flag medals.

His eyes were almost falling out, and he only won a few "Tiger" combat medals. He regretted why he was not injured in so many charges. Those "Crane" medals were made beautifully.

Zhu Zhi believes that modern military organization, coupled with the complete establishment of Liaodong's military academy system, military pay system, and honor mechanism, can enable the Liaodong army to make a preliminary move towards a modern army. Its combat effectiveness will be taken to a higher level.

This will create greater advantages for both the Southern Army and the Yan Army.

Although the generals of each guard cannot fully understand this new military reorganization plan, everyone is from a traveler and knows that this series of reforms are centered on improving combat effectiveness and are also very supportive.

Zhu Zhi attached great importance to this military reorganization conference. In addition to reading the plan for a whole day, he also left some generals to talk and patiently explained the spiritual connotation of the military reorganization plan to them.

Zhu Zhi also announced that unless there are special military operations, the entire first half of the second year of Jianwen will be reorganized according to the new plan. The specific training plan and weapons and equipment will be issued to the troops as soon as possible, requiring each guard to complete equipment familiarity, training and no less than three practical exercises in six months.

Zhu Zhi and Guo Ming calculated that a large-scale reorganization would cost millions of taels of silver. Zhu Zhi told Guo Ming not to be afraid of spending money, and to ensure the cost of military system reform, and promised that as long as the court's food and salary arrived, 300,000 taels of special funds should be allocated immediately.

The three-day military system reform conference was a united conference and a successful conference. After the meeting, Zhu Zhi led his civil and military officials to climb the western mountain of Guangning. Birds flew across thousands of mountains and people were destroyed. What a magnificent northern scenery.

After so many years, the birds' energy swept away, and I can finally spread my fists and fly high.
Chapter completed!