Li Xiao had his idea and immediately started the next move.

He sent an order to expand the current Pingnan Camp three times and establish Pingnan Town.

Pingnan Town is also like Xingzhong Town. It has three battalions under its jurisdiction, each battalion has three posts, with a total of 135 shield soldiers, a total of 13770 gunmen, a total of 27540 gunmen, a total of 2500 cavalry, a total of 2500 flying knights, a total of 2500 rampant soldiers, a total of 3000 auxiliary soldiers, a total of 2000 musketeers, and a 500 artillery troops. The total force reaches 54,310.

Most of the troops required for expansion were selected from local immigrant families in Taiwan, and a small part was supplemented from the Han army and the bandits who had completed labor reform.

Li Xiao made a major change in Pingnan Town.

That is, from the Tang army sequence, the organization of Manzhou cavalry and infantry was completely abolished.

Li Xiao has always believed that the special arrangement of Manzhou troops is actually just an experimental and excessive measure.

In the long run, such a specially organized army with strong national characteristics will definitely continue to strengthen the self-identity of those already sinicized Manchu soldiers, which will be very harmful to the future development of the Tang army.

Like now, although people like Ebilun, Samushka and others are very loyal to themselves, they can be called fingers and arms. However, the hearts of people in this world are the least reliable. If an army composed of exclusive nations is maintained for a long time, these people will definitely join together intentionally or unintentionally and strengthen their own attributes. This will undoubtedly lay unpredictable hidden dangers within themselves.

So what Li Xiao had to do was to eliminate hidden dangers in the bud.

When E Bilun and others were still very loyal to themselves, when the Manzhou troops had not yet formed an independent mountain, with unique sense of belonging and related interests, it was very necessary and urgent to change the original organization by themselves and let these Manchu people completely submerge and assimilate in the turbulent sea of ​​Han people.

Besides, if we only set up special troops for the Chinese-made Manchu army, there will be more Mongolian Eight Banners that will surrender in the future. Should we also set up special Mongolian troops?

This is obviously impossible.

So, time is endless, this is a place that must be changed immediately.

In this turbulent and turbulent era, a leader, a nation, and an idea are the basic guarantee of a force's strong combat capabilities.

So, with Li Xiao's order, all the original Manzhou troops in the Tang army in various places were demolished and added to the Xuanhu Heavy Cavalry, Flying Harrier, and Rampant.

In addition, since the Lumi gun is still in the research and development stage, the number of firearms is still insufficient, Li Xiao ordered that all the 2,000-person firearms and 500-person firearms troops who were originally managed by Xingzhong Town be transferred to Pingnan Camp, so that these firearms troops can make more contributions in Southeast Asia and will not do anything in Shandong where the current situation is pacified.

Next, Li Xiao began to appoint the main generals of Pingnan Camp.

The former battalion commander of Pingnan Battalion, Li Dingguo, was promoted to the mayor of Pingnan Town, and the former deputy battalion commander Luo Zheng, was promoted to the deputy mayor of Pingnan Town.

The battalion commander of the A Battalion of Pingnan Town is also served by the town mayor Li Dingguo, while the deputy battalion commander is Zu Kuan, the former Liaodong aid general who had just recently defected to Li Xiao.

The battalion commander of Bing B in Pingnan Town is also appointed by Deputy Mayor Luo Zheng, while the deputy battalion commander is E Bilun, the former Manzhou Cavalry General of Xingzhong Town.

The battalion commander of Bingbattalion in Pingnan Town was served as Cao Bianjiao, the former general of Shaanxi who had just joined Li Xiao, and the deputy battalion commander was the former bandit general Li Wanqing who made great contributions in the defense of Changhua City.

The director of the Supervisory and Supervision Department of Pingnan Camp is still Zhao Wencai, the former director of the Supervisory and Supervision Department of Pingnan Camp.

From the above personnel arrangements, we can see that Li Xiao’s principle of employing people is to show loyalty and have the ability, so he will immediately use it. Li Xiao does not value his background, past, etc.

That is why there was a great situation in the Tang army where generals from various sources gathered together. These generals of different levels were promoted from the refugees, including the original Ming army generals, the bandit generals after surrendering, and the surrendered Manzhou soldiers, Mongolian soldiers, Han army and other generals.

Moreover, because these generals only have the power to train and fight, the remaining military education, military merit review, salary payment, etc. are all under the responsibility of the civil servants in the supervision department, and there are spies from the Security Department who secretly monitor the actions of the generals, so these generals have a very limited influence in the army.

Li Xiao’s management model borrowed from the Gong Army’s army, and in this late Ming Dynasty, he perfectly achieved strong control and deep control of the army.

Li Xiao can say without exaggeration that the Tang army under his command is even worse than some modern armies, let alone compared with ancient armies such as the Ming and Qing armies.

Now, in Pingnan Town, all kinds of generals with the most elite combat power in Li Xiao’s army are gathered, which shows how high Li Xiao’s expectations for this army are.

Li Xiao ordered that the expansion and training of the whole town would be completed within three months at the latest, and then it would start to attack Luzon, taking over the entire Spanish-controlled Philippines, and avenge the bloody hatred for the Chinese who died tragically under the Spanish butcher knife.

After the Pingnan Camp's military expansion order was passed to Taiwan, immigrant families from south to north all actively signed up for the army.

At the recruitment registration offices of various villages, towns, prefectures and counties, a large number of young people lined up in a long line.

Compared to being a virtuous farming in Taiwan or working in a factory, becoming a glorious Tang army soldier is the biggest dream of every young man of appropriate age.

The Tang army was treated very well and had complete guarantees. After being discharged from the army, there were also a lot of resettlement fees and had extremely high social status. All these benefits strongly attracted immigrant children from Taiwan to join the army.

Moreover, if he makes military achievements on the battlefield in the future or is even promoted to an officer, it will make the whole family famous in a village of 10 miles away.

Due to the enthusiastic number of applicants, Pingnan Town, Li Dingguo, had all the places in just five days.

Because there are plenty of military troops to choose, the officers from the recruitment offices in various places have carefully selected them and selected the best among the best, thus ensuring that the soldiers recruited are all capable and strong.

Of course, after the recruitment work was completed, the young people who successfully joined the army smiled happily, while a large number of unselected young people were very disappointed and complained.

Fortunately, the civil servants and local officials have done a lot of ideological work and assured these outdated young people that if the army expands again in the future, they will still have the chance to be elected again.

After the recruitment work was completed, Li Dingguo ordered all new recruits to step up their training and must be familiar with and master the relevant combat skills in two months.

Li Xiao stipulated that the recruits were completed in three months of training, while Li Dingguo set the time for his men was more than two months. This shows that Li Dingguo, as the main general, was more anxious than Li Xiao, the Duke of Tang, and hoped to start the battle to conquer Luzon as soon as possible.

In the hot summer, Li Dingguo was stepping up training for new recruits, and after arranging the military expansion of Pingnan Town, Li Xiao began to personally supervise the reconstruction of Jinan City.

On this day, Li Xiao was accounting in the mansion that the various expenses required for the reconstruction of Jinan City were suddenly reported by military soldiers, saying that there was a young man named Zhang Huangyan who wanted to come to surrender to the Duke of Tang.

"Oh, please be welcome!"

When Li Xiao heard Zhang Huangyan come to join him, he couldn't help but look of joy on his face.

Li Xiao, who had read the history of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life, naturally had a detailed understanding of this famous anti-Qing hero in the late Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Huangyan (1620-1664), whose courtesy name was Xuanzhu and his pseudonym Cangshui, was from Yin County (now Ningbo, Zhejiang). He was a Han nationality, a Confucian general of the Southern Ming Dynasty, a poet, and a famous hero of the anti-Qing Dynasty. He has always insisted on the anti-Qing struggle for nearly twenty years.

Until 1664 (the third year of Kangxi), with Emperor Yongli, King Lu, Zheng Chenggong and others dying one after another. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Zhang Huangyan disbanded the rebel army on Xuan'ao Island in Nantian and lived in seclusion. Later, he was reported by a traitor. He was captured that year and later killed. Before he was executed, he wrote a poem "The Deadly Poem" and was posthumously named Zhonglie.

Li Xiao knew that in the real history, Zhang Huangyan should have been preparing for the exam at home. Then, in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Huangyan passed the imperial examination.

However, unexpectedly, in this time and space that has been changed by himself, Zhang Huangyan, who was only 20 years old at the time, came from Zhejiang to defect to him, which was beyond Li Xiao's expectations.

Li Xiaofang stepped out of the courtyard of the Duke of Tang's Mansion. Zhang Huangyan, who was dressed in a civilian clothes but was energetic, had been led by the army and came to the courtyard.

"Mr. Zhang, this is Lord Li, Duke of Tang."

Zhang Huangyan was stunned and immediately bowed to Li Xiao, who had a smile on his face and bowed his head.

"Student Zhang Huangyan, pay homage to Duke Tang."

"Mr. Zhang, don't be polite. Please get up quickly." Li Xiao quickly stepped forward and helped Zhang Huangyan up.

When Zhang Huangyan saw Li Xiao coming out to greet him in person and was so humble and corporal, he couldn't help but feel very excited. He bowed and said, "Zhang is from Yin County, Zhejiang Province. His name is Xuanzhu and his pseudonym Cangshui. He is a white man. Unexpectedly, he was greeted by the Duke of Tang so kindly, so how shameless the students were in their hearts."

Li Xiao laughed and said, "Mysterious, it is true that talent is not about being old. I have always been unconventional in employing people. But based on talent and morality, Mr. Zhang does not have to be too humble. It is hot outside, and it is not a place for talking. Please follow me to go to the living room to talk."

Soon, the two entered the living room and looked at the tea separately. Li Xiao noticed that Zhang Huangyan seemed to want to say something to himself, but his eyes glanced at the servant beside C from time to time. Li Xiao understood and hurriedly stepped back and asked him and himself to talk in detail in this living room.

"Xuanzhu, now there are only you and me in the room. If you have something to say, it doesn't matter." Li Xiao looked straight into Zhang Huangyan's eyes and said softly.

Zhang Huangyan put down the teacup in his hand. On his young face, there was a heavy look that was completely different from his age. He lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Li, in your opinion, I, Daming, can I save you?"

After hearing Zhang Huangyan’s question, Li Xiao’s face shook.

OK, Zhang Huangyan, as soon as he came to join him, asked what his purpose was.

"Is this a question? Yixuan, what's the case?" Li Xiao kicked the ball back to Zhang Huangyan.

Zhang Huangyan blinked and said, "The students thought that the reason why my Ming Dynasty had fallen to this point was because of the lack of loyal ministers and good generals. If Lord Li was loyal to assisting the country and eradicating the bandits and Tartars, then my Ming Dynasty could also be revived, and my China would be able to revive it."

After hearing Zhang Huangyan's scholarly words, Li Xiao shook his head gently.

"Mr. Li, do you don't agree with what you think? In your opinion, my Ming Dynasty is hopeless and will only continue to sink like this?" Zhang Huangyan asked softly with embarrassment.

Li Xiao looked at the young Zhang Huangyan in front of him with a complicated look.

Seeing Zhang Huangyan's inquiring eyes, he had intended to say what he had said to Chen Zilong, Jiang Yueguang and others a few days ago, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that it was too early to say these words to this young man.

Although this person is talented and young, he has been studying hard at home and has many unrealistic fantasies about the current situation. So, before formally appointing this person, it may be better to let him go to various places to understand the actual situation.

"There is a saying that one is better than one seeing than a hundred years of hearing. There is a saying that reading thousands of books is worse than traveling a thousand miles. According to my opinion, you are still young and have talent and knowledge, but your social experience is insufficient. I have told you many things now, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for you to understand."

"Mr. Li, what you mean is..."

"The meaning of this is that you don't have to rush to serve in our army. You can travel around the Ming Dynasty first, and then go to the government of our officials to take a look. Compared with the two, you will know why I have such an attitude." Li Xiao said calmly.

Zhang Huangyan lowered his head. Although he had many opinions on Li Xiao's words, he was not easy to refute. After all, he had always been studying hard at home. Although he was known as talented, he really didn't know much about what the real society was.

"Okay, then the student will go to various places for inspection and tour first according to Duke Tang's advice." Zhang Huangyan finally nodded in agreement with Li Xiao's words.

Li Xiao nodded: "Very good. Since Mr. Zhang agreed with my advice, I can fund you a lot of money and let you go smoothly and not worry about money."

Zhang Huangyan stood up and said with a sigh: "Thank you, Duke Tang, don't worry, at most, it will take a year or two. After my inspections are completed in various places, I will definitely come to Duke Tang to work again."

"Very good. After Mr. Zhang comes back from the inspection, I will definitely welcome you." Li Xiao laughed.

Two days later, Li Xiao received a letter from his Mongolian concubine, Ingma.

In the letter, Ingma reported a good news to him using sloppy Chinese characters.

That is, since he left Dengzhou, he has not had a good thing for more than a month. It seems that he is pregnant.

Ingma's letter made Li Xiao very happy.

He said in his heart that he had one man and two woman now, and Ingma is pregnant again. It seems that his fourth descendant is about to come to the world again.
Chapter completed!