233 Zhao'an, reorganized

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"Big boss, you're back?"

When Li Zixiao returned to White Snake Village with Luo Chao, Qi Wei and others, Wei Hong was already waiting in front of the village.

"Wei Hong, what's the situation?" Li Zixiao got off the horse and asked.

"The court has come, and it is the elder brother surnamed Wu who has come, Fengyang has commanded Wu Laifeng, it is estimated that our business should be done, otherwise Wu Laifeng would not dare to come to our cottage in person."

Wei Hong's face also showed joy, and he said to Li Zixiao.

"What about them?"

"I arranged it in the conference hall, then Wu Laifeng is talking to his younger brother, waiting for the big boss to come back."

"Let's go, go and meet this surnamed Wu, maybe we will be under the jurisdiction of others in the future!" Li Zixiao was in a good mood and said with a smile.

When Li Zixiao took Wei Hong and others to the conference hall, he saw a middle-aged man wearing a red official robe of the Ming Dynasty, sitting on a chair drinking tea and talking to Wu Laiyun

This middle-aged man looks three points similar to Wu Laiyun, wearing a three-grade regular dress, crowned with a pearl peacock, a golden peacock, a beaded knot in the mouth, purple or green, and embroidered with a peacock pattern, a long skirt with horizontal and vertical folds and embroidered with a twig pattern.

Li Zixiao immediately knew that this person was Wu Laifeng, the commander of Fengyangdu, and this was a member of the imperial court!

"This is Lord Wu, fortunately, Li is late, I hope you will forgive me!"

Li Zixiao walked in with a smile and said with a fist at Wu Laifeng.

"Haha, this must be the master of Li, and he has admired his name for a long time! When I saw it today, it was really extraordinary, a talent. ”

Li Zixiao's appearance is really good, he looks tall and big, and his appearance is dignified, and his first impression of Wu Laifeng is quite good.

"I wonder why you're here?"

At this time, Li Zixiao actually knew that Wei Hong's guess was mostly right, and it was estimated that they would be able to accept the recruitment.

But at this time, Li Zixiao should pretend to be stupid, and he still has to pretend.

"This official is here to announce the decree, and Li Zixiao listens to the decree."

Wu Laifeng saw Li Zixiao's appearance and knew that he was pretending, but he didn't say anything, but directly pulled out a scroll of cloth from his wide sleeves, his expression instantly became serious, and he said loudly.

"Divine decree?"

After Li Zixiao hesitated for a short time, he immediately reacted and knelt on one knee, and Wei Hong, Luo Chao, Qi Wei and others also knelt on the ground behind him.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, specially named Li Zixiao as a guerrilla general, stationed in Yongcheng, admired."

"Grass people, no, the ministers accept the order, and the saint is wise."

Li Zixiao took the holy decree and pretended to be very excited.

"Master Li, no, it's General Li who is right, your conditions have all been agreed to by the Holy Lord, and you and your subordinates will be imperial officers and soldiers in the future, I hope you will not live up to the expectations of the Holy One."

Wu Laifeng said with a pleasant face.

"I really didn't expect to even alarm the Holy Lord, the lower officials are really frightened!" Li Zixiao's acting talent is very good, and he changed his words very quickly.

"The saint is merciful, and he also thinks that you are confused for a while, since you now have the heart to repent and are willing to serve the court, you can also make up for it."

These are all official words on the surface, and they are all said in a good way.

But Li Zixiao also understood in his heart that it was so easy for the imperial court to recruit them at this time, firstly, the imperial court really couldn't spare its hands to encircle and suppress them, and secondly, he hoped to take Li Zixiao's group of white dragon troops as a model.

You must know that at this time, Xiong Wencan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was busy recruiting Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and other rebels.

Among them, Zhang Xianzhong and several other rebels obviously also have this meaning, and are in contact with the imperial court.

At this time, the imperial court took them as a model, just to show them to those righteous soldiers, so that they could dispel the doubts in their hearts.

Li Zixiao didn't care what the court thought, his goal had been achieved, as long as he changed to an official position, he could buy him enough time to develop.

"General Li, congratulations, we will be colleagues in the future, then the letter we said before ......"

At this time, Wu Laiyun on the side came over and whispered to Li Zixiao.

"Haha, don't worry, Lord Wu, Li remembers you, this is the letter, and now it will be returned to Lord Wu as it is."

Li Zixiao kept this handle at this time, and it was useless, so he returned it to Wu Laiyun.

Wu Laiyun took the letter, opened it, and put it into his sleeve, and there was no change on his face.

"By the way, Lord Wu, there is one more thing, is it not that from now on, the two generals Xu Wei and Qi Lin, as well as their more than 1,200 officers and soldiers, will also be under my control."

"Of course, you can call the two of them now, and I'll inform them of the imperial order." Wu Laifeng said with a smile.

"Someone, go and bring Master Xu and Master Qi over." Li Zixiao commanded the subordinates next to him.

Since Wu Laiyun sent people back, Li Zixiao ordered to improve the treatment of more than 1,000 officers and soldiers such as Xu Wei and Qi Lin, three meals a day, and some meat every three days.

This kind of treatment is even much better than their previous days, and many officers and soldiers even joke in private that being a prisoner of the White Dragon Army is more comfortable than at home.

Li Zixiao is taking precautions, so that the malice and estrangement of these officers and soldiers towards the White Dragon Army in their hearts will be minimized, and it will be convenient for them to better integrate into the White Dragon Army system in the future.

Xu Wei and Qi Lin were not stupid, they knew that their plan had succeeded when they saw that Wu Laiyun was no longer imprisoned with them.

Seeing that the White Dragon Army had improved the treatment of their officers and soldiers, they were even more convinced of this, but what the two didn't expect was that Li Zixiao would take the two of them under his command.

It didn't take long for Xu Wei and Qi Lin to be invited to the conference hall.

"Humble to participate in the two adults." Both of them were very respectful to Wu Laifeng and Wu Laiyun.

"Haha, General Xu and General Qi are here, summoning you here is to let you introduce you to the future boss of the two of you, General Li."

Wu Laiyun walked up to the two and said with a smile.

When Xu Wei and Qi Lin heard Wu Laiyun's words, they were surprised and confused, and they were surprised that the imperial court really recruited the White Dragon Army, and they could be regarded as making up for it.

What makes them wonder is why Wu Laiyun would say that Li Zixiao will be their boss in the future?

It is said that they and Li Zixiao are not affiliated with each other, and for a while, both of them had a bad feeling in their hearts.

Sure enough, Wu Laiyun's next words made Xu Wei and Qi Lin dumbfounded, they were actually assigned to the White Dragon Army and obeyed Li Zixiao's orders.

In fact, Xu Wei and Qi Lin were unwilling to be involved with the White Dragon Army in their hearts, and even in their hearts, they still didn't have a good impression of the White Dragon Army.

After all, they were still fighting to the death on the battlefield before, but now they have become other people's subordinates, and everyone will have to feel awkward for a while.

However, compared with the veteran Xu Weilai, Qi Lin seemed more willing, because he could see that at this time, with his own condition, it was more suitable to stay in the White Dragon Army to develop.

If he is allowed to go back, it is estimated that he will end up with the same fate as Xu Wei, he will be refrigerated by the imperial court, and he will never have the opportunity to lead troops, otherwise Wu Laiyun would not give up on him so easily.

Instead of going back and being an outcast, he might as well stay here and see, maybe there will be a chance.

Moreover, in the past two days, he and Xu Wei were able to obtain the qualification to walk freely in the White Snake Village, allowing the two of them to visit a lot of places and become more and more aware of the strength of the White Dragon Army.

So, Qi Lin was the first to react, and bowed to Li Zixiao and said, "See the general." ”

"General Qi is polite, will we all be a family in the future, these customs and etiquette can be waived." Li Zixiao said happily, and at the same time looked at the veteran Xu Wei on the side.

If you want to say who values Li Zixiao more to Xu Wei and Qi Lin, Li Zixiao can only say that he values Xu Wei more at present, and he is optimistic about Qi Lin in the future.

After all, Xu Wei's age is there, such a veteran is definitely a treasure in the army, and Qi Lin is still young, and his future development potential is not small.

Seeing that Xu Wei hadn't replied for a long time, Qi Lin couldn't help but shout, "Brother Xu." ”

Qi Lin also wanted Xu Wei to stay, which can be regarded as the last game in his life, Xu Wei has wasted most of his life.

It was precisely because he felt that he was old that Xu Wei struggled with whether to stay in the White Dragon Army, and in the end, Xu Wei still seemed unwilling in the depths of his heart.

He's old, but he's still not admitting defeat.

"See the general, and in the future, you will be the head of the general." It's best that Xu Wei figured it out and decided to stay and see, which can be regarded as supervising the White Dragon Army for the imperial court.

"Okay, order the room, add dinner today, it's a big meal, and then go get some drinks and come back, I want to celebrate this good news with the two adults, as well as the two generals Xu and Qi, and many soldiers.

From today on, we are no longer bandits, we are also officers and soldiers. Li Zixiao shouted loudly to everyone.

"We have become an official army, I really didn't expect that we were chased and encircled by the imperial court yesterday, and today we will become an official army, it's really hard to imagine!"

In private, some White Dragon Army soldiers sighed.

Subsequently, Li Zixiao gathered all the soldiers in the cottage, ate and drank and celebrated, and Wu Laiyun and Wu Laifeng left the next day.

The White Dragon Army was forced to change its name to the 'White Snake Army', after all, the word dragon was a taboo for everyone else in ancient times, except for the emperor's position.

But this is just Li Zixiao and their external appeasement of those court officials, within the White Dragon Army, they still call themselves the White Dragon Army, and the common people also prefer to call them the White Dragon Army.

Subsequently, Li Zixiao reorganized the soldiers and horses in the cottage, and at this time he added 1,000 new recruits to his subordinates, as well as the more than 1,200 officers and soldiers and veterans left behind this time.

At this time, Li Zixiao's entire command already had nearly 6,000 men and horses, including more than 4,500 soldiers.

At the very least, no one in the area of Yongcheng County can shake the status of the White Dragon Army, and Li Zixiao has also become a local emperor.

After this reorganization, Li Zixiao formed a battalion and set up three levels under his command: battalion, team, and battalion, of which the battalion-level structure should have several infantry battalions, a guard battalion, a cavalry battalion, a firearms battalion, a baggage battalion, and a new battalion.

A few days later, after careful consideration, Li Zixiao made arrangements for reorganization.

One morning, Li Zixiao gathered all the generals of the White Dragon Army, returned to the White Snake Village, and then began the assembly of the reorganization and awarding of flags.

"Set up a pioneer battalion and order Zhou Dazhu to be the battalion, with a number of 800 people. Flag! ”

"Obey the order, thank you general, the vanguard is sharp, and the thorns and thorns are overcome!" Zhou Dazhu walked up to Li Zixiao with an excited face and took over the military flag embroidered with the word 'pioneer'.

Thus, the first battalion in the history of the White Dragon Army was born.

"Set up a trap camp, order Liu Chong to be the battalion, the number of 800 people, and the flag."

"Obey the order, thank you general, invincible, and stay still." Liu Chong shouted in unison, he is good at guarding, and the word 'trapped' is Li Zixiao's expectation of him.

"Set up a tiger camp, named Li Tianba as the battalion, the number of 800 people, and the flag."

"Obey the order, thank you for the big boss, the tiger is brave, and I am invincible." Li Tianba first smiled, and then shouted loudly, almost deafening Li Zixiao's ears.

"Tianba, you are not allowed to be called a big boss in the future, you have to change your name to a general." Qi Wei on the side reminded.

"Set up an iron-blooded battalion, order Xu Wei to be the battalion leader, Qi Lin to be the battalion deputy, the number of 800 people, and the flag."

"Humble and commanded, General Xie, iron-blooded and invincible, protect my rivers and mountains."

What Xu Wei and Qi Lin didn't expect was that Li Zixiao actually let the two of them lead an army alone, which surprised them, they originally thought that both of them would serve as deputy positions for others.

"At the same time, I formed a battalion of my own soldiers, ordered Quartz to be the battalion, the number of 300 people, and the flag."

"Commanded, General Xie trusts, and he will definitely be ruined to guard the general's safety." Quartz walked out and hugged his fist and said.

"Order, form the 'Flying Feather' cavalry battalion, divide it into two teams, and I will concurrently serve as the head of the cavalry battalion.

There are two deputy battalion leaders and two deputy captains, Qi Wei and Luo Chao respectively, with 300 cavalry in each team, and a total of 600 cavalry in the whole battalion. Flag! ”

"General Xie, you will live up to the general's expectations." Luo Chao and Qi Wei replied in unison.

Li Zixiao arranged the two of them like this, which also has a deep meaning, at this time, the military achievements of the two of them are almost the same, and it is not suitable for anyone to be in this battalion.

As for who can be promoted to the main position first in the future, it depends on the abilities and creations of the two of them.

"Set up a 'Fire Raven' long-range fire battalion, composed of an archery team, a bird gun team, and an artillery team, and order Sun Dazhuang to be the head of the battalion, with a number of 1,200 people, and give the flag."

"General Xie, take the order from your humble position." Sun Dazhuang's hands trembled with excitement and took the military flag.

"Set up a 'Trojan Horse' Wheel Battalion, and order Dong Xiang to be the battalion, with a number of 1,500 people, and give the flag."

"Xie Da is in charge."

"Set up a 'fledgling' new barracks, order Wei Hong to be the battalion, the number of people is temporarily set at 1,000, and the flag will be awarded."

"Commanded by humility."

Although Wei Hong was extremely reluctant to be the camp leader of this new barracks, he still obeyed Li Zixiao's orders, which was also the most important point that Li Zixiao valued Wei Hong.

Li Zixiao's reorganization was all designed according to the characteristics of Li Zixiao's operations against his subordinate generals and troops during this period.

Zhou Dazhu charged into battle bravely and invincible, Liu Chong was cautious and steady, good at defending, Li Tianba, invincible in the field.

Xu Wei and Qi Lin are also both offensive and defensive, Luo Chao and Qi Wei, the best cavalry candidates, Dong Zuo has been focusing on logistics, and he has done a good job, Wei Hong, and his ability is balanced.

After this reorganization, after a period of running-in, Li Zixiao believes that he can improve the strength of his White Dragon Army again.

In the next period of time, he will not expand his troops on a large scale, because he has limited territory and cannot support too many troops for the time being.

Taking the elite route has always been Li Zixiao's idea.

And there are many soldiers and horses under his command, which is too easy to attract people's attention, but the only battalion he will expand on a large scale in the future is Wei Hong's new barracks.

He needs to train enough qualified soldiers who can be used to replenish at any time to ensure that any of his battalions can be replenished in a timely manner if they are damaged in battle.

Even Li Zixiao wants to do it, when he wants to expand the army one day, he can quickly pull out enough trained soldiers.

And as Li Zixiao spent nearly a month in the cottage to reorganize the troops, Qian Guangyuan presided over the summer harvest in Yongcheng County and basically completed it.

Not only did they collect all the grain in Yongcheng County, but they also did not let go of all the grain fields in the occupied areas of half of Xiayi County and half of Suzhou County.

What was eaten into the stomach by the White Dragon Army could still be expected to be spit out, so whether it was Kaifeng or Fengyang, they tacitly ignored it.

And Li Zixiao's outstretched hand was limited to these two places, and he knew that this was a tacit understanding between him and Wu Laiyun and Kaifeng prefect Yin Tianxing.

After all, Li Zixiao didn't ask for a penny of military salary from the imperial court, and these three places were actually the military salaries compensated to Li Zixiao.