Chapter 24: The Reorganization of the Holy Army (II)

Next, Feng Shaoguang issued an edict in the Holy Army, made the Great Seal of the Holy King, re-granted the official positions of the main generals under his jurisdiction, and reissued the official photos. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In terms of military generals, Lin Fengxiang was promoted to the general of Tuguanzheng, the deputy general of Jin Guan, Li Kaifang was promoted to the deputy general of Yanguan, Liu Shengbang and Bai Huihuai were promoted to the guards of the imperial forest, and the rank was the same as the deputy general, Liang Litai was promoted to the first general system of Mu, Su Sanniang was the general system of Shui, Hu Damei was promoted to the second general system of Shui, Lu Qisheng was promoted to the supervising army, and Lu Shunde, He Zhigou, and Chen Defeng were all promoted to military marshals.

The rest of Luo Outline's brother Luo Qiongshu and Luo Outline's son Luo Feide were all promoted from brigade commander to division commander, and they are still obeying orders under Luo Outline's account; Tan Shaoguang, Zheng Yuanbo, Jiang Tianyi, He Lu and others even crossed the level to give teachers and commanders. Chen Tianshi and Chen Shuitai were awarded the post of brigade commander. Chen Yucheng, Jiang Zhongyi, Fan Ruzeng, Lin Shifa, Tan Tiyuan, and Lin Qirong were all awarded the post of chief soldier.

Speaking of Jiang Zhongyi, his only task was to persuade the Qing prisoners in custody to surrender by example, and to lead people to behead the Qing soldiers who were sure not to surrender or who committed the most heinous crimes, so that he could never turn back. Despite this, by his side, he was always followed by Tan Tiyuan, who had a vigilant face, supervising at all times, even if Tan was not there, he would be stared at by other holy soldiers.

On the civilian side, Huang Yukun is still the commander of the left of the temple, Huang Yiyun is the general secretary of the holy army, and his position is the same as that of the general system, Wu Ruxiao is the comprador of the deputy general of the holy army, and the post is the same as the general system, Zhou Shengkun is the deputy general of the holy army, Zhou Shengfu is the deputy canon of the holy army, Zeng Yuheng is the mechanic of the holy army, Zeng Guanlan is the temple undertaker, Xie Xiangcai and He Jianji are all temple books.

On the same day, the whole army began to be reorganized, and the original Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was abolished from the first army to the fourth army.

The original First Army was changed into the First Holy Army, and 2,400 strong men were selected from among the newly joined villagers, plus the original 2,800 soldiers, a total of more than 5,200 soldiers who could fight, barely reaching 40 percent of the complete establishment of the First Army, which not only ensured the basic establishment, but also did not lose combat effectiveness.

In addition, in order to help the Holy First Army to free itself from logistics and mundane affairs and concentrate its forces on combat, Feng Shaoguang supplemented it with a 20 percent non-combat ratio of the tail of the brand, which did not account for the establishment of the First Army of the Holy Army, and obeyed the command of the First Army of the Holy Army, and added more than 1,000 logistical auxiliary personnel such as men, sanitation and cleaning, pulp washing, and guard inspections from the tail and baggage camps.

The Holy First Army was commanded by the new deputy general of Jinguan, Luo Xuan, with Lu Shunde as the commander and Luo Qiongshu and Luo Feide as the commanders.

The original Second Army was changed to the Holy Second Army, which was also similar to the Holy First Army, with more than 2,500 new villagers selected, plus the original 3,500 soldiers, a total of more than 6,000 soldiers who could fight, and more than 1,200 non-combat Pai tail troops.

The Holy Second Army was led by Lin Fengxiang, the new general of Tuguanzheng, Lu Qi was the supervising army, Chen Defeng was the commander, and Tan Shaoguang and Zheng Yuanbo were the commanders.

The latter three armies and the last four armies were all disbanded, and the holy three armies were newly established, and the congregations of the new attached heaven and earth were included in it, totaling more than 7,000 people. There are also more than 1,500 non-combat Pai Tail troops.

The Holy Third Army was commanded by Li Kaifang, the new deputy general of Yanguan, Su Sanniang, the deputy of the Shuiyi General System, He Zhigou was the commander, and Jiang Tianyi, He Lu and other local people were the commanders.

In addition, there are two separate armies, the Holy King's Imperial Forest Army and the Logistics Army.

The Holy King's Imperial Forest Army is under the command of Huang Yukun, the first commander of the palace, including the personal guard battalion, the fine work battalion, and the supervision battalion.

Liu Shengbang led the personal guard battalion, and there are only more than 200 personal guards for the time being. Liang Litai led the battalion, with more than 200 people, most of whom were out to investigate the news, and selected more than 400 female soldiers from the disbanded rear three and four armies, and incorporated them into the battalion to strengthen the reconnaissance force. Bai Hui led the newly established supervision battalion, and temporarily transferred more than a dozen people from the detailed battalion to supervise the generals of various armies.

The logistics army, temporarily commanded by Feng Shaoguang himself, includes the women's guard battalion, the embroidery brocade battalion, the equipment battalion, and the baggage battalion.

Eight hundred young people were selected and assigned to the women's camp. The remaining 1,500 women were all in the embroidery camp, which was under the control of Liang Litai's wife, Liao Damei, who was responsible for weaving cloth and sewing military uniforms and flags. The women's nursing camp is still led by Hu Damei, and Huang Yiyun teaches medical theory on a daily basis, specializing in saving the lives of the wounded and sick soldiers of the Holy Army. The equipment battalion and the baggage battalion are temporarily composed of the remaining scouts and the original baggage tail and so on, and are led by Zeng Yuheng and Zhou Shengkun respectively.

All the full-time Holy Church clergy in the barracks were elected by the old brothers in Guangxi, and then reported to Feng Shaoguang for appointment.

Most of the newly recruited soldiers of the Holy Army were members of the Tiandi Congregation near Daozhou, all of whom were peasants on the border of Guangxi and Hunan, and their military experience in individual combat and other military experience far exceeded that of the soldiers of the Qing Green Battalion, who had not been trained for many years. The Guangxi brothers of the Taiping Holy Army, on the other hand, have rapidly matured in the past year of fighting, and basically have the basic qualities of lower-level officers and the ability to command in battle. The combination of the two will only require a commander to effectively organize them, and they will become a tremendous force that will determine the future.

Feng Shaoguang, as a matter of course, became this commander.

Based on his memory, Feng Shaoguang asked Xie Xiangcai to collect information, sort it out, and specially compile a preliminary method for military training. Based on the "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and part of the "Practical Record of Military Training" created by Qi Jiguang, a famous military general in the Ming Dynasty, the "Minutes of Military Training of the Holy Army" was formed by integrating the ideological education in the invincible army of later generations. Due to the rush of time, for the time being, only the content of drills, camps, actual combat, and the construction of the Holy Religion organization will be included, and other contents such as courage, camp formation, guards, tactics, and weapons will be slowly improved in the future.

Among them, the construction of the Holy Religion organization is a program of ideological construction that Feng Shaoguang mixed together in accordance with the content of the army's ideological education of the Invincible Army in later generations, combined with the dogma of the Holy Religion, the military discipline of the Holy Army, and other aspects. The Holy Army is proud to protect the Holy King and the Holy Religion, and it is their duty to obey the orders of the Holy King.

Next, the Taiping Holy Army organized Paiwei and Minzhuang to search for iron and firearms near Daozhou City, and on the other hand, they searched for blacksmiths near Yongzhou, planning to cast artillery, and make equipment and weapons.

Inside the barracks, the commanders of the barracks at all levels organized the Holy Army to conduct physical and military drills according to the brief "Minutes of the Holy Army's Training."

Every night, Feng Shaoguang transferred full-time and part-time holy religious clergy at all levels in the Holy Army to attend night schools to read and write. He personally gave lectures and preached the concept of inculcating the Holy Religion in commanding the armed forces at all levels. Feng Shaoguang instructed that in the human world, the Holy King is the only person who talks to the Emperor of Heaven, so as not to jump out of some Zhu Xiuqing and Ma Xiuqing to claim that they are the spokesperson of the Emperor of Heaven. Then, Feng Shaoguang summed up his experience of being rescued and instructed by the Emperor of Heaven, and then mixed some quotations from Confucianism and Taoism, pretending to be the words of the Emperor, and compiled them into a booklet "The Emperor's Words", organized night school study, and added a sacred color to himself.

Next, Feng Shaoguang applied a little MLM knowledge obtained in later generations, and organized Lu Qi, Hu Damei and other cronies to take turns to appear on the stage to preach the holy religion and the holy king's divine wisdom, and create an atmosphere at the venue. At the same time, he also preached that overthrowing the Qing demon court and saving the Han people is to do good deeds and accumulate virtues, so that the soul will be saved in the future, and the future generations will be rich and prosperous. The incitement made the hearts of the clergy of the Holy Church at all levels boil with enthusiasm, and the fighting spirit was aroused.

Just when the holy army was in full swing to reorganize and practice, Feng Shaoguang sent a large number of fine works to spread out, and while discovering the movement of the Qing troops in the direction of Yongzhou, he began to move his eyes to Jianghua and Yongming counties not far to the south.