After Tian Yu left, Cao Liang officially took office as the governor of Bingzhou.

All the subordinate officials in the governor's office should be retained in their posts. Cao Liang needed an experienced and stable office, so that the order of the governor's office would not be disrupted due to the change of governor.

Now that the Huns have just been defeated, most of the cities, including Xihe and Taiyuan County, have been taken back from the hands of the Huns. These cities need to send officials again and relocate the people back, so this must be an extremely voluminous task.

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Cao Liang's most important target now is the Huns who have fled to Jiuyuan. It is better to use the remaining brave men to chase the poor bandits instead of pretending to be an overlord. Of course, Cao Liang will not think that after recapturing Jinyang, he can put swords and guns into the treasury.

Released to Nanshan.

The Huns have always been a serious concern. Although they have fled now, they are centipede insects that will never die. If Cao Liang ignores them, there is still a very high possibility that these Huns will make a comeback.

In order to cleanly and completely eliminate the threat of the Huns, Cao Liang was preparing to march towards Jiuyuan. If Huan Fan hadn't suggested that he hold his troops back, Cao Liang would have probably marched towards Jiuyuan without stopping.

However, Huan Fan's suggestion is still very pertinent, not to mention that the Pingbei Army has been fighting continuously, and its physical strength and energy have been seriously exhausted. It is time to take advantage of this period of time to take a good rest.

Moreover, Cao Liang did not have the idea of ​​​​merging the Bingzhou Governor's Office and the Pingbei General's Office into one, although many of the leading governors, the General's Office, and the Governor's Office were integrated into one.

But from Cao Liang's point of view, this is completely unnecessary. The Bingzhou Governor's Office itself is a complete and complete system. If it is disrupted and rebuilt now and people from his side are inserted into it, it will inevitably cause chaos in the system.

It is difficult to carry out normal work in a short period of time.

Furthermore, the Pingbei General's Office was entirely set up for the military, while the Governor's Office focused more on people's livelihood and economic affairs, and only took care of the military affairs. The functions of the two are different.

Therefore, Cao Liang simply maintained the scale of the two teams, each operating independently and fine-tuning its functions. The Governor's Office no longer managed the military and concentrated on civil affairs, while the Pingbei General's Office continued to perform military functions and was responsible for management.

County soldiers from Bingzhou.

According to the establishment, the total number of Bingzhou soldiers is 20,000. However, there were constant casualties during the war and there was no replacement. So far, the total number of Bingzhou soldiers does not exceed 16,000.

There is no need for Cao Liang to worry about this. The reserve troops recruited from Hedong County have been replenishing the Pingbei Army's shortages, keeping the Pingbei Army at full strength.

The extra reserve troops this time can be used to enrich the soldiers of Bingzhou County. Of course, if it is still not enough, Cao Liang does not have to worry, he can completely recruit again and select soldiers in Jinyang City.

Hedong County can still recruit suitable soldiers in a single county. Cao Liang certainly has reason to believe that the required soldiers can be recruited in Bingzhou.

But what Cao Liang was really worried about was how to manage this army.

Huan Fan proposed to disrupt the organization of Bingzhou County soldiers and organize them into five battalions according to different types of arms, so that the number of soldiers and horses in the fifth battalion could be expanded from the current 2,000 to 5,000.

In this way, the combat effectiveness of the fifth battalion of the Northern Army can be doubled. A battalion of 5,000 people can completely perform tasks alone. It does not need to be like now, where some large battles require several battalions to join forces.

Although this has a good aspect, it also has shortcomings.

First of all, the mutual dependence between each battalion is too strong, and even when encountering certain situations, it cannot be dealt with individually.

This time Huanfan proposed to merge the troops in Bingzhou into five battalions to fundamentally solve this problem. By increasing the number of people in each battalion, the independence of each battalion can be maintained.

Cao Liang attaches great importance to this merger and expansion of the army. After all, each battalion will increase by 3,000 people. If such a large and powerful county soldier joins the fifth battalion, will it drag down the combat effectiveness of the fifth battalion? This is what Cao Liang does not want.

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Based on his previous experience in recruiting troops in Hedong County, Cao Liang put forward specific requirements for the expansion of the Fifth Battalion, that is, it is better to lack than to overspend. Since the Fifth Battalion is basically five different arms, Cao Liang allowed the fifth captain to be within the scope of the county soldiers.

, select suitable soldiers respectively.

Regarding the expansion of the army, the performance of the five captains such as Yang Hu and Deng Ai was still very positive. Although the expansion of the army did not improve their morale, the combat effectiveness of the troops under their command would more than double after the expansion. When they commanded the battle,

It will be more convenient.

The cavalry among the county soldiers were assigned to the Yueqi battalion and the Tunqi battalion.

At first glance, there is no difference between the Yue cavalry and the Tun cavalry. It seems that they can be placed casually. But in fact, this is not the case. When Cao Liang trained the cavalry, he still paid some attention to it. The Yue cavalry battalion developed in the direction of mobility, while the Tun cavalry

The battalion is more responsible for impact tasks, so according to functional classification, the more mobile and flexible cavalry are assigned to the Yueqi battalion, while the taller cavalry and larger horses are assigned to the Tunqi battalion.

The classification of infantry is naturally more detailed. The infantry battalion recruits spearmen, the Shengsheng battalion recruits crossbowmen, and the Changshui battalion recruits sword and shield soldiers. However, these arms are also included in the state soldiers.

Just take your seat when the time comes.

Since the Bingzhou County Army itself was short of four to five thousand men, Cao Liang had to replenish the missing men first. This time, the people he was recruiting were the people of Jinyang.

After Cao Liang succeeded Tian Yu as the governor of Bingzhou, the people of Jinyang unanimously supported it. In their view, Bingzhou would have a peaceful and stable environment under the leadership of Cao Liang.

The people of Jinyang also showed positive support for Cao Liang's recruitment of soldiers. Many young men joined the recruitment process, and Cao Liang selected the best.

However, this time the eliminated soldiers were not sent back, but were incorporated into the city defense army by Cao Liang. The Pingbei Army was a field corps responsible for attacking the Huns, and Bingzhou City also needed to send troops to defend it.

Therefore, Cao Liang arranged for the soldiers who were not admitted into the fifth battalion to become city defenders in Bingzhou.

The size of the city defense army remained at around five to six thousand men, and the reserves established by Cao Liang could relatively easily add these soldiers to various battalions and the city defense army.

In case the city is attacked by the enemy and the troops are insufficient, the city defense army can mobilize reserves into the city defense system to strengthen the city's defense.
Chapter completed!