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When Zhang Chen, the left general of the Black Cavalry Army, led 10,000 light cavalry to the provincial capital, the Qinghe Army was dividing its troops to attack the surrounding areas of the provincial capital.

The provincial capital with high walls and thick walls was captured by the Qinghe Army. Seeing the Qinghe Army coming, the prefectures and counties in the surrounding areas naturally did not dare to fight against the Qinghe Army, which was in full swing. Therefore, they fled in fear and did not dare to fight the Qinghe Army, which was in full swing.

With the power of breaking through the capital, the Qinghe Army swept across the province, and most of the five prefectures and seventy-eight counties fell into the hands of the Qinghe Army.

Chen Ziang and his 9th Battalion participated in the war to attack the capital, so they did not participate in the military operations to plunder the surrounding areas.

The 9th Battalion has been fighting and killing since its establishment, and there is no time to reorganize and clean up the internal affairs.

Taking advantage of this violation of military discipline, Chen Ziang instructed the deputy battalion in charge of military law to chop off dozens of Li Lang's heads to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

Faced with such a severe punishment, the military discipline of the 9th Battalion was immediately rectified from top to bottom.

Li Lang, the deputy battalion commander, had never had any prestige or status in the 9th Battalion because he was a descendant of the Dynasty Army.

However, this time, as the deputy battalion commander in charge of military law, he personally supervised the execution, showing his iron-blooded and cold-blooded methods, which made everyone re-examine him, and there was a little more awe in their eyes when they looked at him.

The status of the military police wearing red armbands also rose rapidly, and became the object of awe of ordinary soldiers.

Now, whether it is officers or soldiers, as long as they see the military police wearing red armbands, they will stay away from them.

Chen Ziang is very satisfied with the current situation, because he needs every officer and soldier to have awe.

Chen Ziang needs not only a tiger and wolf division, but also wants to build them into a strict military discipline.

Although the entire Qinghe Army is now developing in the direction of regularization, it is still mixed inside, and the military discipline is relatively loose.

Such an army can fight a favorable battle, but once it encounters a powerful enemy, the loose military discipline is the most fatal weakness, because it cannot enforce the rules, and it is very likely to suffer a disastrous defeat.

While rectifying the military discipline of the 9th Battalion, Chen Ziang also suggested to the deputy commander Chen Ru that a military police unit be established in the Qinghe Army to maintain military discipline.

"Now the Qinghe Army is now intricately connected with various forces. It is not a rush to form a disciplined military unit, and it needs to be done slowly."

Faced with Chen Ziang's suggestion, although the deputy commander Chen Ru thought it was a good suggestion, he did not adopt it because he felt the timing was not right.

Now their Qinghe Army is growing rapidly. Although he is the deputy commander, he also needs to make friends with heroes, otherwise his position as deputy commander will be unstable.

However, these heroes are unrestrained people. If he really proposes to form a disciplined force, he will offend many people.

By then, these people will all turn to the commander-in-chief Zhang Dayuan and the deputy commander Xu Fu, and he may be over as the deputy commander.

Therefore, although Chen Ru realized that there were problems within the Qinghe Army, he had to temporarily shelve this matter for the sake of stability and his own interests.

Chen Ziang also understood Chen Ru's difficulties, so he just wanted He asked the 9th Battalion to follow the military rules and discipline he formulated, trying to create a benchmark and model to facilitate its implementation in the entire army in the future.

Although it is said that a kind person cannot be in charge of an army, if the soldiers are always required to keep a tight rein, something bad will happen if they are too tense.

Chen Ziang adhered to the principle of using a big stick and sweet dates. While enforcing the military rules and discipline of the 9th Battalion, he also greatly improved the treatment of the 9th Battalion. Chen

Ziang divided the soldiers in the 9th Battalion into two parts: baggage soldiers and combat soldiers, and their treatment was also different.

The elderly, the weak, women and children were all incorporated into the baggage soldiers. The task of these baggage soldiers was to make fire, cook, set up camps, transport food, and look after captured cattle, sheep and other spoils.

Chen Ziang promoted Yang Zhong from a general of a thousand men to a deputy battalion general, in charge of the baggage soldiers, which was equivalent to becoming the logistics manager of their 9th Battalion.

They are now There were about 3,000 old, weak, women and children, who were reorganized into three baggage teams of 1,000 men. Each of them performed their duties and exerted their own strength. Each person could receive 500 copper coins per month.

By incorporating prisoners of war and recruiting young and strong refugees, their number of combat soldiers reached more than 4,500 people, and they were reorganized into four combat teams of 1,000 men by Chen Ziang.

The main tasks of these combat teams of 1,000 men were combat and training, and nothing else had anything to do with them.

Because they had to charge into battle and kill the enemy, Chen Ziang raised the treatment of their ordinary soldiers to five silver coins per month, and the officers were increased according to their rank.

When other troops of the Qinghe Army were still eating from the same pot, Chen Ziang had already taken the lead in implementing the military pay system and the pension and support system in their 9th Battalion.

The benefits of implementing the military pay system and the pension and support system are also obvious, that is. It ensures that every soldier and his family have the most basic living security, allowing them to devote themselves to warfare and training and solve their worries.

Because their Qinghe Army uprising army is not a simple military organization, but a family-based organization. There are many family members of soldiers in their 9th Battalion who accompany the army.

Once a soldier is killed in battle, their family will lose their source of livelihood and cannot survive, so many soldiers have concerns when fighting.

Military pay can ensure that soldiers can meet their family needs when there is no war, and pensions and support can ensure that their families can still live well after they die.

The implementation of these two systems not only won the unanimous support of all soldiers, but also greatly enhanced the cohesion of their 9th Battalion.

"Sir, this time, the compensation and reward for the dead has already cost 30,000 gold coins. In addition, you have requested at least one meal of meat a day.���If not, we will have nothing to lose for the rest of the month."

When Chen Ziang massively increased the treatment of the soldiers in the 9th Battalion, the deputy battalion commander Yang Zhong, who was in charge of military supplies and logistics, was frowning, as if someone owed him a lot of money.

"Didn't we seize a lot of money in Guiyi Prefecture? How come it's gone so quickly?"

When Yang Zhong complained to him with the account book, Chen Ziang was also quite surprised. He didn't expect the money to be spent so quickly.

"Sir, the accounts are all clear, I didn't embezzle a single copper coin." Deputy battalion commander Yang Zhong said with a face full of grievance.

Chen Ziang took the account book and looked through it carefully, and finally couldn't help sighing.

It's true that you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you manage the household. He originally thought that the captured money could support him for a while, but he didn't expect that it was difficult to make money, but spending money was like water, and the money was gone.

"Sir, do you want to cut the monthly military pay? If you do, we can hold out for a while longer."

Yang Zhong saw Chen Ziang frowning and couldn't help but make a suggestion. He felt that the monthly military pay was too high.

"No, our brothers are living a life of hardship and danger. We cannot treat them unfairly. Chen Ziang immediately rejected Yang Zhong's suggestion.

"But......"

"How about this, you go back first, I will think of a way and give you an answer tomorrow."

Chen Ziang was also upset when he saw Yang Zhong's sad face. He suddenly felt that this family was not easy to run.

""Yes."

Yang Zhong hesitated for a moment, and finally saluted and left.