Hou Dayong picked up Xiao Lu, gently kissed Xiao Lu's little face, and sniffed the unique smell of the baby on Xiao Lu. Xiao Lu, no matter how excited and complicated Hou Dayong was, she was impatient after staying in Hou Dayong's arms for a while, opened her mouth and cried, and reached out to Qiu Ju. Qiu Ju took Xiao Lu, touched the diaper, and smiled at Hou Dayong, "Your Xiao Lu has urinated."

When I saw Xiaolu for the first time, Hou Dayong couldn't help but think of his daughter in another world. Both of them looked like Hou Dayong and were quite similar, but Xiaolu's personality was more like Qiuju, and she seemed to be quieter than her daughter in another world.

As the saying goes: Women's home, women's home, no woman can get married without women. Since Chunlan, Qiuju and Xiaolu came to Fengzhou, Hou Dayong felt like home. Although he was still busy every day, he would always go home in time. After dinner, Hou Dayong, Chunlan and Qiuju liked to hold Xiaolu and play in the yard. Hou Dayong's care and patience towards Xiaolu were all not available to men in this era or were rare. Chunlan and Qiuju have never seen a man love children so much. Every time Qiuju sees Hou Dayong holding Xiaolu and wandering around the yard, he feels indescribable touch.

Time passes like water. In a blink of an eye, Hou Dayong has been in charge of the three states for more than two months. For most ordinary people, these February is as dull as the boiled water they drink. However, some unusual things happen in the three states, either open or secretly.

After Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu arrived, Hou Dayong concentrated all the craftsmen and various resources of the original Blacksmith Camp in the three prefectures to Fengzhou, requisitioned some of the houses around the Blacksmith Camp at the east gate of Fengzhou, expanded the production scale of the Blacksmith Camp, and then manufactured ten bellows according to Zhengzhou standards, and worked overtime to start the production of the new waist knives - Houjia Knives and Tang Mo Knives.

Fengzhou is a very quiet city. Whenever night comes, except for the occasional pedestrians passing by on the street, the entire city sleeps as sweet as a baby in a cradle surrounded by mountains. Now the fire and knocking of the Blacksmith Camp day and night make the East Gate prosperous. Later, the East Gate has another nickname in the mouths of the people of Fengzhou, called the Red Furnace, which means the Red Furnace.

After the construction of the Blacksmith Camp started, the staff was far from enough. The Blacksmith Camp recruited many young people who were idle in Fengzhou and worked as students in the Blacksmith Camp, and could receive a monthly salary that was not cheap for the locals. After the first salary was paid, all kinds of meat in Fengzhou City were sold very cleanly. All families with Blacksmith Camp were happily enjoying the food brought by labor. The news of the generous treatment of the Blacksmith Camp quickly spread in Fengzhou City.

At the beginning, these families sent young people as school workers. The original intention was to let these young people who were wandering on the streets all day long have something to do, and some people took them care of them and did not go out to cause trouble. At the same time, they were just a job. Although the blacksmith shop promised a salary when recruiting workers, no one took the salary seriously and thought it was just a good thing. Unexpectedly, after January, there was a salary that was really good for the locals in Fengzhou. A family with young people working in the blacksmith camp was like the New Year. The whole family sat together, drinking wine, and laughed at the neighbors who had scoffed at the blacksmith camp. The male or female hostess who made the right decision were even more proud, and the sound of drinking was much louder than that of other people in the family.

The day after paying, the guards at the gate of the Blacksmith Camp were very proud and blocked the young people who wanted to enter the Blacksmith Camp. Facing the young people who showed disappointment, the guards felt a sense of power. Families with some relationships with the Blacksmith Camp, such as those who delivered vegetables, those who delivered water, etc., went to the back door of the Blacksmith Camp with various relationships, and wanted to send themselves or their relatives' children to the Blacksmith Camp.

Seeing this, Hou Dayong opened a wealthy iron shop next to the Blacksmith Camp, and summoned another group of young people to create daily iron tools such as rakes, iron pots, etc. After the group of young people were summoned, the Blacksmith Camp no longer had the ability to accommodate them and hung up a sign of suspended callers.

Through this incident, Hou Dayong also realized that the people’s requirements are really simple, and as long as there is work to do and a bowl of rice to eat, they will be satisfied.

The market in Sanzhou was originally deserted. After Wu Erlang brought a large number of goods, Hou Dayong opened the rich shops in Fengzhou. Since the things Wu Erlang brought were all specialties from various places, they were all rare good things for the people of Fengzhou. After the news spread, many wealthy families in Qinzhou, Fengxiang and other places sent people to the rich shops in Fengzhou to buy good things. Some ladies were very fond of the beautiful flower cloth sold by the rich shops. Soon, Sanzhou, Qinzhou, Fengxiang and other places formed the habit of bringing their daughters to sell flower cloths when they got married. The business of the rich shops was very popular for a while.

The Shu merchants who had been in the four prefectures for a long time, all waited and watched after the Zhou army occupied the four prefectures. After Hou Dayong issued a notice, a very small number of brave Shu merchants entered the Fengzhou market and were welcomed and protected by the Fengzhou government. Various taxes and fees were greatly reduced, and the environment for trading was greatly improved compared with the past. After the news came out, Shu merchants in Hanzhong and Chengdu prefecture entered the three prefecture market one after another, becoming the main force in the three prefecture market.

In the modern society where Hou Dayong lives, the social status of merchants is very high. Economically underdeveloped areas are trying every means to attract business and adopt the policy of "focusing on business and being pro-business". It has become a social consensus. The three states are very close to Shu, and Chengdu Prefecture is prosperous. In order to attract more Shu merchants, Hou Dayong took special preferential treatment for Shu merchants. He invited Shu merchants who invested in Fengzhou many times. At Hou Dayong's suggestion, a Shu merchant club was established. Hou Dayong also planned a piece of land in the Nanmen area to provide special housing for merchants to build houses. Although Shu merchants were rich, they had no social status. They were not only despised by literati, but also often blackmailed by the government. In Fengzhou, Shu merchants received unprecedented courtesy, and the Jiedushi actually had dinner with them. What a great official was that? When eating, some excited merchants even shed tears.

After the news of the Jiedushi and Shu merchants dining together came back to Shu, Shu merchants continued to come to Fengzhou.

On September 17, Hou Dayong convened the first high-level military meeting. Shi Hu, who was in charge of Jiezhou, Shan Zongyuan of Chengzhou, Guo Jiong, the commander of the Black Eagle Army, Wang Jiang, Chen Renyi, the commander of the Black Eagle Army, Hu Li, the commander of the Fuhu Army, Jiang Huidu, the commander of the Fuhu Army, and the commander of the army, gathered in Fengzhou.

Hou Dayong convened this meeting and will make major adjustments to the military organization and basic tactics.

When Hou Dayong first arrived in ancient times, although he was a professional soldier, he had no more experience in fighting cold weapons. Therefore, when the army was established in Cangzhou and the army was trained in Zhengzhou, there was basically no adjustment to the organization of the army, but the Black Eagle Army was formed completely in accordance with the conventional organization of the Five Dynasties Army.

The Black Eagle Army has been in great battles and has become stronger and more famous throughout the world. However, in every battle, the Black Eagle Army was still relatively heavy in casualties. The Black Eagle Army has low capital. The death of each Black Eagle Army soldier made Hou Dayong heartbroken. Hou Dayong has been constantly summarizing experience and lessons. He has realized that the Black Eagle Army used a single weapon in the past. For example, the Bear Camp used to use a long spear and the Wolf Camp used a long sword. This organization has its superiority. However, when the two armies were fighting in close combat, this organization was not conducive to the mutual cooperation between the sergeants. A "fire" team of ten people is likely to become a fight in complex hand-to-hand combat.

In order to solve this problem, Hou Dayong racked his brains to recall the famous army in China and abroad in the ancient era of Cold Weapons, the ancient Roman legion, Mongolian cavalry, Yue Family Army and Qi Family Army, etc., like a movie, passed it in Hou Dayong's mind. After repeated comparisons, Hou Dayong felt that the Qi Family Army was most suitable for the current situation of the Jiezhou infantry in many aspects such as grouping, training and tactics.

Qi Jiguang was well organized, and the army had twelve men as a team, four teams as a sentry, four sentries as an official, and four officials as a general, and they were in charge of each other and were in unified command.

Based on the modern army organization method, Hou Dayong made a brief modification to the organization of the Qi family army. He imagined that the entire army under the jurisdiction of the Xiongsheng Army Jiedushi adopted the three-three system: for the basic units of "fire", each fire was twelve people, which was equivalent to the class units of later generations; the three fires were one team, which was thirty-six people, which was equivalent to the platoon-level units of later generations; the three teams were one company, which was one hundred and eight people, which was equivalent to the company-level units of later generations, and the three company was one battalion, which was 324 people, which was equivalent to the platoon-level units of later generations.

In the battalion-level units in later generations, the third battalion was a regiment with 972 people, which was equivalent to the regiment-level units in later generations. The first regiment-level unit should also be equipped with a direct team to perform its responsibilities similar to the lion battalion. If the Black Eagle Army followed this organizational method, it should be organized into three regiments and one direct team. Chen Meng was the captain of the direct team, all of whom were sergeants with high martial arts skills and outstanding archery skills, as Hou Dayong's personal soldiers and snipers on the battlefield. The rest of the troops were organized in this way.

In order to deal with the Uighur cavalry and Dangxiang cavalry, Hou Dayong was also preparing to absorb the advantages of Qi Jiguang's "Mandarin Duck Formation". In addition to the Black Eagle Army, the armies of the three states were mainly infantry. Hou Dayong planned to promote the pirated mandarin Duck Formation of Qi Jiguang in various infantry armies, but Hou Dayong changed the name of the "Mandarin Duck Formation" to the Dragon and Tiger Formation.

Qi Jiguang created the "Mandarin Duck Formation" in order to fight against Japanese pirates' fierce sword tactics. Each team of the twelve men held different weapons. During the battle, the two strongest soldiers of the team waved the special weapon of the Qi family army, the wolf wield (thick bamboo with sharp sharp blades), to cover the first attack of the enemy. At the same time, two rattan players defended against the enemy's long-range weapon shooting. When the enemy was entangled with the wolf wield, two spearmen inserted and poked to kill the enemy, and several other soldiers followed up with their waist knives to kill the enemy. In addition, the soldiers in the "Mandarin Duck Formation" were also equipped with crossbow arrows as long-range attack weapons.

The "Mandarin duck formation" has a cross-era significance for Chinese military history. When Hou Dayong was studying "Ancient Military History" in a military academies, he had a special chapter on the "Mandarin duck formation", so Hou Dayong was quite impressed by the "Mandarin duck formation". According to the military history, "The emergence of the Mandarin duck formation has changed the tradition of using a weapon as a unit or a square formation for thousands of years. In this way, the twelve men of this team formed a strong fighting group. This improvement is epoch-making, and today's military combat squad is like this."

At the military meeting, Hou Dayong proposed the idea of ​​reorganizing the army and adopting the Dragon and Tiger Formation during training. This decision surprised all the generals. Except for Qian Xiangnan, the other generals expressed different opinions.

Guo Jiong is the commander of the Black Eagle Army. He has been following Hou Dayong since Cangzhou. He is familiar with Hou Dayong's habits. Even if he talks freely before doing things, Hou Dayong will never blame him. Therefore, when Guo Jiong saw that everyone was not speaking, he spoke first: "I think the Black Eagle Army's organization was very good in the past. Tiger, wolf, bear, leopard, lion, and the fifth battalions cooperated with each other. Over the past two years, the Black Eagle Army has made outstanding achievements, which also shows that the Black Eagle Army's organization is very good, and the soldiers have adapted to this kind of fighting style. If the formation is changed now, I wonder what the effect is?"

After Guo Jiong finished speaking, no one spoke again, and there was a little dismay. Jiang Hui was a surrendered general of the Shu army. He was not confident enough and could not understand Hou Dayong's personality and temper, so he would not speak easily. Hu Li came from the imperial guards of the guards and was unwilling to speak more about such major issues.

In addition to Hou Dayong, among these generals, Shi Hu had the highest status and the oldest qualifications. Now Shi Hu was in charge of the side, and his behavior and speech became calmer. He thought that there was no need to reorganize the Black Eagle Army, but he was not in a hurry to speak. When Hou Dayong looked at him with inquiring eyes, he tried to tactfully: "I heard from the Jieduan that establishing a Modao team in the infantry can greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the infantry, which is an excellent way for the infantry to deal with the cavalry. I remember that in the seventh year of Tianbao, when the Tang general Gao Xianzhi conquered Bolu, he chose Li Siye and Tian Zhen as the left and right Modao generals, and used infantry holding Modao to drive to Bolu City, and captured King Bolu and Princess of Tubo. This was a great victory for the infantry against the Tubo cavalry. He was willing to lead the Modao team and follow the Jieduan to flatten the Liao people and Uighurs."

After Shi Hu made a tactful statement, the generals also offered suggestions, but they were not confident about the new marshalling and tactics and were skeptical.

Seeing that Qian Xiangnan did not speak, Hou Dayong clicked and said, "Qian Lang, what do you think about reorganizing and implementing the Dragon and Tiger Formation?"

Qian Xiangnan listened carefully to Hou Dayong and the generals, and had already had a problem in his mind and said, "There is no problem to reorganize and adopt the three-three system, and it can be implemented immediately in the entire army. The Dragon and Tiger Formation is different from our usual combat methods. It is better to do this. We can first form a battalion to see the effect."

When Hou Dayong saw this situation, he knew that the tradition of using a weapon as an army or a square formation was for thousands of years. If it was changed without any dispute, it would be a strange thing. Hou Dayong did not want to use power to suppress everyone. He felt that Qian Xiangnan's proposal was more in line with the reality, so he nodded and said, "It is a good idea to observe the judge. It is called crossing the river by feeling the stones. It is a donkey or a horse. Just pull it out and you will know. The first training class of Zhengzhou Academy is about to start. We will practice a dragon and tiger formation in the training class. We can compete with each army in December. The three-three system, whether the dragon and tiger formation is good or not, you will know if you have to compare it."

This military conference changed the organization method of the Zhou army. It is extremely famous in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is evaluated as a milestone conference, referred to as the "September Conference."

After Zhengzhou Academy moved to Fengzhou, because there was no school place, Zhengzhou Academy was temporarily set up in the Black Diao Army barracks. After the September meeting, the academy officially opened, with two classes: one was the general school class, the Black Diao Army, the Jiezhou Infantry Army, the Black Dragon Army and the Fuhu Army who transferred some middle and upper-level officers to participate in the six-month short training. The Jiezhou Infantry Commander Wang Jiang, Chen Renyi, the Black Dragon Army Commander Hu Li, the Fuhu Army Commander Jiang Hui, the Black Diao Army Commander He Wulang, the Black Diao Army Commander Wang Jingye, the school captain Wang Jingye, Chen Meng, Zhu Wei, Liu Shixu, and Tiechuanyuan participated in the general school class training; the other was the junior class, which was selected from each army to participate in the training. The number of junior class was large and divided into two classes, one class was organized according to the three-three system, and the other class was still organized according to the old rules.

Because the junior class shouldered the important task of experimenting with new tactics, it attracted unanimous attention from everyone. Chen Meng was appointed as the captain of the 33 system squad, and Tiechuanyuan was appointed as the captain of another class. The two classes will start the official competition in December.

Hou Dayong was full of confidence in the new military formation. After all, the three-three system is the most commonly used organization method for modern military forces. It is a summary of the military history of thousands of years, and has also been tested by blood and fire. However, this reason is like many of Hou Dayong's reasons. Only Hou Dayong knows that Liu Chong is going to escape from Jiangzhuling, but he cannot tell others about it. He watched Liu Chong escape from Jiangzhuling. There is another secret hidden in Hou Dayong's heart, namely Chai Rong's early death and Zhao Kuangyin's seizure of power. Hou Dayong knew history, but he dared not tell anyone. Now he is on the border and is far away from the central authority, so he can only let Zhao Kuangyin rise continuously.

In order to convince everyone with actual results, Hou Dayong personally called Chen Meng to the front and explained in detail the precautions of the three-three system, and ordered him to win the December game. Chen Meng had been following Hou Dayong for a long time and had long regarded Hou Dayong as the God of War. With Hou Dayong as his backing, Chen Meng slapped his chest "dong, dong" and accepted the task with confidence.
Chapter completed!