"I only suggested the establishment of Zhili Commandery, the appointment and removal of personnel will be decided by the Emperor." Fan Li avoided answering the Emperor's question.
"Old fox!"
Ouyang Shuo sighed. Fan Li was as cautious as ever. Even though he started to speak out on territory matters, he was still unwilling to get involved in the most sensitive personnel matters.
Although Fan Li said this, Wei Ran's appointment was quickly approved. He was relieved of his Lian Prefecture Prefectural Magistrate position and transferred to Chao Prefecture Prefectural Magistrate.
Now that Wei Ran was transferred out of the capital, some people would probably heave a sigh of relief.
Although Wei Ran was good and capable, he was a little greedy. During his tenure as Lian Prefecture Prefectural Magistrate, his greed started to show. Shen Bu Hai reported this to Ouyang Shuo many times.
The people's evaluation of Wei Ran was also mixed. Even Xiao He had some complaints about Wei Ran. Ouyang Shuo was magnanimous to keep such an official in the capital.
Wei Ran's transfer could be considered as a warning to him.
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On the eighth of the tenth month, the appointment of the three prefectural magistrates was announced.
Other than the three prefectural magistrates, the successor of Huo Guang as the tax bureau chief was also announced. This person was recommended by Fan Li, a top disciple of Shang clan, and had always been an important assistant to Huo Guang.
As the news was announced, the territory was in an uproar again.
When Song Clan received the news, they were naturally overjoyed and swept away their previous gloominess.
Of course, Clan Head Song Tianxiong did not forget to warn the clan members not to be arrogant and willful. They could not use Song Clan's power to seek personal gains, or else they would be courting death.
Song Tianxiong vaguely sensed from his daughter Song Jia that Ouyang Shuo probably controlled a secret intelligence agency that monitored the officials.
From this, Song Tianxiong thought of the famous Embroidered Uniform Guards in history.
Thinking of this, Song Tianxiong's heart turned cold.
It could be imagined that if Song Clan committed a crime, with Ouyang Shuo's incorruptibility, no one could save Song Clan. The two brothers Song and Song Wu had already become the core pillars of Song Clan.
Old Master Song had even expressed his admiration and favoritism towards these two grandsons on different occasions.
Ruan Clan's defeat made Song Tianxiong and the rest happy, but thinking back, they felt a chill in their hearts. In reality, that little brat had already grown into a giant that they had to look up to and even revere.
Even in the Song Family, even Old Master Song, Ouyang Shuo, didn't dare to call him by his name.
Some people rejoiced, while others were worried.
The little girl, Huo Chengjun, was very unhappy because she was going to move to Shaozhou County with her father. As such, he could no longer go to the Protectorate of the Southern Border to play with Big Sister Bing'er.
More importantly, she couldn't see her Brother Jun.
When it was time to leave, Ouyang Shuo personally saw Huo Guang and his family off. Huo Chengjun cried his heart out, which was very lovable.
When Huo Guang saw this, he could only smile bitterly at Jun Mo apologetically.
Looking at Huo Chengjun's displeasure, Wei Ran looked a little lonely. Wei Ran could be considered as the most experienced county governor in the territory, but now, he was being ridden over by Song and the other juniors. How could he not feel lonely?
Wei Ran was not a fool. He had already thought about the day when Lianzhou County would be abolished and transferred to Zhili. He had always yearned for the position of the Prefectural Governor of Zhili.
He didn't expect to suffer a crushing defeat in the competition with Zang Zhong.
Although he was lonely, Wei Ran didn't dare to complain. Wei Ran also realized that his little tricks in Lianzhou County had probably been seen by Jun Mo.
Moreover, his son-in-law Bai Qi was no longer the only Divine General in the territory, so his authority was greatly reduced. Moreover, with Bai Qi's character, he wouldn't ask his father-in-law to mediate anything.
Therefore, Wei Ran could only obediently go to Chaozhou County to take up the post.
Ouyang Shuo didn't really give up on Wei Ran.
Before leaving, Ouyang Shuo told Wei Ran to manage Chaozhou County well. As long as he made contributions, it was not impossible for him to return to the center of power in the future.
"Thank you, Jun!" Wei Ran was filled with emotion.
October 10th, Baishi City.
The battle of Lingnan was completely over. Ouyang Shuo brought Du Ruhui and other big shots of the General Administration of Military Affairs to Baishi City to preside over a new round of army reorganization.
He chose Baishi City for two reasons. Firstly, the 150,000 allied troops were settled here. Secondly, this place was of great significance.
The six generals, Sun Bin, Huo Qubing, Shi Wansui, E Lai, Di Qing, and Fan Lihua, left their respective troops and gathered in Baishi City to report the results of the battle.
Fan Lihua's Corps was the biggest contributor to the battle. They captured 150,000 allied troops and lost 20,000. The other five corps each suffered about 4,000 to 5,000 casualties and captured more than 90,000 field army soldiers.
They basically wiped out all the field armies in the three counties.
Apart from that, there were also garrison troops in various places. According to preliminary statistics, there were no less than 50,000 people. However, compared to the field army, the quality of the soldiers in the local garrison troops was a level lower. It was not suitable for them to be integrated into the field army.
There was nothing much to say about the garrison troops. Other than the three guard regiments, the rest of the soldiers were either transferred to reserve duty or arranged for retirement.
The focus of the army reorganization this time was the 240,000 field army prisoners of war. After deducting the losses of the major corps, there were still three corps to be reorganized.
Before coming to Baishi City, Ouyang Shuo had already made some plans on how to arrange these three corps.
First, he would form the second corps of the imperial guards.
The main task was to select 70,000 of the most elite cavalry from the 100,000 allied cavalry troops to form the second corps of the imperial guards.
The allied troops were the best troops in the Lingnan City. They were well-trained and had excellent quality soldiers. They could even be directly integrated into the imperial guards.
This time, 70,000 of the cavalry were selected from 100,000. It could be said that they were the best of the best.
The corps would be reorganized and trained according to the historical standards of the Tiger Leopard Cavalry. The Tiger Leopard Cavalry was originally the imperial guard system and could be said to be of the same origin.
The commander of the imperial guards, Huo Qubing, was best at cavalry battles. However, the conditions were limited. The original imperial guards only had two cavalry regiments, and one of them was a special cavalry regiment called the Ironback Beast Cavalry Regiment.
The formation of the second corps of the imperial guards was undoubtedly to make up for this shortcoming. At the same time, it also gave the genius general Huo Qubing more room to perform.
The commander of the Tiger Leopard Cavalry, Ouyang Shuo designated Ma Chao, who was still studying. At the same time, the historical commander of the Tiger Leopard Cavalry, Cao Chun, was designated as the deputy commander and the commander of the first corps.
Ma Chao and Cao Chun worked together and supervised each other.
Other than these two, Ma Chao's younger brother, Ma Xiu, was appointed as the commander of the third corps. The original commander of the first corps of the imperial guards, Lin Yi, was transferred to the second corps and became the commander of the second corps.
With Lin Yi, a local general, it would be easier for the second corps to integrate into the imperial guard system.
The position that Lin Yi left vacant would be taken over by the old general Ma Teng. The Five Horses of Xiliang were all experts in cavalry battles. Ouyang Shuo naturally wanted to make the best use of their talents.
As for the remaining two commanders of the second corps of the imperial guards, they would be directly promoted from generals who had been demoted. The allied army had no lack of capable generals. After all, they were the top generals of their respective territories.
Shanhai City's use of people was never based on birth.
Speaking of which, didn't the current army expand step by step by reorganizing the prisoners of war?!
Shanhai City had long stopped recruiting new soldiers from their territories.
This was also the wilderness, where wars were frequent, which was why Shanhai City did this. Every time a war broke out, not only would there be no casualties, but they would also gain a large number of prisoners of war.
This model could not be imitated by other territories.
The second was to form the third corps of the Leopard Army.
The Soaring Dragon Army, the Stalwart Tiger Army, and the Leopard Army had three corps. Only the Leopard Army currently only had two corps. Ouyang Shuo naturally wouldn't forget about the Leopard Army in this expansion.
The commander of the third corps of the Leopard Army was Ouyang Shuo's former commander, the old general Feng Yi. One reason was that Feng Yi's strength was enough to lead an entire corps.
The second reason was to use Feng Yi's promotion to pacify the surrendered armies.
At the same time, Cao Hong and Ma Tie, the two valiant generals who were still in training, would take up the positions of division commanders of the 1st and 2nd divisions of the 3rd corps respectively after completing their training.
The last of the Five Horses of Xiliang, Ma Dai, would be assigned to the third corps of the Dragon Stalwart Army, the Zhang Liao Army. He would be the vice commander and commander of the first corps.
Since the Zhang Liao Army was being reorganized, Ouyang Shuo naturally had to arrange for a general to balance out Zhang Liao's existence.
The third was to form the fourth corps of the Dragon Stalwart Army.
Logically speaking, this was the home field of the Stalwart Tiger Army, and the last corps spot should have been reserved for them.
Ouyang Shuo had made this arrangement out of strategic considerations.
With the entirety of the Lingnan Province under Shanhai City's rule, the territory would be bordered by the Minnan Province to the east and the Jiangchuan Province to the northeast. The overall security situation would be greatly improved.
The only threat would come from the Xiangnan Province to the north.
The Yunnan Province where the Dragon Stalwart Army was located would become the next main battlefield of the territory. The three corps of the Dragon Stalwart Army would be somewhat overstretched, so they needed reinforcements.
After all these considerations, Ouyang Shuo decided to prioritize the establishment of the fourth corps of the Dragon Stalwart Army.
Ouyang Shuo chose the young general Luo Shixin to be the commander of the fourth corps.
Luo Shixin's talent had always been extraordinary, but he had died an untimely death, which was why he had not made a name for himself in history. In the last two years, under Bai Qi's personal tutelage, Luo Shixin had rapidly matured into a rare great general of cavalry.
Moreover, Luo Shixin was a 'veteran general' of Shanhai City with outstanding achievements. There would be almost no resistance in the army if Luo Shixin became the commander of the fourth corps.
At the same time, Ouyang Shuo also arranged for the fierce general Xiahou Yuan to be the vice commander of the fourth corps as well as the commander of the first corps to assist Luo Shixin.
With these two and Bai Qi as the commander, there should be no major problems.
At this point, all the vacancies in the three corps had been taken care of.
The Five Horses of Xiliang, the Cao brothers, Xiahou Yuan, and the other generals of the three countries had all taken their places.
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