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During the period when he was blocked by Cai You, Wang Fu and Li Bangyan, he could not go out of the house. In addition to accompanying his wives and concubines, he allowed his daughters to enjoy the blessings of the whole family and educate his children to enjoy the joy of family life, Li Yan mainly did military reform and military expansion.

The Liangshan Army's organization was very chaotic and they were not subordinate to each other. Once there was a war, it was likely that the situation of fighting each other would be formed.

There are many reasons for this situation, such as the rise of the Liangshan Army was too short, the number of commanders in the Liangshan Army was fewer, Li Yan's territory was relatively scattered, etc...

Moreover, there are not many regular troops in the Liangshan Army, less than 100,000 (including the navy). On the contrary, the reserves are sufficient (not counting the more than 70,000 new troops trained by Yue Fei and others, and there are still 50,000 or 60,000 reserves, and they are reserves with strong military skills for one or two years.)

In short, Li Yan used this period to carry out military reform and military expansion.

For this reason, Li Yan called Wen Huanzhang, Zhu Wu, Qiao Daoqing, Sun Jing, Xu Guanzhong, Xiao Jiasui, Le He, Zhao Ding, and Chen Kangbo to help him with his advice.

Of course, these people only have the power of counsel. This matter is very important, and Li Yan must make arbitrary decisions.

After repeated discussions, Li Yan finally decided to divide the ranks of Liangshan Army into four grades and seventeen ranks, namely:

General: General, Lieutenant General, Major General.

School officer: colonel, lieutenant colonel, major.

Captain: Captain, Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant.

Soldier: Private, Private.

(The martial ranks of the Song Dynasty had three grades, seven grades, and sixty grades, which was too cumbersome. Li Yan believed that the military ranks that had been tempered in later generations after nearly a thousand years must be much more advanced than those of the Song Dynasty, so he used them directly.)

Military organization:

Five people are one army (five people), and the sergeant is appointed.

Five corpses are one (ten people), and the number is long.

Three are one lieutenant (thirty people), and the chief is appointed and the deputy chief is appointed.

Three lieutenants are a team (ninety people), with the chief and deputy generals.

The three teams are the first capital (270 people), with the head of the capital, the instructor, and the deputy head of the capital.

The three capitals are one commander (810 people), with commanders, instructors, and deputy commanders.

The three commanders are the first battalion (two,430 people), with the commander, political commissar, deputy commander, and battalion staff.

The third battalion is the first army (7,290 people), with a commander, a military political commissar, a deputy commander, and a military chief of staff.

Several armies were the wings, with the commander-in-chief, the political commissar of the wings, the deputy commander-in-chief, and the chief of staff of the wings.

The above wing is the chief and deputy marshal, which is not set up in normal times, and is appointed by Li Yan during wartime.

The number of troops is not fixed. The number of troops is generally fixed, but when it comes to the team, there will be some changes according to the specific situation.

generally:

The team is about one hundred people.

All of them are around 300 people.

Commander, about a thousand people.

The camp is about three thousand people.

The army, about ten thousand people.

The military ranks are:

Lieutenant General: Commander-in-Chief, Political Commissar of the Chamber.

Major General: Deputy Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff, Chief of Command, Military Political Commissar.

Colonel: Deputy Chief of Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Commander, Political Commissar.

Lieutenant Colonel: Deputy Commander, Commander, Instructor.

Major: Deputy Commander, Dutou, instructor.

Captain: Deputy Head, Team General.

Lieutenant: Deputy General, Oath.

Second Lieutenant: Deputy Chief, who is the chief.

Private: Five Territory.

Private: Ordinary soldier.

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After the reorganization, there were only twelve troops left in Liangshan Army.

First Army:

Control, Lu Zhishen.

Military Political Commissar, Deng Yuanjue.

Deputy Commander, Yang Zongmin.

Other major military officers, Peng Yan, Yang Zhen, etc.

Second Army:

Controlling, Lin Chong.

Military Political Commissar, Zhang Qing.

Deputy Commander, Suo Chao.

Other major military officers, Zou Run, Xuan Zan, etc.

Third Army:

Control, calling Yanqing.

Military Political Commissar, Hu Chun.

Deputy Commander, Yang Lin.

Other major officers, Zou Yuan, Fan Rui, etc.

Fourth Army:

Control, Bian Xiang.

Military political commissar, Shan Shiqi.

Deputy General, Zhu Jing.

Other major military officers, Hu Yanchuo, Wenda, etc.

Fifth Army:

Control, Cao Zheng.

Military Political Commissar, Yuan Lang.

Deputy General, Luan Yanyu.

Other major military officers, Li Zhong, Shan Yangui, etc.

Sixth Army:

Control, Qiu Yue.

Military Political Commissar, Zhou Ang.

Deputy Commander, Li Hu.

Other major officers, Cui Ye, Lei Heng, etc.

The Seventh Army:

Control, stone treasure.

Military Political Commissar, Shi Jin.

Deputy Commander, Li Meng.

Other major officers, Sang Ying, Guan Sheng, etc.

The Eighth Army:

Control, Deng Fei.

Military political commissar, sir.

Deputy General, Han Tao.

Other major officers, Yang Xiong, Li Cheng, etc.

The Ninth Army:

Control, Wu Song.

Military Political Commissar, Tang Bin.
To be continued...