Chen Tingfang was ultimately expelled from the Council Chamber. Although he was reassigned as an Imperial Censor Inspector, which technically elevated his rank by half a level, Chen Tingfang had been transformed from a censor capable of voicing opinions on state affairs into a central government official stationed in local areas, responsible for reporting local corruption, embezzlement, and perversion of justice. In fact, compared to later generations, such a position was similar to an independent prosecutor, with considerable authority, but from Chen Tingfang's consistent self-perception, this was undoubtedly a major failure.

Tan Weixin received only a few insipid reprimands from her royal father.

However, Tan Weixin immediately handed over the small-scale experimental army establishment plan that she, Ye Tao, and later Chi Yun and others had jointly discussed to Tan Xiaopei. Tan Xiaopei couldn't help but lavish praise on this exceptionally intelligent and capable daughter. Although Dongping was unmatched in the world in terms of military equipment, it did not have any significant advantages in terms of troop composition, army training, and strategic and tactical guidance. In that lengthy memorial, too long to fit any standard format and ultimately bound into three volumes totaling over a hundred thousand words, starting from the statement of the army's purpose – "learning, cultivating, researching, and innovating" – this frighteningly long strategy attracted Tan Xiaopei to continue reading, constantly discovering new surprises. Tan Weixin and Ye Tao's frequent flights of fancy, combined with the rich refinements of Chi Yun and others with military experience, meant that once such a strategy was tested and found to be feasible, it would almost be equivalent to finding a new path for the development of Dongping's army.

In the strategy, the two units nominally established were named the "Huoqi Army" (Fire Unicorn Army) and the "Mengxue Army" (Fierce Blood Army), respectively. The two armies with different names also signified different development directions. The Huoqi Army's initial structure and troop types were entirely organized according to Dongping's current regular army, except that this army would be more professional, and its training would be more rigorous and complex. This army was experimenting with how to tap the potential of the existing military system. The Mengxue Army, on the other hand, would comprehensively try out some new troop types, attempting to train the same group of people into all-rounders on the battlefield, capable of playing various troop types and completing tasks that other armies could not. This army would also become the best sample for playing the role of the opposing side in all training exercises.

The recruitment of soldiers would refer to the plan used to recruit retired soldiers when Federal Express was originally established. Since the requirements for soldiers were not as high as those of Federal Express, and they did not need to have other talents besides being soldiers, the source of soldiers was relatively broad.

In these two armies, both the non-commissioned officers and the officers would have two sets of teams. The standing officers would come from Dongping's regular army and would only be responsible for daily training, while the non-commissioned officers would be selected from among the soldiers. As for the standing officers during the army's daily activities, they would be "played" by people interested in the army.

Those who aspired to join the army but had no way to enter the military would have an extremely complex points system to determine their rank in the army. Daily training performance, and the evaluation of them by the officers responsible for guiding their training and teaching them how to lead soldiers in training and combat, would determine the participants in the three high-level, mid-level, and low-level confrontations between the two armies every ten days. Different victories and defeats, and different performances, would determine different points for each person. When the score accumulated to a certain level, they could be promoted, and if they ranked last for two consecutive ten-day periods, they would be dismissed from training or demoted. At the beginning, all the confrontation formats would use the grand strategy gameplay of *Yi Zhan Qi* (Strategy Game), and after that, it would depend on the development of the two armies. Moreover, the *Yi Zhan Qi* confrontations between these two armies would not use the ridiculous maps developed by *Yi Zhan Lou* (Strategy Game Hall), but would instead use real maps, simulating various situations for combat.

The Huoqi Army's military ranks were divided into eleven ranks, from the lowest *zhenqi* (scout rider) to the highest commander. The Mengxue Army, on the other hand, was also divided into corresponding eleven ranks, from the lowest *chikou* (scout) to the highest *dujun* (inspector general). Naturally, this grading system came from Ye Tao. When Ye Tao skillfully listed the eleven military ranks of each of the two armies clearly, people like Chi Yun could not help but sigh in admiration, while Tan Weixin could only curl her lips and sneer in her heart: I knew you were a brush, you brushed the battlefield so impressively, you still remember it so clearly after so many years.

As for the expenses, the Huoqi Army's funding came from the internal treasury's share of the profits from *Yi Zhan Lou*. The Mengxue Army, on the other hand, was established by the wealthy children who pooled their money together. Although it sounded a bit unreliable, Ye Tao actually revealed a little news, and the disciples who sharpened their heads to get into the army signed up one after another. If this strategy was really approved for the establishment of the army, I am afraid that the initial funds would be in place in less than a day.

In terms of military equipment, the conventional military equipment would be "leased" from the Danyang armory at an extremely low price (claimed to the outside world). If the two armies needed to try out equipment that was not suitable for Dongping's regular army in subsequent construction, they would have to raise their own funds.

Considering the needs of the two armies in terms of training, daily management, and continuous competitions, the camp will be set up a little west of Danyang. This would not only facilitate the various needs of the playboy disciples who were "joining the army", but the location was also exactly in the middle of the two planned satellite towns of Danyang. Stationing nearly 6,000 people in such a place might have a miraculous effect when needed.

The entire strategy started from the concept of army building, covering the army system, personnel allocation, financial and logistical support, various feasibility demonstrations, short-term, medium-term, and long-term construction goals, and even a training syllabus and schedule for each of the two armies within three months... Anyone who has read this strategy will no longer ask stupid questions such as whether it will work or how to do it.

"Then let's do it this way." After marveling, Tan Xiaopei put away these three volumes of strategy and inserted a piece of gilded Xuanhua paper in the first volume, writing these words on it. He knew that if he wrote it at the end of the memorial as he used to, it would be too inconvenient for everyone.

Upon further reflection, Tan Xiaopei felt that something was not quite right. In order to add a bit more entertainment to the establishment of these two experimental armies, he made a suggestion after chatting with Tan Weixin: the champion and runner-up in the *Yi Zhan Qi* grand strategy gameplay competition will respectively serve as the first leaders of these two relatively large armies, that is, the first "commander" and the first "inspector general". If the people who win these two places are Chi Yun (after all, he is a professional soldier, so he can't leave the regular army), Tan Weixin (in name, she is the main general of the women's team), Tan Weishi (the little princess is even more thorough as a hands-off shopkeeper), or Chang Huaiyin (even if this foreign princess is allowed to be the commander or inspector general, the Chunnan Kingdom cannot do such a thing), it will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Among them, Tan Weixin's women's team's rights as the main general will be borne by Chi Li, and if they encounter other teams, they will be postponed according to the ranking.

This was not an unfounded decision, but because the real possibility was right there. If it was not surprising that Chi Yun's powerful Imperial Guard team and the high-profile women's team established by Tan Weixin, who was expected from the beginning, could enter the top sixteen, then it could be said that it was beyond everyone's expectations that the teams hastily pulled together by the two little girls, Chang Huaiyin and Tan Weishi, could enter the top sixteen.

After all, Chang Huaiyin had a very impressive father like Chang Hongquan, who transferred a group of young and high-quality young officers from Chunnan to help her fight. The officers of Chunnan Kingdom have an extremely keen sense of smell for city-based defense and defensive counterattacks, for the mixed advancement and occupation of light and heavy infantry, for the reorganization and construction of controlled areas, and for the decisive battles of main corps. Although the tactics are dull and monotonous, they always manage to win.

The other extreme was Tan Weishi's team. Every time the little princess's team appeared, all *Yi Zhan Qi* enthusiasts always craned their necks, waiting to see what new tricks they could come up with. Each time, Tan Weishi's team was able to continuously acquire and expand its advantages by exploiting one or several loopholes in the game settings themselves or problems in the formulas that others had not discovered. Not every team has Chi Yun's strong command ability and adaptability. Relying on the Bug gameplay, the little princess's team actually advanced all the way and entered the top sixteen. The popularity of this team is even more unmatched.

In addition, what made people's jaws drop was also a team led by a girl. That sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl named Dai Yun is the eldest supplier of military horses in the Dongping Kingdom and the young lady of Yunhai Manor, which has great influence in the Northern Frontier. This team didn't show much at the beginning of the competition, but things were different in the middle and late stages of the competition. Dai Yun's understanding and application of cavalry tactics can be said to be superb. Under her command, in addition to a small number of troops used for city occupation, the main combat troops were all composed of cavalry. Under Dai Yun's command, all types of cavalry were like colorless and tasteless wind, like elegant and flowing clouds, and like recklessly flowing rivers, constantly exerting surging destructive power, but also showing the artistic sense of war command between advancing and retreating. When it was known from the population of Yunhai Manor that this Dai Yun was actually a disciple of Peng Ji of the Tianshan School's "Lianye Sword" (Lotus Leaf Sword), and that she had been traveling with her parents in the north since she was just three years old, traveling to the Northern Liao, penetrating deep into the hinterland of the northern barbarians, and even going all the way north to the shore of the Arctic Ocean, which was covered with floating ice all year round, Dai Yun was surrounded by a legendary color.

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