After drinking a few glasses of wine, Du Zhongxiao said to Yao Shouxin and Thirteen Lang: "This reform of the Sanya, I'm afraid that you will also participate in it." In the future, the Sanya will inevitably set up an artillery division, there is no doubt about this, and the most suitable person is naturally Captain Yao. ”

Yao Shouxin said: "I am an instructor in the military academy, and it is good to teach people, so why bother with any artillery division." ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "There is no way, the person who is most familiar with artillery in the world now is you." If you don't take care of the artillery division, who else is more suitable? The Holy Lord has said this matter several times, but the war with the Khitan has not ended, and everything is suspended. ”

Thirteen Lang said: "Taiwei Yao went to manage the artillery division, so what should I do?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "I don't know what you do, and the saint didn't mention it." In my opinion, you are also very good in the military academy, so why do you have to go to the front. In the future, the instructors of military academies will be promoted, and high-ranking officials will be generous, wouldn't they be happy? ”

Shisanlang shook his head: "It's just teaching people in a military school, and if you don't have military merits, you will always be looked down upon." ”

Several people laughed together. Han Qi said: "In the future, the generals on the front line will be taught by you, and they are not majestic." In the future, cavalry will only be an appendage to the infantry, not as before. You just go to the front line to lead the troops, and you are also the commander, why do you need to go. ”

Thirteen Lang said: "Could it be that the cavalry is so useless? In my opinion, cavalry will still be very important in future wars. ”

Han Qi said: "Although the cavalry is important, it can only be a subsidiary, but it cannot be the main force of an army, and it cannot be the commander. Tell me, is it better to go out and lead soldiers than to be an instructor in a military school? In a military school, everything doesn't matter, how easy. ”

Thirteen Lang shook his head, visibly disappointed. He was born with divine power, and when he was training in Suizhou, he became a cavalry commander with his ability, and he has always been proud. Now listening to the meaning of Han Qi's words, the cavalry is only an auxiliary of the infantry, and it is inevitable that he will be a little disappointed.

Du Zhongxiao said: "Because the future commander was promoted from the commander of the first army, and most of the commanders above the battalion were infantry commanders. Unless there is a special one, such as a cavalry army under the commander, there is no cavalry commander. In fact, this is true not only of cavalry, but also of artillery. To be more accurate, it is not that the commanders of the cavalry and artillery cannot be commanders, but that they have reached a certain level and must be changed to commanders of the first army, and then they can become commanders. ”

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao smiled: "Actually, now, Xu will often be troubled by the camp and the field army. The battalion and field army are different in that they are originally an army, and most of the officers at all levels stand out in military training, and they are not promoted normally. This will not be the case in the future. Cavalry and artillery, from non-commissioned officers to generals, are more demanding than infantry, as long as they are willing to learn and change to commanders, the chances are greater than that of infantry. ”

Thirteen Lang nodded: "It's pretty much the same. However, I came out of the camp Tianxiang army, and I am afraid that I will not have a chance in the future. ”

Du Zhongxiao raised his glass and said, "Let's have a drink." These things, no one can say clearly. ”

In the final analysis, the biggest problem with Thirteen Lang is that he was brought out by Du Zhongxiao, and it is not suitable to lead troops at this time. forcibly leading troops will arouse suspicion. It's better to be in a military academy, and you can still keep your wealth. With Du Zhongxiao here, his future is not a problem. When the emperor has mastered the military power in the future, there is nothing to use him again, but not at this time.

A few people gossiped a few words, and the topic returned to military reform.

Han Qi said: "The Privy Council of the Imperial Court and the Three Yamen are divided into military orders and military affairs, I think it makes sense, you can't let one Yamen take charge of military power. It can be that the lieutenant in the army should be divided into various armies, roughly neat, but I don't know why. There are all kinds of situations in battle, and an army of 50,000 people will not always be suitable. ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "An army of 50,000 people, of course it is not suitable." To deal with a big country like Dangxiang and the Khitan, it is basically realistic to have an army of 50,000. There are many small forces, and so many people can't be used to fight, how can it be appropriate? ”

Han Qi said: "But now that the whole army is being trained, the Holy Lord is based on the 50,000 troops of the first army, so it is arranged. ”

"Because now, the purpose of the whole training is to fight the Khitan in a few years, so the whole training is much simpler. To be precise, the first army is actually a road, and no matter how many people there are, the commander can't command it. An army of 50,000 men is calculated according to the maximum scale. In fact, when the actual war is fought, there is no difference whether an army is 10,000 or 350,000 people. ”

Bao Zheng on the side listened and asked: "But when I was on the Hequ Road, I was trained according to the 50,000 people of the first army." ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's still the same sentence, at that time, the opponents of Hequ Road were Khitan and Dang, all of which were configured according to the maximum number. It is correct to say that the army is not an establishment, but a commander along the way, with various yamen and various types of troops. After the restructuring was completed, the army and division were directly facing the Privy Council, not the Sanya. Under the military division, whether it is a regiment or a battalion to the three ya, it will be discussed again. ”

Han Qi and Bao Zheng glanced at each other, still not understanding what it meant, and couldn't help but shake their heads, feeling that it was too complicated. The tradition of the forbidden army is a class system, and all power is vested in the commander-in-chief, and the first level is pressed against the other. Han Qi and Bao Zheng are used to this structure, although Du Zhongxiao has said many times that there is a difference after the whole training, they still can't think of it. In the past, when they were on Hequ Road, there were 50,000 people in the first army, but because the Privy Council and the Sanya were not restructured, they didn't see the difference from before, but there were more generals in the army.

Looking at the expressions of the two, Du Zhongxiao said: "The military order belongs to the Privy Council, and the military and political affairs belong to the Sanya." Although it is clear, in many cases, it is not clear which things are military orders and which things are military and political. In some cases, the separation between military orders and military administration is too clear, which will cause the yamen to quarrel. Therefore, in the military, there must be a distinction. It is a certain establishment, which is the basic level in the army, and below this level, all daily affairs are military and political, and they belong to the three ya. At this level and above, there are obvious command characteristics, and they can also be called handsome. At the upper level, daily affairs are only one of the yamen, and there are many yamen who specialize in warfare. The three yamen are only in charge of the day-to-day affairs of the yamen, and the rest are all vested in the Privy Council. In wartime, the troops below will be placed in these command levels, and at this time, they will obey the orders of the Privy Council. In normal times, the day-to-day affairs are in charge of the three ya, and the Privy Council does not interfere. So, you should get the idea? ”

Han Qi said: "In this way, like military divisions, they actually don't care about the basic establishment of the army under them in peacetime?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It can't be said that it doesn't matter, isn't there a yamen under them who is in charge of daily affairs?" The military division level in the army, facing the Privy Council on one side, and the general officer below, corresponds to the three ya. ”

Hearing this, Han Qi shook his head: "It's so complicated. In the army, it should be forbidden to do so, and everything should be simple. ”

Zhao Zi said: "Xianggong, many things in the army now can never be simplified. If you want to manage it well, you must have a special person for everything, and everyone must be responsible for it. The chief officer is in charge of the overall situation, and does not take care of everything. There are 50,000 people in an army, and I don't know how many affairs in my daily life, where can I manage them? ”

Bao Zheng said: "I roughly know what the captain means. However, is the purpose of doing this for better management of the army, or for the sake of military power? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Both. At present, the general affairs in the army are entrusted to the commanders of the army to their cronies or officials, and the court does not know. In a battle, the court only knew that so much money was spent, but it didn't know how the money was spent. I just know that there are so many people fighting, but I don't know what everyone is doing. In the future, it was different, and every money allocated by the imperial court had a clear purpose. What everyone is doing, the court is also clear. To do this, it is necessary to have a large number of military officers and a yamen under unified management. ”

This is what Du Zhongxiao repeatedly mentioned when he was training the Tianxiang army, and the army should be professionalized. A soldier has the duties of a soldier, a general has the duties of a general, and an officer has the duties of an officer. Use the system to connect it all together and become a whole. The so-called rectification and training should form such a system so that generals and officers can understand their duties.

In previous years, due to the lack of reform of the Privy Council and the Sanya, the army on Hequ Road did not meet the requirements. The 50,000 men of the first army, since the generals have not been changed for many years, there is a tendency to gradually change to the former commander-in-chief to manage everything. This time, it is necessary to start with the Privy Council and the Sanya at the top, and the whole army below will form a system according to the new requirements.

After the completion of the training, the armies and divisions below the Privy Council have a sound command system, but they do not have an army directly under their jurisdiction. Although the armies under the direct jurisdiction are complete, the command system is very simple, and it is difficult to conduct complete operations. Only when the emperor authorized the Privy Council, began to allocate the army, the army and the combat system were combined to become a real combat force.