Walking in the barracks with Du Zhongxiao and Yao Shouxin, Shi Quanbin has been thinking about the military system of the Yingtianxiang Army. He came from a family of chamberlains, and for several generations he had been with the emperor in the palace since he was five generations, so he could be said to be well-informed. When he was young, he was adopted by the Shi family and followed his father, not only familiar with the allusions in the palace, but also read and read, and read a lot of books. From Xiaohuangmen step by step, he has been in power in the palace, has served in official positions abroad, and has led thousands of troops and horses along the border, and his knowledge is not comparable to ordinary people.

After thinking about it for a long time, Shi Quanbin suddenly remembered that Du Zhongxiao's practice in the camp Tianxiang Army was not similar to the county soldiers of the Two Han Dynasty? It is precisely because it is similar to the county soldiers that the governor is in charge of the military register, how can he not pay attention to it? Compared to the rest of the armies under their rule, these people are more reliable.

However, unlike the county soldiers, after these people were discharged, they only brought the name of a township soldier, and did not teach in the Spring and Autumn Period. However, as long as the state is in the armies, this is a potential military force that can compete with other armies.

After figuring this out, Shi Quanbin also understood why Du Zhongxiao emphasized that Zhizhou was in charge of the army. Later generations often said that the officials at this time were in charge of the army on the horse and the people on the horse. In fact, only Zhizhou can do this. Zhizhou is not all civil officials, and most of the important places are military ministers. The chief official at the state level is not only the governor, but also the history of directly using military generals. And the magistrate does not care about the army, and the magistrate who is not an official of the Beijing Dynasty is the county order, which belongs to the civil official sequence.

At this time, Zhizhou was not a prince of the two Han Dynasty, and the power had already been divided, and having one more such force under his command would not make people think anything strange. Just in charge of the military register, there is reliable power in the hands, and it is less controlled by the general judgment and the superintendent. If Zhizhou wants to have the authority of the county guard in the two Han Dynasty, he must add a lot of envoys, such as the marshal minister's economic envoy, there is a long list of part-time jobs, but it is simply referred to as the economic envoy. There is no part-time job, and the authority of the governor is very restricted, and he is not the head of one party, but only an official position attached to the imperial court.

For example, Shi Quanbin is the training envoy of the Lingzhou regiment, if he really goes to Lingzhou to return to his own town, he will be the chief official of that state, and he will not set up a governor. If the imperial court adds a sentence that it does not sign the affairs of the state, it will be an idle official, and there will be a governor and corresponding officials. The state capital is a feudal town, and there are all kinds of seals such as festivals, defense, regimental training, assassination history, and observation. It is only in rare cases that these feudal officials will be allowed to take up the position, which is a special honor. When the feudal officials were actually in office, their authority was much greater than that of the prefecture, and all the shogunate officials were responsible to him, and they were no longer nominally sent by the imperial court.

In the Song Dynasty, it was not that there were no feudal towns, but that the vast majority of them were only nominal, and the feudal towns were still there. In peacetime, the seals of the feudal towns were divided between the officials of the prefecture, and many government and military affairs were still issued in the name of the feudal towns.

Shi Quanbin knew this very well, and the military system was moving closer to the national soldiers of the two Han counties, which was also a direction of military reform. As long as the affairs of the state are in charge of the state, rather than the envoy of the festival, the history of defense, the envoy of regimental training, and the history of assassination, the imperial court does not have to worry.

After everything was figured out, Shi Quanbin knew that he still underestimated Yingtian Xiangjun and Du Zhongxiao. With the establishment of the Yingtian Yamen, coupled with the Yingtian Xiangjun, Du Zhongxiao actually experimented with two system reforms at the same time. First, because the fields are all newly cultivated, the households to which the fields belong are similar to the average fields, and the fields of each family are almost the same, and the wealth and poverty are relatively equal. Attached to the battalion and field system, the battalion and field army are similar to the county soldiers, who are selected from good families through schools, and their treatment and military merits are shared by the local government.

All of them are from good families, and the officers and soldiers are all civilian households in the locality, and the camp and field army are completely different from the forbidden army and the box army at this time. The selection system that favors the county soldiers makes it different from the archers, the soldiers and even the armor that has emerged, and it is also different from the government soldiers in the Tang Dynasty.

The battalions were selected from the army, and they were not particularly dependent on the localities, and all military supplies were provided by the army, and the officers were professionalized and the soldiers were semi-professional. The combat effectiveness of the army does not depend on the local land system, and the same can be true in other places. The treatment given is exemption from military service, and the main household and the customer are the same when joining the army, as long as there is a family, and those who do not have assets can join the army.

What should I do if Juntian, which is now in the camp, is destroyed? If the destruction does not affect the camp and the Xiangjun army, it is not Du Zhongxiao's business. What the battalion and the army need is local stability and the people, and what they need is only manpower, not material resources.

With the implementation of such a military system, Shi Quanbin is not sure whether many places in the army that are different from the forbidden army will affect the combat effectiveness. After Zhao Yu came here a few days ago to see it, he praised the Yingtian Xiangjun. Especially artillery, Zhao Yu concluded that it would become an important force affecting the outcome of the war in the future, and there was no army in the world that used artillery more than the battalion Tianxiang army. This matter attracted the attention of the emperor and the prime minister, and Shi Quanbin was specially sent to evaluate the combat strength of the Yingtianxiang army. Thousands of miles to Quang Nam, it is another Xiang army sequence, and when the battle cannot be won, this joke will be big. It's just a matter of using the local Xiang army, and the Xiang army on Jingxi Road is sent all the way to be used as the main force.

Shi Quanbin hasn't seen the combat power of the Yingtian Xiang Army yet, and the military system alone gives him a lot of headaches. In addition to the forbidden army in the capital, the forbidden army and the box army outside are under the dual leadership of local officials and the three ya, and are mainly local officials. Du Zhongxiao has the power to reform the army, as long as such reform is within the permissible range. Now it's just that the Xiang Army has the dual nature of a forbidden army and a township soldier, and it is not deviant.

Just when Shi Quanbin was thinking about something, he suddenly heard a horn sound, and the barracks became lively.

Shi Quanbin was startled for a moment and asked Du Zhongxiao beside him: "Lift, why did the horn suddenly sound?" Isn't there a military intelligence? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Regimental training, this number is just to tell the officers and soldiers in the army that after the noon break, the army must be quickly reorganized." The officer lectured and went about his own business. In the barracks, everything is disciplined, food, clothing, shelter and transportation must be obeyed by commands. ”

Shi Quanbin nodded, only then did he understand. In the general military camp, when the horn sounds, there is an urgent military situation, but I didn't expect it to be so casual here.

Seeing that there were officers and soldiers nearby from time to time, Shi Quanbin said: "Lift, the horn is sounded so frequently in the army, everyone is nervous, what should I do if I encounter the enemy situation in wartime?" It is impossible not to blow the trumpet when the time comes to war. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Orders in the army, daily life is one thing, and it is another thing in wartime. The horns are different, and the golden drum flags used in the army have different uses and different tunes. Sergeants and soldiers are trained to distinguish between the similarities and differences. ”

Shi Quanbin nodded: "In this way, the trumpeters in the army are also proficient, and they are not ordinary people." ”

"That's nature. Advocating is an order in the army, how can it be done arbitrarily? Whoever applauds and advocates is a commander. ”

The military horns commonly used in the army in later generations have not yet been introduced to the Central Plains at this time, and they are occasionally regarded as rare affairs, and they are used daily with golden drums and horns. The horn has a hard time having a definite tune, and there are only a few simple sounds, which are mainly used for assembling and arranging. Du Zhongxiao wanted to use a military horn, but that thing looked simple, and for people who didn't know music, it was difficult to make it.

Looking at the teams that left after the whole team, Shi Quanbin said: "Although there is no slaughter in the army, the army is strict and orderly, and the discipline is clear, and it is not comparable to a weak brigade. The difficulty of training the army lies first in neatness and second in formation. Looking at the central army of your army, it is not easy to command every line and move, and it is not easy to be uniform. ”

Du Zhongxiao is most proud of the discipline of the army he trained, and after hearing this, he said to Shi Quanbin: "Look at the regimental training, the teams in the barracks are not just neat, they walk in unison. The length and speed of each person's steps are almost the same, and they will not be messy when they go far. ”

Shi Quanbin took a closer look, and sure enough, it was so. The marching soldiers did not pay much attention to their feet, but they walked almost the same distance and pace with each step. Even lifting and landing on the feet are about the same. Far away, the line is still neat. This can obviously only be done after a long period of training, and there are fixed standards. How far you can go in one step, how many steps you take in one foot, are very clear.

Being able to keep the marching army neat and tidy is already the standard for a strong army, and if you want to achieve the level of the battalion Tianxiang army, you can't even go to the four armies of the forbidden army.

Curious for a moment, Shi Quanbin asked Du Zhongxiao: "Lifting, it must take a lot of effort to practice like this, I don't know what the use is?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "The neatness of the army does not say the benefits of military discipline and morale, but it is the practical use of wartime. We used muskets, and we were asked to advance and retreat together, and to shoot together. The more neatly it is done, the more powerful it is, and the more damage it does to the enemy. They are usually accustomed to this, and they don't need to be particularly commanded when they are in battle, they can move forward and backward in order, charge and fire their guns. The drums are just a reminder and inspiration, and they don't rely on the drums to conduct them. ”

"Oh-" Shi Quanbin nodded, he didn't expect Du Zhongxiao's training to be so detailed. When the soldiers are in battle, especially when the two armies are facing each other, they are actually very mechanical, and many of them act out of instinct. In peacetime, they are accustomed to it, and in wartime, they will strengthen their combat power under the guidance of their surroundings.

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