In the Tang Army, the basic tactical unit of cavalry is not a cavalry regiment, or a cavalry division or anything, but a cavalry team, so when counting the number of cavalry, it is difficult to get an accurate cavalry number when counting cavalry divisions, cavalry regiments or something, you have to count the cavalry team.

Because the cavalry team and even the most basic cavalry establishment in the Tang Army, regardless of whether it is light cavalry or heavy cavalry, and whether it is divisional cavalry or independent cavalry, it follows the most basic principle, that is, each cavalry team has 200 cavalry.

Well, the Guards are not included, and the various formations of the Guards have always been larger than the Army, so the cavalry of the Guards Corps, the number of each team reached two hundred and fifty horsemen.

Two hundred cavalry per team, this is a figure obtained after many changes after the Tang Army has used cavalry for many years.

The cavalry generals of the army believed that two hundred cavalry per team, no more, no less, just enough to meet the needs of basic tactics, and that it was a waste to have more than this number, and less than this number was not enough!

At present, in the Tang Army, the cavalry team in the independent cavalry unit has reached more than 500 teams, and the independent cavalry has exceeded 100,000 cavalry.

The divisional cavalry reached 150 teams, and the divisional cavalry reached 30,000 cavalry.

A total of 130,000 cavalry!

This is all the cavalry of the Tang Army!

It's just that not all of these cavalry will go to the battlefield, and not all of them will have the ability to fight independently.

The cavalry units of the Tang Army have always been divided into two types, and the divisional cavalry and the independent cavalry are two different things.

Divisional cavalry, regardless of whether it is assigned to the cavalry regiment of the main infantry division or to the cavalry battalion of the reserve division, these cavalry units, except for a very small number of special units, are mostly single-horse and single-horse, and they are basically light cavalry.

The positioning of these divisions as light cavalry in the Tang Army is more to cooperate with infantry and artillery units, but they do not have the ability to fight independently.

However, the independent cavalry unit refers specifically to the cavalry unit with independent combat capability, and this kind of cavalry unit is mainly attached to the northwest and northern regions.

The establishment consisted of cavalry divisions and independent cavalry regiments, which were often assigned to armies and then participated in battles.

However, later in the Battle of Hetao and the Northeast Campaign, the use of these independent cavalry by the Tang Army was often used independently into an army, and it was used by organizing large-scale cavalry units, because the enemies faced by the Tang Army were nomadic tribes such as the Tatars, and their armies were often cavalry-based and large-scale.

Therefore, correspondingly, the Tang Army also organized a large number of cavalry units to fight.

And after the Hetao Campaign, the Northeast Campaign, and the later Tubo Campaign, the Tang Army finally determined the large-scale cavalry establishment and formally established the cavalry corps.

According to the regulations, a standard cavalry corps shall have three cavalry divisions, each cavalry division shall have four cavalry regiments, each cavalry regiment shall have four cavalry teams, and the above three cavalry divisions shall have a total of 48 cavalry corps.

It is worth noting that the cavalry under the jurisdiction of each cavalry division of the Tang Army, according to the different cavalry divisions, the subordinate cavalry regiments are also different, there may be light cavalry, cuirassier, and light lancers, but even the musketeers and hussars in the light cavalry are equipped with armor!

Even the musketeers of the Tang Army are equipped with light plate armor, not to mention cavalry!

Even if it is a light cavalry, it is equipped with a light cuirass and helmet for light cavalry, and the bulletproof is naturally unreliable, but various cold weapons such as bows and arrows are enough.

Therefore, the light cavalry of the Tang Army has a lightweight cuirass and helmet for protection, and weapons include sabers, suifa pikes, and suifa pistols, but in most cases, the cavalry of the Datang Army likes to use sabers and rarely uses muskets.

In addition, the light cavalry of the independent cavalry unit is generally equipped with two horses, because the independent cavalry unit needs to shoulder the ability to run long distances and fight independently.

In order to allow the cavalry corps to have long-distance running, independent combat, and the ability to attack fortified positions, this kind of cavalry corps will also be equipped with a cavalry baggage regiment, a cavalry artillery regiment, in addition, the military headquarters will also have a heavy cavalry regiment and a reconnaissance cavalry battalion.

This kind of heavy cavalry regiment, many of which are adapted from the previous independent heavy cavalry regiments, are all heavy lancer regiments, with independent numbers, and also have four teams, but they are often equipped with auxiliary cavalry, and they are equipped with three horses, so the auxiliary cavalry in wartime, in fact, is also directly mounted on the spare war horse, as a light cavalry into battle, therefore, when calculating, this kind of heavy cavalry regiment is often calculated as eight teams, not just four teams.

These heavy cavalry regiments wear full-body heavy armor and ride high-headed horses, once they are allowed to charge, it is a god to block and kill God, and a Buddha to block and kill Buddha, at least for so many years, there is no enemy who can stop the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty heavy cavalry, even the elite cavalry of the Tatars can't stop it!

A cavalry corps has three cavalry divisions, a heavy cavalry regiment, and a reconnaissance cavalry battalion, for a total of fifty-eight cavalry teams, and the total number of cavalry is 11,600 cavalry when fully manned!

In addition, there were about 2,000 cavalry artillery and 3,000 cavalry and baggage troops to assist the operation, for a total strength of about 16,600 men.

However, the number of horses is far more than 16,000, but more than 40,000, according to the per capita calculation, even more than the configuration of single horse and two horses, pure cavalry troops naturally cannot use so many horses, mainly cavalry troops and baggage troops occupy a large number of horses.

So far, the Tang Army has a total of seven cavalry corps, the first cavalry army is deployed in the northwest Gansu region, the second cavalry army is also deployed in Gansu, the third cavalry army is deployed in Shaanxi, and the fourth cavalry army is deployed in Hetao and the area west of Hetao in Hefeng Province; The Fifth Cavalry Corps was deployed in Hebei and Hefeng provinces, the Sixth Cavalry Corps was deployed in the northeast region, and the Seventh Cavalry Corps was deployed in Henan and Shandong

The seven cavalry corps mentioned above had a total of 406 cavalry corps, and 81,200 cavalry.

The remaining nearly 100 cavalry teams were turned into a number of independent cavalry divisions, brigades, and regiments, which were deployed in other areas.

500 independent cavalry, plus 150 divisional cavalry, a total of about 130,000 cavalry, this is all the combat cavalry strength of the Tang Army at present.

However, this number is still nothing compared to the Tatars, and the total number of cavalry drawn by the Tatars exceeded 150,000 when they went west this year!

And then they still have a large number of troops left in the Western Regions to guard against the Tang Empire!

There is no way, although the family is a nomadic tribe living on horseback, and any person who leads it is a natural cavalry!

Compared with the Tatars in the number of cavalry, it is unreliable, so although the Tang Army is also trying its best to develop cavalry, but it has never thought of completely overwhelming the Tatars in terms of quantity, and the Tang Army's weapons against the Tatars have never relied solely on any cavalry, on the one hand, it relies on more advanced equipment, and on the other hand, it is more scientific and reasonable tactics.

And the innovation of equipment and tactics also brings innovation in the establishment!

In fact, the establishment of the cavalry army is actually the impact of this kind of equipment and tactical innovation, the establishment of the cavalry army of the Tang Army is actually purely the use of the cavalry army as a strategic mobile force, otherwise it will not emphasize the ability to run long-distance at the same time, but also strong firepower and ensure the ability to attack fortifications.

Similarly, the innovation of the infantry corps was also put on the agenda after the end of the Northeast Campaign!

The previous military-level establishment has long been out of date, and Li Xuan has always wanted to change it, but he has never had any good ideas, so it was delayed after the Northeast Campaign.

After the end of the Northeast Campaign, Li Xuan began to make changes to the army's high-level command system, first of all, the abolition of the military defense zone system, that is, an army is no longer in charge of the defense of a certain area, and at the same time, it does not have the authority to directly command the local garrison troops.

The units under the jurisdiction of each army are fixed, and they are no longer as random as before!

Basically, the units under the jurisdiction of each corps are generally two or three divisions, plus a number of subordinate units.

Of course, the strength of the armies deployed in different directions is also different, and the subordinate troops are also different, for example, the First Army deployed in the Seventh Army of Zhili and the Fifteenth Army deployed in Liaodong are very different.

At the same time, because the number of main infantry divisions has not been enough, but too many main infantry divisions have been established, and military spending cannot support them, so in the wave of army-level restructuring, the army has simply incorporated some reserve divisions with relatively good combat effectiveness into the establishment of various armies, and awarded the official army the number of a certain infantry division.

The number of the Army's Infantry Division was expanded to the Army's 54th Infantry Division.

However, the number is the infantry division from the 21st Infantry Division of the Army, they are all reorganized from the reserve division, in peacetime, these troops only retain the backbone personnel and part of the combat effectiveness, many personnel who do not have too many special needs, such as logistics personnel and ordinary soldiers, are to keep the vacancy, and then fill in the wartime, basically the infantry divisions after the 21st Infantry Division, the average strength of each division is only about 8,000 people.

As for the infantry divisions that have maintained combat readiness and are fully manned all year round, in fact, there are only 20 in total, one is not much, one is not many, just 20, and then the Tang Army now has 18 armies, except for the first army, which is relatively special, with three full divisions under its jurisdiction, the other armies are basically one army with only one full division.

The remaining divisions of each army are all of the kind that are not satisfied, and the situation is better, for example, the division stationed in the northwest region has seventy or eighty percent of the manpower and equipment.

However, many divisions deployed in ordinary areas, even in border areas, are at most half of the people, and a division is only seven or eight thousand people, and you must know that a division of the Tang Army is fully established, and the total strength of the army is 16,000 people.

This is also to control the number of troops, after all, the eighteen armies have a total of fifty-four infantry divisions, and they are really all full, so the number is too many.

The combat-ready troops are kept fully equipped all year round and are on top as soon as the war breaks out.

In peacetime, after the outbreak of war, while assisting the main force to participate in the war, it received the reserve source sent from the rear, and quickly expanded it to a full force and put into battle.

A large number of local reserve divisions only retain the most basic framework and very small combat strength in peacetime, and often a reserve division carries out large-scale mobilization in the rear in peacetime, and after mobilizing into an army, it rushes to the front line to participate in the war!

This is also a compromise method made by the Tang Army in response to the shortage of military spending and troops over the years, retaining part of the combat reserve troops, retaining some second-line troops, and then retaining a large number of local reserve division troops.

To this end, the Datang Army has also established a very complete mobilization system and militia system, which is to be able to quickly recruit enough reservists in wartime, and then go to the front line to fight.

The Tang Army's army-level fixed establishment, combat readiness divisions, ordinary divisions and reserve divisions, etc., are actually because of limited military spending, but the Tang Empire's territory is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more areas to control, so it has to make a compromise plan.

However, even so, the active strength of the Datang Army is now nearly a million!

In this way, it is necessary to make it convenient for the Tang Army to always shout the slogan of gritting their teeth and surviving the difficulties together, the generals took the lead in reducing salaries, the salaries of officers and non-commissioned officers generally declined, and the salaries of soldiers were replaced with subsidies.

While reducing personnel expenditures, the army has always been as self-reliant as possible, especially food, a considerable part of the rations of the Tang Army, which are now obtained by the military itself, not to mention the troops stationed in the hinterland of the Central Plains, even if it is a combat readiness unit stationed in the border areas, it has to grow fields, vegetables, pigs, chickens and ducks or something, otherwise, there are so many people raised there with this military spending.

Even so, the military spending of the Tang Army is not enough, basically, every year Li Xuan has to pay an extra sum of money to the army, otherwise the army will not talk about expanding the army and buying new clothes or something, and even feeding these people now is enough.

Relatively speaking, the life of the navy is relatively nourishing, because although the navy's warships are very expensive, their personnel are not as many as the army, and on average, the navy's military expenses can still support the officers and men of the navy.

Interestingly, this is also the reason why the Army has become more and more dissatisfied with the Navy in recent years.

Why did our army officers and soldiers fight with the Tatar barbarians in the bitter cold land of the frontier, and in the end they couldn't even eat enough, while those naval turtles just went out to sea to hang around, and they could eat and drink spicy food every day without even fighting pirates!

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