Chapter 181 Establishment of the Army
After Guigu left, the plateau was not idle, and now the threat of the Qin army has been lifted temporarily, and the plateau can also free up his hands to establish a complete military and political management system in Dai County, and effectively manage Dai County. In addition, the three counties of Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Shanggu should be included in their own territory.
The first is, of course, the establishment of a military system. Because the army is the basis of a qiē rule. After discussing with the generals, it was decided that the current regular force will be composed of four corps, one of which will be directly commanded by Gao Yuan, and the other three will be commanded by Sima Shang, Yuan Xuan, and Chen Shi, and a total of four cavalry corps and five infantry armies will be organized under these four corps.
The corps under the command of Sima Shang, Yuan Xuan, and Chen Shi consisted of a cavalry army and an infantry army, each with 5,000 men, and a logistics team of 150 chariots and 1,000 men. The total strength of each legion was eleven thousand four hundred and fifty men.
The legion commanded by the plateau is composed of a cavalry army and two infantry armies, and the cavalry army is all new-style cavalry, and the difference is that the two infantry armies of this corps are 6,000 people, one of which is the Mandarin Duck Formation Infantry Army, because a Mandarin Duck Formation squad is 20 people, and the other is a regular infantry army, but one of them is a 1,000-person team for a special service, according to the plan of the plateau, they are trained as special forces, of course, now this 1,000-person team is not satisfied, but the establishment is set aside, and then slowly trained later, In addition, this corps under the command of the plateau will be equipped with 200 combat vehicles and a logistics team of 2,000 men. This brings the total strength to 19,600 troops.
These four legions are the main force in the regular army, except for the logistics team, the war horses are equipped according to the number of soldiers one to one, although all the war horses are subordinate to the cavalry army, which can be used for quick raids, but when necessary, they can also be used for infantry to ride to speed up the movement of the whole army.
In addition to these four legions, there were also two separate armies, which did not belong to the four legions, one was the garrison army of Daijun, including 4,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, and 50 chariots, a total of 6,150 men, commanded by Ji Fengsun. Because Daijun is now the base of the plateau, which is equivalent to the status of the capital, it is reasonable to have a separate army stationed here. Moreover, there will be no special logistics team in this army.
The other is a large army of equipment, which is currently numbered at 6,000 men, of whom 5,000 are soldiers and 1,000 are craftsmen accompanying the army. Although this army is organized according to the army system, in the actual battle, it will be distributed according to the needs of the battlefield and fight in coordination with other corps.
In this way, the total number of regular troops retained by Daijun was about 65,000, including 22,000 cavalry, 31,000 infantry, 700 chariots, 2,100 chariots, 5,000 logistics baggage troops, and 6,000 large equipment troops. There are about 60,000 horses.
Although on the whole, the establishment of the new army is basically the same as in the past, with 50 units, but in essence there is a considerable difference, mainly in the chariot army.
Although each legion was equipped with a considerable number of chariots, the plateau incorporated all chariots into the logistics team, and stipulated that during the march, except for the emperor, all the other soldiers would get off the chariot and walk, and the chariots would be placed with the supplies of the army, and each chariot would be equipped with a baggage cart at the back.
Although in this era, the cavalry army has appeared on the battlefield, and the infantry army has been greatly improved, the chariot is still an important force on the battlefield, and the armies of various countries still regard the chariot army as a main army, in addition to the chariot itself, each chariot is equipped with a large number of escort infantry or cavalry. And like the plateau, the integration of chariots into the logistics team is in essence to eliminate chariots from the battlefield and completely reduce them to furniture for transporting materials, which is also unique among countries.
In addition to the fact that the plateau itself is not interested in the chariot, and also knows that the chariot is destined to be eliminated from the battlefield, there is another important reason, that is, the cost of the chariot is too high, and it is impossible for the plateau to assemble the chariot on a large scale now, and a chariot has three soldiers and four horses in addition to the chariot itself, even if it is not counted as an escort soldier, the total cost of a chariot is equivalent to six to seven cavalry and more than fifteen infantrymen. And the combat effectiveness of one chariot is definitely not comparable to that of six cavalrymen. The current establishment of 700 tanks is the current tank, and the plateau does not plan to build new tanks.
However, Sima Shang and the others did not have any objection to Gao Yuan's decision, because they also knew that they could not afford to use the chariot now, and Li Mu did not pay much attention to the chariot in the past.
In addition to the chariots, according to the plan of the plateau, the cavalry will all be changed to a new cavalry, but now there is a shortage of craftsmen, and it is difficult to change all the cavalry furniture in a short period of time, so the plateau can only change the cavalry under his command to a new cavalry army, and the other cavalry will gradually change.
In addition, the group of wild horses that the plateau subdued in Yanbei Village had a total of 637 wild horses, of which 453 could be used as war horses, and all of them were incorporated into the plateau's team.
Because the overall quality of this batch of war horses far exceeds that of other war horses, Gao Yuan also plans to form a heavy armored cavalry army based on this batch of war horses. However, although the su zhì of this batch of war horses is very high, they are all wild horses after all, and they lack the necessary training, and they can communicate with their owners like the BMW Chilong on the plateau, after all, they are a minority, and this batch of war horses must go through at least one year of training before they can go to the battlefield. Of course, it also takes time to build heavy armor, so you can wait.
After the principles of the regular army establishment have been confirmed, the next step is the selection of soldiers. Plateau decided to make the soldiers mainly voluntary, so for all the current more than 167,000 soldiers, soldiers who are willing to become regular soldiers can sign up.
Of course, after becoming a soldier in the regular army, you can get many favorable conditions, in addition to the soldier can get enough military pay according to the rank, and the family can also get a considerable amount of land, and enjoy the preferential treatment of tax reduction and tax reduction. Soldiers who retire from service, or who are wounded or disabled on the battlefield, or who die, will also receive corresponding pensions. However, the other corresponding systems have not yet been determined, so there is no stipulation on the amount of military salaries, farm property, and pensions.
But that's it, the soldiers' registration is still very surging, a total of nearly 160,000 soldiers are willing to become regular army soldiers, only less than 10,000 people gave up the registration, this is mainly because the Zhao people are strong and martial, and they are proud to enlist in the army.
However, the number of applicants greatly exceeded the quota of the reorganization, and Yu Gaoyuan made a decision, except for a small number of troops, such as the cavalry infantry army trained by himself, and the soldiers who had participated in the battle of Jingcheng, or professional soldiers, the other places were based on the method of fair competition, through the assessment of the soldiers' running, jumping, weight-bearing, climbing, fighting and other skills, from which the soldiers with excellent results were selected.
Therefore, during this period of time, the whole army launched a big competition, at this time, most of the soldiers were selected and formed into an army, so although this army only has more than 60,000 people, it is carefully selected and is definitely an elite division.
After the army is established, the next step is to determine the number of each army. However, the number of each army, the plateau has long been thought of, and the whole army is collectively called the Wu'an Army, which is as follows:
The First Army, the Wu'an Army, was directly commanded by the plateau and stationed in Daijun, under the jurisdiction of the Xiao Cavalry Army, the Beiwei Army, and the Shengjie Army;
The second legion, the Yanmen Legion, commanded by Yuan Xuan, was stationed in Yanmen County, under the jurisdiction of the Flying Cavalry Army and the Changjie Army;
The third legion, the Yunlin Legion, commanded by Chen Zhi, was stationed in Yunlin County, under the jurisdiction of the Fierce Cavalry Army and the Yongjie Army;
The Fourth Army, the Shanggu Army, commanded by Sima Shang, was stationed in Shanggu County, under the jurisdiction of the Weicai Army and the Xiongjie Army;
The Weining Army, commanded by Ji Fengsun, was stationed in Daijun;
The Shenji Army, commanded by Sun Ziyu, uses large equipment and is stationed in Daijun.
And below the corps, the generals, adjutant generals, and commanders of each army, and the officers of the five hundred guards, centurions, uncles, chiefs, and captains of all armies, all appointed by the commanders of each corps on their own, and the plateau did not interfere. Of course, the three counties of Yunlin, Yanmen, and Shanggu are not yet under the rule of the plateau, but it does not prevent the plateau from making preparations first.
However, the Wu'an Corps under Gao Yuan's own command was appointed by Gao Yuan as officers at all levels. Although the Wu'an Legion is directly commanded by Gao Yuan, it is impossible for Gao Yuan to directly serve as the commander of the corps, and this position is held by Zhao Xuan, because Zhao Xuan is also an old qualification in the army, and he can fully serve in this position.
The chief generals of the following armies, Gao Yuan was also appointed, as Du Yi, the main general of the Xiao Cavalry Army, and Ji Hua, the deputy general; Zhao Jiang, the general of the Beiwei Army, and Huang Lei, the deputy general; Shengjie Army is the general E Chongyu and deputy general Xu Kun; These people are basically middle-level officers in Li Mu's old department, and they not only have rich experience in operational command, but also have very reliable loyalty. And Wu Zhanpeng, Zhong Sun Qi, Wu Hongyan and others all served as the commanders of the thousand cavalry and served in the Xiao cavalry army.
In addition, the special combat team belonging to the Shengjie Army, although the establishment is 1,000 people, but because the situation of this army is relatively special, the plateau is to prepare this army as a special force, so the selection is also very strict, adding many special skills, such as climbing trees, swimming, etc., now there are only 127 people, of which 63 are from the hunters of Yanbei Village, eight are from the younger brothers of the Liewu Guild Hall, and only 56 people are selected from the army, and 200 reserve soldiers are also selected for training. And Ling Feng and the other three were all selected, and Gao Yuan appointed Jiang Huanwu as the commander of the special combat team.