In this meeting, the government affairs part is only incidental, and the real focus is on military affairs.

A new round of military reform was officially launched at the suggestion of Shang Ji.

Every time there is a big war, there will be a military reform, and this opportunity has become the practice of the merchant army.

Without exception, it was Liu Yi who supported the reform of military affairs this time.

Liu Yi first got up and briefly introduced the general situation of the Shang Ji Army to everyone at this time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the latest statistics, in Pingchen Erzhou plus the grassland capital, there are 14.56 million regular soldiers registered in our army, including 6.2 million in the war army, 7.4 million in the guards, and 960,000 in the sailors (including the scaly sailors and auxiliary Popeye soldiers stationed in the port)."

"According to the division of combat effectiveness, the more than 14.5 million soldiers were killed, the 7.4 million guards were all fifth-order soldiers, and among the battle army, there were more than 4.3 million sixth-order soldiers, 1.7 million seventh-order soldiers, 198,000 eighth-order soldiers, and 36,540 ninth-order soldiers."

"In terms of troop distribution, the eight counties of Chenzhou have a total of nine million troops, accounting for the majority of our army's total strength; There are 800,000 troops stationed in the grassland capital, and another 170,000 troops (including water divisions) are stationed in Quanjin, Youzhou, and the rest of the troops are stationed in various parts of Pingzhou. ”

After listening to Liu Yi's introduction, everyone was also surprised in their hearts, and then a burst of pride arose.

If the strength is simply calculated, the Shang army of 14 million people is not outstanding among the princes. If you consider the area controlled by the merchants, it can even be described as a tight force.

Taking Jizhou as an example, long before the national war, the total strength of Jizhou exceeded the 20 million mark. With the passage of time, the relationship between Han Fu and Yuan Shao has become more and more tense, and the total strength of Jizhou is also expanding rapidly.

The total strength is more than twice that of the Shang Army, but to give Han Fu the courage to do so, he definitely thinks that the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the Jizhou Army is above the Shang Army!

Soldiers are not expensive, and this is especially evident in the beacon fire!

The minimum regular army of the Shang army is the fifth order, the minimum standard of the main army is the sixth order, and the number of troops of the seventh order and above is nearly two million, which the Jizhou army cannot catch up.

In the Shang Army, it can only be a second-tier fifth-order army, and it is the main force in Jizhou, and most of the Jizhou army is only a fourth-order army that has been completely eliminated by the Shang Army!

This is still only in terms of soldiers, if you count the generals, the advantage of the Shang army is greater.

"In addition to the registered soldiers, there are 8,362 semi-militarized groups such as hunting groups, gangs, dart bureaus, and adventure teams registered in the territory ruled by our army, with a total of 170,000 members; In addition, there are 220,000 legally registered rangers in the Ranger Club, and these personnel can be mobilized to participate in the war at any time if necessary. ”

"In addition, our army also has two special legions, the Battle Spirit to which the Battle Spirit Monument belongs, and the Yanhuang Yingling to which the Yanhuang Temple belongs, and the role they can play at a special time and in a special place is not inferior to that of hundreds of millions of heroes!"

At this point, Liu Yi's summary introduction to Shang Jijun ended.

Although he had known the details of the army for a long time, Shang Ji was still a little excited.

More than 10 million troops, more than a billion people, all of which are under their control. At the beginning, the man who made Shang Ji swear eternal allegiance and was willing to die only ruled over 20 million people, and now he controls the area, whether it is the number of troops, the territory, or the people, it is dozens or hundreds of times more than the former.

"In view of the changes in the war situation, in order to conform to the trend, give full play to the superiority of our army's combat effectiveness, and lay the foundation for future wars, we will carry out further reforms of the army in accordance with the instructions of the lord!"

After Liu Yi finished speaking, his eyes looked at Shang Ji.

Shang Ji reacted from his imagination just now, coughed lightly, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Lao continues to read out our preliminary plan for military reform, and we will consult it with the generals. ”

Liu Yi coughed lightly and continued to introduce: "According to the instructions of the lord, from today onwards, our army will abolish the guards, and the original guards will be rebuilt into county soldiers, with the county as the unit, each county will have 4-10 legions under its jurisdiction depending on the population, territory, and whether it is close to the border, and the main functions are to maintain law and order, exterminate bandits, and resist invading beasts. ”

"According to the advice of the lord, the selection standard for the county soldiers is a fifth-order sergeant. The county has a county lieutenant, who is responsible for the training of the county soldiers in peacetime, provides supplementary soldiers for the main army, and is automatically transferred to the corresponding level of generals in wartime, commanding the county soldiers to assist in the battle. According to the number of county soldiers, each county lieutenant has 4-10 captains, and the lieutenants are selected from the top generals, and the county lieutenants are selected and appointed from the title generals. ”

"The county soldiers are not allowed to cross the border to other counties without the military order of the general's government, and those who violate the order will be severely punished."

In fact, regarding the setting of the county soldiers, Shang Ji just picked up the original local army system of the Han Dynasty from the garbage basket and wiped the ashes and continued to use it, without even changing the name.

However, unlike the county soldier system of the Han Dynasty, the county soldier system set by Shang Ji vigorously advanced in the direction of streamlining the administration. Before the Yellow Turban Uprising, there were often one or two million county soldiers in a county, but very few could really fight. Theoretically, the county soldiers are fourth-order troops, but in fact, there are not even third-order troops on average, and there are even a lot of second-order scum in the indiscriminate number.

The number of county soldiers formulated by the Shang Dynasty was greatly reduced compared with that of the Han Dynasty, and the maximum was only 500,000, but the quality requirements were increased several times.

According to Shang Ji's standards, a county soldier of the Shang army could easily kill the Han county soldiers in a state before the Yellow Turban Uprising.

Of course, Shang Ji did not forget how the county soldiers of the Han Dynasty degenerated, and fully learned the lessons of the Han Dynasty, and Shang Ji specially set up a supervision agency for the county soldiers.

I only heard Liu Yi continue: "The General's Mansion has an inspection department, under the jurisdiction of eight districts, each district has an inspection general, an inspection warden, six inspection captains, and a number of inspection wrestlers, who are responsible for the assessment and supervision of the county soldiers in the corresponding area. ”

"If the county soldiers have slackness in training, violations of law and discipline, etc., the inspection general shall report to the inspection department, and the inspection department shall report to the general's office, and the general's office shall punish the corresponding county lieutenant. The inspection general has cover-up and dereliction of duty, and once the general's mansion is discovered, he will be beheaded for public display! ”

"The county soldiers everywhere will immediately transfer a school every year to Xiangping to participate in the military exercise, the good will be rewarded, the inferior will be punished, and the latter will be ranked in succession, and the corresponding county lieutenant and school captain will be demoted."

"Among the county soldiers, those who have excellent training and are promoted to the sixth rank in combat effectiveness can apply to enter the war army, and after passing the assessment, as a war army reserve, the military salary and treatment will be increased by three percent, once the war army has a shortage or needs to be expanded, the war army reserve personnel will be transferred to supplement, and the county captains have no choice but to stop it for any reason."