Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 1796: The Feathered Tiger Adds Wings, the Bear Lion and the Fierce Whale

After this round of military reform, Wang Yu drastically reduced local military power and avoided the possibility of local governments becoming too powerful.

In other words, as long as this system is implemented, local factions have basically lost the confidence to become powerful. Unless it is the end of the dynasty, various chaos will occur, giving ambitious people time and opportunities to grow and develop.

In the original Da Cang, the military establishment of each prefecture was basically maintained at 100,000.

It’s just that each province has made some changes based on its specific circumstances.

Although relatively poor provinces like Shanyang and Yannan nominally had a strength of 100,000, the actual strength was absolutely impossible to reach this number. For example, in Yannan back then, the government army only had a strength of 50,000.

As for areas like the Four Rivers, which are extremely wealthy and also have the important tasks of guarding the imperial capital and supporting the border areas at any time, their actual military strength has long exceeded 100,000.

At the peak of Hebei Province, it even formed an army of 200,000.

But after this military reform, Wang Yu only retained 50,000 troops in the establishment of each prefecture army.

In addition to the provincial army, there are also border troops. The 100,000 garrison troops at Tianlang Pass are classified as border troops.

In the future, if Shanyin is taken, perhaps the number of border troops will be further expanded.

But at least, for now, only this one troop has been temporarily classified as a border army.

In addition, border troops were incorporated into military households. Anyone who joined the border troops would move their families to the border areas from the time they became a military household, and would be allocated a certain amount of land based on the size of their family and the number of military personnel in each household.

Anyone who becomes a military household must, at the next generation, follow in his father's footsteps and join the frontier military system. Otherwise, all land distributed to the military households will be taken back.

If soldiers can make meritorious services, they can also get the opportunity to leave the military household, and their land can be retained.

Of course, the system of border troops and military households has only been established preliminarily. As for the corresponding standards for military households' land, the various levels of rewards given to soldiers based on their meritorious services, and the level of merit required to leave the military households, these systems all need to be improved bit by bit in the subsequent practical operations.

Even Guan Zhong could not make a hasty decision just by talking about it. To get a specific standard, one needs to refer to the current actual situation and the planning and analysis of big data. This requires layers of calculations and consideration of various real situations.

In the past, although many soldiers of the Zhendong Army had been in the army for generations, almost equivalent to military households, there was no such formal system after all. Therefore, it is impossible to generalize and it can only be used as a reference.

Apart from the provincial army and the border army, the real big boss, and the most different one compared to the previous Da Cang military system, is the field army that is about to be formed.

It can be said that all the strength released from the reduction of the government army was used to strengthen the field army.

The field army exists as a rapid reaction force. It does not undertake the task of garrisoning in various places during normal times, but is only responsible for assisting in the defense of the areas where it is stationed. However, it is responsible for supporting various parties when necessary.

Moreover, they are also the main force in external expansion operations, which is also their most important responsibility. It can be said that they are the main force on the future battlefield, and most of the future wars will be their responsibility.

The First Army, the Feiyu Army, is the smallest of the five field armies, with only 50,000 troops. However, it is also the one that Wang Yu values ​​the most, and he even named it after himself.

There is no other reason, it's simply because this army is composed of pure cavalry.

After the Zhendong Army disintegrated, it split and reorganized, and the most important force was formed into the Feiyu Legion.

This army can be said to be an alternative Zhendong Army.

After all, the other four field armies disrupted and integrated the Zhendong Army and Wang Yu's troops in order to completely crush the Zhendong military group.

There is only this one Feiyu Army, and all its personnel are originally from the Zhendong Army. The various forces and groups of the Zhendong Army are still united within it.

There was nothing that could be done about it. If Wang Yu wanted to form a pure cavalry corps, he had no choice but to do this.

The main troops under his command, including the cavalry, mainly came from the former Zhendong Army. Although Wang Yu had organized a large number of troops in recent years, more than 90% of them were infantry, and the real cavalry only accounted for a very small proportion.

Furthermore, this also provides the last fertile ground for the survival of those in the Zhendong Military Group, so that they will not become desperate and resort to the method of boiling a frog in a slow fire.

In the basic military system of Da Cang, five people form a squad with a squad leader, ten people form a platoon with a platoon leader, fifty people form a team with a team leader, one hundred people form a garrison with a garrison leader, five hundred people form a group, and the group is led by a military officer. Two groups are combined into a unit and commanded by a colonel.

Wang Yu did not change the grassroots military system. Since this grassroots military system has been used for nearly a thousand years, it is not unreasonable!

  As for other senior time travelers who insisted on forcibly changing the ancient military system into the modern military system and created things like squads, platoons, companies, battalions and regiments, it makes no sense!

The current military system does not necessarily mean it is suitable for the background of ancient cold weapons.

The most basic unit in ancient military was the Wu. That was because from the early days, the military formations were basically composed of five people as a combat unit. According to the book "Sima Fa", five people used bows, clubs, spears, halberds, and halberds respectively. When they formed a column battle formation, short weapons were in front and long weapons were in the back. Five Wus were arranged into a square formation "liang", and two Simas were armored soldiers, commanding in the middle.

In the later period, although there were some changes, they were still basically composed of five people in a small combat group. Each person used different weapons, including sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, and archers, forming a small group of cooperation.

This is totally not like what is shown on TV. The archers are all archers, and the spearmen are all spearmen.

It can be said that if the modern military system is changed to the ancient times, it is not just a military system that is changed, but also various military formations of combat knowledge. If only the military system is changed without making corresponding changes to the military formation, it is simply sending one's head to the battlefield.

Furthermore, the organization of modern armies is generally unified, with basically the same organization in peacetime and wartime. If they need to be mobilized, they are mobilized as a whole.

However, another important feature of the ancient military organization is that the basic fixed organization size gradually decreased, and later on, troops of more than a thousand people were more accustomed to being organized using temporary methods.

At that time, the basic military system, the infantry did not make any changes, but the cavalry did undergo some changes. One hundred men formed a garrison, with a garrison chief, three garrisons formed a troop, and a troop was led by a military officer. Two troops were combined into a unit and commanded by a lieutenant.

The reason why certain changes have been made from the military marquis level is that the scale of cavalry battles is much smaller than that of infantry battles.

Above the rank of colonel, next is the organization of the army.

However, this level of organization is not fixed, and the specific number is determined by the specific battle direction. The Second Army, the Tiger Army, is the largest of the five field armies, with a total of 150,000 troops.

It included 130,000 infantry troops of various types, 15,000 cavalry, and 5,000 chariot troops.

Although tank soldiers have withdrawn from the mainstream of the times, it is undeniable that this type of soldier also has its unique advantages. It’s just that they are subject to some large restrictions, and the military expenditure is not low. It is precisely because of this cost-effectiveness that they are gradually being eliminated.

However, although the cost-effectiveness is not high, if it is in a specific environment, the role it can play is even better than that of cavalry, especially the frontal impact capability.

Therefore, although the major dynasties have eliminated this breed, they have not completely given up. Each dynasty has formed a small number of chariot troops, and they are all trained as elite troops. They are not used in normal times, but they are used to deliver a crucial blow.

The light chariot and tiger cavalry of that time is the most typical example.

Charioteers had a different military system. They were divided into chariots, one chariot represented a chariot, and each chariot had 10 soldiers. Three of them fought on the chariot, one soldier was responsible for driving the horses, one soldier held a gun or a spear, halberd, or halberd, and one soldier held a bow and arrows. Seven soldiers fought under the chariot and were responsible for various auxiliary tasks such as raising horses and maintaining the chariot.

A chariot formation of 5000 people represents chariots.

The two words "Hu Ben" also fully illustrate Wang Yu's expectations for a group of soldiers, hoping to let them take on the role of the first main force. In the army, only the brave and brave, or the warriors, are qualified to be called Hu Ben.

The Third Army and the Fourth Army were named Savage Bear and Iron Lion respectively. Each army had 100,000 soldiers, including 90,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry respectively.

The Fifth Army is a naval organization, Liejing, and after re-recruiting soldiers, it is estimated that the total strength is 60,000.

However, this army is rather special. Although it is nominally one army, it is actually divided into two armies.

The First Army is the former Yanbei Navy, which is mainly composed of a maritime fleet, and its warships are basically large and super-large warships.

The other part was the inland navy, the Tianhe Navy, with Gan Ning and Shi Lang serving as the left and right generals respectively. It was mainly composed of some large warships, as well as the main forces of small and medium-sized warships.

Apart from them, elite battalions of varying sizes, such as the Black Cavalry, the Golden Fire Cavalry, the Vanguard Death Squad, the Formation Trap, the Halberd Soldiers, etc., were reorganized into separate armies. Although they were usually assigned to one of the five major field battles, they did not occupy the organization of these five major field battles.

The regulations on military reform have been finalized, and as for the next step, it will be implemented slowly step by step.

While carrying out military reforms, Wang Yu also rearranged the generals of each region. With the subsequent weakening of the prefectural lords and the emergence of the field army, many generals would inevitably be transferred from the prefectural army to the field army.

The Kwantung Army and the Yixie Army were currently engaged in a major war; therefore, the two armies were not included in the scope of military reform.

Moreover, although Xipingdao had fallen into Wang Yu's hands, it was still the Dongyi court in name at least. Therefore, it was not advisable to act hastily at this time.

Furthermore, even if the Kwantung Army and the Yixie Army really need to change in the future, it will be relatively easy. The former can be directly changed into a border army, or another field army, while the Yixie Army is just equivalent to the Da Cang's government army.

In addition, there was no transfer of generals under Su Dingfang.

Moreover, the military reform of Su Dingfang's troops would have to be postponed and could only be carried out after the war was over.

Once Su Dingfang conquers the four small dynasties, they will be reorganized.

At present, Su Dingfang's troops are only within the plan, and the specific implementation will be put on hold.

Of course, the same applies to Meng Tian’s troops. They need to complete their plan first, and the specific implementation will be a matter after the war.

At present, it is tentatively decided that Xiao Dong, Lei Wanjun, Guo Ziyi, Chang Yuchun and Feng Yi will be the generals in charge of the five routes of Shanyang, Yannan, Hebei, Hedong and Yanbei.

Even if you hit someone with a stick, you should also give him a sweet treat.

This time, because of the reorganization and reorganization of the Zhendong Army, the interests of the power factions at all levels of the Zhendong Army suffered a huge blow, and this can also be seen as a kind of compensation or a helpless compromise.

  If you really don't give them any way to survive, you're forcing them to rebel!

Wang Dangzhi, the leader of the Four Generals of Zhendong, has lost his life in this incident, which has caused many people to feel sympathetic, so there is also the intention of appeasing him.

By making use of the remaining three of the four generals of Zhendong, Wang Yu was telling them that the three of them were still his uncles and aunts, and were people he needed to rely on.

In addition, it was natural for them to be transferred away from Yanbei, away from their base.

Li Jing led 100,000 border troops and still served as the important commander of Tianlang Pass.

The Feiyu Legion is temporarily under the command of Wang Yu.

The Tiger Guards Corps is the largest in number, and the choice for the commander of this corps could only be Han Xin.

Under Wang Yu's command, no one could suppress Han Xin and become the commander of this legion.

If Han Xin did not serve as the legion commander, but instead served as the legion commander of either the Barbarian Bear or Iron Lion legions, then the Huben legion would not be able to find a suitable candidate for legion commander.

Unless, Wang Yu comes to lead this legion in person.

The Huben Corps was stationed in Hebei Province, and could rush south of the river at any time if any changes occurred south of the river.

The commanders of the two legions, the Barbarian Bear and the Iron Lion, are Meng Tian and Xue Rengui respectively.

The Barbarian Bear Legion is stationed at the junction of Yannan and Yanbei. No matter which of these two places changes, this legion can play the role of a mobile force.

The same applies to the Iron Lion Legion, which is stationed at the junction of Shanyang and Hedong. No matter where something happens in Shanyang or Hedong, they will provide help as soon as possible.