Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 419 The Disadvantages of Southern Horses
"Drumming! Gather soldiers!"

Bashang Camp, on the huge school grounds, following the order of Grand Sima Sun Wu, the dull and murderous sound of war drums, "dong dong dong" sounded.

After the three drums were played, all the generals and soldiers of the Wu army who were in the camp heard the sound.

Whether they were practicing, cooking, or taking a lunch break, when they heard the sound of drums, they all quickly put on their armor, picked up their weapons, and went to the school grounds to assemble in line.

Wu Jun went up and down, and there was a strict division of divisions.

Generally speaking, the establishment of infantry is divided into six levels, namely: five people in an army, with one army leader.

Why is the second Wu, let there be one person.

The fifth is the village, and there is one chief of the village.

There are a hundred in the two villages, and there is one hundred generals.

Five hundred people, five hundred masters and one person.

For one thousand people, there are two to five hundred masters and one person.

Among them, the "two or five hundred masters" are also called "thousand people", and they are already middle-ranking officers.

It is worth mentioning that Wu's wartime organization was based on the peacetime organization and formed into large-scale combat troops, which is generally called the tributary system.

The specific organization method is as follows: firstly, according to the combat targets and other aspects, determine the total force, and appoint the commander-in-chief of the three armies (that is, the general, the general, also known as the general governor).

Under the commander-in-chief, according to the needs of the battle and the size of the total force, there are several generals (four lieutenants and generals, also generally referred to as generals).

Each general leads a department of hard work, and the chief of the department is called the school lieutenant, that is, one school per department.

Each subordinate has a number of songs, and the chief of the song is called the military marquis, that is, one song and one marquis.

Below the song is the establishment of the army, such as a thousand infantry (set two to five hundred masters).

Five hundred people (set up five hundred masters), one hundred people (set up a hundred generals), fifty people (set up a village chief), ten people (set up a special chief), five people (set up a corps leader), and a small number of chariot soldiers and cavalry.

From five hundred and above, commanders at all levels have their own personal guards, which account for about one-tenth of the total troops they lead.

For example, the guard of five hundred lords has fifty men, the guard of two or five hundred lords has one hundred men, the guard of a school lieutenant has one thousand men, the guard of a general has four thousand men, and so on.

Every general and above has a combat command organization, called the shogunate.

There are various command organs and staff members in the shogunate, up to dozens of people.

After the combat operation is over, the command organization above the Qu is disbanded, the general surrenders military power, the troops resume the normal organizational system, and the soldiers return to the army or demobilize.

In addition, it is the establishment of Wu Jun's cavalry, which is a group of four cavalry, three groups of one column, nine columns of one hundred and eight cavalry, and can belong to six chariots.

This is roughly similar to, but different from, the establishment of "five cavalry and one leader, ten cavalry and one official, one hundred cavalry and one general, and two hundred cavalry and one general" mentioned in "Six Secret Teachings: Evening Soldiers".

As for the formation of chariot soldiers, when there is no infantry cooperation, every eight times is a division (that is, a row), two divisions are a group of sixteen times, and four groups of sixty-four times are a team.

This is also quite close to, but different from, the establishment of "five chariots, one leader, ten chariots, one officer, fifty chariots, one general, and one hundred chariots, one general" mentioned in the "Six Secret Teachings: Evening Soldiers".

When there are infantry attached, Wu's army consists of one chariot, three armored soldiers, and eight infantry as a basic unit. Six vehicles form a group, and eighteen vehicles plus one command vehicle form a team.

This is very different from the establishment of as many as seventy-two people per troop infantry in all countries in the world.

The reason lies in the development of arms and the separation of vehicles and infantry.

Qingji knew that with the general trend of war in the future, chariot soldiers would be gradually eliminated and replaced by cavalry, which would become the backbone of the war.

The Spring and Autumn Period was the heyday of chariot warfare, with chariots as the mainstay, and chariots and infantry combined. With the needs of the war and the expansion of soldiers, chariot infantry increased from ten, thirty to seventy-two.

After entering the Warring States period, infantry became an independent arm and replaced chariot soldiers in the dominant position. Chariots, infantry, and cavalry were gradually organized according to the arms, so chariots belonged to infantry less and less.

In the Qin Dynasty, the division of chariots, infantry, and cavalry has become customized, and the coordination during combat is the coordination of arms rather than the mixture of formations.

Therefore, the combination of chariots and infantry is no longer common, and the number of pawns per infantry is reduced to eight.

In fact, Qingji was unwilling to invent stirrups and horseshoes, and equip a large number of cavalry in Wu State to create an elite cavalry capable of sweeping the world.

However, the state of Wu is located in the south, so it is not suitable for raising war horses.

Compared with the horses in the Central Plains and the North, the horses in the south have shorter legs, are not big enough, and are not as explosive as the horses in the north.

The only commendable thing about southern horses is their endurance.

However, in real warfare, cavalry combat, the advantage of war horses lies in explosive power, not endurance.

Therefore, although Qingji also spent a lot of money to build horse farms in various places, and invited many people who are good at raising horses as "Bi Mawen" to breed better war horses for Wu.

However, due to the natural environment, no matter how good the war horses bred by Bi Ma Wen are, they are still inferior to the horses produced in the Central Plains and the North.

Only in terms of chariots, the disadvantages of southern horses will not be highlighted.

Qingji knew how terrifying cavalry equipped with stirrups and horseshoes was.

Throughout the entire cold weapon era, throughout the dynasties, the only one who ruled the world from the south was the Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because in that era, with the invention of artillery and firecrackers, the advantages of cavalry have gradually been weakened.

After the appearance of a series of hot weapons such as the Maxim machine gun, the nomads on the northern grasslands became even more "singing and dancing".

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a saying that "one Han is against five Hus". The Tang Dynasty was once more powerful, but after the Song Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty was completely at a disadvantage when facing the barbarians outside the Great Wall...

But in this era, the foreign races such as Rongdi and Donghu in the north and west were not strong, and they were rubbed against the ground by the vassal states around China.

If Qingji had been the monarch of Jin, or the monarchs of Yan and Qin, he would have invented stirrups and horseshoes after he gained power.

However, how could Qingji, who was in the state of Wu, be so stupid as to invent stirrups and horseshoes now?
Isn't that looking for death?

Qingji could predict that once the state of Wu formed an elite cavalry, other countries would definitely follow suit. When the war intensified, the state of Wu would lose the opportunity to compete in the Central Plains.

Qingji didn't want to lay a minefield for himself and the future king of Wu!

His ambition is to unify the world, not stick to the three-acre land in the south!

"Wannian King! Wannian Wu Guo!"

"Wannian King! Wannian Wu Guo!"

When Qingji, surrounded by a group of generals, climbed onto the high platform, the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Wu army on the school grounds all shouted loudly, furious!
Qingji looked around for a week, and what he saw was the strict Wu army phalanx on the school field, all in crimson uniforms, like a vast ocean, endless...

This made Qingji very satisfied.

(End of this chapter)