Xuande

Chapter 506 Reorganization of the Central Han Army
In the military reform plan, the Huben Army and Habayashi Army, which originally had special significance, will be transformed into the orthodox Central Han Army directly under the Field Army.

The original political significance was downplayed in the military reform plan, while the military significance was greatly enhanced.

Therefore, the Huben Army and the Habayashi Army maintained their original numbers and were all expanded into three battalions and one directly subordinate department. The same is true for the other five reorganized armies.

Therefore, at this stage, the establishment of the entire Central Han Army was determined at 7 people, 21 mixed battalions, and seven cavalry departments directly under it.

As far as the current situation is concerned, if the special army of Bingzhou soldiers is eliminated, the number of troops under Liu Bei's control is probably sufficient, but because there are many old, weak, sick and disabled in each army that do not meet Liu Bei's army building needs, After dismissing them, the number is not enough.

After a round of careful selection of the troops under his control, the troops controlled by Liu Bei in the Luoyang area were reorganized into 6 battalions, with a total of 7 people, which is still some distance from the Central Army with a full strength of [-].

At present, in addition to the twenty battalions in the Luoyang area, Liu Bei also has eight battalions left behind in Liangzhou and seven battalions left behind in Yizhou.

There are still [-] battalions in these two states that have been recruited and trained for a long time, and have initially possessed combat effectiveness and organization.

After calculating the future situation and some needs, Liu Bei decided to directly reorganize the troops left in Liangzhou and Yizhou.

He incorporated the armies of Liangzhou and Yizhou into the Luoyang military reform plan, reorganized two military-level organizational systems and gave them to Guan Yu and Zhuanzhao respectively, allowing them to stay in Liangzhou and Yizhou.

And the rest of the army and generals were all called to Luoyang to complete this big reorganization.

In this way, another 5000 trained troops with a certain combat effectiveness can arrive in Luoyang and join the system of the Central Army. The army that Liu Bei can control in the Luoyang area is only 5000 people. scale.

After further calculating the number of troops in his hands, Liu Bei felt that the number of troops was still somewhat insufficient.

From the current point of view, together with the two armies of Liangzhou and Yizhou, the reorganized field army of 5000 people is enough to control the Kansai area, but it is only enough for self-protection, which belongs to self-protection A state of having more than enough but not enough progress.

One hundred and fifty thousand people are not enough to deter the world and actually threaten the rest of the world.

Going out, staying behind, and in case there are expedition missions, more troops are needed, and the guarding and deterrence of important passes in the world all require the support of a large number of troops.

Even the Eastern Han court, which likes to fight for public security, retained the Central Han Army, border battalion soldiers, and local pass defenders, etc. directly under the Central Han Army when the finances were weakened in the middle and late stages. The number of people is about 20.

And after this round of crisis coup, the command of the Han army such as the frontier battalion and local pass defenders is not yet in Liu Bei's hands, and the central government's deterrence against the local area depends entirely on the 5000 Han army directly controlled by Liu Bei. , the number is not enough.

Therefore, it is necessary to expand the army to a scale of 20 to 30.

However, it is unrealistic to become a fat man with one bite. Although the money can be spent, there are many aspects that need to be considered for military expansion, and money is not enough.

Therefore, Liu Bei decided to conduct an initial round of conscription in the land of Sanfu and Yizhou, and slowly expand the number of troops, and then expand the army further when there are more places actually controlled.

He planned to strive for the official formation of three armies after the completion of the reorganization of the Han army of the seven central armies, and to get the officially organized Han army to twelve armies.

Liangzhou and Yizhou each placed one, and Sanhe area settled 10 people, ready to target the rebellion in the Kanto area at any time.

Then recruit another 10 people, retain them under various names, and continue to expand the military power at hand.

Right now, the entire Da Luoyang area outside Luoyang City is now Liu Bei's back garden, and as the general in charge of military affairs, he has sufficient room for activities, reasons for activities, and funds for activities.

He has no interest in luxury, so he spends all his money to enhance his strength.

In order to reorganize the army, train recruits, and complete the construction of the entire army, and perfectly transplant the army construction work of the Liangzhou Army to Luoyang, Liu Bei carried out military construction around the Luoyang area.

He rebuilt, expanded and strengthened the original military camps around Luoyang, successively built military garrison camps for seven armies around Luoyang, and built crucial recruits in the Shouyang Mountain area of ​​Luoyang. training camp.

All recruits who have not been approved and have not completed their training must enter the recruit training camp, where they receive the most complete military training, cultural training, and ideological education.

After the cultural literacy, skills and tactics are fully recognized, and the entire training process is completed, the recruits can enter the army camps of each main force and officially start serving.

Therefore, there are eight army camps controlled by Liu Bei in the entire Luoyang area, and the scale is very large.

Eight camps surround Luoyang City, vaguely forming a circle, and complementing each other with Luoyang's eight gates, forming a net that firmly engulfs the Luoyang area.

After the plan was finalized, Liu Bei submitted a form to the little emperor again, saying that after the construction of the seven mixed armies, a special cavalry unit would need to be built in consideration of the needs of the Xianbei, Huns, and Wuhuan people on the northern grasslands.

So he applied to the imperial court for the formation of three armies, a pure cavalry army, to deal with the threat of the northern grasslands.

He can provide war horses and professional training. As long as the court allows, he will immediately start training cavalry troops to ensure that the Huns, Xianbei, and Wuhuan people have no idea of ​​threatening the Central Plains and will do their best to protect the court. safety.

After some chaos, Liu Bei's application was also approved by the little emperor Liu Xie.

Those who want to oppose are untenable, without a strong argument, they can only talk about finances.

But in matters of finance, they have no financial power at all, and the financial power is mainly in the hands of Liu Bei. Under Zhen Yan's responsibility, it is really not possible, and Liu Bei can still use the income of salt to subsidize.

Wouldn't it be better to use this money to build an army than to waste it to you worms?
So soon, the designations of the three cavalry armies, Xiao Cavalry Army, Tiger Cavalry Army, and Leopard Cavalry Army were also approved and handed over to Liu Bei for expansion and use.

Now, Liu Bei can build his army with peace of mind.

After the numbers of the ten armies were approved, Liu Bei held a military meeting with peace of mind, and made comprehensive arrangements for his subordinates according to their actual capabilities.

The general who leads an army holds the position of Zhonglang general, and there are not many Zhonglang generals under Liu Bei's command.

Especially after the end of this wave of military operations, many people were promoted to generals in terms of merit and deeds, and in Liu Bei's view, they also possessed the military and cultural standards to lead an army.

He announced that the previous military position was only a temporary measure, this time it was official, and he made a series of adjustments and changes decisively,

Zhang Fei, Pang De, and Xia Houyuan were appointed as the chief generals of the three cavalry armies, that is, Zhang Fei as the general of the tiger rider, Pang De as the general of the brave rider, and Xia Houyuan as the general of the leopard rider.

Then, Liu Bei appointed Xu Huang, who was originally a lieutenant of Yueqi, to be the general of Huben Zhonglang, Liu Yong, a clan general, as Yulin Zhonglang, and Liu Sheng, who was also a clan general, as Shence Zhonglang.

Appoint Cheng Pu as general of Xuanjia Zhonglang, Han Dang as general of Tianxing Zhonglang, Dong Juan as general of Xiaoguo Zhonglang, and Cao Ren as general of Yingyang Zhonglang.

After the appointment of the top ten Zhonglang generals, Liu Bei did not forget to establish Guan Yu's status and identity.

He re-listed Guan Yu's position and powers, added the military title Tianwei Army to the army led by Guan Yu, reappointed him as Tianwei Zhonglang General, and added Shiyi, so that his Shiyi was ranked No. [-] under Liu Bei's command. one position.

The same is true for Qianzhao's side. In addition to Bajun Taishou, Qianniu Zhonglang, who leads the Qianniu Army, will be added to Qianzhao, and his food will be increased.

At the same time, in order to meet the needs of the imperial court for the supervision of the army, and also out of some of his own needs for supervision of the army, Liu Bei discussed with the other three assistant ministers and asked for the position of Zhi Jinwu, so that the former Northern Army Central Committee Gai Xun, who was waiting, served as the executive Jinwu.

(End of this chapter)