Xuande

Chapter 712
From the first year of Jian'an to the fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei spent about four years expanding the number of regular troops by more than [-].

Among them, the number of regular armies has expanded from 23 armies to [-] armies.

In addition to the twelve Tianwei Army, Tiger Cavalry Army, Leopard Cavalry Army, Xiaocai Army, Huben Army, Yingyang Army, Qianniu Army, Shence Army, Xuanjia Army, Habayashi Army, Xiaoguo Army, and Tianxing Army In addition to the early army, in four years, Liu Bei has successively used various sources of troops to form eleven armies.

The soldiers of these eleven armies come from all over the country, including civilians from Yizhou and Liangzhou, as well as refugees from Yuzhou and Yanzhou. The source of soldiers and the source of soldiers from the Southern Huns and Bingzhou bandits.

For example, the Bingzhou bandits under Zhang Yan were incorporated and reorganized by Liu Bei, and a new army of 1 people was formed.

In terms of designation, Liu Bei did not confer any designation on the newly established eleven armies. On the one hand, he could not think of any nice and mighty designation. Honorary title.

If an army has achieved very brilliant results or achieved great military victories, then granting them a number to show their glory can not only boost morale, but also facilitate the honor to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In terms of basic compilation, it is still relatively simple to adopt digital compilation, which is convenient for statistics and management.

So at the beginning of the fourth year of Jian'an, when Liu Bei launched a series of operations against the four states of the Central Plains, he also simultaneously launched a new round of reorganization of the army.

While the twelve armies with existing numbers retain their original text numbers, the official numbers from the first army to the No.12 army are awarded according to the time of formation of the army, and the remaining eleven new armies are also awarded No. .13 Army to the official number of the No.20 Army.

Of course, because they have not experienced any serious combat since they became an army, there is no text number that symbolizes honor.

Because these eleven recruits are complete recruits, the training time is basically set to two years. There are also many technical arms that complete their formal military training at the end of the third year of Jian'an, such as crossbowmen and cavalry. some type of.

In addition to these 23 formally organized armies, in some special counties, there are also independent battalions arranged by Liu Bei to be stationed there.

For example, the Runan battalion led by Gao Shun, the Nanyang battalion led by Gan Ning, the Jiujiang battalion led by Shi Huan, the Lujiang battalion led by Yan Xing, and the Three Kingdoms battalions of Pei, Jiyin, and Langya soldier.

Before the second army reorganization, there were seven independent battalions in the world, with a total of 1000 soldiers.

Among them, the four battalions of Runan County, Pei State, Jiyin County and Langya State were established to prepare for the first wave of slavery restrictions, to form a strong deterrent locally, and to use local resources and population Expand the army.

Its purpose is to cooperate with the expansion of the slavery restriction order.

Now, the first wave of slavery restrictions in the four prefectures of the Central Plains has basically been completed, and everything that needs to be resolved has been resolved, so Liu Bei thought for a while, and decided to reorganize the battalions of these four counties and states into the No.20 Fourth Army , with Gao Shun as Zhonglang General, commanding this army.

The garrison is still Runan.

The remaining Nanyang, Jiujiang, and Lujiang battalions were not reorganized because they were located in the south in a broad sense and had the significance of deterring the two states in the south of the Yangtze River. They still maintained the original battalion system.

So when the second wave of army reorganization came to the end, Liu Bei had a total of 24 regular troops and three independent battalions, all of which belonged to the regular army, and the total strength had exceeded 25.

In the middle of the fourth year of Jian'an, when these new armies were established one after another, Liu Bei finally felt that he had enough space to arrange the previously stretched troops.

His final plan for building an army is 30, and there is still some distance from 30, but there is no big problem with its use in general, so while the army is being formed, Liu Bei also made some arrangements for the Quartet military with confidence. .

Currently, Bingzhou is guarded by the Tianwei Army led by Guan Yu and the Qianniu Army led by Qianzhao. In Yizhou, the Shence Army led by Liu Sheng and the Yingyang Army led by Cao Ren are guarded. In Liangzhou, it is Cheng Pu. The Xuanjia Army led by Gao Shun is guarding Yuzhou, and the No.20 Fourth Army led by Gao Shun is guarding.

In addition, there are some county and state miscellaneous soldiers retained from the old times in the local area to support the scene. The regular army is mainly stationed, trained, and studied in the military camps in the surrounding areas of Luoyang.

The main thing is that Liu Bei thinks that the army that has not completed the training and learning of recruits is not at ease when they are stationed out, so he has been spending a lot of money on raising and training soldiers, so that they can get sufficient technical and tactical training and basic cultural learning.

The recruits also need to live with the veterans, compete with the veterans on the same stage, and hold various simulated combat exercises from time to time to enhance the combat capabilities of the recruits.

From the first year of Jian'an to the fourth year of Jian'an, these recruits and veterans lived and studied together. Liu Bei spent huge military expenses every year to train and raise troops, suffering and being happy.

For the military, if they are willing to spend money, it can really bring about very significant and intuitive changes.

At the moment of the fourth year of Jian'an, the recruits were finally trained, and the military reorganization was finally nearing completion. Liu Bei also felt relieved to carry out a large-scale adjustment of the military garrison area in the area currently under his control.

Cooperating with the current intensified disputes between the government affairs meeting and the elimination system in the court, Liu Bei realized that a new political turmoil and social crisis had already appeared, not to mention Dutian, which would slowly unfold in the near future.

So he decided to prepare for the next stage of the dangerous struggle.

Insects who have failed politically will never give up the idea of ​​continuing to do things. They will never simply accept the fact that they were defeated. They will definitely try their best to fight against Liu Bei. means.

Therefore, Liu Bei decided to arrange reliable and trustworthy generals to deploy the army to the place in advance to form a strong military deterrent to the world in case of emergency.

If there is any need for fighting in the local area, then Liu Bei can easily mobilize the army. It is faster to mobilize troops and horses from one area to another than to dispatch all of them from Luoyang.

Unless the local garrison can't solve it, then Luoyang needs to send mobile troops to help.

However, judging from the current training mode of the army, Liu Bei doesn't think that the mob temporarily pulled up by local opposition elements can compete with the regular army. If they can win this, Liu Bei will collapse very much.

According to the current situation, Liu Bei held a discussion meeting for officers and cadres of the whole army at the military headquarters of the General's Mansion, and officially announced that the territory of the Han Empire would be divided in the sense of garrison military areas, and the issue of garrison of various troops in the future should be thoroughly resolved.

After all, keeping hundreds of thousands of troops in the Luoyang area always puts a lot of pressure on the economy and agricultural production in this area. Distributing the pressure will not only deter Xiaoxiao, but also help the balanced development of various regions.

At the specific meeting, Liu Bei referred to the opinions of Gao Can and the generals, and decided to divide the Han into six garrison military regions.

The Northwest Military Region takes Liangzhou and the Western Regions as the main combat and garrison areas.

Northeast Military Region with Bingzhou, Youzhou and the prairie as the main combat and garrison areas.

The Central Plains Military Region with Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou as the main combat and garrison areas.

The Xishu Military Region with Yizhou as the main garrison and combat area.

Jiangnan Military Region with Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Jiaozhi as the main combat and garrison areas.

There is also the Central Military Region with the Sili area and Yuzhou as the main combat and garrison areas.

Regarding the specific allocation of troops, Liu Bei also referred to everyone's opinions, and after discussing for a while, he came to a conclusion.

There are three armies in the Northwest Military Region, three armies in the Northeast Military Region, four armies in the Central Plains Military Region, three armies in the Southwest Military Region, three armies in the Jiangnan Military Region, and the last eight armies in the Central Military Region.

(End of this chapter)