On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 484 Army Reorganization
On September 607, the second year of Zhenyuan (AD 27), the Chinese and foreign governments in charge of the military affairs of the Eastern Sui Dynasty issued a royal order to call cavalry soldiers stationed in various places to Jinyang to hold a grand martial arts performance.

One of them is naturally to select elites and add them to the pre-account army, so as to maintain the combat effectiveness of the pre-account army as one of the three ace cavalry in the Eastern Sui Dynasty.

The second is to weed out some of the old and the weak, turn them into infantry, and free up the army horses.

During the trip to the frontier, although Cui Che followed Liu Fang's reminder and tried to save horsepower as much as possible, a large number of military horses were exhausted and fell on the way.

Most of the livestock captured by Cui Che were cattle and sheep, and there were very few horses.

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty once said: "The director of the Turks only relies on riding and shooting." '

But this does not mean that the Turks have only a single type of arms.

In fact, since horses are different from cattle and sheep, they basically had little economic value in ancient times, so not every Turkic herdsman knew how to raise horses.

In the Turkic army, infantry did occupy a certain proportion.

For example, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong and Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty, there was a clear record of the restoration of the Turks to the country. Two-thirds of the country were cavalry and one-third were infantry.

For Qimin Khan, the battle with Dulan Khan for the position of the Great Khan is the most important thing, so how could it be possible to leave too many cavalry for Ashina Duoji who stayed behind.

Therefore, infantry accounted for the vast majority of the [-] Tiele infantry that Cui Che had annihilated one after another.

Cui Che's Northern Expedition captured more than [-] Tiele people and a large number of livestock, and destroyed Qimin Khan's attempt to unify the Eastern Turks.

Although a large number of military horses were lost, no matter from any point of view, it was not a loss.

It's just that the captive Tiele people and livestock are long-term benefits, and it is difficult to immediately transform them into national power.

It is easy to replenish the [-] cavalry pawns lost by the pre-accounting army.

Cui Che started his career in Youzhou, and has traveled across Monan for 20 years. The most important thing he lacks is elite knights.

But the supplement of war horses and walking horses is a problem.

Cui Che had previously arranged for Zhang Wansui to preside over horse affairs, and provided him with the greatest support, and even sent missions to foreign lands to introduce high-quality horse breeds.

But building a horse administration and breeding military horses is not a matter of one day.

After thinking for a long time, Cui Che decided to send another mission to Kumoxi to pay a visit to King Xi Ahui Lusu and buy some horses from him.

At the same time, Cui Che also decided to take advantage of the great martial arts opportunity to dismiss some old and weak cavalry.

The size of the cavalry is maintained at around 12, while the infantry is expanded to [-] accordingly.

Among the [-] cavalry, Cui Che planned to change from one person with three horses to one person with five horses for the Zhangqian Xiaojie Army, Boling Cavalry, and Yinan Khitan, so as to reduce the loss of military horses during long-distance raids.

Among them, the Boling cavalry expanded its troops by five thousand, and the source of troops was no longer limited to Boling's children, but for the entire Sanhe cavalry, elite knights were also selected from this great martial arts performance.

As for the remaining [-] cavalry, Cui Che completely deprived them of the ability to run long distances, and did not provide them with horses for transportation. Usually, when they went out for battle, they would lead horses and infantry.

In addition to being unable to run long distances, they can still play the role of cavalry on the battlefield.

It's just that the plan is good, but how can noble cavalry pawns be willing to become infantrymen?

One month after the military order was issued, cavalry soldiers from various ministries gathered in Jinyang one after another, and many people regarded this as a war, not a martial arts exercise.

As a result, the soldiers used too much force, even though Cui Che used a thick cloth to wrap the head of the pole as a weapon, it still caused hundreds of deaths and countless injuries.

Fortunately, Cui Che has always treated the soldiers' salaries equally, and there is no distinction between infantry and cavalry. Moreover, Cui Che's prestige in the army is too great, and the tens of thousands of cavalry who were converted to infantry finally accepted it calmly. This result.

However, another problem Cui Che faced was to acquire the horses of the cavalry.

Most of the [-] knights who followed Cui Che in Youzhou had their own horses. When Cui Che was the governor of Youzhou, he also acted as a middleman between the grassland tribes and the soldiers of Youzhou, forcing them to trade with the grassland tribes. The military horses were then sold to the soldiers of Yandi, and only then did such a huge cavalry force gather in Youzhou.

If he really had to rely on his own supply, how could he have the financial resources to purchase so many military horses for the soldiers.

Now that they want to deprive them of their horses, they will naturally have to pay.

But fortunately, this was just an advance payment, and the horses purchased from the rest of the cavalry were not given to the Zhangqian Xiaojie Army, the Boling Cavalry, and the Silver Saddle Khitan Zhi for nothing.

It just so happened that this group of people followed Cui Che out of the fortress to fight and received a large amount of rewards, and they were not the ones who were short of money.

After Cui Che purchased the horses, he sold them to the three cavalrymen including the Zhangqian Xiaojie Army.

After reorganizing the troops, Cui Che redeployed the military in various places.

His rule in Hedong and Henan has been stabilized. People such as Qin Qiong, governor of Puzhou, Li Jing, governor of Luozhou, and Mai Tiezhang, governor of Daizhou, have also gradually restored the military system in various places. There is no need for Cui Che to send soldiers to assist them in guarding. .

So he placed all 20 soldiers around Jinyang, not only to defend the capital, but also to facilitate his concentration of troops to send troops to Guanlong in the coming year.

When rearranging the military, Cui Che did not relax, and Cui Che reinvested his energy in government affairs.

The first to bear the brunt is naturally the construction of the Shuozhou Palace.

When Cui Che returned to Jinyang, it was already late September, and the autumn harvests had been completed in various places in Hedong, and it was time for the people to slack farming.

According to the previous agreement with Wei Zheng, Cui Che recruited the first batch of [-] civilians from Hedong to go north.

It's just that when Cui Che recruited civilian husbands, he specially asked the governors of various states and counties to select people from poor families who could not marry.

He resettled more than [-] tents of women and children in Shuozhou, but only more than [-] Tie Le Ding Zhuang.

As we all know, His Royal Highness King Yan most dislikes women living in loneliness. These unmarried young men go north to build a palace. It is best to settle down in Shuozhou. With their help, they are responsible for supervising the construction of the palace and at the same time managing the Tiele tribe. Wei Zheng can also better educate the people of Tie Le tribe.

After the first batch of [-] civilians went north, Cui Che was already organizing the recruitment of the second batch of [-] civilians.

These civilian husbands may be full of complaints at first, but when they get to the place, they will understand Cui Che's good intentions.

As for the beautiful women donated by various ministries of the grassland, the Palace of King Yan naturally couldn't accommodate them, so Cui Che arranged them in Jinyang Palace all at once.

As for the concubines left behind by Yang Liang, Cui Che chose the most beautiful ones to stay in the palace.

The remaining people who are willing to remarry are allowed to be free, and those who do not want to remarry, Cui Che also builds a nunnery to support them.

(End of this chapter)