Chapter 71: Putting the Army in Order

Time flies, and it has been two months since he killed Chongzhen and defeated the counterattack of the Beijing army. During this time, Jiang Zhao rebelled, and the news of Jinyiwei's conquest of Jingshi had spread all over the north and south of the river -- and of course neither the provincial commanders nor the nine-sided army would obey this kind of rebellion, and the "regime" had no political roots.

However, after two successive Qinwang armies were defeated by Jiang Zhao alone in a beheading battle, coupled with the intentional propaganda of Jinyiwei, Jiang Zhao's 'reincarnation of Xiang Yu' was choreographed and disseminated.

Countless routs have seen Jiang Zhao single-handedly rush into the battle array countless times, and the scene of killing the Chinese army has given this statement a great market and authenticity.

So much so that many folk storytellers have begun to make up such stories.

Of course.

In areas other than Beizhili, the local government said that Jiang Zhao was 'the demon descended into the world'. But whether it was the god of war Xiang Yu or the demon who came to the world - in the case of the failure of the successive Qin kings, the generals from all over the country gradually died down after all, and no longer attacked the Jingshi.

After all, from their point of view, now that the emperor is dead, the so-called matter of King Qin, to say that it sounds good, is loyal to the country and set things right.

It's hard to say -- they just want to take advantage of the situation and prepare an army to divide one side. Just like the princes of King Qin in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which one was not a feudal country in the end? Want to seek the throne?

Extrapolating backwards from the ending, Dong Zhuo at least hasn't explicitly said that he has changed the dynasty, and he still uses the name of the Han Dynasty, right?

Clear-eyed people can't see where at this time, even if this rebellion is suppressed, the feudal officials who have prepared a large army in various places are likely to seek to usurp the throne.

Yue Fei and other loyal ministers who hold heavy troops and do not rebel will probably never be seen again.

After all, future generations "take history as a mirror", and after seeing Yue Fei's fate, where can anyone dare to be a loyal minister?

Regardless of the outside reaction.

Jiang Zhao, who relied on killing all the way to the "throne", also found that his messy subordinate composition really didn't have much combat effectiveness.

Although he has never done anything similar, he has always played real-time strategy games and understands the importance of standardizing the classes and establishments.

So it took more than half a month, and he reorganized his Jinyiwei, Jingjun, Dongchang Fanzi, and even the government service into ten divisions.

Almost all of the arsenals were opened, and spears, armor, knives, shields, and various firearms bows and crossbows were equipped to the ten divisions.

Seventy percent of the soldiers in the ten divisions were ordinary soldiers, and they were equipped with a spear, a set of cotton or leather armor, a set of black uniforms re-dyed by a hired dyeing workshop, and a helmet.

Long-range weapons can only be varied because the quality of a large number of firearms in the Ming army's arsenal is not up to standard and it is easy to explode. In principle, everyone is good at it. A small number of soldiers who can shoot arrows are issued with bows and arrows, and most ordinary people use muskets, three-eyed guns, shotguns, and other weapons as long-range weapons when they are unable to draw a large number of bows and arrows.

This configuration broke the previous division of labor between musketeers and spearmen in the Ming army, so that every soldier could attack distant targets and also had hand-to-hand combat capabilities.

Although the division of labor was not clear, and the actual battle was prone to confusion, Jiang Zhao found that for these Ming troops, who lacked training and combat convictions, such a distance and proximity allowed many soldiers to increase their courage. It avoided the embarrassment that the Ming musketeers had finished putting their guns in the past and were useless when the enemy rushed in front of them.

In addition to these seventy percent of the ordinary infantry, the remaining thirty percent were organized into three arms: cavalry, artillery, and logistics.

Among them, the cavalry was the largest, about 10,000 people, and almost all the elites in the army of Jinyiwei, Jingjun, Forbidden Army and the captured King Qinwang were assigned to the cavalry.

Their weapons and horses were also the most sophisticated, and although they could not reach the situation of one man and two horses, a few of the most elite three thousand men had met this condition.

At the same time, the armor, muskets, bows and arrows, knives and guns on their bodies are all fine in the arsenal. Some sabers, long swords, and armor were even the sophisticated weapons obtained by Jiang Zhao to destroy the royal palaces in the capital, as well as the homes of some ministers.

He didn't have much interest in these things himself, but he didn't want to put them in the warehouse to fall into the dust, so he equipped them all to this elite unit.

And a good knife and a good armor on the battlefield obviously have a great increase for a soldier with high martial arts and strong body.

In addition to the most elite 3,000 cavalry, the weapons of the remaining 7,000 cavalry were much more miscellaneous.

Fortunately, although the Ming army was rotten.

But the spear, a low-tech weapon, is always of acceptable quality. In addition, most of the fans of Dongchang and Jinyiwei will use bows and arrows and muskets, and the combat effectiveness gathered together is not low.

And compared to cavalry.

The composition of the artillery was much more disorganized.

The original artillery of all the armies, the young soldiers with good endurance and delicate minds selected from the infantry, and some volunteers and brave people recruited by the people constitute this "backward" artillery unit.

It's the same as the clutter of the staff.

The cannons in this artillery division range from the Hongyi cannon dismantled from the city of Beijing to the Franc machine gun, the tiger squat cannon, the mortar cannon, and then to the messy format artillery, and even a few bed crossbows.

Such a chaotic configuration naturally cannot exert the maximum combat effectiveness.

However, fortunately, Jiang Zhao did not need these artillerymen to look like Napoleon's artillery, and Jiang Zhao, who did not know how to train these artillerymen, just ordered his subordinates to practice diligently, and the way of pulling out the artillery every day and firing a few rounds could also increase the actual combat ability of these artillery.

That's it.

Jiang Zhao casually occupied a sand castle in the world of embroidered spring knives like the most wayward child, and fabricated a medium-sized cold-weapon army that seemed to be okay.

If other people in this world dare to play like this, they will definitely not survive for three days.

What foundations, rules, political prestige, financial resources, and even internal checks and balances are completely messed up, and where is there any reason not to collapse?

However, Jiang Zhao's strength is the "truth" in this backward world of cold weapons.

Resist or kill.

This most lazy and clumsy way of dealing with it is vividly and efficiently played in Jiang Zhao's hands! Like a whip in the hand of a shepherd, urging the huge flock to run in the direction they want!

In the process, those who are willing to obey, who want to take the opportunity to rise to the top, and who have some ability, quickly stand out.

Jiang Zhao, who really couldn't manage everyone, divided the army into ten divisions, and then subdivided it into ten divisions, with ten regiments under each regiment and ten companies under each regiment...... Such a compilation.

Broadly speaking, it is divided into high and low divisions of military units such as 10,000, 1000, 100, and 10.

Shen Lian and Lu Jianxing were the commanders of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions with the most Jinyi Guards, and Jin Yichuan and his senior brother who were recruited were assigned to the two cavalry regiment commanders.

And many of the early defectors, or those who performed well, were also assigned high and low official positions.

Basically, an immature but well-equipped armed group was initially established.