Chapter 171: Organizing the Army and Fighting (3)
In the big earthquake pass, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Hu Qiong, Tang Bi, Zhuo Yidao, and Sun Guoqing all arrived.
"This king is in such a hurry to find you all because he has something urgent to tell you." Guo Qi sat on the throne and said to the four: "Yesterday in the Guanshan grassland, this king has carried out a unified reorganization of 30,000 cavalry, and expanded the original hussar guard into a hussar army;
I came here today to discuss with you the reorganization of the infantry army, which has a total of 50,000 people, commanded by the four of you, and is stationed in these four passes and 27 villages;
But the problem at the moment is that the 50,000 army is more miscellaneous, there are five provinces of the tooth army, the five provinces of the soldiers, the provinces of the Tuntian soldiers, and the provinces of the township soldiers, and it is quite inconvenient to command, and the king means to reorganize all the 50,000 troops into a regular army, I don't know what you think? ”
"The lord is wise, it should have been like this a long time ago." Zhuo Yidao said first.
"The last general will reconsider......" The other three also agreed.
"Well, since the three of you have no opinion, then this matter is decided." Guo Qi finally made a decision and said: "Let's discuss the issue of compilation." ”
Guo Qi said this is actually a kind word, after all, Guo Qi is the boss, and what he decides is that it is useless for the four people in front of him to collectively oppose it, and Guo Qi is also giving the four of them a face.
"My lord, according to the opinion of the last general, the scattered provinces will be directly reorganized on the spot, and the 'five mansions will be set up and one guard' will be over." Hu Qiong first suggested: "In this way, the province will be disrupted and reorganized, and it will not have too much impact on the overall combat strength of the army." ”
"Brother Hu is reasonable, and the general agrees." Sun Guoqing agreed.
"I'm against it." Zhuo Yidao jumped up and said: "Arrange on the spot, you two have taken advantage of the old, absolutely not." ”
Although Tang Bi did not speak, from Tang Bi's expression, Guo Qi could also see that Tang Bi was opposed to in-situ reorganization.
In fact, the reason for Zhuo Yidao and Tang Bi's opposition is very simple, that is, the problem of troop allocation; At present, the more than 50,000 infantry troops are a total of 42 provinces, each of which has 1,200 people; Among them, there are the largest number of troops in Dazhenguan, with fifteen prefectures, that is, 18,000 people, and in Zhenrong Pass, there are fourteen prefectures, nearly 17,000 people; In Zhenyiguan, there are only 7,200 people in six prefectures, and there are 8,400 people in seven prefectures in Huatingguan.
Such a troop allocation made the two feel very unfair, plus Tang Bi's Huating Pass had a pass and seven villages, and Zhuo Yidao's Zhenyi Pass had a pass and nine villages, and the troops were already stretched; The two of them had long wanted to send additional troops and horses to Guo Qi, and now they were about to reorganize, which was the best opportunity for the two.
"Tang Bi, what is your opinion?" Guo Qi looked at Tang Bi and asked.
"My lord, the last general is also opposed to on-site reorganization." Tang Biyan said: "The Huating Pass that the last general is responsible for and the Zhenyi Pass that General Zhuo is responsible for has a wide range and many cottages, and the troops in our hands are not enough at the moment;
Moreover, Zhenyi Pass and Huating Pass are far away from the Guanshan grassland where the hussars are stationed, and they are far away from these two passes, so once something happens, the hussars will not be able to support them at the first time;
On the other hand, the Great Earthquake Pass and the Zhenrong Pass are strong in force, and they are very close to the hussars, and once something happens, the hussars only need a few hours to reach the battlefield;
Therefore, the general thought that there was no need to garrison so many troops at Dazhen Pass and Zhenrong Pass, but should transfer part of the troops of the two passes to Zhenyi Pass and Huating Pass. ”
"Old Tang, you're too inauthentic! The robbers are all strong in the hands of their brothers. Sun Guoqing said dissatisfiedly: "Most of these soldiers and horses under my old grandson are Tuntian soldiers and township soldiers, although there are many soldiers, but the combat power is far from yours, and you are embarrassed to deduct ...... from my hands."
"That is, although there are more troops in the Great Earthquake Pass, but here is the main battlefield in the future, and the main force of the Xirong Army is coming towards me, so it's good if I don't let you two support, and I don't have the idea of fighting less." Hu Qiong's face was ugly.
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The four of them were divided into two factions, the more they quarreled, the more excited they became, and no one would back down, if Guo Qi wasn't still here, I'm afraid the four of them would have to fight.
"Bang, bang, bang......" Guo Qi patted the handsome case and said: "Don't make any noise, look at the way you look one by one, what is the difference between you and the shrews on the street." ”
"Please atone for your sins." The four of them saluted Guo Qi.
Guo Qi said with an ugly face: "This king has decided that in the new provinces of the infantry army, one guard will be set up for every five provinces, and one army will be set up for every two guards, and the establishment of each army will be 12,500 people; There is one general for each guard and two generals for Pi; Each army has one chief general, two deputy generals, and several partial generals;
The four of you are all the main generals, Hu Qiong commands the White Tiger Army of the First Army, and is responsible for garrisoning the Great Earthquake Pass; Tang Bi commanded the Xuanwu Army of the Second Army stationed at Huating Pass, Zhuo Yidao commanded the Qinglong Army of the Third Army stationed at Zhenyi Pass, and Sun Guoqing commanded the Vermilion Bird Army of the Fourth Army to garrison Zhenrong Pass;
Each king has prepared a military flag and two guard flags for you, and a flag ceremony will be held for you later;
If this flag is lost, captured by the enemy, or forced to be burned, it means that the establishment of this army will be removed from the Yong army forever; The flag is in the people, and the flag is not dead. ”
"The last general will swear to protect the flag to the death, the flag is in the people, and the flag will not die if the people die." The four of them knelt down on one knee in front of Guo Qi and swore an oath.
"Someone, bring the flag."
After the folded military flags were brought in, Guo Qi did not hold a grand flag awarding ceremony like in the Guanshan grassland, but handed over the four military flags to the hands of the four main generals in turn in the big tent of the Chinese army; Although there was no grand flag presentation ceremony, when the four main generals received the military flag with both hands, everyone was very excited, in their eyes this is not only a military flag, but also a kind of trust and responsibility.
After putting away the general's flag, Zhuo Yidao asked Guo Qi: "Lord, now that the establishment of the four armies has been determined, what about the Ya military guard!" From time to time, it is also incorporated into various armies! ”
When the other three heard Zhuo Yidao's words, they all secretly gave Zhuo Yidao a thumbs up.
"Okay, you Zhuo Yidao, you should really open your teeth, and the idea will hit this king." Guo Qi scolded Zhuo Yidao with a smile: "The establishment of the Ya Army and Guard is independent of the armies, and it is commanded by the king himself, but it is ......."
When they heard Guo Qi say that he couldn't say it, the eyes of the four looked at Guo Qi with bright eyes.
Guo Qi smiled knowingly and said: "However, this king will only leave the Qinwei Mansion, and the other four mansions will be incorporated into the four armies, and each army and one mansion will serve as the main force of the sharp knives of each army." ”
"The lord is wise." The four of them hurriedly patted their ass.
"Lord, isn't there only one army left around you, and from time to time you have to expand the strength of the Ya Guard." Tang Bi said with great concern.
"No need." Guo Qi said to Tang Bi: "When this king came back from Yongcheng, he recruited more than 900 students and soldiers from the Yongzhou Academy to form a garrison, and he is currently training in the Guanshan grassland!" In this way, there are more than 2,000 pro-troops around the king, which is enough to protect the safety of the king. ”
"Lord, although our four armies are infantry troops, should they also be equipped with a certain amount of cavalry!" Hu Qiong asked Guo Qi for instructions.
"How many cavalry do you want?"
"What's the matter, you also need the cavalry of the Three Mansions!"
"You little lion open your mouth! This king will give you so many cavalry! Guo Qi said with a small face.