Chapter 419: A Strategy for Rejuvenating the Army
In addition to the above-mentioned articles, there are actually quite a few related decrees. For example, it is strictly forbidden for the government and private to ban mountains, forests, rivers and lakes, except for those who are clearly ownery, other places are regarded as public property, and the people can go down to the river to fish, and they can go up to the mountains to hunt and cut firewood. In short, basically everything related to the lives of the people has been lifted.
Another important measure, which has not been done before, is to restore the three-elder system of the Han Dynasty. The so-called three elders refer to the people who set up relevant personnel below the county level to assist the county government in governing the local area and educating the people.
Generally speaking, these people must be people who are highly respected and respected by the local people.
In the past, the population under the rule of the Huashan Army was not particularly large, except for Guanzhong Hedong and other places, there were often hundreds of miles of uninhabited people. Now, as the population gradually increases, the grassroots organizations naturally have to slowly recover.
Townships, villages, and pavilions have been set up below the county level, and there are township heads, village chiefs, and pavilion chiefs respectively, which are the so-called three elders. From now on, the government must take concrete measures to take care of the widows and loneliness under its rule, and for those who have righteousness and integrity, they must also make corresponding rewards.
Basically, this is a matter of educating the people, improving the livelihood of the people in the territory, and punishing the evil and promoting the good.
After all, governance cannot only be material, but also the spirit of the people. Especially in troubled times, it is not right to be blindly lenient, and it should be lenient and severe. Otherwise, it is easy for problems to arise among the people.
The above are basically civil affairs matters, and these are the big aspects, and Li Xin did not formulate the plan too rigidly. is not like Zhu Yuanzhang, and even the people have to stipulate what time to rest. In addition to civil affairs, another major issue is the issue of the army.
The last expansion of the army was originally to bring the regular army of the Huashan Army to 70,000 people, and with the town troops in various places, the total number should basically be around 100,000. But after the successive battles, although it was basically said that it ended in victory, in fact, the casualties of the Huashan army were not small.
The biggest casualties should be on the side of Shangdang, in the process of fighting with the Yan army, although it is basically on the defensive, the strength of the Yan army is actually not weak. So, after several months of fighting, there were many casualties.
At this time, the casualty figures of the entire Huashan Army have been roughly counted. In general, nearly 5,000 people were killed in the battle alone, and if the wounded were included, it would have reached more than 10,000.
In this way, the Huashan Army, which had just expanded its army, lost nearly 10,000 people, and in the face of today's expanding territory, this strength was reduced.
Therefore, the first sentence Li Xin wrote in his plan was to strive to expand the regular army to 100,000 within three years. After that, each large county should be guarded by 5,000 town troops, and the smaller counties should be garrisoned by 3,000 town troops.
In this way, judging from the current territory of the Huashan Army, the total strength of the army at that time will be very considerable. Fortunately, now the number of people under the rule of the Huashan Army is increasing, and the most important thing is that after the battle with Zhang Ping, many of Zhang Ping's soldiers surrendered directly. In this way, a lot of reserve soldiers are provided.
The preparations for the expansion of the army were carried out in conjunction with the reward of the generals, and once the whole army was complete, the defensive line could almost be fleshed out. This is of positive significance to the security of the Huashan Army.
At the same time, the treatment of soldiers is constantly improving. The most important point is to establish a system of peacetime and wartime salaries, that is, once a war is over, the soldier's salary will be higher than in peacetime.
Another is the pension system for soldiers, if a soldier dies in battle, his children will be raised by the government until they reach adulthood. And once you make meritorious service, not only can you get promoted and promoted, but you can also get a certain amount of Xuntian, and Xuntian does not have to pay taxes.
Drawing on the experience of later generations, families with relatives who have joined the army or families who have sacrificed soldiers must be rewarded by the Ministry of War, so as to enhance the sense of honor of the soldiers of the Huashan Army.
There is no way, the status of soldiers in this era is really not high, compared to the generals, it is far worse. This is a great drawback caused by the implementation of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system. After all, all the ascending passages have to look at the Mendi County, where are ordinary people qualified to be in the upper reaches!
Today's Jiang Zuo is like this, thinking that Xie An's brother Xie Wan, when he led the army, he said that the generals under him were all strong pawns, so he made those generals hate him so much. After all, in the eyes of these generals, they are all high-born and noble, how can they be called pawns!
Therefore, when Xie Wan was defeated later, these generals even wanted to kill him because of this. From this, it can be seen how dishonorable it is to be a soldier in this era. If this trend is not changed, the combat effectiveness of the army will be greatly reduced.
If these measures are implemented, it will play a huge role in motivating soldiers to fight bravely. Even if the number of soldiers in the Huashan Army is smaller than that of other forces, once the war starts, it is not certain who will win and who will lose!
Although Wang Meng also attaches great importance to the affairs of the army, they also feel a lot of pressure in the face of Li Xin's drastic plan. Therefore, during the process, Li Xin was reminded that he wanted him to implement this plan slowly.
However, Li Xin had a different idea. He believed that such a thing as fighting a war would not be forever, and that the stronger the combat effectiveness of one's army, the fewer soldiers would be needed, and the sooner the war would end.
In this way, in fact, there is not much pressure on the implementation of the whole plan. It can even be said that compared with the previous set, it still reduces a lot of pressure.
This plan is just like the outline, and Wang Meng and others, who are responsible for participating in the formulation, have begun to implement this plan step by step since February. Although there is a big strategy, but when it comes to the specific details, it has to be dealt with well.
As a result, the departments under the General's Mansion naturally became extremely busy. On the contrary, Li Xin, the supreme leader, was just relaxed, and was able to have time to devote himself to the training of the Unbroken Army and the Flying Dragon Rider again.
There is nothing to say about the training of the unbroken army, after more than half a year of training, it is almost formed. Now the difference is that one is the problem of equipment, and the other is the problem of actual combat.
In contrast, the training progress of the Wyvern is much slower. After all, the tuning of war horses ~ training is a problem, fortunately, the selected cavalry are experienced people, and this process can be greatly shortened.
In the process of training, the flying dragon is still groping, such as the use of weapons, which is in the constant choice. After all, for cavalry, it is not enough to have a war horse, but also to have a matching weapon to give full play to the power of the cavalry.
After choosing, the Wyvern decided to use the lance, after all, this thing has been used by the cavalry of the Central Plains Dynasty for a long time. Even the extremely powerful cavalry of the later Sui and Tang dynasties used this kind of weapon.
The long, thick lance in the hands of the cavalry would be an absolute nightmare for the enemy once they charged. In addition, the cavalry of the Wyvern Cavalry also had to be trained in the art of mounted archery, so that once in battle, they could attack from a distance and in close combat.
The training of the Wyvern and the Unbroken Army is a knockout system, which means that if it is found to be unsuitable, it will be immediately transferred out of the army, and then replenished from other places. As a result, the two armies were formed more slowly.
Fortunately, Li Xin had no intention of sending them out immediately. At least, they won't be sent to war in the next two or three years, if not in a crucial war.
In addition to the pro-army cavalry of the Flying Dragon Cavalry, the construction of ordinary light cavalry is also in progress. Relatively speaking, the construction of light cavalry is much easier, and the cost of equipment alone is much smaller.
At the beginning, the Huashan Army had only 3,000 cavalry, and these were ordinary cavalry. Later, with the growth of strength, the cavalry continued to participate in the battle, and it was constantly damaged, and it has been spent in tinkering.
By now, the light cavalry of the Huashan Army is only in their early 3,000s. Through this war, Li Xin saw his shortcomings in this aspect. Therefore, in the plan, it was decided that in the next three years, in addition to the 10,000 pro-army, there would be 10,000 light cavalry.
In this way, as a high-speed mobile force, it will be used to deal with various problems that may arise in the future, and Li Xin's room for advance and retreat will become greater. Otherwise, once something happens in Qinzhou, when the footmen in Guanzhong pass, I am afraid that it will be too late in time.
And this article and the previous development of animal husbandry in Qinzhou are mutually coordinated. If the development of Qinzhou is good and everything goes well in Guanshan Ranch, there will be no problem with the construction of this 10,000 light cavalry.
With this 100,000 army in his hands, Li Xin's confidence will be enough, and when the time comes, in addition to Yan Guo and Jiang Zuo, why should other people in this world care.
Now it's just time! As long as God gives Li Xin enough time for these three years and lets him complete this whole plan, then even if the future of the world is turbulent, Huashan Army can also deal with it safely and sit without being surprised.