176 Military power in the hands (500 plus more for the monthly pass)
With the number of silver taels revealed by Emperor Chongzhen as a foundation, Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting proposed several adaptations in response to the situation of Jianyu.
The cavalry is to be formed, and it is also divided into two types: light cavalry and heavy cavalry. In addition, there are two kinds of light cavalry, which are good at cavalry and archery, and mounted infantry.
Among them, the role of heavy cavalry is needless to say, of course, it is used to charge into battle and break the enemy's formation.
The light cavalry who is good at cavalry and archery is mainly used to contain harassment and pursue and defeat the enemy.
Mounted infantry, mainly used for maneuvering, and can be used at any time to protect or seize important locations, for your own military formation.
Artillery battalions should also be formed, from the Hongyi cannon to the smallest tiger squat artillery, so as to meet different operational needs. Based on the fact that Jianyu already has artillery of varying weights, it is best for the Ming army to have an overwhelming advantage in numbers, at least to win, and to consume each other, it is inevitable to achieve the goal of consuming the enemy.
The firecracker must also be equipped in large quantities, among which, the construction of the firecracker must be excellent, and there must be no situation where it will be blown up as soon as it is used.
In addition, the car battalion should also be formed, and of course, it should also be divided into light and heavy vehicle battalions. The so-called heavy vehicle battalion is naturally the kind that can carry heavy artillery, and the vehicles can be pulled by non-manpower, and need to be pulled by animal power. This mobility will be less and it will be able to move with a large army. However, the light vehicle battalion is equipped with relatively light guns, which can be pulled by man, or can be maneuvered more quickly with less animal power.
Naturally, there should also be cold weapon troops, such as pikemen, which are the most common, but very practical troops. However, pikemen must always carry bows and arrows, and when they are in battle, they stick their spears into the ground, shoot as many arrows as they can, and then take their spears in their hands and line up to meet the enemy.
Based on this, the army under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, in addition to the Yongwei Battalion, set up the Rock Battalion and the Hussar Battalion. To put it bluntly, the Yongwei Battalion is the infantry barracks, while the Rock Battalion is the Che Battalion, and the Hussar Battalion is naturally the Cavalry Barracks. Among them, the Yongwei battalion has the largest number of people, with more than 20,000 people; The Rock Battalion was the next with more than 10,000 men, and the Hussar Battalion was less than 10,000 people. In total, there are about 40,000 people.
The soldiers who can fight in the Qinwang army now, even if they include the men and horses of the original Yongwei battalion, are only about 30,000, and the gap is still 10,000. The framework is up, and what battalion is most suitable for each army in the Yuan Qin Wang's army is also discussed, but the general soldiers of each battalion are all vacant, and they have no right to decide, but they will mark them according to their strengths and military merits. That's it, after two days of busy work, the entire adaptation plan finally reported to the Imperial Front.
And Emperor Chongzhen's side was actually busy, he ordered the cabinet to discuss the rewards of Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting and others, but there was no result for a long time, and the quarrel turned upside down. Even on Emperor Chongzhen's desk, there are many chapters of impeachment of these three leading soldiers and feudal officials, and there are natural reasons to find them.
For example, Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou did not come to King Qin until the end of December, which is a neglect of the king.
As for the reason for Lu Xiangsheng's side, it is easier to find, how many people and materials have been plundered by Jianyu, as well as the loss of the clan, although there are small victories, but it is too much merit, if it is not severely punished, how can it be worthy of King De, worthy of the hundreds of people who have been harmed by Jianyu.
There are even people who impeach the three of them for being too tolerant of martial arts and have bad intentions, and suggest that the factory guards strictly investigate!
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For these recitals, Emperor Chongzhen didn't bother to refute them, and told Chen Baoting and several other personal servants that if this kind of recital, write down the name of the recital, and the recital will not be issued.
And there are also some concerts, which are the magistrates along the line from Beijing to Tianjin, who immediately said that the Jianyu has retreated, there is a shortage of food, and if you don't deal with those people, something will happen!
For this, Emperor Chongzhen ordered that a part of the grain that had been raised before as military food should be allocated and sent over. In addition, it also asked all the yamen, including the household department and the factory guard, to find ways to collect more food as much as possible.
However, the news that came back was not good, the price of food was extremely expensive, and many people in Beijing could not afford to eat food and were hungry.
When Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about this, Lu Xiangsheng and others came up.
After reading it, he found that the general content of their recital was actually similar to Qi Jiguang's idea of forming an army when he went to Jizhen to train troops. After pondering for a while, he filled in the name of the general soldier. The promotion of military generals did not go through the military department, and it was directly arbitrary. After all, this is an army under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the outer court can't control it.
So, he was sealed
The Yongwei battalion has four general soldiers, namely Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji, Yang Guozhu, and Lu Da.
The hussar battalion has two general soldiers, and the general soldier who is mainly responsible for the heavy armored iron cavalry is the former Datong general soldier Hu Dawei; In charge of the light ride is He Renlong.
The Panshi battalion has two general soldiers, and the main soldier, that is, the general soldier of the car battalion headquarters, is Sun Yingyuan; The odd soldier, that is, the cavalry commander of the escort car battalion, is Cao Bianjiao.
Among them, Lu Da was originally just a guerrilla, and he jumped to the end of the four general soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion, one is that he led the Tianxiong army to fight to the death, although he was disabled, he did not retreat, and he made a great contribution in the battle to save Lu Xiangsheng, and his own ability was enough. In addition, there is also Lu Xiangsheng's light, although this point is not explicitly stated, but many people can guess.
Zhou Yuji and He Renlong were not originally the chief soldiers, but the two of them contributed a lot in the battle of King Qin. Among them, Zhou Yuji in the battle of Tianjin, blocking the reinforcements of Jianlu on the south bank of the Wei River was the first contribution to the battle; He Renlong, on the other hand, made a lot of contributions in the first battle of the Qin army, including the battle under the city and the siege and annihilation of the 5,000 Tartar infantry army. Therefore, both of them were ordered by Emperor Chongzhen to be a general soldier.
Cao Bianjiao, Hu Dawei, and Yang Guozhu were originally the general soldiers, but they were all local general soldiers, and this time they were transferred to the general soldiers of the Son of Heaven's guard, which can be regarded as an upgrade. In terms of official titles, there are also crowned governors and governors.
As for Huang Degong and Sun Yingyuan, they were originally meritorious in going south to suppress bandits, and they also participated in the Qinwang War, so they were crowned with the title of Governor of Zuodu.
In this way, the military restructuring on the side of the Imperial Horse Supervisor can be regarded as having a result.
Wang Chengen served as the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse supervisor, and commanded the three armies of the Yongwei Battalion, the Panshi Battalion and the Hussar Battalion, and the total soldiers were Huang Degong, Sun Yingyuan, Zhou Yuji, Yang Guozhu, Lu Da, Cao Bianjiao, Hu Dawei, and He Renlong, without worrying about their counterattack.
If there was no such army, Emperor Chongzhen would not have been able to imagine who should be sent to Shanxi to arrest the Jin merchants, as well as those generals who colluded with the Jin merchants.
There is no reliable army, but any army that is ready-made, or a yamen, such as a factory guard, cannot guarantee that the news will not be leaked.
Without an elite army, what army is capable of overpowering the army on the other side of Shanxi? It's okay for factory guards to catch individual people, but this kind of collusion between officials and businessmen, especially with the local army, is simply not enough.
Once the news of the arrest leaked out, the Jin merchants and local army generals got the news and absconded with the money, which was not something that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to see. If it is worse, it will be directly based on the city, and then seduce the Mongols who come to Jianyu or outside the Guan, and the whole of Shanxi will be gone. If Shanxi is occupied by Jianyu, then Jianyu will condescendingly look at the land of Gyeonggi, and the Ming Dynasty will have to move the capital.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen said loudly: "I have just issued an order to posthumously give General Qi the title of Duke Wu Yi, why not?" ”
Hearing this, the big-headed soldiers were fine, and when the general soldiers standing in front of the various formations heard this, they all immediately fell swoop, and quickly came back to their senses, knowing that there should be only one person in the emperor's general army, that is, Qi Jiguang, who became famous during the Jiajing period.
These general soldiers, naturally have long admired Qi Jiguang's name. However, they also know that Qi Jiguang was finally dismissed from his official position and returned to his hometown and ended up depressed, and the ending was not good.
Originally, the generals fell to such a point, in fact, they were all used to it. Because on the battlefield, there will be civilian officials who will be dragged behind, and they will be subject to civilian jurisdiction, and there is no status at all, and if they are attacked by civilian officials, they will have no power to fight back at all.
But now, they heard the emperor say that Qi Jiguang was the duke, or Duke Wu Yi, although it was only posthumously glorified, but this didn't show the emperor's attitude towards military generals!
Thinking of this, they were suddenly moved again, and at the same time, they saw that in front of them, there should be a real opportunity to be knighted waiting for them.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't think that they thought so much, but after asking the words, he replied by himself: "Duke Wu Yigong is the god of war of my Ming Dynasty, invincible in battle, and even more rare is that the battle damage in each battle is very small. I hope that one day, your army will be able to do the same, and there will be no more such thing as killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred. Therefore, I will also come over from time to time, and I hope that you and others will take Wu Yigong as an example and practice it well. I hope that when the imperial court exterminates the Liaodong Jianyu, I will still see each of you! ”
This army, in fact, Wang Chengen is just an ornament. With his ability, it is impossible for him to lead this army. And Emperor Chongzhen is interested in holding military power, learning from Taizu to become an ancestor, Jin Ge Iron Horse, and stepping on the Quartet strong enemies, so the military camp is naturally coming.
In addition, there is actually a very important reason, that is, he has a bugging system. In this way, when the two armies fight against each other, as long as they observe the enemy's position from a distance and scatter the seeds of eavesdropping, it will be equivalent to the movement of the enemy here, and they will basically be able to do everything like a god, and when the battle starts, it will naturally be targeted, and it will be much easier.
This system, unlike the previous golden finger of a chat group in later generations, can tell the front-line generals the news in real time in the form of chat. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen must be in the army in order to understand the enemy situation and take countermeasures at the first time.
At this time, the soldiers of King Qin's army were even more happy when they heard that the emperor would come from time to time. Every day is under the emperor's nose, so who else dares to think anything about this army!